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Wow. The whole army together is stunning. Nice work.

 squall018 wrote:
Wow. The whole army together is stunning. Nice work.

Thank you squall018.

Well I guess I was premature in declaring my army finished, as this is the first of the last four Phoenix Lords I intend to paint.

A finished metal Jain Zar, not a great sculpt by any means, but one that lasted over twenty years before a recent replacement.





Based to be fielded with my army with autumn grass to match the Eldar's race's decline.

Cheers,

CB

Another metal Phoenix Lord finished - Maugan Ra.






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My favorite. He looks good. Now that Jain Zar has had a new model, I hope to see a new Maugan Ra in my lifetime.

 youwashock wrote:
My favorite. He looks good. Now that Jain Zar has had a new model, I hope to see a new Maugan Ra in my lifetime.

QFT, both my favorite model but still needs a refresh, although with current GW his gun would change to that off a Riptide or Warlord Titan.

The phoenix lord models do show their age a bit don't they. Odd as most of the old aspects still look good. MR was one of my favourites too and you've painted him up well.

although with current GW his gun would change to that off a Riptide or Warlord Titan.

and cost as much too...

Thanks youwashock and Theophony

Maharg wrote:The phoenix lord models do show their age a bit don't they. Odd as most of the old aspects still look good. MR was one of my favourites too and you've painted him up well.

Thank you Maharg. The Jes Goodwin sculpts have held up really well and I still feel they set the tone for all the models that have followed. I wish I remembered everything Mark Dance said about the history of the Exarch models when he first showed them to me up on Denman Island. He had some of the first casts to paint up before they were released and I remember being a bit disappointed myself in several of them.

Fuegan finished,








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Looks great, Cap'n. Lance really turned out well. Jain was the first of four, so who is the last up?

Fuegan looks great. You managed the fluffy color scheme very well. Looking forward to seeing the next Phoenix Lord.

Great work on this old school sculpt Captain Brown!

He looks great. Really darkening down the red like that gives him a grimy sooty kind of a look. (Now I'm thinking of Sooty the puppet, he doesn't remind of Sooty at all, I promise)

Love to see some Phoenix Lord love. Jain Zar looks great in those colours. The black and bone on Maugan Ra is a classic, of course. I wonder if he needs one or two bright spot coloured points to contrast with the dull bits, but I don't know what to suggest for location. Fuegan has a lovely deep red.

There was a discussion on Facebook I saw yesterday about the oldest sculpts in the range. We reckon that Njal is older han the Phoenix Lords, as are two of the current three Warlocks, but Phoenix Lords are pretty damn close to the oldest thing available. Not surprising as Jes Goodwin is amazing. I maintain that most of his Aspect Warrior sculpts are better than the ones that have followed later. His original Howling Banshees are still the best, in my opinion.

Thank you all for your comments.

Warlocks were released before the Phoenix Lords and likely Njal as there was a Space Wolf push just before the Eldar releases.

Finished Baharroth.







Last two together.


Next I should take a shot of all six.

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Nice job, Cap'n. I like the dark blue-grey and the red gems are great against it. Most definitely need a shot of the Phoenix Six.

Nice Pair of Lords Captain, Baharroths colour scheme is A really good choice. Sad to hear that you’ve finished your Eldar

gobert wrote:Nice Pair of Lords Captain, Baharroths colour scheme is A really good choice. Sad to hear that you’ve finished your Eldar

Thank you gobert.
Well I did buy one more model as a reward.

youwashock wrote:Nice job, Cap'n. I like the dark blue-grey and the red gems are great against it. Most definitely need a shot of the Phoenix Six.

Thanks youwashock.

As requested,


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PS: I am looking for some oop metal Dire Avenger Exarchs as well.

Original DA Exarch is a great mini.

Love the lineup. They look quite good. With the different color schemes and equipment, they always reminded me of a superhero team.

What a great project done. Those Phoenix Lords look amazing together. Looking forward to what you do with the Farseer on jetbike.

Fantastic collection. What a triumph. Lots of nice individual choices but they still recap some of the original Evy Metal schemes. And they look great together too.

The original DA exarch is an Iconic sculpt. I got one and few original avengers for a little squad of my own. I just always loved them. What's the plan? What are you needing plural exarchs for?

I just love how vibrant the colors are on all of them.

Fantastic Phoenixes, they look even better all together. Awesome work have an exaltation!

The 90's are strong with this one...

Absolutely stunning.

--Brian

That group shot is ace, so much amazing colors, have an exalt! And as youwashock said, they do look like the Justice League of Eldar

Those Phoenix Lords look stunning together, excellent work to finish a project. Good choice of reward for finishing!

Spectacular assemblage, each individually excellent, but as the old Napoleonic painters truly say 'here, in mass lies perfection'.

Thank you youwashock, CaptainWaffle, theCrowe, amazingturtles, Briancj, gobert, Viterbi, and Meer_Cat.

theCrowe wrote:The original DA exarch is an Iconic sculpt. I got one and few original avengers for a little squad of my own. I just always loved them. What's the plan? What are you needing plural exarchs for?

I have some spare Dire Avengers and wanted to make at least one more squad or add the option of smaller units for 9th.

Briancj wrote:The 90's are strong with this one...

I should sig that.

So the Jetseer kit is pretty simple.


As I was building it I noticed something was missing from the model...the large robes or cloaks that the Farseer wears. So I made my own to billow out from underneath the sash. Impractical...very likely, but this is 40K and I have a space elf riding a flying motorbike.


Jetbike is getting the attention first.


So loads of work still to do, but now he has a very long cloak flapping behind him.


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Any future universe that has tanks with rivets can have elves riding flying motorcycles with flowing cloaks and robes; excellent start to this build, Cap'n!

Nice cape. Soda can? Looks thin and metal. Nice vivid blue, too.

Meer_Cat wrote:Any future universe that has tanks with rivets can have elves riding flying motorcycles with flowing cloaks and robes; excellent start to this build, Cap'n!

Thank you Meer_Cat.

youwashock wrote:Nice cape. Soda can? Looks thin and metal. Nice vivid blue, too.

Thanks youwashock.
It is actually 0.10 mm plastic styrene, which made it a real (deleted) pain to shape, that flaking you see is having to do additional curling to make it fit between the rear upper fins.

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As always, and unsurprisingly, some terrific work in here CB. The uniformity of quality is something we should all aspire to.

Would love to see your process on shaping a cape out of styrene.