New Dark Eldar Succubus Enters Battle For Warhammer 40k
September 29, 2014 by brennon
El Descanso Del Escriba has a few more sneak shots of what's coming character wise for Games Workshop's Dark Eldar as September comes to an end. See what you think of the new Succubus miniature up close and a clearer shot of that Archon...
As you can see by the quality these have come directly from previews and the inside of the digital version of the codex showing off some of the very nice paint schemes as well as the miniatures. Once again when it comes to the Archon in the final image I'm not impressed. A very static pose that while looking like he's 'commanding' doesn't really evoke the lithe nature you'd be used to seeing with Dark Eldar figures.
In contrast the Succubus is much better, running towards the action with her whip flying out behind her. A rather cool looking sculpt that fits in well with the existing Wyches set and mirrors the design of them well. Her distinctive hair style and larger weapon however keep her separated from the crowd.
Some rather cool additions to the Dark Eldar army and of course I'm sure there will be much more as the week unfolds.
Now bring on Bretonnians and Chaos please!
That new Succubus is actually rather nice and it’s not overly cartoony to my taste like lot of 40k and WHF sculpts tend to be.
Of the two, the Succubus seems to be a better fit with the aggresive, agile style of the Dark Eldar. I think the designer was going for an aloof look of disdainful nobility for the Archon, but given the lore that all Dark Eldar are basically pain junkies that have to inflict suffering on others to avoid the attentions of Slaanesh themselves, it just seems odd that an Archon in the midst of battle would seem so detached, almost disinterested.
At least that what he wishes us to believe.
The Archon pose is beyond dreadful. I mean, who approves this garbage at GW? How can anybody associated in the design of miniatures take a look at that pose on that model and say “Yep, great pose. Let’s go with that. Conveys the fluff of the miniature exactly”. I get the feeling their is a cough syrup epidemic they are keeping under wraps! Utter trash.
That succubus is not new. I’ve had that model for almost two years.
There is a similar miniature yes. But it’s a different pose as far as I could tell.
BoW Ben
It’s new and plastic, What GW have been doing at times recently is release a plastic, more expensive (!!!) character model that is very close to the original finecast model (perhaps so people reading the rulebook etc are not confused).
Will GW use the medium of plastic to give the Succubus more weapon and head options ?
Nah.
Will this new, pretty good Archon replace the fantastic current model ? Or will GW be of a normal basic intelligence and use BOTH. We will have to see….
Both good models though, but the price will not justify them, given they’re plastic.
I was really hoping that there would had been some nice options like plastic SM Captain kit has but I quess they went instead same route as they did with CSM Lord in Terminator Armor.
I’m sure the CSM Lord has full options as well ? Do you not mean the Aspiring Champion ?
Doesn’t look like we’re getting new Incubi 🙁
It would be much easier to see the figures if they didn’t drop them in the middle of a f*cking Technicolor background for a photo shoot.
Anyway, not interested in the goofy side of 40k. I like the plausible near future stuff better.
I very much like the new Succubus, it doesn’t succ at all! It’d fit nicely alongside a Lilith Hesperax type figure, looks like a fun model to paint up too. The Archon however leaves me cold, I see it as an inferior looking model to the finecast figure which just oozed an evil aroggance and a malign influence. By contrast the latest fella looks a bit bored by comparison. Still, looking forward to the codex. DE are an army I’d start 40k for (Just play with the starter atm) otherwise I’ll just go crawling back to Warhammer Fantasy… much like… Read more »