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Craftworld Iyanden commission.

Craftworld Iyanden commission.

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A new commission. Seems I can’t escape Eldar work! *never won a Button for this one.

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Howling Banshees; yellow helmets.

Group shot of how the army is coming along

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Group shot of how the army is coming along

Top down shot of the army so far. Shows how using basing and key colours can unify an army, I think. Even with the number of Aspect Warriors, by using the Iyanden blue/yellow, and consistent basing of snow with icy tufts, the army “belongs”.

Final unit of Fire Dragons

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Final unit of Fire Dragons

Finished the third and final unit of Fire Dragons, this time with yellow helmets.

Next up: Howling Banshees…

Phoenix Lord Fuegan

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Phoenix Lord Fuegan

Needed a break before tackling the other five Fire Dragons.

New model for this edition, Phoenix Lord Fuegan. A really good sculpt from GW; I like the small details like the Chaos Space Marine head (on fire!) on the base.

Fire Dragons, 2nd of 3 units “blue helmets”

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After a week of family visiting, finally back to painting. Second of three units of Fire Dragons finished! Blue helmets instead of 50/50 like before. Also, aspect rune decals used.

One more unit to go…

Fire Dragons, 2nd of 3 units “blue helmets”

Fire Dragons (1st of 3 units)

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Fire Dragons (1st of 3 units)

First of three units of Fire Dragons (plus there is a Fuegan Phoenix Lord!).

Base Vallejo Desert Tan

GW Contrast custom 1:1:1 Magmadroth Flame: Iyanden Yellow : Contrast Medium for main colour; Tallasar Blue for half helmet, Iyanden Yellow for other half; Black Templar for weapons

Airbrushed gloss varnish, then thinned GW Contrast Snakebite Leather.

Painting … AK Deep Orange with a bit of Pastel Peach; more Peach for highlight; Yellow and Blues as per Guardians; weapon highlight Vallejo Field Blue.

Snow base with icy grass tufts.

Vallejo Matt rattle can varnish – DONE! Two more units to go.

Warp Spider Phoenix Lord Lhykis

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Warp Spider Phoenix Lord Lhykis

The Phoenix Lord of the Warp Spiders, Lhykis.

To keep with the Iyanden theme, I chose yellow for the mandibles, and back aspect rune; I also kept the overall scheme in darker black to a colour called Field Blue for the main body.

Sword done with a NMM style in turquoise colours, using a fair amount of both wet blends and glazing.

Base simply GW Contrast Aethermatic Blue over desert tan primer for the warp electricity; Eldar ruin, GW Contrast Space Wolves Grey. Usual snow and tufts to finish to keep with the rest of the army.

Warp Spiders

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Warp Spiders

First of the Aspect Warriors. Warp Spiders!

Keeping with tying these in to Iyanden, I made the helmets yellow in a similar way to the Guardians. They also have a blue-hued back carapace. Same basing scheme with snow and icy blue tufts.

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