Dire Avenger stage-by-stage; Eldar; Space Wolves; Space Marine Dreadnought
Santa has been and gone and so has the snow, well at least here in Nottingham. I had a productive break and in between mouthfuls of turkey, managed to assemble and paint a small force of Necrons. And judging by the amount of emails that were awaiting me in the whatsnewtoday inbox this morning, you've all been doing plenty of Hobby too. I'll show you some of the more interesting pictures we received, tomorrow.
There's a new article for you to read in the Astronomican today, Eldar: Painting and Assembling Dire Avengers, which also explores the history of the Eldar Aspect Warriors and presents tactics for using them on the battlefield. Particularly helpful is Nick Bayton's tip on undercoating helmets. In the example, Nick undercoated a Dire Avenger's helmet separately from the rest of the model as he intended to paint the helmet white and the model's armour blue. This is a useful technique that can be applied to virtually any model.
It's still relatively quiet around Games Workshop HQ. I caught up with the few folks who were around to see what they'd managed to model and paint over their Christmas break:
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Chris Pritchard painted this unit of Wraithguard for his growing Eldar army. By using the same limited palette of colours on both the Wraithguard and the Warlock, Chris has created a cohesive looking unit. The witchblade has been highlighted in the same way as the model's spirit stones - again tying the unit together.
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Chris plans to finish his unit of Fire Dragons by the end of the week. Notice that the loin cloth is the same colour as the Wraithguard's, and in fact every unit in Chris's Eldar army has a grey/white cloth. This helps to give the army a cohesive look while still allowing Chris to paint each of his units in distinctly coloured armour.
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Nick Cristofoli modelled this unit of Blood Claws to add to his Space Wolves army. He wanted all of his Blood Claws to have a feral look and has armed each of them with pieces taken from the Warriors of Chaos Marauder Horsemen set. Notice how Nick has arranged them in dynamic, energetic poses that reflect their restless nature.
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Jim Butler converted this Dreadnought by replacing its power fist with a twin-linked missile launcher. He made it using two Space Marine missile launchers, the targeter from a Razorback, and the backpack from the Space Marine armed with missile launcher found in the Assault on Black Reach set.
