Bojazz wrote: Possibly related to the gathering storm - Eldar are getting sort of renamed to "Aeldari". Still known as/call themselves Eldar, but official name is Aeldari (a la humans vs homo sapiens I guess)
I mean, I don't care either way frankly...but, why would they be changing eldar to aeldari?...what's wrong with eldar?
...and just like how nobody really calls imperial guard "astra militarum", I can't imagine anyone suddenly calling eldar "aeldari" either...it just seems like basically a waste of time and resources to go rebadging everything, for no real effect aside from probably annoying some people...meh, whatever
GW playing wheel of fortune, buying vowels all over the place...daft.
Bojazz wrote: Possibly related to the gathering storm - Eldar are getting sort of renamed to "Aeldari". Still known as/call themselves Eldar, but official name is Aeldari (a la humans vs homo sapiens I guess)
I mean, I don't care either way frankly...but, why would they be changing eldar to aeldari?...what's wrong with eldar?
...and just like how nobody really calls imperial guard "astra militarum", I can't imagine anyone suddenly calling eldar "aeldari" either...it just seems like basically a waste of time and resources to go rebadging everything, for no real effect aside from probably annoying some people...meh, whatever
GW playing wheel of fortune, buying vowels all over the place...daft.
Lots of people use the term Astra Militarum. Everyone in my local crew does. Sometimes someone will say IG, but for the most part, Imperial Guard has always meant the red guys who protect Emprah Palpatine, not Emprah Emprah.
Having said that, I strongly imagine that Aeldari is an ancient human name for the Eldar in the same way that Mon-keigh is the Eldar name for humanity.
Bojazz wrote: Possibly related to the gathering storm - Eldar are getting sort of renamed to "Aeldari". Still known as/call themselves Eldar, but official name is Aeldari (a la humans vs homo sapiens I guess)
Every single naming change they do is to better secure their legal rights on these terms. You can't copyright Imperial Guard, Stormtroopers, Space Marines, Orcs, etc. but you can Astra Militarum, Militarum Tempestus, Adeptus Astartes, Orruks, etc.
Having said that, I strongly imagine that Aeldari is an ancient human name for the Eldar in the same way that Mon-keigh is the Eldar name for humanity.
Don't you mean Aeldari is the ancient Eldar name for themselves? Or even what they probably call themselves?
Remember, 40K names are from the human perspective. I highly doubt Eldar call their unit by the names of Earth animals like Falcons, Hawks, Scorpions, Spiders, Vypers etc
It is more likely that humans have given them these designations as a crude translation of what the Eldar actually call them.
Heck, "Aeldari" could have been their name this whole time, but humans lack the subtlety to hear/pronounce that word correctly, so they call them "Eldar"
Having said that, I strongly imagine that Aeldari is an ancient human name for the Eldar in the same way that Mon-keigh is the Eldar name for humanity.
Don't you mean Aeldari is the ancient Eldar name for themselves? Or even what they probably call themselves?
Remember, 40K names are from the human perspective. I highly doubt Eldar call their unit by the names of Earth animals like Falcons, Hawks, Scorpions, Spiders, Vypers etc
It is more likely that humans have given them these designations as a crude translation of what the Eldar actually call them.
Heck, "Aeldari" could have been their name this whole time, but humans lack the subtlety to hear/pronounce that word correctly, so they call them "Eldar"
if you check the source link, the author says that the eldar call themselves eldar. Aeldari is just an official name, so possibly their name given by the old one when they were created, but has since morphed to Eldar in colloquial conversation.
Having said that, I strongly imagine that Aeldari is an ancient human name for the Eldar in the same way that Mon-keigh is the Eldar name for humanity.
Don't you mean Aeldari is the ancient Eldar name for themselves? Or even what they probably call themselves?
Remember, 40K names are from the human perspective. I highly doubt Eldar call their unit by the names of Earth animals like Falcons, Hawks, Scorpions, Spiders, Vypers etc
It is more likely that humans have given them these designations as a crude translation of what the Eldar actually call them.
