Craftworld Iybraesil - Battle Witch Yvraine and Yncarne

[TrawlingCleaner]

I was looking through the sprues I had for Yvraine and Yncarne and realised I'm missing most of Yvraine. Oops! I must have used the parts for another conversion that I now can't seem to find. Luckily I still had the sword, the hand fan and a shed load of bits!

 

 

Needs some gap filling but otherwise looking pretty great! She looks a bit more "battle armoured" that her normal priestess vibe

[TrawlingCleaner]

About time I got Big Blue done:

 

2 Phoenix lords down, I'll maybe figure the last out one day, maybe when they're all Plastic

 

I had a very productive weekend and managed to build 20 Guardians, 9 Windriders and 10 (very old) Swooping Hawks. The new Guardian kit is lovely, still keeping the old plastic Guardian vibe with a much better scale and pose. Really looking forward to painting them!

[Kallas]

36 minutes ago, TrawlingCleaner said:

About time I got Big Blue done:

Looks amazing, well done!

[TrawlingCleaner]

Cheers Kallas!

[TrawlingCleaner]

Following on from the Yvraine kitbash, I've converted up a Pitfighter-esque Visarch. I really like the swanky "come-get-yours" look. I think I need to add a helmet or a mask as his features are very human. Perhaps a Wrack mask?

 

[LtQuixotic]

Hey, love all the hard work that you have put in. I just picked up a Combat Patrol and want to make a Craftworld Iybraesil army. I was wondering what color you used for the teal for the main part of your army?

I made an account just to ask and thank you for posting your journey creating your force over the years. I'm going to use it as a launching point for my adventures into the Eldar army. 

 

Thanks. 

[Urkh]

I love everything I see happening here. The bits used for Asurman are great! The Visarch's hair is cool as well. Great inspiration to finish these Storm Guardians I am 40٪ through.

[TrawlingCleaner]

On 6/18/2023 at 12:30 AM, LtQuixotic said:

Hey, love all the hard work that you have put in. I just picked up a Combat Patrol and want to make a Craftworld Iybraesil army. I was wondering what color you used for the teal for the main part of your army?

I made an account just to ask and thank you for posting your journey creating your force over the years. I'm going to use it as a launching point for my adventures into the Eldar army. 

 

Thanks. 

 

Wow! What a lovely comment!

 

The blue is nice and easy as I'm a bit of lazy painter at times :

Spray undercoat: Mechanicus standard grey or any equivilant

Baselayer: Thousand Sons Blue

Recess wash: Agrax Earthshade

Highlight: Ahriman Blue

Extra Highlight for characters and vehicles: Temple Guard blue

 

Done!

 

For whites I use Celestra grey with a Nuln oil recess wash

The black is Corvus Black highlighted with Mechanicus Standard Grey

Burgundy cloth is Barak Nar Burgundy, Nuln oil then highlight with Screamer pink

 

I'd love to see how your army project goes, more Iybraesil is always welcome

 

22 hours ago, Urkh said:

I love everything I see happening here. The bits used for Asurman are great! The Visarch's hair is cool as well. Great inspiration to finish these Storm Guardians I am 40٪ through.

 

Thank you Urkh! Looking forward to seeing your Storm Guardians!

[TrawlingCleaner]

So my Call to Arms vow is kicked off with:

4 Warlocks (15)

1 Farseer (5)

Prince Yriel (5)

Yvraine (5)

Visarch (5) 

The Yncarne (10)

20 Guardians+2 platforms (22)

10 Swooping Hawks (10)

10 Wraithguard (10)

5 Wraithblades (5)

10 Corsairs (10)

9 Windriders (18)

2 Shining Spears (4)

1 Wraithlord (4)

 

 

We'll see how much I've bitten off and whether that's too much for me in 3 months

I've started on Yvraine, Visarch and Corsairs as they're all going to be largely the same paint scheme. I'm aiming for that Ynnari dark red as a seperate scheme from both my Craftworld and Kabal schemes, I'll get some WIP shots up soon

[Urkh]

I see a dark eldar raider in your pic, but it isn't listed in your vow?

