Time To Catch Up On Some Projects!

It's really easy sometimes to just get wrapped up in "the new" and leave some of the older projects on the back-burner. Who doesn't love "new"? 
Well, today seemed as good a day as any to catch up on some projects that have been neglected.
For a while now I have been looking for a quicker War Hounds scheme, I have a Dark Elf Dark Rider that's been sitting around since their release, my floundering War Hounds dreadnought needs some love (or a repaint), I have a new scheme for the Dark Eldar in mind and the Treeman keeps staring from the table wondering what he's done wrong and why he get attention any more.

Miniatures that fit into current Project Blogs are linked below. For the rest 
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Dark ELdar

I am a massive fan of the Dark Eldar, but as fate would have it, there just isn't a scheme I've been happy with so far. My first one was dark green, very much like the ones in the Codex - but it just didn't sit right with me. So I've been reading the Codex and I wanted to get back to Jes Goodwin's original Dark Eldar vision. Time to rethink the approach!

I really just wanted them to be black, but not grey, so after undercoating in Chaos Black spray, I went over that with Abaddon Black, then a light drybrush with a very dark grey. I wanted a 3D feel to it, but not to the point of losing the darkness. 
The purple was a new technique experimenting with Nuln Oil; I did the basecoat, then 2 levels of highlights, then washed it with Nuln Oil. Not sure the look is entirely what I want, but fun to try.
All the metals and the blaster were washed with Nuln Oil and the bones were white, then a yellowy tan colour, then white again, then a wash of Agrax Earthshade. I really like the bones in his topknot, which is just white washed with a mid grey and highlighted with the base colour.
I went for a steampunk look for the weapon - something I'll be sticking with for the Dark Eldar.

As far as army painting goes, this scheme would hold fast and be easy to turn out over and over again.

Treeman

So my Treeman has gone through a bit since I started him. The colours and detail have had to be changed and his beard is taking shape. The transition between the light grey and the dark grey has taken a bit of work and today I got to work on the leaves. It was a much needed touch because interest was waning! I have to say - working on leaves isn't much fun, but the result is nice. That bit of greenery just brought him back to life. This is the old Camo Green which works nicely on the dark grey branches.

Still need to finish that beard - and then I think I'll be back on track. This is my first 'Monster' in the GW line, so interesting how much work they are!

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