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From WD, piccie lifted from Garro on FB

Hemlocks and whatnots inbound.

Not a fan of the new Eldar aircraft aesthetic compared to the classic ones.

Wonder if they'll be resin or plastic.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Not a fan of the new Eldar aircraft aesthetic compared to the classic ones.

Wonder if they'll be resin or plastic.

What do you mean? Compared to the epic versions?

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Not a fan of the new Eldar aircraft aesthetic compared to the classic ones.

Wonder if they'll be resin or plastic.

What do you mean? Compared to the epic versions?

I think he means the older FW style Eldar aircraft rather than the Hemlock and Crimson Hunter.

Wouldn't it be funny ifthe FW craft were plastic and the GW craft were resin?

 Jack Flask wrote:

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Not a fan of the new Eldar aircraft aesthetic compared to the classic ones.

Wonder if they'll be resin or plastic.

What do you mean? Compared to the epic versions?

I think he means the older FW style Eldar aircraft rather than the Hemlock and Crimson Hunter.

Yeah, exactly, the Nightwing and Pheonix look sleek and deadly, the Hemlock and Crimson Hunter give me the same chibi vibes that a lot of GW's aircraft do.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Wouldn't it be funny ifthe FW craft were plastic and the GW craft were resin?

Not really, no.

The new Eldar stuff looks awesome, just wish it was all plastic. Obviously a much greater initial cost than resin but if (l assume) they will be doing HH epic then following it up later with epic 40k then its not as bad. They may do that later on, using resin as a placeholder. There ar e a few examples now if fw resin getting the plastic treatment; Cataphracti and Tartaros armour, older PA marks, Krieg etc

 Inquisitor Kallus wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Wouldn't it be funny ifthe FW craft were plastic and the GW craft were resin?

Not really, no.

The new Eldar stuff looks awesome, just wish it was all plastic.

Yeah, I want a Vampire, but the pricetag is significantly more compared to a Thunderhawk, and on top of the price increase you need to deal with resin. If the new Eldar craft are plastic, that's a buy. If they're resin (which is likely), that's a hard pass

They're up! Finally, a Specialist Games article!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/03/14/asuryani-aspect-warriors-and-seers-take-to-the-skies-in-aeronautica-imperialis/





No indication if they're plastic or resin

I really didn't expect to see these, as these are the first "Citadel" flyers to be included in Aeronautica. All the other flyers have been Forge World models.

Even Space Marines didn't get Stormhawks or Stormravens.

Thats not accurate, Necron flyers (with the exception of the Nightshroud Bomber) were the first "citadel" flyers to be included.

That'd be the Dakkajet (which replaced the old FW Fighta)

AllSeeingSkink wrote:


Yeah, exactly, the Nightwing and Pheonix look sleek and deadly, the Hemlock and Crimson Hunter give me the same chibi vibes that a lot of GW's aircraft do.

That is due to limitations of GW plastic design in 40k leading to that awful chibi/boxy style. The marine ones are the worse... Valkyrie was a bizarre and good exception!

The_Real_Chris wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:


Yeah, exactly, the Nightwing and Pheonix look sleek and deadly, the Hemlock and Crimson Hunter give me the same chibi vibes that a lot of GW's aircraft do.

That is due to limitations of GW plastic design in 40k leading to that awful chibi/boxy style. The marine ones are the worse... Valkyrie was a bizarre and good exception!

That's cause it was originally a Forgeworld design

The main studio Space Marine flyers are definitely the most terrible looking.

 zedmeister wrote:
That'd be the Dakkajet (which replaced the old FW Fighta)

True, I guess there is a difference there. I dismissed it out of hand along with the Valkyrie based on them having had FW models (well, technically as you said a "fighta" for Orks rather than a Dakkajet).

Confirmed as resin from Warhammer TV on Facebook

Came to post the same, confirmed resin.

Smol Eldar planes go on pre-order via Forge World on Friday.

I was cautiously looking forward to the Hemlocks but indeed Forgeworld strikes again.

Dangit, guess I won’t be collecting Eldar. FW is a non-starter for me, and most of the faction is now resin releases.

 Soundtheory wrote:
Dangit, guess I won’t be collecting Eldar. FW is a non-starter for me, and most of the faction is now resin releases.

The Nightwings and Phoenixes are still pretty cool and reasonably good value at 6 per pack.

Depends what you want in your force though, I think a couple of Vampires are important to get the hull point count up a bit and also provide transport.

I don't know what role these new fighters have versus the Nightwings and Phoenixes, I still haven't bought the compendium which has their rules, bloody GW making it direct only.

Phoenix come in 3 pack, not 6, not a good value at all.

Hemlock cost 26 for 3 bright lance shot with 3+ extra damage, probably the best fighter in the game, no special rule for psychic power.

Nightshade (aka Crimson Hunter) cost 25 for 4 Throttle, generic bright lance profile, the illustrated picture for it on the card is wrong, also missing pulse laser weapons on the profile, because rule writer, who worked at GW, never look at rules or model of a crimson hunter.

Not many reason to take nightshade over Nightwing.

Chopstick wrote:
Phoenix come in 3 pack, not 6, not a good value at all.

My mistake, I bought 2x Wrath of Angels boxes rather than the individual boxes and each box came with 3 of each.

Now live at £33 a pair. Roughly equivalent to the Necrons and Vultures.

At least sculptor didn't "forget" the pulse laser.

Out of nowhere:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/05/30/the-adeptus-custodes-join-the-aeronautica-imperialis-air-war-in-a-flash-of-gold-and-crimson/

How random.

Custodes? That's just a bit of an odd choice before Chaos or even Dark Eldar or Mechanicus. Still, good to see they're not finished with the game yet.

Wow. Nice. Now we need the Equinox fighter next...

Also, Divisio Aeronautica - Heresy expansion? Titanicus link up...?