PP: Warmachine/Hordes New Releases: Huge update on page 77!

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**tommse**

Can´t wait to see the non-limited versions. I don´t really like the cryx juniors pose but the rest is exquisit.

**chaos0xomega**

So we're getting a jack with a hammer, interesting.

**Agamemnon2**

Crosse and Jakes came out looking a bit naff, but both of those Cryxians are lovely, and even the Menothite guy's got a cool look going on.

**The Power Cosmic**

Mercs get the worst one (holstered?!). Luckily I got the cygnar one too, she's pretty.

**Hulksmash**

I like all of them except Khador. Really wish I'd gotten some of them just for being pretty

**AduroT**

Stryker3;

http://endgamegaming.net/spoilers-lord-general-coleman-stryker/

Speed: 8
Def: 15
Armor: 16
same 6

gun: 14
sword: 14

Elite Cadre Storm Lances: reform

Field marshal: Assault

Plasma Nimus: models that hit him in melee take a pow10

Mount: does d3 electro leaps on an impact

feat: faction models automatically hit on charge and mount attacks and gain an additional damage die

Spells:
arcane bolt
chain blast
escort
fury
iron aggression

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Goreshade3 mini;

**Alpharius**

Laughing Man wrote:
Fresh from Privateer's keynote at TempleCon! Pics up as I steal them from Lost Hemisphere! Better pics as I rip them from the video!

First off, Xerxis2! Apparently he's been crippled and has found the most badass wheelchair ever.

Xerxis2 Render

We also have Warbeast Packs, which work something like heavy infantry units with fury! Skorne has adorable death crabs, while Legion has devil wasps.

Minions also get a lot of love, with both subfactions getting a battle engine (gators get a sacrificial altar, pigs get the baconmobile), and pigs also get this... thing. There are no words.

The aforementioned pigmobile.

Also some new heavies and other new casters, who I will get the pics for up as soon as possible!

**Laughing Man**

Fair nuff, I'll leave it up to you to handle the resulting image spam.

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Crabs!

More info on the warbeast packs!

Satyr character warbeast?

Circle lesser warlock, Una the Falconer

Troll unit with pistols. Highwaymen?

Troll lesser warlock, Horgul Ironstrike.

Legion character warbeast, a Heavy incubus.

Absylonia2!

Gator warlock!

Gator battle engine, the Sacral Vault

**Avian**

That's all very cool. Will there be a new Hordes book out soon?

**infinite_array**

Dammit. I have been in and out of Warmachine/Hordes so many times now with so much faction hopping, but I'm really liking the new Gator stuff.

**Kanluwen**

malfred wrote:
Journeyman Casters all painted up.

Those are really nice. I think I'm going to have to get the male Cygnar/Cryx warcaster.

**highlord tamburlaine**

So much for all the funds I wanted to save for various Kickstarters.

Will definitely get Xerxis. Looks like a fun one to paint.

Pig valkyrie is neat. Did it mention if she's a warlock or a solo?

Gator lock is cool, what with his giant zombified snake hanging off of him.

I will continue to buy all the Trolls they make as I love their designs.

Those crabs are reminding me of the Kaldanes or however they were called from the John Carter books. The little head crab dudes? That picture of the one riding on top of what seems to be a Tharn... they ought to make a model out of that!

Some very cool stuff coming down the pipeline!

**Laughing Man**

Turns out Cephalyx are a Merc contract! More stuff that works for Cryx, and design space is still free for Infernals in Hordes. I will not complain.

Monstrosities! These are their Warjack replacements, and are living models, aren't warjacks, and have a brain instead of a Cortex. Also have low defensive stats but more boxes than UPS.

This bad boy is the Warden: He "hangs out near his warcaster" (shield guard?) and has counter slam in addition to the gribbly stuff seen above.

This is the Subduer. He has a net. He nets things.

This is the nebelwerfer. He werfs ne- Wait, wrong meme. This guy's the Wrecker, and does exactly what it says on the tin.

