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The Helltalon already exists. It is not a "cheap gunship" by any means, it's a bomber with three crew inside.

Brother SRM wrote:

Enigma Crisis wrote:
Ah well it looks like I'm going to have to make a forgeworld order. I can't wait for this summer to get here. My wallet is hating me already for what it knows is already coming.

Or you can eBay an AoBR dread right now for like 10 bucks.

I haven't found an AOBR Dread for 10$. I looked for like half an hour.

:(

Also, I like the look of the Space Marine gunship. Another thing to take up a Fast Attack slot. Maybe i'll take two and a Land Speeder squad. :O

As much as I dislike the concept art, the stormtalon would be a firm maybe for the 3 fast attack slots which are perpetually unused in my army. Likelihood of inclusion would rapidly increase depending on conversion possibilities.

Brother SRM wrote:That's just generic naming conventions. Space Marine aircraft are (weather)(bird) and Chaos ones are (mean word)(sharp thing).

Mmmmmmmmmm, I look forward to the HailOstrich and WindPenguin hitting my Imperial battlefield shortly.

Vain wrote:

Brother SRM wrote:That's just generic naming conventions. Space Marine aircraft are (weather)(bird) and Chaos ones are (mean word)(sharp thing).

Mmmmmmmmmm, I look forward to the HailOstrich and WindPenguin hitting my Imperial battlefield shortly.

Don't forget the LightningDuck and FloodBudgie.

Is it me or do the space marine aircraft names also make good SNES-era Megaman bosses?

You know, like 'Flame Mammoth, Sting Chameleon, etc' from Megaman X

Storm eagle would like to agree with you there.

Eiríkr wrote:

Vain wrote:

Brother SRM wrote:That's just generic naming conventions. Space Marine aircraft are (weather)(bird) and Chaos ones are (mean word)(sharp thing).

Mmmmmmmmmm, I look forward to the HailOstrich and WindPenguin hitting my Imperial battlefield shortly.

Don't forget the LightningDuck and FloodBudgie.

lol.

Or LightShowersParrot and SunnyPidgin.

Hailstorm Hummingbird coming soon to a Chapter near you!

So...are the rumors done and we're on silly names, now?

So the time frame is about 2 weeks before we get any new news? Or rumor?

WD picture leaks will most likely appear in 1-2 weeks. These will most likely have pictures of the new flyers.

Obsidian Raven wrote:

ceorron wrote:

Arm.chair.general wrote:Will there be any Chaos fliers coming out?

I think that is the so far rumored dragon that people have mentioned.

Ugh, that concept sounds so bad to me. Why cant we get a hellblade?

Cyber Dragon of Doom;



or

Lame ass Renegade IG junk?



Mmh..., i'll go with the dragon of doom!

(yes i know its the dragon from GW2...,but if it is half as bad ass as this, then i will be happy!)

Uh yeah...the Hellblade has nothing to do with "renegade IG".

It's a product of the Dark Mechanicus, and is crewed by hard-wired servitors.

Exactly. More dark mechanicus would be good by me. Throwing dragons into 40k.... I just can't see that working. It'd be like throwing boltguns (back) into fantasy.

It'll take a Hellblade over another fantasy trope transplanted into 40k any day.

Given the size of the Hellblade, they could easily be a 3 to a slot relatively cheap model, and fill a role as a Chaos Landspeeder equivalent.

As for dragon, I hope it is less like a traditional dragon, and more like the Doomwing, but more dragonlike/generic chaos than birdlike tzeentch.

I fully agree with the above.
The thought of a chaos dragon repulses me to the core of my chaotic being. That hell talon would be AMAZING. so would s dread claw assault drop pod. In fact any decent FA choice for chaos would be appreciated.
While GW is at it, they should throw in a new dex for all the chaos fans.

Kanluwen wrote:Uh yeah...the Hellblade has nothing to do with "renegade IG".

It's a product of the Dark Mechanicus, and is crewed by hard-wired servitors.

Hmmm....the BL Novel Double Eagle seems to contradict this (not the production of course) as they were piloted by professional Chaos Pilots affiliated with the Blood Pact.
All of the chaos aircraft were featured (Hell Blade, Hell Talon and Locust) within as well as their Aeries; basically large aircraft carriers that were tracked and could move on land.

Interesting read btw....

So, um... Doom Croissant?

(assuming a conversion... but wow, a really nice one!)

That's a lovely conversion model, are there any more of this?

It's not bad. But the fire prism housing gives it away.

The wings are the backsides of the Ghost Ark.

ph34r wrote:Exactly. More dark mechanicus would be good by me. Throwing dragons into 40k.... I just can't see that working. It'd be like throwing boltguns (back) into fantasy.

Yes!

Please, no 'Dragons' like that in 40K!

Would they really look that out of place next to Daemon Princes, Defilers, and those Khorne Daemon Engines FW is pumping out? Chaos is getting more and more cybernetic animals every year. This is a natural progression.

Gitzbitah wrote:Would they really look that out of place next to Daemon Princes, Defilers, and those Khorne Daemon Engines FW is pumping out? Chaos is getting more and more cybernetic animals every year. This is a natural progression.

Or it is an unnatural "progression" which needs to be halted, immediately!

I am still calling hoax on this. Everyone is soooo excited though. If fliers are being released june 2 then why not go with the fliers that have rules already that have no model. there are more than enough to put together an awesome release for the more recent codex.
Nid- Harpy
DE- bomber
Cron- scyth
ork- Deff Kopta
That's right ork deffkopta. There is no kit for that model. There will be no model by the end of the year. IMO the June 2, release will be either some Ork kits (this i got from a post earlier in the month about the facebook pages for local games workshop stores talking a bout a big party and allowing you re-roles if you wear green or have green on your army). There are still some things that ork players Would be great full to see if we don't need it we might get it anyway for the orky bits. Warboss kit (like the sm captain kit), buggies/tracks/scorchas, deff kopta, wazzdakka, zogwart, new megganobs. The list goes on and on.
The other thing june 2 can be is 6th with DA plastered as the new poster boys all over the cover. Either that or the green is just a clever ruse.DA make no sense because that is so obviously getting the dwarf treatment after the spine art is done (just kidding, not really, it would be so funny to see GW piss in the space marine wheaties for a change) The fact still remains that I don't see new models that don't exist in artwork, codexs, fluf or, RULES. What I do see are bad sketches of models that do exist in the forgeworld fluf, imperial armor, and have models already.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine_Aircraft?filter_reset=1
sm flyer!!!!

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Orks/ORK-FIGHTA-BOMMER.html
ork Fighta-Bomba!!!!
(by the way the ork sketch is such a bad sketch of this model its so not funny.)

We all want new flyer models at some point. I personally would rather wait until they put it in my codex than have to buy a new model, a white dwarf, and a new rule book in the same month making my min GW spending for gw product at $175. Not happening. Keep your flyer, and your white dwarf. I want the rule book!

rothrich wrote: I am still calling hoax on this. Everyone is soooo excited though. If fliers are being released june 2 then why not go with the fliers that have rules already that have no model. there are more than enough to put together an awesome release for the more recent codex.

Because every army needs something new to put in the air, and Marines and Orks are very popular.

Then why not have the armies that have rules for something to put in the air get their models?

rothrich wrote:Then why not have the armies that have rules for something to put in the air get their models?

Because they will later. GW spaces out its releases as you may have noticed.