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As you may have seen on other sites Febraury is all about the Dwarfs. So for you fans of the short and bearded get pumped. March will see the release of Imperial Knights. This year is shaping up to be a good one.
-Rik
These are the same guys who were 100% accurate on Space Marines and Dark Elves.
The old meta is dead and the new meta struggles to be born. Now is the time of munchkins.
The 40K Warmachine often mistaken for a small Titan? Or blokes on horses for the WHFB Empire army?
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The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
lord_blackfang wrote: These are the same guys who were 100% accurate on Space Marines and Dark Elves.
Careful though, they said dwarves for February then March the February. I'm really hoping they stay accurate, but contradicting themselves is a bad sign. Oh, they are also saying 7th edition 40k. I'm afraid they are squandering their good name.
Knight Rumors - Jan 2014
As you may have seen on other sites Febraury is all about the Dwarfs. So for you fans of the short and bearded get pumped. March will see the release of Imperial Knights. This year is shaping up to be a good one. PENDING
40k Release - Dec 2013
The big 40k rumor is: This summer GW will release 7th edition 40k , and 9th edition Fantasy has been shelved, for now. PENDING They way it was explained to us is that 7th Edition will be made to include the new Escalation and Stronghold rules. I would also not be surprised to see the Dataslates added to the main rule book. PENDING
Release Schedule - Oct 2013
First 5 months of releases for 2014
Jan – ‘Nids DUPLICATE Feb – can’t recall at the moment (Might be Hobbit related)
Mar – Dwarfs PENDING Apr – Imperial Guard PENDING May – Wood Elves PENDING
Release Schedule - Sep 2013
People, Tyranids are not pushed back, they have always been slated for January.
Oct: Dark Elves TRUE Nov: Holiday Releases(boxed army type stuff) PARTIALLY TRUE Dec: Hobbit TRUE Jan: Tyranids TRUE Feb: Dwarfs PENDING March: IGPENDING
Dark Elf Rumors - Sep 2013
- Warlocks appear to have one hand weapon TRUE - The new chariot crew is armed with spears and what looks to be a large crossbow or bolt thrower on the chariot. TRUE - 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. TRUE - 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. TRUE - (Hydra) It looks bigger and beefier. Like we said Dark Elves are setting the bar for the best range of models in WHFB. TRUE - 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. TRUE - 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. TRUE -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. TRUE -The pictures we have of the Witch Elves has them with two hand weapons. TRUE -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. TRUE -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. TRUE - 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). TRUE - The Kraken doesn't have tentacles, it has four legs with webbed appendages ending in claws and it also has a tail. TRUE - 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. TRUE - Execs use swords (phew!). TRUE - 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). TRUE - 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. TRUE - The Witch Elves have loincloths and bras (obviously) and look "vicious". TRUE - On the Throne, there is something that looks like half-Witch Elf, half Medusa, with snakes as hair. TRUE - The new Hydra is beefier than the current one. DUPLICATE - And the WEs on the Throne use spears. TRUE - 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. TRUE
Dark Elves - Sep 2013
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) TRUE 2) NEW PLastic Dark Riders/Warlocks TRUE 3) NEW Plastic Blackguard/Executioners TRUE 4) NEW Plastic Coldone Chariot/Scroungerunner(Pulled by horses) TRUE 5) NEW Plastic Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne(This model is AMAZING) TRUE 6) NEW Plastic Hydra/Kraken TRUE 7) NEW Plastic Witch Elf box TRUE
Space Marines - August 2013
"Centurions: The guys are a heavy support choice. They're a marine cased in heavy armor with powerfist with lascannons under slung on one pic and heavy bolters on the other. Think of a heavier terminator armor that a marine straps into. I think this is where Chaos Oblits came from. They look to be on 40mm and I'm really starting to dig these models. TRUE
Plastic Chaplain: Like other plastic HQ's that have come out. He is armed with a Crozius and bolt pistol. He has ornate armor and he is in a dynamic pose. TRUE
Plastic Librarian: Same as above regarding previous HQ releases. He is helmetless and he's armed with a staff. He also has a wicked cherub flying off his pack pack. I really like this model. TRUE
The Hunter: I believe this will be anti-air rhino. Its a cross between Vindicator Heavy Armor and a whirlwind style weapon mounted on the back. It comes with two cannons that have three barrels. TRUE
Vanguard Plastic: I saw two separate pics one armed with TH/SS and one with a pair of Lighting claws, finally. Same Marine bodies just with some new iconography to freshen up the models. TRUE
From what I have seen so far the Marine release is going to be huge for GW. Sorry about no pics but I promised."
