Eldar Warband - Moving to the trade post...

[Molotov]

Excellent work on the Harlequin - it looks nothing like the original model, which is a testament to your skills.

I saw this online and it made me think of this blog...

[axiom]

Thanks all for the comments and feedback - it's great to hear & I'm glad the figure works well.

Great job. Really vibrant. I would personally have painted some checks.

I do like checks on Harlies, but in all honesty my painting isn't up to it - my straight lines are rarely straight, and it was an easier option to do hearts!

I saw this online and it made me think of this blog...

I wish I had those painting and converting abilities - that figure is REAL skill

The face especially is great, though I probably would have chosen a different colour for the mask. White doesn't really allow you to show the relief as well

It doesn't look as flat in real life - I had to colour balance the pic a bit because I'd taken it late at night. Personally I'm a traditionalist with mask colours, and white is the classic GW scheme.

Just to keep you updated, my base for a Gyrinx arrived today - the classic Wood Elf wildcat

[axiom]

I realise this may frustrate some of you, but I converted yet another figure in 30 mins over my lunch today (my painting is much slower and I would have barely base-coated a figure in that time). This is my first female Eldar for the warband, based on the Dark Ages Ltd Edition 54mm 'Lucky' (apparently there are only 499 of these, and I've mutilated one!



I'm yet to develop a character for her as I only bought the figure on Tuesday, but I'm thinking shell be a psyker. Anyway, onto the pics:





I swapped out her pistol for a shuriken pistol, and added her a little cape type affair (I figured Eldar are probably a touch more modest) and waystone arounder her neck. Her hair wasn't at all Eldar-esque, so I chopped it off  and sculpted something new. She also has new ears which don't show up that well against the hair. If I'm honest, the hair is just about passable - it's probably too bulky so looks like a wig, and the original hair was a real pain to remove from around the face and my filing was limited because I didn't want to damage any of the features. Oh well, paint hides a multitude of sins!

Finally, here's what will probably be her Gyrinx psychic familiar:



In the end I went for this model (the classic wood elf beastmaster wildcat) because the size was right, although its a bit too 'big cat' like for my taste. I was looking for something like a lynx, but couldn't dind one the right size (I found several which were massive, and a couple which were too small). I discounted a whole array of domestic cats/fantasy cats too before finally settling on this one!

[DapperAnarchist]

Give the Grynx ear-tufts. That'll make it exactly right, I think.

[precinctomega]

I confess that, compared to your earlier conversions, I'm not entirely persuaded by Lucky.  I couldn't say for sure what I thought was bothering me about her.  Possibly her hair is too untidy?  Possibly her shoulders are too narrow?  Perhaps it's just that I feel the posture lacks elegance.

A paint-job might persuade me otherwise, of course.

R.

[axiom]

I confess that, compared to your earlier conversions, I'm not entirely persuaded by Lucky.  I couldn't say for sure what I thought was bothering me about her.  Possibly her hair is too untidy?  Possibly her shoulders are too narrow?  Perhaps it's just that I feel the posture lacks elegance.

Funnily enough, you're thinking the same things as me. I quite like the pose myself, but the hair hasn't come together as well as I'd hoped. I may well scrape it off and start again. Can't win them all I suppose!

[Heroka Vendile]

I'd agree that the issue is the hair, it just doesn't look natural, perhaps some kind of eloborate/ornate head/hairband could be added to make the hair shape appear more likely?

[Alyster Wick]

The shoes and the pose just look a little "gutter-punk" for an Eldar, at least IMO.  I actually like the hair personally, but again, it lacks the flair and style that really distinguish your other models.  I do think, however, that she'd make a good human who emulates Eldar society.

[axiom]

So while I decide what to do with the female (she's currently bald again!), I painted up the second member - the Pirate Prince. He's got the same colour pallete as the Harlequin, but with a dash more blue and a less white:



And the pair together



The Rangers will be less garish, with their tunics being the blue, but cloaks/overcoats being the same grey as this chap's trousers.

[Ulgavitch]

Is is the photo, or does the pirate have his eyes closed or is staring at the floor?

It's a nice paint job though.

[axiom]

Is is the photo, or does the pirate have his eyes closed or is staring at the floor?

It's a nice paint job though.

Ah. Perhaps I might have missed those pupils...or maybe he's imbued with psychic power which shoots bright white light from his eyes. Yes, that's probably it

Edit: So the female Eldar has lost her wild and uncontrolled back-combed hair do in favour of a sleeker look (I still need to sculpt her some new ears):




She's got a new cowl/hood type arrangement, pet gyrinx and I've also filed down a touch more the mess from the old hairstyle as much as I can without starting to affect the facial details.

Better?

[Ulgavitch]

Ah. Perhaps I might have missed those pupils...or maybe he's imbued with psychic power which shoots bright white light from his eyes. Yes, that's probably it

Ahah! You've spoiled your own trap. Now I know what to look out for at the GT: Xenos scum with cyclops style eye energy beams.. Another thing to be afraid of! 

[MarcoSkoll]

Ah. Perhaps I might have missed those pupils

Bit more than that. Eldar do not have the sclera or a distinct iris - their eyes should appear entirely black, with no "whites" or eye colour at all.

Something to remember when you're doing the rest of them.

[axiom]

Ah. Perhaps I might have missed those pupils

Bit more than that. Eldar do not have the sclera or a distinct iris - their eyes should appear entirely black, with no "whites" or eye colour at all.

Something to remember when you're doing the rest of them.

Really? I've been playing and painting Eldar since RT and I cannot recall that description anywhere, either written, painted or depicted in artwork (of course I'll happily delete all that out if proved otherwise ). All the early Jes Goodwin sketches (and I bow to him as the definitive source on Eldar) show either pupils, or blank white eyes (which is more common).

Here's some examples (Jes Goodwin sketches from 1989-2009, plus a John Blanche piece from ~1992):

[DapperAnarchist]

its from Xenology, and Karl Kopinski's Eldar portraits.