Dark Eldar list, 1000 pts

I thought I'd try my hand at a DEldar list, instead of blindly buying every box of plastic crack I see and end up being forced to play with whatever I bought. Ok, here goes...

Archon- 145
-shadow field, combat drugs, agoniser, phantasm grenade launcher
Pretty much the standard Archon build from the previous codex. I'm not convinced on the huskblade/soultrap combo. I find it to be very situational, and this build is tried and true. PGL is for the squad of Incubi that the Archon will travel with.

Incubi x5- 170
-raider
I loved Incubi from the previous codex. When accompanied by an Archon, it makes a very scary unit capable of dealing out the hurt. With an Archon, the Klavex is overkill and the points are best spent elsewhere.

Kabalite Warriors x10- 185
-blaster, splinter cannon, Sybarite, raider
Designed for fly-by shooting. Splinter cannon/blaster combo for a little multi-functionality, and the blaster is useful for taking out the odd terminator in a pinch. Added a vanilla Sybarite for the leadership boost. No weapons for him. If this unit is seeing close combat, then I've done something wrong.

Kabalite Warriors x10- 185
-blaster, splinter cannon, Sybarite, raider

Wyches x10- 210
-razorflails, hydra gauntlents, Hekatrix with agoniser, raider
The CC/harassment unit. I'm under no illusions as to the limitation of Wyches. While being able to mow down GEQ, they will struggle against MEQ. Hydra gauntlets/razorflails due to model limitations, but unlike most units I really don't think having two different special weapons will hurt Wyches much.

Ravager- 105
-3 dark lances
Pretty simple here. Cheap and very effective armor hunter.

Total: 1000

Basic strategy:
Pray to the dark gods that I don't roll DoW. Get second turn and deploy in cover. I always try and opt for second turn with a fast army like this, so I can see where my opponent deploys and then deploy in a refused flank formation. Deploy in cover so I can survive the 1st round of shooting, then rush forward with everything I have towards my opponent's flank. Warrior squads in the lead, to soften up troops while the ravager and dark lances from the raiders take care of transports then higher AV vehicles(in that order). I then use the wyches and incubi/archon to wipe up whatever the warriors don't kill.

Long time, no do stuff

A lot has happened since the last time I bothered to post anything. No more renegade imperial guard! I sold that stuff so I could buy my next army....Dark Eldar! I'm working on getting it painted at this very moment.

What I have so far...

Archon
5x Incubi
box of Wyches
box of Warriors
a Raider

Everything is primed and ready to go. I'm thinking of a blue and black color scheme....anyway, the Raider is almost finished, pics soon to follow.

A couple projects in the works

Just a little disclaimer...I'm not a great painter. I can barely paint to a tabletop standard. Hell, painting is my least favorite aspect of the hobby. But what I do know are fast and easy ways to paint that give the impression that someone with a lot more skill than I painted the mini. Here's a little hint.....
Anyway, more on that down the road....



I have a few projects in the works. I've decided to bust some tail and get some painting done. Right now I'm working on the following:

• Iron Warriors CSM
  
• Iron Warriors BFG fleet
• Renegade IG
• terrain

Iron Warriors
I've been collecting this army for some time now, and it's about time I get it fully painted. Thankfully, it's in the 80% painted range, so it shouldn't take too much time. But I'd at least like 1 fully painted army.
The army is a pretty decent size, around the 7-8k range including superheavies. All three superheavy vehicles need paint...the two reaver titans and brass scorpion. Thankfully, I just have a handful of infantry left to paint.

Battlefleet Gothic
What you see there is the only BFG model for my chaos fleet that I have painted in about 4 months. Actually, it's the only model I've painted to date. Luckily, I only have 5 more to go. It's more so an issue of making my attention span last long enough than it actually being a daunting task...which it isn't. Models in my chaos fleet so far: Repulsive Grand Cruiser(pictured above), Planet Killer, Styx, 2x Murders, and a Devastation. WiP photos soon to come.

Renegade Imperial Guard
When I started this project I made myself a promise. I promised myself that I was going to finish painting something before I bought more stuff. But my love for new plastic crack is too great. So now I have tons of infantry and tanks primed or without paint...and still one squad painted, and then not even 100% painted.
After reading the Gaunt's Ghosts novels, I've been wanting to do a Blood Pact army. The idea of a renegade guard army dedicated to chaos yet not just being a mindless rabble intrigued me. Sadly, my greenstuff skills are less than par so I decided against making the masked helmets that traditionally accompany the Blood Pact...and plus, the helmeted gas mask heads from Pig Iron Productions were simply too great to pass up. WiP soon to follow.

Terrain
I've got a couple things I'm working on. I'm sick of seeing the primed black Bastion sitting on my shelf for months, so I threw a quick base coat of boltgun metal on it. I had originally taken a picture of it, but I think you all can image what a bastion with a base coat of boltgun metal looks like...more to follow.

The owner of my local shop was kind enough to special order me some resin trenches from Armorcast(!). Yeah I know, awesome right? Anyway, that was almost 6 months ago and I think I should get them painted sometime this year. I've got them primed grey, and I'm getting ready to go to town on them later...more to follow

More fun with plasticard!

Here's a little preview of my IG Vet squad. Simple conversion....just snip off the tip of the lasgun up to where his hand is, then glue a small section of plasticard tubing(same stuff from before, I'm having a lot of fun with this GF9 stuff). And yes, that is a Pig Iron head.

Fun with plasticard!

So I picked up the new Chimera kit today from my local hobby store. I must say, aside from the lack of a vehicle accessory sprue, I was overall impressed with the new kit. The big thing for me were the tracks being tremendously easier to glue. I also liked the turret design, which makes for easier weapon conversions than the older model. I also picked up a package of plasticard tubing by GaleForce Nine and came up with this simple autocannon conversion:
Just a simple matter of cutting two different sizes of tubing and gluing it to the heavy bolter turret mount. The same method can be used for the older chimera models using a trimmed down multilaser as a base to make some unique looking autocannons.

The shop is still waiting on the GF9 plasticard sheets to arrive. I have some good ideas for those...I like the look of the ork trukks, and I really don't want to shell out $50 for the new hellhound kit.

The start of something...

Not only is this a way for me to get some minis painted, but it also gives me an excuse to use the camera that has been sitting on my headboard since Christmas. I've got the following armies that are in horrible need of painting:

• Chaos Space Marines - Iron Warriors(hence the name of this blog)
• Orks
• Renegade Imperial Guard

Be on the lookout for some good stuff.