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No rules, but you can hear to Jes Goodwin saying he's halfway through the plastics. They say DE are not coming anytime soon (the wondrous 3 months window) but since plastics design usually start about 18 months before final army release we can probably expect sightings of DE around summer next year. Or maybe GD 2009.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?pIndex=3&aId=9400003&start=4

Figures

*waits for DD to enter thread and deny the existance of Dark Eldar whilst baiting DE players to fight back*

BYE

Plastic developement STARTS 18 monts out. So, if he is half-way done with the plastics then the codex should be release in about 11 months?

damn, and I was still clinging to hope that they would be out a bit sooner, still I suppose we seem to have guard coming up next based on rumours and then most people said wolves after that, which would make what 8 months or so we would be due for a new release maybe a bit more, so it may be lining up properly, still it's good that they are finally doing something other than thinking about rules, cause once they have these plastics set up we probably wont be getting told "1 more year"

edit: I was wondering is there a place I can dig up GW models by author to find out what exactly Jes Goodwin has worked on lately.

edit2: He gives a 1 to 2 year estimate in the podcast, this is after saying he really has no solid info on a release date, but he would have an idea on how long his stuff will take so expect a 1 year wait at minimum :(

H.B.M.C. wrote:*waits for DD to enter thread and deny the existance of Dark Eldar whilst baiting DE players to fight back*

BYE

DARK ELDAR ARE A LIE!



These guys sound so trustworthy with their soft voices and english accents.

JohnHwangDD wrote:The DE are still in limbo, and I still think the DE are going to get Squatted, eventually. That's what the evidence strongly suggests.

Every year, rumors pop up saying that DE are "in progress" and will return as an uber army like the WFB Wood Elves. The latest was that Jes Goodwin was making new minis (*not* the Eldar Jetbike or Juan Diaz' test Haemonculi). None of these rumors offer the slightest shred of proof, so this appears to be more wishful thinking than anything else.

It'd be nice to see whether the GW still cares about the DE, but it sure doesn't seem like it. Pity, really.

GW Podcast wrote:Jervis: "I'd just like to ask you what projects you are working on currently that you can tell us about and what kinda things are you looking forward to doing in the future."

Jes: "Well its not the much of a secret, its Dark Eldar next. I'm half-way through doing plastics for those."

Not a secret to anyone -- except maybe DD.

He'll still find some way to make himself right. People like him are always like that.

BYE

Well you know, if a meteor crashes into england he'd be correct. Maybe he just knows something we don't.

Yeah it's good, you wouldn't have your top sculptor putting months of work into a race just to crush it, so this is great news in terms of confirming that it's coming, but god I'm sick of "maybe next year" with them.

I'm pretty sure I've seen him quoted as saying he had the new raider sitting in his office a few months back, And the new artwork has the warriors looking a bit different so I reckon those two and the jetbike are a given, what else can we expect in plastic though?

This kind of news is why I glance the forums everyday.

i once went to a seminar with Jervis at the GT, i passed out as the mans voice is that boring, with these podcasts i have finally found a cure for my insomnia, i never thought i would say this but thanks Jervis

H.B.M.C. wrote:He'll still find some way to make himself right. People like him are always like that.

BYE

You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, so he can jam his fingers in his ears and go "lalala" all he wants.

Ok, ok get off DD and discuss the actual rumor guys.

Aw c'mon Frazz. If we keep it up he might put us all on ignore.

BYE

You know, after 10 years in the making (has it been that long, I was still at the University then), this should be the greatest Codex ever. I wonder what 10 years of games design does to a S3, AP6, 24" Range Rapid Fire Weapon?

Str 3 AP 5 ?

Splinter weapons are already AP 5.

Only change in the splinter rifle I have heard is that it would become an Assault weapon. Sort of like a longer range, lower strength shuriken catapult.

I still say it's a ruse so they can spring Codex Squats on us. That's been 15 years in the making!

Saldiven wrote:Splinter weapons are already AP 5.

Only change in the splinter rifle I have heard is that it would become an Assault weapon. Sort of like a longer range, lower strength shuriken catapult.

It has got to get rending then, right?

Or is that too 4th edition?

Alpharius wrote:

It has got to get rending then, right?

Or is that too 4th edition?

Nah, poison is the new rending. Check out the amount of troops that have access to hellfire rounds in the Space Marine Codex.

Umm... Sergeants, sternguard, and captains/masters? Oh, and scouts get the one shot template for their heavy bolter too.

His Master's Voice wrote:No rules, but you can hear to Jes Goodwin saying he's halfway through the plastics. They say DE are not coming anytime soon (the wondrous 3 months window) but since plastics design usually start about 18 months before final army release we can probably expect sightings of DE around summer next year. Or maybe GD 2009.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?pIndex=3&aId=9400003&start=4

GW actually says something about Dark Eldar?

Hmm... It's December 1st, not April 1st...

So, there might be something to this after all.

Tho, if it's December 2008 that Jes is working on plastics development, then I think we're probably looking at a Q4 2009 / 1H 2010 release.

Assuming GW doesn't "push it back" or delay it again, as has happened so many times before...
____

As for that plate of crow, I'm happy to chow down, but first GW's going to have to print an actual Codex that I can hold in my hands!

ShumaGorath wrote:Umm... Sergeants, sternguard, and captains/masters? Oh, and scouts get the one shot template for their heavy bolter too.

Thats 3x more than the old codex!

Well he says they're half way through development. That says to me they're about 7-8 months off. 5 months to complete final designs, 2-3 to produce the neccesary supply for release.

Orks waited close to a decade and they got a great codex, DE waited over a decade and now will have the most broken army in the game. Or so most of us Dark Kin hope so.

As for that plate of crow

That is possibly the most british thing I've ever heard. I had no idea what that picture even meant.

JohnHwangDD wrote:
As for that plate of crow, I'm happy to chow down, but first GW's going to have to print an actual Codex that I can hold in my hands!

This is both a very gracious and a very understandable position to take.

As much as I wanted to send you a big, fat when I read this thread, I chose to contain myself, because I, too, have learned to only believe that GW is going to actually do something when I see it sitting for sale at my FLGS.

ShumaGorath wrote:

As for that plate of crow

That is possibly the most british thing I've ever heard. I had no idea what that picture even meant.

You've never heard the phrase "to eat crow," meaning, "to publicly admit that your pronouncements were completely wrong?"

Well, after this wait, even 8-10 months out looks close. I'm afraid of what I'll think of my wyches onces the new plastics are released, but as long as we get new rules, all is well.