And here we have the warcaster, Exulon Thexus.

And here we have the Dominator, a UA for any merc unit. It makes them vastly more powerful, but they'll flee automatically if he dies.

And the Mind Bender and Drudges. He's a caster model, and can use his Drudges as one shot arc nodes, burning them out in the process.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

I want the piggy-mobile (but I want to see the casting quality first)

It will work well as a goblin or orc war machine depending on scale

I'd have looked to pick up the pig-lady too, but why only 2 human breasts, they could really have done with going with more pig-like multibreasts

**Cyporiean**

The fact that the Female Gator Warlock doesn't have tits pleases the ever living hell out of me.

**Laughing Man**

highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Pig valkyrie is neat. Did it mention if she's a warlock or a solo?

She's their new Warlock. Not sure of the name, sadly.

Gator lock is cool, what with his giant zombified snake hanging off of him.

Her, actually. That's apparently what a Gatorwoman looks like.

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Oh, and almost forgot, the teaser image from the end of the keynote and possibly the best thing ever....

GOBBERYX!

**Cyporiean**

The Gator engine and new Circle lock are great as well.

**RiTides**

Laughing Man, thanks for all the pics!

A comment from BOLS from someone who seems to be there:

dais wrote:xigence is the next Hordes expansion book. It will contain:
lesser warlocks for each faction. The circle character is a female falconer while the troll is a male blacksmith.
Warbeast units for some factions (no warbeast pack for trollbloods was confirmed)
Female warlocks for minions. The Farrow is Helga the Conqueror who resembles a fat opera Valkyrie. The gatorwoman controls an undead snake.
Two minion battle engines, one for each pact
A character Nephilim heavy warbeast for Legion
Epic Xerxis riding a rhino. Presumably on a 120mm base.

A new IKRPG book for the wilds. It seems to cover hordes except for Skorne.

A new level 7 game that looks a lot like Risk crossed with Independence Day.

New Warmachine mercenary contract: Cephalax. They will have their own book and be pre-released at Lock and Load. They have living monstrosities that work a lot like warjacks but are slightly different. Several new units and solos including an “drudge choir” solo and a magic unit who sacrifices his drudges as spell martyrs. The contract has an emphasis on mind control and repositioning.

New Hordes faction on the way but they aren’t saying what or when.

**RatBot**

Actually a bit disappointed that Cephalyx are a Merc contract instead of their own faction, but oh well. I'm still going to play the hell out of them.

**Surtur**

My wallet died from sheer terror of what is about to happen to it. This is amazing. Brb, selling first born child.

**highlord tamburlaine**

Those highwaymen better be packing some serious firepower and skill sets since Trolls are getting skipped over once again for warbeasts.

Maybe they'll give us a new heavy?

Nah.

**Tanakosyke22**

You know, since I play Mercs, once I get some money I might give the Cephalyx contract a go once they release.

**RiTides**

Notes from my friend who was watching:

Link to Video
http://www.twitch.tv/privateerpress/b/501465395

Warmachine:Tactics Update
-Still in progres.....
-50% done
-Large Orgoth presence in Video Game (Feels like Vikings/Mayan/Aztec combined)
-Everything looks visually very well done, but no real updates on gameplay
-They told us they love us...

Iron Kingdoms
-New book called Unleashed, essentially the Hordes edition of the IKRPG. It is a separate rules system, but fully compatible with IKRPG. Apparently it has a very wild, feral feel.

