My NEW 40K Army... Making Cyberpunk Dark Eldar

[@RedHarbinger]

That idea of a thin layer of resin to simulate a rain-washed street is really cool, particularly with the neon colours underneath... might have to find a project to give that a go on, myself.

[@magnusmillerwilson]

Jenn, in particular I wanted to complement you on the reflection color of the blue and purple neon lights from the rain on the base up onto the Mandrake’s feet. Expertly done!

[@havelock1982]

Oh my god! Thank you so much for combining all my nerd hobbies!

[@kobudo]

I collected Dark Eldar in 1998. Glad to see that mandrakes finally got decent plastic models. Decades after I stopped playing.

[@jonesfigures]

Super fun easter egg for Vect's Vette...there's 2 spikey railings as part of his throne...one is missing a spike...if you look at the two "interns" ...the one with the bob-cut is definitely a Sister of Battle...and in her hand behind her back....is the missing spike...🤘

[@giraton1]

I love how much the OG Dark Eldar models look like power ranger grunt enemies.

[@bettsdn]

One of the best Mandrake paint jobs I’ve seen

[@samedwards3186]

Such a cool idea, and you executed it super well!

[@yanhunt]

ArtelW and Heroes Infinite both do ranges of void born nasty space elves, and as luck would have it, they do minis that could easily stand in for awful old finecast sculpts

[@bigbobtheconueror]

I just love how Jen says that the DARK eldar have a DARK asthetic to them.

[@ChrisOsberg]

Don't think I didn't notice Murray scrying the future using mini-bits. What does he know?!

[@idefixobelix7061]

the Murry moment

[@raviahmad9903]

Tabletop time and a cup of coffee- the perfect Saturday morning! Also, Jenn, you've been such a huge influence on my approach to color. Love seeing you showing off your skills and growth as an artist!

[@squaresphere]

LOVE the cyberpunk durkari, what a great concept

[@Cursedsama]

Kamigawa was a sick set, and a great thing to base a drukhari scheme on!

[@guleri]

Very nice looking models. Hope to see more of this army in the future.

[@teoiny1]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing your hobby journey! You should be very proud of the results shown at the end. The Mandrake in particular is amazing!

[@whiphore]

That’s incredible Jen looks great!

[@burfscape1]

Really great idea for the Mandrakes - it looks fantastic! To me, the most shocking thing in this video was seeing how good your very first miniatures looked! I think of where I would be now, if my first minis were at that level. Yes, definitely: more videos on your Drukhari! I'd love to see your Wyches!

[@FinxOmally]

That 3rd edition Starter box... So many flashbacks! That was my first ever purchase of Warhammer.. completely forgot it came with Dark Eldar. I got into it for about a yr or so back then and stopped, only returning start of 10th Ed. Amazing paint jobs on the mini's they look great!

[@Aynsawf]

Live the cyberpunk theme for drukhari! I never realised how similar the new mandrake models look to oni until now, but it fits so well! Keep it up Jen ❤

[@RobbieB2606]

Bloody love Jen - really nice work!

[@johnblack5197]

I just scored the Mandrakes half of Nightmare. Super excited to build and paint them!

[@hageng.6149]

Your Mandrake looks awesome. He fits perfectly in the samurai-cyberpun-styl! Can't wait for an whole army!

[@tremolo_painter]

Great stuff, you absolutely nailed that 'cyberpunk meets oni' vibe

[@Gwenx]

Ah as always its just so nice to see what you make Jenn! Now i want to try my hand with these lol, Ill finish my projects before starting new ones now haha!

[@stryke5729]

Those reveals at the end 😍 It looks incredible with the background

[@kirailove4207]

I like these painting videos the most! Wish you did more of them

[@hughmac7423]

I have the Dark Eldar from 1998, played them until I gave up on playing because Games Workshop kept changing the rules too often. I played 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions. Skipped 6th, 7th and 8th. Got back in at the end of 9th, one year before they released 10th. I haven't resurrected my Dark Eldar yet, likely I will when they release the 10th Codex. Then I bet they release 11th rules set in 2026.

