Dark Eldar Wych Cosplay

The dark eldar are the forsaken and corrupt brothers of the eldar, an ancient and advanced alien race. They are the living embodiments of cruelty. They feast in the pain of others in order to postpone the slow consumption of their souls by the Chaos God Slaanesh.

The wyches are fierce gladiator warriors. They fight in arenas in duels with one another and with other aliens. These battles are almost always to death and wyches are highly proficient and deadly.

As you may know I paint Warhammer 40k and I always love cosplaying a good evil character. One of my first sewn works was Eldar Farseer Idranel but let’s face it, I’m more into evil characters… Even if I own an eldar army the dark eldar are vey seductive.

How I made my Dark Eldar Wych Cosplay

The problem with making a Dark Eldar cosplay is that there are many versions to choose. There are countless of versions and unless you choose a main character you can only cosplay them as a race. I took things from the miniatures and figures and adapted them to create my own evil character. My main reference picture was a fanart by Beckjann as well as my own wych miniatures.

While creating this cosplay, my best allies were the heatgun and the airbrush. They are not irreplaceable but they speed up the process immensely. I painted my armour with boltgun metal (yes, because I use my Warhammer paint to cosplay). Then I highlighted it with mithril silver and added shadows with chaos black. All the transitions were painted with the airbrush and the details with a fine brush. I finished this build after 2 days of non stop work.

I used similar colours as in my armour and added a blood effect with the paint called Blood for the blood god from Citadel. If you want to know the full process check my tutorial how to paint a sword made of foam. I recorded a video and wrote a tutorial for it.

I completed the look with a leather corset and distressed leggins as well as other pieces made with foam and painted with acrylics.

Wearing my Dark Eldar Wych Cosplay

I first wore this cosplay in Gamepolis. My friend Larxenne was wearing a sinister character and I decided to join her with an equally evil rival. I wanted something comfortable to wear yet remarkable. At the time I used a sword I found in a costume store as I run out of time as it is usually the case.

Later on, I decided to wear this cosplay again at Warhammer World for one of their Warhammer conventions. I love sharing my passion with other players and the organisation refunded the tickets I had already bought for promoting them with my cosplay, which is always a nice gesture.

I have improved this costume twice and during the years I have added and changed some pieces. The last time I wore this cosplay was for a photoshoot in Montrose Studios where we found some amazing locations in an abandoned factory.

Changelling and aging my Dark Eldar is now retired, probably consumed by her thirst of blood and finally taken by the Dark Prince.