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So it is official that Kroot Mercenaries rumours were a scam and just click-bait and that the original poster of that rumour should be shot and perma banned?

Wait until January-Feb, but yea 95% dead. Lol.

 Gamgee wrote:
Wait until January-Feb, but yea 95% dead. Lol.

Please don't muddy the waters. To the previous poster, it is simply an unsubstantiated rumor. While still possible, we won't know either until the codex is fully leaked OR until Gw start releasing pics of Kroot and Vespid in the same pic as the new models.

 agnosto wrote:


I don't know German but there are enough familiar words in that article to lead me to believe that it has some sort of deflector field.

It says something along the line of 'The supremacy armour is the pinnacle of earth cast innovation and that it is one of the strongest weapons platforms on the battlefield. With such an arsenal, it can disrupt even the deflector shields of a battle titan or an entire column of vehicles and its even bigger than an Imperial Knight! Below you can see it compared to a Crisis Battlesuit.'

 agnosto wrote:

Zelnik wrote:
A MUCH better pic of the Tau'Nar just cropped up. A lot of my fears of it "not fitting in" just were resolved.

I don't know German but there are enough familiar words in that article to lead me to believe that it has some sort of deflector field.

Weeeeeelll...

The poster on Advanced Tau Tactica who first broke the name and basic details of the Supremacy Armor made a mention of one of the FW guys specifically stating that it has a Nova Reactor--but given the size of the thing, it's so heavily armored that it can function as "always on" rather than having to be charged.

Zelnik wrote:
A MUCH better pic of the Tau'Nar just cropped up. A lot of my fears of it "not fitting in" just were resolved.

That Tau'Nar is so beautiful. It really is beautiful. Damn, I tip my hat to FW, that is one marvelous model.

Yo, for the people talking about crisis suits not being new or being new, and using the fact they're in the background as an argument, isn't it possible the stuff being showcased in the front are the new units as apposed to the brand spanking new models?

The big guy defintly looks better from that angle. Atlhough if I get one, I'm still making it's chest not stick out quite so far.

Jaxler wrote:
Yo, for the people talking about crisis suits not being new or being new, and using the fact they're in the background as an argument, isn't it possible the stuff being showcased in the front are the new units as apposed to the brand spanking new models?

It's all new stuff in the Visions cover.

The only reason there's some debate is because for whatever reason someone thought they were pieces that are present in the Farsight Enclaves book, which were converted by a sculptor at GW and then used as the basis for the new Broadside redesign.

Jaxler wrote:
Yo, for the people talking about crisis suits not being new or being new, and using the fact they're in the background as an argument, isn't it possible the stuff being showcased in the front are the new units as apposed to the brand spanking new models?

aren't most of those pictures from a visions which is different from a WD paper advertisement?

I really really like the FW Tau suit. £250 might be doable at some point too... It's much more realistic than say, a Warlord...


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 Desubot wrote:

Jaxler wrote:
Yo, for the people talking about crisis suits not being new or being new, and using the fact they're in the background as an argument, isn't it possible the stuff being showcased in the front are the new units as apposed to the brand spanking new models?

aren't most of those pictures from a visions which is different from a WD paper advertisement?

Not completely sure what you mean but visions is still very much an advertisement, a large chunk of it is still photos of the new releases.

 ImAGeek wrote:
I really really like the FW Tau suit. £250 might be doable at some point too... It's much more realistic than say, a Warlord...


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 Desubot wrote:

Jaxler wrote:
Yo, for the people talking about crisis suits not being new or being new, and using the fact they're in the background as an argument, isn't it possible the stuff being showcased in the front are the new units as apposed to the brand spanking new models?

aren't most of those pictures from a visions which is different from a WD paper advertisement?

Not completely sure what you mean but visions is still very much an advertisement, a large chunk of it is still photos of the new releases.

Why do you think GW publishes Warhammer: Visions? It's a means of advertising their models and showing off the 'Eavy Metal team (not that I'm dissing their painters, as they're a lot better than I could ever be). White Dwarf is also an ad rag, but gets less pretty pictures and more crappy articles.

