Exodite Dragon Herd

Corsair Prince: Prancing

This is the first Eldar HQ I've painted for my Corsair army. Rules wise the Corsair Prince is mostly just a character that offers buffs to the unit he joins and his army.

Eldar Corsair Venom

Eldar Corsairs w/ Jet Packs

Corsair Prince 'dynamic base'

I just couldn't resist giving this guy a crazy base to help make him stand out.

@Aventine, I also lowered the head on his shoulders to reduce the size of the helmet.

Painted Corsairs!

Scourge/Swooping Hawk/Corsair Blade Sworn w/ Jet Pack

the more kit bashing/ambiguous my models are the more I can use them in different armies :)

Corsair Jet Pack

Finished my first Corsair Raider; still trying to figure out what Eldar Rune to put on the sail

Pilot

Gunner with Bright Lance

Corsair with Splinter Cannon/Shrunken Cannon... more ambiguity  

Eldar Corsair Prince

Fusion Pistol and Shimmer Shield; only 15pts!

With the use of Allies in 6th edition I think a mix of Corsair and Dark Eldar units will best represent my  alliance of Corsairs and Exodites. A particularly interesting combo I discovered is to attach the Dark Eldar Baron and a Corsair Prince to a unit of Beast Masters.

The Baron gives the unit Stealth, assault and defensive grenades and Hit and Run.
The Corsair Prince has a Shimmer Shield, giving the unit a 5++ save in close combat.
Although the Prince can only move 6" a turn, he can have a jet pack so he will lag behind in the movement phase and then catch up with the 2D6 movement in the assault phase if they don't charge.

Corsair 'Scourges'

I finally got around to doing these conversions today. It was really easy and they turned out better than I'd hoped! I used them as Scourges last night coming out of a webway portal with two haywire blasters. Honestly I think I'll drop the blasters because the army has enough anti-tank already and 15 poisoned shots is a heck of a lot! I look forward to painting these models soon.

Eldar Corsair Raider

This model took forever to complete. Sadly it is not 100% but once I get the crew painted up I'll finish up the last few details including some Eldar symbols on the sail and prow. The sail is also the same color as the Warrior's helmet and prow tip but it was in a shadow for the picture and didn't come out.

Deathwatch Librarian

I am kinda in-between projects right now. Without any big tournament nearing to give me motivation to paint just one army I am sure I will be painting a few new models for each of my existing armies to compensate/complement the new changes that 6th edition will bring.

Here is my Deathwatch Librarian I finished tonight to be added to my Mantis Warriors army or allied to my Imperial Guard... I used to be able to field this guy back in 4th edition but here he is finally with paint!

...and I got a little work done on this Corsair Raider

Eldar Phoenix

Figured out how to mount my Phoenix today by putting a small wooden dowel in the flight stem and a whole in the bottom of the model. I would have used a brass rod but couldn't find any the right size. This should work though.

Corsair Venom

I made some excellent trades this weekend including a FW Eldar Phoenix which I plan on using as a Void Raven Bomber. I also picked up a Venom which I swapped out the Splinter Cannons on it for Craftworld Eldar weapons.

In most game this will just "count as" two Splinter Cannons. I figure there won't be any confusion because you've never seen someone NOT take dual cannons on one of these...

Oh My, Works in Progress!

Eldar are on the back burner right now but the Raider is definitely WIP lol

Alamo is just around the corner, and hopefully so is the new Chaos book, so I gotz to get ready. Couple of Oblitz that I am working on. Not fully sold on the spot light on top of the gun.

 This guy is a little wild right now but he will be reigned in...

w00t plasma guns, bushido's ears are burning

This guy thinks he is pretty cool I guess.

 these guys have matching pants I know... I don't think Aventine was going to wear them again...

WIP that are a little further along...

WIP Eldar from Hotel Wisconsin

Camera Phone; not the best but oh well.

New Year's Resolution 2012

Happy New Years fellow WH nerds. It is that time of year again to look back at last year's resolutions and make new ones!

First lets look at the resolutions I made last year concerning my three army projects and how close I came to completing them.
FIRST
paint 1500points of my new Dark Eldar army.
first was the worst, I only painted 300points for this army. I really didn't have much motivation to paint this army since I was starting it from scratch and only played one game with them all year. FAIL

SECOND
paint a further 1000points of Mantis Warriors and finally put decals on all the infantry and tanks. DONT BUY 
ANYTHING NEW!
I far surpassed this goal. I painted almost 1500pts of Space Marines which has really expanded my range of models. I also don't think that I bought anything new for them so that was 1500pts of models I already owned; double score.


THIRD
paint 1000points of Plague Marines.
I hit this one right on the nose. My goal was to paint 1000pts of Nurgle for WARgames Con and I did it just in time!


2012 RESOLUTIONS
FIRST
Paint 1000pts of Dark Eldar for WarGames Con team tournament. 
This goal seems a little more realistic than last year's. Eldar are very difficult to paint so I should shoot for a smaller army to get done. This goal also has a hard deadline; having to be finished in time for the Con mid Summer.


SECOND
Paint a further 1000pts of Space Marines without buying anything new!
This goal shouldn't be too hard to complete. I have so many unpainted SMs in my collection but with 6th edition on the horizon, buying new models will be hard to resist lol.


THIRD
Paint 500pts of Chaos Nurgle Marines, unless Codex Chaos Legions comes out, then 1000pts of Nurgle!
I think this will be the hardest to complete, simply because every model has to be sculpted fist and already made the fun units (possessed, raptors, Prince) which only leaves me basic Plague Marines. However if the codex comes out before the end of the year I'm sure that will be ample motivation to get the army complete, thus the additional points to paint.


FOURTH
At least one blog post a week with real content.
I am starting my second full year of blogging and I want to be more constant. I hope to have more than one a week. 

CONTENT

alright; almost a minimum sized troop choice done!

Eldar Corsair Test Scheme

Been having some trouble getting a scheme down for my Eldar Corsair army. Not sold on this yet but it is a start.

Unpainted Progress

It is raining here in central Texas which has unfortunately kept me from priming my Talos Pain Dragon. Instead here are some of the counts as Wracks that will be in my Exodite army. Toughness 4 and FNP might be a stretch for their Dragon Cloaks but the Corsairs at least look the part of Exodite warriors on foot.

Pirates with lasguns will play the part of the Warriors and Witches in my army. I've combined CW Guardian, DE Warrior, DE Witch and High Elf kits to create a non uniform look for the Pirates.