Heck, "Aeldari" could have been their name this whole time, but humans lack the subtlety to hear/pronounce that word correctly, so they call them "Eldar"
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They do not, at least from the sources we have available. Eldar refer to themselves are Eladrith, extrapolated from Vect being the first to name the denizens of Commorragh, Eladrith Ynneas, meaning Dark Eldar. This was in M32, considering the fall was in M31 I imagine the language wouldn't be so different from the pre-fall Eldar. Perhaps the dialects were different outside of Commorragh, but as far as we know the only word we've heard to describe Eldar in their own language is either Eladrith or Ynneas and I'd put good money on which one means Eldar.
Lanlaorn wrote: Every single naming change they do is to better secure their legal rights on these terms. You can't copyright Imperial Guard, Stormtroopers, Space Marines, Orcs, etc. but you can Astra Militarum, Militarum Tempestus, Adeptus Astartes, Orruks, etc.
Their motivation is well established. I just wish they wouldn't pick stupid names like Duardin, Orruks and Aeldari!
Don't forget "ogors". Ugh. "Duardin" isn't too bad, considering it's at least somewhat removed from something ridiculous like "dwarfors".
They've been called "Eldar" for 30 years. This is really unnecessary. I'm fine with it being an obscure term used in little quotes by Ahriman and whatever, but I will be loathe to see "Codex: Aeldari Craftworlds" (or "Craftrealms").
So if the eldar trio is eldrad, the model that we can sort of see and I'm guessing a named iyanden farseer/spiritseer could it be that eldrad has tracked down the shard of ynnead(sp?) and needed the help of the iyanden seer to give the shard a physical form, it looks to me like that model has a ghost warrior style head with the point on the top being similar to a wraithknights but obviously infantry sized, maybe he has commorite armour parts because the shard fled to commoragh in the webway and they used what was on hand.
Just my own speculation obviously.
Mantle wrote: So if the eldar trio is eldrad, the model that we can sort of see and I'm guessing a named iyanden farseer/spiritseer could it be that eldrad has tracked down the shard of ynnead(sp?) and needed the help of the iyanden seer to give the shard a physical form, it looks to me like that model has a ghost warrior style head with the point on the top being similar to a wraithknights but obviously infantry sized, maybe he has commorite armour parts because the shard fled to commoragh in the webway and they used what was on hand.
Just my own speculation obviously.
The helmet looks almost exactly like on of the kabalite warrior helmets from the infantry box. i think people are getting carried away with the theory crafting at this point. It's a neat idea though.
Alpharius wrote: So the Xenos terms for Humanity just happen to sound like Monkey and Gorilla and that's...funny?
OK.
I mean, I'm all for funny stuff that's, you know, actually funny!
And Ghazghkull Mag Uruk thraka= Margaret thatcher(if your jaw is broken)
Vulcan hes'tan = Vulcan he's tan (because you know the salamanders aren't black , it's just a radioactive tan )
There's dozens of names that are all jokes ( look at old lizardman hero names)
I don't think you can copyright a name. You can get a trademark though. GW did exactly that for its use in games and models back in '92.
This is GW just wanting a collective name for all the different factions, isn't it? I'll be surprised if they start changing the names of codecies.
It's all because of the Chapterhouse lawsuit. GW tried to claim a whole bunch of infringements, they lost most of their claims because of generic or pre-established naming, but won on items that had unique naming. So now everything has to have a unique name so 3rd party retailers can't make products of the same name.
Theophony wrote: And Ghazghkull Mag Uruk thraka= Margaret thatcher(if your jaw is broken)
Andy Chambers (the creator) denied it (in an interview - don't have the link).
Theophony wrote: Vulcan hes'tan = Vulcan he's tan (because you know the salamanders aren't black , it's just a radioactive tan )
You think? Why not Charlton Heston - he was Marc Antony in Julius Caesar and... um... Ben Hur in Ben Hur and there are artefacts called Kesare's Mantle and Obsidian Chariot (it's just speculation, too). I think "he is tan" is quite far-fetched.
