Back in the early 2000s, my buddies, Pilon, Mike and I walked into our first Games Workshop store in Edmonton. We were all enamored by the idea of pushing around miniatures on the table. We had started playing Dungeons and Dragons around this time, and Warhammer 40k seemed to be the next level in the RPG hobby. We all picked out a faction, Mike went with Tyranids. They look like Zerg from Star Craft, which probably helped. Andrew picked up a 3rd Edition starter set with the rules, Dark Eldar and Space Marines. Being a teenager without much money to my name, I picked up some Dark Eldar Wyches to supplement the Kabalite Warriors in Andrew's starter set as well as the faction codex.
We didn't really play much, and my paint supplies were limited as my hometown didn't have a dedicated hobby store. Also Dark Eldar without a transport Raider is a suicide mission. Proxying didn't seem to enter my mind at this point.
Pushing around models on the table felt larger then anything in D&D. It was probably the stack of books and other household items on the table that really shaped the battlefield.
I eventually turned to Chaos, mostly to rival Andrew's loyalists. But Dark Eldar were and still are one of my favourite factions in 40k. Specifically, the models that I started with. Here are a few I painted up to compliment the Archon, handful of Wyches and Icubi which I have already painted up.
I paused on this project as my brother was getting into Unmatched. So I started painting up those models, but hopefully will swing back around once I get them finished up.
Excellent looking Dark Eldar, I still prefer the original models, as most of my army is made from them ! LOL
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