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H.B.M.C. wrote:Really blurry picture time! Incubi!

Very samurai.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Yeah, 'cause you can really get a good feel for the detail in such a terrible picture Athera.

Are you always so acerbic?

Excuse me for not fawning over it like you were expecting. But, really? You're going to post a not very good picture that makes the models look terrible and then you get offended when someone points out that the models might look terrible? Really?

And yes, I'm the "Pat Sajak of Fat Paystacks" when it comes to being acerbic.


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ShumaGorath wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:Really blurry picture time! Incubi!

Very samurai.

Or "Commaragh Cricket All-Stars"

Excuse me for not fawning over it like you were expecting. But, really? You're going to post a not very good picture that makes the models look terrible and then you get offended when someone points out that the models might look terrible? Really?

And yes, I'm the "Pat Sajak of Fat Paystacks" when it comes to being acerbic.

I rather like how they look.

I'm not sure if I like them or not, kind of hard to tell. From what I can see, they seem to have a good design and actually look evil, instead of having the appearance of saturday morning villians.

Considering they'll be metal models in all likelihood...
I rather like them. They look like Eldar...but not just "Eldar with spikes!".

ShumaGorath wrote:

Excuse me for not fawning over it like you were expecting. But, really? You're going to post a not very good picture that makes the models look terrible and then you get offended when someone points out that the models might look terrible? Really?

And yes, I'm the "Pat Sajak of Fat Paystacks" when it comes to being acerbic.

I rather like how they look.

I think I might like how they look painted up as Slaanesh Chaos Warriors. But for a sci-fi unit? Not off of that picture.

Athera wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

Excuse me for not fawning over it like you were expecting. But, really? You're going to post a not very good picture that makes the models look terrible and then you get offended when someone points out that the models might look terrible? Really?

And yes, I'm the "Pat Sajak of Fat Paystacks" when it comes to being acerbic.

I rather like how they look.

I think I might like how they look painted up as Slaanesh Chaos Warriors. But for a sci-fi unit? Not off of that picture.

As opposed to all the other units running around with medieval weapons in plate armor? I think you may be playing the wrong game. Flames of war is back a few pages.

I'll bite and admit that from what I can see in the pic, I'm in love and will buy a lot. Seems to be that incubi visually invoke daemons to scare the pants off people (I assume). I really like the aesthetic. Reminds me of a fusion of eldar, chaos and the most recent Predator flick. Cool beans!

If those minis look as good as I think they do, and the rest of the range can hold a candle to them... Slap some bondage gear on me and call me "dark". I'm in.

Yeah, these are pretty sexy. Incubi were probably the best models in the old line and these destroy them.
They just clearly have a coherent design concept behind them as opposed to "Well...it's a halberd but in space...a space halberd".
Can't wait to see if they carry the mask idea through other models.

ShumaGorath wrote:

Athera wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

Excuse me for not fawning over it like you were expecting. But, really? You're going to post a not very good picture that makes the models look terrible and then you get offended when someone points out that the models might look terrible? Really?

And yes, I'm the "Pat Sajak of Fat Paystacks" when it comes to being acerbic.

I rather like how they look.

I think I might like how they look painted up as Slaanesh Chaos Warriors. But for a sci-fi unit? Not off of that picture.

As opposed to all the other units running around with medieval weapons in plate armor? I think you may be playing the wrong game. Flames of war is back a few pages.

Rate a troll says 1/10. Now run along. The current topic is the models HBMC posted a pic off.

Oh, I like those pics a lot. I know we were expecting a redesign, but this looks like they're REALLY going a different way. Very cool.

Athera wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

Athera wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:

Excuse me for not fawning over it like you were expecting. But, really? You're going to post a not very good picture that makes the models look terrible and then you get offended when someone points out that the models might look terrible? Really?

And yes, I'm the "Pat Sajak of Fat Paystacks" when it comes to being acerbic.

I rather like how they look.

I think I might like how they look painted up as Slaanesh Chaos Warriors. But for a sci-fi unit? Not off of that picture.

As opposed to all the other units running around with medieval weapons in plate armor? I think you may be playing the wrong game. Flames of war is back a few pages.

Rate a troll says 1/10. Now run along. The current topic is the models HBMC posted a pic off.

Yes, we know. They are rather nice models which signal a good new direction for the model line!

Despite our differing aesthetics and how that influences our views on the new models, they are new models for Dark Eldar. The first in 10 years.

Skipping over the irony of HBMC getting upset because he's had a negative reaction to posting something interesting for a change...

Those Incubi look very promising. The photo may not be very good, but you still get a pretty clear idea of what they look like. I see they've gone for Uruk-Hai swords, which look pretty brutal - interesting choice. Will the new DE be Eldar that have gone Orky? The only thing that's unclear is the backpiece, which seems a bit over-elaborate. I'm also unsure about whether the devil horns work. Seems a rather literal interpretation of 'Incubis'.

I look forwards to forcing the lady to paint them models ^_^ Thanks HBMC

The text at the bottom of the pic seems to be French...Not that I know a lot...

"Les Incubis sort ......... du ......... ........" Obviously just a description and weapon name.

Wow. Those totally fit in with the way I imagine Dark Eldar should be, at least from what little I can tell. Props to GW for trying out something more than "spikes=evil, done". They're just intimidating and brutal. Screw Eldar, I think Dark Eldar are going to be my brand of Space Elf.

