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Thank you but I am aware of their size and being as large as they are dosen't mean they can't crash should they take enough damage because they woulden't be able to resist the planets gravity.

I think the problem would be a ship of that size crashing into a world would either rip the planet to shreads or cause massive, nearly total ecological damage (meteors of far less size have done very bad damage to the world)

BluntmanDC wrote:I think the problem would be a ship of that size crashing into a world would either rip the planet to shreads or cause massive, nearly total ecological damage (meteors of far less size have done very bad damage to the world)

Shallow crash?

Definitely, decided on a background story before I even considered the army list for mine.

I think that choosing a background and developing what happens with the army makes the battles to be a lot more exciting!

It’s a hard balance between fluff and payable (especially with point’s limitations) but makes things a lot more interesting.

As much as I hate to point to WD, they had a good standard-bearer about building a story up - especially if you play with other players who do the same you can give your army marks from amazing battles you've had (I offered my first opponent some spare CW heads as his exarch slaughtered his way through my unit!)

If you get a story, it gives you great opportunities for conversions, custom paint jobs / symbols and all kinds of other bits as you become more skilled as well.

I do have fluff for my army, as I have a lot of time to think about things like that. The problem is though, it's all in my head. I know to fluff for my army, but no one else will know anything but the basics as I can never get it all down onto paper.

It would have to be a very very soft landing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event (and that was only believed to be small and didn't hit the Earth).

But just think about an object that size approaching a planet, exodite worlds are temperate 'paradises', even before the craftworld hit the planet there would be mass flooding, planetary axis changing.

BluntmanDC wrote:It would have to be a very very soft landing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event (and that was only believed to be small and didn't hit the Earth).

But just think about an object that size approaching a planet, exodite worlds are temperate 'paradises', even before the craftworld hit the planet there would be mass flooding, planetary axis changing.

Yeah but Eldar could probably fix it. Or at least warn those on the exodite world so move until they have finished crashing.

Yes.

Basically, they're Sicilians in space.

Yes I do all 3 of my armies have fluff written.

I figure my guys bow down to no one, so I started shaving imperial insignias off my stuff soon after I started collecting guard. Made up my own simple design.

most of the tournaments i enter at my local GW you have to have a army background to enter.

andyroo9000 wrote:most of the tournaments i enter at my local GW you have to have a army background to enter.

What area are these tourneys held? I would like to hear more about this.

BluntmanDC wrote:It would have to be a very very soft landing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event (and that was only believed to be small and didn't hit the Earth).

But just think about an object that size approaching a planet, exodite worlds are temperate 'paradises', even before the craftworld hit the planet there would be mass flooding, planetary axis changing.

Sounds good, I like it. I just wanted to make sure you were aware, and had a defense prepared for them.

Of course my army has a background.Im actually the glue that holds my friends army together.Which is funny since my army is dark eldar .

Toeko wrote:

BluntmanDC wrote:It would have to be a very very soft landing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event (and that was only believed to be small and didn't hit the Earth).

But just think about an object that size approaching a planet, exodite worlds are temperate 'paradises', even before the craftworld hit the planet there would be mass flooding, planetary axis changing.

Sounds good, I like it. I just wanted to make sure you were aware, and had a defense prepared for them.

You're aware you're talking to different guy here right?

Edit for double post.

Warboss Imbad Ironskull wrote:

BluntmanDC wrote:I think the problem would be a ship of that size crashing into a world would either rip the planet to shreads or cause massive, nearly total ecological damage (meteors of far less size have done very bad damage to the world)

I am well aware of astrophysics and how such an event would effect Earth, the problem stated above would exist but only under the assumption that 1 the planet is relativly the same size as real world Earth (which it isn't) and that 2 the craftworld itself is the same size as its counter parts (which it isn't).

Would a planet be large enough it would not be destroyed by the impact and due to the relative size of the planet and the fact that the planet is already locked in a perminent Ice Age there is very little ecological damage that could be done. I thank you all for your intent and don't want to seem rude but my fluff is fine and is based on researched scientific theories.

Wouldn't a permanent ice-age just be called an Ice?

