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insaniak wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:How is a magical skeleton in a robe and headdress more humanized then a robot skeleton in a robe and headdress?

It's a human skeleton, and not a robot body made for an alien?

I'm not really sure that makes much of a difference after a few thousand years.


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Mewiththeface wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

insaniak wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:Yeah, I find the direct denial of the art direction and theme perplexing. I think people just really want them to be unique, which they should be. It's just not the case though.

Not an issue for me. I couldn't care less if they were Space Tomb Kings. But what I'm seeing is a science fantasy army with a vague Egyptian influence. Tomb Kings also have an Egyptian influence, but there were very different design directions taken.

And at the end of the day, the Egyption influences for Necrons were there from the start... and again, Necrons came before Tomb Kings. So if anything, we should be complaining about how Tomb Kings are just humanised Necrons, rather than the inverse.

How is a magical skeleton in a robe and headdress more humanized then a robot skeleton in a robe and headdress

Because the robot isn't a human robot? It is a necrontyr style robot which apparently seems human however, now they have tails.
The magical skeletons are indeed human.

They have elves and dwarves in those hordes. Scorpions and giants and dog headed things too. Also snakes and a catapault! Almost everything in the necron force is either a vehicle or humanoid, the tomb kings are less so by first viewing.

Fingers crossed for no Necron-sphinx.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I heard the Silent King carves his name into the Emperor's heart.

No! He carved his name into the Nightbringer's heart (which is why the C'Tan are fragments now and subservient to the Necrons), and he roams the webway killing Solitaires.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I heard the Silent King carves his name into the Emperor's heart.

No! He carved his name into the Nightbringer's heart (which is why the C'Tan are fragments now and subservient to the Necrons), and he roams the webway killing Solitaires.

But don't they feast on shares of GW in their spare time, thus always forcing GW to increase their prices for the scarcer dividends they are forced to pay out each year by Kirby?

In answer to your question WarOne, it wasn't a dig at Dread Fleet (I'd never call it Fail Fleet... because 'Fail' has no relation to 'Dread'. 'Derp Fleet' perhaps, but then again I'd only do that if I really disliked Dread Fleet, and I don't, I'm just ambivalent about the whole thing).

I actually saw Dread Fleet in the flesh (in the plastic?) today. That sea map is way bigger than I thought it would be. The islands are huge too (and oh-so-skully!). Feels like a realy cheap material though.

Anyway, Necrons, yes. Y'know... I think a subtly converted War Sphynx could work in a Necron army.

H.B.M.C. wrote:In answer to your question WarOne, it wasn't a dig at Dread Fleet (I'd never call it Fail Fleet... because 'Fail' has no relation to 'Dread'. 'Derp Fleet' perhaps, but then again I'd only do that if I really disliked Dread Fleet, and I don't, I'm just ambivalent about the whole thing).

Either way, thanks for the clarification.

WarOne wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I heard the Silent King carves his name into the Emperor's heart.

No! He carved his name into the Nightbringer's heart (which is why the C'Tan are fragments now and subservient to the Necrons), and he roams the webway killing Solitaires.

But don't they feast on shares of GW in their spare time, thus always forcing GW to increase their prices for the scarcer dividends they are forced to pay out each year by Kirby?

I heard that the Silent King was not going to be in the Necron Codex. Instead he will be a White Dwarf addition to the BA codex, using his new signature weapon, the Bloodscythe.

I have 3 weeks to finish painting my phalanx of warriors that had been sitting on my display shelf gathering dust. Granted, that's only about 35 models or so, but maybe it'll keep me occupied and make the wait seem less intense. Who else has plans to while away the time now that we know we're so near a new update?

The new Immortals and the Deathmark actually look really cool.

I feel like better coloring could make some of the models I didn't care for look better.

Although those damn loincloths bother me so.

I don't get why an army that has mastered phase and portal technology needs a physical transport to move them. A fast vehicle with a portal on the front, as I believe someone said earlier? That could work, in terms of fluff. But meh.

