Another Eldar Exodite log

[Lurker]

Excellent Conversions. Those snow bases really make the models stand out.

[Binary77]

Another quick update today
Dark Reaper squad finished modelling, bar anything obvious I've missed






And some more GS work on the Autarch. I think he's about there now



Thoughts?
-Mark

[Binary77]

And now onto this weeks updates.
Didn't get as much as I'd hoped finished this week due to real life and driving lessons...
But here's where we are now.

Firstly I've built three of the guardians for the third squad of the defender battle host.



Now I know they still need some tidying up (why do some mould lines remain invisible until you photo the model aaaarrrgggh!)

Painting wise I managed to get the vyper finished, although it's still mounted on its painting base as I want to do all the bases at the same time for consistency.




What do you guys think?

-mark

[40kGamer]

Lovely work. You're making me want to rekindle my long ignored Exodites! Is that a great Knarloc base for the Vyper? Also how did you carve/create the plasticard wing for your War Walker Stegadon?

[Binary77]

Lovely work. You're making me want to rekindle my long ignored Exodites! Is that a great Knarloc base for the Vyper? Also how did you carve/create the plasticard wing for your War Walker Stegadon?

Now you know you want to restart them, there needs to more of us "WTF is that?" modellers!

Nearly, it's a forgeworld knarloc rider. I got a set of 3, turned 2 into my shadow weavers, and then the third plus milliput/GS for the vyper ( you can see the earlier stages in a previous post.
The stegadon wing was done by glueing 4 pieces of 1mm plasticard together, cutting the rough shape of the wing out with a jewellers saw when it was dry, then shaving and sanding the edges to get the rounded look.

[40kGamer]

Now you know you want to restart them, there needs to more of us "WTF is that?" modellers!

Nearly, it's a forgeworld knarloc rider. I got a set of 3, turned 2 into my shadow weavers, and then the third plus milliput/GS for the vyper ( you can see the earlier stages in a previous post.
The stegadon wing was done by glueing 4 pieces of 1mm plasticard together, cutting the rough shape of the wing out with a jewellers saw when it was dry, then shaving and sanding the edges to get the rounded look.

Thank you! I'll be having a go at doing up a fin using that method. It'll be nice to be able to scratchbuild them vs trying to scavenge something from existing kits!

[Binary77]

So…long time no update.

As you may have noticed in my other thread, I now have a dedicated hobby room at home, so that’s part of the reason for updating the Exodites. The other reason is that I’ve been challenged by a friend of mine to make a 1000 point army that uses a codex I’ve never used, but would fit in with one of my existing armies as allies.

To start with some progress has been made on the exodites, the Autarch has been finished and the Warwalker has been built and base coating has started

Autarch



Warwalker



Now onto my erstwhile allies. After lots of thoughts I settled on a 1000 point Haemonculus coven to act as allies to the exodites. Haemonculus? How’s that going to fit in with the feral exodites I hear you ask?
Well with the release of the Sylvaneth miniatures I was inspired to build them as the Spirits of Tuzannor, extruding bodies form the rocks and crystals of the planet itself as the world spirits aids in fighting off the enemy. Kind of like a giant immune system

Current plan is:
Dark Artisan formation (Talos, Cronos, Haemonculus)
Scalpel Squadron formation
Grotesquerie Formation

Still waiting for some bits to arrive from ebay (wrack masks for the heads of the Cronos and Wracks), but heres where we are so far

Cronos


Grotesques



Wrack


-Mark

[scottshoemaker]

They entire thread is great. Those allies are spectacular in concept and execution. Well done sir!

[Binary77]

A quick update today. Built the third grotesque and after racking my brain for days about how to model a liquifier gun in a way that'd look consistent across all the models without it looking like I'd just slapped a gun on there, I had a brainwave. If the models are meant to represent psychic constructs formed by the world spirit then why can't the liquifier gun be a psychic blast?




Also got this guy on order from GW to convert into my haemonculus


Thanks for looking
Binary

[Binary77]

Update time. Built some more of the haemonculus coven, paint to come soon.

Firstly the haemonculus. Built using the dark elf sorceress with a replacement head and legs from the dryad kit (wanted these to be the embodiment of the seers of the world spirit), belt and left arm from the revenant kit.



I wanted a way to show which models were armed with liquifier guns, in a way that didn't look like I'd just slapped a gun on them. After lots of thought I hit on the idea of representing them as a psychic fireball as this could be modelled the same across the entire army.

Then since the eBay parcel I was waiting for arrived we have the wrack squad finished.







And I fitted the head for the Cronos

Thanks for looking guys