Night Spinner
The Night Spinner, also known as the Doomweaver,[2b][5] is an Eldar grav-tank based on the Falcon chassis. One of the most curious and also most accomplished Eldar designs, the Night Spinner is a mobile artillery vehicle designed to provide indirect fire support to fast moving Eldar attacks.[1][2a][3a]
Technical Information
The Night Spinner's primary armament are twin-linked Doomweavers, deadly Monofilament Weaponry which launch a large web of deadly wire high into the air. The web is made up of thousands of miles of incredibly strong, monofilament thread that can shear through any substance, including steel or tank armour. Once launched the web floats ghostly downwards, shredding any victims caught beneath it. Upon hitting the ground the web forms a barrier that may dissect anyone crossing through it, but will eventually settle into a solid blanket that can be moved over safely. The Eldar refer to the threads as the Chain of Vaul, after the unbreakable bonds[4] which bound Vaul to his anvil after the War in Heaven.[5] The launching of this web will frequently presage an Eldar attack, which on is own can be unnerving to Imperial troops, who fear these attacks more than conventional artillery.[2a]
As is true of all Eldar vehicles, Night Spinners are also constructed of Wraithbone and other psycho-plastics sung into being by Bonesingers. This material not only allows the vehicle's crew to control the craft with both body and mind, it also makes it impossible for other races to replicate or operate it.[3b]
In addition, the craft is also armed with twin-linked Shuriken Catapults or a Shuriken Cannon, and may be upgraded with Vectored Engines, Star Engines, Holo-fields and Spirit Stones.[2a]
The Night Spinner has more than one aesthetic design as a result of differing consensus between Bonesinger Design Schools. Both have the same weapons and characteristics. An older era of design was previously known to Imperial Scholars as a Doomweaver, but the scholars have since reconciled their mistake and understand both as Night Spinners.[2b]
| Technical Information[2a] | |||
| Length | 11.25m | 
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| Height | 5.62m | ||
| Wingspan | 7.31m | ||
| Estimated Weight | 11.5 tonnes | ||
| Armour | 10-15mm material unknown | ||
| Combat Speed | 80 kph | ||
| Estimated Max Speed | 290 kph | ||
| Crew | 1 driver, 1 gunner | ||
| Armament | Two Doomweavers[3] & Twin-linked Shuriken Catapults | ||
| Main Ammunition | Estimated 200 round. Unconfirmed | ||
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Development History
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- The Night Spinner was one of several Eldar vehicles with more than one model and a different name between its inclusion in Epic (where it was known as the Doomweaver) and its inclusion in Warhammer 40,000. Design Schools were introduced in Epic: Swordwind (2005) as an in-universe explanation for this difference in Eldar vehicle designs in Epic, and Imperial Scholars were blamed for the incorrect nomenclature.
Forge World Warhammer 40,000-scale Doomweaver (unreleased)[6]
2nd Edition Epic-scale Doomweaver
See also
Sources
- 1: Imperial Armour II, pg. 12
- 2: Epic: Swordwind:
- 3: Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara
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- 4: White Dwarf 366 (UK), pgs. 7 & 25
- 5: Renegades, pg. 18
- 6: The Lost and the Banned (saved archive page, dated August 2007, last accessed 20 March 2025)
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