Making it Work
Last week I put up an article about getting my Dark Eldar army started up again. I came up with a list that used pretty much all of my models and would stand a pretty good chance on the battlefield. I'll be playing the army against some of my other armies to test it out. I'll also have to test it against some net lists I've seen. I also want to make some more Venoms to replace some Raiders in the army. In addition, I'll be improving their paint scheme (some of them need a major overhaul, some of them just need a touch-up, all of them need something special, and I'm leaning toward a bit of freehand artwork. However, for most of that, I'll need to actually have the right models, and that's what I'm writing about this week.

Kabal Rillishelwe Mor Rides Again 2000pts
140 Archon w/Agonizer, Blast pistol, Haywire grenades, Combat Drugs, Shadowfield
220 2 Haemonculi each w/Webway Portal, Liquifier gun, Agonizer

146 3 Trueborn w/2 Dark Lances in a Raider w/Dark Lance, Flickerfield
128 4 Trueborn w/2 Splinter Cannon in a Raider w/Dark Lance, Flickerfield
128 4 Trueborn w/2 Splinter Cannon in a Raider w/Dark Lance, Flickerfield

165 4xKabalite Warriors w/Blaster and Sybarite w/Blast Pistol, Agonizer in a Raider w/Dark Lance, Flickerfield
165 4xKabalite Warriors w/Blaster and Sybarite w/Blast Pistol, Agonizer in a Raider w/Dark Lance, Flickerfield
165 4xKabalite Warriors w/Blaster and Sybarite w/Blast Pistol, Agonizer in a Raider w/Dark Lance, Flickerfield
165 4xKabalite Warriors w/Blaster and Sybarite w/Blast Pistol, Agonizer in a Raider w/Dark Lance, Flickerfield
170 4xKabalite Warriors w/Blaster and Sybarite w/Blast Pistol, Agonizer in a Venom with 2 Splinter Cannon

115 Ravager: 3xDisintegrator Cannon, Flickerfield
110 Talos, Chain Flails
110 Talos, Chain Flails

1997pts.

I tried to stick to relatively minor alterations for the list. Head swaps, weapon swaps, remodeling weapons, that sort of thing. I can handle those pretty easily, though I still need to go through it to make sure I've got everything right. I need to convert some Warriors into Trueborn, remodel several splinter pistols into Blast Pistols, possibly change around Haemonculi weapons, add chain flails to my taloses and make some changes to my Ravager. Let's look at what I'll need to do to each one.

Warriors into Trueborn
I need to convert 10 Warriors and 2 Sybarites into Trueborn. I haven't yet decided on what exactly to do to them to separate them from standard Kabalite Warriors. I'm leaning toward giving them all helmetless heads and I'll probably also give them a little more detailing in their paintjobs. While I could convert the 2 Sybarites by replacing their pistols and CCWs with splinter rifles, I think I'll probably leave them as-is. Pistol and CCW is perfectly fine for their armament, and I think that I won't miss the firepower of 2 splinter rifles in those squads. Too, it will give me more flexibility if I decide to change my army later.

Archon
This one will be very simple in terms of modeling. All I need to do is to remodel the splinter pistol into a blast pistol. I'll re-do the barrel like the bulbous one in this picture. On the other hand, my paintjob will need a lot of re-working, I didn't paint him well the first time.

Haemonculi
I'll have to remove them from their skyboards, but that should be fairly easy. I'll also have to remodel their weapons. The Splinter pistol on one of them won't be big enough to be a liquifier, but a simple barrel extension or swap will do the trick. Their scissorhands will have to be remodeled into agonizers. I will probably remake one as a set of blades (like my Archon) while the other gets a barbed tentacle to replace his hand.

SybaritesI'd like to give these guys better paintjobs, perhaps something close to what I'll do for the Trueborn. Mostly what I'll need to do, however, is remodel their splinter pistols as Blast Pistols.

Taloses
I'll need to repaint these as well, though they aren't as bad as a few of my other models. I think I need to fix the hover base on one of them, but that will be simple. (It's the base of a fluted plastic champagne glass.) I also need to add a Chain Flail to each of them, which I will represent using either several chains coming off of them or by putting a chain 'beater bar' in front of them, like some minesweeper tanks.

Ravager
I think this model will take the most work. I will start by re-creating the armor shielding that I used to have for it. (The old metal side-plates are probably lost by now.) I'll also be removing the Splinter Cannon from the final splinter cannon warrior and use him as a gunner in the prow of the Ravager. I'll also be removing its Dark Lance and sculpting a Disintegrator Cannon. In addition, I'll be making a twin-mount of Disintegrator Cannon for the gunner to fire. I'll also make up some Dark Lances so that I can substitute them when necessary.

Venoms
I'd like to have at least a few more Venoms, if not more. While I'm moderately pleased with my first attempt at a venom, I've got at least two more ideas. (Depending on how the first alternate works, we'll see if I need to try the second.) When I have more Venoms, I'll be replacing the Disintegrator Cannons on the Ravager with Dark Lances. If I can make a significant number of them, I'll need to pick up more models to use as Trueborn with Blasters and change those squads a bit. Below I'll share a couple of pictures (not mine!) that are the inspirations for my venom alternate models. We'll see.

Venom Alternate 2: This is a picture provided by Max
as a suggestion for a Venom conversion from a Reaver.

Venom Alternate 1: This is a conversion that I saw
online. The converter used the front half of a Vyper
and the front half of a Raider.

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