Kabal of the Shadow Void

[Keravin]

Unlike many people I've gone against the flow and decided to keep going with my old Dark Eldar army

I've had Dark Eldar since they first came out, but never really got very far with it. It did mean I had a stack of stuff already to add the new toys too. This means I'm also trying to redeem older models and doing a lot more mixing and matching between old and new than I've seen anyone else do so far.

My old Dark Eldar army was all done in a purple scheme and I'm carrying over that colour to the Warriors side of the army. The warriors are waiting on basing.



I never had wyches before, but inspired by some of the insect like schemes I've seen around my wyches go all the way up to yellow.

I haven't decided on the name for the Wych cult yet, but I strongly suspect Flames may play a part in it based on the current scheme.

The Wyches are almost done.

[Keravin]

As I said I'm working with older models too and the reavers have always been favourite models of mine.



The new scheme for the Reavers.

I've been waiting to buy a box of the new reavers so I could do some conversions.



With the new box I have 12 reavers, 9 old and 3 new and looking to get some more either fronts or another box of new to do more conversions.

I'll be updating fairly regularly and got a load of conversions already done.

[Keravin]

As I said I've been mixing and matching old and new kits to try and get useable versions of the old ones.

So easy stuff like


to gutting the old mandrakes and using them as bodies and parts for other units. To be fair they were no use in their old form. So you have mandrakes appearing as wyches


Bits of wyches


One of the main initial projects I've done is start building a unit of scourges using Dark age Skarrd wings for the first 4 and then I'll use Gargoyles for the rest. I wanted to have the notion that the haemonculi each have different methods and different building materials.

[Keravin]

Most of the Scourges so far have been built from hangers on for the raiders. I felt they gave some nice body shapes without cutting that much that the warriors didn't.


And the first 3 together


Going to keep updating regularly to catch up with where I am now and the painting in progress.

[Gobsmakked]

A great start that you've made here Keravin. I really, really like the mix'n'match with the Reavers, they go together quite well. I might have to to loot that idea from you.

Cheers.

[Keravin]

Gobsmacked - thanks very much. Switching the front halves around requires a little bit of cutting. The front prong on the old bike needs bits cutting away such as the knives and the connecting points as they impede you getting the new front in place. You will need to use that there as there is nothing under the new shell. The older front to the new one is easier as the shell hides most things and then I used the blades to seal it.

Now starting to think of background. I want an upstart Kabal pulling together remnants of old Kabals. For those of you who have read it I'm very tempted to go with a House Lujan idea from Feist and Wurt's Empire series and have the fallen Ronin given new purpose. I also like the idea of making the Archon, Succubus and a Haemonculi all related or connected. A sort of Borgias influence.

List building wise I've followed most advice and gone with Duke Sliscus hence why I'm also working on Trueborn as well.

Sliscus I've based on an old Melnobian body from the 80s.

Because of the old scale it was too short which I've rectified by changing legs, which also meant having to greenstuff in an extension to his cloak.


His face is from a dark age model which I've used the legs from as the basis for a haemonculi. I felt the wearing the skin of a fallen victim suited him well.


Him ready to be painted. I swapped legs to get a more ornate leg as the original one looked far too plain. I originally thought of hanging the helm from his belt, but it looked too big so he's discarded it to fight better. In it's place I've done more skin hanging from his belt. Probably the most tricky thing I've ever tried doing, but one of the things I'm trying to do with this project is actually challenge myself.


And the back with the extended cape.

Grateful for any comments.

[Keravin]

I'd been hoping to put up some of the fluff behind the army, but issues with harddrives means it needs rewriting.

I've been doing some work on characters to go alongside Sliscus at the same time as working on troops.

First finished Warriors


and first finished wyches


Started on 3 more of each along with another Reaver.

Characterwise I still have the original Archon and an old Haemonculi, but I've been playing with making up some new ones as well. I tend to use characters to paint alongside troops to encourage me to keep going.


Because I had bits around and because I decided against using the Corsair capes for Trueborn I put this guy together. Need to figure what I'll use the rest of the capes for though.


I'm using this Dark age model as one of my haemonculi as it has that nice touch of wrongness to it.

[Keravin]

I've been working slowly on converting up another haemonculi using the skirt off the Dark age model that Sliscus' face came from and the head off the Melnibonian that formed his body.


Lot more to do on her and using bits off Fabius Bile as well.


I've also finished off the Scourges so far converting the last of the hangers on from the Raider.


Comments gratefully received.

