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 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 gorgon wrote:

gungo wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

gungo wrote:

 Imateria wrote:

Aexae wrote:
Heard from my FLGS that the plastic SoB are coming and she already ordered some. no more reference than that, but hope is what we live for!

I think you just got trolled.

well There is a fairly strong runour stating sisters are coming in the prospero box game from GW.
Whether that means sisters of silence and how those fit into sisters of battle for 40k I don't know.

It was pretty strongly implied it was Sisters of Silence in that boxed set.

That's what I said please read
Sisters of silence artwork is not really that different that sisters of battle artwork. They are both power armoured bolt gun wielding witch hunting fanatics with long red cloaks.

But they aren't the same thing.

Which was my point. It is Sisters of Silence in the box, not Sisters of Battle. Obviously intrepid modelers are going to use these models to make Sisters of Battle, but they aren't Sisters of Battle right out of the box.

SoS basically vanish after the HH for some reason, perhaps they are part of the Black ship thing in present day 40k but they are not SoB, first they have that silly eldar top knot , their Armour is quite different , they are also more like the custodes than SoB, acting extremely rarely in if ever (if they even exist) 40k

Ugh, I need leaked pictures already!

Man, it looks like we really won't see pictures before they show up on pre-order!

As has been said no White Dwarf = no early pictures.

Gather unto them the Dead.
Legion, they drift within the sands, . . .

Is that referring to Necrons?

The blackened shield becomes the sword, . . .

So the plan is to use the Deathwatch against Slaanesh?

Calling it right here:

Eldrad is dead. This imposter is The Deceiver who was not actually shattered. The Harlequins become the new Necron Pariahs.

I quite like how GW builds suspension with these prophecies.

 Ghaz wrote:
As has been said no White Dwarf = no early pictures.

Which shows that leaks were possibly not inentional.and that they finally have it locked down

migooo wrote:

SoS basically vanish after the HH for some reason, perhaps they are part of the Black ship thing in present day 40k but they are not SoB, first they have that silly eldar top knot , their Armour is quite different , they are also more like the custodes than SoB, acting extremely rarely in if ever (if they even exist) 40k

The only blanks I'm aware of in 40k are the Culexus and a few in the fiction like Bequin in the Ravenor novels. If the Sisters are still around in 40k they're well hidden. Perhaps around the throne webway links?

migooo wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
As has been said no White Dwarf = no early pictures.

Which shows that leaks were possibly not inentional.and that they finally have it locked down

Right, which was more what I was thinking about when I posted. But this is dakka, so unnecessary over-explaining abounds! I'll make sure to add in all the disclaimers about what I'm already aware of in the future when I make general statements.

Wachaza wrote:

migooo wrote:

SoS basically vanish after the HH for some reason, perhaps they are part of the Black ship thing in present day 40k but they are not SoB, first they have that silly eldar top knot , their Armour is quite different , they are also more like the custodes than SoB, acting extremely rarely in if ever (if they even exist) 40k

The only blanks I'm aware of in 40k are the Culexus and a few in the fiction like Bequin in the Ravenor novels. If the Sisters are still around in 40k they're well hidden. Perhaps around the throne webway links?

It's possible

Ragnar69 wrote:
I quite like how GW builds suspension with these prophecies.

Are you posting on a phone?!?

But yes, they are doing a good job of keeping things interesting and confusing!

 Alpharius wrote:

Ragnar69 wrote:
I quite like how GW builds suspension with these prophecies.

Are you posting on a phone?!?

But yes, they are doing a good job of keeping things interesting and confusing!

Leaks did this far better than this.

 EnTyme wrote:

Gather unto them the Dead.
Legion, they drift within the sands, . . .

Is that referring to Necrons?

Possibly, or possibly it's referring to the Tears of Isha that the Eldar harvest from the Croneworlds within the Eye of Terror.

The blackened shield becomes the sword, . . .

So the plan is to use the Deathwatch against Slaanesh?

Or against something that is a big enough threat that it would necessitate the Eldar aligning themselves with or exposing themselves to the Deathwatch.