Rymafyr wrote:The text at the bottom of the pic seems to be French...Not that I know a lot...

"Les Incubis sort ......... du ......... ........" Obviously just a description and weapon name.

Yeah, it says "The Incubi are equipped with something somethinglonger" so it's just telling us the weapon name.

Well werent punishers already two handed +1S power weapons?

They look like they may have just changed them to be mean looking swords rather than..whatever they used to be.

Love love love. From what I can make out, the leg armor is like that of eldar but much more broken by thin, peaked segments, making them look evil.
The back fins are not only noticeable now, but actually add a lot to the model!
The torso armor is very similar to that of current Eldar, which subtly accentuates the the relation.
The sword manages to look sci-fi with an amazing mix of elegance and brutality. I'm loving the slight curve in the middle of the blade.
The face plate reminds me of the Harlequin Death Jester only more exaggerated and intimidating.
I'm not a fan of the horns, as they add some Chaos flavor, but they also succeed in marking the Incubi as royal bodyguards, so I forgive them.

Oh my sweet god FINALLY!!! Even though the pictures are really blurry you can see amazing work there. The only reason I check 40k rumor forums anymore are for the hopes that Dark Eldar would get redone with amazing models like this and drag me kicking and screaming back into the game. Jes Goodwin....I Love/Hate you!! I just know they are finally going to be a viable army....only took G-dub 12 years!


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Also I lobve the fact they have the same shaped Eldar Guardian heads we all love so much! Fricking awsome looking mini's! Those have to be Jess or Juan's work.

As nearly as I can tell from the picture...

I like the torso armour. I like the spike on the knee armour. I like the back fins, and they're a fantastic improvement over the old Incubi "fists on poles for some reason". I LOVE the swords. Without taking the army as a whole into account, I preferred the old halbered as weapons. There's something regal and stately-looking about bodyguards with halberds. But then Dark Eldar aren't supposed to look regal and stately-looking, are they? So the new swords are absolutely perfect for them, and that hooked end is such a great touch I'm surprised we haven't seen it before. I wonder if that motif will carry through to other Dark Eldar weapons.

I like the head in profile (as much as I can see of it anyway), but I hate the horns. I probably won't play Dark Eldar but if I did, I'd cut those off.

I for one welcome the Uruk Hai hockey players from hell. They're badass.

Personally I'm not sure what to make of them. I like the longswords, but I'm not so hot on the horns. Then again, they are blurry (as I said), and we don't really know what the new aesthetic of the Dark Eldar line will be (assuming it has changed at all), so judging them in a vacuum is essentially pointless. All I can say is I like the swords, and the stalks on their backs remind me of Guardians.

Are they 'Eldar-y' enough? Dunno. Guess we'll see on the weekend when Jes gives us some real pictures.

Swords are cool though...

Athera wrote:Excuse me for not fawning over it like you were expecting. But, really? You're going to post a not very good picture that makes the models look terrible and then you get offended when someone points out that the models might look terrible? Really?

High-larious. You really are. You're a piceless new addition to the milieu that is Dakka.

No, I didn't epect you to fawn over them, or even like them. What I was epecting was a little more... how shall I put this... careful or perhaps even reserved judgement, especially given the (lack of) quality in the picks. I'd be just as hard as someone fawning over them as I would on anyone dismissing them out of hand.

The simple fact is we don't have enough information to come to an educated conclusion, so declaring them 'terrible' is about useful now as declaring them 'good' or 'chocolate' or 'parakeet'. We simply don't know enough, and can't see enough.

Although now I see that you are the type of person Jes Goodwin was talking about when he got annoyed at his Harli pics leaking online - the type of person who unilaterally declares something to be 'horrible' based upon terrible photographs and without actually seeing the product completely.

Athera wrote:And yes, I'm the "Pat Sajak of Fat Paystacks" when it comes to being acerbic.

Neither know nor care what that is, so I'll just take it as a yes.

Tailgunner wrote:Skipping over the irony of HBMC getting upset because he's had a negative reaction to posting something interesting for a change...

That's not the reason at all.

Funny thing is, I always thought the Incubus models were the only Dark Eldar models that looked good to this day. Pity they are replacing them.

It's difficult to see from the images, but it looks like GW dropped the scorpion motif from the Incubi. No more striking scorpions references?

I agree. The Incubi weren't great but they were ceratinly a cut above most of the models in the DE range. I liked the idea of 'Dark Scorpions' as well, almost like the order could have been founded by Ahara (or however you spell his name).

But this comes back to how much (and how little) we know about the new DE. We only have the tiniest amount of information on what they reworked fluff is, and how different (or similar) it might be to the current DW fluff. I mean, a page ago we were told that they now have psykers, so making any firm judgements or statements at this point is essentially impossible until we have more information.

Just 4 more days people. We waited 12 years, we can wait another 4 days.

No! >=(

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Just 4 more days people. We waited 12 years, we can wait another 4 days.

Nnnnnnnneeeeeeeeerrrrdddd rrrrraaaaAAAAAGGGGGGGEEE! It's like being 5 and waiting for christmas all over again.

Look on the bright side folks, between today and Jes's reveal is my Birthday (Friday, to be exact), so that's something we can all celebrate!