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I was reading through the compiled rumors over on seer about Imperial Armour 11, and figured people over here would want to read it. I am especially interested in the cold weather upgrades for my cadians although I havent yet seen a picture. I do however have a picture of enclosed warwalkers that you can see here. http://natfka.blogspot.com/2011/01/imperial-armour-11-rumors.html#more

Imperial Armour 11
Set on a snow world/ice planet, featured Factions
+Eldar
+Space Wolves
+Imperial Guard

Will be a one off volume not a series like Badab War/Siege of Vraks (told at UK Games Day)

Eldar Units

Hornet (currently available)

Shadow Spectre Aspect Warriors (Newsletter #261)
+ Prism Cannon style weapons that can combine
+ Jet packs NOT jump packs
+ 5 models currently sculpted
+ exarch in the works

Second New Aspect? (Forgeworld presentation at UK GD )
-Talked about but never made clear if happening or not, perhaps someone can clarify this for me i didn't get in the presentation :-(

Corsairs may be involved, Exodite explicitly not involved.

Phantom Titan (Various Sources, pictured in Whats New Today 31st Dec)

Imperial Units

Will not be Valhallans, who will be dealt with seperately (Various unconfirmed sources mostly from Games Day UK chatter)
Cold weather upgrade sprue for plastic cadians (FW presentation UK Games Day)
Malcador Infernus (Newsletter #258)
+ Do not know if directly connected with IA 11

There has been some talk about Thunderwolf Cav on warseer and other sites but i think this is Wishlisting as opposed to being built on any solid info.

Shame about the valhallans, could do with some greatcoats.

The other Guard regiment involved are Elysians, whom will be getting nothing new or have blanks in their line filled out.

At least the eldar are getting plenty of attention.

BrookM wrote:The other Guard regiment involved are Elysians, whom will be getting nothing new or have blanks in their line filled out.

I thought they were getting snow upgrades.

johnstewartjohn wrote:At least the eldar are getting plenty of attention.

Amen to that.

AgeOfEgos wrote:

BrookM wrote:The other Guard regiment involved are Elysians, whom will be getting nothing new or have blanks in their line filled out.

I thought they were getting snow upgrades.

Cadians are, elysians no

But I think we should wait to see whether the winter weather gear is compatible. It could be

Natfka wrote:
Cold weather upgrade sprue for plastic cadians

Snow shoes? Carrot noses for decoy Snowmen?

The Eldar Lynx looks interesting as do the enclosed WW cockpits. I'm glad i held off buying some now.

I better start saving!

Space Wolves, fine, but why Cadians?

Is this abomination of Tank there to melt the ice world ?
Isn't sending Valhallans the better course of action?

Should have lots of Eldar in it, seems the imperial part of this book isn't worth it.

From what I recall Cadians will be getting new boots or leg conversion kits with longcoat flaps, along with cold weather gear heads.

Natfka wrote:

Shadow Spectre Aspect Warriors (Newsletter #261)
+ Prism Cannon style weapons that can combine
+ Jet packs NOT jump packs
+ 5 models currently sculpted
+ exarch in the works

Second New Aspect? (Forgeworld presentation at UK GD )
-Talked about but never made clear if happening or not, perhaps someone can clarify this for me i didn't get in the presentation :-(

Shadow Spectres fill a gap that shouldn't be there. Long range anti tank aspect warriors.

As for the second aspect we might be nearing the end of the fifteen year 'wait' for Swirling Orbs of Xandos, the only named aspect from the old material not put into production. If so what they are is anyones guess, I am thinking on the lines of shield generator equipped troops that act as semi-invulnerable bullet magnets, or even reflectors.

Natfka wrote:
Phantom Titan (Various Sources, pictured in Whats New Today 31st Dec)

All I want are the stats, a 12" artists dummy, green stuff and plasticard do the rest.


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1hadhq wrote:Space Wolves, fine, but why Cadians?

Thats easy, Catachans dont work so well because they look crap and are half naked. Forgeworld gets the best return when they do conversion packs for plastic squads, doing whole units is far more costly, its also less efficient as GW gets a double sale. First the Cadian plastics, then the cold weather gear squad packs. Catachans are not worth making forgewolrd packs for why add high quality to low, so Cadians get the add on packs.

Elysians make sense too, keep them in the game and add maybe one or two units, mainly its an excuse to play IA11 scenarios with pre-existing armies, a loyalty reward for people who bought Elysians for earlier booksets.

Krieg are ready do go for any breathable environment but desert. Valhallans would be nice, buit would also be a huge reinvestment for Forgeworld. GW already realised they had too many guard armies.

FW explicitely said "no thunderwolves". No new Elysian models. Maybe not much more for Space Wolves, as they already sell Terminator upgrade packs, decals and a Dreadnought. Philbrad2 also mentioned an Eldar Guardian upgrade pack and Eldar characters.

Hornet (already released):


Lynx prototype:


Lynx and enclosed Warwalker cabin:


Shadow Spectre:








Titan prototype (no detail sculpting):






A bit more advanced:


And Cold Weather Gear shall look like in Strar Wars Hoth (did George Lucas' IP-lawyers hear that? ), and the whole project has internal name Hoth wars

kenshin620 wrote:

AgeOfEgos wrote:

BrookM wrote:The other Guard regiment involved are Elysians, whom will be getting nothing new or have blanks in their line filled out.

