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John Shaffer: This Wraithlord is going to serve in my nascent Alaitoc army, and I wanted to theme the towering construct to fit the look and battlefield tactics of the craftworld. After playing around with different themes and configurations of this versatile kit, I decided to construct and then paint a Wraithlord with a Ranger theme.

The sprue comes with several weapons and hands that allow for a myriad of combinations, but I knew exactly what I wanted after I saw a hand on the sprue with a pistol grip, which would enable me to make the Wraithlord's primary armament look handheld. I chose the Brightlance as the primary weapon, as it most closely resembles the long rifles the normal Eldar Ranger models carry. I cut off the hilt and a portion of the blade from the sword on the Wraithlord sprue and fashioned it into a rifle stock to further strengthen the similarity to the Ranger's weapons. I wanted the Wraithlord to carry the rifle in two hands, so I took an open hand and carefully bent the fingers to wrap around the weapon. I tidied up the resulting breaks in the fingers with a bit of Green Stuff.

To make the model stand in a slight crouch (like he was skulking through cover), I cut the knees off the legs and pinned them with a greater bend in the joint. Some Green Stuff was necessary to fill in the gaps, which I shaped to resemble armour plates and flexible, ribbed tubing.

To break up the large expanse of flat space on the head and to suggest a sighting gem, I took one of the hip plates and glued it to the head. I also decided to mount the twin flamers up on the shoulders, as I thought the placement on the wrists crowded the configuration of the arms and primary weapon. As a finishing touch, I took all of the tassels and tabard and attached them closely together on the back of the model to suggest a sort of cape, similar to those worn by the Rangers.

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