Privateers Of The Umbra Nebula!, Gagoc's Dark Eldar army!

I've lost momentum (what little I had) on my PH SM army, and I hadn't as yet really started gaming, something I've been trying to get into for ages.

I realised that it might be a good idea to try a different army, that I could game with whilst being quick and nasty.

I probably thought for about 30 seconds (if that) before returning to an idea I'd been ruminating on. Dark Exodite Eldar!

So I knocked up a simple 500pt list from the DE codex and built my new army to it in about 2 weeks.

Here it is:

Archon.


Wearing Ghost Armour, armed with Splinter pistol, Djinn blade and Haywire grenades; 95pts.

Kabalite Warriors (1x Sybarite, 8 warriors)


One with Shredder; Sybarite armed with Splinter pistol and Agoniser. Transport: Raider. 196pts.
It's 9 so the Archon can accompany them on the Raider.

Wyches (1x Hekatrix, 9 wyches)



One Wych with Hydra Gauntlets; Hekatrix armed with splinter pistol and Venom Blade; Plus Raider, 205pts.

Raider 1.




The riders on the sides are magnetised for easy removal. The main weapon is also magnetised for easy switching.

Raider 2.




This too has magnetised weapon.

In the army list both raiders have Splinter racks, and one will have a Night Shield whilst the other has a Flickerfield. And I think one will swap its Dark Lance for a Disintegrator.

It's only kitbashed together and needs greenstuffing then painting, and have plenty more bits to build at least another archon, as well as other units.
I say this as I would like your opinions and thoughts.

This post has been edited by Gagoc TheAncient on Jun 11 2011, 06:12 PM

Good stuff! I like the mix of parts in particular...

Also, good to see more Xenos love of late - I am hoping for a real resurgence in non-SM PH armies in 2011.

I like the Archon, neat conversion.

Shroud: I have one, hopefully painting will resume when my stuff from the UK's arrived!

Not really done much with these guys yet, besides collecting bits.
I've to go out and buy my gifts to family, then had to go out and buy gifts from my parents to my family (at least I know what I'm getting off them, except my Dad put my nephew's name on it! That was a close call.), and I've had a cold for the last 2 weeks.

But here's the direction I believe I can take this army in the future.

New archon with Blaster, I got hold of a Fire Dragon exarch's Fusion blaster. And it does resemble a blaster.

Lhamaeans counts as, 2-3 of them converted out of WHFB Empire Wizard bodies. If I do them right they might be able to double for Warlocks.

Succubus or another Archon. Got hold of the AoW Dark Elf Queen. Gonna see what I can do.

Incubi. I have the Lions of Chrace, both the 10-man plastics and the metals (about 7 of them), and I think I can convert them to Incubi. But I'll probably only do 5 first.

Mandrakes. I have 5 of the old Eldar Ghost Warriors, and I think that at least 3 could work as count-as Mandrakes.

Kabalite Trueborn. I've got some Dark Elf Corsair cloaks and I think I can kitbash them with Kabalite Warrior bits to make Trueborn. And I think I've worked out an easy way to give them Carbines.

Kabalite Warriors. I've got enough bits to expand on the 9 I already have.

Raider. I've picked up another old one, and the plastic High Elf chariot, with a few more bits I can build another one of my hybrid ones.

Out of the current Dark Eldar kits I have some Hellions, Reavers and a Ravager to build.

Exodite Knights. I have some stuff to kitbash these guys, probably as count-as jetbikes.

Hopefully I can take what I've made, out gaming and that will spur me on to do more!

It's been a while, but not without good, but private reasons.

Anyway, here's a quick update.

Painting In Progress first.

Archon and Kabalite Warriors:
I have decided to paint this faction of my force in a Dark Green colour. I think it fits with the Lizard Motif I have for them.







I've also carried this colour over to the Raider I'm using for them.




Wych Cult:
With these I've chsen to do a Dark Red, with brown tones. I think it fits with the Aegean/pacific islander theme, especially the Big Cat Motif.







