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If they come with some rules allowing you to add them as a detachment a la LotD then I think I'll be in for a box, pending models and price. If nothing else, I can have an excuse to quote the Joker throughout the games. "Why. So. Serious?"

God I can't wait to do some DE conversions with these if it pans out!!

 Paradigm wrote:
If they come with some rules allowing you to add them as a detachment a la LotD then I think I'll be in for a box, pending models and price. If nothing else, I can have an excuse to quote the Joker throughout the games. "Why. So. Serious?"

Why would they come with rules when GW knows people will pay for rules separately.. Although new models are quite welcome.

 Paradigm wrote:
If they come with some rules allowing you to add them as a detachment a la LotD then I think I'll be in for a box, pending models and price. If nothing else, I can have an excuse to quote the Joker throughout the games. "Why. So. Serious?"

hrhr "Just dancing on your troopers' faces"

 Kirasu wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
If they come with some rules allowing you to add them as a detachment a la LotD then I think I'll be in for a box, pending models and price. If nothing else, I can have an excuse to quote the Joker throughout the games. "Why. So. Serious?"

Why would they come with rules when GW knows people will pay for rules separately.. Although new models are quite welcome.

Sorry, I meant 'if they are released with rules' rather than suggesting they'd be included in the box.

Those rules will be leaked early enough, I shall copy the pic or save the text, and I'm ready to go.

This would be awesome as it would allow me to make use of my THIRTY-ONE old metal Harlequin jetbikes.

That's a lot

And what a great canopy painting going up to the handle bar Good color choices and really well executed

 Fifty wrote:
This would be awesome as it would allow me to make use of my THIRTY-ONE old metal Harlequin jetbikes.

I salute you good sir for this awesome feat

What edition and rules did you use your 31 jetbikes for?

3ed harlequin codex? Counts as craftworld/Dark Eldar?

I have that model, and 20 metal Harlequins that have been sitting in a box for a LONG time...Last time I played them as an army, it was with the "experimental" codex....

I remember the first time I saw a Harlequin army...about 10 of them and a crazy Land Raider. That was Rogue Trader, though!

Now, I use a Troupe as a Kill Team....mean....

Unfortunately I have found that frag missiles & flamers seemed to have been designed for 'quins :(
(is their save still a cover save or is it an inv?)

 MrFlutterPie wrote:

 Fifty wrote:
This would be awesome as it would allow me to make use of my THIRTY-ONE old metal Harlequin jetbikes.

I salute you good sir for this awesome feat

What edition and rules did you use your 31 jetbikes for?

3ed harlequin codex? Counts as craftworld/Dark Eldar?

Never once actually used them in a game. I bought them all with the intent of using them with a custom codex and/or persuading opponents to simply let me buy jetbikes at 12-15 points each for regular unit. Never got around to it though. They are sitting in a model case in my parents' loft. I estimate the case has a value of £500-750!

That's a shame (the fact they have never been played not the fact that it's a briefcase full of money now )

 wuestenfux wrote:
Well, it's a more or less useless effort to release Harlies in plastic as long as they are unplayable.

Pretty much this. Harlequins are the *worst* unit in the Eldar codex for their points. They need a complete overhaul or else this release will be for nothing.

mercury14 wrote:

 wuestenfux wrote:
Well, it's a more or less useless effort to release Harlies in plastic as long as they are unplayable.

Pretty much this. Harlequins are the *worst* unit in the Eldar codex for their points. They need a complete overhaul or else this release will be for nothing.

The Assassins got a complete re-work for their rules recently.

But, I agree with you 100%. Hopefully this release will change their rules up so they can be good again

I'm not going to wishlist for the harlies, but, wait, yeah, I'll wishlist.

Points cost reduction! Because, you know, standard points creep.

Some kind of overwatch-negating ability would be excellent - especially if they get access to a venom.

I love and take harlies anyway because I like them; but those changes, combined with rumours of jetbikes?

So badly would like to start a 750 point list of them. 10 Harlies, 2 x 5 harlies in venoms, jetbikes, characters?

Throw in dark reapers? I don't care about unbound.

Please GW, if I can't have corsairs, lessen the blow...

jbelgian wrote:
Please GW, if I can't have corsairs, lessen the blow...

Corsairs totally have Forge World rules and you can run them in 7thEd. Nothing is stopping you.

Nothing is stopping you

Really? I can use those rules in standard games?


Awesome!


Nice to learn something new. Fairly new into the hobby, haven't forayed into forge world outside of looking at models and thinking 'damn that's nice.'

jbelgian wrote:

Nothing is stopping you

Really? I can use those rules in standard games?