The Flayed Ones look ungodly stupid though. The so-called flesh they wear is completely unconvincing, and they appear frankly comical.

"Meh" is my opinion on this for the moment.

I can't wait to see the fluff.

Come at me Ward, gimme your best shot.

The sculpt didn't look much different then the necrons from 10 years ago.

Take that how ever you want it to mean -_-

This all looks well and good but i can't help but wonder if this was a controlled leak or if GW is fuming at the moment over their failed 'Dun Tell the Intarwebz' policy.

Warboss Gubbinz wrote:This all looks well and good but i can't help but wonder if this was a controlled leak or if GW is fuming at the moment over their failed 'Dun Tell the Intarwebz' policy.

Could be either/or.

The way it's looking, the timing of these photos being taken from White Dwarf and the recent "connect the dots" moment of a Polish source reporting this and the realization that White Dwarf is now printed in Poland means either GW's gone out of their way to begin establishing their own "rumormonger" who will feed pretty quality photos of White Dwarf "hot ticket" content to the Internet at large...or GW's got a leak from the printing company doing White Dwarf.

Are we going to see the rest of the line up anytime soon? I am talking about tomb blades, tomb spyder, destroyers, giant walker and hopefully crypteks.

RE: New Necron Shooting Rule vs. Orks/Horde:

Before Turn 1 after scouts and infiltrators:
1d6 - On 2+ Necrons Win match.
On 1 Roll again 2d6
2d6 - On a roll of 2 + Necrons Win

Waaaaaa--- huh?

Guess who is getting himself one of them fancy white dwarfs when it hits the shelves!

I wouldnt have actually bought one if the leak hadnt happened. But gw doesnt recognize what good sales plans are like...

jspyd3rx wrote:Are we going to see the rest of the line up anytime soon? I am talking about tomb blades, tomb spyder, destroyers, giant walker and hopefully crypteks.

Seconded. There must be a second wave if all white dwarf pictures have been leaked. More likely? The leak is a controlled rumor from GW and they chose to leave some of the tastier bits out so they can ramp up excitement a second time when they announce pre-orders.

I wonder who is going to get fired over this leak.

You guys are conspiracy theorists. GW has some mystical mastery of the occult and covert. Hell the largest company in the world couldn't keep their prototype phones from being left at bars. lol.
DrG

I kinda like the new figure sculpts, EXCEPT the transport thingy. It's a cool idea, would have like to have seen something even more 'gyptian though. I never liked the monolith aesthetic either though. Definitely dig the 3 man floaty thing gun platform.

You know, I'm wondering if the "Overlord" with the Rez Orb is a Cryptek. He doesn't look near as "Authoritative" as the left Overlord.

doktor_g wrote:You guys are conspiracy theorists. GW has some mystical mastery of the occult and covert. Hell the largest company in the world couldn't keep their prototype phones from being left at bars. lol.
DrG

I kinda like the new figure sculpts, EXCEPT the transport thingy. It's a cool idea, would have like to have seen something even more 'gyptian though. I never liked the monolith aesthetic either though. Definitely dig the 3 man floaty thing gun platform.

I don't think GW field tests its magazines by given them to hundreds of employees for months and having them perform real world testing. It's kind of a dissimilar situation.

ShumaGorath wrote:

doktor_g wrote:You guys are conspiracy theorists. GW has some mystical mastery of the occult and covert. Hell the largest company in the world couldn't keep their prototype phones from being left at bars. lol.
DrG

I kinda like the new figure sculpts, EXCEPT the transport thingy. It's a cool idea, would have like to have seen something even more 'gyptian though. I never liked the monolith aesthetic either though. Definitely dig the 3 man floaty thing gun platform.

I don't think GW field tests its magazines by given them to hundreds of employees for months and having them perform real world testing. It's kind of a dissimilar situation.

Well it's take a jab at Steve Jobs week, and had I known it only took a sacrifice of one Apple computer founder to summon forth the New Necron Codex I would have taken a wack at the man myself years ago... All in good fun Steve! RIP, sent from my iPad!

I like the Deathmarks and Immortals... IMO, everything else looks God-awful.

