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Rumoured for a second wave in November:
Black Guard / Executioners, Black Riders/ Warlocks, Chariot.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.440714519370778.1073741827.152899918152241&type=1
Executioners back left, Black Guard back right.

Black Riders


And from http://lkhero.blogspot.gr/2013/09/new-dark-elves-from-book.html (posted here by corgan):

















Lion275 over at Warseer wrote:Warlocks appear to have one hand weapon
The new chariot crew is armed with spears and what looks to be a large crossbow or bolt thrower on the chariot.
(...)
The warlocks are bare chested, and the weapons look mundane...aka not glowing. They look like large jagged daggers. They are held in reverse grips which looks pretty slick. The warlock champions eyes are glowing which IMO hints at some magical abilities. md as far as the warriors go I think a big difference will be the size of them. Look at the size difference between Isle of Blood Lothern Sea Guard and the normal High Elves spearman.
(...)
The Warriors, Black Guard, and Dark Riders all have cloaks. None of them appear to have face coverings. The Executioners appear to have skull faced helms. The theme to me appears to be a more sinister version of their High Elf bretheren. The plate armor has very spiked and jagged edges. The style will still fit well with the Shades and Reaper but next to these new models they will look very dated.
(...)
-Black Guard look very stalwart with large halberds and high helms with 3 spikes on each side with a flowing plume on top. Their armor is black trimmed in gold and they have dark purple cloaks. The unit champion is holding a sword by the hilt with the blade planted in the ground. Musician is a drummer.
-The executioners have what look like skull helms, and their armor is a brighter silver than the Black Guard. Their tunics are red in color and the Draiches are all held on the left hand side of their bodies (their left our right). They look very cool ranked up.

The Dark Riders are very cool looking. Sleek looking horses with only a bit of armor. All of the Riders are hunched over in the saddle to give the illusion of speeding fast cav. The helmets appear to be open faced and they are armed with spears in the picture I have, once again that doesn't mean they wont get crossbows (in the pictures we have they are in the back ground behind the Warlocks).
(...)
So to answer the chariot question: It looks very sleek. The wheel is on the back part of the chariot. The chariot is very low to the ground. Once again it sounds weird but looks cool. Very low profile and ready to smash people.

Leaked rules leaked in this blog:
http://lkhero.blogspot.de/2013/09/new-dark-elves-from-book.html



Preorders are up:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCatsLarge.jsp?catId=cat440004a&rootCatGameStyle=wh



Limited edition:








Battle Magic Cards





































Old leaked pics:
Spoiler:

First WD pics leaked from China:
















More large and blurry pics (from Italy I guess) in spoilers:












More pics, added 27th September:
Regular and limited armybook cover (posted by cerbrus2):



Hellebron:






Hi,
many sources point to a Dark Elf armbook release in October. Here the latest 40k Radio rumours:
NEW RUMORS for Warhammer Fantasy! My "source" has sent me pictures of the new Dark Elf release. The Dark Elves will be out in October with a slew of new models:

1) NEW Plastic Dark Elf Warrior Box(Makes Spearmen, swordsmen, & crossbowmen)
2) NEW PLastic Dark Riders/Warlocks
3) NEW Plastic Blackguard/Executioners
4) NEW Plastic Coldone Chariot/Scroungerunner(Pulled by horses)
5) NEW Plastic Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne(This model is AMAZING)
6) NEW Plastic Hydra/Kraken
7) NEW Plastic Witch Elf box

This will be a huge release and the Dark Elves will be the best looking Fantasy army, IMHO. These models are breathe taking and Dark Elf fans will have their minds blown!


Added 8th September:
From one of the 40k Radio hosts:
Lion275 over at Warseer wrote:Even though it is 40k radio both myself and the other host both play a lot of WHFB. We can't and won't show pics unless our source gives us the ok. The pictures we have received are the high res pictures that will be in the WD. If you have any questions I will be more than happy to answer them to my utmost ability here or on our Facebook page.

As of right now we only have the pics, no details on the book. Last time we got the pictures and then the book a little later. As soon as we get more info we will pass it on. So as far as the weapons I can only go off the pictures. Here is what I see:

Warlocks appear to have one hand weapon
The new chariot crew is armed with spears and what looks to be a large crossbow or bolt thrower on the chariot.

The pictures have me thinking I want to collect another Dark Elves army. We have not received pics of any of the characters but that doesn't mean there won't be any.

