Asuryani tokens/markers for Kill Team (WIP)

[Brother Tyler]

Here is the first stab at tokens for the craftworlders. The only thing really holding me back is that I haven't figured out what to use as the graphic for the Commander Aura. Factions of the Imperium use a typical laurel; factions of Chaos use a stylized Chaos star (shaped to resemble a laurel); I haven't cracked the code on the xenos. It's possible that I may just have to come up with a different Commander Aura element for each different xenos faction/sub-faction if I can't come up with a suitable element.

Anyhoo, here are the objective tokens for the main craftworlds:

Aeldari, Asuryani, Craftworld Alaitoc

Aeldari, Asuryani, Craftworld Biel-Tan

Aeldari, Asuryani, Craftworld Iyanden

Aeldari, Asuryani, Craftworld Saim-Hann

Aeldari, Asuryani, Craftworld Ulthw

[Karhedron]

Here is the first stab at tokens for the craftworlders. The only thing really holding me back is that I haven't figured out what to use as the graphic for the Commander Aura.

I would be tempted to use the Autarch rune although that only works for Craftworlders. I am struggling to think of common symbols across the 3 Eldar factions. The relationships between different components of Eldar culture are not as unified as the Imperium (or even Chaos) so there isn't an over-riding design element I can think of.

 

[Brother Tyler]

The trick with the Commander Aura graphic is that it is added to the (sub-)faction icon. Imagine the objective markers above, but with some graphic added to the craftworld runes.

 

Yes, more and more I'm thinking that I'll have to create a graphic for each xenos faction (the Genestealer Cults and Tyranids might share a graphic). That is going to slow me down a bit. I already know that the Orks will use the iron jaw thingamajig, but everyone else is up in the air. They'll all be laurel-like, but themed to their (sub-)faction.

 

For the various Aeldari factions, I might incorporate the runes for the different commander types arranged in a laurel-like pattern. So the Asuryani graphic might incorporate the runes for Autarchs, Farseers, and Warlocks. The Harlequins would then use the runes for their commander types; and the Drukhari would use their own commander type runes (I haven't looked at them closely - I hope they have more than one commander type).

[Ioldanach]

Those look nice. Perhaps a set of generic "Asuryani" tokens would save you from having to make sets for anybody/everybody. Alternately, have you considered making the template file available for others so that we can make our own instead of pestering you for them?

 

As far as the commander graphic goes, perhaps you could do like you did with Chaos and modify the Aeldari Webway Gate design...?

[Brother Tyler]

Yes, I'll probably make generic Asuryani tokens. I already planned on making some tokens for the Aeldari Corsairs, largely inspired by your homegrown rules. ;) In time, I might even make sets for different fleets.

 

Now that you mention it, I just might make the template available. It would have to be a zip file in order to include txt instructions. Hmmm...

 

I looked at the Aeldar Webway Gate, but it looked a bit too "light" to me - I'm not sure that the imagery would be clear to everyone. Chaos is a bit easy since the Chaos star is distinctive. I'm also looking at modifying the vanes seen on Aeldari vehicles (see those on the Vyper and jetbikes). What I might do with the Asuryani is make a laurel shape that evokes the vehicle vanes, but have the runes for the different commander options as transparent images within the vane shape (so you'd see the token background through the rune shapes). I'm still playing around with ideas on this.

[Brother Tyler]

I tried some xenos themed images for the commander auras, but I wasn't satisfied with any of them, so I decided to use the same laurel that I used for the various Imperial factions. Here's what happened last night:

Alaitoc

Biel-Tan

Iyanden

Saim-Hann

Ulthw

[Dread]

I like the first ones. The laurels, to me, are just too space mariney. You could also just do outlines and allow the downloaders to color their own. Saim Hann for me ;)

 

As for the others, the harlequins symbols and the DE obsessions symbols would work just fine.

[Brother Tyler]

Actually, now that I think about it, we don't need a commander aura icon. Just having the faction icon should be sufficient. The only potential confusion is with the Psychic Effect token, but that has the crossed lightning bolts behind the faction icon.

 

Easy fix.