Corsairs, Exodites, Craftworlders and hopefully Kabalites soon

It's been in progress for about 2 years and I expect at the rate it's going to be done sometime in 2018.

As for the guy his name is Gopher, he does skyrim and fallout modding and does some AWESOME RP lets plays. He roleplays his character it's very fun to watch. (My favorites are his Evil Orc Warlock who wants to conquer the world named Stiv Gro-fur and his Breton Librarian who hates magic named Richard (These are his Skyrim playthroughs)) He's fun to watch and how I found out about Skywind.

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I'd give my right kidney for them to re-make Morrowing on the Skyrim engine Smile still play the old game now and it's fantastic each and every time.

Ask and you shall receive (I need your Kidney dude a deal's a deal ). BTW your welcome for telling you

Just to give you some more info they are working on a crafting system for it unique to itself and by the Nine! (Or Tribunal) it's cool, it's completely unique and finding each recipe is something you WORK for. They have it on their youtube channel if you wanna look (I think it's developer video 2)

Well that sounds phenomenal I really hope they get to the finishing line with this. I was keeping up with Morroblivion when that was going on, but the Skyrim engine was just leaps and bounds above Oblivion (or was it the same but just advanced? Can't remember).

As for eldar, I've got a fluff piece waiting in the wings for my Corsairs but for some reason I've been painting anything but!

Apropos to that, have a Death Jester! The camera really doesn't do justice to him unfortunately. I'm beyond chuffed with how he's turned out





Tried mucking about with lighting again to no avail, but I did somehow manage to produce this which I cannot stop looking at...

Looks good! Especially with the side by side, really going for the night and day look aren't ya? (I swear tactics wise you should have the light troop go with the dark eldar and have your foe blinded by colours )

You know my biggest gripe with the Harlequin models are the bald head at the back, it just doesn't seem right to me idk why.

Thanks dude!

Yeah I'm not a fan of the bald head, but it's fitting for a Death Jester all the rest will be getting crests or topknots

PArt of the idea for making them so visually distinct from the rest of the armies is so they draw the eye, and hopefully attention, of anyone playing against them leaves the rest of the Dark Eldar in peace to conduct their terrible artwork

I've also thought of a way to scratch the itch of doing light and dark troupes. I just invert all the colours, so I'll have a dark harlie troupe with a ghostly white Death Jester (fitting for an Inriam's Spectre too!)

I said it elsewhere but I'll say it here: Wow.. Ynnead.. this is SICK! WOW! I love it man... I absolutley love it. You are a painter (and modeler) after my own heart. So stark, yet so ethereal but vibrant... perfect color choices... dude I'm in love with these minis. This is sick! I cant say it enough... I really, really love these guys man. Wow! Keep it up

Thanks a million dude! It's your minis and painting style I've used as inspiration

And thanks for all the positive feedback it's comments like this from yourself and others that have really driven me on to keep fiddling about with little plastic aliens wouldn't have got anywhere without the encouragement of everyone here

He looks great. I like the colour contrast between the two, and how you have carried the patterns across on the legs. Suble touches like that really tie models together that can be quite opposite in colour choices. Great stuff

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Thanks spellcheck always nice to get good feedback from a stellar painter such as yourself

WOw, that Death Jester looks excellent!

Thanks dude glad you like him!

Prince Morrathillian sat at the helm of the listening-ship. The transparent dome surrounding him and his command crew offered an unparalleled view of the star-specked void, ghostly runes dancing across its surface. One in particular piqued his interest. A distant world-rune began to flicker almost imperceptibly and, to him, embarked upon an errant journey across the star-scape. Signalling his sister-ships through the aether, dozens of heavily cloaked vessels leapt through the open webway portal. He couldn't be sure what had occurred, but one of his listening posts had signaled for aid. What would cause one of his operatives to send such a coded message he couldn't fathom, but something was clearly awry. The Khaine's Ravens may be spies first and foremost, but the blood of the war god still flows through their veins. Whoever dared to encroach on their mission would feel the full force of his fleet.



Well, that fluff piece has been written for weeks awaiting a suitable painting milestone to roll it out! Much though I love the paint scheme for the Khaine's Ravens, they're by far the most time consuming of my Eldar to paint...