Hordes: Exigence
-Helga the Conqueror - Pig Caster
-Xerxes2 - Xerxes riding a rhino
-Jagga Jagga (sp?) - Gatormen Warlock
-New Legion Character Warbeast - Nephilim for Saryss/Raes with 2 Affinities dependent upon which twin
-Gatormen Battle Engine - Massive Stone Temple/Pillar pushed by gigantic albino gators. Gathers souls of enemies/friendlies regardless of who kills them
-Farrow Battle Engine - The Meat Thresher. Think of an Ork Battlewagon with a giant grinder on the front.
-Warbeast Packs - Cross between warbeast/unit. "Lesser" lesser warbeasts. Count as units and warbeasts. No damage spiral, damage track. Use Fury that go on the leader of the pack, can't be forced beyond the unit max size.
-Lesser Warlocks for factions, no built in battlegroup but limited in choices
-Circle one visually is awesome
-Trollblood one focuses on Pyre/Slag trolls
-Legion lesser warlock is visually awesome

Level 7
-New Boardgame Level 7:Invasion
-No game details

Warmachine
-Cephalyx are a Merc contract
-Play "very Machiavellan" - Elite leaders commander expendable troops
-Some troops are walking arcnodes that the leaders can shoot spells out of and destroys them in the process
-Very focused on pyschic powers, taking over minds, etc.
-UA that can attach to any small/medium base Merc Unit (doesn't have to be Cephalyx) and takes control of their mind
-Their "jacks" are living models, called monstrosities, don't have a cortex, have a brain system. Don't count as warjacks
-Have a damage grid
-Low defense, medium armor, full damage grid (36 boxes)
-None of them cost above 7 points, aggressively costed
-Subduer (net and spear), Wrecker (2 wrecking balls), and Warden (caster protector)
-First caster has Focus 8, can turn monstrosities into arc nodes, and feat manipulates enemy models
-Sounds like they will play like pirates, lots of powerful solos that buff your infantry that is pretty generic
-Available at Lock n Load

**Bossk_Hogg**

Cyporiean wrote:
The fact that the Female Gator Warlock doesn't have tits pleases the ever living hell out of me.

Here here. That they made dragonborn have boobs in 4th edition really annoyed me. Reptiles have really cool opportunities for sexual dimorphism other than scaly hooters.

On the other hand, I'm sad the female piggy only has 2 lol. There were a few female gnolls in the WOTC chainmail lineup with 6, which really sold how strange and different they were.

Ok, enough monster jug talk. The cephalyx look pretty rad. I wonder if they'll have a twist on the focus system like Cyriss in order to encourage jack, err monstrosity use.

**Agamemnon2**

Ooh. I wonder why they made Cephalyx Mercs instead of an independent faction. Possibly because they want to allow allying them with Cryx. The art and miniatures previews look awesome.

**Leo_the_Rat**

It will be interesting to see if the Cephalyx cast spells or use some other mechanic. In the picture you see him/it casting at a precusrsor and they are not targetable by spells. It could be just a slip but....

**Cryptek of Awesome**

Leo_the_Rat wrote:
It will be interesting to see if the Cephalyx cast spells or use some other mechanic. In the picture you see him/it casting at a precusrsor and they are not targetable by spells. It could be just a slip but....

Hey - good spot.

Psychic powers... Psionics?

How about the power to kill a Yak from 200 yards away... with MIND BULLETS!

**Bossk_Hogg**

Agamemnon2 wrote:
Ooh. I wonder why they made Cephalyx Mercs instead of an independent faction. Possibly because they want to allow allying them with Cryx. The art and miniatures previews look awesome.

That and I have a feeling that even though they announced Cyriss would get fewer releases than the other factions going forward, there will still be cries about how they are ignored. By not making another intentionally small scale faction, they avoid such complaints, and just get them lumped in with the general merc gripes.

**B0B MaRlEy**

Cryptek of Awesome wrote:
Leo_the_Rat wrote:
It will be interesting to see if the Cephalyx cast spells or use some other mechanic. In the picture you see him/it casting at a precusrsor and they are not targetable by spells. It could be just a slip but....

Hey - good spot.

Psychic powers... Psionics?

How about the power to kill a Yak from 200 yards away... with MIND BULLETS!

Couldn't it be the feat that manipulates enemies?

**oomiestompa**

Cryptek of Awesome wrote:

How about the power to kill a Yak from 200 yards away... with MIND BULLETS!

Well, he does have Telekinesis...