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Rogue Trader/2nd ed. Eldar Army pt8

16 Monday Feb 2026

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Greetings Terrans, time for another progress report on my lil’ OldHammer Eldar project. I’m really pleased with this latest addition to the army – a squad of Swooping Hawks:

I had been dreading and looking forward to painting these in equal measure – they are actually quite intimidating things to paint, what with all those gems and wing vanes… They did take longer to get through as a result, but they were well worth the effort. I’m really pleased with the red/yellow primaries, and I think the purple looks pretty nice on the secondaries as well. I was less sure about the purple helmets, (pfnaar), and originally planned to use yellow, but the purple has grown on me & I’m pretty pleased with the choice.

Anyhoo, that’s it for this post – got a few odds and ends to do next, including a couple of Guardians and some Dark Reapers!

Rogue Trader/2nd ed. Eldar Army pt7

03 Tuesday Feb 2026

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Greetings Terrans, and Happy February! I’ve got a bunch of Eldar goodies to share today, starting with Thatcher’s least favorite Aspect, the Striking Scorpions:

These guys were really nice to paint with a pretty classic colour scheme looking as fresh now as it did in the 90s.

I also painted this conversion:

This is a solitary member of a homebrew Aspect shrine, the ‘Silent Headsmen’ or Shaedra-Torrith. I envisage this shrine as being a rare offshoot of the Striking Scorpions that revel in the hunt and the claiming of trophy skulls… Painted in gritty tones, with an attempt at some OSL, this guy is intended to be used as a Predator analogue in a planned ‘Tyranid Pyramid’ game in the summer – basically Aliens v Predator v Colonial Marines in 40k. Should be amazeballs if it happens!

Finally, I have a couple of Howling Banshees – I love these minis, and I think adding purple to the colour scheme works particularly well. One of them had her hand butchered by a younger me, so a bit of surgery and a weapon swap was required:

So, that’s me halfway through my stash of Aspect Warriors – time for a group shot?

Lovely :-)

Anyhoo, that’s all for this post, I hope you’ve enjoyed this wee update. Hawks on the table next – the Aspect that are most intimidating from a painting perspective… Wish me luck!

Rogue Trader/2nd ed. Eldar Army pt6

17 Saturday Jan 2026

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Greetings Terrans, just a quick post from me today – managed to get a squad of five Dire Avengers painted up:

These are the original Dire Avengers, mono-posed when they first came out in WD127 back in 1990. These are absolute classic Jes Goodwin sculpts, incredible for the period, and I think the fact that Aspect Warriors are largely unchanged 36 years later speaks volumes about the quality of the design work.

I stuck with the classic blue/bone armour, with yellow used to tie the shrine back to the Craftworld and a bit of red for interest. Not too much else to say about these guys really – 5 identical sculpts painted identically!

Next up, a spot of green…