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Sisters going so far out is a shame, although Aura did say she is kinda happy as it gives her more time to paint up her Dark Eldar.

New Guard stuff is a hope for me, the Hydra, but more importantly veteran/Stormtrooper style box would be a must buy. Probably lead to me starting a third regiment based around an armoured company.

The plot is thickening. Some more rumour from Warseer:

Garanaul the Black wrote:Just a quick release date tidbit before things fizzle out completely. It is from an excellent source (standard caveats apply of course, as nothing is ever certain). I've been told that Chaos is about six months from release, which is approximately late June / July, not sure if / how this is going to affect the release of 6th Edition.

I've been sitting on this one for about a week so if it's common knowledge, please ignore.

OT: Tau is being worked on, but further out than people think.

Mirbeau wrote:It's been stated frequently by Harry and others in the Tau thread Tau are further out than most expect. This is the case.

There is 40k in Feb, but not a codex.

If there is a codex before Templars, it's not a Tau one.

Has anyone heard anything about the 2nd wave of Necrons? It's the new year and I'm getting anxious!

If Dark Eldar are anything to go by, you have a month or three to wait.

Bang on. Also tyranids were mentioned.... well

Oh ok, FEBRUARY.

Both a Necron and a Tyranid wave in February?

That is what I meant. Heard it from a fella I have a good deal of faith in (as does most of this forum)
Exciting eh?

Kind of funny in a way, Crons getting a 2nd wave really quickly compared to even space marines if the rumors be true. Especially funny considering that if nidz are also there then you have the xeno codex with the slowest 2nd wave for 5th coupled with the fastest

If they really do a Tyranid second wave in February, it'll be the first time ever I pre order something.

All I want is a Tervigon and a Harpy. Please GW. Please.

Reading that Tyranid part made me. . .tingle. . .

At this point everyone who wanted a tervigon or a harpy already made one.

If they want a Tervigon box to be profitable as a release they'd better sell it as "Tervigon - Comes with two dreadnought autocannon arms and four SM missile launchers"

theironjef wrote:At this point everyone who wanted a tervigon or a harpy already made one.

If they want a Tervigon box to be profitable as a release they'd better sell it as "Tervigon - Comes with two dreadnought autocannon arms and four SM missile launchers"

It'll probably be a Tervigon/Tyrannofex dual-kit. If you look at the pictures in the codex, the two creatures are similarly built, and they both have the triple stacks on their backs.

theironjef wrote:At this point everyone who wanted a tervigon or a harpy already made one.

I want them, but I haven't converted them for various reasons.

I have converted 3 tervigons but no tyrranofexes.

I think i need 6th edition to change a LOT of rules to make tyranids playable again, however. That being said if the models come out and the sculpts are up to par with what's being released now, I'll definitely pick up a couple from nids and crons, seeing as how those are 2 of my main armies (i also have tau)

I've got no doubt GW's Tervigon will put to shame most conversions done in the interim. None of their big Tyranids have been bad since 4th edition.

That's the main reason I waited. I know I could make one using a Carnifex, but like most conversions I see, it would simply be a fat Carnifex with boobs. Time is another - I'm not going to waste hobby time on something I know I won't be happy with, when GW will make one eventually, better than I could. I've had no issues playing without them in the interim.

Same with a Harpy. I've seen winged Carnifexes and Trygons, which is about all I'd make. I have no doubt GW's Harpy will look better than anything I could have made, and again, I have been fine playing without them while waiting.

Deathly Angel wrote:1. It'd be right that Phil Kelly is writing the Eldar codex, though before 6th, really? If it was that close, wouldn't we have heard about it already and got details on the models and rules?

3. Bleh, Newcrons in the starter set... Might make it a little harder for me to deny the existence of the new backround. With more people playing them. Whether the kids choose them over Ultramarines is another story.

4. Would marine dex refer to vanilla or another chapter? Black Templars was mentioned as coming soon, and I really doubt that a new vanilla marine dex coming out so soon. Assuming that this is true, it would be a low marketing ploy by GW. On the brighter side, it might be an opportunity to fix some of the Ultramarines fanwank by Mr Ward.

