Black primed, then sprayed white highlights; I like the stark contrast between light and dark. Under-painting in various acrylics and GW glazes. Final blending and details added with tube oil paints. It's kind of like painting the figure twice, but I find it allows very subtle colour transitions. NMM for metals; I agree with KevinH, often metallic paints do not scale down well because of the courseness of the pigment.
Details done using 000 Winsor & Newton Series 7 brushes. I find that a good point serves just as well as a 10/0 brush, and allows better paint flow.
Figure is removable from its vignette display base for gaming.
It is the new HQ for my tournament army. Very inexpensive points-wise, compared to other Eldar HQ's. The melta gun and power sword provide capability against both tanks and infantry. Her Banshee Mask is a cheap "strike first" button for close combat. She'll ride with one of the Dire Avenger squads inside a skimmer tank.
2 comments:
Beautiful brush-work, Dave! I particularly like the NMM effect on the sword.
Of course you know that with this kind of paint-job on a new figure she is doomed for at least several games? Oh, wait, I forgot - its an Eldar figure in one of your armies... nevermind. ;)
Great work Dave - looks awesome.
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