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It doesn't so much stun me as mug me in a dark alley and empty my wallet

I finally gave in and blew several hundred on the new Dark Eldar shinies that i've been (barring a couple of impulse buys) trying very very hard to not buy since they came out.

I'm a hopeless case

agnosto wrote:

If you put a midget on top of him with a stick of dynamite or something of that nature and you clip the spikes, you'll have a great master blaster!

kitch102 wrote:I'm now sold on taking a court of the archon with multiple sslyth. The Sslyth and Lhamaean have done it for me, that and the medusae but mostly these 2 newbies.

Truly hope that there is more to come of this standard, especially if it's DE

Good models/= competetive rules.

The Fragile Breath wrote:Ah, come on, Manchu! Come over to our side, it's really quite nice here!

Sorry, TFB, I just bought into Ogre Kingdoms. I was thinking of going on a 40k strike what with the WD Sisters codex but then GW releases this slew of gorgeous models and makes me love them again. Even so, they're already getting my ogre money!

Alkasyn wrote:
Good models/= competetive rules.

You've never used a "non-competitive" unit just because you liked the models? The guy isn't claiming to take them to 'Ardboyz or anything.

Some people could care less about every unit in their list being optimised, you know

I run units slated as being 'suboptimal' all the time, and do pretty well with them. It also helps relieve the monotony of seeing the 'best' list all the time

Not everyone is a Tournament player (I am), or only interested in the 'best' units, and hang the rest (I'm not ).

A unit isn't 'garbage' because it has a .01 less chance of killing a MEQ, for example. Sometimes I include a unit because i love the look of it, and if it does well good for it.

Another nice thing is that with the current obsession on list optimization the less optimal units almost never make the scene, which means that the optimizers have no idea how to fight them. They gain a new value from this beyond their stats/abilities.


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boyd wrote:

agnosto wrote:

If you put a midget on top of him with a stick of dynamite or something of that nature and you clip the spikes, you'll have a great master blaster!

There is a grot with a stick of dynamite on one of the models Change out the head and you're set

Lizardman old-blood conversion fodder, I think i'm having that one.


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Popsicle wrote:

Did anybody else look at the Lhamawhatsit in the background, and think "Lady Malys"?

In other news, damn are Dark Eldar getting more and more tempting by the second.

I'm very suprised that isn't Lady Malys, thats exactly how I imagined Lady Malys would look.

Now i'm trying to work out what is the minimum I can change that model so that it "is" Lady Malys.

Maybe a weapon swap might work?

cut off the scababrd and replace with a blade perhaps?

That said, if this model is this awesome, what will Lady Malys's offical one look like? Can't wait to find out

Ascalam wrote:cut off the scababrd and replace with a blade perhaps?

That said, if this model is this awesome, what will Lady Malys's offical one look like? Can't wait to find out

I have high hopes for what her blade will look like.

Manchu wrote:Sorry, TFB, I just bought into Ogre Kingdoms. I was thinking of going on a 40k strike what with the WD Sisters codex but then GW releases this slew of gorgeous models and makes me love them again. Even so, they're already getting my ogre money!

No worries, I'm happy you're supporting Fantasy, I find that to be great fun. I feel like I have more interest in the mechanics of Fantasy, but more interest in the fluff and models of 40k (mostly just Dark Eldar, though).

Brother SRM wrote:

Alkasyn wrote:
Good models/= competetive rules.

You've never used a "non-competitive" unit just because you liked the models? The guy isn't claiming to take them to 'Ardboyz or anything.

Agreed, I find that odd. I like to use units that I pick solely because of the model look or fluff. I agree that I wouldn't do that in a tournament, but hey, who says you have to win every game?

ceorron wrote:Did anybody else look at the Lhamawhatsit in the background, and think "Lady Malys"?

In other news, damn are Dark Eldar getting more and more tempting by the second.

I'm very suprised that isn't Lady Malys, thats exactly how I imagined Lady Malys would look.

Now i'm trying to work out what is the minimum I can change that model so that it "is" Lady Malys.

Maybe a weapon swap might work?

I think i'd be more enthusiastic about the Oldblood if it didn't look so much like a Temple Guard kitbash with a meaty pricetag on it.

Those models are excellent.

Manchu wrote:

The Fragile Breath wrote:Ah, come on, Manchu! Come over to our side, it's really quite nice here!

Sorry, TFB, I just bought into Ogre Kingdoms. I was thinking of going on a 40k strike what with the WD Sisters codex but then GW releases this slew of gorgeous models and makes me love them again. Even so, they're already getting my ogre money!

Woot! Imo, Ogres a perfect army to get into fantasy with. Lower model count, resilient, very killy... susceptible to initiative-based magic, but you can't have everything

The Sslyth is IMO the best model GW currently produces. 100% dead-on. The Dark Eldar range continues to astound.

hmmm, the Sslyth model makes me wonder if the Emperor's Children didn't actually finish off the Laer race completely...

