Hey guys.

So this is a new project for me.

I wanted to have a unique looking DE army, and I figured that the Dryad parts would make for good banner poles and base decoration.

I set about assembling my first unit of DE Kabalite Warriors while thinking on a theme that would take advantage of the range currently available.

I settled on a 50/50 mix of Wyches and Kabalite affiliated warriors. Each half of the army would be led by a Succubus and an Archon respectively.

These two would be a bickering married couple looking to get the other killed in battle, so should make for some enjoyable games to find out who gets to keep the summer house on Commorragh and the new Raider parked in the Driveway.

So far I have only assembled 1 unit of warriors, and did some test models.

Wyches and an Archon (or Succubus?) on the way soon.

Let me know what you think :3

Also - I developed an obsession with trying to find an army I could paint orange.

this explains my choice in spot colour.


Test model #1:

Working out the armour scheme.





Test model #2:

Skin tone test and also working out the process to batch paint.



Owl test model #3 WIP:





Assembled unit:




Let me know what you think.

Also the macro mode on this camera has shown me how sloppy my line work is - so I will be retouching that.

That owl is fething amazing.

I love it. I love this idea, more owls. Please. I need this.

This concept has the potential to be a mash up of Fantasy 40K Awesomeness. Perhaps, I am excited easily, but I do like this.

ed: added something a bit more constructive.

I like the mix of corpse trees and models. I thought those branches were just on the bases, but you're integrating them in as backpacks!

These are some really cool DE. Like the basing scheme a lot and the owl is pretty awesome too.

Really nice concept. Pretty different to your usual DE. Are you going to introduce Wracks or Grotesques as you could make some very cool dryad mix ups with them units.

Very good looking... when you said an obsession with orange i was worried but i think it fits very nicely with the overall feel of the army.

nice to see someone else using the dryad bits. I am using the less foresty dryads as infected wraithbone wracks. I am also having a squad of warriors with a few dryad heads and arms as those that have willingly taken on the wraithbone virus.

Very interesting concept and good job on the painting... Where do you get your tree branches from?

they look class,loving the owl

The bases and branches are a real nice touch and go with the name. I like the bright hard highlgiht on the edges. Nice work!

I like your bickering married couple idea. Maybe they could have some wayward "teenage" kids, one of which is a Reaver, always riding his bike too fast (and making his momma worry!) and a daughter hanging out with "the wrong crowd" (i.e., Hellions) Maybe even a "crazy grandpa/uncle" Haemonculus. The possibilities are endless.

And I concur about the Owl. That is the coolest little accessory I have seen so far on the new DE (or anything in a while really) I have a raven (from WHFB Empire I think?) that will now be put to use in a similar way. Thanks for the idea (that I'm stealing shamelessly! )

Made of the secx. I love the owl.

Thanks broheim - I spent some time working on my new Wyches today. Looking very nice - pictures to come.

Gotta thank Knightley (Check out his Gray Nights in gallery) for his generosity for getting this unit off the ground. Be excited because they are leaping from branches. gotta love kitbash


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Also on an incidental note - I need some help coming up with my Wych cult name, as well as the names for my Archon and my Succubus married couple. Obviously the surname would have to be the same, or perhaps hyphenated?!

She's too independent to just flat give up her last name maybe?

Marriage of convenience... Mandrake bastard children, or maybe the archon had a mistress that Succy killed?

Jealous rage much?

So aside from the information given - I figure that this family unit has a holiday home in a wonderful area of the Webway called the Corpse Forest. Think Brothers Grimm only ... er... better? Less mermaids and stuff.

In this forest they keep their maid estates as well as a menagerie of sub humans and warp creature (cue the Khymera.

Their wayward Daughter rides her Jetbike through the crystaline forests with some bad friends she has fallen in with (a lovely gang of hoodlums arranged by Mother to make Pop-Pop angry )

So yea - welcome to dysfunction.

Lay some names on me.

Wych ideas?

Cult of the Death's Light
Cult of the Corpse Fire
Cult of the Cloudless Corpse
Cult of the Headless Corpse
Cult of the Death's Servant


Also cheers for the pimping

Wow hey, I really like this. Great idea. I love the conversion. Really really great!

As promised I give you the first wave of the Cult of the Corpse Light.

I figure these wyches have been training in amongst the forest so long their reputation has reached that of Will-o-wisps, or also known as Corpse Lights.

