Today we take a look at the Blight Archon and Bethayne2 which Privateer Press sent me to review so big thanks to them
Bethayne comes in four metal parts as seen here.
I was surprised that the main body was metal, I really expected a part this size to be resin. It might be a choice due to the spikes which I hear often tear resin models.
You can see what look like teeth along its neck, which makes it look like Bethayne's Warbeast partly ate her during their melding!
The arm attachment points are two curved sections hold the arms really nicely. You could pin this if you wanted but there doesn't feel necessary to me.
These little claw legs are a really nice detail which look a lot like Belphagor's ones which help hold Bethayne in place when melded during their first version.
These arms are quite big and well cast though there a slight mould lines on the claws these only took seconds to file off so no big deal.
I like how these look like Bethayne1's weapons scaled up onto Belphagor's arms its a nice touch linking the two characters and versions of themselves together.
The tail really gives off a serpentine vicious look to it, I can imagine it impaling soldiers during battle (I'm slightly surprised it isn't a weapon actually!)
Here she is fully assembled, shes a lot bigger than I expected I partly think she could have been a large based model without issue.
Now we take a look at the Blight Archon, it comes in 7 parts (3 resin, 4 metal)
Like other archons I've reviewed the model is attached to the base using flowing fabric to allow it to be "mid air" without the inconvience of a flight stand. This fabric is a lot more worn and damaged which fits with Legion's visuals.
The quality of this main body is really nice, the details are crisp and clear with barely any mould lines.
The wings attachment points are separate (not like the dual wings on Morrowan & Thamarite archons) these have a ball and peg shape to them which really help guide each wing into place. They really did fit very well.
There is a rectangular resin injection port in the place the right leg attaches, which is a great place to hide it.
The head is a tricky one to me the mouth and teeth slightly lack definition compared to the rest of the model. It would be important not to undercoat this area too thickly.
The attachment point is decent though some people might be inclined to pin this I decided not to as I didn't want to drill into the thin neck.
The arms and leg are nicely cast with only minor mould lines they do have some flash on the end of the claws which needs removing but its no big thing. The attachment point on the leg is a large flat surface and works well. The arms have small ball shaped attachment points which fit well though some people might find it worth pinning these, I did not however.
The resin wings initially look quite intimidating to look at before preparing them I think this is because of the four resin injection ports all attached to a resin sprue. In reality its not that bad, I do advise cutting them off a few millimetres away from the wings themselves to avoid damaging them. Once this is done I used a hobby knife to remove the rest of the excess resin.
The bottom of the wings have a tattered look to them which has a large amount of resin flashing which needed removing. I scrapped the side of a hobby knife along them which removed the flash and the mould lines.
The wings attachment point is really nice as mentioned above, it is the best set of archon wings to attach so far for me.
Here it is fully assembled.
And here is a scale shot of both of them with Professor Pendrake!
Overall I think they are both lovely sculpts which look far nicer than the renders which got shared on social media a while back. The quality of the sculpts is top notch as well, barely any clean up needed.
I really look forward to seeing these across the table from me sometime soon!
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