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I don't use the little army builder - but does that mean that Urien is 140?

rollawaythestone wrote:
The Archon on the right looks really good.

Awful static, though. So was the old one but even that pose was still more interesting than "ass cheeks squeezed very tightly because if I move I'll gak myself".

If that's the succubus then I like it, looks like a "proper" pose for an HQ model, though honestly it doesn't look much different from a regular wych.

Is it just me or does the new Archon look absolutely perfect for converting into a Dark Elf Dreadlord?

*sigh*.


I have no willpower left.

I'm going to have to collect an Incubi heavy mechanized DE army. Curses.

Anyone want to buy some space wolves?

 winterman wrote:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/codex-dark-eldar-enhanced/id921973285?mt=11

Notice there's no lord of war listed and no Vect in the HQ slot. Looking more and more like he is not in the codex.

Also a nice picture of the new succubus

Wow! I suspected they were replacing the Succubus. Good to see it's much nicer than the new Haemonculus. I guess Vect is gone. Jury is still out on the plastic Archon. Some pics look great and others look like crap. I can't wait to see it on the sprue and see if we get some options. I wonder if the Finecast Archon will be yanked.

Nocturnus wrote:

 winterman wrote:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/codex-dark-eldar-enhanced/id921973285?mt=11

Notice there's no lord of war listed and no Vect in the HQ slot. Looking more and more like he is not in the codex.

Also a nice picture of the new succubus

Wow! I suspected they were replacing the Succubus. Good to see it's much nicer than the new Haemonculus. I guess Vect is gone. Jury is still out on the plastic Archon. Some pics look great and others look like crap. I can't wait to see it on the sprue and see if we get some options. I wonder if the Finecast Archon will be yanked.

Who knows? I plan on snagging the last Archon off the shelf at my FLGS just in case tomorrow.

Cards already NLA? I had only myself to blame for sleeping on the WWP when it was up, but this...

Most have probably been bought up en masse to resale on eBay for a mark up...

 Ascalam wrote:
Most have probably been bought up en masse to resale on eBay for a mark up...

There was a limit of 3 per person.

There has to a be low selection. Everyone has one and suddenly the DE just miss out on that free slot. Wow. Revenant Titans with Eldar Allies a go-go then.

 extremefreak17 wrote:

 Ascalam wrote:
Most have probably been bought up en masse to resale on eBay for a mark up...

There was a limit of 3 per person.

And ghost accounts don't exist? Or groups of folks buying them up.

One group of gamers I know does this, each buying their max, and then ebaying them for a profit.

They did it with space hulk, bones kickstarter and a bunch of others...

Oh yeah, limited edition gaming aids. Because you know...actually I don't know, doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Indeed. I could understand if it was a 'GW exclusive' as that might encourage foot traffic. But at this point i am better off waiting a week or two for Succubus kit to be available at an Independent store along with the codex and bomber. I would have picked up the Codex direct from GW at the same time.

Although...does the Archon version of the codex come with the battle.cards? Could be a way of making another LE product look better value, perhaps?

I never thought i would see GW going out of their way to get less money from me. :\

 Souleater wrote:
Indeed. I could understand if it was a 'GW exclusive' as that might encourage foot traffic. But at this point i am better off waiting a week or two for Succubus kit to be available at an Independent store along with the codex and bomber. I would have picked up the Codex direct from GW at the same time.

Although...does the Archon version of the codex come with the battle.cards? Could be a way of making another LE product look better value, perhaps?

I never thought i would see GW going out of their way to get less money from me. :\

It's like they are aliens. Some of their decisions are logical, some of them are definitely not. No discernible pattern. As if they had an entirely different way of thinking than normal people.

The "Archon Edition" is actually sold out on the US site. I have no fething idea why, but...there it is.

From the sample of the codex on iBooks, it sounds like Commorragh is having a few problems of its own during these End Times. Vect and Malys are having quite the lover's quarrel lol.

 Souleater wrote:
Although...does the Archon version of the codex come with the battle.cards?

Nope. We do get all the pages from the codex as cards though.

I'm willing to bet that Vect isn't gone from the game altogether, but that he gets his own supplement. There's got to be loads they can do with the background and rules for his kabal, it's too big to drop and ignore.

 kitch102 wrote:
I'm willing to bet that Vect isn't gone from the game altogether, but that he gets his own supplement. There's got to be loads they can do with the background and rules for his kabal, it's too big to drop and ignore.

There has never been any supplement-only miniatures, so don't hold your breath.

 winterman wrote:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/codex-dark-eldar-enhanced/id921973285?mt=11

Jury is still out on the plastic Archon. Some pics look great and others look like crap. I can't wait to see it on the sprue and see if we get some options.

It's not the sub-standard pics that make the Archon look rubbish, it's the ridiculous stand-to-attention legs it's got. How anyone OKs that from the design team is truly beyond me. Then again GW have always produced daft, nonsensical poses from time to time. This one will be vying with Belial for least practical.

So, currently it seems that Vect + Dais isn't going to happen. I'm disappointed, but I can live with this.

I'm going to buy the new Archon kit and replace his legs with those of a Kabalite. Problem solved!

