Games Workshop Hates the Eldar but I Don’t!

[@bldos5362]

yes I think more Eldar would be good. They are a classic faction & deserve their time in the sun. bring forth the Eldar! I would really love to see what you'd do with the harlequins.

[@JezielProdigalSon]

Please no more harlequins, deldar and ynnari. Craftworld Eldar needs a full re-launch of all their old models. We can do the eldar sub-factions after that.

[@zeb5158]

agree

[@robhutchinson8243]

Definitely agree.

[@lazerhosen]

@@JezielProdigalSon it looks like we'll be getting the slow-trickle range refresh... it already started with some of the aspect warriors before even this edition was out. The book launch had a laughably small model release, which typically hints at more to come in drip-feed fashion... which is par for the course how GW has treated Eldar since probably 5th edition. Anyone who knows anything about Eldar, knows that if they really want to get people interested in them, release Exodite rules and models (who wouldn't want space elves on alien dinosaurs?) and come up with some better super-faction rules like the Imperium has. Wham-bam.

[@JezielProdigalSon]

@@lazerhosen If thats the case, thats the slowest drip-feed ive ever seen, considering they started updating the range with the skyrunners and autarachs, like 5 years ago, and theyre still not even halfway done. Also, lets not release exodites and instead refresh the already existing range of models.

[@tigermunky]

What I love is that in the intro, he didn't even mention the Tau. To put it into perspective how much GW hates Eldar, the majority of Eldar models are exactly the same when I collected them back in the late 1990s. I'm on the wrong side of 35 and most of their models are the same age as me. How many variations of Space Marines have we had in that time???

[@lightningwolf788]

That's how I'm feeling as a newer player getting into World Eaters. The current Berzerkers are just as old as I am lol!

[@cartledge_uk]

To reinforce this: I'm looking at getting back into wargaming after a 20+ year hiatus. I sold all my minis . Looked at eldar again and just thought, I had almost all this 30years ago. Nothing is new.

[@ObjectiveSecured]

Thats a bit of an exaggeration - the range got a redo in 3rd and 4th ed for most of the models. The only really old models still lurking are a couple of vehicles (vyper & Falcon), warp spiders and the phoenix lords that are yet to be redone. You might count swooping hawks in that mix as well as 3rd ed models.

[@tigermunky]

@@ObjectiveSecured Dire Avengers, Firedragons and Striking Scorpions are still models from 2005/2006. 16 years old. Swooping Hawks (as you mentioned) are 23 years old. So, you're right, I guess it is only Warpspiders and Phoenix lords who are 30+ years old. But half of the aspect warriors are hardly spring chickens. 😀 Come on GW. How about some love? The Corsair voidscarred are beautiful models. So, when GW do remember Aeldari exist, they bring out awesome stuff.

[@ObjectiveSecured]

@@tigermunky Im an Eldar fanboy and would LOVE them to redo some of the older kits - Scorpions and Spiders especially! The good thing about the aspects is the new plastics dont reinvent the wheel for them and the old look fine alongside the new - which they should based on the lore. We did get a big splash of new plastics in 6th and now 9th with the odd release in between. The issue is one of niche - as much as the haters would like it to be, new kits dont mean kick ass rules (see dark reapers) and with low sales and a niche unit its not hard to see why it may take several more years before finecast old stuff is gone.

[@Afam125]

As someone who plays Druhkari, YES I would love to see your take on them!

[@lazerhosen]

You forgot to correct his pronunciation of "Commorragh" which is meant to sound nearly identical to "Gomora" (like from the Bible), hence the shadow realm adjacent to Commoragh being called "Shadam" (Shadam & Commorragh / Sodom & Gomora). It's like hearing the "gh" at the end of "Waaaagh!" being pronounced... it's literally just "war" in Orkish cockney dialect, the "gh" is silent... just like in the most of the rest of English words ending with a "gh"

[@captainsewerrat]

I was always iffy about the Eldar but I still recall seeing the Fire Prism in a White Dwarf in the late 90's and was so enamored. Yeah the Land Raider was cool, the Rhino was cool, but a FLYING TANK!!! That was awesome. Having grav tanks for the Marines is meh. The Eldar should be the only Flyboys. At least they still have air superiority. Well, the Drukhari at least, coolest jets in the game.

