Hobby Streak Day 69 – Wraithguard Horde Assembled
Today I assembled and based all the Wraithguard I have. I started with the metal ones I filed yesterday. I glued their heads on, stuck them to bases and added some texture to the bases. That did not take long so I thought I would break into my box of plastic Wraithguard to fill out the session. Oh my, so many bits…
Metal Wraithguard vs Plastic Wraithguard
This is the hidden cost of plastic that no ever talks about; the vast amount of time it takes to snip off all the fiddly little bits and then stick them together. In contrast the old school metals are done by sticking just two parts together. By my count the simplest way to construct a plastic Wraithguard requires no less than 12 separate pieces. What was a 5 minute job with the metals took all evening with the plastic ones. They are cool models though. Bigger too.
Size Comparison Between Metal Wraithguard and Plastic
In my innocence I did think the old metal Wraithguard were marvelously large and imposing miniatures for infantry. They fairly tower of regular living eldar. The heft of them is substantial too, of course being metal. I did wonder how close the plastics would scale with the old metals while I was assembling them. By the time I was done it was clear they were very much taller, and just like that my imposing metals became rather midgety.
I can live with the disparity though. No doubt these constructs would come in various shapes and sizes anyway.
So there it is, all my Wraithguard are now ready for priming and painting. With the Wraithlord I did earlier in the hobbystreak I am beginning to get quite near to having enough wraith dudes to make a 7th ed Spirit Host formation. I just need 5 more models, albiet one of them is the barbie sized Wraithknight…