Inquisitor scale Eldar Ranger (Display piece).

[Ap0k]

So something came up recently that gave me an excuse to paint this guy up. He'd been sitting in a drawer for about 5 years (or more), having only received a little work on the base, and general cleaning of mold lines.

So here's how he looked at the start of last week.



The tree was pretty pathetic, so I chopped it off near the bottom and rebuilt a new one. Sadly it didn't cross my mind to take pics of this stage, but whatever. Pretend it's a big secret!

Anyway. Some work in progress shots.





And some (very large) photo's of the finished Ranger, pre-base.






And finally, the finished piece. It's a real bitch to get good photo's of, and it would have been nice to have the full shot with a little more focus on the ranger, rather than the tree, but meh.






The droopy bits on the tree didn't turn out quite how I wanted them to, but they're close. Ideally I'd have liked something a little finer, but more 'weighty' and less fluffy, but with the clump foliage that I was using, it's a bit of a pain to work with. Due to the way it webs together weirdly, it's hard to prune it down to the point where you keep the little fine fluffy bits on the ends of the stalks while thinning out the areas you don't want to be all fluffy and clumpy.

In any case, happy enough with it, given the time spent (30-35hours or so maybe? I was painting all week under the influence of a heavy cold, so it was partly autopilot and it was very on-off, rather than working in singular huge sessions).

[Winterdyne]

Nice. I especially like the skintone on the face. Tree's come out pretty well, too!

[[MaGiC]]

nice model.. is he an actual Inquisitor model?

Btw I dunno why, but I've always thought of Elves/Eldar being very pale skinned (unless they're woodelves ofc)

[Inquisitor Lok]

That is one beautiful model. It gives off a rather Japanese vibe i find with the tree and the elegant (semi) samari-y posed Elder Ranger. The only thing I'm not sold on is the purple shading of the wraithbone on the rifle, it just looks off to me. But overall it's really well done!

[HoopyFrood]

Never knew eldar have red blood. The piece looks fantastic, I don't want to subtract from the paint work, but the tree looks amazing! What is it made of?

[Ap0k]

Cheers guys!

The tree was built up from a wire core (about 25 single strands twisted around eachother and then split off at the top to create the branches) which was covered in greenstuff to create the bark. Some sand for the heathery parts up the trunk, and the dangling fronds are simply painted clump foliage.

I'm not quite sure what you're asking Magic. He's a model from the GW Inquisitor range, yes. He's not an actual Eldar Inquisitor.

[Gorb]

I feel like too much of a nerd when I comment on your Facebook instead of on here. Fantastic work, as always! Love the eyes!

[comradegrumpy]

Love the job all over, but the boots and the red section of his under-robes are stunning, I reckon.