One of the things I've started on this lot is (steady now) actually highlighting the gold armour. Previously, I've just given it a liberal wash of ancient Flesh Wash and left it be. Not sure whether it comes across at all in these pics, but I've gone back over some of the higher patches with Gehennas Gold which makes for more of a glowing gold colour which I rather liked so much so that I've gone over all the rest of the Khaine's Ravens doing the same thing

You know your Khaine's Ravens are probably my favorite of your conversions color scheme wise. I love the Black, Gold, and Red. Although I think the bird helms would be better if the feathery parts are painted black to better help represent the Raven part of the name. Just noticed that you have a Splinter and Shuriken pistol on each of the models. Do the pistols each use a different arm or did you have to "fix" them? Always love your conversions

Speaking of which how exactly have you done your jetpacks for your Reavers?, I feel terrible for asking how you did something AGAIN but how are you highlighting your gold armor?

Ynnead are those SHREDDERS on your Reavers? Looking forward to some S6 small blast templates? Would you be willing to share how well they work in practice when you field them?

To wrap things up the poses are very dynamic even the guys with the shredders look so! I can really imagine these guys leaping around the battlefield.

Thanks dude I'm glad you like them as much as I do!

Good idea with the black feathers hadn't thought of that, but it absolutely fits with the theme shall repaint them post-haste!

The jetpacks are a mix of the little vanes you get on the underside of Raiders and Ravagers I think Reaver Jetbikes might have some that are usable too. The little tab on them fits into the slot on Guardian torsos like it was designed to go there!

For the golds I use Gehennas Gold as a base coat (lovely colour with a very decent coverage for a metallic). Then I wash it with Flesh Wash which is an ancient predecessor to things like Reikland Fleshshade. It works worse as a shading wash, but better as a standard thin coat of paint you could probably get something similar in effect by mixing a dab of gloss into Reikland Fleshshade. I'll test that out myself in a bit as I'll need something to replace it when it runs out :S After that it's just going back over some of the edges (the ones on the top end of each pad) with Gehennas Gold again

What that does is leave a little pool of dark wash in each low-point between the armour plates, darken the majority of the plate, and leave a nice bright edge to it

Sometimes if the wash hasn't picked up the distinction between the plates very well I'll go back over and selectively put a bit more wash into the gaps

Oh and yeah I thought I'd give Shredders a go I wanted weapons that synergised nicely with the 12" Reckless Abandon range, so Fusion Guns for A/T and Shredders for mulching hordes seemed like the best options plus, they just look cool

Morrathillian strode into the antechamber as only a Corsair Prince could, his guards unsheathing their blades purposefully. "You, Harlequin, how dare you encroa…", he began, but something felt…off. Hand instinctively bolting towards the grip of his pistol his gaze flitted around the room, settling on a figure loitering in the shadows, head cocked slightly, staring lidlessly at him. Something about that particular harlequin engendered a primordial unease within him. Compared to the other inhabitants of the room its mind felt familiar, but somehow disconcerting. A symphony of souls, with one haphazard instrument playing off-key.

"That's a Solitaire, isn't it" Morrathillian stated, meeting the fell creature's gaze. He could sense his guards tense as the words left his mouth.

"Correct, my Prince! You are a sharp one," the lead Harlequin acknowledged jovially, "We have need of your services, Friend-of-Ravens. I trust there's no quarrel between us..."

Morrathillian noted that the Solitaire still hadn't blinked. Mind racing, hand still hovering over his pistol, the Corsair Prince calculated his odds...



Been waiting to roll out that fluff piece for a while now! Love the idea of Solitaires being thoroughly disconcerting for other eldar to be around

As for the model itself I'm not entirely certain I'm satisfied with it. A moment of indecision on hair-colour had me undercoat it red, and then change my mind and have to go over it with a couple of coats of grey to bring it back :S hence the slightly heavier nuln oil wash to disguise the ruddy grey it ended up like :S sort of ruins the whole 'washed out natural' look I tend to go for...

Still, I suppose it works ok for a Solitaire I've got a bit of an image for this one that in normal life it's got this lank grey/white hair that hangs down obscuring its face, but in battle it's borne up by fell energies like a banshee in the wind. Fitting that it looks sort-of backlit if that's the case

Love the lore segment (I love the condecending cheery characters to the Harlequin is my fav so far ), I have to ask does Morrathillian have a model that we've seen and I didn't attach the model to the name or the model is still in progress?

