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In any case, here's hoping their rules are better. The Genestealers from Overkill were worse in almost every way compared to the Acolytes for double the points per model.

Davor wrote:

Nostromodamus wrote:Surprised there's been no leaks of the new kits yet.

Maybe GW seeing how poorly Deathwatch and Blood Angels sold they are doing what movies reviews do and will not give any pre screenings until the day of actual release so the crappness can't spread out and they get all their initial sales right away.

Where do you get this idea that Deathwatch hasn't sold.

I would imagine quite the opposite for Deathwatch. A fairly laughable assertion, sorry.

Even in my small cabal, I know of 4 people who started Deathwatch armies...

Yep, just because Deathwatch might not be the most competitive codex doesn't mean people who like Deathwatch for narrative or modelling purposes didn't buy them. I know quite a few locally that do Deathwatch too.

Regarding that Purestrain, I think you guys need some...perspective.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:

 Souleater wrote:
In the original background there was just one Patriarch per cult, he was one of the genestealers that originally infected the people on the planet.
Back then he was a bit on the tubby side and wore a huge gold medallion...times may well have moved on!

Behold.

" hehehe...Fryman... i got some geneseed to introduce to you... hehehe Tonight!"

well i know who my Patriarch is now.

S.Y.

Deathwatch does not make for a very strong independent army, but the flexibility means it can be used to fill all,sorts of gaps in other armies.

Genesee alert cults are awesome in the fluff, and I plan to buy the codex, but overall they will likely be a weaker release than deathwatch. They have some cool functions, and are strong on a per model basis (far better than say orks) but don't seem to fill much of a role that the nid codex cannot do already, and will likely be limited as an independent army.

They may end up like dark eldar. Great fluff and models, but only one or two options taken to try to cheese out a different force. How many people want to be bb with nids simply to get invisibility after all?

 gorgon wrote:
Regarding that Purestrain, I think you guys need some...perspective.

Pretty much exactly what I was saying. I swear people are forgetting that Genestealers have two sets of arms!

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Genesee alert cults

I see you're posting from a phone.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Genesee alert cults are awesome in the fluff,

There's a funny autocorrect.



GENESEE ALERT!

Six limbs good. Four limbs bad.

On a more serious note I really do hope that Purestrains get a boost. Modern stealers are pitiful.

 gorgon wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Genesee alert cults are awesome in the fluff,

There's a funny autocorrect.



GENESEE ALERT!

Brought to you by Ghosar Agricorp

Drink up

Its one letter away from Geneseed...

 Imateria wrote:

Davor wrote:

Nostromodamus wrote:Surprised there's been no leaks of the new kits yet.

Maybe GW seeing how poorly Deathwatch and Blood Angels sold they are doing what movies reviews do and will not give any pre screenings until the day of actual release so the crappness can't spread out and they get all their initial sales right away.

Where do you get this idea that Deathwatch hasn't sold.

My Corvus Blackstar was back ordered when I wanted to get it, and I believe my Kill Team boxes were the same. Three weeks after release, my GW store had reordered the Kill Teams three times(and we're sold out when I went), and all of the character kits had been reordered three or four times. Codex has been continuously sold out.

The assertion that Codex:Your Dudes aka Deathwatch would be a bad seller is laughable at best. My GW manager said that it was one of the best releases in the past two years.

Just to confirm we have no real rules tidbits for them yet, right? They have caught my fancy just a little bit although I normally don't like Tyranids, I like anything that is basically renegade humans plus extras for the fluff perspectives.

Imateria wrote:

Davor wrote:

Nostromodamus wrote:Surprised there's been no leaks of the new kits yet.

Maybe GW seeing how poorly Deathwatch and Blood Angels sold they are doing what movies reviews do and will not give any pre screenings until the day of actual release so the crappness can't spread out and they get all their initial sales right away.

Where do you get this idea that Deathwatch hasn't sold.

Just talking out loud. It's a guess. Let's see, Betrayal at Calth supposed to sell like hot cakes. Yes GW profits went down until computer game licenses basically saved them. Who ever thought Plants vs Zombies 40K would save them.

So much hype for Deathwatch. HUGE time. But why are they not being talked about now? It's almost like they never existed on the threads. Where is the excitement for them now? You would think people clamouring for this, there would still be lots of threads in the 40K section about them, playing them. Don't see it so maybe they are not as popular as people claimed. I am sure it sold a lot, but maybe not the "saviour" that would save 40K if they ever came out like a lot of people claimed it would be.

Also a lot of negativity on the rules for Deathwatch appeared before it was even released. After the negativity of the rules, I don't see ANYTHING for Deathwatch on the forums. So I am guessing it's only a handful of people who got them. Like I said, just guessing. Not saying it's fact.

Quick question: how did the Primus get his bone sword ? Isn't it supposed to be "grown" by Hive tyrant ? I hope they have a STRONG explanation about this (anyone with DW:O here ? Is there any explanation in this box ?

Sorry I don't agree. BAC had good hype, srill has good hype, sold amazingly well, and the 30k scene has exploded due to affordable minis (30 marines, 5 terminators, a dread, and two characters for under $150?). The blood angel and space wolf limited box sets sold out very quickly. Deathwatch overkill sold well, and the new deathwatch box sold well too based on flgs in my state (the deathwatch set sold put so they made a second production run). The other unique deathwatch sets have sold very well, and even ebay has shown that they were hard to get ahold of for a time.

Just because the entire codex may not be competitive doesn't mean no one will buy it dude... I think many will be adding one deepstriking squad of 5 frag cannons and three AC terminators to their other armies. Remember 40k is about allies and formations these days.

The only set that didn't sell very well overall was silver tower, which is too bad as it is a great game.

Well, we're only a few hours away from preorders going up on the new Zealand sight so I'm excited!

Just saw these in the tyranid Facebook group.

Nice!

Very nice. No dice pictures though.

Holy crap one of the acolytes looks like he's holding demo charges.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Even in my small cabal, I know of 4 people who started Deathwatch armies...

To be fair I'm considering it. So it's not super competitive. It looks fun. A small force, customising each individual Marine to be representative of their chapter. That sounds fun.

Love the guy with the buzz saw!

Those miners are siiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!!!

All that needs to be done is chop the GC icon off the banner and put a Tzeentch eye there.

Ooo.. looks like a suicide bomber in the Acolytes squad. That or he just hurls lots of mining explosives at people.

GSC will make orks obsolete

I take it I am not the only one who looked at the regular Neophytes, and thought "These would make good chaos cultits"?

Has their been any rumors or indicators how the army actually plays on the table? I can't imagine that they will be super competitive, but man those models do look kinda cool and I'm not normally one to like the Tyranid look.