BluntmanDC wrote:I think the problem would be a ship of that size crashing into a world would either rip the planet to shreads or cause massive, nearly total ecological damage (meteors of far less size have done very bad damage to the world)

I am well aware of astrophysics and how such an event would effect Earth, the problem stated above would exist but only under the assumption that 1 the planet is relativly the same size as real world Earth (which it isn't) and that 2 the craftworld itself is the same size as its larger counter parts (which it isn't). Also the craftworld would need to be moving incredibly fast to become what's known as a "global killer". I do not doubt that the craftworld crashing would cause some environmental damage but as I already said the planet is already locked in an ice age.

Would a planet be large enough it would not be destroyed by the impact nor rendered uninhabitable. And the Exodite worlds are not paradises, they where deliberatly chosen for their rugged environments and I've already stated that this world was abandoned. The Maiden Worlds where paradises. I thank you all for your intent and don't want to seem rude but my fluff is perfectly fine and is based on researched scientific theories. And in any case this is not the place to discuss any percieved problems.

It could also be (as someone already mentioned) that the Craftworld just got caught in the planet's gravity, as such instead of some planet shattering head on collision the Craftworld would probably have been trying to move away and even though it was unsuccessful it would have cushioned the landing considerably.


My Eldar are commonly known as Craftworld Squishy the name came up in jest once and I decided to keep it. They do have an actual name, but Squishy is easier to pronounce and remember. As for actual background fluff I've kept it a little undetailed as I haven't read normal Eldar fluff in depth. The Craftworld itself circles as close to the Eye of Terror as possible constantly sending groups into the eye. Once there they try and locate forgotten crone worlds, retrieve lost tech or just generally harass anyone they find on a former Eldar world. Once they've found something they'll do what ever is needed to bring it back, even if it means allying with non-Slaanesh chaos (though the moment they have what they want they'll abandon/turn against most non-Eldar allies).

From this I get a guideline for my army list and a starting point for future conversions. A good chunk of rangers/pathfinders as my troop choice. Basses get to be all warped and wonderful, and when I have the time/money I'll be converting a few models to have mutations from being too close to chaos for too long.

Pyro-Druid wrote:It could also be (as someone already mentioned) that the Craftworld just got caught in the planet's gravity, as such instead of some planet shattering head on collision the Craftworld would probably have been trying to move away and even though it was unsuccessful it would have cushioned the landing considerably.


My Eldar are commonly known as Craftworld Squishy the name came up in jest once and I decided to keep it. They do have an actual name, but Squishy is easier to pronounce and remember. As for actual background fluff I've kept it a little undetailed as I haven't read normal Eldar fluff in depth. The Craftworld itself circles as close to the Eye of Terror as possible constantly sending groups into the eye. Once there they try and locate forgotten maiden worlds, retrieve lost tech or just generally harass anyone they find on a former Eldar world. Once they've found something they'll do what ever is needed to bring it back, even if it means allying with non-Slaanesh chaos (though the moment they have what they want they'll abandon/turn against most non-Eldar allies).

From this I get a guideline for my army list and a starting point for future conversions. A good chunk of rangers/pathfinders as my troop choice. Basses get to be all warped and wonderful, and when I have the time/money I'll be converting a few models to have mutations from being too close to chaos for too long.

That's pretty good. Apart from allying with Chaos and having mutations. Actually pretty good.

Honestly the allying part was originally an excuse to team up with my best friend (he runs a Khorne army) but I liked it so it stayed. As for mutations I'd always thought they'd be a given living so close to the eye. Though I intend to keep the subtle, I don't want Chaos Eldar (though I intend to break the rule once, a single swooping hawk with actual wings is too much to pass up).

Pyro-Druid wrote:Honestly the allying part was originally an excuse to team up with my best friend (he runs a Khorne army) but I liked it so it stayed. As for mutations I'd always thought they'd be a given living so close to the eye. Though I intend to keep the subtle, I don't want Chaos Eldar (though I intend to break the rule once, a single swooping hawk with actual wings is too much to pass up).

Fair enough.
Eldar are always helping those that would otherwise be enemies.
Maybe the surivial of this Khorne warband wuld mean survival for them in the long term?
Although mutation is still a strong point of contention but i suppose it would look cool so go for it.

