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Guess I am so stuck in the past, I missed the following releases:
Dark Eldar Voidraven Bomber and most characters
Eldar Warlock Council on jetbikes plus Farseer on jetbike

BTW what you call "The GW style" will change soon again, see the rumours about the post-armybook-time in Warhammer Fantasy.

 Kroothawk wrote:
Guess I am so stuck in the past, I missed the following releases:
Dark Eldar Voidraven Bomber and most characters
Eldar Warlock Council on jetbikes plus Farseer on jetbike

BTW what you call "The GW style" will change soon again, see the rumours about the post-armybook-time in Warhammer Fantasy.

There isn't a Libby bike model or a Techmarine bike model. I'd expect the Prime to not have a Ravener tail option included. But whole units just don't not appear anymore.

 Kroothawk wrote:
Guess I am so stuck in the past, I missed the following releases:
Dark Eldar Voidraven Bomber and most characters
Eldar Warlock Council on jetbikes plus Farseer on jetbike

BTW what you call "The GW style" will change soon again, see the rumours about the post-armybook-time in Warhammer Fantasy.

That's just a rumor. Nothing about Fantasy is certain right now, and I absolutely wouldn't trust anything beyond 4 weeks from now. The only thing solid we have on Fantasy is a MASSIVE release for Dark Elves to do what? That's right...ensure every unit in the book is represented by models.

Dark Eldar wasn't included in the 6th edition "style" so that doesn't invalidate the point. Like all armies pre-Necrons, they will get theirs during the hardcover update. Everything pre-Necrons is an example of what they used to do.

There's also a supplement coming focusing on the Saim-Hann style of play, and as Loki once pointed out, the unit can technically be made via existing kits. I fully expect it won't stay that way.

I love how hard you had to look for that one too, just to try and validate your non-point.

Every unit in the Tyranids codex will have a model you can buy from GW to play it. I promise you. Just like all these other 6th edition books. Again, what I'm telling you - while not just based on what I know - is more supported by what's happened since 6th edition came into being than what you're suggesting. What you are saying is, because they used to do something one way, that's what they will go back to, despite over a year of doing something completely different. They won't. Not with 40k.

 brassangel wrote:

There's also a supplement coming focusing on the Saim-Hann style of play, and as Loki once pointed out, the unit can technically be made via existing kits. I fully expect it won't stay that way.

The Farseer's and Warlocks on jet-bikes? Kit-bashing that is possible, though it would really be nice to not have to go to all the work and have a kit for a unit that's been in the books for years now. Then again I was sad they didn't have an Autarch kit like the Marine commander with all the options they've had. Of course technically that has models.

I would like to see every model at least have some GW (excluding FW) kit though. Then I could stop imagining the spores my friend uses.

Enough with the model release argument. Time to move on.

Rumours dried up as quickly as the rained in on this one.

Eldercaveman wrote:
Rumours dried up as quickly as the rained in on this one.

Easily explained if GW is controlling the rumor releases...

timd wrote:

Eldercaveman wrote:
Rumours dried up as quickly as the rained in on this one.

Easily explained if GW is controlling the rumor releases...

Or if most of them were just made up. I'm not holding my breath.

So a few more alleged "release schedules" have popped up suggesting Tyranids are indeed slated for November. Now if we could just collect a few details about what's coming to devour us!

This makes me excited for Dark Elves to get here so we can start getting the flood of info on Tyranids. What I'm not excited for, is how the weather sucks for the next 7 months (where I live).

Eldercaveman wrote:

timd wrote:

Eldercaveman wrote:
Rumours dried up as quickly as the rained in on this one.

Easily explained if GW is controlling the rumor releases...

Or if most of them were just made up. I'm not holding my breath.

We tend to not hear much until right after another release is closing. Dark Elves flooded in right when the Space Marines hit the shelves, so I suspect we will follow the same pattern (whether it's Orks or Tyranids next).

GW, rumours too OP nerf pls.

 Gutsnagga wrote:
GW, rumours too OP nerf pls.

Um...what?

He put out a plea to GW saying the rumours are very overpowered and asked them to tone them down.

 Bloodhorror wrote:
He put out a plea to GW saying the rumours are very overpowered and asked them to tone them down.

lol. Oh. It just read like someone who doesn't know how to type. Besides, I find the rumors to be rather...pedestrian, if I'm completely honest.

Puscifer wrote:
One thing I'd like to see is a transport beast.

Instead of making Tervigon a spawning beast, let it transport Termagants and support them with Synapse and other goodies.

My memory may be failing, but I thought in Epic there were larger transport creatures (Malefactor, Haruspex). Perhaps some of those will make it in (there were other creatures of that size too, e.g. Exocrine, Dactylis).

 Magos Explorator wrote:

Puscifer wrote:
One thing I'd like to see is a transport beast.

Instead of making Tervigon a spawning beast, let it transport Termagants and support them with Synapse and other goodies.

My memory may be failing, but I thought in Epic there were larger transport creatures (Malefactor, Haruspex). Perhaps some of those will make it in (there were other creatures of that size too, e.g. Exocrine, Dactylis).

You are indeed correct.

One thing I have heard is that GW are revisiting two of those creatures for the massive dual kit.

Puscifer wrote:

 Magos Explorator wrote:

Puscifer wrote:
One thing I'd like to see is a transport beast.

Instead of making Tervigon a spawning beast, let it transport Termagants and support them with Synapse and other goodies.

