40k New Archon, Lady Malys & Codex: Drukhari

[CL_Mission]

11 minutes ago, ThePenitentOne said:

It's likely that unit sizes will be updated to reflect the change as well; I think units of five will not be with us much longer.

 

It's a bit awkward for me- I have five wracks, but I'll never be able to buy just five models to convert that to a 10 man unit, so it's likely that I'll always have five perfectly good Wracks sitting out. Not a huge deal- I am happy about the switch to selling as a 10-strong unit. I'll probably be in a position to buy the first Coven Combat patrol I see on a shelf.

Leaks show we'll still be able to take 5. We'll also be able to take 8! (accounting for a couple of bodies being used for Raider crew)

 

 

Edited September 21 by CL_Mission

[ThePenitentOne]

Ahhh- didn't realize that the numbers in the previous post were from the leaked material, but I guess that explains the 8, which wasn't present in the index.

 

Does this mean the transport capacity for Raiders is going down? That 8 is completely unnecessary and stupid if the raider's capacity is still 11. And even if it went to 10, wouldn't that leave 9 wracks? Who is the second character that can ride? This seems awkward.

 

It's a nightmare if GW just decide to undo one of their most celebrated fixes of the post 8th era to replace it with a less good fix. 

 

Edited September 21 by ThePenitentOne

[CL_Mission]

8 minutes ago, ThePenitentOne said:

Ahhh- didn't realize that the numbers in the previous post were from the leaked material, but I guess that explains the 8, which wasn't present in the index.

 

Does this mean the transport capacity for Raiders is going down? That 8 is completely unnecessary and stupid if the raider's capacity is still 11. And even if it went to 10, wouldn't that leave 9 wracks? Who is the second character that can ride? This seems awkward.

 

It's a nightmare if GW just decide to undo one of their most celebrated fixes of the post 8th era to replace it with a less good fix. 

 

The Raider will have a transport capacity of 11. When I said about using a couple of bodies for Raider crew I meant the physical models. The Wracks set comes with parts to make the gunner and helmsman for a Raider but you'll need to use a couple of the regular bodies from the set. So if you buy a box of 10 wracks then use 2 of them to model your Raider with Wrack crew members that will leave you with 8 Warcks, hence the option to take 8 in the codex.

[ThePenitentOne]

Thanks so much for the explanations- everything makes sense again. 

 

Hopefully we get some good Warcom coverage this week, and who knows... Maybe in the next White Dwarf?

[Galron]

The codex looks pretty cool. Hellions look tough. Since I love Kabalite troops, their specific detachment is rocking and gives me an excuse to work on some more of them. Now I need to get my other Scourge squads done as well since they didnt change the rules. 

[Ming the Merciless]

Liking most of what I've seen but losing the ap bonus whilst empowered in the fight phase is going to sting.

[Blindhamster]

On 9/16/2025 at 4:44 PM, Alby the Slayer said:

 

I'm sorry, I was thinking about this model

 

 

who it was used also to represent Lady Malys, when she didn't have a model .My bad.

She looks like she’s about to tell you you aren’t ready for a takedown.

[Dark Legionnare]

10 hours ago, Ming the Merciless said:

Liking most of what I've seen but losing the ap bonus whilst empowered in the fight phase is going to sting.

Same.

At the same time though, the removal of beasts and grotesques means that my entire shelf (minus a few empty venoms) only goes up to 1865 at current points, which is pretty obscene amounts of models to have to bring to a 2K game. (I haven't played them in quite some time, so, good lord this was a shock to come back to.)

If I do the "split a unit across a venom and raider to get both dedicated transports requirements technically fufilled" I can get to 2K, but damn this is a borderline-prohibitive amount of models to transport for one of the two (looking at you too admech) "hardest armies in the game to transport", haha.

I will continue to use legends grotesques and such, but wanted to opine on the "tournament legal" points state.

Edited Monday at 04:30 PM by Dark Legionnare

[Alby the Slayer]

Artwork from the today article on warhammer-community of Lady Malys

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What is this ?

 

[Evil Eye]

24 minutes ago, Alby the Slayer said:

Artwork from the today article on warhammer-community of Lady Malys

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What is this ?

 

...Oh dear. That is disappointing. Especially given how well they did the face on the model. As is it kinda reminds me of this...

Except somehow considerably less appealing.

[DarkMark]

Everything about that artwork is terrible. Shocking how GW can fail so hard. Maybe it's the same person that did the recent awful Black Templars cover, too?

