A short while ago I picked up a used Wraithknight, which I actually primed and painted yellow for a fellow local gaming club member. Since the model was completely assembled, it wasn't really possible to do get proper access to many parts. In addition, there is the obvious factor of learning faster than I can finish an army project. Of course, finishing an army is also made difficult by me being easily distracted by other models and having fun playing games, which cuts into my hobby time. But I disgress. This is the story of this "little" guy.
With paint being on him pretty thick and a number of sins visible in his plastic, painting over the original paint job wasn't an option. So I set to taking apart the model, which had been lavishly provided with plastic cement bonds, before sticking it into methylated spirit to destory the bonds of the Vallejo primer, Vallejo VMA paint and whatever the additional colours the model received are. After letting the model soak for quite a bit, I got busy with a brush and followed up with sandpaper and scraper.
Because I had to cut apart quite some bits, like shoulder, neck, hip, ankle joints and a bunch of armour plates, there was material missing. You can spot parts of a cheap ballpoint pen replacing the shoulder joints, adding stock to the neck and providing mounting spots for the armour plates.
Using cork, paperclip and superglue to make small bits reasonably easy to handle and rod magnets to hold the magnetized bits, I first sprayed black primer, followed by white primer as a zenital highlight before applying the yellow and blue base coats.
This is the current status, before applying varnish, oil shade, decals and basing. I'll add a shot of the finished model when it's done.
PS: With shade, very basic basing, decals and jewels, together with my first and second knights (from the left) as well as the wraithguard reinforcements.