They lure people into the forests and bequile them into leaving the relative safety of the path. (The path is a metaphor kids.)

Once their victims are out of sight they are silently killed... think Velociraptor or Ninja.

Unit en masse:



Hekatrix



Razor Flails:



Hydra Gauntlets:



Unit Owl:



And everyone else:













Let me know what you think.

Looks good, not sure I like the name of the unit though, the term "light" doesn't have enough dark connotations with it.

But the word 'corpse' just balances out the lightness of it. It's a lightness but it is 'wrong'.

I like them, particularly the one leaping forwards with the razorflail. They're a really character filled unit.

So you have all these dryad bits just lying around spare? O_o

Wooohooo....
I really love those.
Concerning the dynamic and awesome poses, and the modelling in general these are the best Dark Eldar I have seen yet.
Especially this guy here. He is excellent.
Jumping right into ones face.



BUT...
This one fails.
He looks like he is falling over. What about making his right arm pointing forward somehow?

I agree with Enzephalon, that last one seems to be balanced in the wrong way, changing this flail arm to perhaps a sword/fist dagger might give a more dynamic pose?

Lol - from a higher angle this model looks pretty awesome... its very balanced and zen


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Ok,

I have been unhappy with the extreme highlight colourscheme, both in implementation and look on the model - so I have decided to take 2 steps back and stick to painting in a style I am comfortable and well versed in.

These are a work in progress and you will see a highlight of scaly green and then possibly a 70/30 mix of scaly and codex grey.

tell me what you think.

Batch painted unit to date, WIP"




Previous scheme - to be adjusted (armour only):




Highlighting and tabard to be completed - but this is the basic look:



Out of focus comparison:

Edit: In the last pic, is the one on the left the new scheme (WIP), and the one on the right the original?

I like them both in their own ways.

I like the bright highlights on the one though it looks a little off on the helmet, and I like the muted one but it looks a bit too dark for me. I'm gonna stand firm and say I'm gonna be absolutely no help on this one. Sorry.

I think GW has trained me to prefer the extreme highlights on the right

Mmm without the extreme edge highlights, you lose a lot of the definition and sharpness on the armour that makes them what they are.

I believe that the one on the right is the new one that WIP the one on the right is the old style.

That kit mix is a brilliant idea! Subscribed.

I'd prefer the extreme highlighting, though this could be GW brainwashing again.

Why dont you base coat in black, then put on green highlights? and btw... where did you get the owls?

Lovin' it so far.

Ithink the brighter highlights define the armour better but is still too light. Why not use a green wash to knock it down a bit in brightness and then you should have a good middle ground, not too dark and not too bright.

The owls are from the WE Dryads kit as my housemate uses them in a similar way to this with her wood elves.

I'll post some more pictures once the highlighting is done on the new scheme and get your opinions again - in person the models look much better imo.

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Ooooh - 2nd page First.

Any update on the finished pics?

Since Knightley asked so nice I have a treat for you.

A finished unit of Kabalite Warriors, and a test model for my wych squad that is 80% complete


Kabalite Warriors of the Corpse Forest:





(Stupid macro focus)

















Full Unit:



And my Wych of the Corpse Light Cult.



Pretty happy with how they are looking so far.

I have work tomorrow so I won't get much done... but hey - it was a productive weekend.



Oh yea - and here is a comparison of the old and new schemes:







Tell me what you think of the change.

Please excuse the bad lighting also - just imagine everything is less yellow than it looks.

Digging the more subtle highlights, the before and after shows it quite well.

you now need some fliers ;D

Nice, the skin looks great and the scheme feels suitably thematic

Subscribed!

Fantastic models!

Quick question: What colours did you use for the hair on the Wych and Kabalite?

LOokin good, I like the new scheme. Hilarious fluff with the married couple, nice incorportation of the trees.

Brilliant concept, great scheme! Keep us posted!

Thanks guys I am really happy with the new scheme - the other one just make me angry :|

For the Orange colour hair all I did was a base coat of Macharius Solar Orange, then a leviathan purple wash, then another coat of Macharius Solar Orange to make it a nice crisp colour.

I'm sorry I ever doubted you! That new scheme looks great! It's much 'softer' than the last one, and you haven't lost any armour detail at all! The orange looks great too.

Agreed - new scheme is much better!

