Tuesday 9 February 2016

Dark Eldar Carnival Raider Crew

Dark Eldar Raider Crew

Aha! What? A carnival unit finished? Never!............ Yes yes I can confirm that I have indeed finished the crew for my second raider.

These have taken a month and a half (with a few other projects slotted in of course). I lost motivation part way through, as the batch painting part sapped my will. Once I got through that however I found enjoyment in them again, planning and painting all the different colours. The character of each really helped, and I found amusement in imagining them banging their drums and tooting their horns in each game whilst riding in their pimped up raider (I know, small minds, easily pleased ;) ). The raider is finished and varnished, but the crew are now waiting for the infamous British rain to bloody cease so I can get the gloss and dullcoat applied and glue em to the raider. Hopefully I can post up the whole thing pretty soon :)

Although I hate batch painting it really is necessary to speed up the quite lengthy paint job that is involved. I batch painted the reds, metals, flesh and the accoutrements like the visls and pouches. Once these were done the colours were planned out and I could start the fun bit :). I tried to link each member of the crew to each other, by including all the same colours on each, but in differing places and amounts. I think this works to tie them all together (as well as the red core) but at the same time giving them some individuality. I did not do my customary patterns though, as the raider is quite decorated and I did not want the crew to complicate it too much by adding their own to the mix.

Your thoughts on these are appreciated :)

NafNaf

 

12 comments:

  1. Awesome job. They definitely look like a squad (cohesive), while keeping some individuality.

    I know what you mean about batch painting. We hates it! But, it's effective, if not overly fun to do.

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    1. Thanks man, pleased they work together. Now to see if they look ok on the pimped up raider :)

      After a few batch painting sessions I usually take at least 3 months off painting :D

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  2. Fantastic stuff! I am absolutely stealing your idea of making the crew look more interesting on my raiders.

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  3. Amazing, love the characters you've managed to create. It'll be great to see them in context on the Raider. I'm not sure 4 is enough to be considered 'batch' though ;) ha, ha!

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    1. If it's over 1 model for me I consider it batch painting :D

      I just need to varnish them then I will be doing a full post of them and the raider all together

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  4. Great work NafNaf, I'm only missing the picture with them in the raider! Always love to see the creativity put into your carnival theme

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    1. Thanks Joe, its coming soon :)

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    2. Thanks :). Done the loss varnish yesterday so just waiting for a decent day off to do the Matt and then I will get em mounted and photographed

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  5. YESSSSSSssssssssssss! Carnival stuff I missed! LOVE IT!

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    1. It felt good to get back to them again. Pleased you like em :)

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