Calling it right here:

Eldrad is dead. This imposter is The Deceiver who was not actually shattered. The Harlequins become the new Necron Pariahs.

Eldrad being dead necessitates the 13th Black Crusade having happened. We're currently still pre-13th Black Crusade.
Also, Harlequins do not have the Pariah gene. That's the whole reason the Necron Pariahs were given the moniker of "Pariah" by the Inquisition.

Lambent glow becomes shining beacon,

Could it be referring to the Astronomican?

Wachaza wrote:

migooo wrote:

SoS basically vanish after the HH for some reason, perhaps they are part of the Black ship thing in present day 40k but they are not SoB, first they have that silly eldar top knot , their Armour is quite different , they are also more like the custodes than SoB, acting extremely rarely in if ever (if they even exist) 40k

The only blanks I'm aware of in 40k are the Culexus and a few in the fiction like Bequin in the Ravenor novels. If the Sisters are still around in 40k they're well hidden. Perhaps around the throne webway links?

Weren't the Sisters of Silence blanks? In the Prospero HH novels, they went in in ones and twos to stop the psychics on the Thousand Sons if I remember right.

Wachaza wrote:

migooo wrote:

SoS basically vanish after the HH for some reason, perhaps they are part of the Black ship thing in present day 40k but they are not SoB, first they have that silly eldar top knot , their Armour is quite different , they are also more like the custodes than SoB, acting extremely rarely in if ever (if they even exist) 40k

The only blanks I'm aware of in 40k are the Culexus and a few in the fiction like Bequin in the Ravenor novels. If the Sisters are still around in 40k they're well hidden. Perhaps around the throne webway links?

Blanks still exist they are an extremely rare but natural phenomenon.
Remeber culexus assassins as individual blanks that are discovered, "recruited", and augmented to be a blank+ weapon.
Blamks are not simply grown in a lab but just like any psyker thru are born naturally.
40k basically washed away most blanks rule wise for whatever reason, same reason necron pariahs simply vanished.
As witch hunters I'm sure Blamks exist in sisters of battle however GW gave up on doing anything with sisters but at least they still have condemnor rounds.

If the Eldar do plan to manipulate the Deathwatch into killing Slaanesh, Eldrad's Magnificent Bastard reputation is well earned.

I have to give GW credit, these prophecies are kind of awesome. I still want to see what models are coming out, but these little tidbits are fun to read.

Perhaps the stuff here will lead into the WD Chaos campaign. Or the WD Chaos Campaign will have some stuff for Deathwatch, Harlequins, and Eldar too.

 vitki wrote:

Wachaza wrote:

migooo wrote:

SoS basically vanish after the HH for some reason, perhaps they are part of the Black ship thing in present day 40k but they are not SoB, first they have that silly eldar top knot , their Armour is quite different , they are also more like the custodes than SoB, acting extremely rarely in if ever (if they even exist) 40k

The only blanks I'm aware of in 40k are the Culexus and a few in the fiction like Bequin in the Ravenor novels. If the Sisters are still around in 40k they're well hidden. Perhaps around the throne webway links?

Weren't the Sisters of Silence blanks? In the Prospero HH novels, they went in in ones and twos to stop the psychics on the Thousand Sons if I remember right.

We mean more modern 40k if they were about.

 EnTyme wrote:

Gather unto them the Dead.
Legion, they drift within the sands, . . .

Is that referring to Necrons?.

Ooooooo didnt think of that.

Weren't necrons rumoured to be part of the campaign later on? Or am I imagining that?

Stolen Seers = Wraithbone Choir of Altansar. Calling it now.

 Kanluwen wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

 Stormonu wrote:
Wow, when I hopped back into this hobby, the starter set was somewhere around $80 (Assault of Black Reach/Necron re-release). Now it's going to be $150? That's ridiculous.

And the sick thing is it's still ridiculous money compared to buying individually. One part being the ridiculously inflated character prices due to GW's obsession with plastic eventhough plastic isn't ideal material for everything.

