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@meangreenstompa -

You are a little off. Customer service is set up to "take care of issues". People speak up just as much if they like something to friends and in a forum discussion as they if they don't like it. Of course if you are the "bring your problems here" guy you are going "hear" those complaints.

So this a prime case of apples and oranges.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
That trailer... holy sigmar, it's Batman!


Unless destruction can somehow get the Joker to show up with a very long barreled revolver, they're boned!

Spoiler:

Great scene from the best Batman film ever

All other comments aside - the Tau trailer was more exciting. Though there is obviously a limit to what can be done with fantasy models (not so easy to do Infinity trailers and just add gunfire effects).

I must say, the new models are quite cool. I mean, intensely daft, but it is called Fantasy for a reason. They also look fun to paint, which is basically the main point of a model for me. It looks like Flight may be the USP of the High Elves at this point, which is quite interesting.

A few posts with non functioning/dead links have been edited or removed.

Can we please ask users NOT to repost or rehost the images on Dakka please.

Ta,

Not sure if this is out yet:

Warhammer: High Elves (English) - $49.50
Uniforms & Heraldry of the High Elves (English) - $33.00
High Elves Flamespyre Phoenix - $60.00
High Elves Lothern Skycutter - $60.00
High Elves Shadow Warriors - $50.00
High Elves Loremaster of Hoeth - $20.00
Alarielle the Radiant - $19.25
Handmaiden of the Everqueen - $16.00
High Elves Chracian Shields Upgrade Pack - $18.00
High Elves Battalion - $120.00
WBM: High Elves (English) - Magic Cards. - $6.00

All prices USD.

Pretty sure that is new.

Looking foward to this, i may even finish my high elves army

Those prices look right; but $50 for the Shadow Warriors box?

That seems way too steep...unless you can make both the Shadow Warriors and the asyetunnamed archer unit from it.

uh oh... Uniforms and Heraldry of the High Elves. I'm a sucker for these books.

EDIT - Chrace shields too. Must resist

 Flashman wrote:
uh oh... Uniforms and Heraldry of the High Elves. I'm a sucker for these books.

They are snazzy, aren't they?

$50 for 10 Shadow Warrior models.......Not a chance. WAY too rich for my blood.

I thought the point of plastic troops was to give them to us at a better cost. I bet I could find metal minis at a similar cost.

Ridiculous

New stuff I found over at Ulthuan. Some very cool stuff in this list!

Warhammer: High Elves
· 96 page full-colour, hardback Warhammer armies book written by Mat Ward.

High Elves Flamespyre Phoenix/ Frostheart Phoenix
· This box contains a multipart plastic kit that makes either a Flamespyre Phoenix or a Frostheart Phoenix, two completely new monster miniatures for Warhammer, along with two mighty warriors of renown that can ride them.

High Elves Lothern Skycutter
· This completely new flying chariot is a multipart plastic kit that can be assembled in one of three different ways. Either as a flying chariot drawn by Swiftfeather Roc, upgraded to include an Eagle Eye Bolt Thrower or a mount for a Sea Helm a new High Elf Hero.

High Elves Shadow Warriors/Sisters of Avelorn
· This box contains a multipart plastic kit that makes either ten Shadow Warriors armed with Longbow and Sword or 10 Sisters of Avelorn, a new High Elf unit armed with magical Bows of Avelorn.

Loremaster of Hoeth
· This clampack contains a new High Elf warrior mage, the Loremaster of Hoeth as he charges into battle casting a fireball spell on a sculpted base.

Repackaged High Elf Battalion
· Contains 20 Spearmen, 20 Archers, 8 Silver Helms and a High Elf Chariot (that can be assembled as a Tiranoc Chariot or a Lion Chariot of Chrace).

Uniforms and Heraldry of the High Elves Book
·72 page full-colour, hardback Uniform and Heraldry guide detailing the colour schemes, crests, banners and blazonry of the ten realms of the High Elves.

New Finecast Releases

Alarielle the Radiant
· A clampack that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature sculpted by Edgar Ramos. Alarielle is the Everqueen of Ulthuan her miniature strides forward with roses bursting to life beneath her feet as she strides over a piece of Chaos Warrior armour.

Handmaiden of the Everqueen
· A clampack that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature sculpted by Darren Latham. The Handmaiden is a warrior champion of the Everqueen

Available While Stocks Last
These Items are highly limited, please request the quantity you require and we will supply you as close to this number as we can.

Warhammer Battle Magic: High Elves
·Eight cards that define the unique effects of High Elf spells and are great to help keep track of the spells used by each of the wizards on the battlefield.

Is this the first time that Mat Ward has been confirmed as the author? Or was I not paying attention?

Yes, first time. Not sure how I feel about this...

Yeah, $50 for the Sisters of Averlorn might make them a pass. :/ They and the shadow warriors look interesting, but that's too rich for my blood since it's doubtful 10 models will be enough for a unit.

The Handmaiden, even as a finecast, I'll probably pick up.

Interesting stuff.

so they're not the maidenguard as originally thought. Does that then mean we can expect the maidenguard in a latter wave?

As for the trailer, my problem with these little GW snippets is the fact they look so bloody cheap and amateurish. In a world of viral marketing they're really not helping themselves.

 Kanluwen wrote:
For the love of...

Do we always have to get these discussions about "it's a teaser that doesn't tease anything!" whenever a video gets released?

