eldar nightshade destroyers

The designs of the Battlefleet Gothic Eldar ships are distinctive and have aged pretty well. These Nightshade Destroyers were assembled virtually unaltered, although I added magnets to the flying bases. Craftworld Miruaun has a long history of working with (and occasionally repelling) Corsair fleets, so it made sense to me that some Corsair vessels would end up as permanent additions to the Miruanian navy.

date: 2019 - 2020 (complete)
components: 3x Battlefleet Gothic Eldar Nightshade Destroyers, Green Stuff, White Milliput, neodymium magnets, 3x transparent flying bases (32mm diameter)

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Eldar Battlefleet Gothic Nightshade Destroyers

1. The trio of assembled vessels.

Eldar Battlefleet Gothic Nightshade Destroyer

2. The first Nightshade Destroyer.

3. The second Nightshade Destroyer.

4. The third and final Nightshade Destroyer.

5. The models have now been undercoated.

6. The first Nightshade Destroyer, now undercoated.

7. The second Nightshade Destroyer, now undercoated.

8. The third and final Nightshade Destroyer, now undercoated.

9. The first of my three Nightshade Destroyers to be fully painted (also the first Battlefleet Gothic vessel in my collection to be completed).

10. Close-up of the underside and torpedo tubes.

11. Port side view of the painted model.

12. Starboard elevation. I used a modified version of my Craftworld Miruaun colour scheme - rather than using pure white as the main colour for the hull, I opted to use a pale grey (Corax White), similar to my Shadow Spectres. This enabled me to use pure white for an edge highlight, which emphasises the details whilst using a relatively simple colour palette.

13. Another view of the painted Nightshade Destroyer.

14. Dorsal view of the model. The purple "gem" on top would in reality be a canopy over a large observation deck or similar. The colour matches the tinted canopies on my WH40K-scale grav tanks.

15. Rear view of the ship.

16. Ventral view of the model.

17. The second completed Nightshade Destroyer.

18. Port view of the second Nightshade Destroyer.

19. Starboard view of the second Nightshade Destroyer.

20. The third and final Nightshade Destroyer. This is a variant of the standard Nightshade Destroyer design, with several subtle differences when compared to the other two models.

21. Port side view.

22. Starboard view.

23. The completed squadron of escorts.

24. I was pleased with how consistent the painting looks across the three ships.

25. This was the first class of ships in my Battlefleet Gothic collection to be completed.