Eldar Harlequin kill-team

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Dominus Ex Machina

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Hey guys, I'm painting a kill-team that will perhaps show up on a kill-team board at GDUk 2010 for you to play with.

i'll get right on with the pics
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Not a lot to show yet, I know :tongue:

The diamond pattern is more or less finished (some minor touching up to do) while I haven't even started to paint anything else yet. It took me a couple of attempts to pull it off. Personally I think it is the greatest challenge I've faced, painting wise, as it requires a lot of forethought and a pair of steady hands... On his leg you can see the guidelines I paint up before I start applying colour, I have to touch them up a bit since they're a little sloppy. These are actually a lot harder to paint that I first thought they'd be! The curved surfaces and the folds in the cloth really messes them up sometimes... For the curious I can reveal that the diamond pattern on his leg will be black and white similar to the original GW paintjob

oh, and credit where credit is due, I was heavily inspired with the colors by the awesome death jester painted by muhani (
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Now it's just a "simple" matter of repeating this process on the rest of them, though colours will differ slightly from each one. At least I think it will, I'm not entirely decided yet.

Thoughts, tips, suggestions, feedback?
 
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cheelfy

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That looks good to me but some of the black lines are a bit thick. Maybe I would also give one more highlight on some diamonds.
 
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Prophecy07

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Can't wait to see the rest of this. Personally, the Death Jester is my favorite model across the entire GW range, evidence of Jes' brilliance. That said, it is truly a painter's model. I keep staring at mine, basecoated, but never seem to get around to actually slap paint on him. I think the Harlies intimidate me.

Anyway, very nice color choices so far!
 
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Dominus Ex Machina

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Quick update. Pretty much done, some minor things left like varnishing and a few touch-ups but basicly the death jester is done.

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I know the black and white diamonds aren't perfect...

The rest are coming along nicely, I'll upload some wips next weekend.
 
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Aureo

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That looks really great. I really am digging on the colored diamonds. You're making me want to start doing my DJ again...and I agree, the diamonds on the legs are hard to get "perfect" but yours came out really nice. I also really like the bone you've done on the mask. Only thing is, his gun and coat look a bit unfinished--don't know if you intend to do more since you said all you had were some minor things to do. I'm also personally not a fan of the red gems/accents for the colors your chose, they seem to clash a touch with the colored diamond pattern. Looking forward to seeing this finished up, and the other ones that you've started.
 
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Eelco

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Really nice work you're showing here. I really like the Harlequins, but was unpleasent surprised to find out that the diamond pattern had to be handpainted and was not sculpted in the models.
I really have deep respect for painters who can handpainted such patterns and also heraldry.

And again I am looking to a very impressive painted diamond pattern. It really looks good, with nice shadows and highlights.

I can only agree with other comments about the coat. It's looking to dull and black. Ty to ive the basecoulour a "warm black" tone by mixing with dark brown, blue or even purple.
Only paint the shadwos in pure black.

I think when you gove the coat som more attention, you are gonne have a stunning painted model.

Keep up the good work.

Best regards,

Eelco
 
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