Doghouse's Dark Eldar Kabal

[doghouse]

To me the Dark Eldar are one of the most challenging armies to not only play with but to put together.
Used correctly they can dominate the game but the slightest mistake will be punished turning your well planned raid for slaves into a massacre.
Modelwise they are extremely limited, being very much a third edition army and with the redesign a year or so away you don't really have a lot to work with so need to be inventive if you want to have an army that stands out from the crowd.
To update the model a little I've used parts from the new Dark Elf Cold One riders and added the head of an unfortunate Space Wolf along with an Eldar Guardian and Human skull.
I'll post some better shots once my camera has recharged.

WIP Archon

This is the leader of my raiding party that I'm initially aiming for around a thousand points to begin with.
I've armed him with an Agoniser, Shadow field, Splinter pistol and trophy rack to begin with.
I've decided to go for a purple colour scheme for the Kabal and have given him gold armour to make him stand out from the crowd as the Archon.
I've also elongated the model to make the Dark Eldar taller and more slender by lengthening the legs and torso, a siple conversion that I will apply to all the models in the army.





For his bodyguard I'm scratch building the Incubi, this will form a serious close combat unit that should hopefully be able to tackle most enemy units and whose armour saves and strength bonus should put them on an equal footing with the likes of the Astartes.
The model has been made using Dark Elf bits to create a heavier more ornate look to the armour and I will be adding more to create the Tormentor helm later on.

WIP Incubi



For the Dark Eldar warriors I'm using the same extension technique as before but sticking with mostly the bits from the Warrior kits and modifying Guardian helms to update the design a little.
This is a simple conversion so as not to bog me down and distract me from my main goal of gettting a small force together.

[redstarone]

Great, now I have to start a Dark Eldar army...

Seriously thought, ive always wanted to do waht your doing but had no idea where to start. You just opened my eyes once again. Amazing stuff as always Doghouse, and once again you have proven you being back in the hobby is a great thing for us all.

:chrome:

[doghouse]

Thanks mate, I greatly appreciate the compliment!

Wyches

For the Elite slot I've decided to go with a squad of Wyches backed up by a unit of Warp Beasts. I really don't like using metal models so have decided to scratch build my own for the army.
At the moment I'm using parts from the Daemonette kits combined with Dark Eldar and Eldar parts. These are a bit of an experiment at the moment and still looking pretty rough but I'm hoping they'll look ok when finished.

WIP Wyches

[Ganymene]

Awesome! Another doghouse log. :chrome:

That Incubi is amazing. Can't wait to see it painted!

The purple and gold on the Archon really go well together.

I'll definitely be watching this log.

[redstarone]

Now im simply speechless.

*goes to order a few boxs of dark elf and demonettes*

Ive always wanted to make a 1500 wych army. Ill be eagarly awaiting your next pics.

:chrome:

[Suicide Messiah]

Wow, really nice. Those DE parts work a treat.

[G.Hawke]

wow doghouse, just wow. such simple yet highly effective models... truely brilliant!

hawke

[Tommygun]

That first guy is pure psycho. He looks like an equal opportunity serial killer.

[sideorder_of_chips]

Doghouse you are awesome. These are the sort of models GW should be making rather than being content with models from eight years and two editions ago! Really excellent job mate

[Aurellis]

Great Wyches and Archon, I've never seen a Dark Eldar army like it.

I'm very impressed!

[swifty2]

These are absoloutely awesome mate, i'm so tempted to go out and buy shedloads of elves and eldar now (NO, must focus)

[folnjir]

These look great. Good to see someone having a go at Dark Eldar. Looking forward to more.

[Luke]

Oh my. This is so subscribed! They look damn good! I hope GW takes a leaf from your book when they finally decide to pull their fingers out.

[doghouse]

Thanks guys!

WIP Marauder Class Raider

This is the beginings of my first Raider for the force. I've increased the size of the model so that it can fit ten models on board and altered the profile to make it more Eldar-like.
I've still got to add the detailing and clean up a few areas but it's getting there.
This will be the Archon's personal Raider so I may bling it up a bit more than the others.

[swifty2]

That things sweet mate, its very woooooooowwwww, and si very ooooooooooooohhhhhhh, really nice work it looks like something that could actually carry enough warriors to conduct a raid and then return with prisoners on board.

[clandestine]

those models are awesome! especially that incubi, they look very kool, like the new artwork from the 40k book!

keep it up

[Mr Feral]

This is how all Dark Eldar should be like. Enough said really.

[Damokles]

really cool, just one question, why the heck couldn't GW come up with such designs in years?

[Earthbeard]

Saw these fellows over on another site earlier. Loved them there and love them here.

Top notch conversions, top notch indeed.

[Coolhand]

Nice start looking forward to see a few more painted