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Either is highly likely, although for WHFB Empire is only about halfway though the book creep, if I recall correctly. Hoping it's 40k Knights, though. I'm a sucker for large models, and in a world of Wraithknights and Riptides, Guard could use something to help out. As long as GW doesn't do something silly and give them a str. D weapon.
Either one would be welcome in my book...but seeing as how the new Warhammer starter box is rumored to have new mounted Empire models this summer...and that IG is rumored to be the next 40K army release...I'd be willing to wager it is the 'small titans' to which they are referring.
Drun Knok: We're talking about 40K superheavy walkers here, not the Warhammer horse-knights? 40K Radio: That is correct.
40k Radio: We believe it will be release through the new WD format. The week of the Release, you will get the rules in the WD. 40k radio: Rules will go back into WD and the Knights rules will most likley go in there as well.
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So they are banking on WD having rules again too.
Bad bet.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I'm going to go ahead and bet right now that 40kradio's success as a monger was a one-time thing. They got a couple rumors for DE/SM and it propelled them to stardom. Now they are having to come up with more rumors and are dry so we get this.
I hope I'm wrong.
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With this and the new CSM rumours, I could actually start to get excited about 40K again (not about either release specifically, but about the mechanism of diverse releases with rules divorced from book updates)
Sadly, in most cases anything sounding this promising is either wrong, or GW find some way of pissing in my coffee.
We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
pretre wrote: So they are banking on WD having rules again too.
Bad bet.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I'm going to go ahead and bet right now that 40kradio's success as a monger was a one-time thing. They got a couple rumors for DE/SM and it propelled them to stardom. Now they are having to come up with more rumors and are dry so we get this.
I hope I'm wrong.
It such a weird rumour though. In terms of the Knight part, rather than the rules. No mention of the armies that can take it. Imperial armies I presume? Perhaps Chaos?
pretre wrote: So they are banking on WD having rules again too.
Bad bet.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I'm going to go ahead and bet right now that 40kradio's success as a monger was a one-time thing. They got a couple rumors for DE/SM and it propelled them to stardom. Now they are having to come up with more rumors and are dry so we get this.
I hope I'm wrong.
It such a weird rumour though. In terms of the Knight part, rather than the rules. No mention of the armies that can take it. Imperial armies I presume? Perhaps Chaos?
On the actual radio show they said it was for ALL imperial armies.
They also said it was from the exact same source that gave them all the space marine stuff before.
BrookM wrote: If this proves true, hot dang, I can use my Leviathan even more, to the chagrin of some.
And Mark could quit his day job.
LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13
I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14
Always a chance they'll do rules in the box a la the new fortifications. Seems a bit far-fetched though, people have been asking for knights for a while.
Mathieu Raymond wrote: I don't put much credence in rules being available only in such a limited format as the weekly White Dwarf. They never done that before... oh wait...
I agree broadly, but with digital versions, and a declared intent to keep back issues available, if in limited quantities, it could be worse.
It could, of course, be much better too, I mean, who do you have to punch at GWHQ to get rules inserts in the boxes for non-terrain units? But it could be worse.
We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
So paladins, errants, castellans, crusaders will be back from epic on 30mm scale. This will be huge. Soon we could play actual W40k game with W40k 6th edition rules... with a near complete rule support for 6mm epic miniatures range ! Add-in some house rules to handle the scale discrepancies, and here it is !
Seriously, I wonder what kind of profile and cost we should expect for these giants. GW screwed the vast majority of vehicles with 6th edition rules. On the other hand, Wraithknight and riptide don't make any sense with a monstrous creature profile. I mean, mechanical huge artifacts with a pilot... but not using walker rules, unaffected by vehicle damage table which would make perfect sense on them, while vulnerable to poison and so on ? WTF ?!? Guess what ? GW design team soon realised they screwed vehicles rules, that's why any giant bipedal "robot" is to be expected with the more powerful MC profile. I hope to be wrong, but I fear for some more big absolute madness added to the game. Warhammer 40k derails out of scale.
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This would sound more plausible as part of the larger IG release. As just a new huge walker available to all Imperials, and at a time when we'd expect some IG specific rumors to start popping up, this sounds just out of place.
I'm going to go ahead and bet right now that 40kradio's success as a monger was a one-time thing. They got a couple rumors for DE/SM and it propelled them to stardom. Now they are having to come up with more rumors and are dry so we get this.
