30 years of Eldar SECRETS in 24 minutes

Lets all learn about the real Doom of the Eldar... Spoiler: It's economics.

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[musicfighter]

The funny thing is that modern Space Marines are designed much like the Aspect Warriors. The only way they don’t fall into the same trap of “you already own them” is because of people making multiple armies with different chapters.

[rossallan]

For my thinks on it? Eldar worked as The Painter’s Army. Even with the wild creativity and mania of Rogue Trader, armies typically relied on a set colour palette for visual cohesion. Eldar however? Sure, your Guardians, War Walkers and Eldar Dreadnoughts shared a scheme and palette. But, the Aspect Warriors? Temple Colours are something pretty different. And to those who really enjoyed their painting, it meant an army with far fewer constraints. And again, for the Aspect Temples? A pretty blank slate, as sure they’ve broadly associated schemes, but the background doesn’t tie you to that.

[kevintan]

We should note that the Harlequins did make a return in 4th Edition with sculpts by Juan Diaz of Daemonettes fame and from which the current plastic kits takes design cues from. However just as with the Aspect Warriors they were originally in metal and sadly fell victim to the Finecast curse along with much of the rest of the Eldar range.

Also I'll die on this hill that Harlequins deserve much more of the spotlight, being one of the most original concepts not just in GW history but also in all of miniature wargaming.

[MookelDookel]

Two in a week? Capt Mannering has lost the plot

[czebri]

Olden Demon is spoiling us with so many videos 😀

[jacob_swaggerz]

I love your content. 2nd ed was very special to me. I hope there are a plethora of new 40k lovers who come and see your content and realise the history and beauty of the game.

[wanderingpaws]

How. Dare. You. Harlequins are the coolest damn thing ever! *Harumph*

[mattylumley]

The northern English excitement in which to go ‘Ooh that’s Manchester’ and ‘Ooh that’s York’ at pictures of cities.

Although for pedants sake, the Shambles in York is practically smack bang in the centre of York.

[johnnyexponential]

All truly successful YT channels need a running gag, and I'm pleased to see you've finally got yours. Civvie 11 has sewers, Bad Obsession Motorsport get the funk out, Leif over at Devs and Dice has his increasingly deranged cackling, and now you have recycling jokes. I'm interested to see how far this can go.

[Malthus]

Another banger of a video mate.
Love staring at those old models and artwork...the nostalgia/knowledge you bring with every video is a true service to this hobby...brought to you with a healthy serving of British humor!
We thank you for your service, I SAY GOOD DAY SIR!

[Lirretobb]

Perhaps something I'm not sure you mentioned: as soon as they commit to/overcome the upfront cost of plastic warp spiders, the margin on each 5-model sprue produced will dwarf any profit on the old resin-cast ones massively, so much quicker, so much less hassle and manual work

[crikeymiles]

_Pouring one out for the Warp Spiders mold_

[picdermis]

The Gong in between chapters is so loud it made my cat jump up each time. Which is horrible as we were just cuddling and she likes to claw when scared.

[StevoE]

you put a picture of thr isorian tsa ra command squad as an example of a creative unit that nobody wants. this caused me to buy two pack to convert into kroot rampagers for my tau army because i love that theyre so unique and cool!

[ctwargames]

The Eldar vs Eldar battle report was from my first ever White Dwarf 196, a somehwat confusing place to start for me as a small child not really knowing what civil war meant. Although I still to this day believe that Warp Spiders were the most powerful unit in the game ever due to that reports influence on my tiny mind. (despite never having played with or against them).

[swabilius]

Bonus point for using Jes Goodwin original artwork, I still have that book :)

[FakeSchrodingersCat]

An interesting idea. On the other hand it makes it more puzzling why GW refused to make storm guardian miniatures or wave serpents for more then a decade, causing every eldar player to rely almost exclusively on aspect warriors.

[MrJulio]

11:00 Oh god, this reminds me GW and their 300 primaris LTs

[chrism]

2:52 I can't wait for Matt Berry to appear in a 40k setting

[danielbetts]

Two episodes in quick succession - truly we are blessed this month <3