Ish Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) Picked up a box of the metal Harlequins (c. 2005, if memory serves) from Guardian Games tonight. I've unboxed them, laid them out, and am having some serious flashbacks to my pre-teen years... It's hard to believe that I used to routinely assemble entire armies of lead and pewter. These Jess Goodwin sculpts are intricate and finely detailed, but the assembly is orders of magnitude simpler than my old Wood Elf Forest Dragon or Imperial Army Sentinel... Yet I'm almost scared to put them together. Modern plastics technology has completely spoiled me. Edited April 25, 2017 by Ish Need to clear out attachment cache. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted April 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Masque of the Phantasm Background For the Harlequins there is no distinction between art and war; they are the archetypal warrior poets, traveling the labyrinthine expanses of the webway, bringing enlightenment to their audiences and certain death to the servants of darkness. — High Inquisitor Czevak, Letters to the Casophilians The Harlequins, or Rillietann as they are known in their foul xenos tongue, are a subset of normal Eldar society who apparently split their time between being talented battlefield fighters and theatrical performers. Harlequins organise themselves into two standard units, the troupe and the masque. A troupe seems to be a gathering of "regular" Harlequins — if such a word can apply to these aliens — and a masque will bring together multiple troupes and a small number of specialist performers under the leadership of a single Troupe Master or Ardathair (lit. High Avatar). As the degenerate Eldar are a scattered and dying race, Harlequins constantly tour the domains of their species as well as other places; Harlequins claim other species should be told the stories of the Eldar as well in their duty to perform. Your humble author entrusts you are able to see this claim as the obvious lie that it is. These dirty xenos wish to turn humanity against the wisdom of the Imperium, and sadly, some of our kin are gullible enough to fall for it! The Masque of the Phantasm is a small masque, recently reported to be in the Armageddon system. Their performances are often obsessively precise and detailed spectacles, conveying fatalistic despair... but with a strong theme of stoicism and retributive justice underlying it all. The universe is doomed, but we can meet that doom on one's own terms. Never compromising, even in the face of doomsday. The signature dance of the Masque of the Phantasm is known as "The Killing Joke," but has not been performed for Imperial observers in over a millennium. Starting Roster ( 1,000 Points ) • Mysta Jai, Troupe Master Harlequin's Blade, Shuriken Pistol; Concealed Blade, Flip Belt, Harlequin Mask, Holo-Suit • Har'leigh, Player Harlequin's Blade, Suriken Pistol; Concealed Blade, Flip Belt, Harlequin Mask, Holo-Suit • Qwnzl, Player Harlequin's Blade, Suriken Pistol; Concealed Blade, Flip Belt, Harlequin Mask, Holo-Suit • Duella, Virtuoso Harlequin's Blade, Shuriken Pistol; Concealed Blade, Flip Belt, Harlequin Mask, Holo-Suit 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted April 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 Been a crazy week and virtually no progress has been made. But everyone is assembled. I need to pick up the plastic boxed set of Harlequins to get a neuro blaster for Mista Jai... and some primer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted April 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Mysta Jai has volunteered to be the first to brave my painting skills... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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