Shattered Oath - Ongoing Dark Eldar Log

[olberon]

Hi all,

After taking a break of 3 years from 40k I decided to go back to the army I enjoyed playing most. My Dark Eldar.
I used to have a rather big army of those little sadistic buggers but sadly my ex girlfriend went daemon on them and they where all lost.

Ever since the new Dark Eldar came out I really like the models and vehicles and since i got plenty of time on my hands - had a major operation in the nether region- I got a few nice presents from my wife to keep me busy for the next few weeks.

2x Dark Eldar Battle force
2x Dark Eldar Hellions
1x Dark Eldar Incubi
1x Dark Eldar Raider
2x Dark Eldar Ravager
1x Dark Eldar Venom


Now for the completed items of my army

Kabalite warriors (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showpost.php?p=189800&postcount=25) -some individual pics are around there
My bases (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showpost.php?p=189078&postcount=23)
Archon (almost done!) (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showpost.php?p=191266&postcount=27)


So the next problem I had was "what colour to use". I made several test models ranging from classic red (my old army colours) to the new standard green and even did a purple and blue variation of it.
Still the old Red/silver was itching so I finally decided to give the red/silver a more updated look.

Yesterday evening i finally could sit up straight without to much pain, morphine really works! So started to work on my first unit of kabalite warriors:
I'm building 5 of them painting them and repeat the whole thing.
I'm keeping the bases pretty simple this time, just some rocks and sand with grass. As I want the focus to be on my models and not on the bases. EDIT: After looking at these bases for a week they really started to annoy me so i went for other bases scroll down to see which.
since a mate of my is building a new city table i wanted to make my bases fit his table.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0612.jpg
sorry no picture of undercoated models and i already been busy with the model at the far right.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0613.jpg
Keeping the arms of the models gives me a chance to paint the chest pieces

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0614.jpg
Detail shot of my fist painted model (wip). As you can see the red still needs one more layer and an edge highlight but the colour is coming on nice and strong.
Also notice the barrel of the cannon totally missed that when undercoating.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0615.jpg
Another detail shot of my fist model but with a 3rd (could be 4th) layer of red. In my opinion the red is good enough now.

Well that's it for this post now. I really would like to hear what you think of it!
So don't be shy and hit reply!

[olberon]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0614.jpg
Detail shot of my fist painted model (wip). As you can see the red still needs one more layer and an edge highlight but the colour is coming on nice and strong.
Also notice the barrel of the cannon totally missed that when undercoating.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0615.jpg
Another detail shot of my fist model but with a 3rd (could be 4th) layer of red. In my opinion the red is good enough now.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0634.jpg
Female kabalite warrior

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0636.jpg
Male Sybarite, he should be female

Planning on finishing the first 5 models of my 10 man squad today.

[olberon]

I have been busy finishing my first 5 models. The armour took a lot longer then expected but it looks ace (if you ask me)

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0644.jpg
Group shot

Also i have been working on the flayed skin:
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0646.jpg
Detail shot of the flayed skin and warrior 1

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0648.jpg
Detail shot of the Sybarite

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0651.jpg
Yet another shot of the Sybarite

[olberon]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0652.jpg
Warrior 3

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0654.jpg
Warrior 4

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0655.jpg
Warrior 5

[Patternmaker]

Nicely done! i am looking forward to seeing more pictures of your kabal. Do you have a name for it yet?

[AnEnemy]

Looking good so far.

[olberon]

@Patternmaker: Ohhh you will be seeing alot more of it. The name of the cabal will be shattered oath. bit double since i swore to never start a dark eldar army after the first one was destroyed, i shattered that oath ;)

@AnEnemy: thx^^

[astrocometer]

Im liking it so far, i think they'd look super awesome with some light red highlights though :)

[Neelam]

It's nice to see a bunch of photographs all from different angles an close ups instead of just 1 or 2 , looking good so far

[Monkey Tom]

Theses are great.

Looking forward to seeing more of these.

[olberon]

@astrocometer: indeed at this stage they are not yet highlighted, next pics they will be

@Neelam: yup. I really like to shoot with my new cam , i sometimes take over 20 pics of a single model and choose the best shots.

@Monkey Tom: Well hang on to your hat, im aiming for a really big army this time. And with really big i mean really big :D

[Monkey Tom]

Awesome.

[Dez667]

They look great, I really like the red. it's different than the usual black/purple or black/blue.