The new scheme looks great. I would love to see an archon and a succubus. Looking coward to more

New scheme looks great I love the dryad pieces on the bases. Growing out of the warriors is a bit odd. Wytchs look killer aswell!

Cheers for the tip

Also, loving the new scheme

Any update on the current Wyches?

I finished 1 - test model looks good - pictures to come.

Was away this weekend at a wedding out of town so a little behind.

lovely paint job especially like the orange and pale blue green and cool basing . like the owl a lot.

Finally I give you the completed wych for my first unit.

I am in the process of batch painting the rest of the unit.

Also - I only just discovered that scaly green is out of production... when did that happen?!?! This last pot has to paint my entire army :( unless I find an alternative.

Anywho:



This is a shot of the skin tone that I settled on.



nice and simple as well. Goes like this: Deneb Stone - Leviathan purple wash - Deneb stone - ogryn flesh wash - Deneb stone... done!

Enjoy

If Scaly Green is no longer available, you could look at using a Vallejo (who make similar colours to GW) or Coat d'Arms (who I heard manufacture the GW paints and have the out of stock ones) replacement. Maelstrom sells both.

The wych looks great! Are you going to paint her gun similar to the rifles?

nice! I also really like the scheme. got a certain Character of its own. the tree branch idea thing is cool also.

@Foxtale - the gun is painted - the lighting is just terrible

I love your bases, by the way.

For all those patient people I have some more painting done.

Batch painting is for bi-winning.

A little bit left to do. Bases, Some details, and the black highlights. But almost done.



















Thanks for checking in - soon there will be a succubus and a raider, if you are good.


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Not the prettiest bunch of ladies :|

Looking pretty good there, shame about the lighting, guess your going to have to invest in a light box

Are you planning on making razorwing owl flocks? That wold be really cool and it would fit your theme perfectly

You are a very talented painted, were you at all inspired to name your kabal ''Corpse Forest'' by Vlad Dracula?

Basically finished the Wych squad - but while I was taking photos realised I never went back and painted the agoniser... so I'll have to do that. :|

but here they are - the sexy cult of the Corpse Light.

Test model:



unit:



















Some of the unit mascots and greebly beasts:









(The ladies like the cute things.)

And a unit comparison to make sure the scheme works with ehte Kabalite warriors:



I'm pretty happy - next purchase is going to be an Archon or a Succubus (Forum decide for me...) and possibly something else - what should I get team?!

Looking schmexy.

As a bonus - check out my awesome Light box set up - which provides me with my awesome photo ability.

Looking good, really like the small familiars and your light box is "epic"

next purchase is going to be an Archon or a Succubus (Forum decide for me...) and possibly something else - what should I get team?!

Archon and a raider.

succubus and a ravager
because a succubus with an agoniser is just pure evil

Succubus and a small vole.

So I got the Raider - Archon and a small Vole - that last one was hard to get into the country due to importing laws in NZ. I'll keep you posted as I am looking to do a succubus conversion for the wych hanging off the raider - so we will see.

So a little bird tells me you have pretty much done the Archon? any chance of some 'decent' pics

I adore the teal and orange color scheme - those two colors were practically made for each other lol

The wood elves pieces also fit perfectly with the Dark Eldar; they are very sparse and foreboding.

I appreciate the thing with the alliance between the Kabal and Wych Cult. It's pretty similar to the fluff behind my own Kabal.

Raid on!

Hey everyone.

Been far too long since I last posted.

I am nearly done with my Raider so I have my WIP for you today.

My Archon - still to be named.







WIP Raider:









Tell me what you think

Look sick! love the paintjob and theme!

How about:

Khorun Bleakmourn as your archon's name.

And as a title "The Shade Lord"

how did i miss this?

I dunno - how did you miss this?!

That archon looks great. Love the skulls hanging form the branches.

I really like how you've reversed the triangle motif on either side of his cape. That's looking really nice.

I really love that orange. And the simple freehands are beautiful. Keep it up. Perhaps some similar shapes freehanded on the panels of the raider. In a very light shade up from the current color. May look good and very sublte

Just wait a week and I will show you how I plan to base my raiders/everythingelse that flies....

My scourges will look sic I tell you damn right

looking tight man!

I see you've done some more work on your 'Light box" nice to see

Looking great dude! very impressive, your Archon is excellent it would be an honor to slaughter such a great looking army across the battlefield! :-)

seriously though, i'm subbed to keep track of all this fantastic awesomeness that you can produce!


