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OnTheEdge wrote:

Broken Loose wrote:The worst part of all this secrecy is that I would have been buying new models for the last 4 months straight if I knew which models wouldn't be pure gak in the new codex.

As it stands, I won't be buying any new models until at least a week or so after the codex comes out because I don't want to waste my money.

So true, so true, painfully true. I am doing the exact same thing.

//Edge

Me too sadly.

Sidstyler wrote:Yeah, I'm a glass half-full kinda guy.

And I'm a bit of a 'Hey, I ordered a cheeseburger' guy.

FlammingGaunt wrote:
Its coming out in 20 days anyway, enough to finish painting your pre-existing 'Nid armies.


My 6000 point of nids beg to differ.


Any chance that we could get to see some pics of said army? Must look impressive!

//Edge

Maybe but I'm a little ashamed of the fact that mostly are un painted.
Right now I'm having trouble with my computer so it could be awhile b4 I get a photo up.

FlammingGaunt wrote:

FlammingGaunt wrote:
Its coming out in 20 days anyway, enough to finish painting your pre-existing 'Nid armies.


My 6000 point of nids beg to differ.


Any chance that we could get to see some pics of said army? Must look impressive!

//Edge

Maybe but I'm a little ashamed of the fact that mostly are un painted.
Right now I'm having trouble with my computer so it could be awhile b4 I get a photo up.

Damn bugs! Hey...bugs...you're a 'Nid player, right? Well, you gotta have SOME experience with bugs then. Let ya sort that out, ok?

FlammingGaunt wrote:
Maybe but I'm a little ashamed of the fact that mostly are un painted.
Right now I'm having trouble with my computer so it could be awhile b4 I get a photo up.

No need to be ashamed... for all the rainbow color tyranid armies out there,
surely there must be some gray ones...

Ok I finally got photos working on my comp. Heres all my nids
(note stompa is there as a point of reference.)

Sweet! Thanks FlammingGaunt! Looks great, lots of bugs!
Can't wait for the dex to come out! I haven't been this exited for an upcoming codex in quite awhile actually...

//Edge

Blurry photos, reflective white background messes up even more the distinction between individual 'nids/colours.

Nice swarming effect when all put together however!

Whats... the... stompa... supposed to be ? 0_o

Stompa there because there's no where else to put it.
Thanks for the comments.

So what exactly is coming out December 5th? It sure does not look like anything will.

At the local GW store they told me there is not going to be any Tyranid box coming out in December, and that the release date of the codex, whenever that was supposed to be, has been moved back a couple of weeks because they forgot to print the special rules page(s) in it, and all the books had to be returned to the printer to correct the issue.

TBD wrote:So what exactly is coming out December 5th? It sure does not look like anything will.

At the local GW store they told me there is not going to be any Tyranid box coming out in December, and that the release date of the codex, whenever that was supposed to be, has been moved back a couple of weeks because they forgot to print the special rules page(s) in it, and all the books had to be returned to the printer to correct the issue.

This actually sounds inept enough to be true.

Actually, it would imply admitting there was a mistake in the codex and attempting to rectify it, so I call shenanigans.

Aduro wrote:Actually, it would imply admitting there was a mistake in the codex and attempting to rectify it, so I call shenanigans.

I heard the same thing. It's not just a summary that was missing, but the full rules. Not much use without them!

Maelstrom has dats for the dex, so it does seem more than possible.

I blame the chinese! What, I'm a dickshooter.

This policy of not letting anything slip through discouraged me to get the proper hype on. Even though I play Tyranids and want to buy some... go figure.

Greets
Schepp himself

If GWS just announced the legion of the damned, which is for release January 2nd, wouldn't the pre-order for the alleged Dec 5th bug battleforce have been on the site for nearly a month? It's still not there.

Has anyone noticed that Hormagaunts and Termagaunts are no longer available for order on the GW website? Technical bug or sign of things changing?

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1050152

It's been that way for a couple of weeks now. The site has been under some restructuring, if I recall correctly. Some things were removed and added again later during the process.

