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Space Guppy looks more and more funny every time I see it!

Sad to see it on the cover - I really dislike that model.

 Lorizael wrote:
Ooh, picture.

When GW starts selling the book in its webstore on 16th February, that's taking the fake rumour too far

BTW Warseer just made a second thread "Death from the Skies II (Now with content!) ", with just the pic and no other content

I'm with Mr Morden, they've chosen their ugliest flyer model to grace the cover of their supplement. It's such a ridiculous (in a bad way, mind!) looking thing!

Razorwing would have looked better. Hell, just put the fething vendetta on there, it got to wear the "Best unit in your codex and possibly the game!" crown for several years so the title would have been pretty apt in that case.

C'mon guys. Space Marines sell the most, so they put a Marine thing on the front. Just 'cause it happens to be a really herp-a-derp looking model doesn't mean the sheep won't buy it in droves.

Silly Sidstyler. Everyone knows that the only army that sells anything is a power armoured army. Ipso facto a power armoured flyer must be on the cover of the new flyer book for there to be any sales. Having the Vendetta on the cover wouldn't work.

Dammit... H.B.M.C ninja'd me in a roundabout way.

A dogfight between a Razorwing and Dakkajet, with other DE and Ork planes in the background would have been best I think.

Showcasing what's in the book nicely, with a Beauty and the Beast sort of vibe to it.
And look badass.

The Valkyrie and the DE fighters are great looking models but sadly the choice of cover it may suggest that all the book is to give the various Marine Chapters some more options and FA to everyone else and absolutely not addressing the rules.

As I said before - they brought out a compliation of flyers and related stuff already via Forgeworld - if they had made that completely official it would have at lest given pretty much everyone (as usual Tryanids get the finger) some options.

Even a dedicated biovore subspecies to deal with flyers would have been something.

oh well fingers crossed that I am wrong and its not worthless.

Hey, no hatin' on my Stormtalons damn it! ST has the Stormraven beat by a mile, and looks fine - though obviously not exactly realistic - in general.

Too bad most of the rumormongers seem to say BT only gets the SR, not ST, though some have suggested the latter as well.

That'd be hilarious if they stuffed the Stormraven in the Heavy Support slot. Incoming 3x talon, 3x raven lists!

Well then at least you could combat a full Necron bakery list then.

The look on the Necron player's face would be priceless.

Necron player: I chose you! NECRON BAKERY.

Marine player: Haha, your bakery is easily picked apart by my Marine Aviary list.

Necron player: Blast! My flying pastries stand no chance against a vaguely bird themed airforce. I concede ariel defeat.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
C'mon guys. Space Marines sell the most, so they put a Marine thing on the front. Just 'cause it happens to be a really herp-a-derp looking model doesn't mean the sheep won't buy it in droves.

But the Ork Dakka Jet is so much sexier of a model...

very true

however next thing you would be saying that each Major Clan of the Orks should get its own Codex

although its more in keeping with the way GW is working at present that all non Marine armies should be put into one Codex - Enemies of the Asartes or similar

 Mr Morden wrote:
Even a dedicated biovore subspecies to deal with flyers would have been something.

A "skyrovore", if you will.

sounds fun - or something like the plasma bugs from Starship Troopers - I have one of those models and use it as a Tervigon

I'm actually somewhat eager for this release, but putting a Flyer equivalent of Pumbagor in the cover is definitely a mood-killer...

 Sidstyler wrote:
A "skyrovore", if you will.

Uhh... please don't give them any 'good' ideas for new 'Nid names. The last batch were bad enough.

See, there'll be a market for those "Letters of Blood" for sure.

I am a bit confused. Crusade of Fire gave me aerial maneuvres and ace pilots tables for my Tau and my Eldar.

These range from "meh" to "funny" to "could be useful".

Anyway, this flier supplement should gather at least existing rules and unit tables in a handy book, if IA: Aeronautica can be taken as reference, there can be some minor adjustments in point costs or rules or even AV. (Barracuda dropped in price a lot, Tigershark AV was modified and so on).

Either will we be surprised with some new stuff, some FW stuff moved to 40k or just a collection of existing stuff.

We are still "six month away new Tau Codex" so I have faith.........

I thought it was 2 months?
Or 'just about to be'.
It's why no one should be starting or even playing Tau afterall, we should be waiting for the redo!
(As I was told a year and a half ago!)
(Sorry, pet peeve. xD)

Backfire wrote:
I'm actually somewhat eager for this release, but putting a Flyer equivalent of Pumbagor in the cover is definitely a mood-killer...

I have to ask, what is a pumbagor?

The unholy spawn of a Razorgor and Pumba.

So after much anticipation, where are my eldar fighter, tyranid Harpy and Ig hydra? This compilation of exsisting fliers had better include the new shines, otherwise its a blatent money grab for repackaged information gack.

Is it just me, or in the far left of that picture is that a Harpy wing? (Sorry if this has already been posted)

 mjl7atlas wrote:
So after much anticipation, where are my eldar fighter, tyranid Harpy and Ig hydra? This compilation of exsisting fliers had better include the new shines, otherwise its a blatent money grab for repackaged information gack.

Yes, how DARE they release another way for us to access stuff that isn't currently available legally outside of second-hand things?!

Yes walrus, how dare they charge 40 bucks for what could easily have been accomplished in sayyyyy a wd, or /gasp another wd insert aka deamons style, orrrrrr how about....(wait for it) a FREE PDF update on their FAQ page. Indeed.

I'm a bit late to the party since the pic of the cover came out, but it has eased my nerves a bit personally. As I'm sure others have concluded, the fact it's called a "compendium" coupled with the previous knowledge of being Direct Only suggests to me it will offer nothing new (or if there is anything new, it will be entirely optional alternate game modes ala spearhead etc). While others might be mad about that, I was greatly concerned that a release like this could cause some issues if it actually altered flyer mechanics. Some areas would use it, some wouldn't. I think people that were expecting this as some sort of patch are daydreaming. If you think GW did a haphazard job playtesting 6th ed (which personally, I don't. I like 6th ed a lot balance wise) then I'm not sure how you can imagine that GW would playtest an all flyer supplement while considering it's impact on the game as a whole.

Yea it's a little lame they're charging for something that could easily be a PDF, but it's better than not having it available at all. I'm sure one way they're looking at it (wrong or not) is that space marine, ork, & BT players haven't had to buy a codex in a while and won't have to for the foreseeable future so they shouldn't mind paying $40 if they missed out on the white dwarf.

Still curious to see what the final product is, I think the fact that it's Direct Order speaks volumes about how much of it GW intends to sell and the purpose of the book.