Warp spiders: taste the rainbow

Well my plan was to use dull greens and blues, but it was the first time i have used a white base-coat. So they came out a bit bright.

I like my colour scheme much more than the GW ones. These guys also look a fair bit neater than the avengers, which is good as they took ages and ages to paint.

Still intend to brighten up the gems with some 'ardcoat and paint a design on their backs. In time, in time.

More pics of the walker

Praetorian Dragons

A brain flash yesterday - I could convert som avengers into the dragons, with the paint work I talked about the other day (pic below).

All of the big gems on the avenger body will look awesome as big red gems.


Now... to find some storm guardian meltaguns...

My tactical musings...

So I was reading on WAU yesterday about an eldar list oriented around the turn two alpha strike.
It consisted of a fast moving and mechanised force shielded by two 'fortuned' wave serpents. The serpents provide a fast moving shield to the rest of the army, which positions itself to engage a vulnerable flank. In turn 2, the avengers inside the serpents disembark, and the whole warhost sends maximum firepower against this vulnerable target.

The weakness, as pointed out by another forum subscriber, was that an experienced general may set up a subtle counter-attack, and the fast moving eldar units are quite fragile.

Leads me to have some thoughts - small sacrificial units to weather the worst of the counter attack (3 x jetbikes - brave guardian souls), and / or a strong deterrent to the counter strike. Shining spears, or the threat of still embarked firedragons (or both).

The 3strong jetbike squad suddenly seems to  have a purpose other than turn 5 objective stealing. Fire dragons need not be sacrificial (or even fire - if the threat is deterrant  enough).


Hmmm, is this a new list I feel under contemplation?

Avengers, first attempt

So, my concept for the avengers was that they were meant to be black. I think they look really good black. However, at some stage while I was painting my exarch, blue crept into the mix.

I am not sure I particularly like these models.

I had an 'aha' moment, just as I was finishing them - they would look awesome if painted to resemble roman praetorians - with brassy armour and red detailing. It's not like I expect I will stick to the colours for any other of my aspect warriors...

Searching the web, I found someone had done what I was thinking of...   [grizzles with discontent]

The first walker...

The first model in my eldar army is the warwalker. Why? Because that is the backbone of my concept. The war walker - a long ranging scout, identifying the enemy, engaging from a distance, before fading back into the background.

Mine is in a camoflauge pattern - which will match my rangers when I include them.

Together, these will form the stationary element of my warhost - engaging the enemy waiting for the swift reinforcements of wave serpents and jetbikes.

So it begins, the first war walker...