[olberon]

@Dez667: indeed thats why i didnt choose
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0609.jpg too much of the same, and i get a feeling like been there done that.

By the way tonight im posting some more pictures of my (almost) finished 5 man group :P

[olberon]

Finally got around to finish painting the first 5 of a huge army.
I didn't do the bases yet since i still don't have a clue what to do with them.

I was planning on going for a simple silver look of the metal parts, but after painting them that way i discovered that it just looked to plain and it made them look to "nice".
Also i left out the line highlighting, not because im lazy but to give the armour a flatter and more soft appearance.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0698.jpg
warrior1 finished

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0699.jpg
warrior1 finished other angle


http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0700.jpg
warrior2 finished


http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0703.jpg
Sybarite

[olberon]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0707.jpg
the heavy weapon guy

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0709.jpg
heavy weapon guy other angle

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0711.jpg
warrior5

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0712.jpg
warrior5 other angle

[olberon]

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0713.jpg
group shot

Also got around constructing the next 5 warriors these will be standard. Note that i left the arms off again
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0717.jpg
Groupshot

[olberon]

also i got some nice brushes from the wife today
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/images.jpg

finally got some raphael's

[olberon]

I'm keeping the bases pretty simple this time, just some rocks and sand with grass. As I want the focus to be on my models and not on the bases.

OK i couldn't resist. The bases annoyed the hell out of me so i made some nice urban bases.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0720.jpg
Group shot

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0721.jpg
2 by 2

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0723.jpg
2 by 2

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0724.jpg
2 by 2

[DaveLL]

Nice, and interesting. I probably would've gone for a white undercoat, myself - to make it less dark and more red - but it's a good scheme.

[Spartiatis]

Can't wait to see more

[Deus_Morte]

Looks good so far

[olberon]

@DaveLL: tried to do a white undercoat initially. but since im using a brown as a base for my red it looks kinda freaky using a white undercoat. So that's why i choose for black.

@Spartiatis: this is your lucky day. just posted some more pictures.

@Deus_Morte: thx you !


now for the progress i made. I got some requests to put in a little highlight on the armour so i did. and to be honest it does make the models seem more standing out. Also i almost finished my new bases they still need some finishing touches.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0738.jpg
almost completed bases, still missing grass tho

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0739.jpg
this is how its going to look

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0743.jpg
Sybarite on his new base

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0745.jpg
Sybarite & Warrior on their new bases and highlighted armour

[olberon]

Finally after a good weeks painting the first squad of kabalite warriors is done!
here are some pictures for your enjoyment :

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0797.jpg
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0798.jpg
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0799.jpg
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0800.jpg

[olberon]

and some more

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0801.jpg
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0802.jpg
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0804.jpg

feedback is really appreciated

[olberon]

After having completed a full squad of Kabalite warriors -who all went to be my test models instead of just one or 2 models i usually do- i got stung by the red virus. my main colour in my army.

I spend the majority of today setting up a planning of how im going to paint all the things i have. Ill be working from the top down Working trough the current models i currently have. So first up are my Archon his Incubi retinue and their venom transporter (of which a bit more later on).

Since i had freak box of incubi warriors. Only had 4 of them in a box with all accessoiries for a fifth but missing its body, i mailed GW customer service and got a nice finecast box to compensate the loss of my fifth model. How verry nice, THX GW!!
This gave me some roon to fiddle around with my Archon.

Since everyone is using the standard one i decided to build my own.
result:
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0823.jpg
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0827.jpg

model is complety WYSIWYG having a Phantasm Grenade launcher and an agonizer the left hand i just gave the flaming thingy for fun. Also i didnt really want to give him a cape. I noticed that all "high level" mini's in the GW range have capes, so mine doesnt have one!


This is a picture of the complete squad, metal meets finecast and i have to say it works perfectly together.
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0822.jpg


As i said the venom will be something special... here's a sneak peak of it
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0825.jpg

yes you guessed it right, the crew will be incubi instead of the standard wyches !

fluffwise it might be up for debate but since im a big fan of "hey i dont even trust my left hand in my right pocket" principle of the Dark Eldar it makes more then sence to me to let it be crewed by only his most trusted warriors.


well thats it for now, im off undercoating some incubi's

[olberon]

Didn't do to much painting today since i was running sickbay. The whole family -including me- has a rather nasty flue.
but got some work done on my Archon. I really wanted to concentrate on my blue. so i got painting and this is the result:

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0832.jpg
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0834.jpg

Also went for his agonizer in the same colour, making it a nice triangle of spot colours
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0833.jpg

I wasn't to happy with the cloth, the purple was to "unnatural" and didn't fit in the scheme so i went for brown, since brown is my base colour (deepest recesses of red) i think it really does fit in.

let me know what you think of it......

