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**zedmeister**

Looks like the Cards have already sold out on GW uk!

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AllSeeingSkink wrote:
The rules for this release of aircraft seem to be attached to the back of the instruction manual, so assuming they continue with that, the Thunderhawk and Fire Raptor rules will be in their boxes.

Is there anything confirming that a campaign book isn't on the way? It seems to me like there will be one coming and they're either stretching out the release or maybe they found that too many people previously bought the boxed set or the campaign book and they're trying to milk more people to buy both.

I do hope a book is coming. They may be doing wave releases and will have the campaign book later with the Thunderhawk. Could be they're holding it back as it'll spoiler a release? I can't believe they just have two Eldar Aircraft in their card deck. No Vampire Hunter, Vampire Raider, Crimson Hunter or even Lynx? Though, saying that, they did say Fire Raptor is included in the Marine deck, so who knows

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chaos0xomega wrote:
I have the cards in hand, I can confirm they do not contain any unannounced aircraft

That is a real pitty :(

**zedmeister**

Stealth ground defences release!

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stonehorse wrote:
I suspect that GW are reluctant to release rules for models they haven't released yet. So this is why we are getting a Drip feed release schedule. Annoying , but at least AI isn't a game system that is flooded with releases.

There does seem to be, well, corporate paranoia (for want of a better word) from GW lately. At least in my view. It's surprising that the Eldar have only got 2 aircraft that we know about. Either they're slowing down AI releases, switching more over to resin with a "surprise!" factor or really tightening things up with releases.

**zedmeister**

Well, I hope to see this return one day:

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robbienw wrote:
The Fire Raptor model is on the front picture of the Outer Reaches game board box

Well spotted! It's there alright, top right:

Odds are it'll be plastic!

**zedmeister**

Can we not have yet another debate on scales. Again

**zedmeister**

I have a suspicion that GW doesn't see much return in investing in plastics for the game. They may switch to largely resin releases with the odd plastic campaign set

**zedmeister**

Thunderhawks are a'comin':

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/10/18/thunderhawks-from-12-chapters-rule-the-skies-in-this-epic-aeronautica-imperialis-showcase/

**zedmeister**

chaos0xomega wrote:
The Manta is in an entirely different size category from the Vampire or anything that has been released for Imperium/Orks thus far.

It'll be comparable to the Ork Megabomma and the Harbinger Bomber (if it comes out) and, to a lesser extent, the Sokkar Stormbird

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H.B.M.C. wrote:
I mean yes, the plastic Tau flyers are 100% pure unadulterated awful, but is that actually why FW didn't use them?

I suspect it's because that they're pretty much scaled and armed for 6x4 games of 40k and equipped with small arms. Take the overall naff Marine flyers. There's not much you can do in dogfight with small arms like hurricane bolters or multimeltas as your primary weapon.

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AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Has anyone ever found GW's special dice to be weighted weirdly?

I was playing with my Eldar AI dice and was getting an insane number of 1's and 2's, lol.

My various Necromunda and Titanicus dice are like that. I seem to roll badly. Especially with Necromunda - I always roll a 60 something when working out injuries but ones for hitting and ammo checks. I've had a huge number of gangers die

**zedmeister**

It'll be a wholly new plastic kit in my opinion. The side guns are recessed into the fuselage and the Storm Raven doesn't have the fixtures for that

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Dysartes wrote:
Ok, people - what's the guess on the price of an individual plastic Thunderhawk (as I'm assuming there won't be two in the box)?

£26 from GW direct I reckon

**zedmeister**

Oh, now that's unexpected. Pylons for Ground defences I reckon

**zedmeister**

Hoping for Custodes flyers now. We’ve got the 2 from Forgeworld and Malevolence mentioned they also have an Equinox fighter

tneva82 wrote:

They still look very same. Fw can just come up with couple extra bits for am thing and hey presto 4 flyers.

Or they could make this and the Aquila lander (please!)

**zedmeister**

Forgeworld resin for the flyers. Interesting, book may be answer to some of the shortcomings. Limited ammo makes a welcome return at least

**zedmeister**

Oh, nice!

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beast_gts wrote:
chaos0xomega wrote:
weird to me that they are only doing the doom scythe and night shroud... but not the night scythe which would be pretty easy to do with the doom scythe.

The original WarCom article says the Night Scythe is coming.

Maybe all three can be built in one kit?

**zedmeister**

There's also the other option that the Heresy box production is currently hoovering up all of Specialist Games plastic production slots meaning they're having to push things out in resin.

I'm hoping the compendium book brings things back into line with how things were in 1st edition AI

**zedmeister**

Sneak peak from the upcoming book. Also mentioned are Nightshade Interceptors and Hemlock Wraithfighters as well as looted Ork aircrafte and Tau Gue'Vesa Auxiliary aircraft:

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Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Why is there no human on the Human Auxiliary Aircraft card.

He's the ~~slave driver~~ human liaiason.

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Vampire Raider and Hunter up for pre order this week:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/02/06/sunday-preview-dominate-the-eightpoints-and-middle-earth-with-next-weeks-pre-orders/

**zedmeister**

Now up at £32 a pop. Not too bad

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/searchResults?N=1683315211+2499837508+3206404541+3637769477

**zedmeister**

Look to be about the size of a Thunderhawk

Albertorius wrote:
For a single one, FW resin, without even the parts for both? Allow me to disagree.

Hmm, maybe I'm a bit punch drunk. Was expecting them to be £50...

**zedmeister**

Alright, that's big. £32 not bad for a Forgeworld price after all then.

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TheGoodGerman wrote:

Just received my Vampires. Even after having seen the pictures, they are still bigger than I expected. And they are pretty.

Any chance of a picture of the components you get?

**zedmeister**

Oh good, glad the fuselage is one piece. The old AI came in two pieces with the cockpit part seperate and with the resin gates positioned in such a way that you'd usually end up with an unsightly join across the top. And if you're as bad at filling as I am, it looked hideous and I ended up selling them...

**zedmeister**

Thanks!

**zedmeister**

Hemlocks and whatnots inbound.