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Looks like the kit comes with 7 of the 'standing' tentacles, and you need 5 for either the Mucolid or the Tyrannocyte.

Weird. The kit comes with a 100mm round base for the Cyst.

Between all the new nid kits there will be quite a few tentacles around for spore construction.

 Sinful Hero wrote:
So almost five. I wasn't too far off.

I thought it was a good sculpt. I always liked to call him Mr. Tickle

 Kanluwen wrote:

 xttz wrote:

 ChaosxVoid wrote:
Oh man I am very excited about this, it all looks bloody amazing! time to bring back the horde

Also are the rules for these buggers in the box they come with, or if you dont get the white dwarf you are fethed??

Apparently they'll also be in the Shield of Baal: Leviathan campaign book too.

Or, you know, posted repeatedly in this forum.

And purportedly in the box...

Good i just wanted to be very sure of all that, dont have much time to read 19 pgs for things.

Pretty sure Im not going to add the 'side' tentacles to my pods for ease of board placement and transport.

The box description for the drop pod went online today. Apparently it's mounted on a new 100 mm round base. Not the 60mm dread/Mc base we're use to.

Is there any word when the new Venomthropes/Zoanthropes go on sale? Reading so many pages, I am wondering if I missed it somewhere.

Quite a few spore mines on the spure also. Love the new kits! Totally fitting for Nids to get the drop pods, I mean you can play them in a campain for early invasion establishing a foot hold.
I know some of you guys will be posting them finished up with in a week or two after the release, I'm looking forward to seeing them painted, not that GW artists are lacking but we have some serious talent on Dakka Dakka that really shows up the company artists.
I think some 'Ard Coat on the main bodies after they are painted up will give them a slick, or alive look.

Davor wrote:
Is there any word when the new Venomthropes/Zoanthropes go on sale? Reading so many pages, I am wondering if I missed it somewhere.

Today the pods went on pre-order.

So next week for pre-order, in 2 weeks they go on sale.

My guess anyway.

Can anyone post pics of the Zoans? Work blocked on the current Imgr files.

 ChaosxVoid wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 xttz wrote:

 ChaosxVoid wrote:
Oh man I am very excited about this, it all looks bloody amazing! time to bring back the horde

Also are the rules for these buggers in the box they come with, or if you dont get the white dwarf you are fethed??

Apparently they'll also be in the Shield of Baal: Leviathan campaign book too.

Or, you know, posted repeatedly in this forum.

And purportedly in the box...

Good i just wanted to be very sure of all that, dont have much time to read 19 pgs for things.

I have a Toxicrine already. Sorry, but the rules are NOT in the box.

rollawaythestone wrote:
Weird. The kit comes with a 100mm round base for the Cyst.

A-ha! I thought that was a new base.

I'm truly amazed that just one model release can alter the Nids play style so much.
I've been getting tired of fighting the same meta with my Tau for a good while, so it's nice to see the nids getting some variation again.
Hell, this might even push me into finally getting my Nid army into gear. Our gaming group has been discussing a planetary invasion campaign for a while, so this drop pod has landed just at the right time ^_^

 Iechine wrote:
Pretty sure Im not going to add the 'side' tentacles to my pods for ease of board placement and transport.

I'm probably going to address those somehow as well.

Vespa wrote:

 ChaosxVoid wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 xttz wrote:

 ChaosxVoid wrote:
Oh man I am very excited about this, it all looks bloody amazing! time to bring back the horde

Also are the rules for these buggers in the box they come with, or if you dont get the white dwarf you are fethed??

Apparently they'll also be in the Shield of Baal: Leviathan campaign book too.

Or, you know, posted repeatedly in this forum.

And purportedly in the box...

Good i just wanted to be very sure of all that, dont have much time to read 19 pgs for things.

I have a Toxicrine already. Sorry, but the rules are NOT in the box.

Interesting. In the campaign book perhaps? To later be added to FAQ? Or dataslated?

Does the toxicrene at least have the statline? I just got a knight, and it's got the statlines on the back page.

