micahwc Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Greetings. I'm looking to start a Dark Eldar army now that my chaos and Astra Militarum armies are getting larger. I haven't seen anyone play Dark Eldar at my local store, and I like their aesthetic, so I think they will be a good fit. They are also a completely different play style than I currently own. Anyway, tk start I am currently winning a bid on the Gangs of Commoroagh box on eBay. I really like the Reavers. I'm not as fond of the Hellions. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritFox22 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Honestly as far as our dark eldar are as an index hellions are a bit better than reavers. Then again most of the DE range is useful,save for one or two depending on who you ask. As far as starting them what are you looking for as a start? I mean beside the obvious reavers and hellions from GoC. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4997068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonReign Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 if you want infantry they'll be in transports:choose which infantry youd like to focus on - kabalites, wyches, wracks then which transport youd like to focus on - raider, venom Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4997278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I can't really add much useful further to the above, but welcome to the pointy ears and armour :P The DE range is great and as mentioned the units all seem to have a place :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4997367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 I like the wyches a lot, but I think a couple Start Collecting boxes will be my next purchases so I can get some troops and transports, and field a large Reaver squad. 12 Reavers with Painbringer for the extra toughness I think would be a good, durable (for Dark Eldar) annoyance. Run the Kabalite Warriors as a 9 man Trueborn squad with 4 blasters and 2 Dark lances, and then add an Archon with a blaster. For troops I think three very large Wych squads could be fun. Say 3x20 Wyches with agonizer on the Hekatrix and three sets of Hydra Gauntlets per squad. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4997446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 Won the bid on eBay. I got it for less than it would cost from the GW site. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4997578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Asvaldir Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 That's a nice grab! The start collecting boxes are also a great way to start dark eldar, two boxes gives you a solid core of two kabalite units along with the transports they need. One thing to keep in mind, it looks like the Dark Eldar codex is not far off. Personally my guess is mid February, so you may want to hold off on getting too much stuff just before the codex is out. One other thing to consider, reavers are cool but currently they are wickedly overpriced. A list with a lot of reavers like you're planning just isn't going to be competitive. I'm really hoping the codex fixes that though and if that's the case you're in good shape. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4997798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 I am thinking that until the codex releases I will just pick up some Start Collecting boxes and wait. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4998416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Asvaldir Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 That's probably a safe bet, especially since you probably only have to wait a few weeks. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4998448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 4 Start Collecting boxes with what I currently have would give me 4 raiders, 3 with 5 kabalite warriors and 5 trueborn, 1 with 8 trueborn and 2 archons, all maxed out with as many dark lances and blasters as I can fit, plus 12 jetbikes with +1 toughness from drugs, and 10 Hellions with +1 attack from drugs. Its 6 placements at 1960 points, with 12 dark lances, and 19 blasters. I think that will be a good start until the codex arrives. Once it arrives I can expand to other troop choices and elites, get a void raven eventually, and all that fun stuff. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4998629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Asvaldir Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Can't go wrong with spamming blasters and dark lances, but you'll really suffer against any horde armies. Not that DE are currently good at dealing with hordes anyway, but other units like venoms with splinter cannons would certainly really help out. As you said though it's a good start, and you'll without a doubt need raiders and kabalite warriors no matter what the codex changes, so you really can't go wrong with getting those units. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4998691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhivan Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Well you mentioned you grabbed a few start collecting Dark Eldar which is just a fantastic choice all around. With the new codex being around the door I wouldn't reccomend too many more purchases but Ravagers are a safe bet for you to grab. IF you can't grab them conveniently I don't think it would be too hard to convert them as Ravagers are just Raiders with a couple extra Dark Lances / Dissie Cannons on the side. A Razorwing Jetfighter is another good grab that I can reccomend. Mandrakes are a very efficient model right now and I personally find them an absolute joy to use, Incubi I find pretty fun although they are by no means a required part of our lists. Overall I'd say that you have a very good core for your army, and experiment with what you have find out what you like and wait for the codex before making too many more big decisions for your army. I hope you have fun and welcome to the True Kin :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-4999151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatTheBlazes Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Raiders and Kabs are always gonna be in DEldar lists, so you can't go far wrong by picking them up. I'd still be cautious about grabbing too much stuff now though... new codex details expected this month or the next! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5000668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 I'm trying to settle on a color scheme. Oddly enough, I think white for the vehicles could be cool. I've never been happy with anything white I've painted. I'd try to paint them not in the Western style "wedding" white, but more in the South American native style of "death and mourning" white. Does that make any sense? I've considered blue tones, but most of my Chaos list is Alpha Legion with a lot of blue and green. Oddly enough I feel like I can paint blue and green decently enough now. My Astra Militarum are camo green and gray, and I can do realistic drab camo pretty well, but that doesn't really fit with the dark eldar. I don't really want to paint red, I've tried it a lot recently and haven't really been successful with the color palette I currently own, although I think it could look cool if done well enough. I will not do bright green, I just finished trying to do a "sons of Medusa" theme and was very unsuccessful with that, to the point where I don't want anything to do with brighter green colors. I figure if I do a white scheme on the vehicles I could color the infantry using colors related to the shading color on the vehicles to bring them all together some. So maybe white vehicles with purple, blue, or red shading and then purple, blue, or red infantry with white highlighting. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5000874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Asvaldir Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I think I understand what you mean about the whites, as I myself have been using bone white for some of the paneling of my vehicles and it's worked out very well. Personally I prefer dark colors for dark eldar, but generally speaking I think dark eldar are a pretty forgiving army when it comes to your color scheme-you can basically do pretty much anything you want and it should work out just fine. One thing I have found is they do require edge highlights more than other armies, so maybe a dark blue, red or purple base with highlights could work well. Tying in the vehicles with one of those colors along with white should work just fine. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5000913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhivan Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 You mentioned you don't wanna paint red, but this guy does a fantastic white as well for his Dark Eldar and you can get a good idea of what Dark Eldar can look like with that scheme http://www.thedarkcity.net/t15865-white-red-dark-eldars Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5000997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 I picked up a start collecting box at my flgs, I hate buying stuff there because it's so much cheaper online, but I try to buy from them semi regularly to help keep the doors open and the lights on. The start collecting box was $92 after tax. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5001261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 http://i.imgur.com/w44HGpM.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7imUfbG.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5001415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 http://i.imgur.com/FaxrRLX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ReoUXIT.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5002001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Changed up the colors a bit. Almost done now. http://i.imgur.com/n6nnSNr.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uXLDnDb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/79xXxXm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tYxUVKk.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5002306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Asvaldir Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Wow that blending looks great, did you use an airbrush for that? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5002689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Yes Edit: I get much better results with an airbrush so I try to use one whenever I can. I actually painted all my guardsmen with an airbrush. I tried blending this with a regular brush and it didn't look good, so I did this with my patriot 105. The patriot 105 can spray some of the Vallejo model colors without thinning them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5002733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 I work in Sturgis SD, so in the spirit of Sturgis I present my first reaver jet bike http://i.imgur.com/hZ3o7kp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8ols15V.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5002852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 http://i.imgur.com/uSIOjVy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dLnMu9H.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5002927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 It's been a productive day. Archon http://i.imgur.com/4ilxDFk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/aBJOWNt.jpg Reaver http://i.imgur.com/vM0TELx.jpg http://i.imgur.com/64GQAno.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dhnfuTr.jpg http://i.imgur.com/R4R0pB0.jpg Raider http://i.imgur.com/hZaWqac.jpg http://i.imgur.com/c66IBKB.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/343882-micahs-dark-eldar/#findComment-5003144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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