As for the Solitaire itself, I rather enjoy the hair in fact it was the first thing that drew my attention. It almost looks like stone which is kinda cool for an unnatural character. I really like the Bronze on the mask (I know you've done this for other characters) but it looks really good on the solitaire (and the rest)

Hah I can't remember who it is, but there's a chap dossing around here with a sig that says 'Oh no, don't go in there, you'll all be killed' Motley murmered sardonically, which just sums it up perfectly

I love the idea of Harlies being bl**dy irritating to be around if you're in any way a serious Eldar.

Glad you like the hair it's the bit I was least sure about, so it's good to hear it's not as bad as my mind was making it out to be

Oh, and Morrathillian's the chap in the middle:

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Oh no, don't go in there, you'll all be killed' Motley murmured sardonically

I remember that in path of the Incubus! It was hilarious.

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I love the idea of Harlies being bl**dy irritating to be around if you're in any way a serious Eldar.

Don't forget dull and temperamental eldar!

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Glad you like the hair Smile it's the bit I was least sure about, so it's good to hear it's not as bad as my mind was making it out to be Smile

My first thought word for word is "Wow he made a Daemonette head actually look decent" covering up the actual face was a good touch

Ah okay. I keep mixing up him and the Void Dreamer. Speaking of which do you like the Void dreamer conversion more since that is your profile pic? (And are you going to give him some lore soon?)

Damn, seeing all those characters together look awesome . Great job dude! (Would still like to see a couple more layers of paint on those base edges tho)

Really must read Path of the Incubus. I hear nothing but good things about it

Hah yeah completely replacing the face is a good start! Really not a fan of the current daemonette models, although I do quite like the 'post-human' looking faces. Pretty much anything they do to them would make them better. More feminine/lithe, better faces, more dynamic. Anything would improve them...

Ah, the Void Dreamer is Lhorizar he's definitely one of my favourite models, but I've only got a burgeoning bit of fluff around him. Born a Dark Eldar, but latent psychic talent so chased out of Commorragh. Still need to write something half-decent for him, seeing as he's a favourite

I've been meaning to go back and do his visor slightly better, so I'll do it then

spellcheck2001 wrote:

Damn, seeing all those characters together look awesome . Great job dude!  (Would still like to see a couple more layers of paint on those base edges tho)

Thanks spellcheck I do need to do an extended family photo with all my HQ dudes at some point. Need to do some touch-up work on my old metal Farseers though!

Yeah a fair amount of my painting is fairly haphazard/lazy if I'm brutally honest, hidden behind equally ropey photography I keep saying that I'll keep plowing on with new models, and then when I've got enough experience to do them justice I'll go back and improve them.

Which one in particular were you thinking of with regards the layers? Hopefully it's one of the earlier ones!

The archon and dude with the axe are the most obvious, but you can still see a few patches on the others. It is only a minor criticism, as the rest of your painting is excellent, it is just that a good base (and this includes the rim) helps to uplift a mini (or spoil it), so it is important to get it right

Thanks man, constructive criticism is always welcome

What am I looking for in particular? Areas where I've laid on the edge-highlighting too thick? Areas where the highlighting is too distant in colour so it stands out from the base colour? Bits that aren't highlighted enough?

Ah I think you have misunderstood me a little. The painting of the minis is great, it Is only the edging (or lip) of the 25mm base that you can still see the primer through, which lets down the otherwise excellent painting on the minis. The minis themselves I cannot fault Soz if I was not clear

Aha! Gotcha

Yeah that was something that I was completely blind to until you pointed it out to me! Because they tend to get done right at the end of painting 10 dudes I tended to be a bit slapdash with it. I've actually gone back to most of my models so far since that picture with another thin coat and they look much better for it

Hopefully the Solitaire is a bit better in that regard

Yes the solitaire is much better (very cool conversion btw, full of motion). Basing is something that is so small and most people tend to overlook, but the effect it can have on a mini or army is amazing. A poorly based army that has been painted to a high standard will look quite bad as the base is still part of the story of a miniature , whereas a tabletop standard army can really be lifted by a basing scheme. Fortunately yours is good, just the base lip that was neglected slightly (btw I love basing, it is one of my favourite things about painting, I always look forward to the end of a unitnor model so I can finish it off with the base, so sorry to harp on about it so )