My memory may be failing, but I thought in Epic there were larger transport creatures (Malefactor, Haruspex). Perhaps some of those will make it in (there were other creatures of that size too, e.g. Exocrine, Dactylis).

You are indeed correct.

One thing I have heard is that GW are revisiting two of those creatures for the massive dual kit.

That's possible. They may give it a different name though. Short of like...the Lord of Skulls, GW tends to give new names to kits inspired by old ones.

Considering their recent naming schemes, we'll probably get things like "Transportofex" and "Diggathrope" as the spiritual successors to the Malefactor and Haruspex because Epic 40k never existed. Oh, and like Shrikes before them, flying Ripper Swarms will have to be renamed "Ripperdactyls".

 brassangel wrote:

 Bloodhorror wrote:
He put out a plea to GW saying the rumours are very overpowered and asked them to tone them down.

lol. Oh. It just read like someone who doesn't know how to type. Besides, I find the rumors to be rather...pedestrian, if I'm completely honest.

I was getting my MLG Gamer voice on.
And being sarcastic.

Finally a rumor on Faeit that's actually believable. Tyranids "pushed back" to January, but as noted... except it wasn't actually pushed back. Jan was always intended.

It's something I can believe just because it echoes a personal source from another forum and what Hydra mentioned a while ago.

 Vhalyar wrote:
Finally a rumor on Faeit that's actually believable. Tyranids "pushed back" to January, but as noted... except it wasn't actually pushed back. Jan was always intended.

It's something I can believe just because it echoes a personal source from another forum and what Hydra mentioned a while ago.

It also marks the 4-year anniversary of the current Crud-dex.

While waiting an additional 2-3 months wasn't what i wanted, If it goes that way I'll have money from Federal Tax Return to spend on all the new kits. So that's something, at least....

*shrug*. I'm okay with it if true. Gives me more time to work on some other projects before Tyranids sidetrack me. With the Delves release sounding bigger all the time, the chances of getting them, Tyranids and the next Hobbit box seemed very ambitious even with this crazy release schedule.

Edit: Although a November release would probably let me get my grubby hands on the codex first thing on Saturday morning at the WarStore Weekend...

 Vhalyar wrote:
Finally a rumor on Faeit that's actually believable. Tyranids "pushed back" to January, but as noted... except it wasn't actually pushed back. Jan was always intended.

Aaaannd no surprise here.

It is so funny in a RUMORS thread that a collective *sigh* of resignation can be seen with this "flimsy" information...

"...anonymous source .......- Tyranids are delayed till January .....It was mentioned that they always were to be released in January but I'm not able to prove that....."

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
It is so funny in a RUMORS thread that a collective *sigh* of resignation can be seen with this "flimsy" information...

"...anonymous source .......- Tyranids are delayed till January .....It was mentioned that they always were to be released in January but I'm not able to prove that....."

No one should be sighing in resignation. We know that Nids are far off from the actual reliable mongers. Anyone who got all excited about Nidvember from Faeit and Stickmonkey are probably in for a lot of disappointment.

Eldercaveman wrote:

timd wrote:

Eldercaveman wrote:
Rumours dried up as quickly as the rained in on this one.

Easily explained if GW is controlling the rumor releases...

Or if most of them were just made up. I'm not holding my breath.

pretre wrote:

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
It is so funny in a RUMORS thread that a collective *sigh* of resignation can be seen with this "flimsy" information...

"...anonymous source .......- Tyranids are delayed till January .....It was mentioned that they always were to be released in January but I'm not able to prove that....."

No one should be sighing in resignation. We know that Nids are far off from the actual reliable mongers. Anyone who got all excited about Nidvember from Faeit and Stickmonkey are probably in for a lot of disappointment.

Just re-quoting my self.

I'm really not holding my breath. I'll believe Nids are coming the month before, when we get the photos. Untill then, like pretre says, you'll be in for a lot of dissapointment

Yeah, we had nothing concrete. It made sense for a 40k book to be in November, given their current release clip, but if Dark Elves will indeed soak up two months, I could see the wait for January.

What people need to get out of their head is the idea it's being "pushed back." Chances are, this is always when GW planned to release them.

Swarmlord stats seem like wishlisting to me, that thing would be overly powerful. 2+ save AND a 4++, ML 4 in addition to the rest of the upgrades? Even Abby or Draigo would struggle to handle that on a par.

Maybe that's the idea...huge heroic monster >tiny heroic man.

Semper wrote:
Swarmlord stats seem like wishlisting to me, that thing would be overly powerful. 2+ save AND a 4++, ML 4 in addition to the rest of the upgrades? Even Abby or Draigo would struggle to handle that on a par.

He already beats them in CC thanks to Biomancy, but at 280 points, it still is very vulnerable to poison and missiles.

 brassangel wrote:
Yeah, we had nothing concrete. It made sense for a 40k book to be in November, given their current release clip, but if Dark Elves will indeed soak up two months, I could see the wait for January.

What people need to get out of their head is the idea it's being "pushed back." Chances are, this is always when GW planned to release them.

No comment on the Tyranid info, but rather when in recent memory has their been 2 month release for anything? It's entirely possible that they would do this because, as far as history is concerned, this rapid release schedule is unprecedented for GW. Still, Tyranids or not, it seems unlikely they would spread Dark Elves out to two months.

Just a guess, obviously.