Infested Dark Eldar

[ZergLord]

This is an idea I had... 2 years ago. And now is the time to realize it.

I made a fluff about a special, mutated Spore mine. It spreads a disease caused by tiny spores.
When the mine explodes, it leaves a cloud which contains spores, and if you inhale them, spores will enter your body and you'll be infected.
Spores will start playing with your body and mind, your skin is gonna get pale, your eyes will turn black, and with your increasing rage you will turn into a beast, who attacks everything that lives.

There are various kinds of mutation: I've explained the least complex one above, but there are cases when the spores in your body mutate. Some spores mutate so much that they grow out of your body into a new spore mine, and make you an even more powerfull mutant. That mutant is almost an half-plant.

Those beasts, the Infested, aren't controled by the Hive Mind, but have similar intelect and instincts like Nids, and they will gladely join the Tyranid swarm in search of prey.


So, the point of this fluff is to make conversions out of other armies. You can use any army out there (except Necrons ). For this conversion, I'll chose Dark Eldar, because I like them very much.

I will make a unit of 16 Infested Dark Eldar Warriors who will act as Gargoyles.

I will make the concept art soon enough. But I have some dillemas how to make them. I want to keep things simple:

1. ADD WINGS: I could add Ladybug-like carpace with green stuff. My flyrant has it.
2. ADD SPORE INFESTATION: Spores in those DE warriors made their legs extremely strong, and because of that they can jump\run with great speed.

I'm open to suggestions.

[CoBrA]

Looks like a good idea. I wouldn't use them as gargoyles though. Using them as warriors would be cool (although 16 seems a bit much, maybe as genestealers)
I wouldn't go for wings. Maybe if you add some tentacles and blobby heads?
Something like this (with an eldar look of course):

[Tauranid]

That's a cool idea! yeah, I wouldn't have anything too drastic, but Add a small tentacle here or there, and mutate a limb or two. And maybe add another eye to the face or something! I was also wondering, would they use the same weaponry they had (Like Guns)? Or would they use their new claws or something?

[Pheonix]

two words... spawn sprue!

[ZergLord]

tauranid said:

That's a cool idea! yeah, I wouldn't have anything too drastic, but Add a small tentacle here or there, and mutate a limb or two. And maybe add another eye to the face or something! I was also wondering, would they use the same weaponry they had (Like Guns)? Or would they use their new claws or something?

They don't need it. One of the guys here, Striogi, has some converted Imperial Guardsmen (Mind slaves) that he uses as Gaunts, and he left them their original weapons; he said that he never had problems with their legality in tournaments.

[hivefleetsiafu]

i agree with pheonix use the spawn sprue and a tyranid spinefist or something would be cool