Eldar Pirate Wyches

The first squad of wych models is complete. I limited the black to just their boots and I am pleased that they did not turn out as dark as the previous models. I also think that the excessive contrast I was trying to achieve worked and they have that cartoon look that I like. I love the look of the blue hair and the way it allowed me to nicely place all three colors (green, blue, and purple). Its hard to see but the purple is subtly used as the highlight color on the mostly-black boots.

Some quick notes on the models themselves. First of all, I think the costumes on these Warmachine models perfectly match the pirate theme I am looking for in my army much better than the skin tight leather look by GW. Warmachine is very steam-punk-ish so I guess its natural that my renaissance-pirates-in-the-future was a good fit. The models come armed with razor flails; which are one of the DE wyches actual weapons. Unfortunately, they are not available to the whole squad so I'll play them as though none of them has one. Nevertheless, it provides the right look. Removing the horns and then resculpting the hair was not as bad as I was anticipating. If you look close, you would see that the original sculpt has been changed, but its not obvious from a normal viewing distance.

This squad took about 3 weeks to paint. I was hoping to take a finished DE army to this years NOVA Open in September. I'm worried that I won't get it done in time. I still have one more squad of wyches, one squad of warriors, 12 reaver jet bikes, 10 elite warriors (I'm going to use modified Eldar scouts), 5 more skimmer tanks, and 2 venoms (if they get released in time). The math does not look good. Maybe I'll find a technique that speeds up the tank-painting time.