Xenith

Warp Spiders, Soublight terrain, Mk2 centurian. Not a standout year for me - I forgot that Grimnar model even existed!

Been away for a bit, but this is hilarious - it's good to see the company let the marketers off the chain.

Thanks! The windriders is definitely something to think about! How is the autarch helping the dragons? Agile manoeuvre usage? I had her with spiders to give them the GRENADE keyword for a sneaky mortal wound bomb on harder targets, I've caught more than one person out with that!

Swing and a miss for me on the catas, the current ones were pretty perfect and a classic kit, amazing and bulky. They just needed to make them slightly bigger. Agree with Mandragola, why not 5+ options instead of 6. Just a weird choice.

These look more like necromunda models than heresy, not a big fan. the skitarii just don't hell with the rest of the line.

A whole codex seems crazy, maybe more an end of edition campaign book focused on them?

Nice enough stuff - I think Hendarion was robbed in the squad entry - the winner baely had highlights, but I think previousnyearshave generally seen more abitious and interesting entries.

Very weird, but an end-of-edition extra special value set matches the boarding patrol ones they released at the end of 9th, they were amazing value. but pretty noche contents.

My local club is running a double elimination tournament soon, and I think it would be fun to enter with little to no expectation. The only current armies I have rules for are nids and eldar, and my nids seem woefully off-meta, so Eldar it is! I've come up with a quick list, please let me know what you think of it in terms of competitiveness! 125 - Asyurmen 80 - Autarch wayleaper, glaive, fusion gun 120 - Fuegan 120 - Lykhis 90 - 5 dark reapers 75 - 5 dire evengers 220 - 10 fire fragons, exarch dragon fusion gun (or is the firepike better?) 95 - 5 banshees, executioner 95 - 5 banshees - executioner 55 - 5 rangers 55 - 5 rangers 190 - 10 swooping hawks (seem nasty with the grenade pack ability) 45 - 1x warlock skyrunner (perfect action mon-keigh) 95 - 5 warp spiders - I've gone for exarchs ddeath spinner, but is the spinneret better? 95 - 5 warp spiders - same as above 85 - 5 scorpions - biting blade 130 - falcon - pulse laser, scatter laser 125 - wave serpent, twin lances 85 - war walker - twin lances 1980pts - I can swap the warlock to a vyper to get 2000 on the nose, or save it for an enhancement. What do you think?

These seem pretty fun with some interesting combos - fists and alpha legion for volley fire precision bolters seems fun, but not OP.

I'd honestly try to get comfortable with freehanding - hazard stripes are one of the simplest things to freehand, effectively being a line, or two lines depending on how thick you want them. After a little practice I could knock them out pretty fast on most surfaces! I've shown some examples below. Freehanding is nothing to be scared of

I'm also getting some paint on older models I've had for years. Fuegan is a WIP, the Dire Avenger (anf his unit) was completed earlier this year and awaiting pics, while I've decided to paint my scond unit of spiders as close to the original model art as possible, and I'm in the blocking out stage.

It seems like forever since I've painte some xenos, but it's time for an update! I've really fallen out of 40k since about 6 months into 10th - I didnt manage to get one of the short run mission packs, and I don't own the current pack so it's hard to feel motivated to play when you don't/cant own a set of the rules, and the game itself just seems overly complex. That, and maybe I've forgotten the reason to play is to have fun, not to win. My local club is running a double elimination tournament soon, and I think it would be fun to enter with little to no expectation. The only current armies I have rules for are nids and eldar, and my nids seem woefully off-meta, so Eldar it is! I've come up with a quick list, please let me know what you think of it in terms of competitiveness! List 1 125 - Asyurmen 80 - Autarch wayleaper, glaive, fusion gun 120 - Fuegan 120 - Lykhis 90 - 5 dark reapers 75 - 5 dire evengers 220 - 10 fire fragons, exarch dragon fusion gun (or is the firepike better?) 95 - 5 banshees, executioner 95 - 5 banshees - executioner 55 - 5 rangers 55 - 5 rangers 190 - 10 swooping hawks (seem nasty with the grenade pack ability) 45 - 1x warlock skyrunner (perfect action mon-keigh) 95 - 5 warp spiders - I've gone for exarchs ddeath spinner, but is the spinneret better? 95 - 5 warp spiders - same as above 85 - 5 scorpions - biting blade 130 - falcon - pulse laser, scatter laser 125 - wave serpent, twin lances 85 - war walker - twin lances 1980pts - I can swap the warlock to a vyper to get 2000 on the nose, or save it for an enhancement. What do you think?

It's hard to start something from the ground up. You need a leader to drive things forwards, ad once things get traction, they will naturally attract more people. I'd look to @apologist's threads and clubs, such as the War of the False Primarch to see how one can get a club or group off the ground. Generally you need a good narrative hook, and maybe not enough people were hooked by your idea.