Ork Battlewagon

I finally finished the Battlewagon (with the Deff Rolla and Killkannon). It's overkill, I know, but I can't imagine not having both. I still have the optional gunners to paint, but they won't make a big difference to the overall effect.

I tried something different. I hard-lined the red panels with metallic silver, to make it look like the paint was wearing away from the edges. I think this could be improved in 2 ways: wider edge highlights, and darker/layered metallics.

Dark Eldar "Wracks"

The above picture features the first three of  ten Dark Eldar "Wracks" I'm adding to my army.  Once again, I've decided to use Privateer Press models (Hex Hunters) instead of the GW ones because they represent my pirate theme better.  The wracks described in the Dark Eldar codex and represented by the GW models are cyborg-mutant-abominations.  I wanted slightly-tainted scurvy sailor types.  These models come dang close.  I gave them the blue skin to show that they were not normal "space elves", the copper-ish armor to represent their diminished status, and the crystalline swords to represent the poison rules for their melee weapons.  This squad of ten + a small HQ will take my core 1850 point army up to 2000 when necessary.