Melissia wrote:lol, no Sisters, further proving the people who said we'd get new models or finecast recasts wrong.

I'd rather not see Sister's Finecasts or recasts. To me it means they've got Sister stuff (plastics) in the works and don't want to open their purse creating something that's only going to be good for 6-7 months. Sister plastics are going to be good. Like Scourge good.

I'm in love with the new DE models. Too bad they're not plastic like those new WFB character blisters. GW striking again, having their best and their worst ideas at the same times (plastic character vs finecast).

I'll probable get one of each in the Archon's court for collecting, in the casting looks ok.

I didn't see TWC on the list.....oh yea, I forgot, SW do not get another wave.......ever.

A new releases thread is not complete until someone says "My army should be getting a release instead!"

lord_blackfang wrote:A new releases thread is not complete until someone says "My army should be getting a release instead!"

Why aren't Sisters getting a full release??? (Two for one there, m'lord.)


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The Fragile Breath wrote: I feel like I have more interest in the mechanics of Fantasy, but more interest in the fluff and models of 40k (mostly just Dark Eldar, though).

I can't speak to the mechanics of Fantasy, but I know what you mean by digging the 40k fluff more -- and with releases like these in the DE line ... well, Fantasy isn't doing as well IMO.

Creed!

Any pictures of Creed and Kell? <3

Piz wrote:Creed!

Any pictures of Creed and Kell? <3

Are there any pics of existing models that are simply changing from metal to resin?

Yeah, I think there may be a few thousand laying around the internet somewhere.



Those DE models are almost good enough to get me to buy GW stuff again. Almost.

I really want to use a court of the archon but sadly it costs 38 pounds to field the smallest basic court, 38 pounds for 4 models, even models that awesome aren't worth that much!

Mantle wrote:I really want to use a court of the archon but sadly it costs 38 pounds to field the smallest basic court, 38 pounds for 4 models, even models that awesome aren't worth that much!

try fielding grotesques. jeez. $80 for a small squad of 4. I'm hoping i can get my hand on some discounted miscastes.

Brother SRM wrote:

Alkasyn wrote:
Good models/= competetive rules.

You've never used a "non-competitive" unit just because you liked the models? The guy isn't claiming to take them to 'Ardboyz or anything.

Bingo baby. I'm lacking as far as gaming friends go, so I collect for fun more than to create a winning list, as it's rare that I'd get to field them. Though as I've said inother threads, if you count each character as an upgrade directly to the archon instead, it starts to make a lot more sense. Let's look at the lhamaean for instance: for a mere 10 points, I can give my archon 2x 2+ poisoned ranged attack with +1 wound (by this I mean that the lhamaean will take attacks away from the archon, by having enemy models attacking her instead of the archon). The same benefits can be said of all other models in the unit:

Working on minimum quantities as per the dex, your archon can have 12 base attacks and 8 wounds, 2x 2+ poisoned shots, 4x 4+ poisoned shots AND a template weapon that strikes at D6+1 strength / D6 AP. All for just 75 points of upgrades. Then add on any other special equipment that you're archon will take... certainly a unit for larger points games but it seems damned good to me. Oh, and these will all fit in a Venom.

Maxed out, s/he would have 32 attacks, 15 wounds, 3x 2+ poisoned shots, 12x 4+ poisoned shots, 2 of those wonderfully unpredictable template weapons + character upgrades. Sure you can't fit this lot in transport, but drop them out of a WWP and you're opponents in for a helluva surprise. Why? 'Coz no one feels this unit! And these are just baseline stats, ignoring any bonuses for charges, assault grenades, combat drugs etc etc etc.

Mantle wrote:I really want to use a court of the archon but sadly it costs 38 pounds to field the smallest basic court, 38 pounds for 4 models, even models that awesome aren't worth that much!

Though there is always a draw back!

Hmmm, I'm tempted by the Nurgle Champion, as a sort of quick model to do over a couple of weekends

I do have quite a few other models to do first though :(

A DE court is next up. The Lhamean is superb.

Ascalam wrote:cut off the scababrd and replace with a blade perhaps?

That said, if this model is this awesome, what will Lady Malys's offical one look like? Can't wait to find out

See if you can scratch build a Fan for her. I'm considering that with a Female Syrabite.

Platuan4th wrote:

Piz wrote:Creed!

Any pictures of Creed and Kell? <3

Are there any pics of existing models that are simply changing from metal to resin?

Yeah, I think there may be a few thousand laying around the internet somewhere.

Well excuse me, not all of us were gifted with the knowledge and insight about them simply changing from one material to the other without totally redoing the model.

Piz wrote:Well excuse me, not all of us were gifted with the knowledge and insight about them simply changing from one material to the other without totally redoing the model.

That's what they've been doing since Finecast was released some months ago http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat630002a&rootCatGameStyle=wh40k