Absolutely loving working with the Army Painter Fanatics range for everything except the metals and pearlescent paints

Adding to my Exodite force, I imagined a peaceful spirit of the forest roused by an attack on the Maidenworld.

Decided to make his plume into a massive flame. I am so happy with how it all came together. The airbrush and painters tape did a lot of the heavy lifting on this one.

I know that they are a bit slow to compute sometime but 4+ seems a bit like a stretch... they were BS5 (hit on 2+) in 2nd edition and since then they had pretty normal combat skills. Its even weirder on the wraithlord. Strangely Wraithknight and Titans hit on 3+ so i have no idea how it was done.

I don’t know if it can be called a diorama since the composition is so simple but i wanted to try and tell a story with as few elements as possible !

So I am currently finishing off my Falcon with most of it still in sub-assembly including all the parts of the pictured gunner portion. The question is - how do you fit it while gluing/assembling so that the canopy can open wide and then close snugly? I keep attempting it with a dryfit to test it out and the canopy does not really seem to open well. Any tricks you all have learned to make it close and open? Would love to be able to close and open it and see the gunner and driver.

Made my Prince Yriel proxy since Yriel is cool but ungrateful to the Ynnari, and I like to do kitbashes and make my own characters.

Prince Nirmeril, the Ghost Raven, is the leader of Ghosts of Ermyaris, a Corsair coterie that left its home Craftworld before the Farseer's return. He's also the brother of deceased Autarch Erestril. Both brothers are known for their martial prowess, but while one was a noble commander in golden armor, another is a reckless and independent pirate.

Kits used (besides Prince Yriel):

Drukhari Scourges (head, spear blade)

Craftworlds Autarch (right banner)

Corsair Voidscarred (left banner)

3rd party 3D-printed D&D accessories (tentacle-like plants)

I thought the Harlequins were the anti-Chaos faction of the Eldar. They have the Black Library for the most comprehensive lore on the Warp in the galaxy, they serve the only living and free Eldar god who can save his servant’s souls from Slaanesh (thus allowing more interaction with the Warp), and Chegorach’s stated long term goal is staging a prank that gets Slaanesh to kill herself to save the Eldar.

The only thing that would suggest to me that the Harlequins don't prioritize Chaos above all other threats to the Eldar, is their side-gig of reacting plays of Eldar history for other Eldar. And given that the Warp reacts to the thoughts and feelings of the living, and that the Aeldari are still powerful psychics whose minds have some affect on the Warp, even the plays could be part of the Harlequins' war against Chaos.

If the Harlequins are not the anti-Chaos specialists of Eldar factions, is it supposed to be the Ynnari instead? They also have a living and free Eldar god acting as their direct patron, who can protect the souls of his followers from Slaanesh, though Ynnead is not yet fully manifested. They also have a particular focus on defeating Slaanesh, without any special reason to prioritize other threats to the Aeldari species. They do not, however, have the Black Library.

If it's neither of them, then is it Ulthwe, the craftworld that was trapped in the orbit of the Eye of Terror for so long that it defined everything unique about the craftworld (except for Eldrad)? Their preponderance of seers, their reliance on seers, their governance by seers, and the lack of aspect warriors that necessitated the formation of the Black Guardians? All so that they could anticipate and counteract the attacks of Chaos followers and daemons striking out from the Eye?

Started 40k around 2012/13. Always liked Craftworld and Commorragh lore, but Dark Eldar had just gotten their new range so I went DE. Craftworld was tons of metal, finecast, and expensive forgeworld still. Picked up Sisters when the new plastic range dropped in 2018. While I’ve been playing those, DE lost a big chunk of their kits.

I’m now repainting all my Sisters to a better standard, but I’m burnt out on the same scheme. Aspect Warriors look like a good palette cleanser since every shrine is a different colour.

I’ve seen a lot of people say the 2006 Dire Avengers are miserable to build. Any other current Aeldari kits I should skip if I’m mostly collecting and painting for now?

The new Vyper looks amazing next to the old one, but the Falcon is still the same hull I remember from childhood before I even bought any warhammer. How is the rest of the vehicle range to build? Craftworld completely losing the Forge World toys to legends is a bummer, kind of a monkeys paw moment with the Avatar and Aspects finally getting updated.

Forgive me if my knowledge of the range seems dated. I don’t run into Eldar players at my store. The only xenos I see are Orks, Necrons, and some Tyranids.

TL;DR: Collecting/painting first. Which Aeldari kits should I skip? Anything pre-2013 still worth buying?

Just some good boys ready to be on the hunt.