Theophony wrote: There's dozens of names that are all jokes ( look at old lizardman hero names)
The Slann/Lizardmen names were... special. Thanxalotl for nothing...
Btw: the German 'translation' of Mon-Keigh was Chem-Pan-Sey.
Theophony wrote: And Ghazghkull Mag Uruk thraka= Margaret thatcher(if your jaw is broken)
Andy Chambers (the creator) denied it (in an interview - don't have the link).
For what that one's worth, I can see why he'd want to officially deny it, even if it was the intent.
I'd have to go digging, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't him that said it, it was an editors comment in white dwarf a very long time ago. While the army was his created using the ork books, and he rolled up the characters and did the conversions, I'm pretty sure he did not say the origin of the name.
I think using some of these names worked out well for GW, just look at all the different people with their different theories relating to the meanings.
Mantle wrote: So if the eldar trio is eldrad, the model that we can sort of see and I'm guessing a named iyanden farseer/spiritseer could it be that eldrad has tracked down the shard of ynnead(sp?) and needed the help of the iyanden seer to give the shard a physical form, it looks to me like that model has a ghost warrior style head with the point on the top being similar to a wraithknights but obviously infantry sized, maybe he has commorite armour parts because the shard fled to commoragh in the webway and they used what was on hand.
Just my own speculation obviously.
The helmet looks almost exactly like on of the kabalite warrior helmets from the infantry box. i think people are getting carried away with the theory crafting at this point. It's a neat idea though.
Yeah, I've been saying this exact same thing for weeks now, eventually people might get the hint.
Someone had asked a few days ago about the Empyric Storms table, did anyone answer that?
If not:
I really enjoy it. I've played a few small games with it, and it can really shift a game. If Null Tide(units cannot take Invulnerable Saves) comes into play, some big stuff can take a huge hit.
My personal favorite though is "Unreality Reigns". Until the start of your next turn, all dice rolls of 1 are counted as 6 and all dice rolls of 6 are counted as 1.
All these silly names are probably because in the old days, the "Fluff for nutters" (remember, that's the origin of the term) was probably written by a bunch of giggling drunk people at a pub.
Read the original source material from which GW got their "Grim Dark" setting. All the classic dystopias of the 80s contained tons of black comedy, and the ridiculous over-the-topness of all of it was part of the joke. A Canticle for Liebowitz, 1984, Judge Dredd, Starship Troopers, all these books had an underlying understanding that when you make a setting as dark and gritty and depressing as it can possibly go, it's pretty silly.
It only seems odd when so much of the setting has been strangled into straight-faced submission by the need for everything to be "bad ass". The last time I read new content with a little levity in it out of GW was Trayzn's part in FoC and the Adeptus Mechanicus codexes. Arguably maybe in the Genestealer Cult codex they kept a little bit of silliness in how utterly doomed all the cults are, but it is funny to see Space Marine players figure out that it used to be that the Orks weren't always the sole comic relief in the setting.
"Any species deemed inferior; most often used for humans. Derived from legendary cannibalistic mishappen monstrosities that invaded and subjugated Eldar lands until they were cleansed from the galaxy by the hero Elronhir."
"Any species deemed inferior; most often used for humans. Derived from legendary cannibalistic mishappen monstrosities that invaded and subjugated Eldar lands until they were cleansed from the galaxy by the hero Elronhir."
Source: Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 49
Just a question, did this eldar hero have a human son in law?
"Any species deemed inferior; most often used for humans. Derived from legendary cannibalistic mishappen monstrosities that invaded and subjugated Eldar lands until they were cleansed from the galaxy by the hero Elronhir."
Source: Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition), pg. 49
Just a question, did this eldar hero have a human son in law?
Nostromodamus wrote: I'm guessing Cypher has holstered his Bolt Pistol and drawn the Lion Sword...
He can't actually use it according to the more recent lore.
Pretty much. There's some sort of unpleasant psychic backlash whenever people try to handle the Lion Sword.
