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2011/03/16 16:06:14
Subject: Re:Jokaero and Crowe up on Advanced Order
You know ... the Dreadknight may actually be a product of the Jokaero, it does have a kinda Simian look to it..hmmmm
Also as the little orange apes are weapon crafters extrodinaire, the tau should make it priority one to recruit the little fellas and give them a nicer home, than titan, one with all the bananas they can eat, and nobody will yell at them for flinging poo...in return for digital railguns of course
Lorek wrote:<Pedant Mode>Orangutans are apes, not monkeys</Pedant Mode>
Jokaero weaponsmiths have been around since Rogue Trader. From what I've heard, they could actually do battlefield modifications to weapons to improve them mid-game.
Dunno if I'm dredging up an old argument here, but they were also fluffed as being untameable. No one ever managed to coerce one into servitude. When they were caught, they weren't around for long. GW just rewriting history now then?
197 - Rogue trader background wrote:Jokaero tend to build only things which meet their own immediate needs. Attempts to control the Jokaero and force them to construct technology have met with failure as they build things with which to escape from their captors.
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Here's hoping for a Gyrinx for the next Elder dex! Jokaero invented digital weapons too, so they're kinda still in the fluff, but it doesn't mention in the recent fluff that they invented them.
The GK model line just keeps getting worse. First the horrible toy-like dreadknight and now orange space apes? What a way to ruin what was once one of the coolest factions in the 40k universe.
Stanley Rubric wrote:The Jokaero are awesome. I don't even play GK and I want some of these just to paint up.
+1 on that!
Polonius Wrote:
Yeah, working with an alien race and building a relationship of trust and mutual respect would be a problem.
Holding a useful critter captive and exploiting it as much as you can is a light day of evil for the IoM.
Ah, but read this rather amusing bit of the background:
Jokaero tend to build only things which meet their own immediate needs. Attempts to control the Jokaero and force them to construct technology have met with failure as they build things with which to escape from their captors.
So, the only logical explanation; they were bribed with bananas!
Stanley Rubric wrote:The Jokaero are awesome. I don't even play GK and I want some of these just to paint up.
+1 on that!
While I hate the dreadknight model, I actually really like the space ape. I just don't like the idea of including the space ape in with the GK range. Really i don't think it has a place in the grim dark universe that is 40k. I'd love to have a couple to paint and display but shiver to think of seeing them across the table form me.
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2011/03/16 16:42:55
Subject: Re:Jokaero and Crowe up on Advanced Order
But seriously, I love the Space Monkeys, I'm gonna have five in my army, I don't care that their meant to be in Grey Knights and I collect Dark Eldar, I'm still having five of them
Phayse, GW often re-write stuff like this, especially for minor species suck as these
I just hope more minor species start popping up like this, like Hrud or Demiurg
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2011/03/16 16:56:36
Subject: Re:Jokaero and Crowe up on Advanced Order
MechaEmperor7000 wrote:Is it just me or does the Jokaero look like a baby, orange version of the Clawed Fiend? (Or rather, the Clawed fiend looks like a giant, blue, hormone-induced rage version of the Jokaero?)
It's not just you, that was my second though (right after WHATTHEFETHSPACEMONKEY!!!!)
Platuan4th wrote:I need like 20 Jokaero.
I don't care what they do in game.
Get a clawed fiend to, paint it orange and see if you can sculp some goggles on him. If only there was something you could use them as a proxy for
I can totally see both of them in the same army, one named "Dr. Jekyll" and the other "Mr. Hyde"
Double points for the models, as Blue is the complimentary (basically, opposite) color of Orange.
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That's a pretty outrageous price on such a small figure. When I saw the Jokaero I assumed for some reason that being a small weird little thing it would be bundled with Crowe a bit like Huron Blackheart came with his chaos familiar thing.
I really wasn't expecting GW to pack it separately and slap nearly £8 on it.
Stanley Rubric wrote:The Jokaero are awesome. I don't even play GK and I want some of these just to paint up.
+1 on that!
While I hate the dreadknight model, I actually really like the space ape. I just don't like the idea of including the space ape in with the GK range. Really i don't think it has a place in the grim dark universe that is 40k. I'd love to have a couple to paint and display but shiver to think of seeing them across the table form me.
I agree that it doesn't seem to work at all in the GK range. I would love to see them in a Tau codex though. With all the different species that the Tau bring into their fold, these little guys would be perfect. In fact, I might paint some up and station them around my Tau just for show. I can totally picture these little space apes working on repairing battle suits.
2011/03/16 17:23:50
Subject: Re:Jokaero and Crowe up on Advanced Order
NAVARRO wrote:Ape with ET fingers and googles BEST SPACE MARINE RELEASE EVAR! If they go this direction I would buy space marines for sure... gorilla, baboon, chimps thats the way baby! Then zoats, demiurgs...
I am shocked none of the Halo fans had said anything about this, if I get the cash(and time) I may have to take a crack at a Covenant Battle Force count as GK, with some Engineers as a stand in for the monkey men. the moment I read what the buggers do, it screamed(at least me) blue floating fishy thing from Halo, but that's just me and my evil, twisted acceptance of Halo and its back ground :p
now I just have to figure out how to get all the models at a proper size for such a game....we'll here we go, curse you GW for making a codex so soon where my imagination could run wild with again, I so need to stop reading the "New Releases", my wallet and checking will be grumbling for quite some time ><.
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2011/03/16 17:31:38
Subject: Re:Jokaero and Crowe up on Advanced Order
NAVARRO wrote:Ape with ET fingers and googles BEST SPACE MARINE RELEASE EVAR! If they go this direction I would buy space marines for sure... gorilla, baboon, chimps thats the way baby! Then zoats, demiurgs...
SM = Simarines?
Exactly and the proportions are just there, just pop in a monkey head on those damned horrible marines.
An orange ape that can't communicate with man, but it know what it wants: 60" lascannons.
It can escape at any time, but for some reason, hangs out with man, who loathes him, so he can make said 60" lascannons.
As Bill O'Reilly would surely say, you can't explain that.
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Howard A Treesong wrote:That's a pretty outrageous price on such a small figure. When I saw the Jokaero I assumed for some reason that being a small weird little thing it would be bundled with Crowe a bit like Huron Blackheart came with his chaos familiar thing.
I really wasn't expecting GW to pack it separately and slap nearly £8 on it.
It's great to see the Warhammer 40,000 background expanding to include the occasional alien race every now and again. The Jokaero have been mentioned in Warhammer 40,000 since the Rogue Trader version of the game and they've now got their own model. Traditionally the Jokaero made digital weapons, tiny little finger-rings or personal items of immense power, and in Codex: Grey Knights this tradition has been kept. Expect nothing short of excessive firepower from these little guys, as they can spawn a lascannon, a heavy flamer or a multi-melta each turn, which is a nasty surprise for any adversary to run into.
Garuss Acine wrote:I am shocked none of the Halo fans had said anything about this, if I get the cash(and time) I may have to take a crack at a Covenant Battle Force count as GK, with some Engineers as a stand in for the monkey men. the moment I read what the buggers do, it screamed(at least me) blue floating fishy thing from Halo, but that's just me and my evil, twisted acceptance of Halo and its back ground :p
You may want to re-read the Engineer's fluff. They take apart and study technology, but they're a peaceful, non-combative species, whereas Jokaero raid settlements for parts. Jokaero and Engineers aren't alike.
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2011/03/16 17:37:13
Subject: Re:Jokaero and Crowe up on Advanced Order
W/L/D 
