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=== Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Cold One Knights ===
 
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=== Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Harpies ===
 
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Revision as of 09:16, 8 February 2007

Citadel/Marauder Dark Elves

The Dark Elf line was completely re-worked for 4th edition Warhammer and the release of the first Dark Elf Army book. The entire line was sculpted by Aly Morrison (some figures in conjunction with Colin Dixon). A prototype Dark Elf Army list was previously available in the 4th edition Warhammer boxed set (along with army lists for most other Warhammer races) that included rules & troop types extrapolated from 3rd edition Warhammer that were later dropped with the publication of the 4th edition Army Book. The Dark Elf army book included the background material (Malekith) and troop types that are familiar from the current edition Dark Elf Army Book. Several key units from the Dark Elf army list were unavailable throughout 4th edition Warhammer and into 5th edition Warhammer, notably Dark Riders, Shades/Scouts, Executioners and The War Hydra (although there were unreleased versions of many of these unit types). Dark Riders and the Cauldron Of Blood were released late in the life of 5th edition Warhammer, for use with the Tears Of Isha campaign Pack. While many of the figures in this range say "Marauder" on their slotta tabs, they were sold in Citadel blisters after Marauder was re-absorbed into GW and lost its distinct brand.


Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Command

In the USA, these figures were originally sold in blisters of 2 (either Champion/Musician or Champion/Standard Bearer) and then later in 3-person blisters with a full Command group and variant banner tops.




Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Swordsmen

While the Metal Dark Elf Swordsmen look like prototypes for the single-pose plastic Swordsmen, they were released and sold blistered by themselves in packs of 2. When originally released, the single-pose plastic Swordsman came in a box of 10, this was later reduced to a box of 8. The plastic Swordsman may have originally been intended for use with the Talisman fantasy boardgame (like the single-pose plastic Beastman & Skaven models), but the Dark Elf character was dropped from the game prior to publication (rules for the Talisman Dark Elf character were published later in White Dwarf magazine).




Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Spearmen


Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Repeater Crossbowmen


Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Black Ark Corsairs

Corsair models had no specific Command figures and were expected to use either converted figures or the generic Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Command group.



Citadel/Marauder Witch Elves

Witch Elf models had no specific Command figures (apart from one default Champion) and were expected to use either converted figures or the generic Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Command group (quite inappropriate to have heavily-armored male Command models in a unit of scantily-clad Witch Elves!).


Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Black Guard Of Naggaroth

Black Guard models had no specific Command figures and were expected to use either converted figures or the generic Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Command group.



Citadel Marauder Dark Elf Executioners

These figures were never released for general sale, and were only available for one day at the 1999 US Games Day convention blistered in packs of 2. Painted examples appear in some photographs of the Studio Dark Elf army in White Dwarf. In practice, Black Guard models (with or without the points of their halberds removed) were used as substitutes, or axe-wielding Dark Elf models from non-GW figure ranges were used.


Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Scouts

Figures representing Dark Elf Scouts were completely unavailable throughout the life of 4th & 5th edition warhammer (apart from leftover Marauder MM73 figures). There are however unreleased Scout figures. One figure was made by a nameless trainee sculptor (and supposedly rejected for released because it was "too thick and chunky". Aly Morrison also did a set of nine Dark Elf Scout figures for the Citadel/Marauder range that never made it into release.






Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Cold One Knights

While the Cold One Knights range had specific Champion & Standard Bearer Command figures, there was no Musician figure and players were expected convert their own. Cold One Knights were originally released in a boxed set of 3 Trooper models. The boxed set included self-adhesive paper pennants to decorate the Knight's lances.




Citadel/Marauder Dark Riders

Photographs of painted examples of the original 2 Dark Rider models were published in the 4th edition Dark Elf army book, but the models were never released for sale. Rumour has it that there were dropped from the line because the torso on the rider figure is too short (although this is a commonplace failing of 4th edition GW cavalry models across the board). GW also briefly released Marauder MM71/72 Cavalry rider figures blistered with a plastic steed (on which the mmetal rider did not fit).



Upon their original release (in conjuction with the Tears Of Isha campaign pack). Dark Riders had single-piece Champion & Standard Bearer models and no Musician. When the line was re-released for 6th edition Warhammer, the Command models were replaced by 2 mulipurpose Command figures that could be assembled as either Champions, Standard Bearers or Musicians. The Repeater Crossbow that comes with each Trooper model was also redesigned, making it slightly smaller. Otherwise the individual (non-Command) Rider models were unchanged from late 5th edition until the present day.


Citadel/Marauder Bolt Thrower


Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf General


Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Assassins


Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Harpies

The Dark Elf range shared the Harpy model with the Chaos range at this time (the models & rules were identical for both armies). The models included a single set of wings with one of 3 variant bodies.




Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf Sorcerer & Sorceress

The (male) Sorcerer model was sold blistered with a random Chaos Familiar (as were all spellcaster models at the time). The Morathi on foot model was purportedly submitted by Chris Fitzpatrick to GW as an audition piece and then later released into the range (during the wave of releases that accompanied the Tears Of Isha campaign pack that also included Dark Riders and the original wheeled Cauldron Of Blood). The 2 unreleased Soceress models were sculpted by Aly Morrison and are evidently based on the Cauldron Keeper model.



Citadel/Marauder Sorceress On Dark Pegasus

This model was popularly supposed to represent Morathi (since she's a sorceress who rides a Dark Pegasus), although the rider figure looks much more like a Witch Elf.



Citadel/Marauder Beastlord Rakarth


Citadel/Marauder Cauldron Of Blood


Citadel/Marauder Dark Elf War Hydra

A War Hydra (with a howdah & a rider) was sculpted for the Citadel/Marauder range of Dark Elf figures, but the model was never released. Photographs of the Rider (a Sorcerer) on his own without the Hydra show up in the 4th/5th edition Dark Elf army book. The Hydra itself was sold briefly by itself (without howdah or rider) blistered at the US Games day convention in 1999 (at the same time as the unreleased Dark Elf Executioners). It is also rumored that the War Hydra was comercially availably for a brief time in Italy. The Hydra has two different Right foreleg variants- it is unclear if these were supplied randomly or if both variants were provided during the brief time when the model was sold in the blister.




Black Library Malus Darkblade

GW released a figure of the Dark Elf comic book character Malus Darkblade on a scenic base in a limited edition of 500 pieces. the figure was sculpted by Mike McVey and included a sheet of 5th edition rules and a numbered certificate of authenticity.