They're too humanoid for them to use them IMO.

Orks are very different to marines. Tau are fairly different to marines and same of eldar of either description.

Since marines are a given, none of the other imperial forces will be used - no SOB, no GK, No guard.

It kinda limits the options. they also won't use Chaos marines because they look to much like normal marines.


Really, they're left with:
Eldar/Dark eldar
Tau
Orks
Nids
and Daemons.

Yes, they could use necrons, but I doubt it.

I'm angling for Eldar, Tau or Daemons.

Scipio Africanus wrote:

........./

Really, they're left with:
Eldar/Dark eldar
Tau
Orks
Nids
and Daemons.

Yes, they could use necrons, but I doubt it.

I'm angling for Eldar, Tau or Daemons.

Funny you should say that. One of my sources told me Eldar & Marines in the box, just after the Eldar dex at the end of 5th. This neatly mimics skaven/8th ed whfb, and Orks towards the end of 4th/AOBR iirc?

I'd be happy with that if it is the case.

My wallet is going to take a Major hit, if we have Tyranids and Necrons in the same month! It hasn't even fully recovered from my Initial Necron wave! Arrgghhh!

I see it's time to start squirreling away for those Tervigons and Harpies I've always wanted.

Very interesting! Tyranids and Newcrons!

Sasori wrote:My wallet is going to take a Major hit, if we have Tyranids and Necrons in the same month! It hasn't even fully recovered from my Initial Necron wave! Arrgghhh!

Agreed. I, too, play both armies.

theironjef wrote:At this point everyone who wanted a tervigon or a harpy already made one.

If they want a Tervigon box to be profitable as a release they'd better sell it as "Tervigon - Comes with two dreadnought autocannon arms and four SM missile launchers"

That's not true at all. Most Tyranids players I know (myself included) just used Trygons or Carnifexes to represent said monsters, because we knew GW would make baller kits. They really haven't goofed up any of the big monsters (in either system), and 100% of the conversions I've seen look like total garbage. No offense to those who've made them, but they just look like Carnifexes with random parts and green stuff on them, and I can totally tell that that's what they are. Usually the paint job leaves a lot to be desired as well.

What I've heard is that it will be a hybrid kit (think: Stonehorn/Thundertusk, Terrorgheist/Zombie Dragon, etc.), and probably mounts on a large oval base. I am also expecting a Finecast SC with their next release, but that requires helpings of salt.

I heard a tidbit about the plastic "hero" kits we see in Fantasy (ie: generic Chaos Sorcer, Old One, Wight King, etc.) making their way into 40k in the near future, but that's just a rumor as well.

I really want to see what new stuff is going on with Tau. It'll be my next army after I finish getting 3k points for my Necrons. I really don't care about anything else. Except the several video games coming out between Feb and the 6th ed.

McNinja wrote:I really want to see what new stuff is going on with Tau. It'll be my next army after I finish getting 3k points for my Necrons. I really don't care about anything else. Except the several video games coming out between Feb and the 6th ed.

Agreed. I hope the new Tau 'dex doesn't get displaced by too many other armies. My Tau are the laughing stock of my local 40k friends...EVEN WHEN I WIN!

I came here looking for Sisters of Battle rumors... After reading about what Mr. Goodwin (sp?) apparently said about their status back in October last year, I now feel very sad. I guess my dragoness-Sisters of the Flame will have to wait a long while longer. If only I had a plush toy of a Sister of Battle to hug... well, one that's not imaginary, anyways.

:: huggles the imaginary one tightly ::

You scare me, pouncey.

MasterSlowPoke wrote:You scare me, pouncey.

What he said.

Anyway, I'm really excited about the very much needed step up CSM are rumored to get. I've been frustrated since I got back into 40K two years ago and found they were 33 flavors of vanilla with a side order of nerf.