[@ArynCrinn]

Third Edition Drukari lore was so under-developed, that it's hard to even say what the original Mandrake concept was going for. The only things they really had going was their existing in shadows. The whole shadow daemon thing they've got going now just looks so much better. Regarding the old warp beasts, I'd imagine they were largely reworked into the modern Khymerae. They're both slightly feline creatures with sinewy flesh. Similarly, I'd consider the modern Wracks to be the actual successor to the original Grotesques, with the Grotesques being a 05:28 - "Everything came out in plastic" If only that were true... Except for the Voidraven bomber, everything released since 5th edition, has been plastic versions of Metal/Finecast sculpts from 5th edition... and we're still waiting on more. Drukhari are the _only_ army in the game that haven't gained a single new unit option in close to a decade. Even Grey Knights managed to get a new named character. Would love to see Drukhari in the 11th ed starter set, accompanied by a major expansion with brand new units and some of those long absent characters. I still expect it to be some kind of Dark Mech army instead... but if they wanted to tackle another existing faction, Drukhari are probably one of the best contenders out there.

[@vixrobinshood]

so i loved the progress shots. but when you showed the magic the gathering reference my color receptors tingled. i cant wait to see what you do.

[@Thewglo]

This is such a stunning army theme, we need to see more neo drukhari

[@83Ironside]

Jen should convert a replacement Lahmia using some of the Bushido range... I could see something from the Sivermoon Syndicate working well.

[@Terbium23]

The mandrakes turned out amazing!

[@LadyValrethgames]

I've been a Drukhari (Dark Eldar) fan from the very beginning of them coming out but didn't get any until the first plastic models coming out.

[@NoOne-nm4ng]

Please bring back the pimp skiff GW! I don't care about the naked slaves, I just want Vect back as a large centerpiece model.

[@DavidSchmitt]

Love the color scheme!

[@Tpazmachine]

Amazing work well done!

[@RO-Explorers]

wow I love these Jenn they look so cool!

[@malys6472]

So cool to see Malys mentioned. I've been using the moniker for pretty much everything since high school. Its a second family name to me at this point :3 Keep the quality content coming.

[@caveychip7]

The recent drukarai kill team are canonicaly the hand of malys, and she apears in the attached white dwarf short story

[@JewelKnightJess]

Loved this episode! Great stuff Jen!

[@charlesjoyal8867]

That mandrake looks sick! also, you should try playing Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty if you have the time. i'm a little burnt out on new magic sets lately, but KND was the best thing theyve put out in a couple years

[@kageroux1193]

Ehhh, that seems like maybe you got a defective kit? I have that Kill Team and it came with bases. Regular ones for the mandrakes and slightly bigger ones for the Night Lords.

[@SamFarbrother]

I know you guys have plenty of bases, but it worth mentioning GW is super good at supplying replacement parts, even for orders from 3rd party suppliers. I had 1 gorger base missing from Hunter and hunted and they sent 8 to replace it.

[@dallonrobbins5078]

The mandrake is one of the best models you have painted so far, if there's one thing cool about art making its doing it over time and seeing how far we've come. How not only skill increases, but your gaining more artistic edge, being more intentional and before you know it you've become a story teller of sorts

[@jonathonsmith8299]

"Fine cast sucks absolute arse" - Ain't that the truth! I refuse to do another finecast model, ever

[@photonfartsqueeze6694]

Sick vibes on that last mini.

[@mellily6178]

I feel old...I still have that starter box...and never did paint the Dark Eldar. Maybe one day, the newer models definitely are an improvement and would be lovely to collect one day.

[@BitzboxTV]

I started the hobby just after the launch of 3rd edition and I have always loved the old Dark Eldar miniatures. I hope they bring Vect back one day, his original model is extremely expensive on eBay!

[@SamFromSpaceOfficial]

This is insane! Love to see how your painting skills have improved so much!

[@bryanmackie]

A Mandrake inspired by my boy Dokuchi Shadow-Walker! Sold!

[@XYZdude00]

You need to check out Artel W, he sells resin casts of some really fantastic dark eldar miniatures including a model of Lady Malice that looks really neat

[@ravenniwolvarious8801]

Incredible paint jobs Jen, can't wait to see your kabal grow.

[@Haskett]

Wow! You're painted army is the colour scheme I've been trying and failing to conceptualize. Definitely going to use this for inspiration!

[@grayholiday]

Awesome! A Jen video on Saturday! Thanks!!

[@shadowcaptaincain]

Curious question. Why at 15:48 is Murray rolling plastic bits like dice, lol? I do think the Kamigawa palette would be amazing for Drukhari, even come up with some awesome conversions.

