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 Redemption wrote:
Wasn't really a rumour, so much as just some guy thinking a blurry pic of someone's converted model hiding in the background could be something new.

That is the point, of this misinformation. On Sep 2nd 2013, on https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=163979473792829&set=a.123353091188801.1073741828.123306367860140&type=1&theater
all someone did was post this pic of WD (what issue was it? what year is it from 2012? or 2013?)..... and it took off from there....

It's the current WD (the one with the new Space Marines). On page 62-63, in the background, that army is in a display case.

It happens about every few months that someone sees some Tyranid gribbly in the background of some art, or sees someone's converted model, and thinks it is a hint of things to come.

So far, none of them have been right.

There was a photoshoot of this nids army on Warhammer World's fb page the other day. Faeit was speculating that this might be proof of Nidvember.

 c0j1r0 wrote:
There was a photoshoot of this nids army on Warhammer World's fb page the other day. Faeit was speculating that this might be proof of Nidvember.

That was it.

When that army was put back in the cabinet, someone put a single Warrior in with each Gaunt swarm.

When someone pointed that out, they quickly changed the display. Like immediately the guy dropped everything and rearranged it.

Take from that what you will.

Back on topic... are these rumours all based on that photo of Jes Bickham's awesome Nid army and the missing Nid army from the photo?

Please don't say it is.


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Not that army though... the GW Leviathan one that was used for photoshoot.

Puscifer wrote:

 c0j1r0 wrote:
There was a photoshoot of this nids army on Warhammer World's fb page the other day. Faeit was speculating that this might be proof of Nidvember.

That was it.

When that army was put back in the cabinet, someone put a single Warrior in with each Gaunt swarm.

When someone pointed that out, they quickly changed the display. Like immediately the guy dropped everything and rearranged it.

Take from that what you will.

 c0j1r0 wrote:

Puscifer wrote:

 c0j1r0 wrote:
There was a photoshoot of this nids army on Warhammer World's fb page the other day. Faeit was speculating that this might be proof of Nidvember.

That was it.

When that army was put back in the cabinet, someone put a single Warrior in with each Gaunt swarm.

When someone pointed that out, they quickly changed the display. Like immediately the guy dropped everything and rearranged it.

Take from that what you will.

Cheers dude... fear of penguins. Didn't need to see that.

(Don't ask).

lol, my bad dude. You should put that in you signature of something to warn others.

 c0j1r0 wrote:
lol, my bad dude. You should put that in you signature of something to warn others.

I thought it was pretty funny, but then my kids watch all those Penguins of Madagascar shows.

Good call out on the army with a Warrior leading each squad, by the way. May not be for something in November though, if these January rumors hold true.

Maybe we will all be wrong, and GW goes completely against the grain and releases them in December.

 brassangel wrote:

 c0j1r0 wrote:
lol, my bad dude. You should put that in you signature of something to warn others.

I thought it was pretty funny, but then my kids watch all those Penguins of Madagascar shows.

Good call out on the army with a Warrior leading each squad, by the way. May not be for something in November though, if these January rumors hold true.

Maybe we will all be wrong, and GW goes completely against the grain and releases them in December.

My entire family and gaggle of friends get me with it. No harm done.

I'm concerned over the fact that these rumours are all based off of a couple of pics that were mistaken to be of new nids or a new unit.

I'm hoping that they are soon and that these rumours are not spread by the mongers for rumormongerings sake just from a couple of pics.

I got a bad feeling about this.

Warriors leading squads of gaunts would be awesome, but that'd be a shaky rumor path if there ever was one (a guy saw a display and then they rearranged it! etc )

Still, it'd be sweet

pretre wrote:You'll probably see supplements but no other 40k releases this year. That's my guess. I'll probably be eating my words if Nidvember happens though.

I keep this post bookmarked

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:everybody was very sceptical of the newbie rumourer who said GW was going to sell a whole Ultramarines Chapter bundle

Not everybody, I believed the release list including this bundle from the start.

bu11etmagn3tt wrote:So there is a lot of Tyranid ramping up, and if it is ramping up now (Oct/Nov), why would it not come out in Nidvember?
Besides Nidvember sounds better than NIduary.