The new Warriors look quite different to me. But then again I am a big geek that notices stuff like that. They have cloaks that come down their back and all the helmets don't cover the eyes any more.

The warlocks are bare chested, and the weapons look mundane...aka not glowing. They look like large jagged daggers. They are held in reverse grips which looks pretty slick. The warlock champions eyes are glowing which IMO hints at some magical abilities. md as far as the warriors go I think a big difference will be the size of them. Look at the size difference between Isle of Blood Lothern Sea Guard and the normal High Elves spearman.

Im really excited to hear about a plastic hydra finally.

It looks bigger and beefier. Like we said Dark Elves are setting the bar for the best range of models in WHFB.
Can you tell what size base the hydra is on?

I can't really tell from the pic. The two handlers are actually on the base so I don't have their base size to compare to. Sorry.

The cloaks hang down from underneath the shoulder armor and cover the back of the chain mail. It definitely is new for them but it looks really cool. The Druchii warriors also have shoulder armor. It makes them look simply awesome. The skull embossed on their shields looks great too. Yes the Hydra does have 2 handlers.

The Warriors, Black Guard, and Dark Riders all have cloaks. None of them appear to have face coverings. The Executioners appear to have skull faced helms. The theme to me appears to be a more sinister version of their High Elf bretheren. The plate armor has very spiked and jagged edges. The style will still fit well with the Shades and Reaper but next to these new models they will look very dated.

-The Kraken has 5 heads/fanged maws. The have spines and scales with smooth neck and belly flesh. Scales are painted a Dark Grey with the softer flesh painted blue. Looks awesome.
-The pictures we have of the Witch Elves has them with two hand weapons.
-Black Guard look very stalwart with large halberds and high helms with 3 spikes on each side with a flowing plume on top. Their armor is black trimmed in gold and they have dark purple cloaks. The unit champion is holding a sword by the hilt with the blade planted in the ground. Musician is a drummer.
-The executioners have what look like skull helms, and their armor is a brighter silver than the Black Guard. Their tunics are red in color and the Draiches are all held on the left hand side of their bodies (their left our right). They look very cool ranked up.

The Dark Riders are very cool looking. Sleek looking horses with only a bit of armor. All of the Riders are hunched over in the saddle to give the illusion of speeding fast cav. The helmets appear to be open faced and they are armed with spears in the picture I have, once again that doesn't mean they wont get crossbows (in the pictures we have they are in the back ground behind the Warlocks). The Kraken doesn't have tentacles, it has four legs with webbed appendages ending in claws and it also has a tail. The Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne look very cool. If you are a fan of the newer larger models GW has been putting out for WHFB you will really dig it. It is a bit toned down compared to the Empire Celestial Hurricanum/Luminark of Hysh and has blades and hooks on it to make it very sinister and Dark Elf. I also want to say thanks for such the warm welcome. I am glad that you guys are fired up for this release. As soon as more info becomes available to us I will share it on our Facebook and post here too. I will continue to answer questions about the models to the best of my ability and thank you for being very understanding as to why we cant release the pictures sent to us. You guys are awesome!

zhangyi over at Warseer wrote:so i've got something new to say.
someone just told me that dark elf have army-wide ASF rule.

Silvertongue over at Warseer wrote:More info from the FB thread:

Execs use swords (phew!). Black Guards look "amazing", with bulkier shoulders and tall helmets with plumes, so I guess pretty much like they look now (in that respect at least).
The Cauldron has six wheels and two staircases leading up to the platform with the big statue of Khaine. It is not pulled by anything, so maybe (my assumption it will be used like the Screaming Bell? Three Witch Elves on it, lots of spikes and blades.

Edit: and more! The Witch Elves have loincloths and bras (obviously) and look "vicious". On the Throne, there is something that looks like half-Witch Elf, half Medusa, with snakes as hair.

Now I'm almost literally foaming.

Also, weren't there, a month or so ago, a batch of rumours that said something like "Cauldron kit makes both the CoB and a Medusa thing" that we all thought were too wishlisty? It could be useful to find them and re-evaluate them.
(...)

Found it:
First post so be kind. I have a friend who works for GW and he told me about 2 weeks ago about a dual kit hydra / some other monster, dual kit plastic witch elves / sisters of slaughter, new cauldron and medusa kit thing was his exact words. not sure if anyone else has mentioned these.