[@Frozenkoldfury]

Neon Dynasty Kamigawa Drukhari needs to be a full series. Jen, you can't tease us with this and not do more!

[@codygallagher8941]

YAY!! a Jen painting vid finally. Sorry not a fan of the roundtable discussion videos. The channel shines when it everyone gets to be creative.

[@DreadnoughtMan266]

I enjoy the discussion stuff because it we get more videos and higher quality creative stuff but It was nice getting 2 instead of 1

[@gerardnesper1816]

Amazing Paintjob! ❤ I Wanna see more of it😊😊😊

[@gotenks5633]

Why didnt you just kitbash the Lhamean? Its quite easy, i actually used some plastic harlequin bits to do so, but wych/kabalite parts would work too.

[@julezmchack7374]

Really, really good…like that style a lot…💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@felipealbu]

Spetacular painting job, specially on the Mandrake. Please, more Dark Eldar.

[@nickdavis5420]

Lahmia are basically vampires in traditional terms so fitting for creepy torture aliens

[@Juronumo]

it would be nice to see what kit bash's you can do for dark eldar lets face it warhammer kinda has a back log of what to do for mini's

[@DingoPaints]

Awesome job Jenn

[@sparkusclark6176]

Dang but that came out REALLY nice!

[@lplost]

Yeah New army ahead! 😊

[@roush243]

I would recommend a 50/50 mix of the Tamiya Quick Type and Apoxie Sculpt. It works fantastic!

[@kieran2221]

Love this video - great improvement in your skills, and even your base is better than me right now! :)

[@glennr2187]

So when do we get the whole kill team themed as different oni?

[@daedalus6796]

I am in love with that mandrake

[@ClarissaMeyer]

Love the models!

[@glengoodwin3369]

That Mandrake is mega!!

[@gatall91]

I wish the Drukhari still had the beastmasters and the beasties

[@dndiglett8909]

I'm starting up collections of beast masters and beasties. I wish there were more 😞

[@CrussaderGrarl]

The Keyword or Dark Eldar is Twisted Sister

[@michaeltolbert25]

Wuts the sound in the background??

[@shadergod]

Imperial Guard player: "Hold my beer."

[@vengeancegauloise6049]

Yo Jenn. Reckon you should do some 3d printing, converting, maybe do a slightly samurai'd up Incubi or something. Bet that'd do the rounds as well. All best

[@footrot17]

Definitely do more Jen, The idea of dark elder is cool. The new models suck and look nothing like sadistic inter dimensional space elves. It’s sad. At least with the old, you can imagine lol. Archon named.. archon, asian ghosts, snake with arms. It’s just blooody silly

[@madmusial]

Nice concept

[@ChaseDaOrk3767]

I'm really wanting to kitbash my own army of Nurgle-corrupted Drukhari (or atleast a Killteam of them). What do you guys think?

[@wulfezzz6284]

I don’t know if it makes sense lore wise, but who cares?do what you like and want.

[@ChaseDaOrk3767]

@@wulfezzz6284 True, I wanted to have something unique on the tabletop and also wanted to combine elements from both Drukhari and Nurgle (Decay and pestilence mixed with surgical body horror and terror). Also I like to imagine abunch of Nurglings riding atop a heavily mutated and diseased Talos Pain Engine or even a Raider covered in rust, corrosion, fleshy growths, tentacles, and of course some Nurglings riding aboard the Raider, all the while it looks to be on the verge of falling apart

[@stryke5729]

@@ChaseDaOrk3767 that sounds awesome man that sort of body horror is certainly not lacking from the lore but it would be awesome to see that in some models

[@SamFreeman-ly8pv]

Hey does anyone know how to get the funding goals from the Space Bears Kickstarter if you have already redeemed your discount code? Also awesome video Jen!

[@TabletopTime]

You just click your download link, go into the bundle, and download the stretch goals

[@Neolazaro91]

I've noticed a weird overlap between Sisters and Drukhari players/collectors. Probably confirmation bias, but I wonder if there's more to it. They had a box together, didn't they?

[@TabletopTime]

From what I've seen it's often because they were the only two factions that had obvious women in them.

