Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Dark Eldar!

Well, I love my Boyz, but that was a marathon of Ork painting and playing, and I'm at Ork burnout! Since I managed to find a heckuva bargain on some used Dark Eldar, I've commited to expanding the army and painting up The Kabal of the Scourging Flame! One of the guys in Fairfield sold me 30+ Warriors, 10 Wyches, some IC, 2 Raiders, a Talos, and a GW case for the bargain-bin price of $80...I couldn't say no, of course. None of them are really painted, just a touch of different colors on them. In attempt to build up the force to a 1500pt competitive list, I jumped on Ebay and spent tons of money I shouldn't have: about $150 got me 2 more Raiders and 3 Ravagers! So the list I'm putting together: HQ: Archon (1#, 172 Pts) 1 Archon @ 172 Pts Splinter Rifle (x1); Combat Drug Dispenser; Shadow Field; Tormentor Helm; Punisher; Plasma Grenades; Reaver Jetbike HQ: Haemonculi (1#, 45 Pts) 1 Haemonculi @ 45 Pts Scissorhand; Destructor HQ: Haemonculi (1#, 45 Pts) 1 Haemonculi @ 45 Pts Scissorhand; Destructor HQ: Haemonculi (1#, 45 Pts) 1 Haemonculi @ 45 Pts Scissorhand; Destructor Elite: Wyches (10#, 214 Pts) 8 Wyches @ 214 Pts Close Combat Weapon; Splinter Pistol; Wych Weapons; Combat Drugs; Plasma Grenades 1 Succubus @ [42] Pts Agoniser; Splinter Pistol; Wych Weapons; Plasma Grenades (Squad) 1 Raider @ [60] Pts Dark Lance; Horrorfex Troops: Warrior Squad (10#, 100 Pts) 10 Warrior Squad @ 100 Pts Splinter Rifle (x8); Dark Lance (x2) Troops: Warrior Squad (10#, 100 Pts) 10 Warrior Squad @ 100 Pts Splinter Rifle (x8); Dark Lance (x2) Troops: Raider Squad (8#, 126 Pts) 7 Raider Squad @ 126 Pts Blaster; Splinter Rifle (x5); Splinter Cannon; Raider 1 Raider @ [55] Pts Dark Lance Troops: Raider Squad (8#, 126 Pts) 7 Raider Squad @ 126 Pts Blaster; Splinter Rifle (x5); Splinter Cannon; Raider 1 Raider @ [55] Pts Dark Lance Troops: Raider Squad (8#, 126 Pts) 7 Raider Squad @ 126 Pts Blaster; Splinter Rifle (x5); Splinter Cannon; Raider 1 Raider @ [55] Pts Dark Lance Fast Attack: Reaver Jetbike Squad (4#, 163 Pts) 3 Reaver Jetbike Squad @ 163 Pts Splinter Pistol; Blaster (x2); Splinter Rifle (x1); Combat Drugs; Reaver Jetbike 1 Succubus @ [68] Pts Punisher; Splinter Rifle (x1); Tormentor Helm; Plasma Grenades; Reaver Jetbike Heavy Support: Ravager (1#, 120 Pts) 1 Ravager @ 120 Pts Disentegrator (x3) Heavy Support: Ravager (1#, 120 Pts) 1 Ravager @ 120 Pts Disentegrator (x3) Hopefully the plethora of Dark Lances will allow early disabling of enemy armour, leaving infantry exposed to what I hope will be considerable fire from Raider-mounted infantry and Disentegrator fire. Test runs on Vassal, and small 1k game using what I have has seemed to validate the concept. The Kabal of the Scourging Flame needs a color-scheme, though. Dark Eldar tend to be very dark, something I'm hoping to avoid...without making them look too happy, like goody-goody Eldar. I'm going to aim for purple, maybe lych and warlock purples, with some near-pink parts. Squad markings (helmets? shoulders? gloves?) will be something else I'll need to work out. When I get some test models done (time conflicting with Mino painting, which is going slowly, btw) I'll get some pictures up.