The point of a teaser isn't to make it so individuals who are uninformed of things can instantly go "Oh! That's what's going on!".
The point of a teaser is to get you to take notice and to draw your attention.

If you were not an individual who frequented forums and was aware that High Elves were next, what would you have gleaned from this "teaser" without reading the associated text bit from it(which if one were to read and have the barest knowledge of Warhammer Fantasy would cause the teaser to immediately tell you what it is in regards to)?

You would get that an army is being released for Warhammer Fantasy. There is a fiery bird of some kind, and it involves a faction that is associated with "an eternal battle" and "courage"--and that the faction is a faction of Order rather than Destruction.

But really. The title of the blog post today("Reborn to Fight Anew") and the associated text blurb ("There's something on the horizon - something fiery, something fast. Warriors of the Warhammer world, ready your swords and raise your shields, for a mighty power will return to the Old World on April 27th.") would spoil the heck out of this teaser to someone who is even remotely familiar with the lore of Warhammer.

This would be a good point, if:
A) We knew that a significant portion of Warhammer buyers did not read about Warhammer on the Internet, and
B) We knew that these trailers reached them and
C) piqued their interest in the upcoming army being teased.

We might be able to just take A) as read, but I'm not so sure about B). And in the case of C) for this video, I'm extremely doubtful. The Tau teaser at least showed something that was unmistakably Tau. This just showed a quick-moving silhouette of something flying. And it's apparently skillful. And it's an enemy of the servants of destruction. Now for those of us immersed in the lore, it's pretty obvious what that points to. But it may not be clear to people who don't know the lore of multiple armies.

Another problem with this teaser compared to the Tau one: The Tau, while it really only showed us glimpses of a single model, it still showed us attributes that suggested what the Tau as a whole were about: high technology, ranged weapons, jet packs, mono-eyepiece helmets/robot heads, etc. You can glance at any shot in that teaser and say, "Okay, this is what Tau are about." The High Elf Teaser doesn't show us anything about the high elves- only what they are opposed to. When I look at the teaser for HE, I don't know how GW conceives of the HEs. I don't get a sense of what the army is about. All I know is that they made a flying monster that GW apparently wants to sell the crap out of.

That's a bad teaser.

Mat Ward author of the HE army book.

If this is really true, we're looking forward to the first terribly balanced army book in 8th. Way to break your streak of good army books, GW.

 Sigvatr wrote:
Mat Ward author of the HE army book.

If this is really true, we're looking forward to the first terribly balanced army book in 8th. Way to break your streak of good army books, GW.

Looking forward to the new Teclis fluff... I suspect a multitude of Greater Daemons are going to get their arses handed to them

 Sigvatr wrote:
Mat Ward author of the HE army book.

If this is really true, we're looking forward to the first terribly balanced army book in 8th. Way to break your streak of good army books, GW.

Wait! you mean the daemon with their flaming cannon chariot bloodletter is "balance"?

Please don't make this thread devolve into another mat ward hate thread.. We've had plenty of those. Just wait until the codex is out before you start spewing stuff like this. Grow up

FFS these prices just keep getting worse :(

I hope there is no major chnages to the fluff either

Sisters of Averlorn - interesting....

 Kanluwen wrote:
Those prices look right; but $50 for the Shadow Warriors box?

That seems way too steep...unless you can make both the Shadow Warriors and the asyetunnamed archer unit from it.

It is 75% of the current shadow warrior price. So you are seeing a "savings".

 Flashman wrote:
uh oh... Uniforms and Heraldry of the High Elves. I'm a sucker for these books.

NOOOOooooo 'Its awesome news' oooooooo!!!

Damn it, I've started painting my forces now,, and I made the joke to Geoff as I was picked up the Skaven and Empire ones two weeks back at the local GW its a shame they don't seem to be doing them anymore, but its probably a good thing as I'd only see a character unit and want to rebase my entire theme around them.

It is awesome if GW start doing them again, but curses, who knows where my army will go now.

I've yet to decide on a scheme for my High Elves, so definitely picking up the Heraldry book.

I could easy see myself dropping about $200 on this release and only actually end up with about 2 models...

Probably been seen already but has anybody checked out today's 'white dwarf daily'. It's a minute long teaser. Dunno if this is helpful.

silent25 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Those prices look right; but $50 for the Shadow Warriors box?

That seems way too steep...unless you can make both the Shadow Warriors and the asyetunnamed archer unit from it.

It is 75% of the current shadow warrior price. So you are seeing a "savings".

The part you're missing is that Shadow Warriors are reputedly a "Core" choice.

A $50 Core choice? The only Core choice that doesn't look like pants or require buying a Starter Box for High Elves?

Ridiculous.

Let's hope. Mat Ward doesn't PLEASE FIND A MORE APPROPRIATE WORD current High Elf fluff as he has done with Grey Knights and Space Marines.

 Kroothawk wrote:
Let's hope. Mat Ward doesn't PLEASE FIND A MORE APPROPRIATE WORD current High Elf fluff as he has done with Grey Knights and Space Marines.

I hope he stays with fantasy... He is the fluff killer for 40k

 Kroothawk wrote:
Let's hope. Mat Ward doesn't PLEASE FIND A MORE APPROPRIATE WORD current High Elf fluff as he has done with Grey Knights and Space Marines.

High Elf and Dark Elf desperate alliance - You know it will happen