@SarisKhan: other than his cloak most of the 'bits' making him seem to have been copied straight from existing DE models. (Or they have actually used bits from other kits to make the kit seem better.)

You could probably build him out of your bits box if you find a suitable cloak if you want to go with 'better legs'

I am disappointed we didn't get a female Archon. I know we have the lady from the Archon's Court but it could have been a nice model.

(And I can't believe a non-Haemie model would wear such a raggedy cloak. I know it's flayed skin but dah-ling that's so last season!)

I'm sure Dark Eldar will get a supplement with a LOW in next week. ( If it hasn't been confirmed already - I don't know)

It makes me wonder about the whole LOW thing, maybe the characters that are being made into LOW will have are going to play a key part in story progression next year? just like their doing in WFB right now.


that could be cool :]

 SarisKhan wrote:


I'm going to buy the new Archon kit and replace his legs with those of a Kabalite. Problem solved!

But if people do that they go: 'Oh, customers like/don't mind/ will tolerate nonsensical poses. Anything goes!' and given other plastic character prices you'd be looking at £15 - 18 (80 - 96 zloty according to Bing) for half a model.

eohall wrote:Cards already NLA? I had only myself to blame for sleeping on the WWP when it was up, but this...

Contact your local store / FLGS.
I know my local store ordered 5 for floor stock, and when I asked to preorder the cards they just earmarked one of those.

Sidstyler wrote:The "Archon Edition" is actually sold out on the US site. I have no fething idea why, but...there it is.

Sol out on the UK site too.
I imagine because it's you know sold out..
Which shows how much love the Dark Eldar get - the Space Wolf and Ork ones took weeks to sell out.

Additionally, I'm glad I contacted my FLGS letting them know it was out a day early, or I'd have missed it.

UltraPrime wrote:

 kitch102 wrote:
I'm willing to bet that Vect isn't gone from the game altogether, but that he gets his own supplement. There's got to be loads they can do with the background and rules for his kabal, it's too big to drop and ignore.

There has never been any supplement-only miniatures, so don't hold your breath.

There are Dataslate only Minis though.
And have been White Dwarf only, Supplement only and expansion only models in the past.
(Cypher, Ork flyers, Stormtalon, Assassins, various non-Forgeworld Superheavies / Lords of War)

Souleater wrote:@SarisKhan: other than his cloak most of the 'bits' making him seem to have been copied straight from existing DE models. (Or they have actually used bits from other kits to make the kit seem better.)

You could probably build him out of your bits box if you find a suitable cloak if you want to go with 'better legs'

I am disappointed we didn't get a female Archon. I know we have the lady from the Archon's Court but it could have been a nice model.

(And I can't believe a non-Haemie model would wear such a raggedy cloak. I know it's flayed skin but dah-ling that's so last season!)

As you've said, a lot of it looks like it's either used other parts of the DE line as a base, or has just used other DE parts as a base.

Willing to bet this means it uses the standard Front/Rear torso, and Leg/Head connections as all other Kabalite stuff, meaning you can just take any female torso and/or head parts, and whack it in there.

I'll probably pick one up in several months time.

 Souleater wrote:
@SarisKhan: other than his cloak most of the 'bits' making him seem to have been copied straight from existing DE models. (Or they have actually used bits from other kits to make the kit seem better.)

You could probably build him out of your bits box if you find a suitable cloak if you want to go with 'better legs'

I am disappointed we didn't get a female Archon. I know we have the lady from the Archon's Court but it could have been a nice model.

(And I can't believe a non-Haemie model would wear such a raggedy cloak. I know it's flayed skin but dah-ling that's so last season!)

Looking at the craftworlder hq section, Id say DE is in great shape with all this new plastic and options.
And similarity with common infantry could be a blessing that allow for even more options and custom builds.

UltraPrime wrote:

 kitch102 wrote:
I'm willing to bet that Vect isn't gone from the game altogether, but that he gets his own supplement. There's got to be loads they can do with the background and rules for his kabal, it's too big to drop and ignore.

There has never been any supplement-only miniatures, so don't hold your breath.

What about Chaos and Be'Lakor? Does this not count?

 Sidstyler wrote:
The "Archon Edition" is actually sold out on the US site. I have no fething idea why, but...there it is.

500 copies. That's right around the reseller crowd with a few dozen hardcore fans thrown in.

The funny thing is that's just the Dracon edition. The Archon edition lacks the Haemonculus supplement (which somehow makes it $80 less...) and that is still available. I hate to tell you but this is typical of all GW limited releases. As soon as any limited release, or probably any new release at all, goes live, there are always in the ball park of 500 purchases in the first day.

The archon edition is the one with the supplement in it

 Ovion wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:The "Archon Edition" is actually sold out on the US site. I have no fething idea why, but...there it is.

Sol out on the UK site too.
I imagine because it's you know sold out..

Oh. Makes sense, I guess.

So, 500 copies worldwide, how does that compare to previous LE books then? Are Dark Eldar really more popular (with apparently more hardcore fans) or are they just producing less of them since the previous releases took weeks to sell out?