Vanari Bannerblade

Vanari Bannerlade for the Lumineth Realm Lords. 28mm plastic figure from GW.

The rollout of the Lumineth Realm Lord figures continues, and here we have a Vanari Bannerblade - i.e. the "army standard bearer" for a Lumineth force. This is a 28mm multi-part plastic model from GW.

Every army needs a good symbol to rally the troops around, and when it comes to the Lumineth, this guy will clearly do the job. Just look at that flag!

I guess the back of the banner won't rally anyone, but you can see there is quite a lot going on to keep the whole "solarsilk" production upright and visible to the Lumineth troops!

While the figure bearing the banner is quite lovely, the banner itself is obviously intended to the be the main act of the show here. The design of this thing is an impressive feat of hobby engineering, and the sculpted detail on the "solarsilk" banner gives one a shot at painting up the design nicely, although the logistics are not simple...the banner holds together remarkably well, for plastic, but it is still just plastic and it makes me kind of nervous in terms of safe transport and handling on the table...

Close up of some of the details on the banner. That image is kinda...different? To my mind, it is an example of how the GW sculptors are searching for a different vibe for the "Lumineth", while trying to keep the clear points of inspiration from the old High Elves.

Sure, the flag is fancy, but the fellow carrying it around is no slouch either! He means business with that sword...

Anyway, whatever might happen in the future, it was fun to paint this fellow, to take a stab at all of the sculpted detail on the huge banner, and good to get another component from that "battleforce" box completed. Thanks for reading, and watch for the rest of this project to be completed soon-ish-I-hope!