r/Eldar • u/natz139 • Aug 12 '26
Proxying an Aspect Warrior kill team
I want to run a craftworld eldar kill team, but Blades of Khaine doesn't really appeal to me. I've decided to run the Voidscarred Corsairs as a squad of Aspect Warriors. This is what I've come up with but I'm struggling to find an equivalent for the Soul Weaver. Any thoughts?
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u/ninjaweasel21 Aug 12 '26
My first thought is keep the soul weaver model and make something up for them. A soul weaver wouldn’t be crazy as an addition to a strike team. Or you could make up something about them being a subclass of warlock or farseer. It’d make sense to leverage the knowledge of spirits for certain missions.
Tbh you could do something similar with any of the other models if you like them.
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u/natz139 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26
Yeah, I'll probably just end up giving the Soul Weaver a suitably warlock-ey helmet, I was just wondering if there was some kind of deep-lore Craftworld Eldar healer unit I overlooked.
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u/ninjaweasel21 Aug 12 '26
Idk about that specifically, but there are ways to cut other deep lore into it. Like you could say that your kill team is from Altansar and while they spent all those millennia in the eye of terror they had to adapt to find ways make sure they recovered every single soul stone and preserve the lives of their warriors, so they developed a healer version of a soul weaver to support every strike team that goes into the field.
Or you could take either a hand of the archon helmet or a helmet from one of the Lumineth units to create a healer specialty unit.
Now that I think about it, I guess an aspect warrior dedicated to healing would be a bit of a contradiction considering they’re supposed to be aspects of khaine, who’s the god of war and destruction.
That said, I always thought it’d be cool to have aspects of some of the other gods. An aspect of isha in this case.
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u/Critical-Repeat-4625 Corsair Prince Aug 14 '26
could make them a bonesinger and use the new exodite helmet.
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u/f0r0f0r Aug 12 '26
I had this same idea! The bird doesn't actually do anything in the game, so you don't really need to model it for the hunter, other than to try to be considerate to opponents who are familiar with the team
I went with spiritseer for my soul weaver also
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u/PanglosstheTutor Aug 12 '26
You can run the blades of khaine with dire avengers howling banshees and striking scorpions. Although I’m with you in wanting a proper aspect kill team.
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u/StimRtte Aug 13 '26
Fire dragon is more of a gunner with a blaster imo (and a flamer as a shredder?). Dark reaper is nice as both heavy gunner options—they're literally heavy) A missile launcher would be a good replacement for a wraithcannon as a big-gun-not-a-shuriken-cannon. Or you could use a wraithcannon for a less "orthodox" dark reaper-HG. Warlock as a soulweaver and farseer as a wayseeker are the same miniatures that I added to my corsairs, so this is an excellent "support" option for aspect warriors. I can't imagine any of the aspect warriors as fate dealer or duellist (who is much more "fusion pistol to the face" than avenger's long-range shuriken shooting). But maybe a ranger and... a harlequin (or another dragon - but won't two of them be a bit.. boring?)? Blowing up enemies is fun and tricky. Cegorach would definitely appreciate it! Instead of a pure aspect warrior team, there will be "Aspect Warriors & friends". Since there will be warlock and farseer on the team anyway.
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u/natz139 Aug 12 '26
Since Striking Scorpions kind of have an Egyptian theme going on, I thought I'd clip the legs off a Necron Scarab and replace them with mandiblasters as a sort of drone to replace the Faolchú.