[olberon]

So i had a little insomnia today again and to combine the good with the bad i decided to build me some nice custom haemonculi.

Since i dont like the new one from GW i had to make some myself since GW decided not to keep the old two in their collection. You remember them the cone heads……
Man i loved these models.

But anyhow, back to the topic.
I really wanted to do something different then the ” easy way” out using wrack legs or other legs, so i broke out the green stuff once more and started sculpting me some robes.

A sharp onlooker might find out that these models actually dont have any feet, and yes thats true. It are basically “torso’s on a stick” (not related to oscar halapenjo btw)
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0841.jpg
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0844.jpg
[Haemonculus 1]

For the arms i only had alot of spares from my raiders- and venom kits so i got a bit to happy with them.

Both have a liquefier gun which i made from a two left over Dark lances cutting them down and slapping them on a cut off arm part (ode to the old coneheads)
the drill-bits are pieces of spears found on the raider/venom kits with a sharpened point.
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0846.jpg
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i422/pestilencepapa/Dark%20Eldar%20Project%20Log/IMGP0849.jpg

Ill be making a tutorial for this soonish so keep checking back and save a buck! since they are super simple to make

[olberon]

ok so ive been neglecting this blog a bit to keep up with my own blog so here are a few updated pics on my army:

http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMGP0957-1024x768.jpg
me and my family having a painting family session.
* wife paints her imperial guard
* son paints his orks
* daughter paints her eldar

http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMGP0955-1024x768.jpg
one finished raider no markings yet but thanks to nico -from this forum - i got some nice idea's

http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMGP0941-1024x768.jpg
razorwing and beastmaster WIP

http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMGP0946-e1335084040447-768x1024.jpg
Detail of a razorwing. Yes thats actually citadel woods foliage. giving it somewhat the impression of a swarm comming at a foe seemed a bit more appealing then a few birdies

more next post ===>

[olberon]

http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMGP1020-768x1024.jpg
http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMGP1021-768x1024.jpg

2 of my wracks (also a WIP)

http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMGP1066-768x1024.jpg
My new haemonculus, Yes when i get bored i build haemies

http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMGP1070-768x1024.jpg
New Hexatrix for my new army list

more next post ===>

[olberon]

http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/100_2711-1024x768.jpg
Also new in my list: RAZORWING!!!
Nice piece about it found HERE (http://www.thedarkcity.net/t3027-loota-s-and-the-pain-in-the-head-they-give-me)

http://www.warhammerpaintservice.nl/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/100_2712-1024x768.jpg
Work in progress on my Wyches (they are actually almost done now)


Well thats it.... you guys are now up to date :P

[DrLove42]

All looks great and hooray for family hobby time!

[eldargal]

I like your wrack conversions and it is nice to see a family painting together.:) Oh, the paint scheme is very nice too.

[olberon]

yes family painting sessions are always great to do. My son and daughter both have a small force they paint up and learn the rules in a playfull way (always hitting and wouding on 3's for now).
After all you cant be to young to get involved in the hobby

You should see them in our local GW, the first time my son asked for killakans the guy helping us almost had a stroke, he assumed it was a gift until my son said he was going to put them together himself. My daughter (3) has made her first entry in a painting competition they held, making her somewhat of a celebrity

[Levitas]

yes family painting sessions are always great to do. My son and daughter both have a small force they paint up and learn the rules in a playfull way (always hitting and wouding on 3's for now).
After all you cant be to young to get involved in the hobby

You should see them in our local GW, the first time my son asked for killakans the guy helping us almost had a stroke, he assumed it was a gift until my son said he was going to put them together himself. My daughter (3) has made her first entry in a painting competition they held, making her somewhat of a celebrity

+1 Coolness :cool:

My wife often offers to help paint, and I hope one day to get kids involved. A family that games together stays together! :p

Really digging the project log, I almost went deep red for my own Dark Eldar. They look sweet, love the conversion work. I feel its a right of passage for every DE player to make and convert their own Heamy, it's just so apt!