By Arthurius11, in the now-locked thread that preceded this one. Now, we haven't heard anything about Sisters of Slaughter by the guys of 40k radio, but that doesn't mean it's not real. Perhaps it's a simple weapon swap that wasn't featured in the pics they received or something like that.

Edit: The new Hydra is beefier than the current one. And the WEs on the Throne use spears.

I have to say, they are being quite nice answering all my questions! I don't want to pester them, though.

Edit: Warlocks are bare-chested, with long flowing hair, painted white. They seem to have black eyes (or no eyes), except for the champion, whose eyes are glowing. Dark Riders are cloaked (of course), and hunched over in the saddle, in order to present a low profile.

And that should be all from me today. I need to sleep. Someone else ask them things!

DeathlessDraich over at Warseer wrote:The following might have already been mentioned - apologies - haven't read every post.
I can't verify the validity or the source. I think only one or 2 out of the 6 below will turn out to be true. We shall see - in the last week of September.

1) 2 new monsters (or monstrous units?) not 1. One monster from Karond Kar (Is this the Kraken? Does it fly? - I don't know) and the other may be from Har Ganeth

2) Temple of Khaine artifacts remain - Don't know whether there are new poisons or not

3) Maybe a new unit from Har Ganeth or a modification for Executioners?

4) Improved Assassins - could be a Save or improved Hidden rules.

5) I think rumours of City Guard, Slaves etc are probably hopeful speculation. Dark Magic and Black Horror will probably remain as do all the present units but following latest trends there are bound to be new units.

I am hoping for interesting new additions/improvements to the rules.


Shabbadoo, a veteran rumour poster on Warseer, confirms the first 40k radio rumours with this post
shabbadoo wrote:I would recommend that it might just be a good idea for everyone to NOT give anybody much of a hassle over this "wish-listy" list, because there is no wishing there at all. OK, before saying anything this sweeping and all-encompassing, I better look at it again...

Nope. Nothing wish-listy there apparently. If you play Dark Elves, and you like that list (and, yes, that is not everything), you might as well pop the champagne already. Pics ought to start oozing out within a week if this turns out anything like Space Marines did, and I will add that pre-orders ought to go up on the 28th.

Lastly, before anybody puts their head up there butt and asks, "But how do YOU know?", just consider that one reason that I (and probably others) really don't say much of anything is precisely because so many of you jack-holes (you know who you are) have become fixated on asking that particular question, and incredulously seem to expect an informative answer of some sort. Say thanks to 40K Radio for sharing, and be done with it.

(...)
People should have already pulled their head out of their butts on that issue when GW redid the Empire Cores, the Skaven Core, and the Beastmen Core. GW is obviously redoing the the poorer looking plastics as they can. Just because they do it for some armies and not for others doesn't mean that they have no plans to replace the poorer sets at all. They just don't have limitless production capability is all. As it seems like most everyone is mellowing out now, here is a small tidbit:
I honestly can't wait to see the pseudo-Medusa of the Blood Throne. It can be really awesome or horrid. I'm hoping for awesome!

It is definitely awesome. It looks somewhat like the Medusa from Clash of the Titans (the newer version of the movie)- snake from the waste down, hair of snakes, not too monstrous of a face; the pose is upright (body up high, supported by the tail). I don't know if players will be able to field this model on a base as its own unit or not (i.e. has its own independent unit entry in the army list), as has been the case with some other combo-kit models like this (the High Elf Lothern Skycutter Lord with trident on foot for instance). As to the crew of the Cauldron of Blood, they are in the style of the plastic Dark Elf Sorceress but are more dynamic with regard to the poses. Armies made up of only the newer models are going to look great on the game table.

As to the rest, I'll leave it to 40k Radio (who did a fine job with the Space Marines info, regardless of what some intarwebz fools with a seeming sense of entitlement might think) and others to drop, as they will no doubt do a great job this time around too. Pics should show up pretty soon I think, as more an more people have now seen them (and pre-orders are only 3 weeks away, or so I have been led to believe).

Added 13th September:
Lion275 wrote:I am indeed connected to 40k Radio. My name is Rik and I am one of the co-hosts along with Kyle and Chad. Feel free to drop by our facebook and I will gladly answer it on there too. My source has said I have free will to talk about and describe the pictures I have seen. I DO NOT have permission to put them up. Someone has been nice enough to send us pictures of the last two releases early and sent of the Space Marine codex early. So why would I betray his trust just to "prove" I am legit? The proof will come when the WD pics start coming out.

