There are a
few models I really regret not picking up when I had the chance and,
thankfully, eBay exists so for the most part I've been able to track
them down quite cheaply. One that eluded me until last week was a
particular High Elves Mage that I always loved but missed the boat on
and finally I've found one
for cheap:
(Incidentally,
yes, I do have the other arm but he fell apart in transit and I need
to acid bath him).
It
would probably be easier to explain what I love about this model
using a properly painted example so here's the version from (I think)
an old Army Book:
Now,
I'm no metal snob. White metal was a horrible material that hated
undercoat, chipped like crazy and somehow hated glue more than it
hated paint so the models would just periodically collapse. HOWEVER,
for a while in the early-2000s GW used the material to produce some
of the best character models they'd ever put out.
Which
is where our elf here comes in. He was one of a set of Mages that
came out for the seventh edition and I adore the little guy. He might
not be the most dynamic model but I feel that works. He's not
floating in the air or throwing out fireballs, in fact he's posed
more like an Empire Engineer than a typical wizard which is awfully
fitting. Elves are the most magical race in the game, naturally, and
to them magic isn't a floaty, wibbly mystery its science. This guy is
holding a crystal ball as if it were a scientific device because, to
him, it is. His clothing is arranged in enough layers that a two tone
colour scheme will still look visually interesting but not so many
layers that it looks too hard to paint.
He
also looks mildly offended, probably unintentionally but that's so
very High Elf, isn't it?
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