Wave Serpent Prototype

Here is my 80% complete Wave Serpent. I usually like to get things almost done, and then let them sit on the shelf while I hem and ha over how to do the finishing touches. I want to add some freehand, either keeping with the eagle theme I have on other models, or go with a dragon/serpent theme since it is a wave serpent. I like to paint a prototype to completion before doing a whole squad. Each time I paint a model, I learn a lot about the paint I am using, and what works and what makes things take forever. Once this one is done, I have four more tanks to paint in an assembly line. I also am trying to figure out how to add some sweet banners to the tanks. Banners used to be a lot bigger about ten years ago, but I still likes me some banners.

In taking this picture, I realized that my little, old, point and shoot canon A520 takes better miniature pics than my $1000 new camera. ( I probably need to just figure out the new one).

So here is a better pic of Karandras too where you can actually see him. (CLick on pics for Ultra Zoom)

Karandras finished

I finaly finished Karandras. I also finished the exarch's chainsabres. I really liked the way these guys came out. Really easy to do, and quick to finish. I used graveyard earth on the shoulders, washed with devlan mud, then highlighted with graveyard earth, and then a final highlight with devlan mud mixed with sunburst yellow.

The chainsabres should be fun to try against imperial guard, orks, tyranids etc. Especially since he is with karandras who can use his claw when needed.

WIP Karandras

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Here is Karandras that I have been working on over the weekend. I love the paint scheme. I think I will paint my Tyranids in the same colors. Still need to do some finish work and of course the base. I wanted to tone down the monstrous mandiblasters and paint him in a dark, shadowstalker-esqe paint scheme. I can't see someone being a shadowstalker with bright yellow and green armor. Thats how I saw him at least. I like how the brown shoulder pads turned out. It makes the armor look ancient. I still need to do gem work, and more finishing on the black and dreadlocks. So far so good.

Eldar Scorpions

Here are the finished scorpions. I really need to work on my camera taking skills, they are still not quite there yet. These guys turned out great. I found that adding yellow to the green and browns, made a much better highlight color.

I love using these guys on a flank move. They have some great strength 4 (great for eldar) and a great 3+ save which means they won't fold like wet toilet paper under pressure. My favorite memory of these guys in battle was once when they took on a squad of ork bikers, and it came down to the exarch vs the nob with a powerfist. After the last die had stopped rolling, both were dead with the other's powerclaw around what was left of their neck.

(Click on the pic for a better shot of these guys.)