Well, this one is a blast from the past. And I say that both because this is a very Oldhammer model, and also because this isn’t my first crack at it. With the not-Banshees I did recently I built over an old paint job, but with Ry’hil, he’s special, so I fully paint-stripped him and built him back up from scratch, with a new resin base and everything. The resin base was an old 32mm base that I had kicking around from MicroArt Studios, and painting just Ry’hil on his own felt a little small for a whole gallery so I also painted him a Warlock friend. Both of them are (hopefully) going to see a lot of tabletop time in tenth edition.

My motives in this are purely self-serving – Wraith constructs are back in a big way in tenth edition, particularly Wraithguard, and since Spiritseers now have the ability to restore Wraithguard and Wraithblade models/hit points I thought a return to form for Ry’hil was in order. He’s been a Farseer for a while but I think he’s gotten beaten up in that capacity enough that I’ll give him something to do that’s a little more at his own pace, and let him live his best life. I followed my usual Ulthwe formula painting these up, with some shifter paints coming in clutch on the Warlock’s Witchblade. Polish flakes probably would have looked better, but it still fits, I think.

I’m glad I took the time to redo this model. It’s always been one of my favorite sculpts, and not just because I’m a huge Dawn of War fan and the Bonesingers in that game play a very key role. I always enjoy chances to go back and redo old work and prove to myself that I’ve improved, and I feel like Ry’hil here is no exception. He’s better than his Farseer version and that was better than the first time I tackled the Bonesinger model, so..I can feel good about this one. Very happy with how the cloak colors turned out, especially the highlights, too.

More Eldar shenanigans to come! I’ve got a special gallery planned for next week, and after that, at some point, I have a second-hand flyer that I want to get into cohesion with my army and built up to a table standard at least. I’ve never really used flyers, but I saw this one in a local second-hand group and couldn’t help myself. Looking forward to getting that one underway.