ZeroTwentythree's Eldar Pirates - Intro Post

 ZeroTwentyree's Eldar Pirates

(the sequel)

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

Wait. That's not it. I start over.

In 2021 I went sci-fi for the Old World Army Challenge IV before returning to fantasy for the next two years and then sitting out last year's Challenge. Now I return to the +/-41st century in 2025!

My OWAC4 project was a small RT era Eldar Pirate force, the Crew of the Cold September. It was based on the Eldrich Raiders list from Chapter Approved: Book of the Astronomican and a few White Dwarf articles that expanded that list. A few liberties taken, as explained in my entries from that project, due to the half-baked nature of those old lists.

This year I will expand the crew. There will be additional rank & file infantry, but quite a bit more support -- both troops and equipment -- this time. Strictly speaking I will mostly be sticking with RT era figures, some of them from the later period when the Craftworld Eldar list first came out in WD (like the scouts). And some weird stuff. There is a method to my madness. Or a madness to my method. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Trust me...

The Plan*

2	Dragon Squads	188	376
1	Venom Squads	178	178
2	Scout Squads	67.5	135
1	Zoat Terror Squad	354	354
2	D-Cannons & Crew	96	192
1	Heavy Plasma Gun & Crew	106	106
1	Banshee Dreadnought	268	268
1	War Cry Dreadnought	293	293
1	War Walker	349	349
2	Fishdudes	???	???
2	Probati (Officers/Champions)	25	50
1	Malefactor (Psychic Lieutenant/Minor Hero)	176	176
1	Farseer (A Missionary/Major Hero)	426.5	426.5
	*** redacted ***		???
	*** redacted ***		???
	*** redacted ***		???
	TOTAL		2903.5+

The Pics of the Plan

As you can see, there are some interesting surprises in store! Boy, that *** redacted *** could be difficult, but I think I can pull it off. Wish me luck!

* Based on past years, The Plan is more like guidelines than what you'd call actual rules.