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Do we have any idea what the arlatax battle automata are? Or look like?

 Peregrine wrote:
Any word on new Tau stuff from FW? Either the rumored Tau vs. admech book, or new models?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/660/660641.page#8195945

There was a new Tau v AdMech diorama. It had several FW models, and it also has the 30k Ordinatus. I'm not familiar enough with AdMech to know if any of the knights or titans were from another era.
If you look close at some of the Tau models, particularly the Fire Warriors surrounding the Ethereal, you'll notice they're.... not quite table-top quality painted. For a display diorama, they're really under painted.

But for a controlled photoshoot, where, say, you just need take a distant picture for the cover of something like, say, Imperial Armour 14, the quality is just right. You'll never miss those details at a distance shrunk down to book-cover size.

If legit, expect the FW HH Ordinatus Minoris (or whatever that is) to be legit for Mechanicus in 40k.

That diorama was done very very quickly. To give an idea, at the start of September, there were signs up asking for freelance painters to pitch in. The sheer scale of it is the overwhelming point in person.
I got pics from the Admech end, I'll try and do a thing and not have to post once per picture in here.

I like dreads but this is getting a bit silly.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:


Yeah, it was badly handled. Also, the publicity made a big thing about black library and there were no talks on that, nor was it particularly clear what was going on with it.
If you've never seen WHW, it would be worth the trip. But being a store and having a few figures you can only buy on the day is not an event.

The reopening was much the same, except we were trapped until 2pm due to stupidly times museum slots.

This is pretty much all that's left of gamesday. I've heard similar from a few people. GW were expecting the Citadel seminar to be hugely popular and had 2 sessions set up. They weren't popular, they shut down any talk of future releases and someone mentioned empty seats. Forgeworld, on the other hand, had one seminar which was chocka.

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Ok, what are the rules here and how soon am I going to be hurling my money accross the Atlantic ocean? Tell me SOMEONE got to see a tidbit of the corsair rules... PLEASE!

For my scrubby phone pics of the new Tau Dio, click this and explore the album.

Sweet! Many thanks for taking the time to snap those pics and for sharing!

Were there any pictures of the new Automata?

 SinisterSamurai wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:
Any word on new Tau stuff from FW? Either the rumored Tau vs. admech book, or new models?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/660/660641.page#8195945

There was a new Tau v AdMech diorama. It had several FW models, and it also has the 30k Ordinatus. I'm not familiar enough with AdMech to know if any of the knights or titans were from another era.
If you look close at some of the Tau models, particularly the Fire Warriors surrounding the Ethereal, you'll notice they're.... not quite table-top quality painted. For a display diorama, they're really under painted.

But for a controlled photoshoot, where, say, you just need take a distant picture for the cover of something like, say, Imperial Armour 14, the quality is just right. You'll never miss those details at a distance shrunk down to book-cover size.

If legit, expect the FW HH Ordinatus Minoris (or whatever that is) to be legit for Mechanicus in 40k.

Ok, so implicit confirmation that the book still exists, but nothing explicit said about it? No hints on specific rules/new units that might be included/etc?

 BrookM wrote:
Sweet! Many thanks for taking the time to snap those pics and for sharing!

I got a mix of things snapped like the new Knights, and used a real camera, but I'm quite spaced and can't work out how to share them sensibly.

No rush, there's always tomorrow.

Any timeline for the release of the HH Masterclass book? I feel like they announced it years ago..

 SinisterSamurai wrote:
Images via Andrew Asquith on one of the Tau facebook groups.

The whole fam is here.

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A brave school of piranha in the distance.

Gibaz, you exist!

 Nicky J wrote:
Do we have any idea what the arlatax battle automata are? Or look like?

Deathbots with jump packs. Bedford was extremely excited about them!

I saw the pic of Nathaniel Garro Hand of the Sigilite. It looked good. Its been a while since i saw a good captin model. The monster dread...meh. 40k doesn't need more super heavys.

 Formosa wrote:
Battle bunnies is wrong, we have only seen a single picture of a black shield, and it has 4 lines of text, none of which goes with anything battle bunnies are saying.

The words from Andy Hoare's mouth are what bunnies reported. Black shields can be anything you want them to be. They may have gone insane from what they've seen. May question or desire to kill their primarch or someone else's. May be pirates. May be genetic aberrations. May have gone to the vaults and unlocked dark tech. They can be any colours wanted as they could have an Ec helmet, world eaters shoulder pad and so on as they Nick the best bits of armour from dead individuals.

New rites of war for all. I asked Andy about EC and we'll get kakophoni as troops with relentless representing vairoseans 3rd which is nice. He also said when they revisit the red books hen things like Phoenix guard and kakophoni will be tweaked. He was the saving grace of the day as the rest was sub par - based on what the writing editorial chap said though I'm a tiny minority as I'm moaning on a thread in a forum. We shall see...

