I have been playing Eldar for quite awhile now and one of the Eldar's most potent vehicle would definitely have to be the Wave Serpent. With the ability to transport 10 men or 5 Wraithguard while at the same time toting twin-linked weapons (compensating for the "awesome" balistic skill of the Guardian piloting it) made it a "must have" for my army. Though ForgeWorld did produce some very cool looking Serpents, I really didn't think it was worth the money in value. Hence I have created for myself two Serpents! And here I will describe it to you how I went about making it. Not step by step, but more of a rough guide.

Making the Probe
Seen here is the part of the frontal probe that comes with our regular Falcon but its actually made up of 2 main parts. You have to chop up the original piece and reconnect them at the top. Refer to the diagram on the right. This probe consists of the 'upper triangle' and the longer 'probe'.

If you observe carefully, the joint are almost invisible. Use plastic cement as this helps to 'weld' the joints perfectly.

Build the chasis of the Serpent but this time, I have ordered a metal part from Gamers Paradox. That is the metal probe at the side. It actually come with the Fire Prism tank...it helps to counterweight the load at the back later.

Upon inspection, you will notice a white rod. It's actually just a plastic rod which you can buy in any modelling shop. I got one tube and cut it at a particular length, somewhere exceeding the front fin will do fine. Refer to the diagram to see what I mean. At the tip, I have inserted a rod to make it pointed. I have also filed it the rod to make it a little more aerodynamic.

Making the Rear Compartment
Remember the original probe? There are two small oval shaped thingys. These are cut from the stump and placed on the back. Also, with the original kit, there is a small round thing too. Shave off the base and attach it to the rear compartment.

For those who are wondering how I did the rear compartment, its a simple addition of plasticard cut in proper shapes. The template can be obtained from WD238. The template will help you in determining how large the compartment will be cause Mark has obviously tried it out so why waste our time figuring that out.

Glueing it might prove a little tricky but nothing SuperGlue" can't handle.

Making the Shield Generators and Front Fins
The side shield generators have been designed using small coffee spoons. Cut off the handle and you have one shield generator. Get 5 of them cause you will be using 4 for the sides and one for the turret. That I will show later.

Then there is the frontal fins. I have done this with plasticard again. Just use the templates that come with WD238. All the shapes are there so you don't have to do the horrid trial and error. If you don't have the templates, who knows, I may just reproduce them here. That will be for another time. Using GreenStuff, I then fill up the spaces.

Making the Turret
We then go on to finish the turret. I have designed the turret in such a fashion so as to allow it to be switched when I need to use different weapons. For example, when I need the twin-linked bright lances, I can just remove this turret and use the other. Makes it modular!

On the turret itself, use a large spoon that you can get in about any grocery store. Just measure to see fit, bring along your Starcannon. Glue the old smaller spoon to the top just to give it that Eldar feel.

The Starcannons are then attached using a wire and some superglue. The sides are then filled using GreenStuff and viola: Turret!

The Finished Product

And here it is, the finished product! Hope this helped you guys to save some cash at the same time produce really proud craftworlds! Onward my brethren!

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