Eldar Wraithguard

[Arctica]

<p>Well as a test of my blending skills and some other random musings with my brush i decided to stop from my rank and file painting of dwarves and goblins to just paint a model i had lying around. I started to use a very thin coat of scab red and added progressive amounts of blood red. This gave a nice transition across the leg of the model. Then as a highlight i added a mix of orange and white progressively to give a more extreme highlighting.<br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img width="640" height="320" border="0" src="http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9880/pict0272271rw2.jpg" alt="Eldar Wraithguard " title="Eldar Wraithguard 01" /></p><p>&nbsp;Looking pretty good i decided to keep the whole look of the model quite dark and after slowly and painfully painting all the gems on the model (i had to go blink after a few hours of gem painting) I was happy with the overall look of the model, except for the gun and the base. </p><p><img width="500" height="1650" border="0" src="http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9117/pict0273275amd2.jpg" alt="Eldar Wraithguard " title="Eldar Wraithguard 01-02" /></p><p>The sash/loincloth part i was really happy with although the pattern was a little wonky. The whites on the model were difficult to do well to give a smooth paint job. I actually started highlighting up from black to grey to white but this left and blotchy uneven surface as i was trying to rush it so i ended up taking off those layers and the base colour all the way down to the metal and actually polishing the head of the model and giving it a white base coat then another 2 coats of white and darkening the areas to the side of the head with a little gw fortress grey. Im quite happy with the overall look, im especially happy with my freehand work and my blending. Give it a few more years and i might get the courage to enter the golden demons.</p><p>http://www.coolminiornot.com/177835</p><p>Some recommendations to me were more extreme highlighting and varnishing the model with matt varnish and then using glossy varnish on the gems. Oh and to give the model a decent base.</p><p>http://www.chestofcolors.com/cofc-postnuke/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;t=4191&nbsp;</p>