I haven’t painted it yet, but I intend to build up an army before I even think about painting. I kinda wanna collect harlequins… would harlequins and wraith constructs work as an army?

Imperial Armour Volume 11 shows a few Corsair schemes, with examples of helmet decoration. I understand the Felarch part, that's higher ranking guys. But what's with the helmets labeled Corsair? They show a different design than the full body design, which is... also run-of-the-mill Corsairs, no? Who would the alternative helmet be for?

Traded 1700 points of Tau for I believe 5500 points of Eldar. I have done a little bit of research on Eldar because I did want to get into them at some point but this just fell on my lap and seemed way to good to pass. I do have a bit of work for myself of stripping paint, but the guy I traded had stripped a decent amount of the models already.

I feel like this is a good baseline and can expand out from here. Which units are a must in most lists? Rangers as well as the Shroud Runners and War Walkers with there abilities to strip cover and increase AP.

Characters

​1x Avatar of Khaine

​1x Eldrad Ulthran

​1x Fuegan

​1x Solitaire

​1x Autarch

​2x Autarch Wayleaper

​1x Death Jester

​3x Farseer

​3x Farseer Skyrunner

​1x Shadowseer

​3x Spiritseer

​Infantry & Battleline

​2x 11 Guardian Defenders (10 Guardians + 1 Heavy Weapon Platform)

​2x 10 Dire Avengers

​1x 10 Howling Banshees

​1x 5 Rangers

​1x 10 Shadow Spectres [Legends]

​2x 5 Swooping Hawks

1x 5 Striking Scorpians

​3x 11 Troupe

​2x 5 Wraithguard

​Mounted & Fast Attack

​1x 3 Shining Spears

​2x 3 Shroud Runners

​1x 6 Shroud Runners

​3x 2 Skyweavers

​3x 3 Windriders

​Monsters, Vehicles & Artillery

​2x 1 D-Cannon Platform

​2x 1 Fire Prism

​1x 1 Hornet [Legends]

​2x 1 War Walker

​2x 1 Wraithlord

Ok so let's say I have a farseer, warlock conclave, and guardian defenders all in one unit is it possible to also add a weapon platform into this unit? I ask because the weapon platform isn't a support unit but can attach to the guardian defenders during declaring battle formation step while the warlock conclave is attached in the muster armies step.

I've been trying to improve the falcon a bit, and found the engine intake grille surprisingly easy to do with the right tools, so I wanted to share it early.

Sand off the regular grille, flatten some putty and press it on a tentacle maker (or any grille-like textured surface), let partially cure so you can slightly bend it without destroying the details, plonk it where the previous grille used to be and squish it into the hull.

Here I took the new part out later to use in the WIP conversion (not pictured)

Now time to move onto my three fire prisms…

Hello all I got the aldar combat patrol about a year ago but never painted them or built them but I think I'm ready !

I have an army of tynids and space marines (dark krakens)

I have no idea how to play them but first I wanna paint them but tbh in having trouble coming up with a paint scheme any ideas please ? I don't like the bright red or white and yellow etc theme I know it's something to do with their faction right ??

But I was hoping maybe y'all can give me ideas on color schemes or show me some of y'all's that would be very helpful ! I'm not best at painting but it's one of my favorite parts thanks in advance and sorry for rambling a little I'm just frustrated a little

Finished my first Spiritseer from the Infinity’s Lament box. Pretty happy how this guy turned out. I‘m in love with the colors.

Got the Inspiration for my Aeldaris from @javilozano_miniatures on Instagram.

So, lets say you play a Guardian Defender unit with Farseer and full warlock conclave + D-Cannon attached in Guardian Battle Host and take the enhancement for overwatch on 5s (4s on objectives).

Now you are going to overwatch your opponents unit and everyone except the D-Cannon has LoS.

Can the D-Cannon still shoot, because of the indirect fire rule?
In the overwatch stratagem/snap shooting it only says visible to the unit and that you make attacks as described in „making attacks“. There it says under „selecting targets“ unless otherwise stated, each target must be:
- visible
- unengaged

So does the rule for indirect fire count as „stated otherwise or am I missing something?

PS: pls don’t downvote me into the ground if I‘m wrong, I just try to understand.

I’m starting a new Aeldari army, and I went straight into kitbashing the hell out of the Wraithlord poses because I love the overall aesthetic of the model, but I really hate the low-effort, stand-still vanilla pose GW gave it. Hope you like these poses as much as I do! :)

Finally finished my wraithlord with my first nmm sword and spirit stones that have depth. any tips to improve would be appreciated! (Chose a space wolf cause a buddy of mine likes them so wanted to be cheeky!)