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Is that the Model version of the Dick Plane we saw in the Rumors Thread?

Yes.

Do we really have to call it the 'Dick Plane'? Now that we've seen a better rendering, it really doesn't look like a dick and most of us are out of middle school.

You can call it something else, but the old name will always be used when my Eldar buddy fields his.

Edit: The new picture is much better.

Unless they change the damage charts and how they relate to superheavies I don't see a lot of Eldar superheavies being near worth their points.

All blast weapons that can easily get 'shaken' or 'stunned' out of being fired.

Just a cockpit added to the Crimson Hunter? I don't believe that. Someone is trolling BOLS.

 Kroothawk wrote:
Just a cockpit added to the Crimson Hunter? I don't believe that. Someone is trolling BOLS.

Would not be the first time.

There's also some extra engines and modified wings, but yeah, it's obviously a phooshop of the Crimson Hunter's top view. Could be just a way to explain how the new plane would look, but it all seems very doubtful.

If it's even real at all, it seems more likely to just be mistaken for the missing DE bomber.

 pretre wrote:
Do we really have to call it the 'Dick Plane'? Now that we've seen a better rendering, it really doesn't look like a dick and most of us are out of middle school.

Physically perhaps, but never in spirit

The DE bomber looks different.

 Kroothawk wrote:
The DE bomber looks different.

How do you know? It's been a while since I glanced the Dark Eldar codex,, but I believe it doesn't even have codex art if I recall correctly? And even if it has, GW doesn't always follow codex art looks when something finally receives a model (e.g. the Tyrannofex and the Manticore I believe). Or am I missing something?

bodazoka wrote:
Irony is grown men playing a toy game complaining that there toys look too much like toys. lol

Technically, there's supposed to be a difference between playing with toys and collecting "fine miniatures", but GW has been pretty successful in blurring the line lately..

prowla wrote:

bodazoka wrote:
Irony is grown men playing a toy game complaining that there toys look too much like toys. lol

Technically, there's supposed to be a difference between collecting toys and painting "fine miniatures", but GW has been pretty successful in blurring the line lately..

If you say so, but I suggest you check out some of the toy fandom's customizers and customization forums before making that call.

Frenyrumble's a good start. So are those Steampunk Star Wars figures.

 Redemption wrote:

 Kroothawk wrote:
The DE bomber looks different.

How do you know?

Rumours say, it has a turret on the front. Also, DE don't fly wraith geese

Anybody else curious as to the reason behind the absolute death of Apoc rumors? Doesn't bode well. Either the original leak of information was all that is coming from the Apoc release, or GW is getting much better than the NSA on keeping people quiet.

The leaker was taken care of by top men.

 Farseer Faenyin wrote:
Anybody else curious as to the reason behind the absolute death of Apoc rumors? Doesn't bode well. Either the original leak of information was all that is coming from the Apoc release, or GW is getting much better than the NSA on keeping people quiet.

GW's been really tight on leaks. We usually don't know anything until about a week before the WD comes out; the fact we got a cover shot and picture of that Monolith thing so early is really unusual. It's been like this going back to September at least.

 Brother SRM wrote:

 Farseer Faenyin wrote:
Anybody else curious as to the reason behind the absolute death of Apoc rumors? Doesn't bode well. Either the original leak of information was all that is coming from the Apoc release, or GW is getting much better than the NSA on keeping people quiet.

GW's been really tight on leaks. We usually don't know anything until about a week before the WD comes out; the fact we got a cover shot and picture of that Monolith thing so early is really unusual. It's been like this going back to September at least.

Only getting a pic of the cover and one page was the unusual thing.

What, so GW finally had the leakers bumped off? actually that doesnt sound so suprising anymore...

I was more surprised by how early the apocalypse White Dwarf was leaked: which may explain the lack of subsequent rumours, as they typically come much closer to release.

Okay, I laughed out loud when I saw that Khorne demon engine. That thing is just goofy looking. It's hard to make that concept look good. It's a big guy stuck on tank tranks. It doesn't have the feel that Chaos should have (being cool looking) and doesn't fit in with the fluff. Wouldn't they have knights and titans of different sizes? Why make up something that just looks stupid? I realize that it's old school epic, but some ideas should be left to die, and this was one of them.

