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Thank you, all. She appreciates your kind comments.



Ramping up a little on the wraithknights. Getting excited to do some assembling, but that's still a little way off.



And in the "related to nothing and completely unnecessary" category, while tooling around I found a knockoff Void Stalker, my favorite BFG Eldar ship. Not a perfect replica, but pretty neat. Printed out at double size because why not.

Thanks for looking!

I still cannot believe those wraithknights are 3D printed, they look so smooth. Was there a lot of sanding?

Cheers,

CB

Thanks, Cap'n!

The camera angles are forgiving, and I have done some filling. They are going to look ok, I think, but closer inspection will show many 3D printery artifacts.

That's a gorgeous blue on the last two mandos. Mandos. No wonder coming to this blog always makes me crave citrus.

Looking forward to seeing the big boy come together. Love the colour scheme, and the photo of all the parts together is giving me big EVA graveyard vibes in a good way.

Nice job on the Rando Mandos! That void stalker looks to have come out well from the printer too

Wraithknights are shaping up! I liked a lot the BFG ships as well, pity it wasnt a popular game in my area

BFG for the win, but hell yeah, those wraith knights are coming together NICE!

Many thanks, guys!



Beep Boop as the monthly challenge topic gives me the perfect opportunity to paint these two. Been thinking about them a lot, but they don't rate pushing other stuff out of the way. Now they can finally be finished. My Pit Slave gang will be fully painted again. Pretty sure both of these have been shown before, but that's as far as they went. Sabre-Gaia and The Iron Maximus, the leader and mentor/lieutenant for the gang, the majority of which was painted...a LONG time ago. When the Pit Slaves were first released. These two came along later, one as a re-fit for the old leader, one as an excuse to use the old, tiny Techmarine.



And some more WK progress. Your votes of confidence thus far have been greatly appreciated.

Always plenty to do. Thanks for looking!

Nice choice on the freehand to distract from any layer lines. Iron Maximus looks a cool mini, look forward to seeing him painted up

Thanks, gobert! Enough paint covers all the pesky texture.

Progress, but no pics yet. Month feels like it is already moving along very quickly. However...

Marvel United kickstarter delivered and a con-exclusive supply drop.



Lots of little minis. Thanks for looking!

Ooooo I might be getting my fresh pile of chibi supes soon too

Also high five on the WK progress!

Thanks, Boss Salvage!

A little progress on the Pit Slaves.



Upon further reflection, this pic is fairly horrid.

And some Wraithknights coming together. Feels so slow. I really want to see these two standing on their own.



More parts done and assembly has started. Cannons have also been moved into production. All parts now underway.



Plenty on the go. Thanks for looking!

More pieces together.

Nice legs

I still think the orange would have been better, but I approve of your work so far.

Nice set of pins! The techmarine pit slave is looking pretty cool already. I certainly wouldn’t want to mess with him!

Thank you, all!



Bodies on the legs. Getting a pretty good idea, now, of how they will turn out.

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Nice color scheme. Is it your own or from one of the factions?

Thanks, Tommygun1918.

They are not meant to look like they are from any particular Craftworld, but as I am a little rusty on my 40K lore, they could look similar.



Cannons almost done. Nearing the finish line.

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Nice guns

Thank you!



Lots of progress over the weekend. Almost there. Finish the last head, varnish, basing.

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Going to do a squad of guardians fighting around their feet? Maybe a spiritseer? Dead chaos marines?

Or just rocks and tufts?

I love the gradients in the crystals.

Always nice to see Eldar getting ahead

Thank you!

I see what you did there, Facebeard.

Nev, nothing too crazy for the bases. They will be done up to match the Exodites, and will most likely be worked into that narrative. Or at least match my modern Eldar base style.



And we are done except for the niceties.

Thanks for looking!

Beautiful. The spirits in the faceplates are what takes them up to masterpiece level imo

The heat in those cannons is lovely, really nice contrast to the cold teal/blue in the rest of the scheme.

Also love the giant gems on the chest - I'm always terrified of a reflective surface larger than a goggle lens, but you sold the effect there.

Thank you both, very much!

Working on getting the bases done. Hope to take pics Saturday.

In other news, I hate 3D printers. That is all.

Love the inner glow on the gun arms!

Thanks, aku!

And that's a wrap.

Two 3D printed Wraithknights, made using a Shadow Spectre mod that I found and thought looked kinda cool. I had a good time with this project (mostly, the stress over the sheer scale at times was intense) and feel they have turned out well. Always good to see a project completed, especially at times like this where I still haven't even attempted to paint the GW Wraithknight I converted years ago. These guys are pretty big. For fun I printed them about 12% bigger than stock. On with the show. Having a twelve pic limit this time, there's a lot ahead.























Been cooking away at a bit of fluff to tie them in with the Exodites. The pilots are a male and female Eldar who each lost their twin and have a connection to Curaidh, the Snow-Crowned Prince. He will be reaching out to them for help in the conflict coming his way. If I ever get around to finishing that story.

As I said, happy with the results. The paint is a little crude in places, but it usually is for me.

Plenty more on the go. Need to finish Beep Boop, most pressingly. And get those pesky Mandos done.

Thanks for looking!