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Not a Craftworld player myself, but Lhykis, The Whispering Web looks pretty damn nice.

Also, am I the only one who thinks that the new Warp Spider Exarch with 4 blades looks like the old Screamer-Killer Carnifex?

I really need to track a copy of George the metal Carnifex down on eBay, then mount him on a suitable base for the modern Screamer-Killer...

 SirDonlad wrote:

stroller wrote:
Most of those look pretty amazing.... like the not to classic poses, and the little statuettes. If I ever got Lhykis I wouldn't use the timey wimey misty stuff - ymmv.

What are the tombstones?
Eldar teleport homers?

Pure fun little extra. I don’t think they have any rules, or ever did. Just little shrine markers. You can use them for objectives or base decoration, whatever.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Well, it wouldn’t be the first time they’ve shown a unit without its options. They did the same for the Solar Auxilia Veletaris, as they didn’t show off the Volkite for ages. Of course, it wouldn’t be the first time the presenters have been wrong.

I’ll listen back to the relevant part of the stream.

They definitely said a new weapon option for the squad, that being flamers.


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Glad I did revisit. Missed the shpiel about Swooping Hawks, as my Curry had arrived (and nothing stands between me and my payday Madras).

Lasblasters are 4 S4 shots each. So it’s definitely sounding like Swooping Hawks are gonna pack a decent punch for the first time.

Hawks already have that weapon profile and it's already not all that impressive in-game. Their main use is as secondary scorers, which it sounds like they'll get worse at as they're losing uppy-downy and getting a return of the Grenade Pack.

If they keep the Grenades keyword and so can use the strat in conjunction with the Grenade Pack rule then they'll be a big source of mortal wounds which is probably where most of their actual damage will come from.

 Nevelon wrote:

 SirDonlad wrote:

stroller wrote:
Most of those look pretty amazing.... like the not to classic poses, and the little statuettes. If I ever got Lhykis I wouldn't use the timey wimey misty stuff - ymmv.

What are the tombstones?
Eldar teleport homers?

Pure fun little extra. I don’t think they have any rules, or ever did. Just little shrine markers. You can use them for objectives or base decoration, whatever.

Huh. Proof GW do still have good in them.

Happy for all you Eldar players. These look fabulous and stay true to their oldhammer origins, wish I could say the same about Marines in 40K..

 Dysartes wrote:

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Have they posted what the sprues are going to look like, yet?

They have literally only had their initial preview last night - why the heck do you think we'd have sprue images already?

By the Emperor's golden armour...

You can hardly begrudge them for being excited can't wait for sprue pics myself!

 SirDonlad wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 SirDonlad wrote:

stroller wrote:
Most of those look pretty amazing.... like the not to classic poses, and the little statuettes. If I ever got Lhykis I wouldn't use the timey wimey misty stuff - ymmv.

What are the tombstones?
Eldar teleport homers?

Pure fun little extra. I don’t think they have any rules, or ever did. Just little shrine markers. You can use them for objectives or base decoration, whatever.

Huh. Proof GW do still have good in them.

It's cool but also strange because every other army has little based token bits and they all represent rules of some sort, drones, servo skulls, teleport homers etc.

Given how fragile and difficult to use aspects are in the game, having some special rule they can use represented by these would be cool.

Something like:

Paragons of War
Once per game at the start of your turn, place the shrine token next to an aspect warrior unit. For that turn the unit may act in each phase twice, move twice, shoot twice, fight twice. In melee the second attack is made after all other attacks as a continuing combat, it does not start a combat again.

Powerful? Maybe, but t3 w1 models fall over in a stiff breeze and unless they plan on giving them 3++ saves to keep them around longer, they should be really good at what they do while they're still alive.

So, what are you going to do with your old Warp Spiders?

They've been with you for what? Ten, Fifteen years?

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
So, what are you going to do with your old Warp Spiders?

They've been with you for what? Ten, Fifteen years?

Field multiple squads? And 10-15 years is lowballing the age of a lot spiders out there. Mine are metal and mostly from the 3rd edition era. Which is what, 20-25 years? Damn I’m old.


I forget what edition they were our broken unit. Was it 7th? Honestly forget. But I know they were the FOTM for a bit. That’s the nature of eldar. Cursed with crappy internal balance. Normally a top tier army, but which units get you there change all the time. Someone who has been chasing the dragon for years will end up with 3 of everything…

I suspect my collection of aspects will be mixed between old and new. But I’ve never really focused hard on them, preferring bikes and tanks. The old guys will probably warm the shelf more. The new kits just look so nice, they will probably be the first ones to be picked to head to the FLGS. But sometimes I double up on units for theme, or just run pure nostalgia lists.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
So, what are you going to do with your old Warp Spiders?

