Craftworld Iyanden commission.
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About the Project
A new commission. Seems I can’t escape Eldar work! *never won a Button for this one.
Related Game: Warhammer 40,000
Related Company: Games Workshop
Related Genre: Science Fiction
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Howling Banshees; yellow helmets.
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
Finished the third and final unit of Fire Dragons, this time with yellow helmets.
Next up: Howling Banshees…
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”
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 (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
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
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.





































