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Title: Painting dark elves... Ideas?
Post by: Moggy1000 on 01 October 2017, 09:21:41 PM
First thread in the warband forum, thought I'd put it here as it is aimed at Dark elves and other fantasy armies... What are your paint scheme's? So far I'm going for more the traditional purple and gold, with gun metal armour pieces, black hair, pale skin... So how have you done your armies, dark elf or not... And how do I post an image? Haha
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Post by: Ithoriel on 02 October 2017, 12:04:12 AM
I haven't painted Dark Elves (I have a GW Warmaster army but they're not painted) but for my High Elves I went with a Red, White and Black scheme inspired by the Ii Clan Samurai I'd painted immediately before. It may not be conventional but it's striking!

(http://2md.dk/gw-warmaster/images/games_in_progress/12k_battle_at_guys/Battle_-_Move_2.jpg)(//)

Inspiration for colour schemes can come from unlikely sources.
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 02 October 2017, 06:55:06 AM
Mine are drow inspired. Silver steel armour, white jackets, white hair, blue-grey skin, white eyes and hair. As featured https://m.imgur.com/a/2CEc5
Title: Re: Painting dark elves... Ideas?
Post by: SV52 on 02 October 2017, 09:25:41 AM
More or less the same as yours Moggy, mine are GW figures organized and based for Hordes of The Things.  Pics on the blog but they are all out of focus  :( Something else I need to re-do.
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Post by: toxicpixie on 02 October 2017, 10:00:01 AM
All very nice, but I do like Will's - very Elric of Melnibone!
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Post by: Terry37 on 02 October 2017, 01:32:52 PM
FWIW, I see elves, good or bad with milky white skin, and good elves in predominant green, while dark elves in predominant black with some purple thrown in somewhere. My HOTT LotR elves will be as the former, but are not painted yet. I will probably use a hobby store paint called bleached sand for their skin.

Terry
Title: Re: Painting dark elves... Ideas?
Post by: Chieftain on 22 October 2017, 05:52:49 PM
Red, purple, black, and steel all seem appropriate...

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/f3/ab/fff3ab5ffc1dbd744bf621dac06361f6.jpg)

...but ultimately, "whatever you like" is the right choice.  :)
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Post by: FierceKitty on 23 October 2017, 12:04:40 AM
Lilac, rose, chrome yellow, leaf green, and cornflower blue.
Title: Re: Painting dark elves... Ideas?
Post by: Moggy1000 on 23 October 2017, 06:09:27 PM
Talking Dark Elves here Kitty... No unicorns haha
Title: Re: Painting dark elves... Ideas?
Post by: Ithoriel on 23 October 2017, 06:30:50 PM
One of our group has a Warmaster Dark Elf army comprised entirely of figures intended to be Wood or High Elves which includes Lancers on Dark Unicorns to replace the raptor riders.
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Post by: Moggy1000 on 23 October 2017, 07:12:22 PM
I think we should get dragons for the elves ;)
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 23 October 2017, 10:36:51 PM
The Dragon Men Dragons come with dismountable riders!  ;)
Title: Re: Painting dark elves... Ideas?
Post by: Moggy1000 on 23 October 2017, 10:42:32 PM
So then the kind Gentlemen at Pendraken should make some dragon riders for both elven armies :) pretty please? Lol
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Post by: FierceKitty on 24 October 2017, 04:48:53 AM
Quote from: Moggy1000 on 23 October 2017, 06:09:27 PM
Talking Dark Elves here Kitty... No unicorns haha

Think of the surprise element when they pull out their maces and halberds!