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The preorders are up for the Skaven Vermin Lord, etc. There is a Jezzail bundle too....so much for the hope of a plastic kit for those buggers...

Weird, not up on mine...

Edit: they are, just not the homepage yet.

 ImAGeek wrote:
Weird, not up on mine...

Edit: they are, just not the homepage yet.

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Warhammer?N=102351+4294967192&Nu=product.repositoryId&qty=12&sorting=phl&view=table

The price on that Jezzail bundle is truly horrific.

almost $160 US for 9 jezzails...at that price, they just get left out of my army list.

 Fango wrote:
almost $160 US for 9 jezzails...at that price, they just get left out of my army list.

they are easy to convert with any kind of shield and empire handguns

 Fango wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Weird, not up on mine...

Edit: they are, just not the homepage yet.

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Warhammer?N=102351+4294967192&Nu=product.repositoryId&qty=12&sorting=phl&view=table

Yeah cheers. I found them under the Skaven bit but the homepage hadn't changed and that's what I was watching.

Since the verminlords are up for pre-order this week, does that mean the end times book is going to be up next week?

 GloboRojo wrote:
Since the verminlords are up for pre-order this week, does that mean the end times book is going to be up next week?

I was expecting to see it this week with the release of the big kit but since its not on the site right now then id expect that it isnt coming, soon though 1-2 weeks tops

Next week I think it is. I assume Thanquol and Boneripper will be next week too.

What the hell is the thing on the home page where you enter your email address to subscribe? Looks like some armored warpfire thrower.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
What the hell is the thing on the home page where you enter your email address to subscribe? Looks like some armored warpfire thrower.

Yeah I saw that too! I can't tell what it is, but probably something awesome, it is Skaven.

Could be Ikit Klaw?

I guess that will be the new unit then. Would be sweet to have warpfire/gatling box.

The Skaven have clearly been hard at work at churning out the heavy stuff.

When can we expect Book 4 to come up for pre-order? Next week?

Yep next week is the book.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Yep next week is the book.

Ugh. I hope it comes out before I have to go to work so I can nab one before they instantly sell out.

 Shovan wrote:

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Yep next week is the book.

Ugh. I hope it comes out before I have to go to work so I can nab one before they instantly sell out.

I thought it was coming out this week so I was staking out the website. Now I'm a little disappointed.

"Verminlord Deceiver is armed with a doomstar (in the shape of the Clan Eshin rune) and a warpstiletto. It’s head wears a mask and hood to hide its features."

Random Empire soldier: "Who is that mysterious giant rat-demon? If only I could see it's features..."

I think the book is up for pre-order next week. It looks like a lot of people will be hovering on the website trying to grab one of them....I know I will be.

Gotta love that resin price for the jezzails. Do they beat the blood knights?


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Someone over at bols suggested the warpfire guy looks like an ogre. Holy crap that would be AMAAAAAZIING, giant armoured rat ogre flamethrowers. HOT DAMN! It certainly looks bulky.

Also spotted a dwarf axe in the background and so whilst expected, at least it means there will be some dwarf destruction in the book.

There was rumors of a unit of armored Rat Ogres a few pages back, perhaps that's what that art is showing...some type of new Rat Ogre unit with support weapons (warpfire thrower, or some new type of doom-doom weapom...yes-yes!)

Hidden messages at the bottom of What's New Today blog posts this week

One, two, three…

…four, five, six…

…ten, eleven, twelve…

…twelve and a half…

Interesting that they've missed 7-9 on New Year's Eve.

 Fango wrote:
"Verminlord Deceiver is armed with a doomstar (in the shape of the Clan Eshin rune) and a warpstiletto. It’s head wears a mask and hood to hide its features."

Random Empire soldier: "Who is that mysterious giant rat-demon? If only I could see it's features..."

I think the book is up for pre-order next week. It looks like a lot of people will be hovering on the website trying to grab one of them....I know I will be.

As long as it doesn't have the 'hidden' assassin rule. I mean it's not like an 60-80 foot daemon can just sort of blend in to a unit of infantry high dudes.

"Sheesh, sneek has gotten really big lately..."


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Yeah the jezzail bundle is totally a slap to the face. That unit needs a new cast so bad. Oh well i suppose we'll just have to wait for the new skaven army book. If it doesn't release by then i'm pissed.

 flamingkillamajig wrote:


As long as it doesn't have the 'hidden' assassin rule. I mean it's not like an 60-80 foot daemon can just sort of blend in to a unit of infantry high dudes.

"Sheesh, sneek has gotten really big lately..."


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Yeah the jezzail bundle is totally a slap to the face. That unit needs a new cast so bad. Oh well i suppose we'll just have to wait for the new skaven army book. If it doesn't release by then i'm pissed.

Speaking of infantry high dudes and clan Eshin...lets get some new night/gutter-runners already...As it stands, we have huge-handed, hunchback monkeys wearing capes along side proper rat-men...

