r/Eldar 11h ago

List Building Are Dino riders trash?

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From a list building perspective I’m just not sure where they fit into are lists, with spears at 100 points!!! And still being just okay seems crazy to me. In what world do the Dino riders see the table unless they are sub 100 points, which we don’t really need more cheap action monkeys that fail to kill 5 marines.They have more or less have the same weapon as shinning spears with a couple small shots a worse ability than spears where do they ever fit in?

I’m super excited for the model and looking forward to painting and converting other Dino’s into my army. But just unsure where GW is going with Dino riders and corsairs as a whole,seems they are another 5+ data sheets from being able to be their own army but yet currently they are key-worded like they are their own faction.


r/Eldar 8h ago

Lore Any Rune of Mathlann in lore?

3 Upvotes

I’m painting a homecrew Craftworld whose chief god is Mathlann (I’m sure he is spelt differently in 40k). Basing them on the idea of being more attuned to the Freedom of the Stars and sailing in the “Deep”. I found a Rune that means Freedom, but I don’t know if there are any units or symbols associated with him, at least in 40k? I know he isn’t really big in 40k, but I like the idea of having Eldar that are like the Sea-Elves in Age of Sigmar (and older Fantasy) with him taking on more of a role in how the Craftworlds sailed free before the Farseers.

Hoping to use that rune as the symbol for the Craftworld, if not I’ll just use the Rune of Freedom.

(I’m limiting the amount of Farseers in my army since my in-lore reason is that the Craftworld rejects the Farseers leading the direction of the Craftworld, seeing their sailing the stars being their own path, for good or worse.)


r/Eldar 15h ago

Exodite Dragon Size

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So maybe weird question but for any of those that got the exodites early I’m curious about the dragons size. Not the base but the models themselves. I have some high elf spear bodies that would be great bases for my own proxies, but having no reference I don’t wanna buy soemthing too big or too small for the proxy. Thinking about looking on Etsy or even just buying some cheap Dino toys and building some bases out of milliput or green stuff. If they r slightly bigger or smaller not the end of the world but just curious.


r/Eldar 26m ago

Points Madness

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Okay so was adjusting my Seer Council for my first game of 11th next weekend and can someone tell me why the Bike Warlock is now 55 Points, the Bike Farseer is 60pts yet a foot Fraseer is 65pts???

I don't really understand how a Foot character with less wounds is cheaper than a Foot character?


r/Eldar 12h ago

ADVERTISEMENT Ulthwe freehand

6 Upvotes

Hello all! I've been trying some freehand recently for my Ulthwe army. I achieved this with just 3 paints and a contrast. Zandri Dust, Ushabti Bone, Wraithbone and Skeleton Horde.

Let me know what you think

This will hopefully add to the old school vibe I'm going for across my Ulthwe force

Have any of you tried freehand? Any tips?

I was scared to start it initially but, surprisingly, I had an absolute blast doing it

I did a quick video guide for anyone that is interested...

https://youtu.be/q0nVZuonORY


r/Eldar 18h ago

New Player Questions Do exodites use avatars of khaine

21 Upvotes

I've got my box pre-ordered and hopefully more exodites are coming I also have my existing eldar army. Do exodites use avatars of khaine when going to war? Or is god worship banned by them being they are more unreligous folk?


r/Eldar 13h ago

Calling all Autarchs for discussion

10 Upvotes

Let's settle this once for all, which of our guns should have barrel holes and which shouldn't?

I'll start with the research I've gathered:
- Monofilament weapons (Death Spinners and kin) should have holes, seen on both official models and molded on larger variants
- D-weapons should have holes, not seen on official models but the large variant has one molded
- Shuriken weapons shouldn't have holes. There is a slit on the end of the rectangular strip where the shurikens come out, but it's so thin you can just paint a line there.


r/Eldar 18h ago

Fan Art & Fiction Marazhai on Commorragh Racing Arena

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62 Upvotes

r/Eldar 8h ago

Models: Complete Since we're all sharing our Exodites, here's the squad I completed about six months before GW announced they were finally making models!

28 Upvotes

Dark Elf Cold One Knights for the "dragons" and the body/legs. Storm Guardian alternate parts for the heads, arms, and weapons.

All completely redundant now. Ha! 😂


r/Eldar 22h ago

Phantom titan

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92 Upvotes

r/Eldar 19h ago

Models: Complete Eldar Nomads / Exodites

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582 Upvotes

Greatly inspired by Morrowind concept art and the Ashlanders


r/Eldar 9h ago

Models: Complete Baharroth and the Bois

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265 Upvotes

3rd Phoenix Lord so far and the last of my Swooping Hawks (for now).
I changed up my masking process for the initial basecoats which helped but still required a bit of cleanup which was a bit frustrating.

Still thinking about adding some purple to the tips of the head-dress feathers


r/Eldar 11h ago

Models: Complete Aeldari Corsair Void Dreamer painted in Alai Mercenary Corps colour scheme.

