Eldar Wraithlord 4
Striking Scorpion Exarch
For this Wraithlord, I wanted to try something more ambitious and a little different. I decided to convert the Wraithlord to look similar to my conversions of a Striking Scorpion Exarch armed with chainsabres; right down to matching the Exarch's pose. In games this could just count as a Wraithlord armed with a single wraithblade and twin shuriken catapults.Date: 2010 - present (work-in-progress)
Components: 1x Eldar Wraithlord kit, 1x additional wraithsword, 2x War Walker vanes, Green Stuff, brass rod, sheet styrene (various thicknesses), styrene tubing (various diameters), guitar wire, neodymium magnets (various sizes)
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1. This concept sketch formed the basis of the conversion. The image in the bottom left is my conversion of a Striking Scorpion Exarch with chainsabres, based on Jes Goodwin's concept artwork. I aimed to closely match the pose of the Wraithlord to that of the Exarch conversion.
The usual Wraithlord neck, with its high collar piece, was replaced by this one, made from styrene tubing.
Thin strips of plasticard were used to model the chevrons.
2. The torso of the Wraithlord early in construction.
These parts of the Wraithlord were made using two of the vanes that protrude from the rear of the War Walker kit.
I filed and sanded the ends of the War Walker vanes down to make these dome shapes.
3. A view of the back of the torso, with the additional detail added to make it look similar to the Striking Scorpion Exarch.
This part of the mandiblaster was made from part of a Starcannon.
The nozzle of the mandiblaster is made from a filed-down Wraithlord flamer barrel.
Guitar wire was used for the corrugated cabling.
4. A profile view of the Wraithlord head.
5. A ventral view of the Wraithlord's head, showing the mandiblasters that I've added.
6. The Wraithlord takes shape.
7. Another view of the Wraithlord.
8. The Wraithlord's arms and the gauntlet-mounted shuriken catapults. These have been converted to match the configuration of those on the chainsabre-armed Exarch in Jes Goodwin's concept artwork, with side-loading magazines.
A single length of brass rod runs through each hilt to provide maximum strength.
Any detail that could be incorporated into the chainsabre design was left intact - everything else was removed.
9. The two hands, with the hilts of the oversized chainsabres.
10. The Wraithlord with the converted arms and the beginning of the chainsabre conversions.
11. The back detail on the Wraithlord cotinues to take shape.
12. The chainsabre blades are assembled.
13. An edge-on view of a chainsabre. I was especially pleased with the precise shaping of the teeth (done individually with a file) and the small gaps at the top and bottom of the housing that suggest that the teeth really could rotate.
14. The (almost) completed pair of Wraithlord-scale chainsabres.
15. The legs and arms are attached to the torso.
16. A close-up of the stylised armour on the hips.
17. The conversion is now assembled, although some more details still need to be added.
18. A side profile of the Wraithlord conversion.
19. Rear view of the converted Wraithlord.
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