Not all my armies over the years have had theme's or backgrounds. But as I've gotten older I've wanted them to have this more. When I get round to redoing my Imperial guard I will be doing a Genswick rifles force organised around artillery and foot infantry. The 109th Genswick. Going to try and reflect their pseudo WW1 looks and combat style in the army list. With a Platoon Commander that uses his forces like a sledgehammer to bluntly smash the enemy aside. Of course this will be a counts as Commander Chenkov.

Pyro-Druid wrote:Honestly the allying part was originally an excuse to team up with my best friend (he runs a Khorne army) but I liked it so it stayed. As for mutations I'd always thought they'd be a given living so close to the eye. Though I intend to keep the subtle, I don't want Chaos Eldar (though I intend to break the rule once, a single swooping hawk with actual wings is too much to pass up).

Ulthwe is the closest you can get in orbit of the Eye of Terror without going like Altansar, they have no mutation apart from the high number of eldar that walk the path of the warlock and farseer.

There you go then.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Even a brief skim seems to concur with your thoughts against Eldar mutation. I'll definitely read into this more and see how it effects my Eldar. Thanks again for the reference.

Yes, every list I play is given a short and sweet background, and reason for being on the planet/fighting, generally, this happens to be easy, as the reason for being on the planet for my nids is DEYZ NEEDZ TO EATS STUFFS!!!! Or something to do with psykers, equipment, incurssions...etc. And the theme built around the force can range from a standard horde, to the unique wing/burrow combo!

The other being Squad Plasmos, the last surviving Squad from Chapter Spectral Knights, they are a Terminator squad utilizing plasma weaponry, and ignore Gets Hot! on the roll of a 4+ due to special capactors being in place, however, their guns suffer from -1S characteristic. They also have the last chapter predator, also toting only plasma weaponry, however, it does not void Gets Hot!.

These few individuals are those from the original Spectral Knights held their planatary fortress during the Horus Heresy, Squad Plasmos, along with the rest of the first company, we're the only survivors, as their former battle-brothers assaulted them. Loyal to the end, the First Company held the line against their brothers, fighting back wave after wave, countering the same tactics they themselves knew. Squad Plasmos and their Sergeant, Ramus, along with Predator Vanlos, held the line against an entire company before reinforcements arrived to push back their Battle-brothers. These 10 Terminators carried their Plasma weapons valiently, as they sizzled and cracked, the once blue color, turned red from use, and forever are engraved. They are the few remaining, however, a single dreadnaught recovered from the battlefield, battle-brother still safe inside, albeit damaged and suffering from lack of slumber and lascannons pummeling his armor. The entire Heretic Chapter was destroyed, along with all but Plasmos, Vanlos, and Terekas(Dreadnaught).

That's plasmos' story, and they have additional special rules that hinder/help them. But I only field them with friends... They often eat up fire, but only a single has been lost so far...
The dreadnaught was added to the fluff, because I recieved a GW gift card, and bought a dread, but didn't like my orange and blue color scheme for them, so, I painted them Yellow and Black like Plasmos

My army derives from a group of eldar from the Beil-tan craftworld. They are called The suns of green ember or the Green Suns for short. The green Suns are the main power of Alanthrasil Swiftblade's new pirate regiment. Being mainly from the Beil-tan craftworld they still come to the aid of Exodite worlds. They are also comonly found trying to save Maiden worlds from the lesser races of orks and man. They are fairly good at every thing specializing in barrage shooting due to a higher number of dire avengers in thier fources. They are comonly found near an exodite world (i made up) known as Croanose VII. It was a maiden world taken over by the orkz. The Beil-tan came to the aid of their planet and killed off most of the orkz some of which retreated close by. When the beil-tan left they had a small group of eldar coltivate the planet ( Roughly 1,000 eldar). Over time the population grew rapidly. This small planet had 2 habitable moons one of which was taken over by the Orkz during their retreat of the first Green war.The other was much harsher than the first and the marines were trying to take it over. This created many victorys for the Green Suns. So when Alanthrasil's army was destroyed by orkz he turned to the Green Suns for help. They remain today a very stronge force.

Some of the fluff people have put here is pretty great but there are bits that need work just like in all fluff bits.

purplefood wrote:Some of the fluff people have put here is pretty great but there are bits that need work just like in all fluff bits.

Its fine to critique. I'm okay, in fact I rather enjoy constructive criticism!