Wargaming ASKEW: Dreams of Commorragh
Many writers use music to unleash the muses hiding in there craniums. Often the mind drifts to Metal be it Black Sabbath or High on Fire when thinking of 40k. Specifically when it comes to Dark Eldar though you need a particular edge– Dark Eldar I image straddle the aether between Lords of Acid and Combichrist. So as I sit here visualizing and listening for the impeding re-imagining of the evil space elves, I wonder what exactly will arrive at my gaming store? I am taking a big leap of faith that Dark Eldar are indeed next and not ANOTHER Space Marine variant. So for my own sanity I am going to assume that Dark Eldar come Games Day UK will be revealed. Heightening my hysteria take a look at this on the GW website…
Nothing screams Dark Eldar release than an pudgy GW employee guarding a door with a punching bag?
Anyway as a Dark Eldar player all I have left is hope… right? I even went as far as to sell my Dark Eldar over the summer and put the money in a savings account because of hope. Hope that GW won’t mess this one up.
Did I just say hope and Games Workshop in the same sentence?
Why YES I did!
If anything the last few years has proven that GW is making consistently fantastic models. So as long as the plastic Wyches don’t look like Americas Top Pole Dancer we should be fine. The rules I am sure will be another matter…
Since I am not leaving much hope for the rules I decided to create my own little nasty dream world. The kind of world where Prince is free to created as many Vanity 6 clones as he wants (Not Apollinia 6 ) or write songs like Darling Nikki till the end of time.
This is what my Dark Eldar dream list looks like.
- The Solitaire totally killing fools or at the very least striking before Mephiston.
- Dark Avatar lots of black ichor Gene Simmons style, but not as hairy.
- Wytches not being nerfed. GW loves to overreact, so here is hoping that doesn’t happen.
- Less rapid fire more assault.
- Talos stays. Hearing rumors of its demise makes me all sad face all inside. Who doesn’t want a walking torture chamber?
- Flesh out the fluff. Talk more about origins and Commarragh. Are they pirates, slavers, Spartacus: Blood and Sand without the euro trash accents?
- Web Portals please.
- A Raider that fits in a normal foam tray.
- Less Green Goblin for my Helions and at least 2 attacks base please.
- “High Avatar” aka Harlie Lord so we all can live out our childhood fantasies of the Harlequin only army.
- Mandrakes please scout and have power weapons.
- Leadership check items that even effect Fearless models.
- Finally, I want the spiky hair still in, more Industrial and less 80s goth. GW better not of gotten all their inspiration from walking into Hot Topic.
I hope I am not the only one with a Dark Eldar Christmas list, everyone should have one – it is good for the soul. The scary thing is I know of at least 10 people that have set aside money for their release. So please GW we are counting on you for this one!
What are your expectations for the Dark Eldar? What would be your dream Dark Eldar scenario? Will GW mess this one up or not? What list of Dark Eldar things do you want to see? Also visit Blood of Kittens if you are feeling frisky!