@Fango: Dude half the skaven model line is way outdated. All our special choices, a good amount of our weapons teams and our characters are old as well as night runners. Saying skaven just need new night runners is like saying a totaled car needs just a new windshield.

 chiefbigredman wrote:

 thedarkavenger wrote:

 chiefbigredman wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 chiefbigredman wrote:

Sim-Life wrote:
Still not convinced that 500pts (and possibly more for some varients) for a lord model that can't be a general is worth it, even if the Warpseer does get a 4+ ward.

Actually there are no rules that I can see that says these NEW verminlords can't be your general. I know the old one couldn't but I didn't read that these ones can't but maybe I missed it on one of the leaked pictures?

It specifically says it under "Rat Daemon".

Totally missed that myyyyy bad! Lol

Either way tho 500 points for something like that isn't all that bad. 4+ ward would have been nicer than a 5+ but that's probably the only complaint I have for it. Still better than the current vermin lord who is the exact same price

Two are 500. The combat one(And I say that in the loosest sense) Is 550. Skreech is 650, and utterly terrible.

Ah the darkavenger back to determine what is good and what is bad in the game before trying it!
You can't say something is " utterly terrible" without even trying it. His opinion is now set in stone!

I doubt he will ever try it. Hasn't he posted a number of times in the Fantasy section about how he doesn't even play the game anymore?

 flamingkillamajig wrote:
@Fango: Dude half the skaven model line is way outdated. All our special choices, a good amount of our weapons teams and our characters are old as well as night runners. Saying skaven just need new night runners is like saying a totaled car needs just a new windshield.

To be fair, I wouldn't say half...and some of the models look/hold up better than others...IMHO, the night/gutter runners are the worst. The plague monks are OK, could use an update, but not as badly as the monkeys in super-hero pajamas. Island of Blood shored up the Rat Ogres, a couple of the weapons teams, and a couple of character/hero models...between those and the metal/finecast ones they did when the last book came out...I think it's just the Ratling Gun that needs an updated model....sure a proper weapons team kit would be ideal, but like you said, there are quite a few models that need plastics. The army look and feel got WORLDS better when the clanrats/slaves/stormvermin got updated....I had successfully avoided getting a Skaven army before that release. Thanquol and Skrolk need a new model, but even Ikit Claw and Snikch got a new sculpt a few years ago...and they were pretty solid.

For Plague Censer Bearers, I bits ordered a few of those plague monks from the Plague Furnace, and have been using bits from the plague monk box to make censers. I tried making a Jezzail team using the new clanrats and a kroot rifle...but it's a lot of work for not much payoff (the unit isn't THAT great). So, I just wont have Jezzails until they get a semi-affordable plastic kit.

 Fango wrote:

 flamingkillamajig wrote:
@Fango: Dude half the skaven model line is way outdated. All our special choices, a good amount of our weapons teams and our characters are old as well as night runners. Saying skaven just need new night runners is like saying a totaled car needs just a new windshield.

To be fair, I wouldn't say half...and some of the models look/hold up better than others...IMHO, the night/gutter runners are the worst. The plague monks are OK, could use an update, but not as badly as the monkeys in super-hero pajamas. Island of Blood shored up the Rat Ogres, a couple of the weapons teams, and a couple of character/hero models...between those and the metal/finecast ones they did when the last book came out...I think it's just the Ratling Gun that needs an updated model....sure a proper weapons team kit would be ideal, but like you said, there are quite a few models that need plastics. The army look and feel got WORLDS better when the clanrats/slaves/stormvermin got updated....I had successfully avoided getting a Skaven army before that release. Thanquol and Skrolk need a new model, but even Ikit Claw and Snikch got a new sculpt a few years ago...and they were pretty solid.

For Plague Censer Bearers, I bits ordered a few of those plague monks from the Plague Furnace, and have been using bits from the plague monk box to make censers. I tried making a Jezzail team using the new clanrats and a kroot rifle...but it's a lot of work for not much payoff (the unit isn't THAT great). So, I just wont have Jezzails until they get a semi-affordable plastic kit.

I think the gutter runners are okayyyy, but I wouldn't say no to a cool dynamic plastic box. Night runners are awful. I don't like the plague monks but I didn't really when they came out. I love the Deathmaster Snikch, he's my favourite I think. And I think Thanquol and Boneripper are getting a big plastic box for ET. So aside from Night runners, it's mostly little bits. But they could do with some updates. But then, most Warhammer armies have some units that need updates.

 Fango wrote:
"Verminlord Deceiver is armed with a doomstar (in the shape of the Clan Eshin rune) and a warpstiletto. It’s head wears a mask and hood to hide its features."

Random Empire soldier: "Who is that mysterious giant rat-demon? If only I could see it's features..."

"Hold your fire! It might just be Steve with the sandwiches!"

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:

GamesWorkshop wrote:Skaven Warplock Jezzails Web Bundle $156

The price on that Jezzail bundle is truly horrific.

Buy Kroot rifle bits and just convert your extra Clanrats.