Category: mymeara

Farseer on Jetbike

So after my game on Saturday, I decided that I need to model up a Farseer on a jetbike as that seems to be a nice option. I have a bunch of old jetbikes that need to be refurbished, so I took the bike and cut off the wings on the back.  The body was taken from a guardian model (a female one at that), the head and right arm are from a Dire Avenger Exarch, the shield vein thing on the back is from the Wraithblades, and the wings on the bike are from the Crimson Hunter.  Pretty happy with how it came out.  If I were to do it again I would try and find another head that looks more farseerish as my conversion only looks alright.

Farseer on Jetbike
Farseer on Jetbike



Batrep: Eldar vs Tyranids

Played my game with Michael today.  We played at a newer game store near his house Gameshire.  It’s got some real nice tables and is well lit and clean.  Seems like a friendly place to play.  We ended up rolling mission 5, Elrdad’s Will and Hammer and Anvil deployment.  He took first turn and hid most of his army.  He was playing his  Tyranids and didn’t have the tools to really take care of all of my skimmers.  He really struggled to do much of anything the first few turns of the game, as he was scared to run his little bugs out into my fire lanes.  I managed to kill off a lot of his stuff by the end, leaving only a couple Genestealers, a single Hormogaunt and a couple Hive Guard at the end of turn 5.  He did bring down two of my Wave Serpents, the Nightspinner, the Rangers, a squad of Dire Avengers and all but one Wraithguard (who would have died had we opted to continue on).

The stand out units of the game were definitely the Wave Serpents.  Loading them out with Scatter Lasers and Shuriken Cannon is just disgusting the amount of firepower they put out.  I managed to roll two 6’s for finding out how many shots the Serpent Shield would have and just managed to tear units apart, I think it’s probably the best transport in the game with how survivable, fast, and damaging it is.  It’s kind of sad that it vastly overshoots the Falcon and doesn’t take up a slot being a dedicated transport.  The jetbikes were also awesome, but only because they were able to turbo boost across the table and take his objective.  I liked the Dire Avengers over the Guardians as I found that extra 6″ and the 4+ armor save really helped to keep them alive.  The Wraithguard with D-Sythes were also very nasty, instant killing a Mawloc, though they were brought down by Genestealers, but required a multi-assault were one unit was all but wiped out on over-watch so the second could get into close combat.

It was fun to play, but I did feel a little bad for the Tyranids, as they are really showing their age/bad codex writing.  It doesn’t help that Michael doesn’t like Tervigon’s which seem to be the real useful unit in codex.


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Eldar Warhost

Eldar Mymeara War Host
Mymeara Warhost
So this my army I’m taking to play a game with a friend tomorrow.  I’m trying a few new things from last game.  Mostly putting the troops into Wave Serpents to see if I can get them to last beyond the first turn.  Also dropped the War Walkers to fit a Night Spinner and a unit of 5 Wraithguard with D-Scythes in a Wave Serpent.  This is going to be my, don’t get anywhere near me or you die unit.  I’m also playing the guardians as Dire Avengers to give me that extra bit of range, and the better 4+ save.

Here’s the list below:

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HQ: Farseer – Spirit Stone, Jetbike
Troop: 10x Dire Avengers – Wave Serpent – Scatter Lasers – Cannon
Troop: 10x Dire Avengers – Wave Serpent – Scatter Lasers – Cannon
Troop: 5x Rangers
Troop: 3x Jetbikes – Cannon
Elite: 5x Wraithguard – D-Scythes – Wave Serpent – Scatter Lasers – Cannon
Fast: Crimson Hunter – Exarch – Star Cannons
Heavy: Fire Prism – Cannon
Heavy: Night Spinner – Cannon
Heavy: Wraithknight – Suncannon – Scatter Laser




Wraithknight WIP

A few WIP shots of the Wraithknight. Still lots of detail work to do, but it’s coming along nicely.

  Eldar Mymeara Wraithknight
Eldar Mymeara Wraithknight
Eldar Mymeara Wraithknight




Finished Wave Serpents

Eldar Mmeara Wave Serpents
Two Eldar Mymeara Wave Serpents

I finished up two more Wave Serpents last night.  I did a little conversion to side mount the turret weapons rather than have one on each side.  They are also magnetized to switch out and I will make more of the options in the future.  This gives me three painted Wave Serpents in total and I would like to convert one of my Falcon hulls as well as the Wave Serpents are really good in the new codex.



Eldar Mymeara Crimson Hunter Finished

Eldar Mymeara Crimson Hunter Exarch
Eldar Crimson Hunter Exarch
Eldar Mymeara Crimson Hunter Exarch
Eldar Crimson Hunter Exarch
Eldar Wraithfighter and Crimson Hunter



Building and Magnetizing a Wraithknight

Here are some work in progress pictures of the magnetizing efforts for the Wraithknight. I can build any of the primary weapon systems and will be finishing the secondary weapons up this week. I will also add magnets to where the torso connects to the legs to allow it to break down but still have a solid base. The legs are also only partially glued for ease of painting and putting on a nice base.

Wraithknight with Suncannon and Scattershield

Wraithknight weapon options magnetized




Finished Hemlock Wraithfighter

I finished up the Wraithfighter and I just love how it turned out.  I can’t wait to paint the rest of the new models now.  I don’t know how well they were perform, but this is my favorite looking model in the army now.

Eldar Hemlock Wraithfighter
Eldar Hemlock Wraithfighter
Eldar Hemlock Wraithfighter
Eldar Hemlock Wraithfighter



Hemlock Wraithfighter

So I picked some new Eldar stuff up yesterday. The models I’m most excited about are the two flyers. I’m going to build one of each for now and see if it’s worth picking up a second of either later on. Still not done with all the detail work, but it’s coming along wonderfully.  An excellent kit and I can’t wait to build the Crimson Hunter as well.

Hemlock Wraithfighter Side
Hemlock Wraithfighter Side
Hemlock Wraithfighter Front
Hemlock Wraithfighter Top



Night Spinner WIP

Mymeara Eldar Night Spinner
Mymeara Night Spinner
Mymeara Eldar Night Spinner
Mymeara Night Spinner

I really enjoy painting the vehicles for this army and so after working on the Harlequins, decided to take a break and paint the Night Spinner up.  I absolutely love both the rules and look of this model.  Strength 6 large blast with rending, barrage, and causes hit units to treat next move as difficult and dangerous.  In 5th edition this was awesome as you had a 1/6 change of killing any model since no armor saves were allowed.  While not as powerful in 6th edition, the barrage rules got better and with the increase in infantry the large blast is really nice.  It’s also fairly cheap for an Eldar unit at 115.

I still need to do more detail work, including the pilot and gunner, and I need to find a windshield which I couldn’t find.  I’m also going to try and do a grey highlight on the black intakes to give it a little more depth.