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cgage00 wrote:Are stick monkey's rumors ever true on their own? NEVER!!!

September 2010 (a year ahead of release):

stickmonkey wrote:All Immortal based models being redone. Because Destroyers, Lords, etc. were supposedly based on the immortal "chassis" and that has been redone "bigger", its a cascade effect. However, skimmer body base not expect to change.
Immortals possible move to Troops choice.
New Elite options
Pariahs no longer 0-1
plastic Tomb Spyder box to make TS or variant.

He also predicted Necrons released Halloween 2011 at about that time.

November 2010:

stickmonkey wrote:There are currently 7 flyers in development...some complete, some nearing completion.

December 2010:

stickmonkey wrote:Tyrannofex plastic with options to build as Tervigon - unreliable rumor as to the optional build, but I'm throwing it in
Harpy
Tyranid direct only lashwhip bonesword upgrade blister for warriors

I will add his flyer predictions in two weeks

alphaomega wrote:

dæl wrote:If they were to go to multi kits, which aspects would join each other? Warp Spiders and Dark Reapers, Scorps and Banshees, Hawks and Dragons. Seems to make sense to me. Only one that seems odd is Scorps and Banshees, very different armour characteristics. Could you imagine the possibilities for kitbashed Autarchs? Would be some real cool conversions made.

I think this is close to how they may well be done (if and when they get done), going by current trends in GW.

But I would say Scorpions/Dragons, Spiders/Reapers and Banshees/Hawks, the last two because they both have lighter armour and banshees would look good with leaping legs etc.

I think you have it spot on. Would there be any finecast units left if aspects and wraithguard go plastic?

Kroothawk wrote:I will add his flyer predictions in two weeks

Heh. I had to double check that I had all of those in my thread.

Wouldn't Spiders and Scorpions make more sense? Both are semi-sneaky in pose, both have heavy armour, and both rely on weapons that do not require two hands. Spiders posed the same way as Reapers would be rather dull and a Dragon in a crouching sneaking pose would look silly.
I just contributed nothing to the thread

I'll take it with a pinch of salt, Chaos and Dark Angels and 6th ed will be soon, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see Eldar in 1-2 years at the earliest.

alphaomega wrote:

dæl wrote:If they were to go to multi kits, which aspects would join each other? Warp Spiders and Dark Reapers, Scorps and Banshees, Hawks and Dragons. Seems to make sense to me. Only one that seems odd is Scorps and Banshees, very different armour characteristics. Could you imagine the possibilities for kitbashed Autarchs? Would be some real cool conversions made.

I think this is close to how they may well be done (if and when they get done), going by current trends in GW.

But I would say Scorpions/Dragons, Spiders/Reapers and Banshees/Hawks, the last two because they both have lighter armour and banshees would look good with leaping legs etc.

Heh, weird- I was just talking about this the other day and that's exactly how I'd imagine they would work. I'm sure it could be done and I'd be a very happy chappy if it was! Anything to not have metal or finecast Aspects.

Man i hope the eldar are made better, i have found if i play small battles that i get slaughtered so some cheaper units will help (unless my skill just isn't that great which it may not be) however there are some improvements.

A lot of Eldar Aspect Warriors have similar base body armor, but with helmets and weapons that really set them apart. You could easily make a kit where the bodysuits are shared and give them different arms and heads to mark them as one unit or another, like the Triarch Praetorians/Lychguard box. Even so, there can always be redesigns of Eldar units to make this more viable. I've probably made this point once in the thread already but I think it bears repeating.

new Eldar can only be a good thing as and when they come. Hoping for mucho plastic and minimal FC. Plastic multi-build aspects would seem to be a no brainer but not sure how many you could do as a lot of the armours are very different. Are the Warp spiders and Avatar the oldest 40k models out there? Gotta be close....

The Eldar Jetbike is the oldest plastic kit still in production, i think..

The Avatar and Warpspiders are oldish, but not the oldest AFAIK. Could be wrong though...




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DiabolicAl wrote:new Eldar can only be a good thing as and when they come. Hoping for mucho plastic and minimal FC. Plastic multi-build aspects would seem to be a no brainer but not sure how many you could do as a lot of the armours are very different. Are the Warp spiders and Avatar the oldest 40k models out there? Gotta be close....

They go back to Rogue Trader, albeit the tail end shortly before 2nd ed. I know the Warlocks are from RT as well. The sculpts have held up remarkably well, but you know, Jes Goodwin and all that.

Brother SRM wrote:

DiabolicAl wrote:new Eldar can only be a good thing as and when they come. Hoping for mucho plastic and minimal FC. Plastic multi-build aspects would seem to be a no brainer but not sure how many you could do as a lot of the armours are very different. Are the Warp spiders and Avatar the oldest 40k models out there? Gotta be close....

They go back to Rogue Trader, albeit the tail end shortly before 2nd ed. I know the Warlocks are from RT as well. The sculpts have held up remarkably well, but you know, Jes Goodwin and all that.

Aye, lets hope Jes can work some of his magic on the Eldar again. Seriously, where would GW be without Goodwin??