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@OP, please add this link:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300/300189.page

For the pictures!

While initially, I agreed with the general sentiment that it's not too hard to trawl this thread for the pics, I'm now thinking it might actually be time for an Image Roundup thread?


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While initially, I agreed with the general sentiment that it's not too hard to trawl this thread for the pics, I'm now thinking it might actually be time for an Image Roundup thread?

Not just a second thread like this, a (possibly locked) sticky with just the pics and a quick synopsis for quick reference and keep this one for discussion. Whatever, I'm sure you mods know what you're doing, I'll stop telling you how to do your job.

Eldar Own wrote: [...]And yes the scenery in Skull Pass was a bit random, i found that captured slayer in one of my trouser pockets a couple of weeks ago actually, how it got there only god knows!

BrookM wrote:You wouldn't happen to be a giant, now would you..

That made my day!

Greets
Schepp himself

I was just reading through today's tale of two gamers and they mentioned that you will be able to preorder the set next Tuesday!

Yeah they've said 10th of August for a while now.

Wish the models weren't so damn good looking though, I've always wanted to start a HE army but been put off by the core troops. Now though, no blooming excuse is there?

So, I am very interested in picking up a Skaven army and I was wondering if anybody would be interested in going 50/50 with me on two boxes. I get the Skaven, you get the Elves, we each get a rulebook, templates, etc etc.

PM me if you want to work something out.

This looks to me like an Eldar/Tyranids box set coming next year, YAY!

It is logical, being that Assault on Black reach is almost identical to Battle for Skull Pass etc. I'll research on where this could be...

Karon wrote:We should probably stop multi-box quote so it doesn't start getting out of control, I've seen it topple threads with the might of a thousand sea turtles.

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I think we all still know its Skaven and Helfs, I DID notice the lots of Skaven VS Helf fluff in the Skaven Armybook, so I guess it makes sense now.

This calculates too! The Iyanden craftworld are probably trying to get revenge on hive fleet kraken! Sorry guys for interrupting your WHFB thread, but this is good news . Back to the topic...

How does it look like that?

please don't

keep the Island of Blood a 40k fee zone

If you expect anything but space marines in a 40k set then you're a madman.

But this is really off topic...

My bro just said this morning that he wants to get IoB and he hates skaven so it looks like I should be able to get some nice rat ogres for my warboss experiments without having to venture onto ebay. Score.

new pics..

SO hot.... Want to make huge Seaguard units....

Im going to make myself an ocean of Sea Guards :3

With only 10 in the box set, it's going to be hard to do that, though :-/. It'd be nice if they'd release a stand-alone box with 16 or 20 of them!

Time for me to find a good teal shade for those Sea Guard - don't want to go for standard-issue blue.

Pity, Luna. Those Rat Ogres look great!

I got a hold of the minis at an eyes only event early last week.

The griffon hs some prettly large join lines. Most experienceed gamers will need lots of greenstuff to satisfy themselves that it is at a level for painting.

The lothern sea guard have everything in 1 piece. Also as you have seen in the pics they do not have the giant gorilla hands of the other plastic sets.

The ellyrian reavers are mega detailed, but still almost useless in WHFB.

The HE mage and skaven warlord are very detailed and would be perfectly acceptable in any army range now as heroes.

The let down for the whole set are the skaven weapon teams which should be alot sharper.


ALSO:
October will see 2 new HE blisters and 3 new HE box sets (plastics) and 'something' special.
I haven't seen the new models for the new sets BUT it seems a lost opportunity for GW to release Islands of blood, the a mini miniature release for HEs and not to just release a new HE book. Primarily they could have shifted the artwork and fluff around, new pics and integrate all the FAQs so the army is fully ready for 8th...

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:

The let down for the whole set are the skaven weapon teams which should be alot sharper.

By sharper do you mean they could have been designed better or that they're lacking in detail?

Current rumours favour the following composition of the October HE release:
4 plastic boxes: White Lions, Phoenix Guard, Dragon Princes, and a Reinforcements box.
2 Metal boxes (nothing definite known, many speculations)
2 Blisters (one perhaps a mounted noble/hero, one perhaps Teclis)
1 spell deck

Kroothawk wrote:Current rumours favour the following composition of the October HE release:
4 plastic boxes: White Lions, Phoenix Guard, Dragon Princes, and a Reinforcements box.
2 Metal boxes (nothing definite known, many speculations)
2 Blisters (one perhaps a mounted noble/hero, one perhaps Teclis)
1 spell deck

Soooo- no spearmen redo, other than the IoB stuff? Or is that the "Reinforcements box"?

Pity, that. Basic troops that actually look graceful would've been nice.

Thats true, HE need new spearmen, the old ones look terrible.

New non-gorilla handed Spearmen for High Elves will be the straw that breaks the 'no new armies' back for me!

Also, any speculation as to what the 2 new metal HE boxes are going to be?

Haha I'm starting HE anyway, but new spearmen would be awesome.

Kroothawk wrote:Current rumours favour the following composition of the October HE release:
4 plastic boxes: White Lions, Phoenix Guard, Dragon Princes, and a Reinforcements box.
2 Metal boxes (nothing definite known, many speculations)
2 Blisters (one perhaps a mounted noble/hero, one perhaps Teclis)
1 spell deck

Seriously? I just spent at least 4 weeks working on Teclis off and on.

I'm def. gonna get like two or three of these .

plastictrees wrote:

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:

The let down for the whole set are the skaven weapon teams which should be alot sharper.

By sharper do you mean they could have been designed better or that they're lacking in detail?

Not so much lacking in detail but the detail is 'washed out'/ lumpen.

They're a hell of a lot better than what they had before...

Warpfire Thrower painted up. I agree with Gonads, it's not a massive leap in quality from the existing metal mini compared to say, the Rat Ogres.

I agree that the plague mortar could be alot more detailed, but I think the Warpfire thrower is a million times better than the massive junk blob it was. I am just sad that the most useful weapon team is the inferior design of the two!

reds8n wrote:

Holy Carp! It's Ocean Master!