Unless those people wielding it are named Cypher, of course, in which case he can pick that bad boy up Excalibur style
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If you can give me an instance where he uses the Lion Sword, I'd appreciate it. From what I've seen though, he only uses his plasma pistol and bolt pistol.
If you can give me an instance where he uses the Lion Sword, I'd appreciate it. From what I've seen though, he only uses his plasma pistol and bolt pistol.
He hasn't yet, but there are hints that acquiring it is his goal. I am inferring that he may be able to wield it
If you can give me an instance where he uses the Lion Sword, I'd appreciate it. From what I've seen though, he only uses his plasma pistol and bolt pistol.
He hasn't yet, but there are hints that acquiring it is his goal. I am inferring that he may be able to wield it
He already has it. He doesn't use it and advises Asmodai not to touch it. Asmodai ignores him.
We're still on a metal Cypher, aren't we? I don't play DA so I wouldn't know. But the pointy bolt pistol holster kinda reminded me of a beak, so I thought of Tzeentch. But he's had his releases, and I don't think we're gonna get another IC for his forces. But all things considered, i'd love to see a new Cypher, i'd pick it up just to paint it!
I largely skipped 40K 3rd ("The Blandening") and only came back with 4th.
Pretty sure it was 2nd, I remember an old friend and my main 40K opponent at the time using it and he'd moved away and joined the army well before 3rd, and we've not played each other since.
The hanging bolt shell links rather than a magazine is either Chaos or Orks, unless it's some other Heresy-era throwback like a Cypher or similar (who isn't overtly chaotic in his imagery.)
I largely skipped 40K 3rd ("The Blandening") and only came back with 4th.
Pretty sure it was 2nd, I remember an old friend and my main 40K opponent at the time using it and he'd moved away and joined the army well before 3rd, and we've not played each other since.
I'd bet money it was a 3rd Edition thing.
Now, I'm not a gambler, so, take that for what it is worth!
The hanging bolt shell links rather than a magazine is either Chaos or Orks, unless it's some other Heresy-era throwback like a Cypher or similar (who isn't overtly chaotic in his imagery.)
Are CSM's getting a new kit, or will this just be a "Cypher Thing"?
It appears it might be a hammer fire, revolver bolt pistol. Which I hope not because between the belt hanging at an angle not possible for a hip holster, you can't have a open bolt hammer fire belt fed revolver.
So I call hand waivium inquisition bolt pistol thingy or its Cypher and some scuplter thought it would be totes cool to make him "western".
rollawaythestone wrote: "Payment in soulstone gems, captured slaves or jokes" is pretty suggestive of the next Eldar triumvirate being aDark, Craftworld, and Harlequin combo.
I can still dream of Corsairs. They take slaves too.
Brother SRM wrote: It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.
That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.
Brother SRM wrote: It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.
That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.
Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?
Brother SRM wrote: It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.
That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.
Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?
If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.
bubber wrote: I was thinking that the pistol grip looks Eldary, not Chaosy.
Nah, definitely an Imperial equivalent.
The ammo hanging loose definitely suggests Chaos over Loyalist. And given it has an ammo belt, I doubt it's a six shooter.
Instead, I think it could be a combi-pistol of some kind. The ejection port seems low for most bolt pistols we've seen, compare to the following pic, a Tigris pattern bolt pistol from Forgeworld's MkIV Power a Weapon Set.
The ejection port is near identical - but seems lower down (could be the holster and ammo belt playing tricks on my eyes!). But there's much more up top.
Now the likely suspect is of course a scope or sight of some kind, but the shape, and the hammer which I feel is likely to be a shot selector (Bolters not having a firing pin) would support it being a combi-pistol.
Brother SRM wrote: It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.
That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.
Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?
If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.
Yeah, Im not seeing it looking like a cylinder, looks to me more like the extra metal plate like the Chaos Plasma Pistol has.
Brother SRM wrote: It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.
That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.
Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?
If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.
Yeah, Im not seeing it looking like a cylinder, looks to me more like the extra metal plate like the Chaos Plasma Pistol has.
Look again. You have the ammo feed and ejection port, then right above that is what looks like it might be the cylinder for a 'revolver'.