 Brother SRM wrote:

 Farseer Faenyin wrote:
Anybody else curious as to the reason behind the absolute death of Apoc rumors? Doesn't bode well. Either the original leak of information was all that is coming from the Apoc release, or GW is getting much better than the NSA on keeping people quiet.

GW's been really tight on leaks. We usually don't know anything until about a week before the WD comes out; the fact we got a cover shot and picture of that Monolith thing so early is really unusual. It's been like this going back to September at least.

Was I smoking crack when every single 6th edition codex had all its info leaked well before publication then?

 MWHistorian wrote:
Okay, I laughed out loud when I saw that Khorne demon engine. That thing is just goofy looking. It's hard to make that concept look good. It's a big guy stuck on tank tranks. It doesn't have the feel that Chaos should have (being cool looking) and doesn't fit in with the fluff. Wouldn't they have knights and titans of different sizes? Why make up something that just looks stupid? I realize that it's old school epic, but some ideas should be left to die, and this was one of them.

A lot of people disagree with you. There are tons of players on these forums who love the old-school way of 40k, when things were silly and campy. Chaos was only evil because it had sharp teeth in their smiles, and all Orks dressed like pirates. I think it's a little goofy, but I think the kit will still sell like crazy; the 2nd ed Blood Angels throwback mini sold thousands at Games Day last year.

 Kroothawk wrote:

 Redemption wrote:

 Kroothawk wrote:
The DE bomber looks different.

How do you know?

Rumours say, it has a turret on the front. Also, DE don't fly wraith geese

Not a turret. A canopy in the nose where the tuning fork is on the Razorwing. Still waiting for it to come out, the concept art was lovely.

 MWHistorian wrote:
Okay, I laughed out loud when I saw that Khorne demon engine. That thing is just goofy looking. It's hard to make that concept look good. It's a big guy stuck on tank tranks. It doesn't have the feel that Chaos should have (being cool looking) and doesn't fit in with the fluff. Wouldn't they have knights and titans of different sizes? Why make up something that just looks stupid? I realize that it's old school epic, but some ideas should be left to die, and this was one of them.

My plan is to see if I can use the tanks on back as the lower part of "legs" from the body portion and use the tracks as part of a kitbash siege engine.

 BryllCream wrote:

Was I smoking crack when every single 6th edition codex had all its info leaked well before publication then?

Apparently, because it didn't happen. The best we got was reverse-engineering some rules and stats from WD battle reports a few days before preorders went up.

Compare this to seeing a full scan of each codex a month in advance, which was the norm 5-6 years ago.

MajorWesJanson wrote:
Not a turret. A canopy in the nose where the tuning fork is on the Razorwing. Still waiting for it to come out, the concept art was lovely.

Guess I missed that, and a quick google doesn't give any results. Is there anywhere this concept is online or did someone just glance it in Jes' sketchbook?

 brassangel wrote:
. I think it's a little goofy, but I think the kit will still sell like crazy; the 2nd ed Blood Angels throwback mini sold thousands at Games Day last year.

That's not exactly what I heard... I heard they sold really quite poorly compared to the number of tickets being sold. And that they sold so badly that buy the end of the day, individual people were being invited to purchase trays of them to sell on ebay...

 Compel wrote:

 brassangel wrote:
. I think it's a little goofy, but I think the kit will still sell like crazy; the 2nd ed Blood Angels throwback mini sold thousands at Games Day last year.

That's not exactly what I heard... I heard they sold really quite poorly compared to the number of tickets being sold. And that they sold so badly that buy the end of the day, individual people were being invited to purchase trays of them to sell on ebay...

When I left they were everywhere. Loads unsold.

 Redemption wrote:

MajorWesJanson wrote:
Not a turret. A canopy in the nose where the tuning fork is on the Razorwing. Still waiting for it to come out, the concept art was lovely.

Guess I missed that, and a quick google doesn't give any results. Is there anywhere this concept is online or did someone just glance it in Jes' sketchbook?

No pics online. I asked Jes, but he said no pictures, as that was about the point where 3rd parties were popping up all over in poland, and Jes was annoyed at them using designs and concepts he had worked on. So I didn't get pictures of the sketches. I did spend about a half hour discussing sprue design and how the thing would be split up onto a sprue. Lhamean and Sslyth sketches were near identical to the models once they were actually released.

This conversion is probably the closest to what the sketch looked like, but the wings had slightly more area, and there was a canopy with a bombadier in the nose, where the tuning fork is.