Eldar Project: Code Mike O

LizzieBathorie here again and wanting to talk about Wraithguard!

There are 10 Wraithguard in this particular army and they were awesome to work on!  I started with Simple Green cleaned models and primed them in grey armory primer http://www.thewarstore.com/armoryspraypreimergrey.html.  I thought this would be a good choice in working with the yellow (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1500242a) for the helmets and the Altaoic blue for the main body.  I used Tamiya Flat White Acrylic (http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tam/tam81302.html) for the base on the Wraith Cannon.

I also wanted the yellow to really pop, so I base-coated the helmets, back-piece and loincloth in Bleached Bone.  I did an additional coat of the Bleached Bone as a layer because I liked how it complimented the blue and yellow, but wasn't as bright as the tamiya flat white.

Highlighting the Eldar was fairly simple.  The sweeping lines of the helmet made it easy to add lighter and lighter layers of yellow.  Lightening the yellow was done by adding just a dab of the Bleached Bone to the yellow with each layer.  I highlighted the body armor with a bit of codex grey edging carefully around the armor plates and highlighting the fingers.

I put the Bleached Bone over the flat white on the cannons in thinned layers.  This made the bleached bone go on smoothly.  The gems I used Vallejo's Vermilion for the red gems.(http://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories/Paint_and_Construction/VLJ00070909/product.php?gclid=CJ_Ux-fThLQCFcxcMgodGF4AQg).  I dabbed a tiny dot of flat white for a shine point and just darkened the lower bit of the gems and lightened the red for the upper part of the gems. If you want to see a very nice diagram of gems and how to paint them, take a look at this forum post (just scroll down a bit to see the chart). http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?72897-How-to-paint-eldar-gems

To finish things up, I used Seraphim Sepia shade to "wash" over the loincloth and the cannon.  I concentrated the shade towards the end of the cannon's barrel.  This created a nice g radiated "heat" look.  I liked the way it came out and it was super easy.

There's more I could have done and I could have continued painting on these models for a long time, but I was happy with how they looked on the board and close up!  Plus, we have so much more painting to do, so onward we must go!  Onto the Howling Banshees!