I thought they were getting snow upgrades.

Cadians are, elysians no

But I think we should wait to see whether the winter weather gear is compatible. It could be

Doubtful, as Elysians are actually the 'right' scale while Cadians are mutated, bighanded, 'heroic' scaled weirdos!

Cadians and Elysians are not compatible. Elysians are slim, tall pretty folk compared to the short and stocky Cadians.

BrookM wrote:Cadians and Elysians are not compatible. Elysians are slim, tall pretty folk compared to the short and stocky Cadians.

but cadians have pretty purple and blue eyes so ha!

ps. i'll give you one guess which style army i have, flyboy!

I have both, though that's not something to be proud of around here.

Warwick mentioned in conversation that they were working towards a pheonix lord for the shadow spectres, although he couldn't confirm it, as they hadn't got all the work done.

Also, My photo got put in a rumour roundup!!

Ooooh, may have to dig out the cold weather gear mould I did a few years ago. Cadians with fur lined hoods and scarved heads anyone :-)

Better remove the summer air from my land raider and add some winter air, if there are gonna be some new "cold weather nvironments".

This will possible be the first IA book I will buy. I am excited about the Eldar stuff

i love the idea of winter stuff, may have to get some!

Orlanth wrote:

As for the second aspect we might be nearing the end of the fifteen year 'wait' for Swirling Orbs of Xandos, the only named aspect from the old material not put into production.

Though it's not from the old material, there is one more named Aspect that has been mentioned in GW fluff.

Path of the Warrior (the newish Eldar book) mentioned "Crystal Dragons" at the meeting of the Exarchs about 2/3's of the way through. Actually, it mentioned many, many more, but the Crystal Dragons were the only ones named.

Most exciting part is the cold weather upgrade.

Alpharius wrote:Doubtful, as Elysians are actually the 'right' scale while Cadians are mutated, bighanded, 'heroic' scaled weirdos!

FW Cadians are the 'right' scale as well, which is a really big problem on their conversion kits (like the Shotgun Veterans).

I wish they'd do a Xeno-only version of these books. It would be nice to escape space marines for just a little bit.

Orlanth wrote:
As for the second aspect we might be nearing the end of the fifteen year 'wait' for Swirling Orbs of Xandos, the only named aspect from the old material not put into production. If so what they are is anyones guess, I am thinking on the lines of shield generator equipped troops that act as semi-invulnerable bullet magnets, or even reflectors.

Actually, I think it's _Slicing_ Orbs of Xandros. And there was one mention in some very old fluff about Stalking Panthers and Raging Bulls, iirc. I'll try to find the source during idle time this week. But that's a really great idea for how such an aspect could function.

I repeat my call to the Forgeworld folks, if they read this site or anyone that knows them does:

PLEASE do not put those lovely models (the Phantoms) in the HS slot. Please put them in Fast Attack, a perfectly legitimate spot for jetpack troops. I and many other Eldar players would love to field them, but will not bump a Warwalker or Prism unit to get them in there. Not only would Phantoms in FA balance the list well for players, but we will actually BUY MORE STUFF if the slotting-in of this unit is well though out. Even with those lovely Hornets to buy as well...

On cold-Cadians (aka Canadians): Boy, with FW-produced greatcoats, all you'd have to buy is some russian-looking heads and bango, posable Valhallans. Too bad we don't know of any bitz purveyors with anything like that around, do we?

Ouze wrote:I wish they'd do a Xeno-only version of these books. It would be nice to escape space marines for just a little bit.

They are called Imperial Armour. And the central conceit is that they are a conflict presented from the point of view of the Imperium. And, let's be reasonable here and drop the anti-Marine Internet Hyperbole - the only two IA books where Marines have played a big role have been Badab 1 & 2, and that's about a Marine-centric civil war. The next biggest participation was the Anphelion Project. They're more about the Guard.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Ouze wrote:I wish they'd do a Xeno-only version of these books. It would be nice to escape space marines for just a little bit.

They are called Imperial Armour. And the central conceit is that they are a conflict presented from the point of view of the Imperium. And, let's be reasonable here and drop the anti-Marine Internet Hyperbole - the only two IA books where Marines have played a big role have been Badab 1 & 2, and that's about a Marine-centric civil war. The next biggest participation was the Anphelion Project. They're more about the Guard.

Yeah, by "version" I meant a different one. A different version - from a Xeno only POV. Obviously that would entail a different title. Tales from the ____ War volume 1 or something.

I agree that there is anti-marine internets hyperbole, but I disagree that it's misplaced, per se. When there are what... 8? 9? different factions, and every release alternates between imperium and "other", then yes, they are oversaturating the market, in my opinion.

They have such a rich universe to pull stuff from, so many things they can flesh out, I wish they'd balance it more.

There was one that had just Xenos in it it had ork Eldar and dark Eldar it was an update bit it was a Xenos update.