Ok so when we asked our source why the Dark Elves release was so large we got this answer:

Because many of the Dark Elves were so old and the poor designs were showing their age. They weren't getting any fan attention so they needed a full reboot.

Nice to see GW taking notice of models that are or aren't working.

So to answer the chariot question: It looks very sleek. The wheel is on the back part of the chariot. The chariot is very low to the ground. Once again it sounds weird but looks cool. Very low profile and ready to smash people.

As to the models I am looking forward to the most that is a really tough question. From a purely selfish standpoint the Warriors. From the look of them with some minor adjustments they would make great High Elves spear men. Over all though I would have to say Black Guard. Standing strong in their armor with burly looking halberds I would say they look the coolest IMO.

The only character picture we seem to have at the moment is Hellebron. That doesn't mean there wont be more.

The Executioners armor is a mixture of armor plates and chain mail.

New summary by Last Avenger over at BOLS, added 15th September:
1) NEW Plastic Dark Elf Warrior Box (Makes Spearmen, swordsmen, & crossbowmen)
The new Warriors look quite different to me. But then again I am a big geek that notices stuff like that. They have cloaks that come down their back and all the helmets don't cover the eyes any more.
The cloaks hang down from underneath the shoulder armor and cover the back of the chain mail. It definitely is new for them but it looks really cool. The Druchii warriors also have shoulder armor. It makes them look simply awesome. The skull embossed on their shields looks great too.
The Warriors, Black Guard, and Dark Riders all have cloaks. None of them appear to have face coverings.
It does not appear that any of the banners have designs sculpted onto them. The pictures we have of the warriors show 2 regiments, one armed with swords and shields and one armed with spears and shield. Our source tell us that they will make crossbows but we don't have a picture of them.

2) NEW PLastic Dark Riders/Warlocks
Warlocks appear to have one hand weapon
The warlocks are bare chested, and the weapons look mundane...aka not glowing. They look like large jagged daggers. They are held in reverse grips which looks pretty slick. The warlock champions eyes are glowing which IMO hints at some magical abilities.
The Warriors, Black Guard, and Dark Riders all have cloaks. None of them appear to have face coverings.
The Dark Riders are very cool looking. Sleek looking horses with only a bit of armor. All of the Riders are hunched over in the saddle to give the illusion of speeding fast cav. The helmets appear to be open faced and they are armed with spears in the picture I have, once again that doesn't mean they wont get crossbows (in the pictures we have they are in the back ground behind the Warlocks).
There does not appear to be a command group for the Warlocks, only a unit champion.

3) NEW Plastic Blackguard/Executioners
The Warriors, Black Guard, and Dark Riders all have cloaks. None of them appear to have face coverings. The Executioners appear to have skull faced helms. The theme to me appears to be a more sinister version of their High Elf bretheren. The plate armor has very spiked and jagged edges. The style will still fit well with the Shades and Reaper but next to these new models they will look very dated.
-Black Guard look very stalwart with large halberds and high helms with 3 spikes on each side with a flowing plume on top. Their armor is black trimmed in gold and they have dark purple cloaks. The unit champion is holding a sword by the hilt with the blade planted in the ground. Musician is a drummer.
-The executioners have what look like skull helms, and their armor is a brighter silver than the Black Guard. Their tunics are red in color and the Draiches are all held on the left hand side of their bodies (their left our right). They look very cool ranked up.
The Executioner champ is armed with an axe and is holding the decapitated head of a High Elf. Pretty dang cool.

4) NEW Plastic Coldone Chariot/Scroungerunner (Pulled by horses)
The new chariot crew is armed with spears and what looks to be a large crossbow or bolt thrower on the chariot.
For the Scroungerunner charoit the crew look similar to Corsairs. The passenger shooting the crossbow/boltthrower has what appears to be a sea dragon cloak on. There are reins but they look like just normal black leather. The horses look awesome and angry. Both are black in color with red eyes. The chariot only has one wheel that is centered on the back part. Sounds stupid, looks cool. And as usual nasty spikes and blades al
And yes the Cold Ones on the chariot match the current Cold One Knights.