Awesome!


Nice to learn something new. Fairly new into the hobby, haven't forayed into forge world outside of looking at models and thinking 'damn that's nice.'

So long as your opponent doesn't disallow you, sure. Many tournaments (lol, tournaments) tend to specifically disallow Forge World, though. Then again, some venues to go against the rulebook and disallow Unbound armies. It depends on the opponent, the place, and how much they want to house rule their own variant of 40k.

Worst case, you can just use the Corsair models as Guardians.

I already have a small eldar and dark eldar army, it would be nice to bridge the gap with the coolest of the eldar.

Sounds like a plan, didn't realise it was quite so simple in terms of just using forge world rules.

I literally only play with a handful of people, I'm sure they wouldn't mind, I'd be doing it for the fluff more than any potential troll-y/spammy combos.

Thanks!


In the meantime, though, I would still love a harlequin book.

I look forward to new rules.
New models are great too, but rules are more important.

I have a complete army of still unpainted metal and resin harlequins including a dozen original harlequin jetbikes that are waiting for a LONG time now...
Because after 1st edition they had no decent rules anymore and i had no reason to paint them.
Or more accurately: more reasons to paint other things.

Beside the troupe (with troupe master, shadowseer, death jester) I hope for the return of the solitair, the mimes, HQ characters and Harlequin jetbikes.

If we get those, i might just drop everything else and get started on my Harlequin army.

Here's me hoping...

Pictures or it didn't happen...

I guess its sure that harlis are coming...

I'm damn excited! I heard 3 clampacks and a box but no jetbikes. Is that the general consensus?

The 'new rumors' appearing on BOLS during the last days about harlequin rules, including weapon and vehicle options etc, are not from solid sources There is wishlisting all over them. We will see Necrons with a new Codex on Jan 31 and Harlequins afterwards, in February or March. There is no solid rumor about a Harlequin Codex, just BOLS making stuff up at the moment. Darnok is a much trusted rumor poster and his credibility well deserved after several years of quality control. He knows what he is doing. So do others like Lords of Wargaming, Hastings and Arthurius11. To seperate the crappy from the solid ones, Pretre's tracker helps a lot. Be patient, ignore BOLS and Faeit until after Necs (both sites usually get better shortly before releases) and don't expect much news about Harlequins before mid of February


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Troupe models, jetbikes and clampack characters are the original rumor from Darnok's source

Soo is it fair to say this thread is ready for the padlock treatment? At least til we get something more concrete and less BoLS-sand-like?

Yeah, I don't trust these or the AdMech rumors at all. We haven't had this level of detailed information (units, weapons, rules, etc) about a release this far in advance in a very long time. These rumors just don't fit with the rumor cycle we've experienced in the past months.

This is super exciting! Always liked their aesthetic!

Ahh, this rumor brings nice memories back.


I had a blast painting my 2001 Dark Harlequin Project, even made it in WD 259...
See: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/dark_harlequins.html


Some good new Harlequins might even get me back into painting some Eldar...

angelofvengeance wrote:Soo is it fair to say this thread is ready for the padlock treatment? At least til we get something more concrete and less BoLS-sand-like?

No. It is fun to discuss these things until there is better information. I am careful specifically with rumors like the latest that came from BOLS - everyone can easily make this up by browsing through the White Dwarfs or the Warhammer 40,000 Compendium of old and will end with rumors like that. There was nothing original in those two posts - just a rehash of the 1st ed rules and some guesses thrown in like the transport options (with strange choices like the razorwing). I will continue to add everything that does not sound too fishy to the original post to keep this thread updated

rollawaythestone wrote:Yeah, I don't trust these or the AdMech rumors at all. We haven't had this level of detailed information (units, weapons, rules, etc) about a release this far in advance in a very long time. These rumors just don't fit with the rumor cycle we've experienced in the past months.

Exactly We can currently see that with Necrons. Not much is known about the rules changes - if anything. Only a few years ago many new rules would have been already leaked so close to release - from sources turning out correct. GW's new policy regarding rules leaks is working well


@AAN Your Eldar stuff (among other projects) is ace, Agis, I still remember it well

 AAN wrote:
Ahh, this rumor brings nice memories back.


I had a blast painting my 2001 Dark Harlequin Project, even made it in WD 259...
See: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/dark_harlequins.html


Some good new Harlequins might even get me back into painting some Eldar...

I remember those, awesome work!!! Love those conversions!