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The first of the vehicle range to be designed was the Raider. Other races have their signature tanks, Dreadnoughts or skimmers, but in this highly mobile army it is the humble (if such a notion exists for a Dark Eldar) troop transport that is the iconic vehicle. As the Raiders had supposedly been adapted from the pleasure craft of the Ancient Eldar, we wanted to exaggerate the 'flying boat' look, the elegant lines of Arab dhows and Greek triremes were influences, the pierced rails a nod to Elizabethan galleons and the pirates and privateers of that era. Again, we were looking for a distinctly dark take on the Eldar aesthetic, a style that could be used to tie all of the vehicles designs together.
The initial concept was an attempt to get a variety of elements down on paper, many of them made it through to the final model, but not always in the same place! The Eldar style intakes ended up beneath the hull, whereas the gun mount and the shape of the forward hull were set from this drawing. This was also another demonstration for a need to test the ideas out on a prototype, as the model really had to be about the same size as the previous version and look like it could carry a squad.
The prototype really helped to solidify the strongest elements of the concept. It could also be better scaled to the Warriors in 3D, so you could get an idea of whether you could get a squad of Warriors on it! You couldn't, well not without adding a couple of movement trays to the sides, which didn't do much for the sleek eldar look. It needed crew, at least a steersman and a gunner, but it was a bit plain with just the two. The maquettes of the Warriors hanging from the sides started as a bit of a 'what if', you could certainly hang lots of Warriors on it and it looked much better. If we included them, they could function as markers for an embarked squad, give an excuse to make more variant heads and torsos or just be good for dioramas.
The steersman controls the Raider through a complex combination of engines, keelblade and aethersail.
The hanging crew ended up being one of the most popular features. While Ollie was working on the vehicle design, we drafted in Aly Morrison to sort out the crew. Aly worked digitally to fit in with the digital raider, using scans of the warriors to animate new versions to fit the raiders hull. He also added more head and torso variants [all compatible with the warrior and wych frames] and produced even more holstered splinter rifles.
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