Pray they don't take you alive...

[Shinobi_8745]

Once upon a time, a boy got into the Warhammer 40 000 hobby and his first army was the Dark Eldar... The kabal of the frozen souls.

Once again he picks up this army, is it because of the new codex? Is it because Arath Kahr'Leth wants his revenge once again on the galaxy? Is it because the miniature range is awesome? Is it because of nostalgia?

Well... ALL OF THEM MELDED TOGETHER! THE MADNESS!

As stated I once again picked up my splinter rifle and here I will show you all the progress with my army.



Let the soul-reping begin!  

[Shinobi_8745]

Log

-::2010::-

11/1: My order arrived from GW, it contained Codex Dark Eldar, a box of Kabalite Warriors, a Raider and an Archon, sweet!

11/2: Assembly started, Warriors and Lord went well though being a bit fiddly, Raider is being a pain in the a**...

11/3: Raider is finished! Can't say I enjoyed assembling it but it was really worth it!

11/4: Painted my test model, turned out ok even though it's a bit monochrome (see first page, 3rd post), painting the others as well, I hope to finish all 10 tomorrow.

11/5: 10 Kabalite Warriors finished! Moving on to the raider.

11/6: Raider itself is finished, but I'm off to a party now so I will have to continue on the crew tomorrow.

11/7: Crew finished and I just started painting the Archon, not sure if I'll finish him tonight.

11/8: Finished the Archon and assembled my second newly arrived pack of kabalite warriors and Incubi, 3 raiders to be assembled tomorrow and 6 reavers.

11/9: Picked up my Raider and Reavers at the local hobby store, bought another pack of Incubi and a pack of Wyches as well. I assembled the raiders, 3 in total.

11/10: Assembled the crew for the raiders and assembled another 5 Incubi.

11/11: Assembled my Reavers before I headed to the gaming club to play some Fantasy.

11/12: Assembled the Wyches, basing all unpainted models now and then off to prime them all, painting tonight and tomorrow for my game at Sunday.

11/13: Dropped my Archon today, glued him back together and fixed up the damaged areas. His back-blade got bent so I listened to some advice from you guys and changed it into a grenade launching backpack of doom instead.

11/14: Started painting on the Raiders, slow progress at first but then I watched Lord of the Rings while painting, helped alot! Finished all the highlighting on the raiders during the movie.

11/15: Concidering that the Lord of the Rings helped me out to paint the raiders I started to paint some more while I watched the Two Towers movie, finished all 3 raiders including drivers and gunners.

11/16: While watching Return of the King I painted a full unit of Kabalite Warriors, I think I see a pattern here.

11/17: Had my first game 500 pts, ended in a draw, skipped painting and went to see the new Harry Potter movie instead.

11/18: Had my 2nd game with the Dark Eldar today against an Ork force, Kult of Speed based list, lost due to a single Nob surviving who held an objective, no painting today.

11/19: Started painting on the Incubi, but got bored after highlighting on the first 3, watched my girlfriend play some Nier instead.

11/20: I highlighted the rest of the Incubi and started painting their helmets but got distracted by Nier and the movie Dog House later on.

11/21: Finished the Incubi unit, started painting the Wyches, should be finished tomorrow or tuesday.

11/22: Finished the Wyches, not quite satisfied with them but they will do.

11/23: Highlighted my first reaver, slaved infront of my NES after that attempting to beat Castlevania.

11/24: Finished the test model for my reavers, tried red hair and liked it, highlighted the rest of the reavers.

11/25: Finished all the reavers, bought tons of stuff and almost finished with the assembly.

11/26: Ravager, 10 Mandrakes and 7 Hellions assembled,primed them and started painting the Ravager and the 10 Mandrakes at the gaming club.

11/27: Finished painting the Ravager and the Mandrakes around 5 am, went to the couch in the gaming club and slept til 11 am.

11/28: Converted Urien Rakarth slightly to use as my own Haemonculi or Ancient Haemonculi.  

[Shinobi_8745]

The first uploaded pictures are now up! Here's a group shot of the assembed models.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/Shinobi_8745/Dark Eldar/groupshotdeldar.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/Shinobi_8745/Dark Eldar/deldarwarriors.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/Shinobi_8745/Dark Eldar/Archon.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/Shinobi_8745/Dark Eldar/raiderdeldar.png

And the test model.



It is quite plain yes, but I went for my old colorscheme, black armour and white helmets, being plain like this they get a "cold" and empty feeling, though I will experiment a bit with the highlights and use other kinds of grey, but perhaps not on this squad, I need to get into the edge-highlighting first.  

[Van Evok]

Looks quite menacing! I like this scheme.  

[Vikki Stardust]

Simple but effective.  

[Shinobi_8745]

Just finished my first kabalite warrior squad.



I'm about to move on to the raider now... I know I'm going to hate painting it... gonk  

[Vikki Stardust]

Dunno about the yellow eyes, but other than that they look really neat! Good luck on the rape boat! blaugh  

[Sir Kyle Aziz]

Gosh those are beautiful.  

[Messyart]

Your test is the first I've seen of the new models, and I must say, you've made a beautiful impression on me.  

[Lady Blodwynn]

Good show, the yellow eyes somehow make them look even colder, like the eyes of a reptile.  

[Shinobi_8745]

Thanks guys~

I thought I'd post some pictures of the finished raider and it's crew before I hit the couch to play some Castlevania on my NES.







It looks like my old Kabal is slowly gaining some of it's former strength.


I also thought I'd post my new incarnation of the top Archon of my Kabal, Arath Karh'Leth.



He will be using the rules of Vect.  

[Jason Kharo]

Dudes.
Hanging.
Off.
The.
Raider.
Are.
Awesome.

On another note, the Archon looks like the Dark Eldar version of Shrike with the twin claws.  

[Van Evok]

Jason Kharo

Dudes.
Hanging.
Off.
The.
Raider.
Are.
Awesome.

On another note, the Archon looks like the Dark Eldar version of Shrike with the twin claws.

Entire raider model is great, with sails and ancient galley style prow, and it just asks for humming "He's a pirate" while you speed your guys (and gals!) thru the battlefield. The guys hanging out look like about to make boarding action.
@ Shinobi: are you going to convert Dais for Vect clone?  

[Shinobi_8745]

I might as I do have a throne lying around actually, but that will have to wait until i have finished a couple of more units. ;D  

[Vikki Stardust]

Awww, no Dark Eldar text on the sails? wink