I don't even care she's a woman, but this character does not look remotely evil or menacing. She doesn't look like a "Dark" Eldar. You can't even tell if she's a generic fanatasy hero or not, they all have the same dumb blank but stern expression.She should be cackling evily at the torment of her enemies, not making that same face Rey always did in Disney Star Wars.. Hell she even has normal colored skin when DE are meant to be sickly pale from soul consumption.
ngl shes kinda giving me DEI vibes
This is a poor-quality thread, but OP's also correct.
>>96505356>he made a whole thread to say the female face looks bad on a GW paint job
>>96505356A thread died for this.
>>96505356The veil option makes me think of a Mortal Kombat character.
>all covered up generic and safeThis is pretty bad. Boring too.Man, I hope GW never "update" daughters of khaine now.
I think these are genuinely better.
>>96505356Is this the Baldur's Gate 3 girl?
>>96505388Actually face isn't even that bad. OP pointed out, that she doesn't fit very well as some sort of Queen Bitch of the entire specie of sadistic maniacs
>>96505397>looks like a mortal kombat characterWell don’t sell me on her. Someone once said the necromancy spyre hunters looks like the Toby McGuire spider man movie green goblins and now they’re still in my pile of shame.
>>96505486Ah goddammit
>>96505356I just didn't think she'd be Chinese.
40k once again getting the B team model designers
>>96505453>she doesn't fit very well as some sort of Queen Bitch of the entire specie of sadistic maniacsYeah, and the reasons he gave boiled down to the face being painted poorly. With the right skin tone and shading she will look a lot more cunty.
>>96505525Kill Team, AoS, Necromunda and Blood Bowl keep eating good.
>>96505486Have you thought about painting them a color besides metallic green? I mean, they're basically rich jocks adventuring for fun right? I think you'd see loud personalized colors. Like medieval knights or the garish colors on some rogue trader marines.
>>96505530Pic unrelated?
>>96505400She's an archon, not a succubus.
>>96505531>AoSLOLLMAO
>>96505583no
>>96505400>Man, I hope GW never "update" daughters of khaine now.You are too late, they already introduced Witches with pants in Underworld.But this is unironically a good thing
>>96505610Boo.
>>96505635Hey it's original design from AoS team you've been begging for. Previous DoK models were made by different people, for different setting.
>>96505606The bulls cool, the other models are fine they just need another paint job. Compare those to new 40k models like OP, Sanguinary Guard, or Inquistor Coteaz which no coat of paint will fix how boring they are.
>>96505648You are now writing fanfiction.
>>96505655>Compare those to new 40k models like OP,OP is way cooler than WoW rejects. Not even mentionning amount of customization comming with that kit.>Sanguinary Guard, or Inquistor CoteazBad for 40k, average sigmarines for AoS
>>96505667How so? Original DoK models are older than AoS.
>>96505682That I'm begging for GW to do bullshit.
>>96505670>amount of customization comming with that kit.It isnt even on par the with chaos lords
>>96505692-> >>96505531
On the brighter side...- Named character model- Tactical Rock™ isn't completely egregious
>>96505356You can paint her however you want. Pale skin, red/green hair and she will look like an appropriate dark eldar
>>96505606Still mogs most recent 40k releases
>>96505606I like it.
>>96505796Actually it doesn't.>>96505802Okay Gavin.
>>96505356She looks like she runs a rub'n'tug...
>>96505861
>>96505606Helsmiths of Hashut look cool. Only the TOW faggots cry about them because they are not copy-paste Fantasy Chorfs (and because they are TOW faggots, they hate everything, even their own game; thats why they dont play it).About OP, i think the problem with that model is the face. Its too plump and happy
>>96505535>Have you thought about painting them a color besides metallic green?Yeah only one was gonna be green ish. Doing a color shifty power rangers theme with them when I get around to them. Just trying to find the right metallics
>>96505902>Helsmiths of Hashut look cool.
