Today saw me finish painting 2 Eldar (space Elves) space ships specifically 2 Solaris Class Light Cruisers which is a long rang (for Eldar) ship that has a host of “weapons Battery” (which are the sort of normal space ship sized cannons and the like) on its prow that have a very long rang.
I painted these up in the same colour scheme as my very long standing Eldar fleet which I start years ago early 2000s I think. The addition of these 2 ships mean that means this fleet is now done, I have at least 1 of all the original ships and they are now painted!
I have however recently bought some 3D printed markers for torpedoes and tiny fighters and bombers, so I’ll still be adding just no more ships!
Eloths Endeavours 
A blast from the past that game. One I’ve not played either. Great work on them though.
Cheers,
Pete.
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The local club has a small following playing it which is great, it’s a decent game.
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Very nice, and a nice looking fleet overall! 🙂 I’ve always liked the Eldar ship models, not so much the human ones (which look too much like flying churches to me)!
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Thanks John, the human ones are indeed very flying church like. I saw some 3D printed Tyranid ones the other day, they looked great.
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Nicely done. The group shot is most impressive. 🙂
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Thanks TIM, about 2 decades in the making (I think) so I’m happy to have them all done!
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Love the look of the fleet
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Cheers man.
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Lovely work.
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Thanks mate.
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These look great and it is always cool to see anything Eldar. They’re one of my favorite 40k factions and their ship designs are really cool. You did a fantastic job painting them up as well!
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They are lovely ships, I always thought about a Eldar 40K force but I’m not sure I’d get those big flat smoth areas to look any good. Really enjoyed the ships however as less of those parts to them.
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Between the gems and the smoothness, Eldar minis require a certain set of skills and appeal to a certain kind of technical painter, I reckon.
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Yes a very clean paint style I think. Odd as I’ve painted many HighElves (my first army) and even some of there newer version (nothing as good quality your Elk rider however) and never been worried about them. Perhaps is the Eldar tanks with there massive sleek hulls that put me off.
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You’re too kind! I think you’re right that Eldar have larger, smooth spaces. The High Elf sculpts were more intricate, especially with their scale mail armor. Oh what I wouldn’t give for an updated version of those old High Elves sculpts!
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They where lovely models, it was my first army, I had the starter set of high Elf Spear men and Archers while my younger brother got the goblins, I still remember those models very fondly.
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I painted quite a few Spearmen myself so I can relate to what you’re saying. I can only hope that GW comes to their senses and puts them in The Old World whenever that finally gets released.
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I’m still very unsure on The Old World, half of me wants it to be out now and get about 5 armies, the other half is more negative and see it as rehashing some that once was good. I suppose time will tell!
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It is going to be hard to meet our nostalgia and expectations. GW better make sure it is a high quality product when it does finally release!
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Those are nice, great color scheme! 🙂
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Cheers man.
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That’s a great looking scheme for the Eldar – unusual compared to what we usually see, but looks the part completely!
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Thanks mate, glad you like it.
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