Nerdfest09

Very strong contrasting colors. I'm loving your Archon.

Xelkireth wrote:Very strong contrasting colors. I'm loving your Archon.

Not literally I hope - he would keep a very important part of you...

Best Archon ever.

As promised - Raider with crew

The basing will be changed and improved... you'll just have to wait for payday.





Hooray for Flash!

Looks tight!

the first full pic looks like the raider is on a gangster lean...

Love the raider, perfect for drive by stabbings.

Really nice colour scheme and really nice painting skills!

We need a better pic of the archon! Some of the pics are great, were those taken at daytime maybe?

Owl on the shoulder!

Ok - Raider is 99% complete - just static grass to do on the base - but I have lost my pva.

pictures!













And the Tree~!





More to come after next payday - to get a battle force or an incubi unit in a venom?

Looks like someone was asleep at the wheel and only noticed the tree at the last second haha

Looks brilliant mate...and my vote is incubi in a venom!

I really like the basing. Looks very good and fits perfectly with your theme. I vote incubi and a venom as well. The venom wont take you very long though as it is TINY.

I vote battleforce, and you use the bitz to MAKE incubi!

I love the tree base. Love love LOVE it. It's a concept so well carried through.

NICE!

That tree is awe inspiring lol. What bits are you using for all the foresty bits? My vote goes for the incubi. Thoae models made me want to start a de army when im not half finished with my marines yet lol

Looking pretty mint mate, the foliage on top really adds more to it than a bare tree.

I'm loving it all, though I HAVE to make one complaint about the Archon: The lack of a helmet! I personally like the non demon-y helmet, and one of the things I just dislike about GW models is how EVERY "special" person has to be helmetless-ESPECIALLY Terminators! Your ARMOR has a 2+ armor save, not your damn skull!

In 40k, the more badass you are, the less you need a helmet.

Kepora wrote:I'm loving it all, though I HAVE to make one complaint about the Archon: The lack of a helmet! I personally like the non demon-y helmet, and one of the things I just dislike about GW models is how EVERY "special" person has to be helmetless-ESPECIALLY Terminators! Your ARMOR has a 2+ armor save, not your damn skull!

Didn't you know? All Terminators have a 2+ armoured skull. Because they're speccc marines.

Foxtale wrote:

Kepora wrote:I'm loving it all, though I HAVE to make one complaint about the Archon: The lack of a helmet! I personally like the non demon-y helmet, and one of the things I just dislike about GW models is how EVERY "special" person has to be helmetless-ESPECIALLY Terminators! Your ARMOR has a 2+ armor save, not your damn skull!

Didn't you know? All Terminators have a 2+ armoured skull. Because they're speccc marines.

Ugh. When are they going to make Chaos terminators scary again? At this point they're going to need to give them a rule like "re-roll everythign until you successfully kill the enemy model" to make them scary again compared to filthy loyalist termies...

I love the theme and especially the colour scheme. Can't wait to see more.

Impressive.

I wouldn't of thought turquoise and orange would work well as a colour scheme, but you've proved me wrong.

The Raider is my favourite, love the sail icon and how it just jinxes past the tree.

Alrighty - I purchsed a battleforce the other day - and I have begun to assemble it . Reavers and Raider done! Stay posted

Awesome bro, you going to post the greys up or only the painted WIP's?

As promised - here is a taste of my reaver unit - about 50% done for the other 2 in the unit so far.







It is yet to be attached to the base - it is tempting to magnatise it - opinions?

Magnetizing is always good.

Otherwise the Reaver looks amazing but it could use some orange to tie it in with the rest of the army.

Where did you get those branch like bits on your Archon?
Top work here man.

I went back and did add some orange as an after thought. The rest of the unit has way more. Not to worry.

The tree on the archon comes from the dryad kit :3

Thank you very much.
Really some amazing stuff here. Keep it up.

I definitely agree: magnetise them.

It will make transport easier, and they will not fall off.

Giz a hoon on your jetbike.

Any progress in the forest of corpses? ^^

New update, been way too long. but I would be remiss if I didn't let you know that I reached 1000 pt's.

I have a raider in the wings just needing the crew to be completed - very excited.



Close up of my archon



First unit of Wyches



Raider number 1



Reavers sorted - magnetised.



2nd unit of wyches completed.



Full army

Very nice!

