The tanks are coming together - now into the finishing phase.
I always like the point where it's time to add decals - it adds a sudden extra polish and everything starts to look close to finished. I've been thinking about how to keep them consistent across all the tanks - common markings in several spots with just a couple of differences for specific units.
This is where I finished up with the last post - tanks are all fully primed and the greens have been airbrush coloured. The more laborious steps now start and everything switches to a brush.
After a rather mammoth amount of construction work to get the tanks cleaned up and magnetised... we're now moving onto all the priming and big airbrushing.
Moving onto the construction & magnetisation of the tank division - this will be 2 serpents, and 3 falcon chassis (2 prism/spinners and 1 falcon). Strap in because there were a lot of magnets and engineering steps in getting these ready for paint.
Breaking the War Walker & Wraithlord post into two halves - part 2 moving onto painting and putting the subassemblies together.
Up until this point I've mainly been working on Eldar troops - that now changes with some bigger heavier support, and the things that move on big legs. Three war walkers, two wraithlords. Plus all of their many, many weapon options. Part 1 on construction & magnets.
With the release of the brand new, 28 years in the making, plastic GW Avatar just this week - I had to finish up and post how I went with the Forgeworld version.
Third and final section on my wraithguard - onto the alternate weapon selections and arms; which featured heavy use of the airbrush to add some funky colours to the mix. Happy with the purple weapons, and will be carrying these over to other units.
While I still have a bit of pace posting catch up pics from the last 9 months... part two of my Wraithguard set.
On to my Wraithguard - iconic eldar unit, of which I had 10 pewter models in the late 90s. They were one of my favourite units to both paint and use at the time and I've been looking forward to building the modern plastic kits.
Finally getting some progress up with the Biel Tan army. And it's a nice big jump in completed model count with 40 troops done.
Airbrush time again. Since setting up our dining table with all the spray gear isn't an everyday event, I try to get as much done in bulk as possible when I do. On the cards are 40 guardian bodies and all the magnetised weapon platform options for 4 squads.
Long before Duncan championed the law of 2 thin coats... Mike Mcvey was fundamental in lifting the painting game of teenagers around the world. The 1994 Eavy Metal Painting Guide was an absolute tome, and I looked over every page religiously when I got my copy. Apart from the fact it was a beast in a game, the Avatar was also the final boss in the painting game and I had to commit to painting one.
It was probably a year ago that I ordered a rather large set of resin bases from Dragon Forge - I really liked the Lost Empires range, which has some definite Eldar themes, although at the time I hadn't quite landed on a colour scheme.
While it has taken a couple of months to get back around to posting on the Eldar side, there has been a reasonable amount of progress happening in the background...