5) NEW Plastic Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne (This model is AMAZING)
The Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne look very cool. If you are a fan of the newer larger models GW has been putting out for WHFB you will really dig it. It is a bit toned down compared to the Empire Celestial Hurricanum/Luminark of Hysh and has blades and hooks on it to make it very sinister and Dark Elf.
The Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne are on a bigger base than the chariot base.
Yes the Cauldron and the Blood throne both have 6 wheels. They are on the same chassis, just with different stuff on the altar. I just noticed that the Witch Elves on Blood Throne have metal masks that cover the front of their face with the exception of their chin and mouth area and of course their eyes.
Ok and now to answer the Medusa question: She has the lower body of a snake and it appears there are other snakes on her base. The right side of her torso is bare, including her breast. In her right hand she is holding a spear. She has armor over her left breast and has a nasty looking clawed gauntlet on her hand. Her mouth is agape and she has snakes for hair. There is also a significant amount of blood on the model.

6) NEW Plastic Hydra/Kraken
About Hydra:It looks bigger and beefier.
Yes the Hydra does have 2 handlers.
-The Kraken has 5 heads/fanged maws. The have spines and scales with smooth neck and belly flesh. Scales are painted a Dark Grey with the softer flesh painted blue. Looks awesome.
The Kraken doesn't have tentacles, it has four legs with webbed appendages ending in claws and it also has a tail.
Yes the Kraken has multiple heads. From the pic it looks like there is one main head with eyes and the other four necks end with fanged maws. Very cool looking. It may sound stupid to people as it is walking but wait until the picture comes out before passing judgement.
You have to clear your head of any preconceived notions of what a Kraken is or looks like. Because lets face it, an 8 legged octopus creature flopping around on land would just not look right. It has 4 limbs that end in webbed feet with claws on them. It also has 5 heads. The main head has beady little eyes right above the mouth. The lower jaw on the main head extends kind of like an octopus tentacle but with teeth on it. The other heads end in an mouth with teeth and 4 claws around the head that look to facilitate grabbing their next meal.

7) NEW Plastic Witch Elf box
-The pictures we have of the Witch Elves has them with two hand weapons.
The witches are also sporting thigh high boots and are very dynamic with their poses. I wonder how much of a pain in the butt it will be to get them to rank up.
The Witch Elves look great. No mowhawks or anything like that. Long flowing hair, thigh high black boots and red loincloths and for lack of a better terms bras. They appear to have open mouths so lord only knows what they are saying before they come in and hack my poor High Elves to bits.
There appears to be a command group for the Witch Elves.

Crone Hellebron?
-Apparently one of the pics we have is Crone Hellebron. She is a little more armored up than a normal WE. She has a sword and a small blade (I am thinking Deathsword and Parrying Blade). She definitely has the big hair like in her artwork in the current army book.She looks young like a regular WE. She has a a bit more clothing, but not much. She has a gold mask covering her face that extends upwards in a crown like fashion. Both arms are raised towards the sky.

Added 17th September:
Lion275 over at Warseer wrote:It is indeed the same source that has provided us the Space Marine pictures and codex.
(...)
According to our source DE were one of the worst selling ranges GW had. I assume they didn't touch HE Spearmen because for some reason they still sell...
(...)
In the pictures I have of the Cauldron of Blood it is just the model with nothing pushing it. It is weird that it does have wheels but nothing pulling. Who knows maybe we will see it getting pushed around like the Screaming Bell.

shabbadoo over at Warseer wrote:A bit more detail on the Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne:

The whole contraption is a large lower platform on six wheels with a smaller raised platform towards the rear, which is reached by two staircases that curve from the lower center outward to the left and right front of the upper platform. The upper platform is where the Hag stands/Medusa is coiled. Near the top of each staircase is a witch elf guard, and they stand with their feet on different levels of the stairs in a nice "guarding" action pose. Those that guard the Medusa have spears, which they are pointing down the stairs, as if threatening anything that might come up them. The Medusa's right arm is holding high a spear, point upwards, and her right breast is bare. Also, the Medusa's body is covered in scattered small cuts from which drips blood. The paint job is in the very clean GW style and looks very nice, but I do look forward to somebody doing a bit grittier, more realistic paint job on the Medusa in particular. Seriously, the Medusa is a pretty badarse model, and anybody who doesn't like it should be publicly ostracized. Behind the Medusa is what looks like a large mirror on a pedestal. The mirror frame is gold, and depicts cavorting Witch Elves. The mirror is painted to look like what appears to be a row of moons in a clear blue daytime sky (i.e. the mirror "looks through to another world" type of thing is what they were going for, I guess). Also, Lion mentioned snakes at the base of the Medusa's tail, but it may be that it is the Medusa's tail that actually splits into multiple serpents itself, as the snakes are painted a similar (though slightly lighter) shade of green to the Medusa's lower snake body. The angle of the pic doesn't show which is the case, so we'll most likely have to wait for the pre-order pics to determine that. For the Cauldron of Blood, at the back of the upper platform behind the Hag is the obligatory large statue of Khaine, sword held aloft.

