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 sarduka42 wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:
Oh thank god. I was afraid all the old metal would be FW resined. But some will be metal

Where did they say that, I thought all these were chaning to Forge World resin - like the trebuchet

They literally just said it on stream.

The gist is that some of the more weighty kits are being reworked to be FW resin, while others will remain metal.

Eddie should see a skin doctor for that thing on his neck if he hasn't already.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
No ghouls is a crime!

This one had the same weird pacing as all their shows have had since Adam stopped being a presenter. They blitz through stuff they should spend time on("more necron models are coming!") and then spend forever waffling over things at the end.

 Tim the Biovore wrote:

 sarduka42 wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:
Oh thank god. I was afraid all the old metal would be FW resined. But some will be metal

Where did they say that, I thought all these were chaning to Forge World resin - like the trebuchet

Yeah, that's what I heard, that old metals would be returning, in Forge World resin

"Alongside this (trebuchet), you'll see a lot of returning metal kits and for some of the other armies, some metal will be retooled into fw resin"

Well for 40th Anniversary, that felt somewhat underwhelming.

 Olthannon wrote:
Early 2024 confirmed release then eh

It's a ruse! It's really late 2025!

 sarduka42 wrote:
Well for 40th Anniversary, that felt somewhat underwhelming.

Never forget: GW previews are like regular previews, but in slow motion. The second half is in a month.

Well, FEC's pretty much guaranteed for Nov preview then.

I love that new plastic pegasus champion kit, hopefully thats the sort of thing we will see more of going forward rather than more resin.

Best thing about it is that if you buy a couple of make some of the various versions, you will get left with that massive banner. That + the foot knight kit will make a nice battle standard, and I suspect it won't cost more than the resin one would anyway!

I hate resin models from GW/Forgeworld, so I'll mostly stick to new plastics and 2nd hand metals. I can bring myself to buy a single resin model for each force though, so I'll be careful in picking which one. Happy to go back to converting everything else from the new plastics.

Looks like I might as well skip over buying any battleforces this christmas, save that hobby cash for this release instead.

Lovely to see Valrak was right about the Scorpions, why on earth do they all have tactical rocks though... that's going to be extra work after the first box so they don't all look silly.

Also noticed (and I know this was debated a few weeks ago) the men at arms and bowmen are both depicted in units of 18. IIRC they were on sprues of 4 or 8 (previously sold in boxes of 16). This lends credence to the idea that whatever the contents of the launch box are includes 36 of each.

Xirix wrote:
Lovely to see Valrak was right about the Scorpions, why on earth do they all have tactical rocks though... that's going to be extra work after the first box so they don't all look silly.

Its the Witch Elf curse, but even stupider. At least Witch Elves were all meant to be leaping off something.

Also, do the scorpions get their own mini statue like the other aspects?

Well I wasn’t expecting to be purchasing any Mechanicus models any time soon, but I really like the tall boys.

Ionus Cryptborn is just a great display mini. I suspect a lot of people will be picking up that Dawnbringers box just to paint him.

The Dragon looks great, you just need to replace the Space Marine Chaplain with a Bretonnian Duke.

Xirix wrote:
Lovely to see Valrak was right about the Scorpions, why on earth do they all have tactical rocks though...

Need some excuse to increase the base size, a wide stance with one foot perched on a rock is a good way to make them fill the entire base.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Also noticed (and I know this was debated a few weeks ago) the men at arms and bowmen are both depicted in units of 18. IIRC they were on sprues of 4 or 8 (previously sold in boxes of 16). This lends credence to the idea that whatever the contents of the launch box are includes 36 of each.

"With the Peasant Bowmen box, you’ll be able to build a unit of 32 archers, complete with a command group and Defensive Stakes."

 Matrindur wrote:
This one is resin

Head swap to get rid of that awful flat face and we've got a nice Ghyran mage

jullevi wrote:
The Dragon looks great, you just need to replace the Space Marine Chaplain with a Bretonnian Duke.

What are you talking about? That model is clearly a Salamander Chaplain on "Bike".

What's left for the eldar to get updated?

Some phoenix lords, swooping hawks, fire dragons, and some vehicles?

Xirix wrote:
Lovely to see Valrak was right about the Scorpions, why on earth do they all have tactical rocks though... that's going to be extra work after the first box so they don't all look silly.

Probably because they were intended to be released elsewhere, and they instead just threw them in here.


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 GaroRobe wrote:
What's left for the eldar to get updated?

Some phoenix lords, swooping hawks, fire dragons, and some vehicles?

Warp Spiders, Swooping Hawks, Fire Dragons, Phoenix Lords, and some characters.

 GaroRobe wrote:
What's left for the eldar to get updated?

Some phoenix lords, swooping hawks, fire dragons, and some vehicles?

