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But then they'd've announced that, right?

This mini seems like a refugee. It's not attached to any release, which is odd.

Maybe the Necron v AdMech box rumours are real.

Admech got their book......Imperial Knights did not. It could be that they get their own forces. After all, what good are the "knightly households" factions? None right now, could be some in the future. Perhaps some kind of campaign book?

Anyway, that mini-knight is a good idea. It's hard to make an all-knight army come out at the right points. This will help. I'll probably buy two. They look to be about the same size as a Dreadknight.

From what I hear, the actual release order is T'au, Necron, then Dark Eldar. Tau commander spam being dealt with.

New non-power armour models? I thought they'd stopped doing those. Great news even though I don't play either faction.

The video is titled 'Armiger Warglaives'. According to Wikipedia, an armiger "... is a person entitled to use a heraldic achievement (e.g., bear arms, an "armour-bearer") either by hereditary right, grant, matriculation, or assumption of arms. ".

Years ago (8 or 9) I converted an Admech army. It included 2 Knights, made from the Defiler kit and a third smaller walker that had a very similar body type to the Knight Armiger. I'm starting to get suspicious that GW has been spying on me.

Spying on me and MASSIVELY improving on my designs, but spying nonetheless.

next three xeno codices announced, looks like orks are last, The Drukhari, T’au Empire and Necrons

As I suspect, Orks are being held back (so to speak, they're not keeping a completed book 'away' from us) because they will be a bigger release with multiple kits ala Death Guard or Custodes.

 cuda1179 wrote:
Admech got their book......Imperial Knights did not.

Yeah, someone already brought that up, but GW didn't announce a Knight Codex, so it seems odd that they're release a mini without a Codex. It must be tied to something else.

 Ghaz wrote:
The video is titled 'Armiger Warglaives'. According to Wikipedia, an armiger "... is a person entitled to use a heraldic achievement (e.g., bear arms, an "armour-bearer") either by hereditary right, grant, matriculation, or assumption of arms. ".

The part to really take from the armiger description is that it's an "esquire". It's someone above a gentleman but below a knight.

I'm more interested in the fact that it's titled "Warglaives". Is that the pattern of Armiger there?

Drukhari -and- Necrons, on top of Legions of Nagash and Malign Portents? Oh boy, this is beginning to look like an expensive time for me.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/01/26/new-codexes-factions-our-heroes-and-more-breaking-news-from-the-las-vegas-opengw-homepage-post-1/

Well we know part of it is correct (for the most part, will know more on dates soon)

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but this means essentially Necrons got 2 individual monopose kits in terms of model support from Jan 2015 though presumably 2018?

 Ouze wrote:
So, correct me if I'm wrong, but this means essentially Necrons got 2 individual monopose kits in terms of model support from Jan 2015 though presumably 2018?

Sisters will always win this argument.

 Ouze wrote:
So, correct me if I'm wrong, but this means essentially Necrons got 2 individual monopose kits in terms of model support from Jan 2015 though presumably 2018?

is that including the lord of war?

 Ouze wrote:
So, correct me if I'm wrong, but this means essentially Necrons got 2 individual monopose kits in terms of model support from Jan 2015 though presumably 2018?

At least you're definitely getting something. Dark Eldar and Tau don't seem that lucky


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meleti wrote:

 Ouze wrote:
So, correct me if I'm wrong, but this means essentially Necrons got 2 individual monopose kits in terms of model support from Jan 2015 though presumably 2018?

Sisters will always win this argument.

Within the given timeframe, Sisters have had twice as many models released

That or the Knight codex will come later, and they are just teasing the model now.

Im sure there are more models in the pipeline, this is just to whet your appetite and have some cool toys to show off for LVO. Cant blow their load all at once now, can they?

At least Xenos players can finally hush now.

 Ouze wrote:
So, correct me if I'm wrong, but this means essentially Necrons got 2 individual monopose kits in terms of model support from Jan 2015 though presumably 2018?

Yeah, sure seems like it. That being said, with the use of Chapter approved at the very least they can produce models out of codex cycle.

Leggy wrote:
At least you're definitely getting something. Dark Eldar and Tau don't seem that lucky

TBH I can't really think of anything that the Tau need, but a full blown Drew Carey Codex seems like a magnificent time to replace this thing with a plastic kit.