Well, then the Farsight book should have been released in Sept'ember

That said, my guess:
Either Tyranids or second part Dark Elves in November, and tyranids next 40k release January latest. Tending towards Nids in November.

 RiTides wrote:
Warriors leading squads of gaunts would be awesome, but that'd be a shaky rumor path if there ever was one (a guy saw a display and then they rearranged it! etc )

Still, it'd be sweet

Well, It's come up in rumors before, so...*shrugs*
I'd cool with that. Each brood would have built in Synapse.

All of the rumors weren't based on a few WD pics of an army. There were rumors first, and people tried to attach the pictures to existing rumors threads as "proof" of what was coming.

Kroothawk wrote:

pretre wrote:You'll probably see supplements but no other 40k releases this year. That's my guess. I'll probably be eating my words if Nidvember happens though.

I keep this post bookmarked

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:everybody was very sceptical of the newbie rumourer who said GW was going to sell a whole Ultramarines Chapter bundle

Not everybody, I believed the release list including this bundle from the start.

bu11etmagn3tt wrote:So there is a lot of Tyranid ramping up, and if it is ramping up now (Oct/Nov), why would it not come out in Nidvember?
Besides Nidvember sounds better than NIduary.

Well, then the Farsight book should have been released in Sept'ember

That said, my guess:
Either Tyranids or second part Dark Elves in November, and tyranids next 40k release January latest. Tending towards Nids in November.

Pretty good points there. I certainly hope for November, but I wouldn't be broken up either way. I'd just like to see GW maintain a steady release clip for both systems. Even if that means splashes and/or just Supplements in between armies, that's okay. Keeping up the codex pace would be great, however, because that gives every army a chance to be seasoned and supplemented before the edition ends.

It's official! Just heard it from a reliable, secret, source!

Tyranids will be released when the new models come out!

There it is! Rest easy and cheers!

You know what i'd like?

Primes. Not just Warrior Primes. But Shrike Primes, Termagant Primes. Gargoyle Prime.

A Sergant we'd pay points for to let us either gain Brood Telepathy or a Reroll on our IB test. I think that'd be interesting.

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
It's official! Just heard it from a reliable, secret, source!

Tyranids will be released when the new models come out!

There it is! Rest easy and cheers!

lol, thank you. This is the news I've been waiting for.

Yet more Natfka changes to schedule

via an Anonymous Source
Dark Elves
First Month
Advanced order/white dwarf from Sat 28th Sept. (so the studio can talk about them at UK GD)
On shelves Sat 5th Oct.
-most of the plastics already mentioned-

Second month
Advanced order/White dwarf from Sat 26th Oct.
On shelves Sat 2nd Nov.
-even more plastic crack Inc. Shadowblade plastic clampack by far the best model of range IMHO

Release Schedule
September - 1st Dark Elves Advanced Orders/ On the Shelf October 5th
October - 2nd Dark ElvesAdvanced Orders/ On the Shelf November 2nd
November - Desolation of Smaug and dark elf army box pre-orders/ Released December 7th
December: Tyranids Pre-Orders/ Released January 4th

 Bloodhorror wrote:
You know what i'd like?

Primes. Not just Warrior Primes. But Shrike Primes, Termagant Primes. Gargoyle Prime.

A Sergant we'd pay points for to let us either gain Brood Telepathy or a Reroll on our IB test. I think that'd be interesting.

Then there'd really be no point in maintaining some sort of swarm coherency if every brood had access to a Synapse equivalent. I kind of enjoy that as a part of their overall strategy. Super strong when under Synapse; dicey when spread out.

Yeah... That's a good point :(

I'd also like to see Gargoyles take Scything Talons.

I remember a while back converting a brood of 20 to have a pair each...

They looked Awesome...

 Bloodhorror wrote:
Yeah... That's a good point :(

I'd also like to see Gargoyles take Scything Talons.

I remember a while back converting a brood of 20 to have a pair each...

They looked Awesome...