Rules not in the box? There goes the idea of GW changing their ways. Has to be some dataslate, or worse $50 add-on book, to play them if you happen not to get that White Dwarf. It's like GW wants people to resort to illicit means to play the models they bought.

 TheKbob wrote:
Rules not in the box? There goes the idea of GW changing their ways. Has to be some dataslate, or worse $50 add-on book, to play them if you happen not to get that White Dwarf. It's like GW wants people to resort to illicit means to play the models they bought.

$5 for the WDW is peanuts. Hardly worth getting upset about.

I'm worried as hell about how spindly those tentacles look holding up that pod, unless I'm missing something here.

$90AUD for the Venomthropes/Zoans???

GW does a really good job of bringing out things I want and then stopping me from buying them.

 greggles wrote:
Does the toxicrene at least have the statline? I just got a knight, and it's got the statlines on the back page.

Yes it does. Sorry I'm not at home right now so can't tell you what it is.

Toxicrene and Maleceptor rules are in the GW page for free.

 TheKbob wrote:
Rules not in the box? There goes the idea of GW changing their ways. Has to be some dataslate, or worse $50 add-on book, to play them if you happen not to get that White Dwarf. It's like GW wants people to resort to illicit means to play the models they bought.

I was driving home tonight, and the car in front had the plate KB08. Thought of you.

angelofvengeance wrote:

 TheKbob wrote:
Rules not in the box? There goes the idea of GW changing their ways. Has to be some dataslate, or worse $50 add-on book, to play them if you happen not to get that White Dwarf. It's like GW wants people to resort to illicit means to play the models they bought.

$5 for the WDW is peanuts. Hardly worth getting upset about.

While $5 for various things is nothing to get cranky about, yes, paying $5 for two model's rules is a rip off. Also, that White Dwarf Weekly is out for just that, a week. Say that again two months from now and someone wants to spend holiday cash on a giant bug but then has to buy the rules in some other ungodly priced tome. Which, given their track record, will be a one shot release and then quietly cancelled and moved to digital only on iPads. That's the problem! And it sucks.

UltraPrime wrote:

 TheKbob wrote:
Rules not in the box? There goes the idea of GW changing their ways. Has to be some dataslate, or worse $50 add-on book, to play them if you happen not to get that White Dwarf. It's like GW wants people to resort to illicit means to play the models they bought.

I was driving home tonight, and the car in front had the plate KB08. Thought of you.

Not sure if I'm happy or concerned. I laughed, though.

 Tyran wrote:
Toxicrene and Maleceptor rules are in the GW page for free.

Free Rules!?! That's the GW that I missed so much!

TheKbob wrote:

angelofvengeance wrote:

 TheKbob wrote:
Rules not in the box? There goes the idea of GW changing their ways. Has to be some dataslate, or worse $50 add-on book, to play them if you happen not to get that White Dwarf. It's like GW wants people to resort to illicit means to play the models they bought.

$5 for the WDW is peanuts. Hardly worth getting upset about.

While $5 for various things is nothing to get cranky about, yes, paying $5 for two model's rules is a rip off. Also, that White Dwarf Weekly is out for just that, a week. Say that again two months from now and someone wants to spend holiday cash on a giant bug but then has to buy the rules in some other ungodly priced tome. Which, given their track record, will be a one shot release and then quietly cancelled and moved to digital only on iPads. That's the problem! And it sucks.

"Ahem"

Tyran wrote:Toxicrene and Maleceptor rules are in the GW page for free.

White Dwarf is $4



Nice side by side size comparison

I'm confused.
Why release free rules for the Toxincrine and Maleceptor, but charge for the Spore?

It's like they just took one step forward, but then two steps back again

I assume the rules are still gunna be in the box as well though?

 Vallhemn wrote:
I'm confused.
Why release free rules for the Toxincrine and Maleceptor, but charge for the Spore?

It's like they just took one step forward, but then two steps back again

I assume the rules are still gunna be in the box as well though?

Maybe they will release the free rules when they release the model.