Just a though

Tread-Marked Avatar wrote:Tsk tsk no one remembers us poor Eldar. Need I remind you that we fly around on ships that are not only the size of planets but ACT as planets?...

Not quite that big. (More like Continents) You use them AS planets, because you have little other choice. (Maiden worlds are few & far between)

Before you mention the Exodites they an off-shoot society with a different culture.
"True" Eldar view them the same way we do at someone who tells us they are joining the Peace Corps. --- "Good for You! You have fun with that." ---- Or the way Vulkans view Romulans.

Besides Craftworld aren't "ships" any more. They are more like Space stations that Sail through space on solar winds at a snails pace.

Tread-Marked Avatar wrote:...And as far as walkers being revered or what ever, thats just a silly Marine fascination. We don't worship our walkers...

You most certainly do!
Each Wraithlord a.k.a. Dreadnaught is and I Quote; "...are extremely precious to their craftworlds...
...Summoned into being by the necromantic processes of the Spiritseers, only a true hero of the Eldar race has spirit enough to animate the gigantic wraithbone shell of a Wraithlord."

Tut tut Wraithlords aren't walkers. They're alive, if only abstractly. And yes so are dreads but they are still walkers while lords are monstrous creatures.

Tread-Marked Avatar wrote:Tut tut Wraithlords aren't walkers. They're alive, if only abstractly. And yes so are dreads but they are still walkers while lords are monstrous creatures.

I never said it was a "Walker" I said, "Dreadnought." There is a difference.

You are right that it is a Monstrous Creature, but this was not always the case.
It has been an ongoing evolution that I'm sure we still haven't seen the End result.

1st Ed. (Rogue Trader) - Originally referred to as "Deadnought Suits" The ultimate personal armor. Eldar Pilot control systems were decribed as a "Mind Impulse system"
During this era everyone "built" their Dreads from the ground up on the same chart.

2nd Ed. (Vehicle Manual) - The term "Deadnought" changed from a type of armour to a size class.
Each race got Base pattern Dreadnoughts at a set cost + upgrades
"Wraithguard are cybernetic warriors controlled by spirits of dead Eldar Heroes. Wraithgaurd bodies come in a number of sizes ranging from man-sized to Dreadnoughts. Even Eldar Titans are ina sense large Wraithguard themselves."

3rd Ed. - This is where the major shift occured & Eldar Dreads went from Vehicles to Living Machines.
They were given wounds, but were armed with 2 Dreadnought Close Combat weapons.
"The Wraithguard & Wraithlord are robotic bodies housing a dead Eldar... The Souls of the heroes are integrated with these Hugh War Machines"

4th Ed. - Universal Rules & Codex Dependence sees the Eldar Dread gaining the Monstrous Creature classification.

5th Ed. - ???? Unknown how they will be changed it the 5th edition codex. It could be nothing or a lot (especially if GW builds a plastic kit for them)


WOW, that was a massive side track. What was this topic about again?

HE, cannot fit in a ship. His Ego is too big!

Besides he would just round house them from a nearby planet.

Oh wait. He's a Walken. Not a Walker.

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You had to use a pic of Luke Skywalker where he looks constipated? I think this thread had something to do with a spaceship interior gaming board. And I'm only familiar with the 5th ed Main book and the 4th ed Eldar Codex, so I wasn't around for all that original dread stuff. Only dread I know are what they are right now.

Yes this was about modeling the inside of a building or a space ship. What happened?!?!?!???

This is the Internet. ANYTHING can happen.