Here are some shots. I finished 2 of my warriors, the sybarite and one of the other warrior without a helmet. I still have to finish the bases but will end up painting those at the same time. I intend to add snow to the bases because I have never used the big jar of snow flock I have sitting around.
This is also my own craftworld, Kabal of the Frozen Ember. You can see the Army Icon on the sybarites back banner. The rune is also a Unit Marking, which will match the unit marking on the sails of their Raider when I get my hands on one. The pics as always show the flaws. The models look much better in real life than in these shots, because the mistakes are always amplified. Also I know one of the pics is a bit blurry, but it will due for now. I will have to get a better picture taken after I get the rest of the unit finished.
Here are the final shots, and then i will include some of the steps and methods i used for those who are curious about them.
The WIP pics will just be a link to the album.
http://s679.photobucket.com/albums/vv160/childofdelight/Dark%20Eldar/As for the painting, these are the various colors I used for each section.
Mini’s primed grey, then anything other than flesh was painted black. I could also go with black primer which I will probably use for future warriors, raiders, and bikes. I will stick to the grey primer for wyches and the hellions I plan to collect.
Flesh: Griffon Sepia Wash over the grey primer. Once dried I used an equal mix of Astronomicon grey and Deneb stone for the first highlight layer. I followed this up with the next highlight using an equal mix of the astronomicon grey, Deneb stone, and white. The next two highlight layers used the previous mix with just more white mixed in each step. I also highlighted less and less leaving the previous layer slightly showing. (sadly pics do not show the flesh very well, it is to reflective.
Tabards were done using a basecoat of tallarn flesh followed up by a Griffon Sepia wash. I then reapplied tallarn flesh as a highlight. I then gave it a final highlight using a 50/50 mix of tallarn flesh and deneb stone.
Blue hair: Base coated in enchanted blue, then given a Asuryman wash. I then highlighted it with enchanted blue, then 3 further highlights of enchanted blue and white (2:1, 1:1, and 1:2 ratios).
For the Undersuit and banner, I mixed Chaos Black and Turquoise together. I really don’t know the ratio but it was 3 layers. I think the first layer was a 50/50, then gradually adding more turquoise to that starting layer. I did not end up using straight turquoise at all, as I did each model individually and the banner was separate from the undersuit. I just kept adding more turquoise to the initial mix.
For the Armor, I just highlighted the edges in scab red, red gore, blood red, and then fiery orange. I used less of each color for each new layer. I then used a mix of red ink and black ink (3:1 ratio), and applied that over the armor. You could probably use the new washes but it would need a lot of the red wash and honestly I don’t think the red wash is red enough to blend the colors.
Bone sections were just vermin brown and bleach bone mixes. Then a final highlight of white.
Gold was dwarf bronze, black wash, shining gold, shining gold/silver mix for final highlight.
Metal was just boltgun base, chainmail highlight, black wash, then chainmail/mithril silver highlights.
Combat Drug tube and vials of toxins or whatever they are was done with Dark angel green, dark angel/scorpion mix, then scorpion green.
As for the banner, well the rune was done in shadow grey first, then white, and touched up in black.
The red circle was done similar to the armor, and the frozen flame was done with enchanted blue and white mixes.
