Batous' non IG minis - S Scorpions FINISHED!!! (12.03.2013)

[Batou]

Hi all after long break. In this thread I'll post pictures of WIP/PIP of non IG miniatures I'm working on.

First of all some Eldars for my friend. He asked me to paint "some" of his minis and I agreed instantly (always wanted to paint some of them). I didn't expected there will be so many of them... Here's the first part:

















20 plastic Dire Avengers, 5 old good metal Death Reapers, Failcast Death Jester and 10 Striking Scorpions (some metal ones, some failcast).
Most of them were bought through eBuy or something like that, so you can see many different stages of assembly, colours etc. After many hours of paint stripping, cleaning, sanding and other preparations here's the first part ready to paint:



Hope to get my airbrush working soon so I can prime them and paint base colours. Next up will be Dire Avengers (probably on Saturday/Sunday), so expect some pictures soon.

That's all for now, Batou out!

[Cosmic]

This is going to be good, I can tell!

[treadiculous]

given the standard of preparation care.. I agree with you Cosmic!

this will be very interesting!

[3ff3ct]

Good use of cardboard tubes

[Boobs McGee, Esquire]

Well you have beaten my eldar already they're currently broken in a box waiting for their new Titan friends

[Batou]

Thank you all for your input. It's nice to know someone may be interested in what I'm doing. ;P

May 24, 2013 16:24:44 GMT -5 Boobs McGee, Esquire said:

they're currently broken in a box

Just like my Guardsman ;P
And speaking of broken Eldars - DA heads ready to paint:







And primed:





Now some shading, drybrushing then layer of white and varnish and... we will see...

Some photos of primed DR:





and their weapons:



I was trying to do preshading here but I'm not a master of airbrush so I overbrushed it. At least I know what I can do better next time. Now all I can do is to highlight it traditional way - with brushes. ;p Hope to finish this squad and all heads to Thursday when I have day off, so I can use airbrush again to prime DA. Wish me luck, I will need it. 'Till next update. Cheers, guys.

[Boobs McGee, Esquire]

how are you going to paint the DA standard colours or own craftwrold?

[Batou]

They will be in standard craftworld colours. My friend want them this way. Normal troops will be more... intersting but it's future... far future ;p

[Deleted]

MUST...... SEE......... MORE......... ELDAR............

[Batou]

Not too much today but better than nothing... I was really busy with my job last week, so I worked a little on Thursday and yesterday and here's the result - Dark Reapers weapons. They still need some touch ups (especially on gems) and after that will be varnished. So if you have any criticism or do you think that I can redo/repaint something, better write it quickly. ^^ OK, enough writing, time for pics (this time Photoshopped as they were too dark, don't know why...):

[Cosmic]

Great start, Batou

I would say thin your paints a tad more, but then again I know that close up photos show flaws that we find hard to see ourselves so it could just be that. Have you got your hands on a Wraithknight yet?

[Batou]

Nope, didn't have Wraithknight yet. I don't know if I ever will... For now I just want to finish those elves and probably go back to my guard... Time will tell.
As for thinning paint, I also think that the red one could be a little thinner but I've added glaze medium to it and didn't know if I can thinn it down with water or something... In reality it doesn't look that bad (guns on those photos are 3-4 times bigger) but I hope it will lok even better after varnish.

[Boobs McGee, Esquire]

Ooh budday I can't wait those guns looking super sexy. Great work as always you make me proud to play eldar

@cosmic keep one eye on my thread if you want a wraith knight probably Friday as I've got exams

[Batou]

Not too much to show for now - just a test Dark Reaper. I've nearly finished their weapons, they need a coat of varnish (will do it tomorrow). Anyway, here are the pictures:





And a little change to the original concept - I painted that weapon mount (or how to call it) with boltgun instead of black:



For now I'm thinking if leave it as it is or repaint it as I think it came a little too blue-ish. What do you all think? Help... ;p

[AshotNINJA]

Nah the blueness is really good... you seem to have the knack for highlighting black...

[Batou]

Thanks for your reply, Ashot, but I've already repainted it. I have to fully finish this suqad and there's still a lot to do, so wish me luck. More pics to come tomorrow.

[Boobs McGee, Esquire]

They already looked so good I demand pictures

[Batou]

Jun 10, 2013 16:52:01 GMT -5 Boobs McGee, Esquire said:

They already looked so good I demand pictures

More pictures? Here you go. Still a lot to do and I've already missed the deadline... Hate it... Hope to finish this squad to Thursday...

[gearboxx]

looking good! can't wait to see them assembled..

[Batou]

I am waiting for that day too. Thanks for reply. Hope to update soon.

[Batou]

Are you guys still there? I am. Whats more, I've got some new photos for you all to see. It's probably the last update of them before the gallery (hope it'll be tomorrow). Anyway - watch and comment, please.







Hope you like them. Next on the painting desk is first squad of Dire Avengers. They're already primed and basecoated, but I don't have pictures of them for now. I don't think theres much to see anyway. ;p Will post some pictures when something more will be done on them. So that's all for now.
Batou out.

[Batou]

Finally I have pictures of finished Dark Reapers. Is it better to post them here or make a new thread in the Pictures section?
For now I post theme here. Hope you like! Ok, here we go:

















And picture of my setting for taking photos... It's not the best and pictures still are a little dark, so I have to work a bit more to improve it (I have the second lamp, maybe it will help a little, we will see next time...)




I've started to paint the Dire Avengers too, but forget to take pictures of them. XD Will try to make some tomorrow. So 'till then, fellow painters.

[Batou]

Hi guys! How have you been? I was busy with my work and real life, as are all of us I think... Anyway, I found some time to paint few space elves. I started with Dire Avengers (I wanted to pait them first), but couldn't get good mixes of blue paints for them, so I switched to Striking Scorpions. After some paint tests I have colours that I'm happy off, so painting have started. For now two of them need the second layer of highlights, will do it tomorrow (I hope) and then time for few more colours. But enough talking, time for some pictures:













And with blue background:










I really need your honestly opinions, as I'm not too sure if I'm going in good direction, so I'm waiting for C&C.
Cheers, Batou.

[Adkenpachi]

Can't really comment until he stops looking like the hulk

[Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four]

Wow! These are looking really nice, and are giving me ideas for my Sphess Elfs. Sorry for not commenting sooner--this thread started around the time one of my dogs was dying at the start of summer, and due to the distracted state I was in I missed it...