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These are the original metal Eldar Jetbikes you got as extras when you purchased blister packs of Epic miniatures.
They are very simple castings but certainly capture the character of the bigger model of the time.
Scenery is from Snapdragon Studio.
I see from the Forge World previews for GamesDay 2012 that they are going to be releasing some Space Marine jetbikes.
They do look interesting models, but I am not sure if I like them.
They seem more like space ship models than bikes.
What do you think?
A really nice Space Marine Techmarine on Jetbike that was entered into the GamesDay 2009 Golden Demon awards.
Jes Goodwin’s Eldar Jetbike concept as displayed at GamesDay 2007.
The greatest threat to the Imperium of Man is, and has always been, the followers of Chaos and the foul daemons of the Warp. The Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus, the Daemonhunters, are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend and, together with the holy warriors of the Grey Knights, they must take the light of the Emperor into the darkness. The threat of the daemonic is so great that only these heroic warriors have the necessary skills and knowledge to stand against such diabolical foes.
When the Dark Angels were released I really liked the Master of the Ravenwing on the “last” remaining Imperial Jetbike.
Master Sammael of the Ravenwing is a true Angel of Death. From the saddle of his jetbike he cuts down any foolish enough to stand in his path with the infamous Raven Sword, its blade cut from the same meteorite as the Sword of Secrets. A highly accomplished hunter of The Fallen, Sammael is rightly honoured by his brethren and he is feared by his foes as few other holders of his rank have ever been.
So much so I knew I had to get one for my Grey Knights army, possibly maybe more than one! If anyone other than the Master of the Ravenwing was going to have arcane technology it would be the Grey Knights!
This is as far as I have got putting the jetbike together.
The greatest threat to the Imperium of Man is, and has always been, the followers of Chaos and the foul daemons of the Warp. The Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus, the Daemonhunters, are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend and, together with the holy warriors of the Grey Knights, they must take the light of the Emperor into the darkness. The threat of the daemonic is so great that only these heroic warriors have the necessary skills and knowledge to stand against such diabolical foes.
When the Dark Angels were released I really liked the Master of the Ravenwing on the “last” remaining Imperial Jetbike.
Master Sammael of the Ravenwing is a true Angel of Death. From the saddle of his jetbike he cuts down any foolish enough to stand in his path with the infamous Raven Sword, its blade cut from the same meteorite as the Sword of Secrets. A highly accomplished hunter of The Fallen, Sammael is rightly honoured by his brethren and he is feared by his foes as few other holders of his rank have ever been.
So much so I knew I had to get one for my Grey Knights army, possibly maybe more than one! If anyone other than the Master of the Ravenwing was going to have arcane technology it would be the Grey Knights!
These are the metal parts you get in the box.
At GamesDay 2007, Games Workshop put on a huge Apocalypse game.
Here is a flight of Eldar Jetbikes and Vypers flying through the air over a river.
You can see more pictures of the massive game on my website.
You can see our Eldar Gallery as well.
As well as the Falcon from the ‘Eavy Metal Eldar army, I posted a few days ago, alongside was some Vypers and a Jetbike.
I quite like the Vyper model and I sometimes think about making an Eldar raiding force, also using the Eldar Rangers which were released at the same time as Cities of Death.
More photographs of Eldar miniatures.
Jetbikes combine high speed with incredible manoeuvrability, making them ideal craft for launching rapid hit-and-run attacks. Jetbikes are chosen in squads of between 3 and 10 models.