It’s a common misconception that Exodites are the Eldar Amish: pointy-eared primitives eschewing technology of all kinds.
This is complete nonsense. And the evidence is, ironically, pretty hard to miss when you consider it’s the size of a knight.
Rules and background for Knights were introduced for Epic in White Dwarf 126, and the lore is explicit: the Exodites piloted enormous mechanical constructs with the aid of spirit stones. (This was prior to the introduction of the Craftworlds, not to mention a time when Harlequins could take Land Raiders, so the lines between Eldar factions was terribly blurry.)
Anyway, Exodites had three major types of knight: the Fire Gale, the Towering Destroyer, and the Bright Stallion. The latter clearly being the best. It’s a wraithbone centaur, Nigel; of course it’s the best!
Games Workshop produced a small collection of metal miniatures for the Eldar Knights but, alas, they didn’t survive into the modern day.
But when I sat down to make my own Exodites, I was very certain that the Bright Stallion was going to make an appearance.
That said, vehicles have never turned me on at all. I find them kind of dull, to be honest. So creating a huge titanic wraithbone monster wasn’t that interesting. Besides, I wanted to make an Exodite force I could actually use on the table. So I turned my attention to something a little smaller:
Wraithguard, meet Bright Stallion.
This is my first attempt: a Wraithguard with a second set of legs attached with greenstuff (my first attempt in 20 years!). The horns are from the Wood Elves Wild Rider set, and the lance is simply an arm and the D-Scythe spliced together.
Truth be told, it’s terribly straightforward. I’d wanted something that looked Bright Stallion but still looked like a Wraithguard for an opponent. But I’d played it too safe.
So I had another go.
I was definitely happier with this go. This time I used a Drukhari disintegrator to join the legs, as well as cutting the leg to create a more dynamic pose. I also strapped a skull from the Sylvaneth Kurnoth Hunter set to the head.
It’s definitely more like a Bright Stallion. But I think my next go will be even more so. I really want to capture this idea of a wraithbone construct on a kind of wild hunt, protecting the World Spirit from primitive intruders on the sacred Maiden World.