Very Very Nice

I'm really happy about the update. This is still the most characterful Dark Eldar army I've seen.
Beautiful and cohesive painting and awesome conversions.
What's not to love...

Absolutely in love with everything about your army. The colors (very halloweeny), the name (love unique names), and the models. Keep up the good work. Subscribed.

I finished 1000 points yesterday - Which consists of the final Raider... now on to fun stuff... like straightening bent incubi finecast models... and my razorwing

Wow. I love everything about these.

How exactly did you get that tree to balance that raider?

@Iandroid: It doesn't actually balance well at all - lol - I need to magnatise it or pin it so its not constantly falling off the tree...


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Haemonculus done!

Front:


Back:


A mission 5 hour scramble painting session at my local hobby store yielded this bad mama-jama....

It has a Casket of Flensing! Hence the gribble in the tree...

I like this (specially being I made my Haemonculi and Grots out of Dryads ), you've done it reasonably subtley and painted it well.

quick update - no pictures sorry... but I just start (and almost completed) my Razorwing Jetfighter. I even magnetised the giant tree on its base for easy transport. All the base colours done for the RWJF - pictures to come.

From the front


Side shots:



Cockpit detail


Underside...


Removable tree!


Had to have a magnetised tree for transport reasons... also all the missiles and weapons are magnetised and can be swapped... pretty happy with how it turned out

Up to.... 1232pts with this new addition... pretty exciting - next push I think a unit of 10 scourges and a venom for my trueborn is in order.

Thoughts? Suggestions on next army update?

Oh! I also have arranged to swap my finecast Incubi for some of the new incubi but in metal. So they need a raider or a venom themselves... and then round it out with 2 ravagers.... and I'll be happy I think.

Now here's a blog with a nice colour combo of teal and orange. The tree motif is really nice too.

I'd say Scourges, would like to see what you'd do with the wings.

Not since the dawn of man has anyone witnessed anything as amazing as the creation of fire, and now, you have surpassed even that. Your voidraven is outstanding. I would love to see how those scourges are going to come out. I'd also love to see you do a squad of Incubi. Keep up the amazing work and I will keep posting.

This is very cool, giving me plenty of ideas for my planned Exodite/Dark Eldar army. I was already thinking about some sort of green and brown naturalistic colour scheme and its good to know that something very close to it looks great. I'm just waiting on my alternative Razorwing (the beasts not the fliers) models before I go on a massive painting binge but I'm definitely thinking about using Dryads as Wracks now.

Ooooh, that razorwing looks awesomesauce!

First Incubi done - and 10 Scourges assembled and based.

Front


Back


Close up


(apparently my camera does not like close ups)

Thoughts?

Great stuff! The color choices are fantastic. Very subtle, and Dark Eldar. Everything looks really nice. Will the sword have anything else added, ie blood or rust? I dunno why but whenever I think of Dark Eldar I think there weapons would be rusty or bloody... But I guess that doesn't make any sense

Looks good man, I look forward to taking those guys out with my marines

Like it alot! and the owl is.. amazing! Watch out all you beavers! You cant fool owls!

More uploads? Goodness gracious... you are lucky ducks...

Scourge (basecoat and washes complete.)

(Need better lighting.)

Scourge from back


Scourge from front


Haemonculus with new hand because the other pimp hand was not strong enough.


Still having trouble with the camera of mine... sorry for the blurries....

ZOMG! That incubi is amazing. Your army makes me feel bad about mine. A recommendation, if you can for close up photos. Take them from a distance farther back, where they are clear, and then crop and zoom. If you have the capability. The close ups come out much better that way. Jealous of your army and I want to smash it with a hammer.

Am absolutely loving this! Some of those bases have as much character as the minis themselves

Incubi done - change to their masks... pure white instead of grey... may add some orange details ... thoughts?







Klaivex:










Thoughts on added facial detailings?

I think the helmets are fine as they are. I have a bit of a thing for nicely done white helmets.

Helmets look really good. If anything were to be added, I would suggest maybe some OSL around their eyes.

Looking good, I like the color scheme on the trees!

Looking awesome!

Wow - it sure has been a long time since I posted. This year got hectic. Still hobbying. Just started a new army since Chaos came out.

A Slaneesh Marine army - based around pretty warptalons and noise marines.

The Scions of Discord.

Pictures to come.

Where do I get the tree portions?