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reds8n wrote:

Terminus wrote:
Anyway, I hope they aren't coming out in August, that's supposed to be the GK's time.

..hmm... doubt it.

They could just be gemstones. OR something really terrible that are somehow reminiscent of soul stones.

QFT. in all honesty the Dark Eldar are perhaps the least developed (fluffwise) of the "modern" 40K setting.

One thing we should "see"/get served is an expanded background of what the Dark Eldar are actually about. Imagine the noise on the various 40K background boards as people argue over whether they really are Slaanesh worshippers or more.... hmm... "I am the push that makes you move" type thing.

.. or something else !


I'd suggest that " Dark Disciple" might be a reasonable pointer for some of the ideas towards their future direction maybe.
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Slipknot quote for the win! I hope they're all so spiky that prolonged handling of them makes all the Dark Eldar players look like they sit at home cutting themselves. THAT would be fluffy!!!

I herd that the new dark elfar modesl are totally sweet and awesome and everyone will want them cause they rock!!!!!!!!one!!!

its true!!!

Hay whut do yu0 mean know pics?!!!! Haven't you guise seen the new Dark Eldars greens?!!!!??!! I think White Dragon has the pics!


But seriously, I've said this before, but if GW do Dark Eldar right, this might actually pull me back into 40k....or at least convince me to pick up a few models. The concept art looks sweet, and if the minis match up, I'm almost sold. We'll just see how the codex and the rest of the minis turn out...Right now I'm pretty pumped. Thanks for posting the info, Gonads!

Ok...

At first I doubted our messenger with raging testicles, but it seems that his news is genuine.

And Dark Eldar are much closer than anyone thinks. First of all, while the two inquisition codex have been pulled, they are definately not next.

There is much secrecy behind this release and apparently there is going to be something called a sudden or impact release. This is where we know something is coming but we don't know exactly when.

News I got from the grapevine is that there will be a lot of stuff some of us expected the DE to have:

Lots of poison based weapons.
Rending Splinter Cannons.
Splinter Rifles being assault and granting and additional attack.
An army that is stupidly good at almost everything (cc and shooting) but will fall apart easily. Glass Cannon springs to mind.
Aside from the character models, an entirely plastic range.



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It bodes well I think for those of us who have been waiting for twelve long years.

radiohazard wrote:There is much secrecy behind this release and apparently there is going to be something called a sudden or impact release. This is where we know something is coming but we don't know exactly when.

Wait, isn't that the case for pretty much every release these days?

Hi Tailgunner
have just won some grots on ebay so I don't want them replaced now
Wyches are not brilliant, but not as bad as I feared after what had heard about them. I will have to paint them so they will have tight fitting clothes, body stockings or some such. They will be used in a place where the amout of exposed flesh could be deemed inappropriate.

Also won the Archon figure - lawks knows what they were thinking of there Time to break out the greenstuff

Yes and no. While official GW channels are around 3 months out they can't keep a tight enough lid that something isn't out as far back as 6 months out, whether concrete or not.

So while things are getting leaked now GW could wait even longer (lets say only 60 days out) to make a major announcement concerning DE.

No leaked pictures? awww...

If this is true then...
Hooorrrayyy!

If not then....

ARRR IS BE THE SPACE PIRATES RETURNNN ARRRR AR ARRRRR TIME TO ROUND UP THE SCAVVY MONKIEGH TOYSS ARRRRR

Hordini wrote:Hay whut do yu0 mean know pics?!!!! Haven't you guise seen the new Dark Eldars greens?!!!!??!! I think White Dragon has the pics!

Ask and ye shall receive. I thought everyone had seen these already, whats up with this new thread?

Those greens are 2 years old aren't they?

whitedragon wrote:

Hordini wrote:Hay whut do yu0 mean know pics?!!!! Haven't you guise seen the new Dark Eldars greens?!!!!??!! I think White Dragon has the pics!

Ask and ye shall receive. I thought everyone had seen these already, whats up with this new thread?

Goddamn! I haven't forgotten your tricks!

Good mail Gonads

The only thing that makes me sad is I was hoping the next release would be Tau so they'd un-neuter my army. :(

agnosto wrote:The only thing that makes me sad is I was hoping the next release would be Tau so they'd un-neuter my army. :(

That's pretty strange because i had a nightmare of a tau codex ._.

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I said Juneish as all signs are still pointing to a DE release in August (Yakface wants to win his bet) and pics invariably appear in the WD 2 months pre release. BUT with the build up to WHFB realease in July, that may get swamped.

That's interesting. Are you basing this on rumors that you have personally heard, or simply what others have heard? Because there's also a big hubbub around Grey Knights coming out in August, so it's not like every sign points to DE.

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I said Juneish as all signs are still pointing to a DE release in August (Yakface wants to win his bet) and pics invariably appear in the WD

I'll be happy with a November release.
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LunaHound wrote:No leaked pictures? awww...

Exactly. Tho the rumors have a lot more details.

It'd be amusing if 4/1/11 rolls around and Waagh_Gonads goes "April Fools! Warseer's 4 days got nothing on our full-year buildup."