The crypek is cool and in plastic.

... Well I'm not that sold on the (quite old now) "new" Necron aesthetic.

I prefered a less techny, more plain and sinister version.

Still, plastic means easier conversions !

So... I guess that means the Crptek won't be getting a varied suite of fancy wargear options.

Shame.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
So... I guess that means the Crptek won't be getting a varied suite of fancy wargear options.

Shame.

The WHC article makes specific mention of the cryptek having multiple wargear options. It'll be a distinct upgrade from the Index where you got a Staff of Light and that's it, for sure.

 Arachnofiend wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
So... I guess that means the Crptek won't be getting a varied suite of fancy wargear options.

Shame.

The WHC article makes specific mention of the cryptek having multiple wargear options. It'll be a distinct upgrade from the Index where you got a Staff of Light and that's it, for sure.

Actually, it just says ‘This particular Cryptek is the first ever to be cast in plastic and features what looks like some new wargear.’ which doesn’t necessarily mean wargear options.

I hope the kit has more than 2 options then.

The current cryptek has different options right? This models has new options, apparently.

Still no sign of Orks, bizarre. One of the most popular xenos still with no codex. It would fill me with hope that we'll be getting a decent codex and new models but I know GW better than that.

We'll probably be after the agents of Imperium and imperial knights codex.

Looks more and more likely for a necron vs admech box though! Which is very, very interesting if true. Annoyed Admech are getting new units as they already have a codex and some of us are still waiting on that.

The new knight is specifically not AdMech, AdMech just has some minor synergy with knights. It'll be <QUESTOR IMPERIALIS> OR <QUESTOR MECHANICUS> just like all the other knights.

 Arachnofiend wrote:
The new knight is specifically not AdMech, AdMech just has some minor synergy with knights. It'll be <QUESTOR IMPERIALIS> OR <QUESTOR MECHANICUS> just like all the other knights.

Questor mechanicus = admech Knight, no?

Mechanically it means nothing other than using the one stratagem that lets your knight benefit from Canticles, is what I mean. It's an Imperial Knights release, and AdMech is only slightly more encouraged to run a knight than any other Imperium faction.

 An Actual Englishman wrote:
The current cryptek has different options right? This models has new options, apparently.

Still no sign of Orks, bizarre. One of the most popular xenos still with no codex. It would fill me with hope that we'll be getting a decent codex and new models but I know GW better than that.

We'll probably be after the agents of Imperium and imperial knights codex.

Looks more and more likely for a necron vs admech box though! Which is very, very interesting if true. Annoyed Admech are getting new units as they already have a codex and some of us are still waiting on that.

Clearly there's no market for Orks. Or else they'd be getting releases.

Right AAE?

As far as i'm aware, GW said ages ago that every faction would have its codex by June? July? and nothing has changed.

Has GW at any point stated how many codexes will be released in total? Currently, a total of 16 have been announced. I remember reading a statement somewhere that by mid 2018 all codexes should be done, but I could't find it back on the community page anymore. All I could find was that all "major" factions would be getting a codex, which is as vague as it gets. Orks and Space Wolves seem a clear cut for me, but then what else is up. I would guess that Harlequins and GSC also get a codex Then there's the whole mess with Imperial sub-factions (knights, Inquisitors, SoB, assassins, LotD, SoS, ministorum priests and even Deathwatch). I really don't see how Imperial Knights deserve their own codex. Even with the new model it's just two models with some different weapons and the index + CA pretty much cover them properly. I guess all of the sub-factions could be lumped in one big Imperial Agents book, but that'll be a challenge to make it at least a tiny bit coherent. I don't expect World Eaters or Emperor's Children to get their own book, considering neither is mentioned specifically in the rulebook and all other (Chaos) Space Marines that received their own codexes so far have been. Following that logic, Deathwatch should also get their own codex. I'm curious to hear if there's any info known on the amount of codexes that should be released, at least that would give an indication on how the Imperial sub-factions will be treated.

 An Actual Englishman wrote:
Still no sign of Orks, bizarre. One of the most popular xenos still with no codex.

Considering they would have to drop almost half the index due to massive lack in model support, maybe they need the time to produce new models. And to get a clue about how orks are actually supposed to work.

I'd even wait till December if we get decent codex out of it.