I would be expecting exactly this for the next codex, plus something actually new.

Nice day with plenty of minis for everyone. The dragon is a must have!

Hightlight of the day was... Got the new Votann

Santtu wrote:

Xirix wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Also noticed (and I know this was debated a few weeks ago) the men at arms and bowmen are both depicted in units of 18. IIRC they were on sprues of 4 or 8 (previously sold in boxes of 16). This lends credence to the idea that whatever the contents of the launch box are includes 36 of each.

"With the Peasant Bowmen box, you’ll be able to build a unit of 32 archers, complete with a command group and Defensive Stakes."

Holy molely! So it sounds like they will be double-stuffing the boxes

 Kanluwen wrote:

Xirix wrote:
Lovely to see Valrak was right about the Scorpions, why on earth do they all have tactical rocks though... that's going to be extra work after the first box so they don't all look silly.

Probably because they were intended to be released elsewhere, and they instead just threw them in here.


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 GaroRobe wrote:
What's left for the eldar to get updated?

Some phoenix lords, swooping hawks, fire dragons, and some vehicles?

Warp Spiders, Swooping Hawks, Fire Dragons, Phoenix Lords, and some characters.

On that note, was there any mention of kill team upgrade sprues for the scorpions or the scouts? I wonder if they are also a casualty of the change to a smaller format box ala the latest warcry release.

chaos0xomega wrote:
On that note, was there any mention of kill team upgrade sprues for the scorpions or the scouts? I wonder if they are also a casualty of the change to a smaller format box ala the latest warcry release.

They did mention that the Scorpions would have very little in the way of individuality, so I'd take that to mean no specialists - getting to use other Aspects would fulfil that purpose.

That Stormcast dragon is so good. I’ve been tempted by the drakes before and this really isn’t helping.

chaos0xomega wrote:


On that note, was there any mention of kill team upgrade sprues for the scorpions or the scouts? I wonder if they are also a casualty of the change to a smaller format box ala the latest warcry release.

Scouts we had already seen all the gizmos via the Codex reviews. Heck, the bit where they showed off the "specialist" bits? That was from the Nova reveal article!

That's a big part of why I felt so sure that Valrak was wrong.

It looks like the Striking Scorpions are intended to be used similar to the Phobos KT, where you're expected to mix/match units to make it "feel" like a KT.

I like the KT releases splitting out the terrain like the most recent Warcry box, but I assume that makes it more expensive overall for people who wanted everything.

There's also zero percent chance that any new metal models are coming for TOW, that's a very wishful interpretation of that (admittedly) somewhat poorly worded statement.
TOW continues to fee like a Very Real Game that is going to release and make sense and have a player base.

 Darnok wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:
What's left for the eldar to get updated?

Some phoenix lords, swooping hawks, fire dragons, and some vehicles?

I would be expecting exactly this for the next codex, plus something actually new.

I wouldn't. I'd expect new Karandras, Asurmen, and Yriel or Illic.

 Darnok wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:
What's left for the eldar to get updated?

Some phoenix lords, swooping hawks, fire dragons, and some vehicles?

I would be expecting exactly this for the next codex, plus something actually new.

You'll get Karandarandaras and you'll be happy!

 GaroRobe wrote:
Some phoenix lords, swooping hawks, fire dragons, and some vehicles?

My kingdom for plastic Swooping Hawsk.

And Warp Spider!

 Shakalooloo wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
On that note, was there any mention of kill team upgrade sprues for the scorpions or the scouts? I wonder if they are also a casualty of the change to a smaller format box ala the latest warcry release.

They did mention that the Scorpions would have very little in the way of individuality, so I'd take that to mean no specialists - getting to use other Aspects would fulfil that purpose.

You having said that makes the fact that they didn't choose to use this as a way to throw out Striking Scorpions and Warp Spiders is all the more vexing.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

 Matrindur wrote:
This one is resin

Spoiler:

Head swap to get rid of that awful flat face and we've got a nice Ghyran mage

The face looks fine for someone who doesn't do meth.

chaos0xomega wrote:

Santtu wrote:

Xirix wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Also noticed (and I know this was debated a few weeks ago) the men at arms and bowmen are both depicted in units of 18. IIRC they were on sprues of 4 or 8 (previously sold in boxes of 16). This lends credence to the idea that whatever the contents of the launch box are includes 36 of each.

"With the Peasant Bowmen box, you’ll be able to build a unit of 32 archers, complete with a command group and Defensive Stakes."

Holy molely! So it sounds like they will be double-stuffing the boxes

It kind of makes sense if we assume GW realizes that they can't sell twenty year old models for modern prices. If they keep the model count close to AoS ten or twenty man boxes, the box price will look low by comparison and that's bad for the brand. Doubling up is a way of solving that issue.