Dark eldar achon

[fuzzbuket]

hi fuzzy here with my latest little painting fun =D a dark eldar archon for spikeybitz new contest
sadly i couldnt do conversions with this beatiful model

i tried a white archon to
a) test painting white and cause i raerly see white DE

so without further ado (yeh i did 3 photoshoots and 2 repaints -_-)
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt339/fuzzbuket/ArchonFinal.jpg
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt339/fuzzbuket/DSCN5007.jpg
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt339/fuzzbuket/DSCN5009.jpg

and complementry asurmen (whos now painted)
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt339/fuzzbuket/DSCN4914-1.jpg


thanks for reading C&C REALLY appreciated i really want to get better at painting!!

-fuzz

p.s. my house is snowed about 3 inches ^__^

p.p.s vote at http://blog.spikeybits.com/2010/11/40k-hobby-dark-eldar-painting-contest_26.html

[isotope99]

I think the black lines between the armour plates are too extreme. A black wash would do the job better IMHO.

[fuzzbuket]

i was considering that but i think it would dull down the white?

[Firebird]

I'd paint the Flames on his hand a different color to make them stand out a bit more, atm they blend in.

[steelmage99]

Looks more dirty than white.

Could be the photos though.

[isotope99]

i was considering that but i think it would dull down the white?

Water it down and then re-highlight the edges with pure white, that's how I do mine (see hair of mandrake below):

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/photopost/data/572/mandrake2.jpg

[fuzzbuket]

thanks isotope ill try that!

@firebird

i was trying too keep a pallet so red gold and green (teeney tiny cloth, eyes and gems)

@steelmage99

i suppose is slightly greyish? it was vallego white and fortress grey (i think its the lightest GW grey)

[eldargal]

I approve. I nearly did white Dark eldar myself, just to be different. But my Eldar army is already white.:(

I paint white on figure sized models by starting white skull white undercoat, Badab black wash, then layers of codex grey, fortess grey and a few thin coats of skull white. For vehicles the same but starting with black undercoat and no wash. After a bit of practise you get a nice shiny white with a dark grey/black shading to the armour plates.