[TrawlingCleaner]

21 hours ago, Urkh said:

I see a dark eldar raider in your pic, but it isn't listed in your vow?

 

Yeah, I only listed the Craftworlds stuff here but my Vow also included:

Lelith Hesperax (5)

14 Kabalites (14)

Talos (3)

Ravager (6)

 

Just so I don't go mad painting Blue and white

[TrawlingCleaner]

Bit of a messy photo but work has started on the Corsairs and Ynnari characters. The dark red of the armour should make these units pop when included in my Dark Eldar or Craftworld forces

 

 

Still absolutely loads to do!

[TrawlingCleaner]

After a brief interlude of painting Dark Eldar and not having the right red to highlight the armour of the Corsairs, I'm back to it:

 

The test model isn't perfect, I think the sword needs some work. It's not bad, the Warpstone Glow didn't flow right and wouldn't pool how I wanted it too. Not the end of the world, I'll just mix some white in and sort it out!

 

 

Whilst the 3 Eldar Schemes are distinct, they keep the same colours across all armies for Black, Bone, Gold and Burgundy + their bases. If I want to mix and match armies through Ynnari, I can do that without it irratating me

[TrawlingCleaner]

I sorted the Corsair out and they're in a much better spot now. I fixed the sword (more quartered and less solid colour block) and also brightened the red up too:

 

Much better!

Now just to do 9 more plus two characters

[TrawlingCleaner]

Corsair number 2 is done:

 

And number 3 is also well on the way:

 

I've been totally sucked into Hunt Showdown (again) and haven't been painting much. I have atleast got the base colours down on the rest of the Corsair squad so it's just tidy ups and highlights I need to do. I've got next week off so expect much more progress (hopefully)

[TrawlingCleaner]

Corsair number 3 is done!

 

4&5 are well on the way too, mostly capes and swords to do!

 

[TrawlingCleaner]

Batch painting colours of most of my vow, power from pain and all that 

 

[TrawlingCleaner]

I finished up blocking in most of the colours:

 

And then got to work on the Swooping Hawks:

By my quick Googling, these guys look to have come out in the Rogue Trader days, so they scrub up pretty well!

 

Guardians next

[Kallas]

Classic Hawks, lovely job!

[TrawlingCleaner]

1 hour ago, Kallas said:

Classic Hawks, lovely job!

 

Thanks Kallas!

By my reckoning, I think these guys are the oldest models I have in my collection? Perhaps only contested by a couple fo the Warlocks I have that were released about the same time and the RTB01 Rhinos and Landraiders I have. I don't think they quite stand up compared to new sculpts but I really love the Retro look

[TrawlingCleaner]

Chugging along, I'm most of the way through the first 10 Guardians:

 

I was going to call them done but I wanted to add a little more details to them and tidy some bits up

[TrawlingCleaner]

I'm starting to get back in a rythm now, I'm calling these 10 done (minus the bases):

 

Another 10 on the way:

[TrawlingCleaner]

Right then, 10 more Guardians done:

 

This means the "Veg" of the Vow is complete, I've finished the less interesting and tedious units and now I get into the "Meat" of the Vow

 

It's also pretty cool to look back and compare current and previous projects. The left Guardian is one of the first models I completed for the project about 3ish years ago:

 

It's cool to see how much the models have improved, the scheme has evolved  but also how much my painting has improved

 

Wraiths and Bikes next I think!

[The Yncarne]

Finishing the bases and gems really move them up a notch @TrawlingCleaner  I look forward to seeing your bikes. 

[TrawlingCleaner]

19 hours ago, The Yncarne said:

Finishing the bases and gems really move them up a notch @TrawlingCleaner  I look forward to seeing your bikes. 

 

Thanks Yncarne! Bases and Faces are really the bits of the army that bring the whole thing together!

 

I've started work on the Wraiths, they've had their washes so it's tidy and highlight time: