Dark Eldar WIP's

Still chugging along painting 500pts of Dark Eldar for a winter painting league at one of the local shops.  I took a 3 week break from painting after the GT and I really started missing it.  It's becoming very zen to me; painting these little guys is great relaxation after a long day at work and working on the nursery for my son who will arrive in 8 weeks.

I'm still airbrushing a lot and enjoying it immensely.  I wish I would have experimented with it earlier as it would have saved me dozens of hours on my GK army.  This week will serve as a tutorial of sorts of how I've progressed on a venom.

I started with Krylon White Primer which I'm using now as a cheap alternative to GW primers.  After that, I airbrushed a coat of Autumn Leaves (Folk Art) down the center.  I'm using a color scheme from a Dawn of War army I played online many years ago that I named "Twilight's Edge".  The colors reflect a late sunset with oranges, reds, purples, and the black of approaching night.

Next I did a coat of Barn Red blended against the orange.

Then a coat of Violet Purple blended into the red.

I finished up the top of the hull with black on the wing tips.

For the undercarriage, I painted the whole piece black then hit the front of the pilot with an Apple Green.  I want to create an OSL glow coming from his instrument panel onto his front side.

Then I used Medium Grey to bring up the black a bit on the grate, engines, and anti-grav ribbing.

After that, I assembled the two halves and started black lining the panels by hand.  It's still a WIP, but I will be finishing the highlights and detailing by hand.  The benefits of airbrushing are immediately apparent.  Great blending effects and this whole process took only 90 minutes.

I also did a little work on my test grotesque, adding some tattoos.  I wanted to break up the fleshy areas a bit.

That's my progress for this week.  Two weeks left to finish the first 500pts so stay tuned for more progress pics.  More batreps from the GT will be on the way also.