I think that would be amazing if you could viably field an all CC list, including Gargoyles. I suppose the Gargoyles are new models though, so perhaps grabbing some scytals from Hormagaunts?

 pretre wrote:
Yet more Natfka changes to schedule

via an Anonymous Source
Dark Elves
First Month
Advanced order/white dwarf from Sat 28th Sept. (so the studio can talk about them at UK GD)
On shelves Sat 5th Oct.
-most of the plastics already mentioned-

Second month
Advanced order/White dwarf from Sat 26th Oct.
On shelves Sat 2nd Nov.
-even more plastic crack Inc. Shadowblade plastic clampack by far the best model of range IMHO

Release Schedule
September - 1st Dark Elves Advanced Orders/ On the Shelf October 5th
October - 2nd Dark ElvesAdvanced Orders/ On the Shelf November 2nd
November - Desolation of Smaug and dark elf army box pre-orders/ Released December 7th
December: Tyranids Pre-Orders/ Released January 4th

Well, either way works for me . Thanks for copying that over. DE release sounds epic, shame they're my least favorite fantasy army

I've been working on a swarmlord and guard for sometime, i really hope the new codex doesnt gimp him like stated. The army wide hit if he dies would make him less useful to me.

 pretre wrote:
Yet more Natfka changes to schedule

via an Anonymous Source
Dark Elves
First Month
Advanced order/white dwarf from Sat 28th Sept. (so the studio can talk about them at UK GD)
On shelves Sat 5th Oct.
-most of the plastics already mentioned-

Second month
Advanced order/White dwarf from Sat 26th Oct.
On shelves Sat 2nd Nov.
-even more plastic crack Inc. Shadowblade plastic clampack by far the best model of range IMHO

Release Schedule
September - 1st Dark Elves Advanced Orders/ On the Shelf October 5th
October - 2nd Dark ElvesAdvanced Orders/ On the Shelf November 2nd
November - Desolation of Smaug and dark elf army box pre-orders/ Released December 7th
December: Tyranids Pre-Orders/ Released January 4th

Now that sounds plausible. So will that mean that November, will be the least selling month for GW?

 Rotary wrote:
I've been working on a swarmlord and guard for sometime, i really hope the new codex doesnt gimp him like stated. The army wide hit if he dies would make him less useful to me.

If those rumors are at all true, it also looks like he'll get some monster stats to compensate. It makes sense that his death would impact all other creatures on the battlefield connected via Synapse.

 brassangel wrote:
It makes sense that his death would impact all other creatures on the battlefield connected via Synapse.

Not really. He's just biomass, like everything else - expendable & recyclable. So long as there is still synapse coverage, the Hive Mind really shouldn't care.

Unless his death causes such a massive synaptic backlash that a lot of other stuff just crumbles under it.

If that rumor is true, hopefully it will just be stuff that WAS in his Synapse bubble unless it is in another things synapse bubble.

 Janthkin wrote:

 brassangel wrote:
It makes sense that his death would impact all other creatures on the battlefield connected via Synapse.

Not really. He's just biomass, like everything else - expendable & recyclable. So long as there is still synapse coverage, the Hive Mind really shouldn't care.

The fluff describes the Swarmlord as a pretty pivotal piece of the Hive Mind's representation on the field. He's the pinnacle of it on the ground, from the sounds of things - short of perhaps, a Dominatrix. The Hive Mind delegates by dividing it's psychic connection among the various "managers".

Yes, he's recyclable, but his presence is powerful. Like the Tervigon, his powerful psychic connection affects the minds of the lesser bugs. There should really be a psychic backlash across the board; friend or foe.

What I DON'T want is to have every brood capable of buying a Hive Node. Then the entire Synapse rule may as well not exist. Tyranids shouldn't function like the other armies with sergeants. The central Synapse points and the connected swarm mentality is a part of what makes them unique. It's as much a tactical strength as it can be a risk if managed improperly.

This may be nothing but I found it interesting. In the new imperial armour apoc book, they reprinted the malanthrope. It has a list of wargear, all stared to a little note at the bottom that says see codex:tyranids. the things listed are toxic misama, toxin sacs, bonded exoskeleton, regeneration, synapse creature and prey adaptation. The last one I don't remember seeing in the current codex, as its a specific rule for the malanthrope. Could FW have seen the new nid codex and the new rule is going to be in it, or most likely a misprint?

Could the mods update the title of this thread, please?

 Souleater wrote:
Could the mods update the title of this thread, please?

Yes please. I keep checking to see if something new is up, because there's no date attached