With the Reavers built I continued with the Hellions. Again mostly straight out of the box. I was a bit sceptical about Hellions before I got started and the jury is still out. Some are really cool, with awesome details, heads and poses while others are simple weird and awkward. A big pro is the inclusion of female Hellions. That goes for all Dark Eldar units I worked on this far.
Overall, I’m positively surprised by the Hellion kit. The models look pretty cool in a big pack. The Skyboards that they ride on look like birds of prey. I like them a lot.
The riders and the Skyboards are still not glued to each other. I want to paint them separately.
High times on the Eastern Fringe 
Cooool…. Of all the 40k gadgets, I think a real-life sky board would be top of the list… I reckon I’d be dead within 30 minutes of taking it out for a spin
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Hahaha, dead for sure! There’s this thing called a hoverboard today, you’ve probably seen it. It’s a motorised mini Segway, two small wheels connected by a flat, thin standing area. You just stand on it and steer it by tilting yourself. YouTube is full of old folks trying it out, falling off and breaking legs and hips. Just imagine if it was hovering six feet up. Naw, give me a …hmmm … aaaah … an auspex maybe. 40k gear doesn’t have many civilian uses.
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Looking good Thomas! Did you keep them in sub assemblies for painting, or together as a single entity?
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Cheers! I’ve kept the rider and the vehicle separated. That goes for both the Reavers and the Hellions.
This should make the vehicles fairly easy to paint.
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It should as long as you…oh no, I’ve glued the rider to one hand and the bike to the other!
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How many points do you plan on expanding your Dark Eldar to?
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I’m aiming for 1850 points.
Another Gangs, a start collecting and squad plus raider box, more scourges and maybe a venom.
List, using the Realspace Raiders for six fast attack slots, will be something like
Archon tooled up with portal
Trueborn with blasters in raider
Mandrakes (I’ll use my Ostium Guides)
Warriors and raider
Wyches and venom
Hellions
Hellions
Reavers
Reavers
Reavers
Scourges
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Nice. Not too expensive on the pocket book.
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Quite the budget army really. Should be fun to play. Everything is fast and mobile.
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One thing you might want to check out Thomas. The new eldar book has a formation which allows you to take all the different eldar bikes, and ambush them from all four table edges. Might be a fun thing to fit into your fast moving list.
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Yeah, that sounds like a fun formation. Could be extremely effective. But I’m with Vect when it comes to that new God and those religious fanatics. Bring on the Aeldari civil war!
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Haha then you definitely want to skip that formation!! Look forward to your work on everything! Keep it up!
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Cheers!
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