Squad Month #4
Again... started the month with the best intentions. I even got the first of two squads of finished in the first week! Then work & work travel unraveled the rest of my plans.
In the end, I was once again up way past bed time, but managing to finish the painting -- but with two days to spare this time! The next two days were packed with work & family stuff, so I figured I'd better use "the weekend" as a good excuse to stay up late and finish.
Back to Troops, I painted two Dragon Squads. Dragon Squads are like the baseline Serpent Squads, but with even more flamers and plasma. Rogue Trader Eldar really liked the heat/fire more than ballistics or lasers. Outside of the usual shuriken weapons, they were heavy on the flame, plasma, and melta weapons.
I was on the fence about using the harlequin figure in one of the squads, but really wanted to add more variety and think it's sort of OK with the pirate theme. Plus they had the right equipment, and when painted in the same colors as the rest of the squad, it feels less harlequin-y.
Sort of a blah way to finish the challenge, just more vanilla troops. But I did some
cool stuff in the middle part of the challenge, so it's OK I guess. This month it was two by the
books Dragon squads, a bookend with the first month's Serpent squads.
I
have also inadvertently (music on shuffle) ended the 2021 challenge the same way as its inception,
with "Drive My Rocket" by ASF blasting through my headphones) as I put the last of the last of the paint on the figures. (NSFW,
probably.) So that's a good omen, I suppose. I wrote about the inspiration, musical and otherwise, a bit before, I may elaborate (/ramble)
further in my wrap-up post.
Squad Month #4:.
Dragon Squad.................188Dragon Squad.................188
June Total............ 376 pts.
Grand Total........ 2,013.5 pts.
Excellent end- those troops look great, and are not blah! Go Team Eldar!
ReplyDeleteI'd say a cracking end to a lovely old skool Eldar army - the Harlequins look great as part of the squad. Think I might have to further investigate Alien Sex Fiend and all - great stuff!
ReplyDeleteGot to say, I wouldn't have included the Harlequin, but it works, so I'd have been wrong as per usual. And just because a couple of lunatics have over-achieved doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the project that you've put together this year! I think when you put them together for the army shot you'll be very happy with it :)
ReplyDeleteLooks great! The harlequin definitely looks like a vicious cutthroat! Great work!
ReplyDeleteAlien Sex Fiend !! What a reference !! I love it. Well done for you army, you give another sight on Eldars, this pirate raiding party looks awesome ! can't wait to see the global picture !
ReplyDeleteI think the harlequin fits right on in there - good choice! I've loved your take on the rogue piratey eldar, and I'm looking forward to seeing the whole party together! Love the snail shell btw, and I think seeing a different colour skin on these guys is greatly refreshing. Nice one!
ReplyDeleteSuper classic Eldar sculpts and nicely painted too!
ReplyDeleteLovely painting on my favourite Eldar figures.
ReplyDeleteVery good looking space elves - more rank & file troops is always good!
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