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Eldar Power Armor; Epic Fail or Epic Win?
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What do you think?
looks f*cking awesome
Oh, so I finally found a pic of an Eldar in armor that actually looks badass. Yay me! But I also really believe that this is what the future Eldar should look like in the next future editions if GW would do it. I'm sure it will definitely increase their survivability on the field of 40k.
The helmet suddenly falls out of place with this design.
I don't think it fits the Eldar that well. They're all about mobility and speed. And giving everyone power armor just means eliminating the unique features of the individual races.
Wouldn't want to play with a dozen reskins of space marines after all.
looks awesome but doesngt fit the elder....maybe wraithguard
Wraithguard are robots and slow. They are just miniature Wraithlords and they are the same height as Dreadnoughts. I think the only logical Aspect warrior that this would best fit would probably be the Dark Reapers. However, Power Armor sacrifices speed for survivability and durability on the 40k battlefield. It also enhances strength which would allow them to carry heavier wargear and armament. But that would defeat the purpose of the Eldar Race with the exception of the Wraith warriors (Wraithguard, Wraithlords, Wraithknights) so I would consider it an Epic Fail but ONLY because the Eldar was created for it's role in the 40k Universe, which is to be highly mobile and fast strikers. This would just mean that the Space Marines would have some real competition on the field if these guys come along. Then again, GW always has alternatives, so they could create anything with that if allowed. They could be called Super Guardians or something. :P
Indeed only Dark Reapers don't require much speed. As their the Dakka Aspect Warriors.
Although you defiled the term by inserting Dakka, I must admire you for the attempt. As I still Lol'd
While this does have it's badass, and cool qualities the issue is they have tried to squash a Space Marine inside Eldar Guardian Mesh armour, while also trying to squeeze a bolter inside the Shuriken Catapult
As others have already mentioned, the only 'Heavy' Eldar you will come across are those of the Dark Reaper and Striking Scorpion Aspects, as they are equipped with the heaviest armours, second only to that of the Exarchs and Phoenix lord counterparts which I imagine to have much more psychic strength due to added Spirit stones etc.
The other heavy infantry are Wraithguard, I don't believe they are quite as tall as a dreadnought, I don't think they would be any larger than a Terminator in height.
But what this 'uber-guardian' lacks is the ability to look like it can run around, do back flips while still kicking ***. Dark Reapers, Striking Scorpions, and Wraithguard, while look 'bulky' they still look like they can move, and move with grace and fluidity.
Your wrong about the Wraithguard. They are 14ft tall. The current edition are like twice the size of a Space Marine. A Terminator is only a foot taller than a regular Space Marine. Even in game, they are even much taller than a Terminator.
Really? Well after some deeper looking around I suppose you are correct. I guess I was thinking of the old Wraithguard models, they seem to be a bit smaller.
But thinking about the strength and durability of a Wraithguard it might make sense that they are in fact that size.
My apologies
Don't feel sorry for yourself. It was only a correction so it's alright.