“Their
arrogance is matched
only by their firepower.”
This quote is from the spine
of an old Eldar Codex and for me it sums the
race up perfectly. The Eldar were the second
40k army to join my collection. I was quite
sold on the idea of a Dark Angels army, but
I already had a Blood Angels force so I decided
that starting another Space Marine Chapter would
have to wait.
Way back in the Rogue Trader
era when my army started out there weren’t
a lot of figures about for the Eldar. As far
as I can remember everything that was available
was metal too, with no big plastic kits to give
your force a leg up. At the age of 12 I was
heavily reliant on my Mum to fund the war effort,
so it took me around 6 months to get an army
I could have a proper battle with.
With a lot of my other forces
I’ve tended to retire a lot of the older
figures in my collection to display model status,
while the vast majority of my vintage Eldar
are still in my army today!
My current plans for this
force are largely dependant on what paint scheme
I decide on. My old Guardians (with the plug
in gun) were painted in an Saim Han scheme,
but I wasn’t very keen on these figures
so I decided to donate them to a less fussy
friend in favour of the new more dynamic models.
This has left me free to choose a new Craftworld
for the army to call home and a range of expansion
possibilities.
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