What's in a name?

What's in a name? Well, a freaking way to identify something. Without a name, you've got a harder time establishing a reputation! What will the mortals and slaves screech when they see you approach? "Oh no! It's that... guy!" Certainly not very terror-inducing.

That said, I'm having some difficulty coming up with an appropriate name for my group of Dark Eldar.

I wish I had a pic of some of my models.. Well, suffice it to say, they're black with deep blue trim and highlights, with orange accents. It's a dark color scheme with some pleasant contrast that's not too vibrant but not too subdued either, and it's working quite well. I imagine the group to be skilled in water-based combat, whether it be skimming across the water, or fighting under the surface of it, harvesting the creatures under the waves for their aquatic arenas and haemonculi experiments.

So I need a name that works with that water-based theme but I'm having a hard time coming up with anything besides 'Space Sharks' and 'The Red Tide'...

Any ideas?

Are you playing a Kabal, Cult or Coven?

Xelkireth wrote:

Are you playing a Kabal, Cult or Coven?

Wonderful question! The army consists mostly of Trueborn and Warriors, though the big-hitters are Scourges and Ravenwing, and the HQ's are a mix of Haemonculi and the Duke or Archons... I suppose the majority is Kabal.

Ideas:
-Kabal of the Abyssal Leviathans
-Kabal of the Abyssal Lords
-Kabal of the Void Krakens
-Kabal of the Jagged Triton

Most of my ideas came from here. I chose Abyssal for the secondary definition of abyss: an immeasurably deep gulf or great space, which runs along with Void.

Oh awesome! This gives me some great ideas!

I'm thinking something with Scylla, since some of that resonates with the Dark Eldar piracy...

Kabal of Scyllian Wake
Kabal of Black Scylla

Hmm...

DrBored wrote:

Oh awesome! This gives me some great ideas!

I'm thinking something with Scylla, since some of that resonates with the Dark Eldar piracy...

Kabal of Scyllian Wake
Kabal of Black Scylla

Hmm...

Personally, Scylla doesn't sound right without Charybdis. Scylla and Charybdis are the origin of the phrase "Stuck between a rock and a hard place," and it feels odd to me when they are not complimenting each other in some way.

Rangrok1k wrote:

DrBored wrote:

Oh awesome! This gives me some great ideas!

I'm thinking something with Scylla, since some of that resonates with the Dark Eldar piracy...

Kabal of Scyllian Wake
Kabal of Black Scylla

Hmm...

Personally, Scylla doesn't sound right without Charybdis. Scylla and Charybdis are the origin of the phrase "Stuck between a rock and a hard place," and it feels odd to me when they are not complimenting each other in some way.

Right, but how would you work them into a single Kabal name that realizes the definitions of Charybdis and Scylla coming together? You'd get quite the long-winded name, which isn't something I'm looking for. I understand that they go hand in hand in mythology, but not necessarily when naming something. Perhaps the Scyllian Wake Kabal have an ally, like the Wrath of Charybdis Coven/Cult?

DrBored wrote:

Right, but how would you work them into a single Kabal name that realizes the definitions of Charybdis and Scylla coming together? You'd get quite the long-winded name, which isn't something I'm looking for. I understand that they go hand in hand in mythology, but not necessarily when naming something. Perhaps the Scyllian Wake Kabal have an ally, like the Wrath of Charybdis Coven/Cult?

Touché

I'm just kinda nitpicking so feel free to ignore me

Why not name your Archons Scylla and Charybdis? (and also, a succubus should be named Kirke, and they should be attcking the Odysseyan Sector)

Saintspirit wrote:

Why not name your Archons Scylla and Charybdis? (and also, a succubus should be named Kirke, and they should be attcking the Odysseyan Sector)

This has my vote.

Saintspirit wrote:

Why not name your Archons Scylla and Charybdis? (and also, a succubus should be named Kirke, and they should be attcking the Odysseyan Sector)

Hah! That sounds perfect!

Looking forward seeing how they will look as models

Look into the Warhammer Dark-Elf Corsairs for some good convertions bits and standards/banners. Lot's of good ideas here, be sure to let us know what you decide.

DrBored wrote:

Saintspirit wrote:

Why not name your Archons Scylla and Charybdis? (and also, a succubus should be named Kirke, and they should be attcking the Odysseyan Sector)

Hah! That sounds perfect!

Just one thing - I wonder if not naming a female haemonculus with a hexrifle Kirke instead, considering what she did to Odysseus' men.

Also, you should have Bloodbrides with a Siren.