Eldar Wraithknight S.I. part 1

Shawn has several new Eldar releases for me to paint.  All other Shawn's projects he had for me were side-lined for the Wraithknight.  Going to be mixing up the Work In Progress posts over the next several weeks.  Going to be kind of exciting.

Shawn started putting this guy together than had the foresight to stop in case I had a different idea.  I did and he really likes it.

JJ modelling, as always giving credit where it is due.  I'm stealing this pose from Mordian7th.  Really like how animated his Wraithknight looks.  Going to put my own spin on it.  Thanks, Mordian7th.

Finally back at the table after a lot of things taking me away from the apartment.  Felt damned good.

Had to tear apart Shawn's work on the legs to get the pose I wanted.  Need to cut those damned pegs off.

The foundation of the entire model.  Two 1.5mm thick metal pins securing foot to base.

You'll notice that the pins are at an angle with the foot.  That is on purpose.

Now that the legs are mostly put together decided to let them rest for at least 24hrs before doing anything with them.  Let superglue do its own thing.

Putting together the chest is damned simple.

That's it for that nights work.  Only had a couple of hours.  Re-working the legs took surprisingly longer than expected.

The air-intakes for this "jump monstrous creature."

Assembling the torso is actually terribly a lot of fun.

I LOVE this piece.  Out of all the GW models I've put together this is the piece I love the most.  The thrust under the chest enabling flight.  It literally clicks into place.  No need for glue.  Reminds me of the Rhino.

This whole assembling is quite the pain.  The only good thing about it is the energy pods are one piece.

Trying that whole dynamic pose thing.

Always worried about these pieces.  There is one little nub that sits on the shoulder which somehow secures it in place.

It is not as easy as the instructions indicate.

Time for some drilling.  3mm drill for magnets.

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