eldar guardian defenders

I have a total of thirty Guardian Defenders; allowing me to field three squads of ten, or a smaller number of larger squads. They have been assembled with virtually no conversion work as the standard miniatures look fine and are fairly iconic. Six of them have some minor equipment variations to set them apart as the Heavy Weapon Platform operators and each squad includes a Guardian with a banner. The Heavy Weapon Platforms have been magnetised so that different weapons can be used.

date: 2007 - present (work-in-progress)
components: 30x Eldar Guardians, 2x Eldar Support Weapon crew legs, 3x Dire Avenger Exarch banners, 3x Heavy Weapon Platforms, Green Stuff, Neodymium Rare Earth magnets
colour scheme: Craftworld Miruaun colour scheme (PDF), Basing colour scheme (PDF)

Eldar Guardian Defender Heavy Weapon Platform scenic base

1. The first miniature that I painted in my whole collection was one of the Guardian Defender Heavy Weapon Platforms. This is the completed scenic base for it.

Eldar Guardian Defender Heavy Weapon Platform underside

2. The underside of the completed Heavy Weapon Platform.

Eldar Guardian Defender Heavy Weapon Platform

3. My first completed miniature in my Craftworld colours.

4. Another view of the Heavy Weapon Platform.

Eldar Guardian Defender Heavy Weapon Platform dorsal view

5. View of the platfrom from above.

Eldar Guardian Defender Heavy Weapon Platform rear view

6. Rear view of the platform.

Eldar Guardian Defender Heavy Weapon Platform side view

7. Side view of the platform.

8. A selection of my thirty Guardian Defenders.

9. Two of the six Heavy Weapon Platform crew.

10. I have converted three Guardians as standard-bearers.

11. A close-up of the top of the standard. This is based on the Dire Avenger Exarch banner. I carefully cut the Dire Avenger rune away from the banner pole, altered it to resemble a Guardian rune and then glued it back in place, rotated through 90°.