Sylvaneth Covens

I am considering expanding my force by adding Covens to my army, but can't really decide what to do. I play Ynnari DE with the motiff of rebirth and regained glory and gloomy-looking sadomasochists don't really fit in this whole shebang. I consider two options:

Sylvaneth to form "nature revenants", less necromancey returned Eldar, where Dryads are wracks, Tree-Revenants etc. are Grots, Treemen make for Talos/Cronos etc.

Malignants and other undead to form full frontal undead bros, with normal vehicles exchanged for zombie dragons, ghosts/skeleton warriors in place of wracks, crypt terrors as grots etc.

What do you think would be a better choice?

Not at all to shut you down but coven units (and mandrakes) can't be Ynari (or I might have missed an errata or something).
edit : nope, errata

However in a pure DE army, I'd like to see such a force, would be a refreshing new looks.

masamune wrote:

Not at all to shut you down but coven units (and mandrakes) can't be Ynari (or I might have missed an errata or something).

Yeah, you did miss, now you can have a non-Ynnari detachment and you have to have one of the trio as your Warlord to make a Detachement Ynnari.

Okidoki ^^ have fun then

I have decided to go with the Sylvaneth, but it begets more questions. I have already decided on some model replacements:

Wracks - Dryads (they have claws and stuff so look decently chopy and hands can be made to look poisonous and Branchwych will make for a good Acothyst especially since the scythe and the worm make for good count-as special weapons)
Tree-Revenants - Grotesques (just need to swap the bases)
Talos/Cronos - Treelords and Drycha, just need to think of some fun idea to make a weapon to be count-as for twin-linked Blasters and whatnot.

However, I have came into one problem: I have no idea what to do as the Haemonculus and Clawed fiends and I would like to exchange Venoms for something else, like maybe Stegadons? Any good suggestions?

When you add in dinoasaurs all of a sudden you'll have Dark Eldar Exodites.

But I am really interested to see this take off. Maybe you can use some tyranid bio weaponry as the blasters for your fauna?

I think I'll just add some wines and stuff to my Venoms to make them more treeish.

Thanks for the Tyranid weapons idea.

Very welcome

Maybe to make the venoms look more organic, you could use some wraithbone pieces from eldar kits of the wings and paint to represent?

That could be also neat, but I'll see it when I get there.

Got me the "start collecting: Sylvaneth" and a wraithknight today, so I'll be posting my musings in upcoming weeks.

Can't wait too see that

Ooo looking forward to the Wraithknight

Started to work on that sweet Sylvaneth poon. Here are few WIPs photos:
http://www.thedarkcity.net/t15916-the-legacy-grasped-and-the-unfleshed#191831

Finished my Sylvaneth Raider, check it out on my blog or here:
http://www.thedarkcity.net/t15916-the-legacy-grasped-and-the-unfleshed#202175

Added the Treelord:
http://www.thedarkcity.net/t15916-the-legacy-grasped-and-the-unfleshed#203387

Added Dryads and the Branchwych:
http://www.thedarkcity.net/t15916-the-legacy-grasped-and-the-unfleshed#204552

Added Wraithknight:

http://www.thedarkcity.net/t15916-the-legacy-grasped-and-the-unfleshed#204552