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Warpsmith looks great. I love the chosen gace masks with teeth and screams.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Hmm...[/img]

... that's not the same hammer.

Weird indeed. It does have the dangly bits associated with daemon engines/IW. Perturabo?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Hmm...

Spoiler:

... that's not the same hammer.

According to GW:

This box is on its way soon, and it’s just the start of an incredible year for the Aeldari, Chaos, and Warhammer 40,000 in general.

So there's ample hope for that Chaos Primaris Lieutenant you always wanted but never dared dream of to come with that hammer.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Hmm...



... that's not the same hammer.

The chance of this being related to AoS has just increased, though still very small.

There's something about the black legion colour scheme that just makes Chaos seem off to me. I love the models though, especially the chosen with the claws!

The Aeldari models look fantastic to me, very clean cut.

Man, those Eldar minis are fantastic. Really looking forward to picking them up. I was on the fence how Ranger bikers would look, but I really love them. The new Rangers are perfect and that Autarch looks great, and I’m super happy how many options it has.

The Warpsmith also looks great. The Chosen…..look decent. The two unhelmeted heads are VERY derpy, but I think a head swap would make those two look pretty good. Still think I might like the DV ones better.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
I'm actually most intrigued by how they claim the Autarch is cross compatible with the existing one bits-wise

I read it as rules-wise, as in no existing options from current kit are invalidated. Though there’s a hint of new options too.

I liked old warpsmith more. More mechanical look than new one, and the half skull helmet was just so good. New one is ok but lesser model.

I also hate thunder hammer option. It really should have been power maul instead, what happened to TH being one of the post-HH weapons to differentiate SM and CSM ranges?

Yes, I know inept writers at FW ruined that piece of lore but they then flopped back and most of new shields/hammers specifically aren't TH/SS anymore, just worse early variants and 'prototypes'...

Are the eldar getting primarisized or is the tactical rock/ruins just giving the autuarch the extra height? Assuming the chaos marines and specifically the warpsmith has gotten the typical bump obviously.

Snipers on Jetbikes just seem like a daft concept, and seeing as the Eldar range is in dire need of replacing the Finecast stuff, seems like a missed opportunity. Oh well, hopefully GW have replaced the fine cast stuff and are keeping it for a later reveal.

The models are the usual top notch we've come to expect from GW.

I imagine the scale is increasing. Pic is an old metal Dark Reaper next to a new plastic Banshee. Old model is definitely smaller. New models updated to larger size.

Given that the Eldar range is so small and old, I imagine the scale creep will be much more obvious compared to other faction updates

Well, me gusta. I recently got the CSM SC which is a great start for Iron Warriors. This seems like the exactly right next step

I'm having real trouble placing this background terrain piece:



It's similar to the Thermo-Exchange Shrine, but not the same. I can't seem to find the exhaust on the side (it's not from this or this), and the chimney isn't a transplanted from this. I can't match it to any Arkanaut stuff, nor the new Warcry terrain.

Anyone?

It's a kitbash I bet

Edit: Top part of the exhaust could be from the Lord of Skulls kit.

A non-Imperium box set? Heresy!

I am out of the loop...

Does this model of an Eldar Autarch mean you might have some actual options for your autarch? That hint has me most excited.



Snipers on jetbikes look cool, but the concept may jump way past my suspension of disbelief (which is not "it's not real!!!! so don't waste your time with that...)


Standard GW grump below:


And of course they aren't just going to remake the same old units completely. They have to add new units which are better than the old, so you buy the new models and don't just play with your old ones...

 Platuan4th wrote:
Edit: Top part of the exhaust could be from the Lord of Skulls kit.

Possibly bits from this.

I haven't bought a VS box since Shadowspear, and this box will compliment the chaos side of Shadowspear quite well. And I want the eldar stuff of course!

Price will be an issue...but I also know the plastic Rangers and Skyrunners are going to be stupid expensive separately.

Love these new minis so glad to see some new Eldar.

Regarding the "snipers on bikes" being too out there or somehow too unrealistic, we have fast, highly maneuverable scout helicopters for years that have guys hanging off them with guns so I see these Ranger bikes as similar in that idea? I think I saw clips of where the US Military has snipers on copters now as well?

It doesn't seem that unreasonable that these bikes would scoot at or under tree level then pop up, make a shot, then dive back into cover? Maybe the bike is also cloaked somehow with space elf tech?

 Gert wrote:
I've just had a proper look at the Warpsmith and I can't get past how sad the skull on the model's belt looks ]

Aw... I wanted to be a Loyalist Skull!

The models look pretty dope! Shame CSM currently have crap rules. But hey, maybe that'll change soon.

I want four.

bring-bring, bring-bring

"Hello, Games Workshop design studio."

"Hi, it's Dave the sculptor, because the work at home directive is in place, is it ok if I just phone the Chaos sculpts for the new box in?"

"Sure, they'll fit in with all the rest of the range then."

So, how long after this releases do we expect before we see separate releases for these kits? Assuming they don't lock the CSM stuff in a SC box again.

 Gadzilla666 wrote:
So, how long after this releases do we expect before we see separate releases for these kits? Assuming they don't lock the CSM stuff in a SC box again.

Could be a while as we are still waiting for the grey knights and thousand sons characters.

 Gadzilla666 wrote:
So, how long after this releases do we expect before we see separate releases for these kits? Assuming they don't lock the CSM stuff in a SC box again.

In the Before Times, it was around 5 months for the one-off characters that would show up in these boxes.
Less time than that if there was a unit involved too. Usually ballparked 3-4 months?

Longer times if the sets were AoS.

So this block of CSM releases will surely see the MoP and Oblits released right? Right? RIGHT?

 Gert wrote:
So this block of CSM releases will surely see the MoP and Oblits released right? Right? RIGHT?

Master of Possession is an individual sprue so likely will...

Until Obliterators are getting their own kit though, they share a sprue with a Venomcrawler. I don't know how they'll handle that aside from maybe it going into a Combat Patrol set?

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Gert wrote:
So this block of CSM releases will surely see the MoP and Oblits released right? Right? RIGHT?

Master of Possession is an individual sprue so likely will...

Until Obliterators are getting their own kit though, they share a sprue with a Venomcrawler. I don't know how they'll handle that aside from maybe it going into a Combat Patrol set?

I fully expect the Combat Patrol to be the Start Collecting plus Transport like the Marine one that uses the Marine half of the Shadowspear box.