These are my two Great Eagles. Purchased way back when the 4th edition woodelf army book came out these used to be a staple in every army. However when they moved to being a rare choice and had to compete with treeman and waywatchers for the slots they stopped being an automatic choice. When I painted them I was very happy with them though they look a bit old and tired now. This was not helped by lending them briefly to a local gaming store who wanted great eagles for something and new I had some. They came back with their wings and stands broken. I repaired them but it’s never quite the same again. If you look close to the swooping one you can see the fracture line around the wing has started to open up again. It’s also not really helped by being on these tiny bases which are too small to support such a large model. They frequently topple over further damaging the models. I’m going to buy some of the new wide bases, or place the stems of the stands (which I have plenty of) into 40mm monster bases like the warhawks that I have. Then at some point I’ll probably strip them pull them apart, reassemble and paint them again. Whether or not they’re effective in 8th edition I don’t know but certainly finding room for them in the army when they only cost 50pts is not much of a problem. But hey … do I look like I care?
I think you really do care.. these Eagles are very very cool.
It was par for course that your most unstable models would break when loaned to an unknown factor like a games shop.
These dudes are the F16’s of war games… totaly awesome!
Hang about, …. you added “But hey … do I look like I care?” What are you implying.
Yes I should never have lent them to those buggers, and they never gave me a discount either on any of their stuff. Bastards. Still they went under and lost their jobs….
Great eagles are cool, possibly not so great anymore but still classy with it.