I'm going to go ahead and bet right now that 40kradio's success as a monger was a one-time thing. They got a couple rumors for DE/SM and it propelled them to stardom. Now they are having to come up with more rumors and are dry so we get this.
I hope I'm wrong.
What are you betting?
I was just betting. Are you looking to take me up on a bet? I'd go so far as $1.00 paypal.
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I'm going to go ahead and bet right now that 40kradio's success as a monger was a one-time thing. They got a couple rumors for DE/SM and it propelled them to stardom. Now they are having to come up with more rumors and are dry so we get this.
I hope I'm wrong.
What are you betting?
I was just betting. Are you looking to take me up on a bet? I'd go so far as $1.00 paypal.
Simply wondering about the strength of your conviction. $1 isn't a lot
Anyhow.. if 40K Radio would simply want to churn the rumour waters, why come up with improbable stuff like Knights and 7th Edition? The could simply do the "usual" stuff and sort the "armies-not-updated-in-the-last-12-months" in various random orders each month as most rumour-mongers do. Oh, and predict the end of Finecast. That one will be true ... someday ... 2019?
Zweischneid wrote: Simply wondering about the strength of your conviction. $1 isn't a lot
Anyhow.. if 40K Radio would simply want to churn the rumour waters, why come up with improbable stuff like Knights and 7th Edition? The could simply do the "usual" stuff and sort the "armies-not-updated-in-the-last-12-months" in various random orders each month as most rumour-mongers do. Oh, and predict the end of Finecast. That one will be true ... someday ... 2019?
It's an internet bet. You're lucky you're getting a dollar.
Internet personalities bet big on rumors because the short term gains exceed the long term losses. They can always claim 'that was playtest' or 'it was delayed' and still get all the sweet sweet likes and page hits.
Also, the 'put armies in order' thing usually doesn't work out for mongers. Just ask Stickmonkey's record. He's been waffling between playing it safe and not and that hasn't helped him much.
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Zweischneid wrote: Simply wondering about the strength of your conviction. $1 isn't a lot
Anyhow.. if 40K Radio would simply want to churn the rumour waters, why come up with improbable stuff like Knights and 7th Edition? The could simply do the "usual" stuff and sort the "armies-not-updated-in-the-last-12-months" in various random orders each month as most rumour-mongers do. Oh, and predict the end of Finecast. That one will be true ... someday ... 2019?
It's an internet bet. You're lucky you're getting a dollar.
Internet personalities bet big on rumors because the short term gains exceed the long term losses. They can always claim 'that was playtest' or 'it was delayed' and still get all the sweet sweet likes and page hits.
Also, the 'put armies in order' thing usually doesn't work out for mongers. Just ask Stickmonkey's record. He's been waffling between playing it safe and not and that hasn't helped him much.
True.
But 40K Radio's track-record actually is flawless to the degree that it indicates a genuine source, with the minor exceptions of a month to and fro with Dwarfs, which - potentially - could be down to GW playing with shedules.
Either way, it's more about the odd observation that "readers" of rumours always seem so eager to accept the rumours that simply make prediction on past patters (even though 2013 should've proven to anyone, that GW's "patterns" are up in the air), while always being more sceptical of rumours that break the "comfortable norm" (e.g. 7th Edition), less about the monger's themselves, I guess.
To an extend, it often seems that re-dressing "community-wish-listing" as "rumours" is the more profitable way to go about it than, well, actual rumours.
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Zweischneid wrote: But 40K Radio's track-record actually is flawless to the degree that it indicates a genuine source, with the minor exceptions of a month to and fro with Dwarfs, which - potentially - could be down to GW playing with shedules.
Either way, it's more about the odd observation that "readers" of rumours always seem so eager to accept the rumours that simply make prediction on past patters (even though 2013 should've proven to anyone, that GW's "patterns" are up in the air), while always being more sceptical of rumours that break the "comfortable norm" (e.g. 7th Edition), less about the monger's themselves, I guess.
My actual theory for 40kradio is that their source got early WD pics. I believe everything they predicted could have come from a WD. That strongly suggests that they would not be able to predict that far out. Which is why I am so skeptical of these big picture, out there rumors from them.
Either way, we'll know in a month or two how accurate they continue to be and whether they were just a flash in the pan. There are plenty of mongers who started out well and went downhill over time (Again, Stickmonkey is a great example of this).
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