Replacement Eldar Guardian arms

[OuteRimTim]

Im beginning to assemble/re-assemble my old eldar guardians. They are second edition sculpts, the ones from the boxed set with metal bodies and plastic arms. It turns out I'm short of arms. A quick scan of ebay showed a plethora of the guardian form-also without arms-and a dearth spare arms. It makes sense, as metal will survive most paint strippers while plastic often does not.

So to my question: Does anyone know of a source for modern replacements?

I looked into Victoria Miniatures, but their arms are all human (or abhuman) so no luck there. Another company maybe?

Then I thought that there might be newer GW Eldar plastics that would work. Or maybe dark Eldar? I don't have any knowledge of the newer ranges though. If a forum member knows of compatibility I'd love to hear about it (or even to see examples).

Any help/thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all.

 

[daddyorchips]

i used dark eldar and modern eldar arms and they worked alright.

 

[Berkut666]

Yes I did the same. I had a load of old metal Eldar but no arms. Got a job load of Eldar spares from eBay and used them. Took a bit of filing and filling but they look good once painted

 

[OuteRimTim]

I don't suppose either of you have pictures to show?

 

[Berkut666]

Sorry only just noticed this. My photography skills are almost as limited as my painting ones, but I will look a couple out tomorrow and put up some pics

 

[Berkut666]

So, as I said my painting and picture skills are not that high. Oh and yes that is an air hockey table they are sitting on.

 

[OuteRimTim]

Those guys look great.

The arms seem to be in proportion; I wasn't sure if eldar had the scale creep issues of space marines.

Thanks for posting the photos.

 

[Berkut666]

Those guys look great.

The arms seem to be in proportion; I wasn't sure if eldar had the scale creep issues of space marines.

Thanks for posting the photos.

Many thanks for the compliment. I enjoy painting but I am fully aware my stuff is to an ok tabletop standard and to be perfectly honest, that’s all I am aiming for.

In regards to the scale, I would say the limbs are slightly longer that the original arms but it’s hardly noticeable. I have a few of the more modern plastic Eldar mixed into my guardians and they are a bit taller but again you would need a keen eye to notice.

Also worth pointing out that the modern plastic guardians have a ball and socket arrangement for assembly. So the arms have a ball joint on the end with the socket being on the body. Your original Eldar will have flat body and the arms would have been flat to create a join. So you will have to file down a bit on the arms and on a couple I had to fill in gaps a bit using milliput. But the filing down helps shorten the arms a bit too so the very slight difference in length becomes unnoticeable.

 

[Gallowglacht]

That..... works better than I would have thought it would