Another Eldar Exodite log

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Hello guys, this is one of my first posts here, so please be gentle!

The exodites of Tuzanor - Tuzanor roughly translates as "The sorrow of a lost dream"

As those who’ve seen my previous sparse and rarely updated blogs will know, I’m one of those people who can’t go “hmmm…a new army? Let’s build the minis straight out of the box and looking like the army was created by GW to sell more shiny stuff”
I have always gone about it the same way. Find an obscure theme, work out what parts to use for the models, weep when I discover how many boxes Id have to buy to make one squad, then suck it up get on with it. Previously I’ve built a Techguard army, White Scars using the Ravenwing rules, a colonial/revolutionary themed guard army and a Heresy era truescale World Eater army.
This gave me a slight hint that I was being very human-centric, so for the next army (eventually planned for ToS 2014) I was challenged to make a Xenos army.
Now which of the nefarious Xenos races to pick? After perusing the websites and codicii I decided to return to the second army I ever owned, way back in the heady days of rogue trader/ 2nd ed. circa 1992, Eldar.

So why Exodites? Firstly the modelling opportunities, I mean who doesn’t love the idea of space elves riding dinosaurs? Secondly there are some fantastic looking armies out there, so lots of inspiration.

Now the theme. Many of the armies already out there seem to stick to a couple of stereotypes.

- They are wood elves in space
- They are backward
- They all use dinosaurs instead of vehicles
- If they’re not dressed as wood elves then they’ve got lizard skin cloaks
- Aspect warriors are “shoe-horned” in as craftworld allies.

Of these, the third one is the only one I wanted to use. With this in mind I scoured the high elf and dark elf bits for inspiration.
Cold ones were a definite, as were the mage parts for my farseer/warlocks. However since I wanted them to have winter/snow bases they needed something to make them different from the standard CWE. Then I spotted the White Lion kit. Fur capes, top knots, scale mail kilts? Of course!
And so the Exodite idea was born.

My only rules-

- NOT wood elves
- NOT barbarians
- Footdar, NO vehicles beyond jetbikes
- Jetbikes modelled as armoured cold ones
- High elf scalemail on every model somewhere.

So far here’s the list

1500 Points

-Farseer with singing spear
-Avatar with Fast Shot
-5 Fire Dragons
-10 Guardians with Bright Lance
-10 Guardians with Bright Lance
-10 Dire avengers
-5 Windrider guardian jetbikes
-6 Rangers
-5 Warpspiders
-3 Shadow Weaver Platforms with Warlock with Singing spear
-Wraithknight

Since winning the Armies on Parade for the Bristol Store last year I’ve decided to enter this army this year, so this blog will show the progress of both the army and the display board I’ve already got planned.

Here’s where I am as of today

Farseer




Part 1

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Avatar (awaiting paint)




Part 2

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Guardian Squad (finished)




Part 3

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Guardian Squad (WIP)




Part 4

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Windrider Jetbikes
WIP


Finished




Part 5

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Dire Avengers



Fire Dragons


Warp Spiders


Part 6

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Rangers (Prototype)


Wraithknight (VERY WIP)




Oh and a cookie for the first person to get the reference in the name.....

Feedback would be appreciated, and hopefully this log will be updated a lot more frequently!

-Mark

[Craig Lamb]

Very cool! Look forward to seeing more.

[spiralingcadaver]

Nice!

I quite like the use of the scale mail skirts and DE heads- a different take than the usual more wood elf-y look.

[Mag140]

Those look fantastic.