I obtained a very large Eldar force as a trade a few months back and they will be a recurring theme for me throughout the challenge. Due to the amount of jet bikes and vehicles I felt that it was an obvious option to go Samm-Hain and I do like painting red. For scoring I have considered the jetbikes the same as a horse mounted 28mm so they are worth 90 points, the walker is 15 and the heavy weapons I only gave 5 points each for a total of 120.
I use blister pack foam after a basecoat to do all the shading on vehicles, while not as efficient as an airbrush it has a somewhat similar effect and I can do it in my lounge room while watching tv.
Not sure what is next up but I intend to have a very wide selection of different miniatures as the challenge progresses.
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Welcome back to the Challenge Anthony!
Wow, what a great passel of jetbikes you have for us! You know, I've never heard of using blister pack foam for paint sponging, but the effect is very convincing. I learn something new every day. The red looks very good and I like your addition of the black stripes and rider armour to add a bit of contrast and break-up the colours a bit. While the bikes are very cool, I must say my favourite is that walker.
120 points for you, sir!
Wow these look great really nice work mate
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Deletevery very cool
ReplyDeleteCheers Martin
DeleteNice work. I have used sponge from blister packs to do chipping and edgeing work before but never complete painting or base coating. Seems like a viable option though from your results. Nice work
ReplyDeleteGreat work Anthony! Blister foam for painting and bringing some variation is quite a nice idea. Never really thought to use them outside of chipping, but might have to give it a try after seeing your results.
ReplyDeleteOh these are lovely. Good choice of colour.
ReplyDeleteJust brilliant!
ReplyDeleteVery nice work indeed Patch.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive. Really liking the paint scheme.
ReplyDeleteLovely looking jet bikes!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Nice work. Love the look of these I could see them in many a science fiction battle.
ReplyDeleteI think they look great!
ReplyDeleteNot a SciFi games aficionado but must reckon the quality of your work
ReplyDeleteNice work Anthony :)
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ReplyDeleteGreat work Patch! The red really rocks and you've got a really effective colour palette going.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff Anthony! Always my favourite Eldar colour scheme and you've done as really nice job of these.
ReplyDeleteInspired idea on the blister pack foam, very effective indeed. And the red "go faster" stripe on the helmets works very nicely too.
ReplyDeleteThey do indeed look nice!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
And the red ones really DO go faster - ask any Ork.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work on these intrepid aces, Anthony!
Really nice work, Anthony! The red is really vibrant and shaded very well, I like the black uniforms for the riders which really helps set the bikes off more! ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat painting on these mate, I really can get nostalgic over these! I shot some of those out of the sky with my DA Plasma cannons, but these are far better painted then the ones I encountered. Thanks for a trip down memory lane!
ReplyDeletethey look like a lot of fun
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