*long, long... really long rant about 33 flavors of vanilla with a side order of nerf, stock vehicles, limited weapons, no rules for Cultists, etc*

Whew. Glad I got that off my chest. Thanks for reading.

Pouncey wrote:I came here looking for Sisters of Battle rumors... After reading about what Mr. Goodwin (sp?) apparently said about their status back in October last year, I now feel very sad. I guess my dragoness-Sisters of the Flame will have to wait a long while longer. If only I had a plush toy of a Sister of Battle to hug... well, one that's not imaginary, anyways.

:: huggles the imaginary one tightly ::

Yeah, I was really disapointed that no new models came out for the WD SOB dex. Hell I was pissed we didn't get a real dex. I feel your pain pouncy =o[

I have a plush/stuffy Tachikoma I can lend you to snuggle with if your feeling down?

A second wave for two codex in one month?

I'll believe that one when I see it, but if it happens it will either be a damn large number of releases or Necrons only get half the stuff we are hoping for.

I'm hoping that Eldar are a post 6th edition release. I don't want them to be a 5th edition army "with 6th edition in mind".

theironjef wrote:At this point everyone who wanted a tervigon or a harpy already made one.

If they want a Tervigon box to be profitable as a release they'd better sell it as "Tervigon - Comes with two dreadnought autocannon arms and four SM missile launchers"

I don't know about that (although it was funny). I have been using proxies for mine. And if the rumours are true that there is a new unit coming out in the White Dwarf ala the Vampire Counts, and it is a hybrid kit with the Tervigon, it could sell lots.

CaptKaruthors wrote:I'm hoping that Eldar are a post 6th edition release. I don't want them to be a 5th edition army "with 6th edition in mind".

I really don't know why people can't understand that armies written near an edition change are written for that edition. Orks were written for 5th and are still a solid army. Some rumors point to every army going back to Tyranids and possibly IG being written with 6th edition in mind. Eldar will be fine, whether they come out now or a year from now.

Agreed, its likely 6th Ed Rulebook is practically finished, and theres little left to put in it. So writing an army for 6th Ed is like the 6th Ed rulebook doesn't exist. It exists and is probably on the bleeding edge of completion, so any codex developers know exactly whats in it....

Their not going to develop rules and codexs and then go, AH !@#!# the rulebook came out, well toss that entire army down thecrapper.

In the leaked 6th edition play-test file, there aren't FAQ for Necrons, Sisters, or Black Templar.

That may be a fairly strong indication that Black Templar were the next codex (at the time of the document... at least).

Or that the Black Templar have simply been exterminated by the Necrons. Either way. Just saying.

Gw does not care what veteran players think about gameplay. They do not care if releasing vanilla marines before your army hurts your feelings. They do not care if one codex is better than the other.

They don't care how many people swear to god that "if codex X Y or Z comes out it will break the game and I swear I'll quit 40k forever!" why? Because you won't quit 40k. Gw is like a drug dealer. If you are in the hobby you are hooked. Not releasing products to your convienience or to how you think is "fair" or "balanced" is not even a blip on their radar. Also like a drug dealer they are more concerned with hooking new customers than pleasing the ones they already have.

It's called business.

Strombones wrote:Gw does not care what veteran players think about gameplay. They do not care if releasing vanilla marines before your army hurts your feelings. They do not care if one codex is better than the other.

They don't care how many people swear to god that "if codex X Y or Z comes out it will break the game and I swear I'll quit 40k forever!" why? Because you won't quit 40k. Gw is like a drug dealer. If you are in the hobby you are hooked. Not releasing products to your convienience or to how you think is "fair" or "balanced" is not even a blip on their radar. Also like a drug dealer they are more concerned with hooking new customers than pleasing the ones they already have.

It's called business.

I sort of agree. Sort of. While GW probably doesn't care all that much about what you think, they do care about sales, and supporting veterans is never a bad thing. GW has many, many problems with how it does it business, but this isn't that thread.

Also, you can wait for your codex to come out. Just stop buying models for a few months, save some money, do some work, make some of those phat duckets. Then when you new codex comes out, you can buy it, and some new models.