Farseer on (count as) Jetbike

So, an Eldar Iyanden List I want to play includes a Farseer on Jetbike. I don't want to order the Chapterhouse kit or get into making a green stuff cloak to cover up the mishaps of converting a biker to a Farseer.

There is a great plastic Farseer kit, but that fairly static in pose. I decided to try an alternative to the jetbike model and want to use an support battery antigrav platform instead. I had one lying around. I gently ripped off the glued gun emplacement. ;)

To my joy, a 25mm round base fits exactly in the center of this platform. That allows me to have the plastic farseer stand on the platform on his base, so I can tie that together with deco and paint and use the model without the bike if needed.

Additionally, I gave the farseer the sniper rifle. I found a dark eldar rifle for this and attached that and the figures head with 2x2 mm magnets. The base is held on the antigrav platform with another magnet pair.

You can see the model here. My focus was on utility and having a model that won't be confused with anything else and matches the jetbike dimensions closely to avoid modelling for advantage discussions from the get-go.

I want to add some rune deco to both the base and the antigrav platform, but I'm pretty happy with the model's overall look.

Update: I carved runes into the models base and the sides of the platform and applied some paint. It's not finished, but far enough that I could glue the farseer to the base and make the model playable.

Wraithknight Mk.III moar!

I've spent Sunday using the brush on the parts. I used Citadel Warplock Bronze and Hashut Copper for the Rune on the back and the big bulges on the hip armour plates. The gems were done as before, with VMA Tank Brown, VMA Sand and Tamiya Clear Red. I used VMA German Grey and Citadel Nuln Oil for the grey bits.

Tonight, I did some careful edge highlights using VMA White and VMA Yellow. Then I grabbed my trusty bottle of Revell Contacta plastic cement and went to town. The model stands by itself without a base, hip, shoulder and neck joints are held by magnets. I've also put magnets into the shoulder weapon mounts - just in case.

Here is the assembled model next to the second Wraithknight I painted, which is now no longer alone in my Iyanden army. The painting parts method is by far better than trying to paint an already completely glued model - like the one I did first as a favour for the owner and rehersal for me - and also still much better than panting an over-magnetized model - like the wraithknight I assembled when it came out with no thought about airbrushing or even painting.

I'm now going to stick the new wraithknight on it's base and get to doing the base deco. For that I need to make a halfway convincing job out of the swarm lord. The nicer look on the new knight has me considering re-doing or touching up my other knight, but I'm not sure what way I'll go there.

Wraithknight Mk.III

I've hit all subassemblies of the wraithknight with primer and paint now. Then I attempted to add some shade to the yellow parts. I'm not too happy with the result. I will have to see how it looks with greylining, edge-highlights and gems.

My plan was to have a Swarmlord with a hefty hole or two in its thorax as casual(ty) base deco. Using a hot air gun at 180 degrees Celsius, I was able to bend the plastic kit into shape to make this work and look a tad better than the model instriding pose just tilted on its side.