[@mattdeeley4302]

Agree with everything! I was so annoyed when the fire prism / wave serpents came out... I didn't collect eldar but they were by far the coolest tanks.

[@grimmriffer]

I agree that grav tanks for marines just seems wrong. It's only my opinion, but I think marine tank tech at it's best is brutalist and blocky, almost like mobile bunkers, and *stays on the ground*!

[@captainsewerrat]

@@grimmriffer I don't understand why they don't give the marines something with big wheels, something similar to a Stryker, it would totally fit into the style of the marines. Wheels are also easy to produce, could make it a Land Raider or Rhino Pattern that got lost to time. Slightly chance it up. And since they use those weird ATV's there is no reason they couldn't have other wheeled vehicles.

[@Amos-61]

I hate the new grav tanks for Space Marines, so I keep to dreadnoughts and guard tanks I think they have so much more character and are less dumb lore wise.

[@captainsewerrat]

@@Amos-61 The Kratos is a good Marine Tank, the Land Raider is a good marine tank, all that grav stuff is blah.

[@astondeitz814]

I’ve always liked the eldar their lore has got to be the most interesting in my opinion. Would love to see more of them

[@kenwalker5384]

That blister pack was a blast from the past, I used to love going in to GW on a Saturday and browsing for what "floated my boat" to paint that week!

[@egnaroelprup]

I always loved the eldar, the things that always stuck with me was the different aesthetics of the aspect warriors, they're such fantastically styled pieces that I feel like gw wishes there weren't so many of Probably why although they had a range refresh, they haven't really finished the job Also I think they were planning to do more with the ynnari, but people seemed to HATE their introduction (it might have been the weird trio box and nothing else release, also "oh yeah she's like guilliman's girlfriend or something") I think they're a good twist, but lacked something to help them bring it all together, like there should have been a unique aspect warrior that brings both sides together In conclusion, please give me new striking scorpions, they're my favourite dudes and I'm shocked that they didn't get a kill team box before corsairs did

[@bad-people6510]

Yeah, it's really the look of them I don't care for. They don't have the intimidation factor of the others. At least the Craft Worlders.

[@stefanenderman338]

The problem with the ynnari wasn't because of Yvraine being Girlyman's "gf" but because at the end of the book they made ynnari look like a joke, which wasn't really a good thing to do when you consider that most of eldar fans are tired of playing as a joke race and galaxy's punching bag

[@lazerhosen]

@@stefanenderman338 that and their release was lazy by GW standards... a few characters and no new units, just another way to play two/three existing armies, removing their best strengths and replacing them with "so-so" rules that encourage you sacrifice your dudes? A new type of avatar that pretty much looks like Slaanesh?

[@originalusernameoftheyear6500]

I don't think a straight up single unit kill team would be very interesting. In fact, I think an Ynnari kill team could be interesting. They are basically just eldar that believe in a certain path so they could still be made up of warlocks, seers, bone singers and aspect warriors right? I think a mix of all of those different units would be really cool, and it's probably the only way you could get more than two fire teams of different aspect warriors in a kill team. On the other hand, as a craftworld kill team it would likely have to be a single aspect shrine making up the whole squad. That's just speculation anyway, I don't really care how it would come about, but a kill team with aspects would be awesome, I just like that fact that kill teams seem to have a lot of variety. And I think the idea of a bone singer that can create barriers or do something interesting with terrain would be cool, plus they can do psychic powers, so they wouldn't be completely useless lol

[@Jordan-mod]

Jay, paint everything, EVERYTHING. Paint all the 40k, 30k and sigmar. Paint a house. DO IT ALL.

[@whiterose7055]

Jay, I've been painting models and war gaming stuff since the 1950's and I still learn at least one new thing from you every time I watch one of your vid's Kudo's again!!!!

[@Matt-tb5un]

Yay Eldar!! They've been my favorite faction for decades. I find their models to be incredibly satisfying to paint and I hope you do as well. I've always wished GW did more for them in books. Maybe let them win for a change?