IIRC the purpose of the visions was more of a showcase than a straight look whats coming up this week like the WD is.

Gosh... My Tau will get new reinforcements soon!

Zelnik wrote:
A MUCH better pic of the Tau'Nar just cropped up. A lot of my fears of it "not fitting in" just were resolved.

I am the opposite - that looks even worse than before :(

There is a great picture of the Tau'Nar in this week's WD. It looks terrific. If anyone wants, I'll take a quick snap of it with my point 'n shoot.

In the words of Shas'Ui LeBeouf, JUST DO IT!

 Talys wrote:
There is a great picture of the Tau'Nar in this week's WD. It looks terrific. If anyone wants, I'll take a quick snap of it with my point 'n shoot.

Only if you make the picture super blurry, cropped incorrectly and from the wrong angle.

Yes please do.

 Talys wrote:
There is a great picture of the Tau'Nar in this week's WD. It looks terrific. If anyone wants, I'll take a quick snap of it with my point 'n shoot.

Here are pics of it

http://battlebunnies.blogspot.com/2015/07/tau-kx-139-ta.html

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http://imgur.com/a/gXO2q/all

 krazynadechukr wrote:

 Talys wrote:
There is a great picture of the Tau'Nar in this week's WD. It looks terrific. If anyone wants, I'll take a quick snap of it with my point 'n shoot.

Here are pics of it

http://battlebunnies.blogspot.com/2015/07/tau-kx-139-ta.html

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http://imgur.com/a/gXO2q/all

We're talking about the new white dwarf pics. Reposting those is nice but it's like watching a dirty movie a second time. You already know the "plot" and it isn't as special the second time around.

Here you go, so's you don't have to watch reruns of dirty movies. I actually really like the pic; the comparison to the XV81 is also cool.



"Note: XV81 Crisis Battlesuit is included for scale purposes only." Man. If anyone actually asked, the right response would be... you're gonna buy a KX139? Suuuure, have a free XV81 on the house!!

Also, "The result of the Tau Earth caste scientists' innovation..." Never really followed Tau fluff much, so not sure what this is a reference to. But whoever those Earth caste scientists are, they sure learned from the Earthlings (or Martians?) that if it's good, making it bigger is better, and making REALLY bigger, well, that's bestest. Innovation at its finest!!

 Red Corsair wrote:

 krazynadechukr wrote:
Here is a closer look at new troops packs.... It looks like the are jump troops with a shotty style weapon!

Thanks for that super clear picture, clearly there can be no other explanation

Edit: on a serious note though, I have been curious as to why everyone assumes they are normal firewarriors replacements. They could be a new troop, and if those are a booster of some sort I think it would be cooler if they a grav shoot so they can be Orca drops ie deepstrike. I am highly doubtful they will be jetpack infantry though, no more riding in devil fish if that were the case.

My guess is they are pathfinders and now have a jet pack upgrade.

So its the English (and larger) version of this earlier pic

That big new battlesuit sure is cool, but it's way outside my price range! The other rumored new Tau stuff is pretty exciting as well, makes me glad I haven't spent much money on Tau yet (that may very well change once the new stuff comes out).

I like the sound of gigantor...

@Ghaz - I missed that one. Sorry :( Oh well, at least you have Englishification

 Talys wrote:
@Ghaz - I missed that one. Sorry :( Oh well, at least you have Englishification

But I speak 'Ahmericun'. At least the pic was biggerized

 Talys wrote:
Here you go, so's you don't have to watch reruns of dirty movies. I actually really like the pic; the comparison to the XV81 is also cool.

Pardon - is this from WD 86 then? Trying to locate my own copy...

Clunker wrote:

 Talys wrote:
Here you go, so's you don't have to watch reruns of dirty movies. I actually really like the pic; the comparison to the XV81 is also cool.

Pardon - is this from WD 86 then? Trying to locate my own copy...

Yeah #86 P.11