I tried something, it didn't work. That is about all I am going to say about it right now. I needed to go away from Daemons after the release of Grey Knights. I didn't throw in the towel happily, or even willingly, at first. I ignored the bitching and moaning around me and set out to try it for myself. What I discovered was disheartening. There are very specific builds, which I have no interest in playing, that I am certain could weather the Grey Knight storm. But the army I loved, and was excited about, simply cannot. But enough of all that.
This was the first squad I painted. I really just set out to get to know the warrior models. I liked the big dark lance, and brought the blaster as well, as I used them a lot in my earlier Dark Eldar army. I am not crazy about the squad's banner and hope to revisit it someday. But I probably won't.
After the warrior squad I decided to get to know some Wyches. I found them to be quite a bit more intensive than the warriors, but still very rewarding. I wanted to tie the blue into the warriors kabal and the Cult of the Seventh Woe was a pretty good fit. Rules wise, I am not a giant fan of the Agonizer with this squad so I stuck with just a power sword for the Succubus. This is all complete speculation, as I have never actually played a game with my Dark Eldar under this new codex.
As soon as the Venom kit was released I knew I had to have few. Though not the huge amount that are springing up in tournament lists. I have always loved the Eldar Vyper, and the Venom is very reminiscent of that. Knowing that I would want a few I started expanding my kabal to accommodate one or two of them with a small warrior squad with blaster.
Not hugely fond of their banner either. And again the hope is to go back some day and fix it.
That is what I have been up to. I need a little more for my bases though. I am having a hard time deciding what color static grass to use. I want the bases to look like a desolate or blasted planetscape, so I have narrowed it down to
Citadel Dead Grass or
Citadel Burnt Grass. If I have any readers left after my hiatus chime in the comments section and let me know which one you think would look best. At this point I think either would work, so I will take whatever one you all think would work best.
Thanks for reading,
T
Wow Mars your DE are looking very nice! Didn't know you had started work on them.
ReplyDeleteFor the grass, I have not used either really but I pictured the burnt grass as a compliment to another grass, not something that was used exclusively (like say dead grass and burnt mix or burnt grass near blast marks, craters or debris and some other grass elsewhere). Also I think the burnt grass would lack any contrast with the base color if used exlusively, so I would go with the dead grass with maybe some of the burnt mixed in.
I prefer mixing different colors of grass, personally.
ReplyDeleteVery nice. I am jealous of your wyches. They came out awesome. They are more work than the warriors, but your time has payed off.
ReplyDeleteI love agonizers on wyches. They usually do all the killing while my poor wyches soak up the return attacks. Especially against marines. I have been thinking about taking my 7-8 wych squads down to 5 so I can get more agonizers working for me. Then they could fit in venoms too. Can't wait to see more dark eldar stuff.