[@originalusernameoftheyear6500]

Yeah I find it a bit jarring how in the books they are described as being naturally very fast and strong and would easily bash a human to death in hand-to-hand, and that the howling banshees/striking scorpions are on par with a space Marine, but then get decimated when it actually comes to it

[@skree272]

I hate how many times ive found a imperium fanboy who bullies any xeno player but especially hates eldar, do they have bad experiences with players? Nope they just hate eldar for no apparent reason

[@isupposethisismynmw640]

I’m so happy that Jay delved into my favorite faction- appreciate you man. We exist!

[@madboczek866]

Wow! They Look very good! They Look like they live in a World who is still in Autumn. I love it

[@originalbaxio]

I really enjoyed this video. Loved the positivity and the enthusiasm, and how you got swept up with it and did some terrain too! And the finished results are great too! I am inspired to try zenithal highlighting now!

[@originalbaxio]

I'm not a fan of GW's Contrast paint, but I'll give Army Painter speed paint a go after this

[@Xlopez821]

I don't really play Eldar, but my gf agreed to play if she could have an Eldar army. As accessible as your videos are for newbies in the hobby space Jay I'd love to see more Eldar content, even if it's just to show her new color ideas or ways to paint!

[@eetennak966]

Hello!! I love the content you produce, it's straight from your heart. Do you have a tour-like video, where you show your workspace? Much love keep it going

[@callmedavid9696]

For people struggling or disliking contrast and speed paints, key for me was using a slapchop technique for the undercoat. Black primer. Dry brush mid grey. Dry brush only the highlight/lighted from above areas white on top of that. Use a makeup brush for the dry brushes. I find it stops the pooling look and stops the cartoony look. Similar to the xenethol i guess but i liked i didn't need to do anything different with air brushes or rattle cans than i was used to.

[@Johndoe-co3pw]

I found a good marketplace deal on space marines so I bough it parceled it out on eBay and with the profits bough about 3k worth of elder at some good prices. Guess I know what my next project will be. Elder are my childhood.

[@tenletters5889]

As someone who's in the process of making their own pirate themed space marine chapter, I'm glad you're enjoying the term piratical as much as I do

[@philurbaniak1811]

👍👍 Looking really good! Great to see you branching out into basing your miniatures Jay! 👍😁

[@tx_marauder]

You sure do have a lot of “all time favorite” models.

[@mattdeeley4302]

Damn straight he does! Me too 😁 *picks up a model* this is my all time favo- no wait *picks up a different model* now THIS is my all time fa- hmmm *picks up first model* no these two are my all time f- *sees the rest of his shelves*... This could take a while

[@Daisyandtheo]

My marines are orange and black... A good basic method I have found using regular gw paints, is... a couple base layers of jokearo orange and then a layer of trollslayer, then a dark wash. Then bring the colour back up with 2-3 more thinned layers of troll slayer. Leaves a good "orange fruit skin" colour.

[@JeiDamani]

Great video man. Loved your take on Corsairs. Eldar minis are beautiful to be sure. Would be keen for any future videos including them

[@Gloomwalker08]

More Aeldari please! I love all your videos, but the Warhammer painting/crafting community is so full of Space Marines that it's really nice to see something different! Plus, I love your creative bits of lore - both "canon" and your own made up stuff! - and I have really enjoyed your lore and story ideas for the non-Marine factions!

[@optimusWII]

Great job on this video guys, I really enjoyed it

[@thomasberger6845]

I love this style of video. Has everything from lore to painting and even some modeling. Super fun great content! Would love to see more factions done like this. Yet Eldar was a great one to do cause yes they never get much love.

[@Lord_Brownie]

The necrons aped a bunch of what made the aeldari special. Ancient beyond belief? Aped, wielding eldritch technology? Aped, a peerless but earned arrogance? Aped, shards of gods brought to war in service of their remaining servants? Aped… and you wonder why they call everyone Mon’keigh.

[@B4H4D4]

bro these are the best looking eldar I have ever seen. the colour choice was perfect! man I wish I could do this!

[@CSK_T.]

Though I started out with the good ol' Astartes, I've always prefered the Aeldari. Even when I quit the hobby ten years ago, I still kept on reading the novels and codex of both craftworlders, drukhari, and later on Harlequins and now Corsair. I love those doomed, yet proud people. And now that I'p back painting, I can't wait to finally bring my own OCs to life ^^

[@Wildonion1]

Those came out great! I'm digging their worn appearance and desaturated colors. I would absolutely be down for seeing more of these.