>>96505902>Helsmiths of Hashut look cool.>tiny bull-golem>small mortar on a fuckhueg base>dwarf-sized spears.cool
>>96505964cmon anon you can try to make an argument
>>96506009There are no need for any argument. Post cool dudes first.
>>96505356I'm huffin some serious hopium for a Duke Sliscus and three armed big mandrake man models too down the line
>>96505530The metal version of her moggs hard
>>96505356I looked at the image before reading the post and thought: "there's nothing wrong with it, it's quite inoffensive" and then realised that that's the problem. Her face is so bland.
you can cover her face
>>96505356At least she looks like a woman rather than a dysgenic inclusive potato-troon.
>>96506751desu I like the Veil option way more
>>96505597Anon, don’t you know that women aren’t allowed to wear more than a single napkin’s worth of cloth? Anything more is a sign of the woke mind virus and the dreaded specter of DEI.
>>96506766it legit looks like a troons self insert
it’s on purpose the whole brand is moving away from darkness and horror to a more comic book sensibility
>>96505356Imo, it should be a darker paintjob. Blue and gold look too noble.
>>96506751People would like a uncovered version that fits the faction aesthetic.
>>96507309that must be why the latest black templar codex emphasized how they are teamkilling idiots with a mega hate boner for psykers and the grey knights codex was about how they are a shell organization crippled after the great rift formed
>>96505356... Honestly, the only thing wrong with it the absolute non-expression she has for the pose she's making. Like, you're doing a Captain Morgan, woman, and you've got your weapons raised- why do you look like you're bored out your gourd instead of showing even a touch of contempt for plebs or someshit?Also, I've just notice the light in her eyes looks like it's mirrored from this angle.
>>96505368true
>>96505356Get real problems.
>>96505397Yeah I can see it wish we had more MK aesthetics in Warhammer, Cathay would have been much better for it.
so basically some one in GW got a hard on for the shart, and decided it'd be a good idea to change space elf faction from baldies with funny ponytails and moving toward fantasy elves?
>>96507392"People" like to bitch and whine.
>>96505356Malys is kind of the "good" dark eldar character, at least compared to Vect
>>96507610yeah, it's just not properly dark eldar without that signature look of superiority
>>96505397>>96505356I think she's cute
>>96510683She (nearly) killed Cato Sicarius in a duel iirc.That makes her good in my book.
>>96505356she's a based duck
>>96505902>they are not copy-paste Fantasy ChorfsChorf guy here.1. i did not want weird fisherprice balls on all my weapons2. the hats are too samey 3. there are bald chorfsI wouldn't have any problems with them if they fixed that and trimmed back the warcraft,why the fuck does the banner need a bound demon ball?
>>96505356She's a good model, and academically the face kinda works, in that she's a healthy Trueborn with conventionally beautiful features and is mostly pretty jaded to everything in existence.But she is a kit that would benefit from a couple more different head options.>Masked.>Fun Helmet.>Bored, placid, slightly sleepy look.>Arrogant and disgusted.>Smug grin of feline bullshittery.The list goes on.
>>96505356She looks good, hell with a decent paintjob she could probably be one of the most attractive 40k minis.But her face just doesn't look as "sharp" as I feel Eldar should look. Like Eldar always seem to have sharp or angled features, like pointy chins, or high cheekbones and angled jaws, but she doesn't really seem to have any of that. It's too smooth and undefined. Her face looks more human then Eldar.But is it just me, or does she kinda look like she has a bit of an "e-thot"? Like all she's missing is a light smattering of "artistic" freckles and some make up.
Why is an expressionless Cathay person leading dark eldar???
>>96515301becuse muh dik
>>96505356Is that Shadowheart?
I thought that was a surprisingly fitting Cathay head on a Delf release.That's the actual release model?
>>96505606>posts cool as fuck picture>"heh, this will show them"
>>96515937>>96516066...they just fucking copied BG3, huh.
