Dark Eldar Army?

[CylonDorado]

Anyway, my 18th birthday is coming up and I was strongly considering getting some Dark Eldar. I thought it would be cool if I ran them with my 'nids in an Apocolypse army, and they would have a backstory like they took control of a splinter fleet with their magic. And I love their general backstory and how the raiders and stuff look, and I was thinking if I got good with them people would think I'm rather good at 40k .

Well, I guess I was just wondering if anyone had any experiance with Dark Eldar, and would know if they are more frustrating then rewarding or vice versa.

[hivemindofpower]

I like the name Orphan Punchers. It is so evil and dark elder are very evil more than choas.

Punch up those orphans CylonDorado!

[CylonDorado]

Yeah, that's what a lot of my friends thaught. Yeah! I'm gonna punch some orphans everyday!

Edit: Well, I'm certainly confused, because I'm getting mixed messages around the shop. These messages are:

1.) They are phasing out Dark Eldar.

2.) They SHOULD phase out Dark Eldar for being to powerful

3.) They will come out with a new codex and models, at some point....

[Koyori]

CylonDorado; They are phasing out DE, that is they are phasing out the current model range of em. New models are in the works (images of the new Homunculi should not be to hard to find). DE will most likely get a codex sometime next year.

[Psychichobo]

Orphan punchers sounds a laff, but I had to go for Death Artists. Sounds macabre and twisted. Plus, that's similar to a name I picked for my FF Tactics Advance Clan..
I've heard all the same rumours, except for the Dark Eldar being too powerful one. I tend to usually find a lot of hate reserved for them, dunno why. The models are 'ugly'? I think the Raider is the best looking vehicle in the game.

[flyingspoon]

Dark eldar really do need an update they are a really really fun army to play and have some great rules though the models are horrible expect for maybe the wyches but even then there not as good as some of the other things though you can convert dark elves quite easily

[CylonDorado]

flyingspoon: I don't know about all of them being bad exept wyches. I kind of think the witches look a bit too much like Leonard Nemoy.... and I think the warriors are pretty decent looking exept that one with the Afro... and I agree with psychichobo, the raiders are the best part. And yeah, I think I may end up going with Death Artists. (Maybe I could call my 'nids Hive fleet orphan puncher , in honor of it getting the popular vote.)

But I am glad they are gonna get some new models. Then maybe they could get more popular and maybe they could have stuff for them in the store. I was thinking about just getting some regular Eldar for conveniance purposes, since I could just go into the store and get some... . But they just wouldn't go as well with my Tyranid army.

[theevillemon]

The Orphan Punchers is a good one i wish i came up for it when i started my dark eldar. i havent got around to nameing them yet. also get the female Dark Eldar Lord. i don't like the look of the male Dark Eldar Lord the female one looks more scary imo so yeah get her i do shes got blue hair lol

[koran]

I would just save your Bday money till later in the year. They are being redone and should be out some time around then apparently. So that means many new models (seeing as the majority of the old ones were poo) and a new codex. Depending how major the overhaul is anything you do get for them or work out in the new codex could become useless...

[The Tomato]

That name sort of reminds me of this

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[Psychichobo]

To be fair, few models in any army get written out due to a new codex update. If you get relatively normal things like the raiders, warriors, wyches, etc you should still be able to use them, most likely.

[CylonDorado]

I agree with theevillemon, I like the female one better, but it seems the web store is messed up, they don't have anymore of those, and also the HQ, troops, etc. catagories are all messed up. Also, I was thinking I would get the Apocolypse splinter raiderforce thing, since it comes with a lord, and a bunch of stuff. But if it turns out its more economicly feasible to just get a battleforce, I'll probly try for the female one on Ebay (and proxy with a gaunt till it comes )

Also I agree with psychichobo, they probably won't change too much in the next codex, model wise, but I would like to see some of the new models before I make any commitments.

Also, supertomato, If there was an oscar for cool t-shirts, i think that one would definatly get nominatad .

[Psychichobo]

I found two female Lords in my local GW (I'm also starting up an army of the Eldar who watched too many Hellraiser movies), Don't think you'll need Ebay for it - though I didn't find any male Lords (but with that face and his Abaddon-wannabe outfit... no). Also, there were Haemonculi, which are the ugliest models I've seen in all of 40k. I liked the Wyches though...
What's the Apocalypse Splinter Raider force? I've seen a Raider with Squad... that what you mean? Don't think there's a Lord in there.. still decent value. Then again, the online store doesn't have any Eldar apoc sets, but my local store has all three...
I have the battleforce too, that seems to be decent - you get a reasonable amount of stuff. And the Talos looks far too cool for words.

Anyways, that was pointless rambling. Have fun with them! Just remember, Old Army = lots of metal models. Conversion hell...

[theevillemon]

im glad im not the only one who likes the female one. i only have a lord a couple of Incubi and a Warrior Squad. i need a raider

[CylonDorado]

Yeah, the female one looks great, and I have a friend who will sell one too me because he just got some Dark Eldar models and he has one of each, and he wants to use the male one because it has an agonizer.

Also I know there is an Apocolypse set for them. Its got a lord, 8 incubi, 5 jetbikes, 16 warriors, and 3 raiders. I don't get why it comes with 4 less warriors then in the battleforce, thats a weird number.