The Last Viper/Venom/Vitriol Jetbike!

 I've finally finished my squad of not-Viper jetbikes for my Eldar! I've had this final model on sprues for at least two years, at the back of a cupboard. Since one of my new year's resolutions is to stop buying (so many) miniatures, I dug it out and got to work.

It got the same conversion job as the others, with the front lamp/sensor replaced with the barrel of a plastic shuriken cannon. I left off all the Dark Eldar-type additions, as well as the crew, to keep the lines as smooth as possible.

Then it was just a matter of painting it. I went for the same blue scheme as with the other two, fading at points into purple. However, for this machine I painted part of the canopy in a similar manner to the dreadnought that I did at the end of last year, modelled on Chris Foss' spaceship art. I reckon that this colour scheme might represent a unit leader or an ace.

The canopy itself got the same "reflected landscape" design as the other flyers. I deliberately left the edges of the canopy entirely yellow, instead of adding black stripes, so it would stand out a bit.

And, well, that's pretty much it! I really like these things. I'm very pleased with the conversion. Given that it's a different sort of machine, and given that Venoms and Vipers are both named after poisonous things, I think I'll christen these models of flyer the "Vitriol", which is an old word for acid. 

The brown mark on the canopy is a reflection, by the way.

And here's the entire squad. Neeeeeow!