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Support craft is exciting to see. Not only does it mean an increase in the variety of missions you can play, but things like unarmed transports speaks volumes of potential future link-ups with ground forces games.

Don't ever recall the Arvus being called "Little Pig" before, it's always had the Onager nickname in the past. Probably due to GW putting out that AdMech kit in the meantime.

Oh that is adorable. Can't wait to pick a few up for AT terrain purposes.

 Commander Cain wrote:
Oh that is adorable. Can't wait to pick a few up for AT terrain purposes.

Agreed. And they ought to do a crossover terrain set with hangers and a control tower to make an airfield for AI or AT

Chopstick wrote:
Arvus Lighter, doesn't seem like they can have weapons. Even though they can equip 2 guns in 40k.

Very cool! The Arvus wasn't in the original Taros book but I believe the model came out around that edition. The original Aeronautica rules I believe had them effectively unarmed as the make shift weapons only functioned at 40k scale.


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 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Commander Cain wrote:
Oh that is adorable. Can't wait to pick a few up for AT terrain purposes.

Agreed. And they ought to do a crossover terrain set with hangers and a control tower to make an airfield for AI or AT

That would be epic!

 BrookM wrote:
Don't ever recall the Arvus being called "Little Pig" before, it's always had the Onager nickname in the past. Probably due to GW putting out that AdMech kit in the meantime.

Possible that the Imperial Navy believes that Onagers are a porcine species.

After all, the AdMech think that "Onager" refers to an insectoid beast of burden.

That Arvus Lighter is...adorable. I must have one. Or two?

Sod it, I have a dozen!

...and you still want one or two more?

That's dedication!

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Commander Cain wrote:
Oh that is adorable. Can't wait to pick a few up for AT terrain purposes.

Agreed. And they ought to do a crossover terrain set with hangers and a control tower to make an airfield for AI or AT

I should have a couple of these bad boys from Troublemaker Games showing up in the mail in the next few weeks so I'm all set on that front!

Great news on the Arvus Lighter!

I need several of those for Titanicus basing and terrain.

Welp, it seems the AX-1-0 and the quad-plasma versions of the Tiger Shark won't come in the Skies of Fire box...

from the new warhammer community twitter

Be sure to tune into Live tonight at 5:00pm (GMT) for the conclusion of the #WarhammerCommunity Aeronautica Campaign.

Looks like a flying pig/squiggoth

 Nostromodamus wrote:
Looks like a flying pig/squiggoth

If it is, I'll doff my cap, the crazy barstewards!

Jet propelled Squiggoth. What the...

zamerion wrote:
from the new warhammer community twitter

Be sure to tune into Live tonight at 5:00pm (GMT) for the conclusion of the #WarhammerCommunity Aeronautica Campaign.

Spoiler:

It was a retweet, so are we sure this is actually something new for aeronautica, and not something fanmade?

Did someone ask about a Thunderhawk Gunship?

They still can't give ork a different gun barrel design....

"Catch that Squiggoth" special mission model....

So, basically Deff Skwadron then?

 Easy E wrote:
"Catch that Squiggoth" special mission model....

Waaghcky Races?

They wouldn't tease/preview their April Fools joke, would they?

It was a conversion done for the game yesterday. They used an old Epic Squiggoth and wings from a plastic Aeronautica Ork plane to make a flying squiggoth.

Friendly reminder : Warhammer twitch VoD are currently free for everyone to watch.

Fluff time
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/30/technology-versus-tenacity-in-the-skies-over-tarosgw-homepage-post-3fw-homepage-post-4/

Some really lovely images

Looks like its the original campaign not a a new Imperial invasion

Nice art indeed!



Bit disappointed though that they're going for the "we've got hordes" approach with the Imperium yet again. In older fluff the T'au had the edge in terms of tech, whilst the Navy evened this out by having veteran pilots whose combat experience evened the odds.

I can get that change though - Tau are no longer purely new to war. Even though they are new to the vastness of space they've had more than enough fights and battles now to have vets of their own. So the Imperiums earlier advantage has likely reduced significantly; esp as Tau likely augment the performance of their pilots with tech. Whilst the Imperials would never EVER change the holy designs of their machines.

So going for numbers makes sense and is very Imperial.

No amount of experience can save a pilot in a 2 lascannon + some one-use missiles craft against similar speed Aircraft with guns + drone turrets + missile pod + seeker missile.

 Mr Morden wrote:
Some really lovely images

Looks like its the original campaign not a a new Imperial invasion

It’s weird, they’re describing it like the original invasion, but as if it’s in the current time period and the details don’t match up at all?

The Tau having built a space elevator certainly sounds like a couple of centuries later and a second invasion.