It's also a shame that we officially know more about the Space Marines being released in the Tyranid release window than we do about the Tyranids themselves.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1050152 The Gants have been added back up on the website and guess what...




NO SPLITTING!


Sorry never mind.


the site glitched and now it's gone...

January Releases for Independent retailers today:

99120106017 Tyranid Battleforce 46 Fig Box 5-Dec-09 $105.00
99060106064 Tyranid Spore Mines 9 Fig Blister 16 Jan-10 $16.50
60030106003 Codex: Tyranids (English)96pp 16-Jan-10 $25.00
99120106016 Tyranid Ravener Brood 3 Fig Box 16-Jan-10 $44.50
99120106018 Tyranid Gargoyle Brood 10 Fig Box 16-Jan-10 $29.00
99120106019 Tyranid Trygon / Mawloc 1 Fig Box 16-Jan-10 $49.50
99110106063 Tyranid Pyrovore 1 Fig Box 16-Jan-10 $33.00
99120106021 Tyranid Termagant Brood 12 Fig Box 12-Dec-09 $24.75
99120106020 Tyranid Hormagaunt Brood 12 Fig Box 12-Dec-09 $24.75
9906010606201 Tyranid Venomthrope 1 Fig Blister 16-Jan-10 $20.00
9906010606101 Tyranid Hive Guard 1 Fig Blister 16-Jan-10 $20.00

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Do we know what the 46 pieces are in the battleforce?

3 x Warriors

8x Genestealers

16x Termgaunt

16x Hormagaunt

3x Ripper bases.

Nice to see the Gargoyles have come down in price...

Also nice to be able to buy Hormagaunts and Termagaunts separately...

I'm a bit disappointed with those Battleforce contents. That's nowhere near as cool as the last one, and it's more expensive. Boo.

There is no way that they're taking the carnifex out of the battleforce box: Doesn't every other race have a vehicle in their battleforce box?

Tim the Biovore wrote:

OnTheEdge wrote:

Broken Loose wrote:The worst part of all this secrecy is that I would have been buying new models for the last 4 months straight if I knew which models wouldn't be pure gak in the new codex.

As it stands, I won't be buying any new models until at least a week or so after the codex comes out because I don't want to waste my money.

So true, so true, painfully true. I am doing the exact same thing.

//Edge

Same. And i wont be buying the battle force. confirmed contents of BF

http://store.miniwargaming.com/product/warhammer-40k-tyranids-battleforce.html


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http://www.thewarstore.com/z40KTyranids.html

Check out the order list from thewarstore

hive guard? Whhaaat?

My local hobby center' manager said that they just shipped a batch of NID battleforce's to the store. Though I am still puzzled no NID battleforce us up on the GW website.

If you're a Tyranid fan, here's some info from The War Store on the Battleforce. Given the source, this is reliable. GW stores are getting these in this week for imminent release on Saturday, Dec. 5. A friend of mine had a peek at one of these earlier tonight when it arrived at our local store. As for it not being on the website, GW has done that before quite recently. The Space Wolf Battleforce never appeared in the Advance Order page, it just went right to the new releases on the appointed date.

From http://www.thewarstore.com/

Tyranids Battleforce Unboxed!!!December 2nd, 2009
There has been some confusion as to what exactly is going to be included in the new ‘nid box.
Well we have one and we opened it up. Here is what it contained:
3 Tyranid Warriors
8 Geanstealers
16 Hormogaunts
16 Termagaunts
3 Ripper Swarms
and 6 gaunt accessory sprues

Damn...

No more Carnifex...

:(

Still, nice amount of Gaunts. 'Stealers could be a bigger unit, Rippers are meh, Warriors are okay...

It'll probably be $105

Really? Just double the Gaunts and cut the 'Fex?

And 6 more accessory sprues. Just what every Tyranid player needs... and has never used...

The only way you wouldn't be swimming neck deep in extra fiddly biomorph bits (and not a one non-Tyranid player will recognize any of them) would be if you were a fan of using excessive biomorphs on every model. Why yes, I'd like to have S4, I5 WS5 AS 5+ termagants for 12 points per model, thanks.