Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

The reason there's probably no female incubi is because a incubus is literally a male demon. A female one is called a succubi

Call me crazy but I always preferred the look of the Metal Incubi and Wyches.

So, to summarize...

the thread starts with a question about incubi fluff referring to them as "he" only, and asking whether there is a fluff reason why there are no male incubi...

someone points out that female incubi models used to exist in the 3rd ed era models, but not the current models, of which there are exactly three sculpts which are essentially the same guy in different poses...

someone else points out a female incubi is mentioned in a novel somewhere, so the situation is probably identical to several of the aspect warrior squads, which are mixed gender but all wear the same design of power armor that embodies their "aspect", given the way Incubi mirror aspect warriors..

and somehow this is "SJW screeching" and someone has been called out as sexist by this discussion somehow?

IIIIIIIIIIIIII'm confused.

I think the confusion is from thinking there are no male incubi! (Minor technical mistake - the worst kind of mistake!)

You also missed all the posts, most probably just trolling, pointing out that the term in folklore is gender specific, and either applying that to DE incubi or intentially missing the distinction.

And of course all the follow-on discussion of terms which are gender-specific in folklore, and whether their application in 40k means what they're applied to becomes gender specific.

But aside from that, good summary.

 Nightlord1987 wrote:
Call me crazy but I always preferred the look of the Metal Incubi and Wyches.

Metal wyches are.... ugly.
Metal Incubi are different. They have a style, but its a bit... early edition DE and so ugly.

Tyel wrote:

 Nightlord1987 wrote:
Call me crazy but I always preferred the look of the Metal Incubi and Wyches.

Metal wyches are.... ugly.
Metal Incubi are different. They have a style, but its a bit... early edition DE and so ugly.

They've just got such manly hat whandanglers, they must be all male even under the boob armor!

I'm sure BCB's theory is correct, and much like male gladiators, dark eldar incubi get so fat that they require boob plate armor to hold all the extra padding.

perfectly logical and conducive with all existing dark eldar lore, which never mentions female incubi except when it does and that doesn't count.

the_scotsman wrote:

Tyel wrote:

 Nightlord1987 wrote:
Call me crazy but I always preferred the look of the Metal Incubi and Wyches.

Metal wyches are.... ugly.
Metal Incubi are different. They have a style, but its a bit... early edition DE and so ugly.

They've just got such manly hat whandanglers, they must be all male even under the boob armor!

I'm sure BCB's theory is correct, and much like male gladiators, dark eldar incubi get so fat that they require boob plate armor to hold all the extra padding.

perfectly logical and conducive with all existing dark eldar lore, which never mentions female incubi except when it does and that doesn't count.

And here's me thinking the laughs in this thread had ran dry, bloody excellent. I'd sig this but it sort of needs context to work