There's 3 character models in there. The Death Jester is $26, Eldrad and Watch-Captain Artemis are the two unknowns.

Removing them from the equation and looking strictly at the Harlequin half of the box? The issue isn't the $26 Death Jester--it's the $40 Harlequin Troupe box with 6 models.

I didn't say it was only reason. Just one reason. But 90 for 3 infantry sized characters is ridiculous price. If troupe would be same price it would be 180 rather than 40...

Characters shouldn't be plastics. They can't sell enough sprues of those to make it viable to sell them at sensible price. Plastic isn't ultimate solution for every use.

 Verviedi wrote:
Stolen Seers = Wraithbone Choir of Altansar. Calling it now.

Didn't Tazyn have them?

I have to say generic characters are fine as plastic. I like metal but I know a lot of people do not. Their attempt with finecast was just awful.

migooo wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Stolen Seers = Wraithbone Choir of Altansar. Calling it now.

Didn't Tazyn have them?

Plot twist: The Black Library is just Trayzn's storehouse. Both the Eldar and the Deathwatch bust in to find him chilling in a recliner polishing his Primarch Armor collection.

tneva82 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

 Stormonu wrote:
Wow, when I hopped back into this hobby, the starter set was somewhere around $80 (Assault of Black Reach/Necron re-release). Now it's going to be $150? That's ridiculous.

And the sick thing is it's still ridiculous money compared to buying individually. One part being the ridiculously inflated character prices due to GW's obsession with plastic eventhough plastic isn't ideal material for everything.

There's 3 character models in there. The Death Jester is $26, Eldrad and Watch-Captain Artemis are the two unknowns.

Removing them from the equation and looking strictly at the Harlequin half of the box? The issue isn't the $26 Death Jester--it's the $40 Harlequin Troupe box with 6 models.

I didn't say it was only reason. Just one reason. But 90 for 3 infantry sized characters is ridiculous price. If troupe would be same price it would be 180 rather than 40...

How are you getting $90 for 3 infantry sized characters?
The ONLY model we have a price point for, in terms of the characters, is the Death Jester. He's $26.
Eldrad is likely to be $26 as well--$30 if we're really going on the high side, but from what we have seen of the leaked sprue? $26-$28 is probably going to be the price point for Eldrad when he's sold by himself later.

Characters shouldn't be plastics. They can't sell enough sprues of those to make it viable to sell them at sensible price. Plastic isn't ultimate solution for every use.

Why shouldn't characters be plastics? It clearly is working well enough that they will keep making them.

Characters should be plastic if it's possible to do them that way. Resin or metal is a pain in the arse to prep for painting.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Why shouldn't characters be plastics? It clearly is working well enough that they will keep making them.

You really enjoy paying that much money for characters that used to cost lot less before?

Plastic for characters mean they will be priced up higher. If they were other metal they could be sold for less money with same profit for GW. You haven't thought why character prices have gone up way more than troop? Answer is plain simple: They went plastic.

(also plastic means reduced maximum detail quality. Characters if anybody benefits from maximum detail quality which GW threw away)

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Characters should be plastic if it's possible to do them that way. Resin or metal is a pain in the arse to prep for painting.

This is my thought too. Plastic characters are infinitely more customizable than Metal and all the detail of resin is wasted when there are bubbles everywhere and bent parts.

migooo wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Stolen Seers = Wraithbone Choir of Altansar. Calling it now.

Didn't Tazyn have them?

I have to say generic characters are fine as plastic. I like metal but I know a lot of people do not. Their attempt with finecast was just awful.

The prophecy also refers to Legions of Dead and sand.

In this one is sounds like they reference the Thousand Sons?

The shield bit I think references the Deathwatch. They will become the sword to what? The death of Slaanesh?

Will Humanity be the instrument of the Eldar's salvation?

Cataphract wrote:
Will Humanity be the instrument of the Eldar's salvation?

*Black Templars and Sisters burst into the room by smashing down the door with a drop pod door.*

"Not on our watch!"