As with the Kabalite Warriors I have painted their Raider a similar colour.




Here's an extra, my counts-as Mandrakes.



They're a simple conversion of OOP RT-era Eldar War Drones / Ghost Warriors (Executioner class).

With these I'll next be painting the metals, contrasting colours, and eventually the flesh.

Great stuff there Gagoc, im so curious to see your upcoming Exodite Knights !

Wow, love the old Ghost Warriors! Looks like you have used a nice combination of bits here, look forward to seeing what comes next

Pacific, one preview of what's next coming up!
Armorum Ferrum, this also shows the kind of theme I'll be carrying over to my Exodite Knights.









As you can probably tell he's a Beastmaster I've kitbashed together.
But this next pic should illustrate one of the reasons I've chosen a big cat motif for him and my Wyches.




P.S. Here's a bit of illustrative Background:

Lovin the beastmaster, reminds me of the wood elf beastmasters of old (red catalogue era) a feral look mixed with high tech is so cool. I can imagine the cold one knight boxed set will see a lot of action in your exodite knights(always loved these fellas)

Quick painting update.
Here's my finished Ghost Warrior Mandrakes.









Here's some fluff I've written on the Ghost Warriors:

You'll probably ntice my attempt to explain their version of the Power Through Pain rule. Well they are Exodites.

This post has been edited by Gagoc TheAncient on Jun 5 2011, 05:00 PM

A week of painting, and I've finished my Archon and Kabalite Warriors.











I've decided to call my Kabal, The Kabal of the Dragon's Eye.

More pics to follow.

And here they are.

















What do you think so far?

I've started on the Raider they'll use as transport.

I like the use of gold, it gives a nice contrast in there.

These are fantastic - I love the otherworldly look you've achieved with just a few simple tweaks.

Really nice, I like how you've mixed in some parts from other models to make them a bit different but managed to keep the same feel to all the models.

If I was going to pick something to criticize though I might suggest that you reprint the marine helmet on the archons base in a contrasting colour and possibly reprint the scale mail as a silver or bronze but that's just personal taste.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you've done with the raider.

Thanks for the encouraging comments. Hopefully they'll help me keep up with the rate of painting. Afterall, I must be a strong contender for the Forum's Slowest Painter award!

Magos, I associate decadence with the Dark Eldar, so gold was a no-brainer for me and it gave me chance to do an Aposematic (Warning/Wasp colouration) scheme with the DE limb armour.

Shroud, otherworldly is an interesting adjective! I hope I can keep to that style.

Fingol23, I did that helmet to match the one on one of my Mandrake/Spirit Warrior bases. And I painted that one dark green part because of Promethian Sun (which I haven't read), and part out of laziness.
The laziness is also true for the one on the Archon's base.

Painting the dragon-scale skirt gold was a consideration, but I wanted to keep gold only as a major highlight against my three main colours (Dark Green, Dark Red, Dark Granite), and because I was oce again a bit lazy to go that far.

These guys are supposed to be quick and dirty, hence the approach and paint scheme!

I hope to have some new pics by this time tomorrow.

As promised, the new pics.

Raider:











I've used the same general painting scheme on this as on my Kabalite Warriors and Archon, including an Aposematic scheme.
Here's a close-up of the steersman (?) so you can see his skin:

I've finished my Wyches!
They took so long because of a couple of problems, mainly two of my washes seperated and left this dust-like crud in the recesses, so I practically had to repaint those bits, that and I just have a problem painting eyes.

So here's the result: Wych Cult of The Liger's Claw!

Hekatrix:









Wyches, Hydra gauntlets and 'Ninja guys':



And the other 5 wyches:



What do you think?

Just need to finish the Wyches Raider, and I easily have a 500pt force.

I've finished the Raider for my Wyches.











Here's a few choice close-ups.

Steersman:



Leonine motif, including my (poor?) attempt at a freehand paw print:



And the removable, magnetised 'passengers' for indicating whether a squad is on or not:



I'll post up army shots next.