Rank & File #1
The Fall of the Eldar was a catastrophic event in their history. It also led to the birth of the Chaos god Slaanesh, the death of billions of Eldar and Humans across the galaxy and the creation of the three main Eldar factions, the Craftworld Eldar, the Dark Eldar and the Exodites. This project will have parts from different factions of the Eldar joining forces as they have all seen what happens if they don't.
This month I wanted to start off with a small scouting force that will be checking out the landing zones for the army that will be arriving on a small Hive city that the Farseer's have said will have a larger role in the upcoming conflict.
Kern Proudbrow's scouting party is consists of 10 Guardians.
These Guardians are such fun models to paint (well besides all the damn Soul Stones). They have a crazy assortment of weapons from las-guns and Shuriken guns to Melta-guns.
To support this scouting party I decided to paint up five Harlequins. I plan on painting up quite a few over the next few months to allow me to run a complete Harlequin force if I want to.
These guys were so much fun to paint. I ended up sitting down and just working on them one at a time. I typically spent about an hour and a half on each. I wanted to give them cool individual paint job but did not want to dump a bunch of time into each one as I know I want to do quite a few of them.
I think the Harlequin with the yellow power glove is my favorite so far (which means in a battle he will probably be the first to get killed).
I will not be painting for points as I know I will hit over the thousand mark with just the Harlequins. So instead I will be painting to make sure I hit at least the miniature count for each month as well as what just looks cool to add to the force. The plan is to paint up a good amount of the 3rd edition Dark Eldar and use them as Pirates, add to my existing Eldar army with more troop selections as well as Aspect warriors. I would also like to add a good selection of vehicles and Armorcast goodies.
I am stoaked to be on this adventure yet again and cant wait to see how this force shapes up. Till next month.
Having played Harlequins since the box came out, I am a fusspot about how they are painted. They had to be approved by your opponent in order to field them actually! You pass! Good job!
ReplyDeleteNice job on the guardian colour scheme and helmets. And those Harlequins look ace
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ReplyDeleteYou handled the whites on the Guardians well, and the contrast with the emerald green is lovely! Nice to see a musician in the group too - it's a great model!
The colour scheme of the Harlequins is super! Lots of vibrant colours without it hurting the eyes. :-)
well flip the switch - they look great! I'm a bit fan of the colours, and the white armour with the blackline looks really good. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking Eldar. All these Eldar posts are making me really regret getting rid of mine.
ReplyDeleteQuite impressive update. The old space elves as guardians match perfectly, and the harlequins are superb. Love the yellow power fist as well as the purple and green and the teal and pink.
ReplyDeleteGo team eldar!
I'm really loving the splash of colour you futuristic guys with your space elves are bringing to the blog :-) I think your Harlequins are fantastic, each an individual and yet so cohesive as a unit. its very impressive.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful - they really pop especially against that lovely, grimy spaceport background! These old Space Elves are some of my favourite Eldar minis and I'm really looking forward to seeing how they work with the other elements of your army like the Dark Eldar.
ReplyDeleteNice colour scheme on some lovely figures. Don't often see one of the musicians painted up.
ReplyDeleteGreat colors on the harlequins! Will you have a deathjester?
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