Theme:
- Only the haemonculi constructs will be male, the rest will be all female converted using the new female torsos & heads, green stuff, plastic hair bits taken from other models and daemonette heads.
- I like the way that the mandrakes are burning with some sort of creepy inner fire and am going to extend this to any haemonculi modified units and vehicles.
- Along those lines, I've got a couple of the plague censer pieces from the screaming bell from bits sites that I am going to flip and use as power cores on the back of my raiders trailing green smoke/fire behind them.
Colours:
- Again, I am going to use the mandrake colours on the whole army with dark skin and armour and green fire where appropriate (weapons, joins in vehicle plating etc.
- No metallics (except maybe the raider sails where I am going to paint them with a fly's eye cell effect). All weapons and armour to be made of wraithbone.
- Dark Eldar runes painted on the bases of all models (time consuming but should look pretty good).
Some of my other conversion plans:
- Female mandrakes using daemonettes with new weapons shadows modelled up to their knees so it looks like they are emerging from the shadows.
- Void raven bomber from the FW phoenix with replacement weapons and a valkyrie flying stand.
- Scourges from the warriors with heavy weapons, green stuff helmet and sanguinary guard wings.
Grotesques:
My first models are my grotesques as these didn't require any of the new dark eldar bits to make. I used the Island of Blood rat ogre bodies, minus the tails and heads, and then added ghoul heads that are intentionaly too small so that the result looks misshapen. A little extra green stuff around the neck and I am quite pleased with the result. I think they look like the tank from left4dead. As usual, taking photos has helped spot a few places where more touch ups are needed.
They might also work as Archon guards or clawed fiend warp beasts as they are the right size.