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A thread specifically for the news and rumours related to the miniatures.

No rules necessary as there are plenty of threads for them.

After seeing (some) of the warriors that were assembled from the new DE warrior sprue (I did not see the bits on the sprue) last weekend and having been given the all clear to talk about them by my source:

Best start point is to use this pic as a reference.



The warriors are not striding forward and hunched over like they are about to tip over- legs are laid out in a wide stance and the models are much, much better proportioned than the old ones, so no more legs that go all the way up and tiny torsos.
Helmets and non helmeted heads included.
Non helmeted head has a high ponytail.
Ribs/shards of bone poke through loincloths and the ponytail.
The helmets are pretty much identical to the above pic, but with lumps/gems over the ears/temples.
From behind the helmets look exactly like eldar guardian ones.
There is a gem/soulstone on the left chest armour- not the shoulder armour piece as per the above pic.
This is where you have to use your imagination as the pic doesn't show it: On the back there is a backpack that looks like it started as an eldar backpack but does not stick out as far, has vestigal 'vanes' compared to the eldar one (so doesn't stick up above the shoulder) and most excellently down the centre of the backpack, it is recessed with scaled armour over the spine (triangular scales with points downwards)
A high collar that flanges out
Rifle is almost exactly the same as the pic for the base model, even down to the jagged bit that pokes up in front of the warriors abdomen in the pic. There is a variant with what looks to be crossbow arms sticking out laterally (ends up looking like a mini anchor)
Attachable Loincloths (variable designs) One has a skull, one a hook on them.
As per the pic, greaves over the lower legs, then knee pads and scales over the upper legs, with points upwards.
Knife scabbard, 2 'rods' and 2 small sachels on the 'utility belt' posteriorly
Blades of differing lengths and size on various armour parts, primarily lower legs and shoulder pads.
Curved knife HW available.
Attachable blades for the end of splinter rifle.

The models will be about as close to the source pic as you can imagine, and finally GW does concept art proud.

I played DE when they first caame out through to about 2003 before selling them off.
The new warriors make me desperately want to do a new army.

You heard it on dakka first.

That helmet looks very Necron-ish.

I love you.

Wow, cheers for that Gonads! I can't wait to make DE my next army - I love the look of the DE concept art pic, especially the helmet.

well if you have seen the plastics and they are letting you talk about them then that means they are soon on the horizon.

but if they do the concept art justice then they will be cool looking. to bad it just means i'll have some old crappy ones and new cool ones just like my eldar...

I wish my guardians were that complex with many kinds of heads and leftover bits.

The models had better look phenomenal so I can use them for all sorts of conversions.

The other pic in the rulebook (of the DE assault vs IG).
The backs of the leaping warriors do not look anything like the models I saw.
That is not to say they may be another type of DE trooper (one I haven't seen)


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I'd say pics will appear Juneish 2 issues prior to their release in August.

They were pretty coy with the last couple of releases and except for me stumbling over their Beastmen promo poster several days before it was released for (I guess promotion) and putting pics online they managed to keep pretty much everything on the lowdown for that release until they wanted to release the pics (excepting the 'pumbagor').




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Also there are no pics- I did not know they would be on show and did not have my camera.

It was an 'eyes only' event.

Wow great stuff WG.

Finally a DE rumor thread with real info. Well, time to add DE to my future army list.

awesome news man, this totally made my day. DE coming out just in time for my bday!

Salt intake...high...

I'll believe it when I see it.

It seems they seem to be leaning more "Gothy" than they previously were.

But the gun looks alot like the Gauss Blaster, without the Green stick, or the cables coming out the bottom.

Looks like I dumped my old DE army just in time for the new mini's!
*rubs hands with glee*
I've heard we're looking at a September/October release personally. I'd rather it was August though, just so JohnHwangDD has a dollar to send someone.

Groovy. Hope I can get my 'nids done before the DE release so I won't have to divide my love.

Haven't you DE players been teased before? lol

Sweet! Totally jealous right now, WG.

I believe Mr. Gonads has been bought out by the corporate boys from GW. Now he's enticing us with descriptions of models that don't exist in order to build up excitement for some unknown fiendish reason that I can't even begin to come up with a wild scenario for.

Not a fan of the helmet, reminds me of a Cylon, but I'll wait until I see the actual model. Some attachable decorative pieces, like the ones on the Dark Elf CoK helmets, would be swizzeet.

I hope they toned down the bayonet and didn't make it so ridiculously long.

Frazzled wrote:Salt intake...high...

I'll believe it when I see it.

Frazz = naughty.

But then, we already knew that!

I'm hoping that they go with the awesome jetbike re-design that we saw floating around a while back...

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I'd say pics will appear Juneish 2 issues prior to their release in August.

While everything else you posted is really interesting, this sounds like pure speculation. Were you actually told something about their release date or when they'd appear in WD as a sneak peak? Or is this simply a gut feeling?

Bull gak.

DE are getting Squatted. Everyone knows this. The science is settled.

Screw you and your Hwangisms, HBMC you Hwangist.

can't comment on pics atm, blocked at work...

I like where this thread is going.

Please let it be true... Please let it be true. Is there any word on an actual release date or is that still completely up for debate?

This thread is going weinerdog?

I believe it's going TO the weinerdog. At least it's not going to the poodles.

This is the thread I have been waiting for. Exciting!

Grunt_For_Christ wrote:Please let it be true... Please let it be true. Is there any word on an actual release date or is that still completely up for debate?

Nothing official yet.


Yet.

damn...I suppose if they do look that good, I'll have to re-invest in DE...sigh. Bye Bye $150 of birthday monies...

Grunt_For_Christ wrote:Please let it be true... Please let it be true.

... sounds pretty good to me.

Can't confirm it-- sorry -- but I would be very surprised if Spearhead was the last 40K release of the year eh ?

.. well... full/revised army release anyway.

I think by years end people won't know wych way to go when building their filthy xenos armies.

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:The other pic in the rulebook (of the DE assault vs IG).
The backs of the leaping warriors do not look anything like the models I saw.
That is not to say they may be another type of DE trooper (one I haven't seen)

Just for the record, here is the pic:



If they stay close to the concept as well, we have a good idea of the Raider now.
And my guess is, we see the new Wyches here! Look at the weapons! And they are troops now!
Guess you didn't see any other models, right?

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I'd say pics will appear Juneish 2 issues prior to their release in August.
They were pretty coy with the last couple of releases and except for me stumbling over their Beastmen promo poster several days before it was released for (I guess promotion) and putting pics online they managed to keep pretty much everything on the lowdown for that release until they wanted to release the pics (excepting the 'pumbagor').

How sure are you about the August release?
And keep in mind that Jes was really angry that his Harlequin pics leaked early, so it is his personal intention to keep the pics secret until he publishes them.

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:It was an 'eyes only' event.

... erm , and how did you get access