[Jscarlos18]

3 hours ago, Alby the Slayer said:

Artwork from the today article on warhammer-community of Lady Malys

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What is this ?

 

Maybe they're trying to convey how alien eldar should look to humans? Also the drukhari should look pretty up in comparison to normal aeldari.

Edited Tuesday at 05:56 PM by Jolemai
Swear filter dodge

[Zoatibix]

Oooof…that’s pretty poor.

[Progenitor]

Shouldn't Aeldari be all lithe and graceful, even the Drukhari? This looks like she has a glandular issue and is all puffy. Not at all what I picture Eldar to look like at all. Much to thicc, and that face...... 

[Scribe]

1 hour ago, Alby the Slayer said:

Artwork from the today article on warhammer-community of Lady Malys

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What is this ?

 

 

GW making every effort to avoid attractive women in the art it seems.

[darkhorse0607]

8 minutes ago, Scribe said:

 

GW making every effort to avoid attractive women in the art it seems.

At least it matches a lot of the female face sculpts they've been putting out

 

_{*edit, ironically Lady Malys has probably the best female face sculpt of the last few years, but then doesn't look Dark Eldar and doesn't match this art or vice versa}

Edited Tuesday at 04:13 PM by darkhorse0607

[Wolf Guard Dan]

That’s why she wears the veil.

[Galron]

Doesnt even look female. Looks like a Wraith from Stargate Atlantis. I hate to see what they would do to Lillith. 

[ThePenitentOne]

Like the vampires upon which they are partially based, their appearnace may change based on how well supplied with pain they are. Model Malys looks like she just had a bite of Medusa brainfruit. Artwork Malys has probably gone without for a week or two.

[Lord Marshal]

 

2 hours ago, Jscarlos18 said:

Maybe they're trying to convey how alien eldar should look to humans? Also the drukhari should look pretty f*ed up in comparison to normal aeldari.

 

I think it's a Paul Dainton piece? It certainly looks like his style, and he definitely errs towards 'uncanny alien Eldar/Elves' rather than 'pretty humans with long ears'. 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 05:36 PM by Lord Marshal

[DemonGSides]

26 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said:

 

 

I think it's a Paul Dainton piece? It certainly looks like his style, and he definitely errs towards 'uncanny alien Eldar/Elves' rather than 'pretty humans with long ears'.

 

 

 

As it should be.

[Wolf Guard Dan]

6 hours ago, Jscarlos18 said:

Maybe they're trying to convey how alien eldar should look to humans? Also the drukhari should look pretty up in comparison to normal aeldari.

Confession: I like the picture and I think it does lend itself to the evil Eldar. The weakest part of the picture is the face. Too feminine in the model, not enough in the photo

4 hours ago, Galron said:

Doesnt even look female. Looks like a Wraith from Stargate Atlantis. I hate to see what they would do to Lillith. 

Compare her recent model with her previous to see what they already did to our friend Lelith. Although that too is partially due to how they painted the face. 

[Jukkiz]

why does it look like cheap AI made it?

[ursvamp]

And once again, almost every comment about a female Drukhari character is about how she’s not attractive enough for the commenter.

Will this ever change?

 

When Lelith git her previous model, in 2010, people complained about it for not being beutiful enough (her athletic physique was seen as too muscular, and  un-feminine. Her scowling face was manish, and not pretty). When her current model released everyone made jokes about her feet being too big, complained about her being stocky (??) and how her face wasn’t beautiful enough (I guess people want her to smile more?).

 

When Malys’ model was revealed 80% of the comments were about her face, in different ways.

And now, with this artwork, nearly everything I see is people complaining about how freaky and unnatractive she seems to them.

 

And I just don’t get it... why is hotness so important to people, in a wargame about the grimey, hellish, churn of death and slaughter?

 

(Especially in this case, where we have an actually interesting character, who’s main traits has always been her intelligence, social skills, and ambition.)

 

 

And, just as an aside; how do people find this artwork -not- hot?

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills! It’s as if people don’t know what actual, real, humans looks like.

Just because an artwork doesn’t resemble a world class fashion model, or some sort of waifish anime waifu, people start throwing around words like ”ugly” and saying she doesn’t look feminine enough (once again…)

 

She looks normal!

like someone you’d meet at a synth- or goth club.

 

ugh… sorry for the rant.

but I just can’t stress enough how this is a thing -every- -single- -time- there are female drukhari reveals.

[Nephaston]

Funny that the model painters managed to paint on some eyebrows this time, something they omit 95% of the time, and thus rendering most of their faces slightly odd, only for the codex artwork to completely omit them.