Problems I have with them:

- The vehicles, in my opinion, don't look like something the Necrons would use. Necron architecture has always had a sort of "simple-yet-ominous" vibe to it-- and I think that fit them better. These new vehicles look almost Dark Eldar-esque.

- I sense that GW is trying to give the Necrons more personality on an individual basis. As a Necron player myself, however, that's really the last thing I want from the 'Crons. I want the 'Crons to behave like machines-- no individuality, no feeling, and nigh complete uniformity. Loincloths and rainbow-colored lords don't really make sense in that context.

I'm also not thrilled that Ward is doing the codex, lore-wise. Oh well, hopefully he comes up with a balanced codex.

I don't like them. The Deathmarks and Immortals look good. I like the transport visually, but it makes no sense with previous Necron fluff. Why would they use a transport that wasn't connected to their teleportation tech? I guess I could just pretend it's a ceremonial transport for the more crazy lords. The... Flying crescent thing just is shaped awkwardly. And the Doomsday thing looks silly.

I don't like the loincloths at all, nor do I like the headcrests. And what's with all the new Elite options that are mainly differentiated with weapons? One of the things I loved about Necrons when starting was how they were built for specific tasks instead of being the versatile men-at-arms. The Flayed Ones are awful, nothing to see there, I'll just customize some using Warrior bits.

They look more like Tomb Kings than before; I preferred the more sleek/weaponized style instead of the blinged out version.

I've been waiting like a hound for these models, and now I'm just not impressed. I guess it might be time to set my sights away from Necrons, even if they are my only army at the moment.

ShumaGorath wrote:They replaced rods with balls. There are glowballs everywhere on these models.

Let's not get inappropriate.

There will be no Necron-Sphinx.

Excellent release in my book! Sure, the flayed ones may be a bit off, but overall, this is what Ive been waiting for.

Now all I got to do is wait a few months till Necs arent the "current" flavor anymore ....

Wait, why do Necrons need a troop transport? Can't they just phasal shift everywhere?

The Command/Support Barge looks alright, but out of place with the fluff. The ghost ark transport makes no sense, the doomsday ark looks wierd, and the new characters are too...bulky, if you know what I mean, the massive shoulder pads, funny head bits and chunky capes etc. I actually quite like the deathmarks, but what happened to the luminous rods? they're all gone! The new CC unit looks almost too versatile (though I like the ones with the shields ). The Immortals look interesting, but why did they make the gauss blasters shorter? It looks funny!

And the Flayed ones...oh dear.

Is it me or do they look too much like VC Ghouls?

Anyway, thanks for the pictures XD

Flachzange wrote:Excellent release in my book! Sure, the flayed ones may be a bit off, but overall, this is what Ive been waiting for.

Now all I got to do is wait a few months till Necs arent the "current" flavor anymore ....

Why? Who cares?

If you like the release, it shouldn't matter if it's th current flavor or not.

Kanluwen wrote:

Warboss Gubbinz wrote:This all looks well and good but i can't help but wonder if this was a controlled leak or if GW is fuming at the moment over their failed 'Dun Tell the Intarwebz' policy.

Could be either/or.

The way it's looking, the timing of these photos being taken from White Dwarf and the recent "connect the dots" moment of a Polish source reporting this and the realization that White Dwarf is now printed in Poland means either GW's gone out of their way to begin establishing their own "rumormonger" who will feed pretty quality photos of White Dwarf "hot ticket" content to the Internet at large...or GW's got a leak from the printing company doing White Dwarf.

I'm going to have to agree on the rumor monger aspect more than printing company leak. Their is no freeeeking way Games Workshop is going to get rid of one of their most important (and Cheap) tools (like almost free advertising) because of their Information Embargo. It has already done it's desired effect of creating the Buzz about the product. Pictures are too clean and saying when the product are going to be be sold sounds like an advertizing gimmick to me then just a leak from a printer's shop.

How am I supposed to tell the difference between each of the special characters?

They all look the same!

Like the transport though, don't know about the command barge, still deciding.