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Hello all,

I am looking to start an Eldar Corsair force relatively shortly here, and while I have charted out how I want to do the majority of my infantry, I am having problems finding models that I want to use as Princes and Barons.

Since I already play Eldar and it would be somewhat confusing to use too much of those models, I am avoiding them entirely and instead drawing mostly out of the Dark Eldar line. The only problem is that I am not particularly a fan of the spikes, the skulls, and the skin cloaks that adorn most of the DE HQ models.

I know I am going to end up kitbashing and converting a lot, but I am still looking for a decent starting point. For example, I intend to use one of the Mistweaver models from Silver Tower as my Voiddreamer after I reduce a few of the bigger spikes bits and swap or mod the arms a bit.

So, my question to you Dakka: do you know of any interesting models that could be used as Barons or a Prince?

The staff end isn't Slaaneshi. Slaanesh icon looks very, very different.

That's a crescent moon, a common sigil used by followers of Lileath. The same goes for the raven skull.

 Kanluwen wrote:
The staff end isn't Slaaneshi. Slaanesh icon looks very, very different.

That's a crescent moon, a common sigil used by followers of Lileath. The same goes for the raven skull.

My bad. I have not read or played any WHFB stuff, so I had no idea.

And honestly, the only thing I can remember in 40k having even a vaguely crescent-shaped part in it is the symbol for slaanesh.

 Red_Ink_Cat wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
The staff end isn't Slaaneshi. Slaanesh icon looks very, very different.

That's a crescent moon, a common sigil used by followers of Lileath. The same goes for the raven skull.

My bad. I have not read or played any WHFB stuff, so I had no idea that it was a common elven symbol.

Not just Elven, it's actually used by the Eldar themselves for the same goddess.

Sorry if I came across as Comic Book Guy; just wanting to make sure you realized it's totally appropriate to keep that symbol. Lileath is very much a part of the Eldar pantheon and in fact the Maiden Worlds are sometimes referred to as "Lileathan Worlds" by the Eldar in reference to her.

 Kanluwen wrote:

Not just Elven, it's actually used by the Eldar themselves for the same goddess.

Sorry if I came across as Comic Book Guy; just wanting to make sure you realized it's totally appropriate to keep that symbol. Lileath is very much a part of the Eldar pantheon and in fact the Maiden Worlds are sometimes referred to as "Lileathan Worlds" by the Eldar in reference to her.

Ah, fair enough. I do intend to keep the two for that reason now, I have just never come across her before except maybe in passing. She has never been super big in anything that I have read so far, and I never saw her symbol before.

I guess she gets pushed aside a lot in favor of Isha or Morai-Heg. I have always recalled that there are 3 Eldar goddesses, but could only ever remember 2, lol.

Honestly, it would totally make sense for a Voiddreamer to more follow the Eldar goddess that 40k oft forgets exists then. I might have to make that a common theme for my corsairs. I've always been partial to raven skulls and crescent moons myself.

A crescent moon (with a sword cutting through it) is also the sigil of the House of Eldanesh, which is a significant part of the mythology of the Eldar.

So, just in case anyone is curious, I did find another model for my Corsair HQ. Came across Studio McVey in my search, and they were amusingly producing pretty much the perfect model for a Prince (in my opinion at least):



He's probably the most fragile model I have ever met though. The wings, while beautiful, are about as thick as paper. So the model, his name is Ur-Fildyr, is probably going to be my showcase Prince for very specific events and stuff (if I ever get into those). I intend to make him his very own extra-special carry case with custom cut foam.

And he'll probably be the last model I paint for my corsairs. The paint scheme in the above pic is the one done up by Ali McVey for the Studio's sale photo, so I am going to have to practice a ton to get my painting skills up to snuff to get even close to that.

You could always kit bash him out of some fantasy stuff too.

i perfer my corsairs to be more armored but thats my personal opinion.

Black Ark Fleetmaster being a pretty easy one i think.

Head swap give teche back pack. and he has a cool peg leg.