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I said Juneish as all signs are still pointing to a DE release in August (Yakface wants to win his bet) and pics invariably appear in the WD

I'll be happy with a November release.
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LunaHound wrote:No leaked pictures? awww...

Exactly. Tho the rumors have a lot more details.

It'd be amusing if 4/1/11 rolls around and Waagh_Gonads goes "April Fools! Warseer's 4 days got nothing on our full-year buildup."

There would be blood.

whitedragon wrote:

Hordini wrote:Hay whut do yu0 mean know pics?!!!! Haven't you guise seen the new Dark Eldars greens?!!!!??!! I think White Dragon has the pics!

Ask and ye shall receive. I thought everyone had seen these already, whats up with this new thread?

I really, really, REALLY hope these models are included in the new Dark Eldar releases!

Please, please!

meh.Let's get an entirely new range please. The raider is ugly, and so is about everything else. I'll only play DE if they erase all those crappy models from the face of the earth and introduce totally new models.

After 13 years, I'm sure they've had enough time to make 30+ models.

Vhalyar wrote:

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I said Juneish as all signs are still pointing to a DE release in August (Yakface wants to win his bet) and pics invariably appear in the WD 2 months pre release. BUT with the build up to WHFB realease in July, that may get swamped.

That's interesting. Are you basing this on rumors that you have personally heard, or simply what others have heard? Because there's also a big hubbub around Grey Knights coming out in August, so it's not like every sign points to DE.

SM choirboys saying they want GKs to be next doesn't really count as a sign. They're just not used to being wrong when they say "SMs are next!" But the feeling I get is that GKs are close, but DE are closer... I suppose only time will tell.
But this little unveiling here (Gonads getting the go-ahead to post this info) kinda makes it obvious, imo...

GK's aren't as close as DE but they aren't really that far off either.

Though GK's are > than 6 months away, or so I've heard.

bhsman wrote:

reds8n wrote:With regards to wyches have any of you seen the Liber Slaanesh at all ?

Is there a reason I shouldn't suddenly peruse my copy of Liber Chaotica?

If you look at the "Echoes of the Birth" section (near/at the end) you'll see some (old but this release has been coming for how long now ?) design/concept sketches for the range.

I 'm hoping they've kept all the pipes and cables.

Archonate wrote:

Vhalyar wrote:

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I said Juneish as all signs are still pointing to a DE release in August (Yakface wants to win his bet) and pics invariably appear in the WD 2 months pre release. BUT with the build up to WHFB realease in July, that may get swamped.

That's interesting. Are you basing this on rumors that you have personally heard, or simply what others have heard? Because there's also a big hubbub around Grey Knights coming out in August, so it's not like every sign points to DE.

SM choirboys saying they want GKs to be next doesn't really count as a sign. They're just not used to being wrong when they say "SMs are next!" But the feeling I get is that GKs are close, but DE are closer... I suppose only time will tell.
But this little unveiling here (Gonads getting the go-ahead to post this info) kinda makes it obvious, imo...

Pot calling the kettle black? Well, if your definition of choirboy includes Harry and DPA, that is
I'm asking a genuine question here since the release order still seems up in the air. But keep on calling anyone who's trying to get a clearer picture of the situation a SM choirboy, bro.

Vhalyar wrote:Pot calling the kettle black? Well, if your definition of choirboy includes Harry and DPA, that is
I'm asking a genuine question here since the release order still seems up in the air. But keep on calling anyone who's trying to get a clearer picture of the situation a SM choirboy, bro.

Whoa back off scamp! Didn't I say "I suppose only time will tell"?
And I'm not calling inquisitive people choirboys... I'm calling SM players choirboys

whitedragon wrote:

Hordini wrote:Hay whut do yu0 mean know pics?!!!! Haven't you guise seen the new Dark Eldars greens?!!!!??!! I think White Dragon has the pics!

Ask and ye shall receive. I thought everyone had seen these already, whats up with this new thread?

Actually, these are quite old test sculpts by Juan Diaz. They were shown on GD Spain 2 years ago but are a lot older. As our member Erasoketa pointed out, these Haemunculi were already featured in the Spanish White Dwarf March 2000:
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1940/dsc01562d.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5323/dsc01564v.jpg
Usually, test sculpts are not released, but there are exceptions. So noone can say ATM.

BTW no comment yet that we can see the Wyches (and Hellions) concept art on the big Raider pic?

bhsman wrote:

reds8n wrote:With regards to wyches have any of you seen the Liber Slaanesh at all ?

Is there a reason I shouldn't suddenly peruse my copy of Liber Chaotica?

It's awesome, that's reason enough.

p.s Whitedragon apparently has loads more pics that he can't post but he's sending them through personal message to anyone that wants to see.

Gonads, you are my new hero. Now I will wait to buy the new stuff instead of just going and wasting more of my money.

Jazz is for Losers wrote:p.s Whitedragon apparently has loads more pics that he can't post but he's sending them through personal message to anyone that wants to see.

Either you're trolling him, or he's trolling you. I can't decide which.