Lion has described the other models well enough, but I think you can figure out which one of the bunch is my favorite. Pics ought to drop soon (probably this weekend), but it won't be me doing it. That's about all I am going to share. If I hadn't already started High Elves when the Isle of Blood starter set came out, I would be doing Dark Elves. It is going to be very difficult to resist staring them.

Added 22nd September:
zhangyi over at Warseer wrote:so it's clear now, that DE will be released during two months. October we will have warrior, witch elves, blood throne, Kharibdyss (dont know what is it), and a plastic shadowblade.
as we can see GW has put bg, chariot and dark riders to next month along with innocence(the 40K table game,i'm 95% certain that it will be in November). for good reason we can split our money to two months. that's really kind.
for the price:
shadowblade, £12
warrior,£20
witch,£35
throne,£45
kha…balabalabala,£40
(...)
i cant say where i get these news. but it's certain, and we only have these toys this month. do not be disappointed, cause it's clear we have a second wave.

melonmelon over at Warseer wrote:October release:

Dreadspears(Warriors?) £20
Shadowblade £12
Witch Elves £35
Cauldron of Blood £45
Kharibdyss £40

from indie retailer, BTW no pic.

edit: Army book and Magic Card set too, but no "battleforce".

Added 23rd September:
According to Glemigobles over at Warseer, the official box names of October releases seem to be:
Dreadspears/Darkshards/Bleakswords
Witch elves/Sisters of Slaughter
Kharibdyss/Hydra
Cauldron/Bloodwrack Shrine
Shadowblade

Added 27th September:
Clockwork over at Warseer wrote:According to the White Dwarf, the Warriors are completely monopose. Legs, head and body are all attached in one single piece.


Also:
BramGaunt over at Warseer wrote:Got some infos on the new stuff today.

Kharybdis is WS 5, 5A, S7, T5, 4+AS. If all attacks hit, it deals an aditional d6 s7 attacks

Warhydra is s5, 5wounds. A is equal to number of remaining wounds +3. its a special choice

RBB is switched to special

Crossbowmen retain the option for shields
Bloodwrack shrine and cob are a chariot, which may narch and join units. Cob has a bound spell for frenzy and grants the unit he joins a 6+ ws (5+ in case of witchelves)

Bloodwrack medusa has a 4 shot s4 shooting attack wirh killing blow, and is monstrous infantey (s and t 4)
Models in b2b suffer a s4 hit with killing blow if they fail an i test

Sisters of slaughter gain a bonus to hit and to wound if their opponent has a higher ws ir strength. Their 4+ ward save only applies in close combat. They negate enemues ranks for combat resolution.

It was hinted that black guard and executioners will be more expensive.

(...)
Concerning the Witch Elves Kit:

I was told that anything stopping you from building 10 Witches and 10 sisters from one kit are extra legs. Everything else might be in twice - heads, arms, torsos, weapons. So if you happen to have fitting legs, from, say wytches, wood elf warriors, you might be able to get 20 Models out of that box. I know, it's a small comfort, but might still be something for you.

Oh, and, the Crossbow men are called Dreadthorns, if I recall correctly...

librerian_samae wrote:Picked up white dwarf, a few interesting bits not bought up before-

the medusae are sorceresses cursed by the goddess Atharti for being too beautiful, they don't have blood dripping FROM them rather they constantly ooze blood from festering sores.

Also the sisters of slaughter ritually shave their heads and use the hair to weave their whips from.

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Sounds great!

Any chance we could see those pictures?

   
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 KoganStyle wrote:
I really hope this is true, but won't it clash with the rumoured Inquisition skirmish game?



40K Radio are claiming there is no "mystery box" at all, Blood Bowl, Inquisitor, or anything else.

Frankly, even if they have a direct line to GWHQ's viral marketing team, I'll still treat their rumours as salty because of the crap they pulled with the Marine info.

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It amuses me that this rumor thread effectively crushes more than six months worth of "mystery box" threads about an "inquisitor related" or Blood Bowl game release for October. Heh-heh-heh.