[@ReachwaterMinitures]

they look they the metal band called LORDI they look very much like them

[@devindunn6383]

Love it

[@SilimSavertin]

I last played MtG during Kamigawa. ... not the cyberpunk one. The ORIGINAL "Kami vs mortals" ancient japanese inspired one. God I'm old

[@johnny4560]

good video

[@jamescrawford8538]

Good music

[@swakage13x]

Hmmm 🤔 I know you're dark eldar are older for your original army but I was just watching eons of battle and he was doing his army of them as pink and blue with some gold that he started posting about back in February so it's like he stole from you but at the same time he didn't because you posted about them after he did I just thought that was kind of funny

[@TabletopTime]

We think in reality people dont steal these ideas from each other nearly as often as it seems - The color combos often just look good, and so people naturally come to the same conclusions

[@MattHolstein]

AAAAAAAHHHH!!!!! FINECAST!!!!!!!! AAHHHHAHHAHA RUNNNN!!!!!!

[@ianramirez2684]

This was a super fun video, I think for future references taking inspiration from your old models or just making a touch ups or updates would me amazing

[@rudeusVsawada]

Comment for the algorithm godz

[@hejthenerd]

Lovely video and paintjob as always, but that AI oni @ around 16:18 gonna be an L from me dawg

[@TabletopTime]

It's disgusting how it's just swamping google image search.

[@kongilian]

Greaser gang of edgy biker Elves. Nice.

[@Dummythxc]

3:42 me being born in '94 😢

[@BruiserActual]

The one thing that kept turning me off from liking the Drukhari was their obnoxiously huge helmets with spikes coming off…looks like half the scale of their thinner, smaller bodies…and in the left hand, What the heck is that lame, U-shaped blade supposed to do? Meh…to each his own I suppose! Great paint jobs!

[@bionicletech]

These models are older than me…wtf.

[@tethys17]

The ホ in ホテル is supposed to be a straight line down. I never saw the appeal of drukhari. They are the most vile, cruelest faction in 40k, whg would you look at that and think its cool or "this is the faction for me"?

[@TabletopTime]

The ho in the font you literally typed that in trying to correct us is written with a kick at the bottom. Fonts exist. Katakana can be written in many different ways. And people like collecting Drukhari because they like causing specific pain to anal youtube commenters with puritanical sensibilities.

[@tethys17]

@@TabletopTime ホ is written straight down. Take one second to see it written in this comment. Are you trying to explain my own language to me? I was politely trying to correct you. Japanese doesn't have the same liberty with fonts as English because a single stroke can change the meaning completely. Edit: I'm referring to the second stroke. Unless you have an Australian made font installed it should be perfectly straight as it is on my screen.

[@vengeancegauloise6049]

People that like hellraiser for one. I love them been playing them since I was 10, if you haven't noticed most the factions are cruel, and when they came out in 3rd edition the whole setting was at its darkest and best.

[@tethys17]

@@vengeancegauloise6049 The fact your parents let you read about drukhari at age ten explains alot.

[@vengeancegauloise6049]

@@tethys17 weak troll

[@dub_rider]

#finecastsucksass

[@sylvainvanduyl6143]

Uhmmm Not really sure how to say this... But... Jen, you look different recently. Like, in a good way. A really good way. And yes, it is not about the girl, but what she does. But I noticed this before, but this video I knew it for sure. Not sure what you do, but you are looking good Jen!

[@August-p9g]

Dude...

[@sylvainvanduyl6143]

@@August-p9g Hahhaa. I am not hitting on her. Relax, I have learned that a compliment is not only for the ill people, who get well... It is still also for the normal healthy people who just look good. If you like to be in a communist socialist Society where we can't give each other and compliment because it might be offensive... Then get back to your cave... I like to have the freedom, to tell a person, that he or she looks good. I think that is always something that is appreciated... And I only say this, when I have the feeling I am right... Maybe Jen has been in a good place mentally the last few weeks and it shows... Or what ever ... I would not like to be in a world where I can not give a person a compliment because you have sand in your ass crack... Have a great day!

[@iain.sm.c]

Why did you type this so weirdly?

[@sylvainvanduyl6143]

@@iain.sm.c You are making it wierd... Not me. I only notice that she looks good. It is not to hit on her... Like she is in a mentally good place lately... So, you are the wierd one, making it wierd...

[@August-p9g]

@@sylvainvanduyl6143 no he isn't

[@HydraSperati]

so some of you may NURRRR