I don't suppose there's any news regarding a revised Imperial Armour 8? Last I heard it got pushed in favor of re-doing IA11 first. (Go Eldar players! I mean... I'm happy for you and all, but new ork stuff would be really cool too. Just saying.)

Ok, I like the idea of revised Eldar stuffs.

Two pages of the Eldar rules in Mymeara were leaked to a FB group, but I can't figure out how to link to the images. (I can't link directly to FB, and I'm not a 100% sure that putting images of leaked rules pages in my gallery would be kosher.)

Looks like Corsairs are getting Jetbike troops, though. With the option for Scatter lasers, Shuriken Cannons, Splinter Cannons, Dark Lances, or something new called a Dissonance Cannon (which can also be taken by the Felarh--sarge--in pistol form!). Dark Eldar players will weep to see that the Corsair characters have access to the Venom blades their own upgrade characters don't. In addition to Outflank they have two special rules: Dancing on the Blade's Edge and Reckless Abandon.

The new Skathach Wraithknight also looks pretty sweet. He lacks a CC weapon option, but instead gets either two deathshroud cannons (big honkin monofilament weapons) or two inferno lances (hell if I know). He can swap one out for a Scattershield. He also gets a portable webway shunt generator that essentially gives him a 12" Gate of Infinity for free (with only d6 scatter), or lets him automatically go back into Ongoing Reserves. The Shunt also protects him from mishaping.

If you're using Chrome, you should be able to right click the image and click "Copy Image URL" to get the direct link to the images.

I wonder if the Corsair WK is going to be as OP as the normal one... I sure hope not (as I want one eventually).

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
If you're using Chrome, you should be able to right click the image and click "Copy Image URL" to get the direct link to the images.

I wonder if the Corsair WK is going to be as OP as the normal one... I sure hope not (as I want one eventually).

Yes. per 4Chan leak, it has 2 S7 AP4 Bladestorm Shred either Hellstorm template or 48" range 7" blast will evaporate infantry. The other gun option is a 36" Melta with d3+2 shots. All for base cost of 60 points cheaper than a Knight Paladin or 55 cheaper than a bare Stormsurge. And specifically allowed to be taken in place of a normal Wraithknight in the Codex Eldar detachment/formation.

I play marines, and both of those seem tamer than the double D or sword and board.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Yes. per 4Chan leak, it has 2 S7 AP4 Bladestorm Shred either Hellstorm template or 48" range 7" blast will evaporate infantry.

The other gun option is a 36" Melta with d3+2 shots.

All for base cost of 60 points cheaper than a Knight Paladin or 55 cheaper than a bare Stormsurge. And specifically allowed to be taken in place of a normal Wraithknight in the Codex Eldar detachment/formation.

2x 7" / flamer templates? Not a bad anti-horde fit, though it's "only" AP4...

2x d3+2 Melta shots? That's basically 2 Pens per gun, but short range. Definitely needs the I save to be effective, and a lack of a D sword hurts.

That all seems totally fair, and a nice balance of weapons compared to the basic kit.

Just spotted this

Scoured 4Chan and found them (thanks for the heads up MajorWesJanson).



No D but wow crazy good against hordes.
Wounding vs I templates that are AP2 on 6's... yeesh.

Goodbye Orks, have some pain Necrons and feth you IG/Tau.

EDIT: Ninja'd on posting the WK rules image. Shoulda refreshed the page.

EDIT 2: Looks like it also can't be taken by corsairs (makes sense since it's a Wraith unit I suppose), so looks like I don't need to worry about it.

Brace of pistols? That's what was used in flintlock times when it would take 2 minutes to reload each pistol, so they carries a bunch of them, sometimes 5, or more.

 Dryaktylus wrote:

 Formosa wrote:
Battle bunnies is wrong, we have only seen a single picture of a black shield, and it has 4 lines of text, none of which goes with anything battle bunnies are saying.

From the FW Open Day Amsterdam:

there're 'Black Shields' in the book (Andy Hoare and Alan Bligh created them for Deathwatch). Here they're Marines who left their Legion and fight just for themselves

Source was Arac from Tabletopwelt.de

In Deathwatch Blackshields are presented with more of a penitent slant, where their dishonored chapter's iconography is obliterated. With shattered legions and the general emphasis on guerrilla warfare that comes with that, I'd guess that the Blackshields are gonna be the loyalist survivors of the traitor legions.

What are cloud dancers?

FW is really teasing me. I've always had a secret love of corsairs, and would love to start an army, but my budget is stretched thin as it is, what with uni, needing a new PC, and expectations for the new tau release. Anybody need a kidney, I have spare?