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If you dont want to order you can just buy me a beer or two while we're there and I'll pick up your second Chaos Dorf for ya.

Hah, thanks but I think I'll do it because I'll also be getting the marine model for d-usa.

Is the price of the Event Only models known yet?

Sweet!

Thanks for getting that info for us - and for posting it here!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Probably after the next HH book. Those books mention Knights, so it stands to reason that HH era ones will show up.

There are a few in the Mechanicus HH book, which you're probably referring to. Whenever they do the full AdMech list, I expect DEMAND to see them.

 RiTides wrote:
Hah, thanks but I think I'll do it because I'll also be getting the marine model for d-usa.

Is the price of the Event Only models known yet?

They keep going up. It blows. First one I got was $10. Last year they were $20 & $30 respectively (WHFB / 40K). I expect these ones will probably be $20-$25.

Pretty sure they were all $20 last year. And that's what it says on their site.
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Events

I expect the same this year.

Legion Dreadclaw spotted



Edit: and disappeared again? Looks like someone slipped with the publish button

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/LEGION_DREADCLAW_DROP_POD.html

That looks really nice, quite fancy having a few of these with 5 man support squads in and a couple of the bigger ones with 20 man tacticals in them.

Edit: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/TYRANID_TWIN-LINKED_DEVOUERS.html Twin linked devourers are live as well at £13 for a pair.

50pounds-66euro-90$

Now only need updated rules for 40k.

 kronk wrote:
There are a few in the Mechanicus HH book, which you're probably referring to. Whenever they do the full AdMech list, I expect DEMAND to see them.

No, no. I'm talking about the actual FW HH books. Hold on, lemme find the reference...

Ah, here's one.

Flare Shield
Another of the Mechanicum's specialised systems that only their high adepts truly understand, a flare shield is a directional electromagnetic flux field generator rumoured by some to be a product of Dark Age technology from a source best left forgotten. Flare shields lack anything like the defensive power of a Titan's voice shields, but are able to deflect and disperse glancing or diffuse impacts and shrapnel, and can reduce the power of more focused strikes. Flare shields have the advantage that they can be mounted on much smaller vehicles than void shields, so long as their mounts are equipped with rapid cycling reactors of sufficient power, such as the Mechanicum-built Jocasta pattern Grav-attack and certain classes of Knight heavy walkers.

Dreadclaw is back, about time!

Dreadclaw looks good, I assume it's transport cap. is 10 like the drop pod?

Like the look of these, seem a tad pricey.

Wonder if we should just assume that's also the chaos dreadclaw update, don't see them doing one with spikes stuck on anytime soon for the sake of it, looks awful when attached to a flying stand though, surely no one actually uses that.

 Medium of Death wrote:
Like the look of these, seem a tad pricey.

You realise what thread you're in yeah?

Even for FW.. 13 pounds for ONE set of devourers? Pass..

Dreadclaw looks cool but FW hasn't been able to provide functional rules for any of their drop pod variants over the years, hopefully they realize that pretty much every special drop pod besides the very simple dreadnought drop pod have rules that don't work.

Almost $22 for a set of TL devourers... lol

Thanks for the info on the Event Only figures, WM!

I think the big shooty things from the Tyrannofex kit will do just fine for TL-Devourers.


And also...





Well... at least we know how it flies now, however strange that looks.

They really need to give updated rules for CSM. Over a year ago there were those emails from a FW rep saying they were going to release a FAQ for rules they "forgot." It never happened and CSM are still without a drop pod with functional rules.

 Kirasu wrote:
Dreadclaw looks cool but FW hasn't been able to provide functional rules for any of their drop pod variants over the years, hopefully they realize that pretty much every special drop pod besides the very simple dreadnought drop pod have rules that don't work.

I don't know why you say that, the Dreadclaw rules in IA:Aeronautica work just fine.

 Peregrine wrote:

 Kirasu wrote:
Dreadclaw looks cool but FW hasn't been able to provide functional rules for any of their drop pod variants over the years, hopefully they realize that pretty much every special drop pod besides the very simple dreadnought drop pod have rules that don't work.

I don't know why you say that, the Dreadclaw rules in IA:Aeronautica work just fine.

Its big brother got waaaay more functional rules, but is severly overcosted. They are the same type, why can't they have the same rules?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I think the big shooty things from the Tyrannofex kit will do just fine for TL-Devourers.


And also...

Spoiler:

Well... at least we know how it flies now, however strange that looks.

It doesn't seem strange when you consider that they are employed in ship to ship action. I can see that hurtling through the void of space, it's harder to imagine it landing on a planet though.

While aesthetically pleasing I think this is one of the models that FW could have done without producing. I take it the flying stand means that it'll have a horrid cross in it also? Slightly puts me off getting one to counts as a regular drop pod.

Well a while ago emails from a FW employee said it was intended to allow assaulting turn 1 and would get an FAQ. As it stands you can't do that and it's pretty much a double price drop pod with no weapons. But it can fly...

 Peregrine wrote:

 Kirasu wrote:
Dreadclaw looks cool but FW hasn't been able to provide functional rules for any of their drop pod variants over the years, hopefully they realize that pretty much every special drop pod besides the very simple dreadnought drop pod have rules that don't work.

I don't know why you say that, the Dreadclaw rules in IA:Aeronautica work just fine.

Except that they are AR choices and not dedicated transports and also come on the table like any other reserves; after turn 2...

I bit too much, and a bit too late for the Tyranid devs.

I am lookng forward to see what else they pump out.

I was really happy with IA12, so I'm hoping they can do Nids justice with a reboot to IA4.

Still waiting for Kutlakh though....

FRACK DROP PODS, WHERE ARE MY MYRMIDONS

 Slayer le boucher wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:

 Kirasu wrote:
Dreadclaw looks cool but FW hasn't been able to provide functional rules for any of their drop pod variants over the years, hopefully they realize that pretty much every special drop pod besides the very simple dreadnought drop pod have rules that don't work.

I don't know why you say that, the Dreadclaw rules in IA:Aeronautica work just fine.

Except that they are AR choices and not dedicated transports and also come on the table like any other reserves; after turn 2...

Yup, if coming in turn 2-4 wasn't bad enough, it occupying the most crowded slot should be the nail in the coffin.

 Slayer le boucher wrote:
Except that they are AR choices and not dedicated transports and also come on the table like any other reserves; after turn 2...

I fail to see the problem with this. Not using the FOC slot you want them to use or getting a reserve bonus that you want doesn't make a unit broken. The post I quoted claimed that the rules don't function, not that the unit isn't powerful enough to compete with top-tier lists.

Yeah I did not just buy some of those twin linked devourers, it's not like I've had a fully painted Flying tyrant with no arms sitting on my desk now since before christmas, honest...

When they get here and I paint them up I'll post them up so we can all see what they look like on a finished model

Sounds good, tomball I just couldn't do it myself at that price, and have converted mine anyway.

I may not be a master of aerodynamics but I can't really picture that flying...