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 BrassScorpion wrote:
It amuses me that this rumor thread effectively crushes more than six months worth of "mystery box" threads about an "inquisitor related" or Blood Bowl game release for October. Heh-heh-heh.


Yeah, like I said mate: salty. These guys have shown they're willing to deliberately mislead and omit info in order to generate traffic for their podcast, so don't take anything they say at face value.

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 Yodhrin wrote:
 KoganStyle wrote:
I really hope this is true, but won't it clash with the rumoured Inquisition skirmish game?



40K Radio are claiming there is no "mystery box" at all, Blood Bowl, Inquisitor, or anything else.

Frankly, even if they have a direct line to GWHQ's viral marketing team, I'll still treat their rumours as salty because of the crap they pulled with the Marine info.


I know this is a little off topic... what did they pull with the Marine leaks?

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Well if true this probably puts the boot into the potential Raging Heroes Dark Elf KS plans

as for 40K Radio, all I can see is they didn't read out the codex word for work immediately the got hold of it (and why should they)

 
   
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Even if it's sound like a really cool release, I still would be hugely disapointed if Inquisitor turn out to be a hoax.

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Puscifer wrote:
 Yodhrin wrote:
 KoganStyle wrote:
I really hope this is true, but won't it clash with the rumoured Inquisition skirmish game?



40K Radio are claiming there is no "mystery box" at all, Blood Bowl, Inquisitor, or anything else.

Frankly, even if they have a direct line to GWHQ's viral marketing team, I'll still treat their rumours as salty because of the crap they pulled with the Marine info.


I know this is a little off topic... what did they pull with the Marine leaks?


Some people claim they mislead on purpose, so that people would come back again and again. Others say that because they did not read word for word they are fine and it is just Sour Grapes.

Honestly all that 40k radio saying this is on their FB page claiming to have pictures and although I was told that it could be a wave month, I am still hopeful for 40k Inq.
If they HAD photos why not put one up as proof?

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*Sigh* October just got expensive, what with the physical Farsight Enclaves book and now this.

As long as the new Executioners fit in with my old metal ones I'm happy. Also, plastic Witch Elves. Finally can get around to making that Khainite army

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 angelofvengeance wrote:
I'm sure GW can multi-task..


My question was more to do with which one would have gotten the WD cover, a limited release game or a new army release?

Also does that mean a new Dark Elf codex? Looking forward to more Dark Elves

Also as someone pointed out rightly, will sink any plans I had to pick up RH dark elves KS. Although given how their TGG KS is going with the comms, I was almost certainly going to dodge that one anyway.

Lets hope the Throne of Blood is as 'amazing' as its claimed.

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If they HAD photos why not put one up as proof?

Because GW doesn't want them to...yet.
   
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 shabbadoo wrote:
yukihyou wrote:
If they HAD photos why not put one up as proof?

Because GW doesn't want them to...yet.


I honestly find it hard to believe GW interacts with any form of press let alone the internet which they pretend does not exist.

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I really don't know why anyone in their right mind would doubt 40k Radio at this point. They had the whole freakin' SM Codex a month in advance. The real deal. That means they have a legitimate source.

Sure, they could waste all that community capital now with random trolling, but why would they? If they stick to the truth, they'll have us coming back week after week with every release.

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 Kroothawk wrote:
Hi,
many sources point to a Dark Elf armbook release in October. Here the latest 40k Radio rumours:
NEW RUMORS for Warhammer Fantasy! My "source" has sent me pictures of the new Dark Elf release. The Dark Elves will be out in October with a slew of new models:

1) NEW Plastic Dark Elf Warrior Box(Makes Spearmen, swordsmen, & crossbowmen)
2) NEW PLastic Dark Riders/Warlocks
3) NEW Plastic Blackguard/Executioners
4) NEW Plastic Coldone Chariot/Scroungerunner(Pulled by horses)
5) NEW Plastic Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne(This model is AMAZING)
6) NEW Plastic Hydra/Kraken
7) NEW Plastic Witch Elf box

This will be a huge release and the Dark Elves will be the best looking Fantasy army, IMHO. These models are breathe taking and Dark Elf fans will have their minds blown!

Well crap.

If true I'll have to be saving up for both a One and a Dark Elf army.
   
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I would be interested, if not for GW pricing. Twelve pounds after discount would be a fine price for a box or ten of Witch Elves. But I literally have no idea how expensive these are going to be.