[Keravin]

Started work on the fluff for these guys inspired by my new attempt at a Haemonculi.


It is said that the plans of Dark Eldar can take centuries to come to fruition. An Archon might arrange the construction of a tower so that in 200 years he had a place for a sniper shot at an opponent. Maybe this is why the Haemonculi Daleran Skirath has cultivated familial bonds between an archon and a succubus and brought together the Kabal of the Shadow Void and the Wych Cult of the Dying Flames.

With no wish to step to the foreground, and whilst still considered a youngling by some in Haemonculi circles, Skirath has helped some fallen Kabals rebuild under a single Archon. The rumours of Duke Sliscus’ backing have also aided in keeping some from attacking potential upstarts.

Need some good names for the Archon and the Succubus now.

New supplies turned up and I'd bought an IOB high elf mage primarily for the cape which will get used elsewhere. I looked at the body and thought of the floatiness of Urien Rakarth so started converting it up.


The head is to be a corsair head.

Started work on a backpack for him

More work obviously to do on it.


I've moved the arms over from the last attempt (which I'll probably go back to) and going to work on getting this together over the next week.
Moved the arms from the previo

[Hadriel Caine]

Wow! I hadn't dropped in here yet. I love the fusion of old and new parts. There is often a tendency to disregard classic models when you get new releases. This has been evidently the case with the DE given just how long its been since the last release.

Your minis look great. I particularly like the fusion of the old and New Reavers, especially since I have an old Reaver canopy lying around and intended to get some more of the New ones... I've been doing some old/new kitbashign since I left a couple of important sprues at Uni. Trueborn are next.

I LOVE your scourges (would never have come across those wings), the first haemonculus is extra cool too. I like his base. I han't seen the IB mage yet either... might grab one

cheers

Adam

[SpeedFreek]

Good looking start for your Heamonculus.
I have the same model lying around, waiting to become the same thing...

[Keravin]

Hadriel - thanks very much. The reaver conversion worked way better than expected so probably going to do at least one more.

Speedfreek - I suspect the Hameonculus is going to be one of my focuses for the next week. Definitely thinking of picking up another IOB mage as I was originally doing a farseer with it

For my Trueborn I've been using corsair legs.



Thinking of this guy for the archon now I've figured how to use the cloak with the new legs.


And to prove painting is getting done as well

Next batch of wyches and a reaver.

[hobodog]

I'm enjoyin these conversions, there interesting!
Keep em up

[Keravin]

Thanks Hobodog

Stuff hasn't progressed that much with christmas and being ill. Building a ravager at the moment and still working on the haemonculi.

Before I started on the current schemes I did some test models which I figure I might as well share.


These were the planned scheme until I got the notion of the brighter wych scheme at which point I went back to the old purple.


I did like the idea of the brighter neon scheme, but didn't really get it to work.


This one looked ok, but I was left thinking it was more Eldary.

[Keravin]

Back to current work and there has been a little progress on the haemonculi.

Lots more to do on him.

Painting the other one as well

Her base needs deciding on. Can't imagine I'll keep on a bog standard base.


As well as the new set of warriors. I'm trying to get 2 troop choices painted before I get too distracted with other stuff. I need to get another box of wyches for conversions and to round out the wyches.

[Keravin]

Almost there on building the haemonculi





Just need to tidy up the back of the skirt where I removed the scabbard.

[Keravin]

Inspired by Pazshadow I have a reaver really ready for a fight to mount on one of the next bikes to get built.

It's the spare reaver body with the bottom half removed.

As I'm also starting on a 1500 point Tau army from next month I'm also getting stuff to a stage to paint alongside that and to put some of the kits to be made to one side for a bit so as to not distract myself TOO much. I suspect spending £120 on wrack bits may affect that though.

[Remos]

I really like your models. Especially those old DEwarriors which I thought there is no way to get them beaty but u got it! I'm also trying that way ('coz I have 49 old warriors and unwilling to throw them away)

Anyway! I'm looking forward on this project!

[Keravin]

Arm and head swaps is the way. Particularly as you end up with quite a few spares from the new sprues.

Couple more examples of ones already done.




The real test I think is if I can manage to redeem the old Wych models. I have a succubus sat in the spares box and even after the mandrakes I'm at a loss as to how to get her looking ok.

[cerealkiller195]

I like what you have going on here, the dark age bits/models are also a nice talk I have a few harpys laying about I may attempt the same thing if i could find a good use for scourges. Keep up the work.