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 angelofvengeance wrote:
So it looks like you get some options then with that bolas- about to swing it and about to release it.

Yeah, I much prefer the more natural "swinging" bolas to the microphone stand-looking pose they show on the WD cover.

This release is what I've been waiting for since I started playing! I wanted a guardian and Harlequin army, now I have these and the corsairs from forge world. Dream come true

What im not understanding is how a thrown bolas is ap2? Is it like a spining monofiliment wire that cuts the enemy in half?

Pdogg614 wrote:
What im not understanding is how a thrown bolas is ap2? Is it like a spining monofiliment wire that cuts the enemy in half?

Haven't seen Moonraker?

Nope lol but is that how it works lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolas#In_popular_culture

They have the bolas so they can do this when they win.

Posted by Tiller5 on Warseer. The artwork is from the Troupe box instruction manual. The skimmers seem to be the Starweaver Transport and the Heavy Support vehicle. They look good

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?403593-A-Laugh-For-Christmas&p=7376235&viewfull=1#post7376235

Looks like the Grand Harlequin with a Glaive too.

Warhams-77 wrote:
Posted by Tiller5 on Warseer. The artwork is from the Troupe box instruction manual. The skimmers seem to be the Starweaver Transport and the Heavy Support vehicle. They look good

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?403593-A-Laugh-For-Christmas&p=7376235&viewfull=1#post7376235

Sweet. They look just like Venoms with Shuriken Cannons to me.

Wonder how many fluff stories there'll be of the harlequins fighting other factions. So far most of the arts and model set ups depict them fighting slaaneshi daemons (which, fluff-wise, really is probably one of their major enemies. I'm just interested in seeing what specific reasons will be for battles with other factions)

Venoms w/Shuriken Cannons looks like. If they get the Skyweaver's 4++, should be a nice little transport. 2 Shuriken Cannons isn't super exciting, even if the top gets to be traded out. But I suppose it's what's on the inside that counts

They look a little slimmer and wider than venoms. More like a cross between vypers and DE fighters. But I like the art at least.

I find myself really preferring the look of them in the B&W art and leaked pics.

If the rest of the release entices me I think I'll try my hand at grayscale with spot colors.

Details of the transport/HS unit will decide my fate. Would love to be able to play a primarily Harlequin force with limited Eldar back up.

TiamatRoar wrote:
Wonder how many fluff stories there'll be of the harlequins fighting other factions. So far most of the arts and model set ups depict them fighting slaaneshi daemons (which, fluff-wise, really is probably one of their major enemies. I'm just interested in seeing what specific reasons will be for battles with other factions)

Well, Harlies fighting any chaos faction is easy and obvious, and Nids nearly just as easy to envision as they pose a major threat to the Exodites and Craftworlders. Imperials are not terribly difficult either, as all you need is something like a SM company/Inquisitor messing around with "things men are not meant to know" or threatening Exodites, etc. Harlequins are freelancers with their own agenda, and they have a long memory since they are the only Eldar faction that survived the Fall with their gods and source of knowledge (the Black Library) intact. Thus, they could have any number of reasons to intervene, many of which would seem inscrutable to humans/tau, etc. because the Harlies are acting on intelligence that has been preserved for the last 40,000 years or so.

I reckon Harlequins would be a great "spoiler" faction for a narrative campaign, too.

The corsairs have venoms with shuriken cannons on them, and they are pretty boss! They are spotless vypers that get 5 man transport capacity for laughs. The harlis get them there already, so I wouldn't need to buy any if that is the case( already converted my own)

Honestly, those pics look so much like Venoms, I'm not sure I'm sold on that being the Starweaver. If the Starweaver really does turn out to be just a re-named Venom, I'll be pretty sad.

Nightwing + Epic Falcon = Starweaver?

Looks like we have a pic of the Starweaver in the top right.


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Or a pic of 'something' anyway.

i think you're right. It has the two guns, and appears bigger. Well spotted.

Okay, I'm sold on the Starweaver.

The blurriness hides any real size reference point, but the stand on the star weaver looks too thick to be a skimmer base...

That with the black and white picture make a pretty strong argument for a venom sized transport. Would have liked a Raider sized party boat, but as I said before I'm sure they want you to grab the shadow seer for larger squads.

@Lythrandire- Good point, but there's a slightly brighter blur behind the gun that's probably the gunner. If it is the gunner, then the size is right at venom/vyper scale.

Venomweaver spam ahoy!

Lythrandire Biehrellian wrote:
The blurriness hides any real size reference point, but the stand on the star weaver looks too thick to be a skimmer base...

Because from the looks, it's on a flyer base.

Interestingly enough, you can get a better idea of the size reference by looking what they parked it on. It's on a Skyshield Landing Pad.

Actually a venom with 6 S6 shots isn't bad at all if it's in the neighborhood of 65 pts like it's cousin.

I thought it looked like a flyer base, but I couldn't be sure. Didn't want someone to think I had any backup for the idea

Pretty sure it is just a normal skimmer base like the venom, just diffused from being out of focus. It's sitting up high, but it is on their custom building that is part landing pad, part upper building works.

Probably a 6 man transport.

The GW sales rep for my FLGS teased him saying that Harlequins would have access to some DE models, including the Raider.

Just FYI, not sure how true it is.

chaos0xomega wrote:
The GW sales rep for my FLGS teased him saying that Harlequins would have access to some DE models, including the Raider.

Just FYI, not sure how true it is.

Of course they will, they're battle bros. I doubt it means anything beyond that. Venom/raider would have been a DT option if so.

Or maybe they can commandeer Eldar/DE units into the army, ala rogue trader era. Would be a neat idea and fit fluff, but I wouldn't bet on it.