Know the Dark Rider.

Dark Rider is a little higher.
Dark Rider rides a little slower
Dark Rider is a real goer.

So anyway, tried the dip method in an attempt to make the horse a passable black without being completely devoid of detail. I didn't like the way it came out, but with some overpainting I was able to make it something I kinda dig. Opinions?

I think they came out pretty good.

The latest and greatest Druchii List. Comments welcome (Not that I plan on taking advice from a bunch of humans and mutant slaves)

High Sorceress
1 Supreme Sorceress (Druchii Sorcery; General; Level 4 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Eternal Hatred)
1 Cold One (Thick-skinned; Causes Fear; Stupid)
1 Black Staff
1 Pendant of Khaeleth
1 1. Dark Hand of Death
1 2. Steal Soul
1 3. Wind of Death
1 4. Walking Death
1 5. Doom and Darkness!
1 6. Drain Life
1 0. Power of Darkness

So I'm very much not a fan of the GW Dark Elf Dark Riders. So I really don't like the idea of paying $12 a model for models I don't even like. So I pondered and came up with a kitbash that seems promising.

Thoughts?

I haven't had much time to paint with Mardi Gras last weekend and packing for my site visits this week. I did redesign my Black Guard paintscheme though and managed to get the front rank painted up. There's also a preview in there of my kitbashed BSB Master if you squint real hard. I do still need to paint the banner for this unit, but I'm still working on what I want it to look like, so that may have to wait since I wont be getting any painting done at all this next week. So much for keeping up with the Joneses (Pidges)

I'm not doing a very good job of keeping track of the number of models I paint per week, but at least I'm making progress.

So I've been painting up some color tests for my models. And well one of my characters got painted in the process. The model was too cool not to.

Be Very Afraid! The Black Ark approaches.

DE Assassin

m5 ws9 bs9 s4 t3 w2 i10 a3 ld10 base cost 90 (96 with extra hand weapon for +1a)
75 points of magic stuff, ASF, Hidden, Hatred, Poisoned Attacks and Scouts
May be taken as a unit upgrade..

Skaven assassin

m6 ws6 bs5 s4 t4 w2 i8 a3/4 ld8 base cost 105 (Cost going up with new codex)
50 points of magic stuff, ASF, Hidden, Poisoned Attacks, Scouts, Outflanking, and 4+ dodge save
Hero choice


The DE assassin is cheaper, better stats with the exception of toughness and you can have a lot more of them.. Plus some of the Khaines gifts are really nice..

The Skaven assassin has a 4 toughness, 4+ dodge save, and can get 50 points of real gear instead of the khaines gifts.. Which I think is honestly what makes them slightly (ever so slightly) better..

The DE would go first and likely do well.. but the Skaven assassin is more resilient in that he has a higher toughness, has an intrinsic save, and can take items to give him a ward save.. (25pts for a 4+ ward save for example) with points left over for some more Skaven nasty..

I still think the Skaven assassin would beat a DE assassin in a one on one fight.. Though maybe not.. I dunno..

What sucked previously about Skaven assassins was that they were heroes.. And that still sucks, especially considering the wealth of other rocken heroic stuff we could take..

Thoughts?