Eldar Warhost WIP - 93,000 Points (17 years of goodness)

[Morachi]

I had to repaint most of mine up to a modern standard a couple of years back, so not fun. Though I only had a bout two third of the total to do. You've got more Armorcast than me, I've got more FW though. Really impressive though, I don't think there are many eldar collections as big as ours out there. I've built mine up since '96, bar a half dozen Rogue Trader era sculpts I'm too lazy to track down I have every GW eldar sculpt. You can't be far off by the looks of it. You even have the unreleased Iyanna Arienal. They must have had a decent sized casting run for something that wasn't released.

Actually, there were 4 unreleased sculpts - The Iyanna model was the test piece for Juan Diaz' recruitment - 12 of each unreleased sculpt were made, mine are all originals. There is one or two very rare items i'm chasing down (only 4 copies were made), sadly, I know one of the people who own one of them... however I don't think I can tempt him to part with it.

There have been recasts around of the 4 unreleased, however the top right in the photo on the blog wasn't to my knowledge recast by anyone and is also the rarest of the four.

I've not included any of my RT era models, simply because they aren't part of any units FOC wise. That and I have no idea how to account for them points wise lol. Perhaps i'll get them sorted out as well and include them in a separate photo sometime down the track. Not sure if I want to keep them as bare metal collectors items or paint them up though, as putting money into having them painted, doesn't always equate to increasing their value in the rare miniatures market.

I've been lucky enough to know some of the guys who broker the rare miniatures out of Citadel, including those who worked on the last Eldar codex (4th Edition), who've given me great information on where to find them.

There is one collection I do know of that is over 80k in the US, however not entirely sure its all painted or not. Good (expensive) times!

[eldargal]

Only 12? Gosh, I know mine is official as I got it through a GW store manager (along with a bare breasted Witch Elf, had to go on a date with his son). The top right is the only one I don't have and, in fact, haven't seen before so well done on getting that. The other two I have I've long suspected are recasts and given how rare you say they are I'm now sure they are.

I just use the RT stuff as guardians mostly.

I think mine is between 70-75k now. 95% painted or so.

[Nick1080]

On the subject of unreleased Eldar Psykers I recently came across this chap on E-bay:

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Who I've never come across before and I think looks pretty cool and looks to be a far nicer sculpt than the other unreleased ones - anyone have any background on him?

[Thaldin]

Oh my... my collection suddenly doesn't feel so bad to paint.

[Morachi]

Oh my... my collection suddenly doesn't feel so bad to paint.

I think **** got real for me when the Australian Dollar ramped up in value against the pound (about 69 cents). Had a bit of a splurge on Titans at that point lol. I could go a couple more Wraithknights, so each Revenant has two escorts, but i'm finding it hard to justify much more.

Newly released miniatures or sculpts I don't have of course get my priority, even more so if they're rare

I might add that i've done very well through generous people in the US - By that I mean those who have unloaded lots of Eldar for bargain prices ($5 Wraithguard when they were $25AUD here). Without their help, I certainly would NOT have an army this large. The AUD for miniatures as you're all well aware is borderline extortion. Paying to have them painted has added to the costs, but i'm still well ahead.

[Thaldin]

I do wish they would have done something in the rules for the Bonesinger... but I understand it was a limited model and not everyone has one...

Still need to paint mine

[Morachi]

Indeed it was, although the Brazilians tend to copy it alot, I see the miniature go up regularly on eBay for a song. The same was with alot of the unreleased items, the casts are pretty good I might add, so it can be hard to tell the difference. I will be a very happy camper when I manage to get my hands on the last couple of unreleased items, although I tend to pay a premium for them if they're non-copies so to speak, however it keeps their value overall.

[GrauGeist]

This is pretty freakin' awesome that you've collected it all and is getting it playable. Awesome!

Quite frankly, if I had the money, I'd pay to have my stuff painted, too.

Also, I love to see armies like this, because they make my collection look ever so reasonable.

[Morachi]

Haha, there are parts of it that were already playable (painted - very average), however i've had those stripped and repainted to fit the new theme

Of course there were those plastic models that just couldn't be stripped - and will probably see themselves sold off to people starting out who just want a couple of knock about units. Good thing it is well on its way to being completed. I may put up some kind of progress bar as a percentage of points completed (or models, can't decide which).

[Morachi]

Ok, kinda worked out a "Points completed" progress bar after a little mucking about with some HTML. Decided to throw in a schedule of what is currently completed/sent/underway/etc.

Also, added in Striking Scorpion group shots and updated the Rangers blog entry with some front/back close ups.