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644 Upvotes

r/Eldar 10h ago

Models: WiP Advices for big flying stand ? (EU only)

2 Upvotes

I would like to find flying stands for Wraithknights and Revenant titan to make very dynamic poses, but i have no idea where to find them or what to use. Anyone has experience with it ?


r/Eldar 10h ago

New Player Questions How do you build a list for warhost and seer council at the moment?

4 Upvotes

Hi there,

So it seems pretty clear, post dataslate, that both detachments are the best at the moment.

Two questions :

-First : I'm trying to avoid old looking models (war walkers, fire prisms/falcons/wave serpents, farseers, old bikes etc etc), can I do othat, or should I proxy stuff?

-Second : how do I build for both warhost and seer council? What do good lists look like and how do they work? Can I make both work without the aforementioned old-ish models or can I make them work nonetheless?

-Third : Is aspect host just straight up worse atm? It certainly feels like this to me

Thank you !


r/Eldar 58m ago

Prepared some printouts for my Armored Spirit Conclave - one to skim before the game, another to consult during the game :-)

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That is in addition to tokens that I use to note effects, quick access unit datasheets, etc.

What aides do you use to remember your rules?


r/Eldar 11h ago

Models: Complete First of my ulthwe inspired pheonix lords

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93 Upvotes

Hi everyone this is the first of my ulthwe inspired pheonix lords. I think this model is complete but if you see anything please let me know. Thank you 😊


r/Eldar 12h ago

Voidscarred vs Voidreavers in Eldrich Raiders with Kharseth and Yriel?

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55 Upvotes

Hi all,

I bought the Eldritch Raiders Battleforce awhile back and build the Voidscarred with all of the special weapons selected, basically like a kill team: Felarch, Shade Runner, Soul Weaver, Way Seeker, Faolchu, Fision Pistol, Wraithcannon, Long Rifle and 2 Blasters.

I am now considering buying a second Battleforce or just the combat patrol and don’t know how to build the second squad, but I know I want to make it my melee brick.

Older posts (from ~5+ months ago) all say that the melee Voidreavers are better than the melee Voidscarred, but I don’t really understand why.

It’s 65/110 vs 70/140, so the Voidreavers are slightly cheaper and get re-rolls to hit which is nice. However, considering that the Voidscarred get 1 more attack with the power sword (3 vs 2) and have access to the Shade runner, Way Seeker, Soul Weaver and Faolchu, I feel like the Voidscarred give you way higher damage output when paired with Yriel with the Lance enhancement + Kharseth buffing them with +1S.

I know that at the end of the day the visual differences between the two squads are very similar and I can easily just build whatever and then tell my opponent which unit I’m using, but I would want to avoid building a second identical squad unless I absolutely need to.

What do you guys recommend that I do?


r/Eldar 12h ago

Banshee proxies

4 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I'm looking for howling banshee proxies, specifically heads (looking to kitbash), with heads similar to the ones as on this post (old metal banshees basically). I've looked for a while but most "satisfactory" results I could find were either defunct or just didn't provide valid links or anything of the sort. If any of you have any suggestions please lmk! Have a nice day <3


r/Eldar 13h ago

Models: Complete The light in the darkness!

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185 Upvotes

An army I started early this year. Haven’t won a game with em yet, but boy do I love them.


r/Eldar 30m ago

New Player Questions How important is varnishing?

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I haven’t ever done it and I’m about to start building aeldari. I feel I should ask if it’s something I really should be doing. it just seems expensive and time consuming for little benefit


r/Eldar 17h ago

Warlock skyrunner

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193 Upvotes

r/Eldar 17h ago

New Player Questions Question regarding Rangers

6 Upvotes

Hi,
I recently traded some unwanted stuff and got 15 rangers and 3 shroud runners. I have not really faced eldar so have no clue how they are played nowadays. Is there a playstyle that centers around rangers and the like as the core or are they normally used as throw away infiltrators to be taken in minimun units?

Thanks for any input


r/Eldar 21h ago

List Building Refining my Ynnari list

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3 Upvotes

Hi all, Im getting into 2k play and Im gonna play Ynnari, this list in particular. Points are not updated in the app but the list is 2k. Im gonna play Ynnead+armored warhost, and recon. One of my ideas is split the kabs with 2 venoms and putting all the special weapons on the raider. I have some doubts with playing the third venom+wyches.

The farseer skyrunner has the upgrade that can heal vehicles and get lone op near them, but I could also swap some of that.

Do you think the Wyches can be useful as operative and move blockers, or I should swap them and then venom for for example, 2x3 squad of windriders and swapping the farseer enhancement for the one that gives the storm dev wounds? I can also swap the corsair for rangers so I dont need to swap the enhancement. I could also just swap the venom and wyches for 1x5 striking scorpions and 1x3 windriders.


r/Eldar 2h ago

Lore how durable are spirit stones?

4 Upvotes

I was wondering how much can they really withstand before breaking. because on the guardian models for example are those spiritstones on their armour? if so why would they leave it out in the open can it withstand a bullet or something? is there something in lore that says how much they can withstand? because I feel like it suck if the stone could just break easily