Should’ve made her look more like her TTS counterpart
>>96519295Should have copied the crazy bhaalspawn chick instead
>>96505397Mileena in one of the ps2 games
>>96512419I get the feeling a little painted eye shadow and sallow cheeks would go a long way to making her look more like a traditional DEldar
>>96505356All dark eldar characters both male and female should look and dress like this. Anyone who disagrees has shit taste
>>96505356It's not that surprising. They gave Mike Brooks full authorial power over the current lore direction for Drukhari, and his ideas boil down to>Vect is evil, and the Drukhari are only evil because of Vect>Everyone who opposes him is therefore good>Malys is a woman, so she's a good guy obviously>Lelith just humiliated Vect on his own throne, which is good because she's a womanBrooks doesn't really care about the previous Drukhari lore which was all about how they need to be edgy to survive, he wants to push them into the direction of becoming nobledark grimbright antiheroes who do cool counterculture things like gender reassignment surgery and lezzing out while humiliating Vect
>>96507557Those codexes are the punishment for rejecting FemStodes....or something, I don't see a conspiracy behind every blade of grass like some people.
>>96523864desu the Deldar need to be edgy to survive is shitty lore, doesn't read like Priestly lore and reads like pseudo capeshit.The best Deldar lore is how they are literally the fall Eldar but the fall Eldar so up themselves they rejected icon worship pre-fall, seeing it as fake and gay and just wanted to practice hedonism and debauchery. After the fall, instead of learning any lessons they just kept doing it and developed some steps to insulate themselves from Chaos, like atrophying their psychic potential and living in a pocket dimension.
>>96505356She looks chinese
>>96523864so just Warhammer Fantasy Dark elves but in 40k then?
>>96523680Deathcult Assassins already have that aesthetic.
>>96525141>>96523864Millenial writers are physically incapable of writing stories that are not about le wholesome chungus sticking up to The Man, as much as they are incapable of realizing they're serving The Mensch.
>>96523864I cannot comprehend the words "Dark Eldar" and "good" together in a sentence unless that sentence is "The vile Dark Eldar are very good at torturing innocents."
>>96526423Well, DEldar hate Chaos, so, in the grand logic of HH-slop, they're "good guys" because the only thing that matters in Marvel40k is whether you oppose Chaos or not.
>>96526431In the grand logic of HH-slop they still get slaughtered by stranded Space Wolves liberating a planet from their torturing mayhem. Making them tonight's biggest losers.
>>96507392There are shitloads of other female DE heads. A headswap is the easiest basic bitch conversion in the world.
>>96523864Go play Rogue Trader if you don't think DE are still all edgy assholes.
>>96526355Boomer producers are scared of green lighting anything that feels threatening to the positions they held on for 3 decades. Millenials are not in charge of business decisions, they're forever stuck at most in mid level management and the business will die before they can climb ay higher.
>>96526431They can be anti-Chaos and still skin people's ballsacks. It'd be like the Imperium not being xenophobic and paranoid. It's their main faction flavor, but I get what you're saying.
>>96505356I actually like this model for a spire noble for Necromunda.Would be perfect for House Ulanti with some slight conversion
>>96527262do eet
>>96505356The pose is just shit and nothing about this model works
>>96505356It's Lady Malys and she may or may not be carrying the heart of a clown god in her chest.You'd be stifling a laugh too.
>>96525141>desu the Deldar need to be edgy to survive is shitty loreIt has always been the Deldar lore, even in 3e it was heavily implied, just not spelled out and named as a curse>After the fall, instead of learning any lessons they just kept doing it and developed some steps to insulate themselves from Chaos, like atrophying their psychic potential and living in a pocket dimension.Nah that shit is stupid. Vect's New Order of strong survive, weak perish is way cooler than the degenerate pre-Fall society he overthrew.
