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Looks like some xeno love on the way 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/

What are you most excited for. IMO I’m glad necrons are getting an update soon they have had a rough 8th so far

A new type of knight??

 Colonel Cross wrote:
A new type of knight??

which suggests to me eaither IKs are coming sooner then we think with their codex, or there is something too that admech vs necrons campaign rumor

BrianDavion wrote:

 Colonel Cross wrote:
A new type of knight??

which suggests to me eaither IKs are coming sooner then we think with their codex, or there is something too that admech vs necrons campaign rumor

This would fit...especially if it were consisting of some more heavy-hitting models. Maybe the new knight and a shard of the Void Dragon or the like.

I find their approach of the announcement in the mail they sent a bit odd... New codexes! It is all xenos! We even have new models for those xenos codexes! It's an imperial knight!!!

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Wait... What?

 ChaosDad wrote:
I find their approach of the announcement in the mail they sent a bit odd... New codexes! It is all xenos! We even have new models for those xenos codexes! It's an imperial knight!!!

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Wait... What?

LOOTED IMPERIAL KNIGHTS AN ORK CODEX OPTION CONFIRMED?

Oooohhh Mama, that Knight looks awesome

 ChaosDad wrote:
I find their approach of the announcement in the mail they sent a bit odd... New codexes! It is all xenos! We even have new models for those xenos codexes! It's an imperial knight!!!

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Wait... What?

Well there's also the Cryptek, but the smaller Knight is interesting.

Nice to have some cheaper options if you want to run the IK dex pure at least.

I seriously hope the DE dex is decent, it might get me to pick up the current edition. The knight looks like an IK and a Dragoon / Ironstrider had a baby, not impressed...

DE are one of those sleeper hit Index armies. A codex will definitely make them do super well I think.

More importantly is I need a new spark with my Necrons.

They announced a bunch of new Dark Elf models too, which might as well have been included in the Dark Eldar news since that’s what half the sales on those new kits will be used for.

Wow, drukhari!!!! I'll finally have the chance to have a codex in 8th edition.

 Badablack wrote:
They announced a bunch of new Dark Elf models too, which might as well have been included in the Dark Eldar news since that’s what half the sales on those new kits will be used for.

Oh, I didn't hear that. That's good news.

 Viridian wrote:
I seriously hope the DE dex is decent, it might get me to pick up the current edition. The knight looks like an IK and a Dragoon / Ironstrider had a baby, not impressed...

I honestly feel it looks a bit like a Uziel from Mechwarrior

We will see...

But in typical GW style, they could not let xenos just have their moment. Nope gotz to get that new knight model in there. Cannot let them xenos have the spot light, not even in the announcement they have bern waiting for the past 6 months.

the ausridge knight looks nice

I hope the Tau codex is good

Tau players aren't happy the focus is apparently away from auxiliaries and commander spam "addressed".
Necron players wanted more than a monopose small hq model.
Drukhari players had no Vect confirmed and no new models.
Ork players still in the dark.

But hey here's a new Imperial Knight that nobody asked for lol K bye.

I get the feeling GW aren't actually listening to a big proportion of their player base.

Tau codex rules not known yet.
Necrons are getting way more than most codexes so far.
Dark eldars are thus in same boat as most of codexes. In case you haven't noticed it codex=new models isn't true automatically in 8th ed.

Necrons are going to need to release a lot more then 1 cryptek. Currently every named character is finecast i.e. OOP. Necrons need a release of a lot of their guys in plastic.

I'm curious how GW solves the problem of Necrons destroying tanks.
In former editions, Necron Warriors with their Gauss weapons needed four sixes to destroy a LR by glancing it to death.
Now, Gauss weapons have S4, AP-1, D1, while LR have 16 wounds and a 3+ save.

Does this mean that the board will stop spamming "omg more imperium/power armour/uninteresting to me" threads that were nothing more than salt mines.

One can hope.

On a more serious note, nice looking Knight model, hopefully they address the issues knight armies have at the moment when the model inevitably drops with the Codex.

One glaring weakness of an IK army is that Baneblades are so much better than IKs these days.

tneva82 wrote:
In case you haven't noticed it codex=new models isn't true automatically in 8th ed.

Yep if anything new models have appeared almost at random compared to codex releases. Even some almost dead certainties (eg combined biovore/pyrovore and lictor/deathleaper kits for tyranids) in releases haven't yet appeared from GW. They've still not really addressed how, if any, change will be made to how they are going to release actual new models and units into factions going forward from the codex releases.


Still nice to see Necrons getting one more core choice of their armies in plastic; this leaves the flayers (which I wouldn't be shocked if they duel kit with something else new) and then just heroes in finecast.


Also have they given any dates/schedule for release? As it stands I would guess is February and March covered for releases if they stick to two codex a month. So if its Tau - Necron - Dark Eldar and then we just have to wonder where the Dark Elves slot into that (yes sorry GW for all your renaming the old names are easier ). If the March Necron release rumour is accurate then it could be Tau - Dark Elves - Necron - Dark Eldar.

tneva82 wrote:

In case you haven't noticed it codex=new models isn't true automatically in 8th ed.

This. In case people haven't noticed only imperium and chaos get new releaes

The new knight looks very cool, I might get two at some point. and I'm excited for the T'au Codex. But in my heart I know they won't fix the problems Tau face. I just want my Ongar gauntlet back, that they can do without much effort.

Huzzah, about time xenos got their thing. 3 closer to codex SoB

 Lance845 wrote:
Necrons are going to need to release a lot more then 1 cryptek. Currently every named character is finecast i.e. OOP. Necrons need a release of a lot of their guys in plastic.

That is simply not going to happen in the foreseeable future. Making cavity plates for injection moulded plastic is a super expensive and time-consuming process. It is not that you can just cast a rubber mould from your plaster master, like you can with spin-casted pewter or vacuum casted resin.


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 Overread wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
In case you haven't noticed it codex=new models isn't true automatically in 8th ed.

Yep if anything new models have appeared almost at random compared to codex releases.

Some of their rubber moulds are probably more worn than others. And then it becomes a question of: Is it smarter to make a new batch of silicone moulds or order a 20000 £ cold runner insert.

Just started collecting WH40K Necrons, So I'm stoked new Codex is being released! I hope I can annihilate all those who told me to start off with punny space marines!

Bout time we got some xenos, although I'm absolutely baffled how Dark Eldar are higher up on the release schedule than orks. From what I understand Dark Eldar isn't too bad, whereas orks are insanely one dimensional right now and one of the armies the game is most known for, right behind space Marines.

While I will admit the knight isn't bad, why hype up the "year of the xenos" then use half your big reveal for 3 xenos codexes on a knight model? Doesn't make sense.

At least we're finally getting some xenos codexes. The game desperately needs some variety, as it sits most codexes are imperial/chaos and it's getting old. Here's hoping they address the one dimensional nature many index armies are facing right now.