[@anthonywaggett9317]

I have bought most of the new Kill Team stuff (bought the starter set rather than Octarius because of money) but didn't bother with Nachmund as not a fan of Chaos and already had most of the terrain from the Imperium Magazine. After seeing your 'simple' paint job I think I may buy the Corsairs box and the Nachmund book. Lovely look to the minis. The only Eldar I have are from the Epic Scale boxes - they need to bring these back. Cheers and keep up the good work.

[@Ainalom]

I will be honest with you, the thing that got me back into the warhammer hobby after 15 years (from young kid to adult) was the slick tanks. The way those sharp edged hover tanks looked in their bright ballsy colors always stuck a chord with me. It was a good one and I thoroughly enjoyed watching someone get in on the action. I would love to see some of those Ynnari, cough, I mean Drukhari visit the pumpkin palace

[@UrsaMaul]

Just subbed in hopes of more Eldar content! You're right, absolutely under represented, they didn't even get an MTG commander deck!!!

[@Xanrry]

I just bought a Visarch model because, despite not being a huge fan of the Eldar, I love the design of the model (and the Yncarne model).

[@scubasteve387]

Would definitely love to see some drukhari love! Still need to paint mine

[@Zetsthamys]

9:23 you killed me with that quote XD

[@IzzyJoBeeGee]

Eldar are my favorite faction, hands down. PLEASE DO MORE!

[@camerondorson3700]

You’re going to have a full Drukhari army soon and I’m here for it

[@kallsing]

I've got a box of drukhari kabalites waiting to get painted so I would love to see your take on more drukhari 👌. My ideas was either purple with magenta highlights and orange pop details or an off white with lots of grime, scratches and gore. Just throwing it out there 😁

[@faustblackheart2231]

Hell yeah! More druk and aeldari pls, they realy need some love

[@Gingerbeardish]

Not often that hobby videos make me laugh but there were several excellent jokes in here! Great job!

[@Ralndrath]

I painted my Corsairs a few weeks back and boy oh boy, with the classic layering technique they took AGES but I'm happy how they turned out. Used quite a few heads from the new Guardians box as those heads look very good. I chose one of them as she looked kinda cute on the box art (she has the top knot with white hair) But I accidentally made her look like a hard arse and Dee Reynolds from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia lol

[@JohnR1298]

4x different flavours of "Nope" 😆😆😂😂😂

[@Olliebear38]

Oh God that was awesome ! Love the Pumpkin Corsairs. I am a Drukhari fan, gonna go see if you made a video for them Wyches right now !

[@gaelanmccann6686]

This was a great video. It was so engaging it felt longer than 12 minutes

[@originalarmedprophet7760]

Eldar were my very first army back in 1994 (‘95?) and I’ll always have a soft spot for them, but the Finecast stuff that’s still available is literally the same sculpts I had the better part of 30 years ago! They’re long overdue for some sweet, sweet love!

[@Einherjar212]

Love the Drukhari more than any other faction. The more content the better!

[@aleksandernowak2280]

Very piratical pumpkin👍

[@ericstokes2853]

I enjoy any and call Kill Team content please keep it coming! 😁

[@galan8115]

Well, GW hates rats too... We even have an sticker for that in our group

[@mattdeeley4302]

You mean skaven right? But how do you improve on perfect-great?

[@galan8115]

@@mattdeeley4302 With more-more sculpts and no resin-resin models.

[@astr0cade]

Bro skaven get the most shi out of all sigmar factions rn from what I’ve seen 😂

[@galan8115]

@@astr0cade My comment has 2 years tho... XD Fortunately things changed. Blesseds by the horned rat!

[@DanielFernandez-zb3rv]

DRUHKARI PLEASE!!! Love these vids for your Killteam collection with a little terrain flavour 😎

[@Antonio-qg3il]

I would love to see you kitbash, 3D print and green stuff your way through a dark eldar kill team that looks 100% modern and updated. If GW won’t update the eldar range, I believe you guys can do it!!

[@drrhino_]

Those bases rock 🪨

[@bluephoenix9960]

These corsairs are perfect for the Craftworld Lugganath! Orange and Black is their scheme, and they’re a smaller craftworld practically ostracised from the others for their renegade behaviour. That’ll fit right in for this kill team!