>>96526471Rogue Trader wasn't written by Brooks and it used the RT RPG lore for the Deldar instead of the current, modern lore.
>>96527672>I thought they were orks.Sorry, m8, it's been long established that Orks are British working class lads.
>>96529676I'm sure that annoyed Brooks since RT is probably been played by way more people than his BL books have been read
>>96529739Brutal Kunnin wasn't the worst book I listened to read, but I was awfully annoyed by how his self-insert ork had such an unorky name and also was just a mini-ghazghkull. I already thought it was gay enough that Ghazzy had to level up via being transplanted onto a bigger body after being decapitated, it's that much faggier to make it a running trend.
>>96505394A general for some game nobody plays died to discuss a new release for the game that this board was created for.The horror!
>>96529798>By this selfsame logic you could say Americans are Eldar and Canadians are DEldar.Canadians are Americans but gay(er). Eastern European culture is literally built around suffering, and killing each other over minor slights - so, them being DEldar makes more sense.
>>96509980That's the thing, anon. We all have real problems. And none of those are "Games Workshop isn't making enough money off of me."
>>96529661nah you are retarded and illiterate. The point is its shitty lore from the start. Doesn't make any sense that non-psykers are psychically feeding off pain.The Deldar are not the pre-fall society, they are the smart ones that werent worshipping idols.
>>96512395>trimmed back the warcraftThere would be no AoS if they did that, anon
>>96530624>Doesn't make any sense that non-psykers are psychically feeding off pain.They aren't, they're just feeding Slaanesh with it and it delays Slaanesh's curse. Again, this was already strongly implied to be the case in 3e.
>>96530656Tbf Fantasy has some WoW artists. Mark Gibbons, for instance, drew art that would be used for Ishaya Vess's design.
>>96507288Doesn't have weirdly coloured hair.Are you saying attractive women are troon self inserts thus we can't have attractive women?
>>96505356Looks like the leader model of a discarded bespoke Kabalite Warrior Kill Team. Nothing about this reads as an archon to me and much less Lady Malys. It's sad how much the Artel W models mog this one, and if the two newly released characters are all Fart Smeldar are getting this year oof...
>>96532161Also, didn't this bitch get imbued with magical power by Cegorach? Literally nothing about her design reflects this, but I suppose in the nu-lore she's just going to be a lady with a sword.
>>96530685again the point is it was always shit from the beginning>feeding slaaneshnot really, its actually that they are essence vampires using to to rejuvenate themselves and stave off death.It was implied the practice was some sort of esoteric ritual where others souls are offered up in their place but this is metaphoricalAgain doesn't make sense
>>96531910Gibbons started as a GW artist in the 90s before doing work at Blizzard and Riot in the 2000s.
>>96534043Oh yeah, I rechecked and did 40k art back in 90s.
>>96505402>tfw just missed out on my chance to get a female lord in box for less than a tenner
>>96532572>it was always shitthen you're not making a point, you're just whinging about how Dark Eldar have always been since their inception and proving you don't know they were added to the game in 3rd.>not really, its actually that they are essence vampires using to to rejuvenate themselves and stave off death.Only the modern lore states such a thing. Why are you using modern lore and then pretending that this is how they were portrayed in 3rd edition? And then complaining about a nonexistent discrepancy between 3rd lore and modern DE lore? Nothing you are saying makes the slightest lick of sense.
>>96512395>1. i did not want weird fisherprice balls on all my weaponsThey are XBAWX logos.
Is a cute drukhari gf worth it?
>>96505356Why are shadowheart hips so thin?
>>96505923This is the entire aos aesthetics and the reason it sells. You cant sell americans a landsknecht but give him a football player with a hammer and he will cum.
>>96512395I have these models, good stuff
Do you think they deliberately tried to make her look like Shadowheart lmao
>>96534308you are retarded and underage stfu you dumb kid.
>>96536501We know what the designer gooned at. Obviously a beta cuck who didnt choise karlach.
