Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Complete February 19, 2024
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Group shots! Unfortunately, I don’t have the best lighting for so many models, but I still like to see how many minis I went through. Completing a project is always an accomplishment to be proud of and I love to see all the models out together.
This is one of very the few projects I used decals regularly. Because of this army, I want to use decals more. They bring such an air of cohesion to the army that makes them look so sharp.
Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Update #20 – The Avatar of Khaine February 18, 2024
Posted by Jason Bergunder in Army building, Eldar, Games Workshop, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer 40k.Tags: 40k, aeldari, avatar, avatar of khaine, Commission, daemon, demon, eldar, fire, Games Workshop, gem, glow, khaine, miniature, nmm, object source lighting, OSL, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer, warmongers
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The final piece of the Aeldari commission is complete, the Avatar of Khaine marches to war. There are a lot of textures I tried to simulate in this piece. The most noticeable being the NMM armour and fire.
I tried to get deep NMM red armour to work with fire and a red cloth by making the texturing different. Normally highlighting these areas would have made the whole model look flat or just one big blob of red. By differing the textures, I am hoping that that high contrasting armour would look quite a bit different to the softer crosshatching highlighting I did to the cloth, versus a more linear transition I took to the fire’s different colours.
The gold, leather straps, and hair all use warm greys, and so should fit in with the reds without standing out too much, and will still break up the reds. The biggest contrasting parts are the sword and gems, which are green. I went with NMM green sword and regular green gems.
And that concludes the Avatar. I still want to take group photos of the whole army. Next commissions, Kingdom Death and Space Marines.
Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Update #19 – WIP 2 Avatar of Khaine February 11, 2024
Posted by Jason Bergunder in Army building, Eldar, Games Workshop, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer 40k.Tags: 40k, aeldari, avatar, avatar of khaine, Commission, eldar, fire, Games Workshop, glow, miniature, nmm, non metallic metal, object source lighting, OSL, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer, warmongers, WIP
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Part 2 of the progress on the Avatar. The body and base is complete. I made the fires glow and the sword is NMM green. I tried to go for some lighting reflections on the body and the cloth, hopefully the lighting makes it convincing. All that’s left is his head!
Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Update #16 – Guardian Special Weapons January 14, 2024
Posted by Jason Bergunder in Army building, Converting, Eldar, Games Workshop, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer 40k.Tags: 40k, aeldari, Commission, eldar, Games Workshop, guardian, magnet, miniature, Painting, saim hann, saim-hann, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer, warmongers
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Here are the last of the Guardians and their special weapons. They just have their weapon platforms to get finished and then I will start on the Autarch.
Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Update #15 – Guardian Combat Weapons December 31, 2023
Posted by Jason Bergunder in Army building, Converting, Eldar, Games Workshop, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer 40k.Tags: 40k, aeldari, chainsword, Commission, edlar, eldar, Games Workshop, guardians, magnet, magnetization, miniature, Painting, pistol, saim hann, saim-hann, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer, warmongers, weapons
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The next batch of weapons done are mostly the close combat option for the Guardian squad. Lots of pistols and swords. There’s a couple pointing fingers and binoculars too. Just a handful of special weapons and 4 more Guardians, and the squad will be done!
Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Update #14 – More Guardians & Support Weapons December 16, 2023
Posted by Jason Bergunder in Army building, Converting, Eldar, Games Workshop, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer 40k.Tags: 40k, aeldari, Commission, eldar, Games Workshop, guardian, heavy weapons, magnet, miniature, Painting, saim hann, saim-hann, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer, warmongers
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11 Guardians and a bunch of support weapons are done. There are still a handful of Guardians to do and this squad’s optional special and close combat weapons.
Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Update #13 – Guardians & Their Arms December 3, 2023
Posted by Jason Bergunder in Army building, Converting, Do-it-yourself, Eldar, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer 40k.Tags: 40k, aeldari, Commission, Converting, eldar, Games Workshop, guardians, magnets, miniature, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer, warmongers
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The first batch of Guardians are done and the arms for catapults for most of the squad. There are arms for chainswords and pistols and a weapon platform that will be painted too.
Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Update #11 – More Dire Avengers November 3, 2023
Posted by Jason Bergunder in Army building, Eldar, Games Workshop, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer 40k.Tags: 40k, aeldari, Commission, dire avengers, eldar, Games Workshop, miniature, Painting, saim hann, saim-hann, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer, warmongers
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The next 10 Dire Avengers are done. About three quarters of the squad is finished! There is an odd number of 21 models in this unit, but I think that just means there is an extra Exarch in case you’d want to field up to 3 squads.
Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Update #10 – First Dire Avengers October 14, 2023
Posted by Jason Bergunder in Army building, Eldar, Games Workshop, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer 40k.Tags: 40k, aeldari, Commission, dire avengers, eldar, Games Workshop, miniature, Painting, saim hann, saim-hann, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer, warmongers
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The next batch are the first handful of models for the Dire Avengers unit. The scheme follows the traditional Dire Avengers scheme, but the plume and accent details are red, to match the rest of the Saim-Hann army. 16 more to go!
Craftworld Saim-Hann Aeldari Commission Update #9 – Shroud Runner Jetbikes September 30, 2023
Posted by Jason Bergunder in Army building, Converting, Do-it-yourself, Eldar, Games Workshop, Painting, StaticGrass Creations, warhammer 40k.Tags: 40k, aeldari, camo, camouflage, Commission, diamond, eldar, free hand, Games Workshop, jetbike, magents, miniature, Painting, ranger, saim hann, saim-hann, StaticGrass Creations, stencil, transfer, warhammer, warmongers
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The Shroud Runner Jetbikes are finally done. Each one has 2 Ranger riders, one pilot and one gunner. Both have their fancy diamond camo cloaks and each bike has a diamond pattern on the cone. I really like the Saim-Hann transfer I put on the front. It helps to bring the models together and match their riders. As with the other hovering vehicles in the army, these are all on ball bearings and a magnet so they can be reposed mid-game.
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