[@popburnsy3207]

With all the other channels out there doing how to paint yet another space marine, it's nice to see some Eldar painting ideas. Also, I assume as the Corsair kit isn't readily available in a solo kit(7/20/2022) until this coming weekend, might have hampered a bunch of people getting a crack wt them. Thankfully, they should be out by the weekend. So, hopefully we see some more examples. Also, I can't be the only person looking at the Corsair models and thinking: "Is this a Dark Eldar Archon?" So... maybe I want more than one kit of the Corsairs...

[@jackalcoyote8777]

They look more like rank and file kabalites than an archon

[@mrbigglezworth42]

I've been playing Eldar for a bit, and am still learning quite a bit about them. Like any good Elf, I love when a plan comes together but making it work takes more effort then most other armies right now. The various Aspects also mean I can paint a wide variety of colors and still technically be apart of the same army. Shame some of their models still haven't been updated (Warp Spiders/Scorpions) and I wish GW had bothered to do it when they updated the codex.

[@LandonWills]

This was awesome! More Eldar please!

[@BrochachoEnchilada]

I love wave serpents and wraithlords so much, just really sick models

[@reatrowreak8201]

10:53 it's actually closer to an AT-RT than an AT-ST

[@noquarrel2758]

Ready to see the checkers on the harlequins.

[@RotomLandry]

I think the Drukhari plastic sculpts are some of the best, and are what got me into collecting Eldar. They are great for kitbashing, as the entire plastic Drukhari line is essentially interchangeable with itself. The recently released Craftworld plastic models are similarly friendly to kitbashing. The Comorrite kill team is probably my favorite in the Compendium.

[@qballa2787]

I want you to notice in that list at the start how the Tau weren’t even mentioned…yeah that’s how it feels

[@originalbaxio]

What is the model you used at 1:14 please? The subtitles say "Bizark" but I'm guessing those are auto-generated subtitles. I can't find the model Googling "Bizark"!

[@joncrake4699]

I really appreciate everything that teaches me something about factions I'd never buy a codex of. So I'm excited for more elder stuff.

[@lazerhosen]

You can literally learn about all the lore without buying a single codex. Lexicanum/40k wiki exists, and so do Luetin09 videos.

[@primearchon4780]

Awesome video! Yes I would like to see more of Eldar and for GW to finally update some of our models to plastic

[@House-Atreides]

Thanks for the glazing tip! I’ve been struggling a bit with what to do.

[@1noduncle]

1992 93 was the shit so much gaming goodness still haven't found that black lotus ancestral recall

[@rzrstrm]

Yes, please! I am also Aeldari-curious!

[@Adept24]

I uses to collect Eldar and had an army of them years ago, a good painting challenge. But after taking some years away and coming back to the hobby at first I was happy to see some of the old models I used to have, then saw how old they look compared to some of the current stuff and it's not nice, the refreshes they do get are great but the faction as a whole needs updating (aspect warriors and phoenix lords) it was a bit off putting but did lead me to start my Tau army

[@crowythebutcher6127]

Love the lore while you paint can't wait to hear some more with the other box

[@G0d0fChaos]

I think one of the reasons you dont see them often is because until recently they were only available in the 2 player box.

[@thebattleofpelennorfieldsp6081]

The Vulcans, I mean Eldar were my first army and are still my favorite.

[@kevinishki]

Glad to see you don't hate eldar like many other content creators. Although I'm pretty sure you have said you didn't like them

[@reluxor]

When you spoke about pumpkins, they are not piratical anymore. They are PIE RADICALS :DDD Thanks youtube subtitles! Fantastic corsairs Jay! I am just not bought on the base... These look more exodite bases than piratical bases to me...

[@leganneb]

loved the video and would love to see some more space elves! maybe some harlequins?!

[@zaphodb1158]

Eldar have always been my favourite - for almost 30 years now; I wish we had more updated models as well. One nitpick though - The Avatar and the War Walker were first in the 2e codex in 1994. My Avatar is that old.