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We'll find out soon enough eh.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Well if true this probably puts the boot into the potential Raging Heroes Dark Elf KS plans

as for 40K Radio, all I can see is they didn't read out the codex word for work immediately the got hold of it (and why should they)


If you had the misfortune to listen to the show(as alas, I did, for the first one), they corrected several things they'd previously claimed or omitted, then outright stated they'd done it deliberately, and it was our "fault" for "not asking the right questions". As an example; someone asked if bike captains still allowed bikes as troops, they replied using language which implied you could only take ONE bike squad as troops, someone asked for clarification and if there was a way to get more than one, they replied with "take two captains", which understandably raised quite a bit of consternation among Scars players who's armies would have been seriously humped by such a setup - on the show, they admitted this was a crock, but claimed it was the questioner's fault for not using exactly the right wording in their questions - that pattern repeats for a lot of the info they gave out, another notable example being Ultras chapter tactics.

Their primary purpose is driving increased listenership for their podcast, and they've shown that they are willing to distort information or lie by omission in order to do so. At the very very least, nothing they say should be taken completely at face value until after they say it out loud on their show(which hopefully, as with the Marine release, one or two heroic individuals will suffer through listening to so the rest of us can find out the info).

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Another major reason to be skeptical is a rumor of 7 new plastic kits including re-makes. If their most popular line for their most popular game only gets 4 new kits with a recut of their troops, I have a hard time believing they'd sink that much into a WHFB range at this point. Witch elves and a Black Guard/Executioner box would make sense, as would anything else eliminating FineCast, but if they didn't redo any of the high elf core boxes why would they redo 2 Dark Elf ones?

If you take the "already in plastic" nonsense out it becomes more credible, but this sounds like wishlisting/traffic grab more than a rumor I'd put any stock in without corroboration.
   
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 Agamemnon2 wrote:
Oh, if the Inquisitor thing will be fake, I will laugh and laugh and laugh... It's so typical of this community to buy into outlandish fairy tales hook, line and reel, and then have their fragile dreams shattered.


It takes a very specific kind of mentality to be happy about things like that...
   
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 Agamemnon2 wrote:
Oh, if the Inquisitor thing will be fake, I will laugh and laugh and laugh... It's so typical of this community to buy into outlandish fairy tales hook, line and reel, and then have their fragile dreams shattered.


It takes a very specific kind of mentality to be happy about things like that...


yes, being smart is getting kind of rare...

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 lord_blackfang wrote:
Sure, they could waste all that community capital now with random trolling, but why would they? If they stick to the truth, they'll have us coming back week after week with every release.


Agreed. Since they're run by Romeo, they need all the goodwill they can get. And given how lackluster their podcast is - unless you enjoy sophomoric humor and people whooping in the mic like a horde of teenagers - the boon of being perceived as being in the possession of privileged information is too valuable not to waste.

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 lord_blackfang wrote:


Sure, they could waste all that community capital now with random trolling, but why would they? If they stick to the truth, they'll have us coming back week after week with every release.


Well, I haven't followed it that closely, but it seems like they have in the past posted ambiguous and/or misleading and/or incomplete stuff on Facebook, making sure you "need" to listen to their podcast, rather than "just" read their facebook page.

Seems a reasonable strategy for a podcast, no?

But the general gist of it is most likely correct.


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Two comments:
1.) 7 big plastic boxes is a huge release not seen before. Either the list is false or they try something different because of no more second waves. That said, some of the kits like the chariot are competed for years.
2.) This is the main October release. Doesn't completely rule out the mystery box, which was mostly rumoured to be a late month release (late September or late October). GW is not beyond big secret unadvertised releases, as the new spray paints show.

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 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Well if true this probably puts the boot into the potential Raging Heroes Dark Elf KS plans


Good. They need to be working on their current KS this year instead of fething about with other things.


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 Agamemnon2 wrote:
Oh, if the Inquisitor thing will be fake, I will laugh and laugh and laugh... It's so typical of this community to buy into outlandish fairy tales hook, line and reel, and then have their fragile dreams shattered.


You're such a big, tough man.

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Sounds fun, I hope it's true.

I don't believe they'll get a new warrior box. I'm not sure if anything could convince me of that. It just doesn't seem like something GW would do right now... at all. I don't care what 40k Radio's track record is, I need to see that for myself.

New Dark Riders are extremely welcome, and I figured the Cauldron would get the "big model, just because we can" treatment.

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