Dan's Dark Elves

[Dan Jones]

Thanks guys. I will bring the cold one banner to the club Monday

Ive been really busy with real life recently, work and family and all that jazz.

I managed to get some time to get the cold ones started today. Bases are painted, to be snowed later. This is the first test cold one. Ive given the model three coats for both greens and browns followed by a wash and after this picture was taken, a further green highlight.




As I said, Ive re highlighted the green after this was taken, its not super bright, but thats the army theme, dull, dark, dingy and brooding, a rag tag army of vets.

Im tempted to add soft off black tiger striping to the upper body. Thoughts?

Dan

[Dan Jones]

Update





All the beasts have been painted various tones of green and had the mouths painted too. This is the test piece for eyes and horns. It takes ages to do the horns, so I will paint the feet and claws in one batch and then go back to do the horns and spines.

Dan

[Dan Jones]

Pictures!




Ive now got the second lamp working, brighter working area, paint drys much faster on my pallete though!

Im painting this on the banner. It will be some serious labour, but a nice reward for the horrid weeks of painting these things.


So far.....

Ok, here is my current banner, its the second attempt. The first was to far too the ragged edge of the banner. After a little neatening it was ready to fill in.


Dan

[Dan Jones]

After some busy days at work and the gym heres this mornings work on the banner. Im gutted now I didnt do a wishy washy back ground of dark blue or somthing rather than just flat black.


Im going to add runes to the other side and some corner detail.

Dan

[Dan Jones]

Im going to varnish this then wash with dark colours to reduce the brilliance.

Dan

[Dan Jones]

Mordru, the banners seem to be fine so far, they just need a little car taken to them when handling, just dont be rough.

anoppi, be sure to send me a mail or a PM on librarium with your BSB. Im glad everyone is so keen on the banner tutorial!

Some early WIPS of the two hags for the Cauldron.



Here is some work on the Hags, rounded off the WIP hag with the head and some green. The gloved hand was a must to cover the horrific conversion to make the sword work.




Two real lion of flanders inspired pieces!
What do you think?

Here be the chosen corpses.


Let there be blood.



Those corpses are thrashing as the life of them is sucked out by the cauldron. I like the decapitated corpse, an addition my friend insisted I add in, one of the hags is holding his head.

Im half way through chopping up the parts for the death hag. Im using Morathi's torso, corsair hands (left hand dagger right hand fist) and sculpting the legs to have a long ragged cloak with small drappy bits over the top. The head will have a skull mask and two top knot pony tails.
Fingers crossed it works!

Dan

[Dan Jones]

Death Hag finished.





Some serious chopping went into this. The thing its holding in her right hand is a heart with the ventricles on. It should look better when painted purpley grey and sloshed in blood.

Dan

[Jon Kerr]

Wow these are looking wicked mate, love the cauldron and death hag! Great idea.

[Dan Jones]

Cauldron so far with banners


Im contemplating making markers to show what effect is given to which squad.

Currently paint the blackguard. green cloacks up next.



Dan

[Dan Jones]

Ive finished the Avatars of War Sorcerer. Really a nice model, the heads are a bit strange, the dragons neck seems to enter its head too high up but still. What you think? Dan