Silly as it might sound, I'm sticking with it being related to Cypher. He makes an appearance in "Fall of Cadia", and I would not be surprised to see him getting Special Issue Ammunition.
Brother SRM wrote: It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.
That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.
Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?
If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.
Yeah, Im not seeing it looking like a cylinder, looks to me more like the extra metal plate like the Chaos Plasma Pistol has.
Look again.
You have the ammo feed and ejection port, then right above that is what looks like it might be the cylinder for a 'revolver'.
Silly as it might sound, I'm sticking with it being related to Cypher. He makes an appearance in "Fall of Cadia", and I would not be surprised to see him getting Special Issue Ammunition.
No I see what you are talking about, it just (as someone who owns revolvers) looks nothing like a revolver cylinder to me.
Combi-grav pistol would make for some pretty awesome gunslinging.
I hope not, grav everywhere sucks. It was supposed to be pretty rare (2nd ed wargear card), and is a massive crutch that people use in their marine armies
Maybe it is from a kit, rather than a special character. Unless removed a lot from the picture, that seems like a strange bit for a plastic character. Seems much more like an extra bit in a kit. I especially think it would be odd to sculpt the holster like that, if there weren't also going to be bits that showed the same kind of pistol unholstered and with a bayonet attached, so the shape of the holster would make some kind of sense.
Combi-grav pistol would make for some pretty awesome gunslinging.
I hope not, grav everywhere sucks. It was supposed to be pretty rare (2nd ed wargear card), and is a massive crutch that people use in their marine armies
I don't think it'll be a combi-grav pistol, doesn't seem like something GW would do. And in response to your complaints about the gameplay, fluff-wise, you're right. Maybe limit the armies to one or 2 grav-guns MAX.
Combi-grav pistol would make for some pretty awesome gunslinging.
I hope not, grav everywhere sucks. It was supposed to be pretty rare (2nd ed wargear card), and is a massive crutch that people use in their marine armies
I don't think it'll be a combi-grav pistol, doesn't seem like something GW would do. And in response to your complaints about the gameplay, fluff-wise, you're right. Maybe limit the armies to one or 2 grav-guns MAX.
Oh, so Wraithknights are going to become one for every 2500 points? Characters one per fifty troop models?
Nope. Those kinds of requirements were wildly arbitrary.
I don't think it'll be a combi-grav pistol, doesn't seem like something GW would do. And in response to your complaints about the gameplay, fluff-wise, you're right. Maybe limit the armies to one or 2 grav-guns MAX.
Really? This is the same company that brought us a heavy bolter/heavy flamer combi-weapon in their Deathwatch release. Plus, the eversor assassin has a combi needler pistol.
Combi-grav pistol would make for some pretty awesome gunslinging.
I hope not, grav everywhere sucks. It was supposed to be pretty rare (2nd ed wargear card), and is a massive crutch that people use in their marine armies
I don't think it'll be a combi-grav pistol, doesn't seem like something GW would do. And in response to your complaints about the gameplay, fluff-wise, you're right. Maybe limit the armies to one or 2 grav-guns MAX.
I am sure Tau players are going to be pissed about Riptides being made one per army and having their price tripled.
It would be unusual for GW to sculpt a new or unusual weapon and have it holstered. A holstered weapon is usually something innocuous like a bolt pistol or laspistol.
Here is a crazy guess since it looks like some kind of combi-bolt pistol. A combi sonic bolt pistol for new plastic noise marines. When ever GW updates a infantry kit they add new weapon options to incentavise people to buy the new kits.
Brother SRM wrote: It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.
That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.
Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?
If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.
Maybe it is alien design and not manufactured by Colt.
Or at least Cypher and the Fallen formation getting into print format - GW have already shown they're quite eager to move away from the digital only dataslate approach with IA and how they incorporated some of formations into the 7th ed. version of Crimson Slaughter.
Brother SRM wrote: It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.
That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.
Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?
If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.
Yeah, Im not seeing it looking like a cylinder, looks to me more like the extra metal plate like the Chaos Plasma Pistol has.
