Epic Dark Eldar

[ZomboCom]

Games Workshop don't make Epic scale Dark Eldar models, but there is an army list, so I have set about converting up an army, mostly from Epic Eldar models...

First up I have a formation of Dark Eldar Warriors, consisting of 6 bases of infantry, 3 Raiders to carry them and a Ravager for some shooting support. There is also a Dracon character added to one of the bases. In Epic, characters are added to existing bases of infantry rather than being stands in their own right, and they add their abilities to the base they are added to.

These were converted from Eldar Guardians, with plasticard used to add blades, and greenstuff for the funky Dark Eldar hairdos. There have been 3 versions of the Eldar Guardian model in Epic, and I used all 3 in this formation.

The vehicles were scratchbuilt from sprue, plasticard, greenstuff and a few eldar models for crew.

This formation costs 300 points in total, 200 for the Warriors and Raiders, 50 points for the Ravager, and 50 points for the Dracon. Given that a standard game of Epic is 3000 points, I have a long way to go!



Next up I have a formation of Incubi, lead by my army's Archon. The Incubi are made from various Epic Eldar models, with plasticard used to create their halberd-like weapons and signature back-spikes.

This formation costs 300 points, 250 for the infantry and 50 for the Archon.

Eventually I plan to have this formation transported in a Barge of Pleasure, which is a new addition to the Epic list for Dark Eldar. It is a super-heavy version of the Raider, so is much more survivable, and is a fitting personal transport for my army's Supreme Commander.



The Archon was converted from another Eldar model, and given the power claw from an Ork Nob. It's the only one I could find that was big enough!

[ZomboCom]

Next up is my Vessel of Pain. This is another unit which is only found in the Epic list; a super-heavy tank. If the Barge of Pleasure is a super-heavy version of the Raider, the Vessel of Pain is a super-heavy Ravager. It is built from Reaver Jetbike parts.

Sorry for the poor photos, the better angles were blurry.

The Vessel of Pain costs 250 points.




Next is my formation of Scourges, known as a Flight. These were converted from Swooping Hawks, though given wings more in keeping with the 40k versions, made from plasticard.

This formation shows off one of the features of Epic, that not every base must have 5 models on it. A base of infantry must have between 3 and 7 models on it, but ingame it functions the same no matter how many you base on it. I had only a few Swooping Hawk models, so decided to go 3 to a base for this formation. I think it looks ok this way, since I don't see Scourges flying in a tight formation anyway! I need to finish basing these too...

The formation costs 225 points.

[ZomboCom]

Lastly, here are a couple of WIP bases of Reaver Jetbikes, made from Eldar Jetbikes and Vypers, with added plasticard for blades etc. When complete there will be 6 bases in this formation.



So, totalling my army to date gives me this:


Kabal Syndicate (Warrior Formation) 200
+ 3 Raiders (included in points cost)
+1 Ravager 50
+ 1 Dracon 50
= 300

Kabal Coterie (Incubi formation) 250
+ Archon 50
= 300

Vessel of Pain 250

Scourge Flight 225

= 1075 Total


My target 3000 point list for this army is:


Kabal Syndicate (Warrior Formation) 200
+ 3 Raiders (included in points cost)
+1 Ravager 50
+ 1 Dracon 50
= 300

Kabal Syndicate (Warrior Formation) 200
+ 3 Raiders (included in points cost)
+1 Ravager 50
= 250

Kabal Coterie (Incubi formation) 250
+ Archon 50
+ Barge of Pleasure 125
= 425

Vessel of Pain 250

Wych Cult 200
+ Warp Beasts 125
+ Sybarite 25
+ Slavebringer Assault Boat 200
= 550

Tormentor Titan 500

Reaver Jetbike Gang 200

Razorwing Bombers 250

Scourge Flight 225

Webway Portal 50

= 3000 points total

I'll keep you updated as I work towards this goal...

More information about Dark Eldar in Epic can be found in the unofficial expansion Epic : Raiders - http://www.epic40k.co.uk/rules/epic/raiders.html

[Mr Feral]

I'm surprised no-one has commented on this Epic awesomness yet!

Very nice, love the colour scheme and the conversions.

[Spider]

Awesome!

How are you doing the raiders?

[ZomboCom]

Awesome!

How are you doing the raiders?

Thanks!

The Raiders are all pretty much scratchbuilt from a length of sprue and some plasticard, with eldar rangers as gunners.

There's a conversion guide in Epic : Raiders if you're interested. See the link above.

[ZomboCom]

Ok chaps, update time.

I've nearly finished the Reaver Jetbike formation, though I still need to do a little work on the bases.



I've also added some Dark Eldar runic freehand to the vehicles. Here's a better shot of my Vessel of Pain:



Here's a closeup of my Raiders:



My Ravager in profile...

[Chaos and Evil]

I played against this army last week.... It beat me 3-0!

[Patriarch]

Nice work, particularly the war engines.

BTW the 2nd ed eldar sprue has lascannon eldar which make perfect proxies for dark lances. Also the harlequins and banshees from those sprues make good wyches.

[ZomboCom]

Cheers.

Yeah, I've used a couple of the lascannon eldar on the Ravager. I've only got one more left though, so I'll need to find another one to make my next Ravager.

I've got a formation of Wyches on the go at the moment, based on Harlequins. They're currently 3 per base, so I want to get some banshees to fill out the gaps.

[ZomboCom]

Update time...

I'm back from my travels, and have started a little work on these guys again.

Here's my WIP slavebringer assault boat. This is a superheavy transport plane akin to the Eldar Vampire Raider, or a Thunderhawk...



And my WIP Tormentor Titan, designed to look like the one on the cover of the Epic: Raiders suppliment...



More to come soon.

[ZomboCom]

Here's the cover artwork I based the titan on:

[Mr Feral]

Yes, that Tormentor Titan is awesome, it looks just like it's illustration counterpart!

It's good to see this log going again.

[Moronguhl]

Good work dude! This is awesomely converted and painted stuff. I thought that converting a DE army would be fun ever since I saw the articles in Raiders, but not sure I have time for that atm! Maybe once I've got my IG army finished.

It is a brilliant start though, particularly the WE!

-Moronguhl

[Haarken]

Great to see another Epic army here on Warseer. Great work on all of the conversions, especially loving the titan.

Haarken

[ZomboCom]

Cheers y'all, hope to have the titan finished tomorrow.

[Lord Inquisitor]

The titan is really excellent. Are you going to add the unfortunate Leman Russ too?

[ZomboCom]

The titan is really excellent. Are you going to add the unfortunate Leman Russ too?

If i can find a decent enough way of having it hanging in the air, yes.

[The Occult]

that is a really great titan conversion, and really cool-awesome too!
can't wait to see it painted!

[ZomboCom]

Update!

I've knocked together a couple of Razorwing Bombers, based on Helion skyboards.

Razorwings are fighter-bombers, armed with powerful but slow-firing Razor lances rather than traditional bombs, for razor-sharp Dark Eldar accuracy.

Almost finished the painting, just need to add the swirly details.




I've also painted up my Slavebringer Assault Boat, again with swirly details still to be added. In-game this will transport my formation of Wyches onto the battlefield for a hit-and-run surgical strike.