Archive for May, 2011

Warhammer 40K – Tournament Rundown and Five Painted Dark Eldar Wyches


2011
05.20

warhammer40000logo.gif Well, I went to a tournament put on by Hivefleet Indy and hosted by Games To Die For last weekend with my Dark Eldar and with some Dark Eldar loaned to me from a friend or two. My list consisted of three units of Wyches in Raiders, a unit of six Reavers, two Ravagers, a unit of 7 Incubi with Haemonculus and Archon riding along in their Raider and finally a 20-man unit of Warriors. Being my first-ever Warhammer 40K tournament, I didn’t expect to do very well and my results didn’t disappoint.

My first game was against an Imperial Guard ‘parking lot’ style army.

Notable events:

  • I blew up a Chimera with a Ravager on my first turn in Dawn of War. Didn’t kill any dudes, but it was cool.
  • My personal objective I selected was Assassination. His most expensive unit was a Leman Russ Plasma deal. I spent the whole game shooting at it with Dark Lances and only destroyed it on my last turn.

I did, in fact, lose. The score was 6-1.

Second game was against Tyranids. It had a Hive Tyrant, several units of Genestealers, a Tervigon, some Gaunts and a few Mycetic Spores. Fully painted, too, and it looked great!

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Warhammer 40K – Dark Eldar Test Paint Scheme


2011
05.03

warhammer40000logo.gifOver the weekend I managed to get a few Dark Eldar minis painted. I had been reluctant to start on them because I didn’t want to ruin any of them from the start. I had an idea of how I wanted them to look, but wasn’t 100% sure of how to pull it off. I finally decided to just go with my gut and just throw some paint on them. Personally, I think they look just how I wanted them to: menacing, but with Warlock Purple (magenta) being the primary color. They’ll probably get called “pansies” or something, but I care not.

dark_eldar-warrior_test1dark_eldar-warrior_test2

The formula for the armor is:

  • Basecoat P3 Sanguine Base
  • Edge highlight P3 Sanguine Highlight
  • Edge highlight GW Warlock Purple
  • Wash in recesses GW Leviathan Purple

I’ll probably do a set of 5 Wyches next to get a skin tone going.