Look again.
You have the ammo feed and ejection port, then right above that is what looks like it might be the cylinder for a 'revolver'.
Silly as it might sound, I'm sticking with it being related to Cypher. He makes an appearance in "Fall of Cadia", and I would not be surprised to see him getting Special Issue Ammunition.
No I see what you are talking about, it just (as someone who owns revolvers) looks nothing like a revolver cylinder to me.
A new Cypher would be great.
Now that you have established you own firearms (I own 2 revolvers) you should be well aware that GW doesn't design functioning firearms. So sticking a cylinder on a bolter would be GW for revolver, doesn't have to look like a real life revolver.
VeteranNoob wrote: Oh, my bad. It seemed glued in so I didn't think to wedge it out
That's the chap.
So looks part 1 of 4 -- unless the other boxes are a different size of course.
Gonna assume one set will be Eldar --:
the Farseer/whomever with the Gyrinx mini
The figure in the odd mix of eldar armour -- who I think is Yriel -- IIRC he is something of a "half blood" having both craftworld & dark eldar parents.
and a 3rd figure ..? A full darkeldar mini would make sense -- 1 craftworlder, 1 dark eldar 1 who "walks the path of both worlds" or what have you.
is the plastic eldrad available yet ? be him if not -- he's mentioned in the new book.
..or , of course, just some cool art to stick on the box.
But one wonders if the assembled image could then be seen as a countdown to 8th edition ?
Or something.
So, I have not seen anyone make the connection yet. In sixth edition they had this same clock, and the hand was resting two boxes back. Now it is ahead by two. 6xth edition +2 = 8th Edition confirmed....Half life 3 confirmed.....ILLUMINATI!
Just a word of warning folks, there's some stuff from other codexes that's inadvertently ended up where it shouldn't be, like AM stuff on the end of the Blood Angels document etc. GW are aware and fixing it.
Lockark wrote: Here is a crazy guess since it looks like some kind of combi-bolt pistol. A combi sonic bolt pistol for new plastic noise marines. When ever GW updates a infantry kit they add new weapon options to incentavise people to buy the new kits.
So this new FAQ specifies that all psykers and brotherhood of psykers auto know the malefic chart. AFTER the Magnus FAQ (which isn't in the official group on that link). Does this replace the ruling? Cuz the most recent FAQ grants it back. Near as I can tell...this FAQ lets pinkies know the spell again.
Brother SRM wrote: It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.
That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.
Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?
If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.
Yeah, Im not seeing it looking like a cylinder, looks to me more like the extra metal plate like the Chaos Plasma Pistol has.
Look again.
You have the ammo feed and ejection port, then right above that is what looks like it might be the cylinder for a 'revolver'.
Silly as it might sound, I'm sticking with it being related to Cypher. He makes an appearance in "Fall of Cadia", and I would not be surprised to see him getting Special Issue Ammunition.
No I see what you are talking about, it just (as someone who owns revolvers) looks nothing like a revolver cylinder to me.
A new Cypher would be great.
Now that you have established you own firearms (I own 2 revolvers) you should be well aware that GW doesn't design functioning firearms. So sticking a cylinder on a bolter would be GW for revolver, doesn't have to look like a real life revolver.
Yes, but some of their nonsense designs still make a smattering of sense. And a cylnder on a Boltgun could be neat, but combined with the belt it doest work for me, if it was an Autocannon then it would work. Anyway im just saying it doesnt look to me like its function is a cylinder.
timetowaste85 wrote: So this new FAQ specifies that all psykers and brotherhood of psykers auto know the malefic chart. AFTER the Magnus FAQ (which isn't in the official group on that link). Does this replace the ruling? Cuz the most recent FAQ grants it back. Near as I can tell...this FAQ lets pinkies know the spell again.
You should probably ask detailed FAQ questions like that in the FAQ specific thread or YMDC instead of potentially derailing the general GW news and White Dwarf thread.
