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Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:48 pm
by jollyork
The Spike! Tournament got me motivated to paint my first models in quite some time.

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Here's what the player cards look like in the new 2016 edition, so I decide to try to emulate them:

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Here is what I made:

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Thanks for checking them out!

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:27 pm
by lunchmoney
What a horrible paint job. Absolutely disgusted with what you have done there. Disgraceful. Waste of paint.......








Are all things not to be said about the above work :)
Want to paint one of my teams?

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:29 pm
by TheDancingClown
Lovely team and nice idea with the cards. Might have to copy that :)

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:56 pm
by sokomano
Where are the minis from?
Nice work

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 6:42 pm
by chopa
sokomano wrote:Where are the minis from?
Nice work
Witches and runners are modern dark elves from WHFB, the assassins and linelfs are mandrakes from the Dark Eldar range and the blitzers are Incubi from Dark eldar too. The apo is the current blood cauldron.

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:09 pm
by Saebelsultan
:o

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:58 pm
by jollyork
Thanks, everyone! chopa is correct, the Blitzers and Linmen are from 40K. The Witch Elves, Runners, and Apothecary are all from one WFB kit: the Cauldron of Blood. Heck of a deal!

The Spike! Tournament is this weekend, which will be their first time on the pitch. I hope they don't have rookie jitters!

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:47 pm
by bound for glory
Really nice!

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:19 am
by Axtklinge
Lovely job, congrats!

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 2:51 pm
by Chaos Dwarf
Great paint work, great team name, and great presentation on the cards!

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:57 pm
by Blammaham
Awesome team! It was great to see you at the Spike! again! S.

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 11:18 pm
by innerdemon
The pictures don't do this team justice. This was my favorite team at Spike this year, but the caliber of teams at Spike was incredibly high. this team was runner up for best painted.

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:01 pm
by jollyork
Thanks, guys! I had an awesome time at Spike! after a 2-year absence. I got a lot of nice compliments on the team and I am very pleased with how it did in the face of so much strong competition this year. Everyone brought amazing models!

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 9:54 am
by DinoTitanedition
Everything has been said about the minis - but what about the card grpahics!? I love that. How did you do that?

Re: Red Reavers - Dark Elves

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:04 pm
by jollyork
Thanks, Dino. I am a casual tinkerer with Photoshop and used that to approximate what I saw in the preview photos for the new edition:

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There is a much better image of the Star Player cards, but notice they have a slightly different layout than normal player cards, such as illustrated art and more text:

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I should also note that I work with a guy who is a PS wizard and he helped me with stuff like blending layers to add textures. I took all his crafty knowledge and applied my subpar photography skills of my models!