Warhammer 40K Eldar: Old Style Harlequins

Here's a collection of GW's old style Harlequins Allison recently did for a customer. I've always had a fondness for these models and I think she did a fantastic job of capturing that old school feel.

The Avatar was missing his topknot when he came in, so that is why it is missing on the completed piece.

 

Harlequins are very complex paint jobs between all the checks, stripes, and gems. Usually these run about the cost of a detailed RPG character+ as they take a lot of time.

Kommisars for 40K

Obviously these aren't Games Workshop figures and I seem to have forgotten the manufacturer. The customer wanted them painted up for use with his Iron Legion forces so here's what Allison came up with:

Nice figures with great, sharp details. They are cast in resin, but the type of resin was easy to work with and took super glue and paint well.

Warhammer 40K Space Marines Blood Angels

Some pictures of a small 40K commission: Blood Angels Assault Marines. These were painted and based to match a trooper the client had sent. That's always a tough thing to do since styles may vary widely. It wasn't too bad on this project though once I came up with a plan:

I'm pleased with the way they came out. They match the figure sent pretty closely. The red came out nice a vibrant really catching the eye.

A Couple of Warhammer 40K Items

A customer of ours picked these two pieces up cheap on Ebay and wanted us to spiff up the appearance of the bastion and paint the tank. Here's the results:

 


The bastion was painted either with some very rough grey auto primer or perhaps that GW texture paint they came out with a while back. I mulled over what to do with it and came to the conclusion it would be quicker and easier to re-prime the piece and start over.

I primed it black and used various metals to bring the color back up. This would match the other Grey Knights items he has. Then I picked out some details with some gold and gave them a wash. I think it came out a bit better than expected.

 

 The tank was assembled but not painted so it was much easier. He has a Grey Knights army so he wanted it done in the same metallic color to go with the other pieces he has. He's not a big fan of the white and red stripes they have on the studio paint jobs so I decided to leave them off of this piece.

I started by airbrushing the whole tank with bolt-gun metal from GW over a black primer. I took my time, working from the center of the panels to the edges, making sure there was more paint in the center of the panels and surfaces to give them the start of a highlight.

 

Next I drybrushed a highlight of P3's Cold Steel. Finally I picked out the other details such as the tracks, guns, view blocks, etc. A couple coats of clear finished the process.