I have a theory that 8th ed will down size the game or make it at least a lot more scaleable than it currently is, hence the release of genestealer cults and deathwatch as independent factions despite them both being small on a galactic scale.
If my theory is true (I'm basing at on nothing but the release of smaller factions.) then codex fallen or codex non chaotic traitor marines would be an awesome thing to add in to the game.
Alpharius wrote: It doesn't really look like a general GW news and rumors thread works well at all.
I think this one doesn't have much time left...
In all honesty, activity has switched to the other thread for the most part, seeing it's the more up-to-date one and a specifc thread on the matter at hand... so this thread indeed has very little use for the time being.
I have a theory that 8th ed will down size the game or make it at least a lot more scaleable than it currently is, hence the release of genestealer cults and deathwatch as independent factions despite them both being small on a galactic scale. If my theory is true (I'm basing at on nothing but the release of smaller factions.) then codex fallen or codex non chaotic traitor marines would be an awesome thing to add in to the game.
If it means that the game goes back to infantry with some vehicle support like in 4th, as opposed to super weapons everywhere, I'm down with that.
I have a theory that 8th ed will down size the game or make it at least a lot more scaleable than it currently is, hence the release of genestealer cults and deathwatch as independent factions despite them both being small on a galactic scale.
If my theory is true (I'm basing at on nothing but the release of smaller factions.) then codex fallen or codex non chaotic traitor marines would be an awesome thing to add in to the game.
If it means that the game goes back to infantry with some vehicle support like in 4th, as opposed to super weapons everywhere, I'm down with that.
I can't see that happening. They still want to sell those large kits
I have a theory that 8th ed will down size the game or make it at least a lot more scaleable than it currently is, hence the release of genestealer cults and deathwatch as independent factions despite them both being small on a galactic scale.
If my theory is true (I'm basing at on nothing but the release of smaller factions.) then codex fallen or codex non chaotic traitor marines would be an awesome thing to add in to the game.
If it means that the game goes back to infantry with some vehicle support like in 4th, as opposed to super weapons everywhere, I'm down with that.
I can't see that happening. They still want to sell those large kits
It could give them an excuse to bring Apocalypse back as a separate style of game. I for one would love to see superheavies and flyers removed from the main game.
As for the new Eldar models, I think the designs are pretty cool, but the poses feel a bit static to me.
I'm not sure wether this has been mentioned or not but:
Daemons of tzeentch are getting a start collecting, it will consist of: a chariot, 3 flamers, 3 screamers, ten horrors and an herald. This comes from an image caption my LGS-owner has sent to our Whatsapp group, so I guess it's a solid reliability.
LoC will cost the same as bloodthirster kit. Blue horros will be 25 euros per ten models. The rest we know.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: If it means that the game goes back to infantry with some vehicle support like in 4th, as opposed to super weapons everywhere, I'm down with that.
Nah. Whatever happens is that existing big models are standard to use. If anything looking at AOS game is just MORE likely to go to "big guys battle".
They aren't going to hamper their SH sales by removing them from standard game.
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Fafnir wrote: It could give them an excuse to bring Apocalypse back as a separate style of game. I for one would love to see superheavies and flyers removed from the main game.
As for the new Eldar models, I think the designs are pretty cool, but the poses feel a bit static to me.
Which is precisely the point. Separate book=models would see less use on standard games=less incentive to buy=GW sells less SH models.
How popular apoc games were anyway? I would not be buying expensive 100€+ models if I can legally even field them like less than handful times per year and that's about the number of apoc games I could attend...
Lord Kragan wrote: Daemons of tzeentch are getting a start collecting, it will consist of: a chariot, 3 flamers, 3 screamers, ten horrors and an herald.
Lord Kragan wrote: Daemons of tzeentch are getting a start collecting, it will consist of: a chariot, 3 flamers, 3 screamers, ten horrors and an herald.
I was worried it would have a Chariot in it.
I guess they're going to be pretty popular with Magnus, since he can summon them to do all kinds of nasty.
...I was starting to think I was the only belligerent old git around here suddenly 
, it's just a radioactive tan 
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