[@joshuahorsley2909]

Holy crap I wasn’t even gonna comment but calling my name out made it a must

[@C3GUY07]

The Eldar always fell like the little brother that mom tells you to take to everywhere

[@michael3088]

coming from WH fantasy originally playing dark elves after the End Times lore basicly ruined it and replaced it with AoS i migrated to 40k as i was always interested but never fully commited be my main focus was fantasy, so now jumping in 40k i naturally LOVE the Eldar, all kinds but especially the Dark Eldar and the Corsairs, their models are easily the nicest looking in the game imo i now have 5000+pts worth of them. Please do more Eldar

[@ratedjentertainment]

30 seconds in and I'm getting name dropped. Thanks man!

[@l.christoffersen7502]

I wasn't phased by Eldar for a long time, but the new Dark Reapers and Maugan Ra models really hooked me. I just find them so enjoyable for some reason.

[@jackflaps4252]

Loving the eldar dude, want to see how you tackle the dark eldar. Maybe blue and pink/red for the colours

[@sobit]

Jay, you paint all your killteams so beautifully and with a personal touch, HOW?! do you do it? Well, I do love these space elves and would love to see the space dark elves

[@BlaueCookieFan]

Eldar? They are everywhere. All flavours.

[@themightylebeau]

Yes more Kill Team Eldar please 👍

[@nagysuti]

Finally some love for the pointy ears!

[@grayhaven451]

I vote yes on seeing the drukari get this treatment.

[@breadpirateoverhere]

During 7th I tried just about every army out but couldn't find anything that really suited me. Then I played the Dawn of War and really enjoyed the Dark Eldar playthrough. Nobody in my shop played them, noooooobody. So I thought I would try them out and I instantly turned my losing streak around and went on to be undefeated for the rest of 7th. The Dark Eldar don't get a lot of air time and are a little understaffed vs these massive monstrous HQs these days. They've been my bois ever since.

[@KerblN]

Loved the video. Would like to see how you tackle another Kill Team (Eldar or not!)

[@clood0814]

Funny. I just started Eldar because they are similar to Protoss in Starcraft. Also love Zerg so I might want to start Tyranids as well haha

[@CTRLCopy]

Eldar was my first army I put together and still one of my favorites even after move to Blood angels

[@rybsmith]

The corsairs definitely look like a fun kit. A Drukhari video would be interesting.

[@andresperedo1275]

Very nice video!

[@reluxor]

Great on Drukhari. Please have a look at turquoise Drukhari (from mechanicum jon I believe), these dark oxidized kabalite armours are the best in my opinion (Venom and raiders are dope too). Would be interested to see if you find an easy way to copy it. I did, but could not find the original coral blue spray from Tamiya in my country (so mines ended greeners).

[@grimmriffer]

I think the eldar have the potential to be fascinating. In true grimdark style I imagine a race of cruel, arrogant, corrupt mystics, struggling to stave off the boredom of immortals. Brightly coloured, enamelled, and lacquered suits and armour, but get close and the lacquer is cracked, the suits chipped and patched, the beautiful faces lined and pock marked under the powder. Living on giant, spacefaring haunted graveyards where century upon century the ghosts start to outnumber the living. But I've yet to try to paint any as I know there's no way I could cram all that whimsical detail onto such a tiny skinny model!! 😄

[@minitwins2000]

I'm a big fan of the eldar, Corsairs got me into kill team I'd love to see you do some dark eldar as well! It's a bummer we get such a bad rep but I don't mind being one of the only eldar players at the store, fits in with our lore. No one expects eldar trickery!

[@bretts2356]

Paint what you want, Jay. You do you. Personally, though, Eldar just don't jimmy my jams nor do they flim my flams. Most Elves don't. A buddy of mine gave me like 1500 points of Dark Elves and they are just kind of sitting there staring at me and I cringe. I don't wanna paint them but I feel like I have to. They're like standard elves that live on Redbull and Molly.

[@protozoalord]

I'd love to see you do the Drukhari!

[@chuck2703]

Eldar show up in the most 40k games, have the most spotlight as xenos in the books, and even make a few appearances in the horus heresy. If anything, I'd say nids, tau and necron have been pushed mainly to the sides.

[@ziggysupreme636]

I would love to see your techniques and skills applied to all kinds of different space elves even some not-so-GW miniatures too

[@TheEnd]

All this awesome content under one roof! It’s more like Eons of Bangers, am I right?