They've been with you for what? Ten, Fifteen years?

Paint the rest!

Some of them I've had since 1994-1995ish, so thirty years.

30 years?

Wow.

I guess I don't have a leg to stand on when I complain about short Grey Knights.


....get it? A leg to.... oh nevermind.

Mine are genuinely going in the bin. Because they’re the Finecast ones.

The cast details are fine, but there are so, so many bits of flash, I really can’t be arsed.

Bring on the plakky ones.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Mine are genuinely going in the bin. Because they’re the Finecast ones.

Heresy! You cannot cast models into the pit of oblivion!

Oh but I can!

I think I was still at school when Warp Spiders became a thing...gawd, I really feel depressed now...


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 vipoid wrote:
Not a Craftworld player myself, but Lhykis, The Whispering Web looks pretty damn nice.

Also, am I the only one who thinks that the new Warp Spider Exarch with 4 blades looks like the old Screamer-Killer Carnifex?

An Eldar Warp Spider cosplaying as a Tyranid Screamer Killer! OMG - that is bloody cool!

My mate and I were.

He missed the reveal, because he was babysitting his grandson

God just typing that makes my bones creak. And probably explains why I’m watching The Goonies’

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

God just typing that makes my bones creak. And probably explains why I’m watching The Goonies’

The version with the squid scene?

Just the general version that’s on Amazon Prime.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Just the general version that’s on Amazon Prime.

First, the throwing away of sacred relics (or at least their crappy finecast cousins) to waching theatrical releases of films... Will this Heresy ever end?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
My mate and I were.

He missed the reveal, because he was babysitting his grandson

God just typing that makes my bones creak. And probably explains why I’m watching The Goonies’

Yup, still remember the first time it was on TV and laughing so hard at Chunk telling the bad guys his life story.

But yeah, to have so many models updated in one go is pretty damn sweet. I've been lucky in that my two favourites have always been Banshees and Reapers, and were the first to be updated.

Not throwing shade here, Samus, but given they had already had three sculpts, Reapers should've been at the back of the queue.

 Dysartes wrote:
Not throwing shade here, Samus, but given they had already had three sculpts, Reapers should've been at the back of the queue.

Yeah that 3rd iteration was pretty nice too. But once they switched them to Fincast I'm guessing they dropped in popularity. The metals are sweet though.

Oh Christ-on-a-feckin'-bike. I told myself I wouldn't start that Eldar army.... goddammit.

 Nevelon wrote:

 SirDonlad wrote:

stroller wrote:
Most of those look pretty amazing.... like the not to classic poses, and the little statuettes. If I ever got Lhykis I wouldn't use the timey wimey misty stuff - ymmv.

What are the tombstones?
Eldar teleport homers?

Pure fun little extra. I don’t think they have any rules, or ever did. Just little shrine markers. You can use them for objectives or base decoration, whatever.

Back when Kill Team still had Spec Ops rules, there was a statue Asset for the Blades of Khaine base of Operations- a pretty cool little piece of narrative work. You could only have statues to one Aspect at a time, but you could switch the statue with any subsequent purchase of the Asset. This was a great way to explore the balance of power between the Aspects that made up the KT, especially since it overlapped with other ways of doing the same thing- like which shrine get the Exarch role, the number of operatives from each shrine etc.

That said, Assets are used during the campaign round as opposed to the battle, so they don't NEED to be represented by models. It is a good way to represent objective in a build where the Blade are playing the Defender role.

I had lots of plans for the statues for my Blades of Khaine KT... Then GW went and nuked the Spec ops rules like the =][= EXPLATIVE DELETED =][= they are.

 bullisariuscowl wrote:
Oh Christ-on-a-feckin'-bike. I told myself I wouldn't start that Eldar army.... goddammit.

I will be buying some new eldar... but for a different reason.

I'm looking at all the Eldar bits for my Imperial Knight army's bases... so many choice pieces are screaming "I'm perfect for being stomped into oblivion!"

I now feel so righteous that I must order a Wraithknight and return the favour!

SamusDrake wrote:
I now feel so righteous that I must order a Wraithknight and return the favour!

I think an Eldar FauxKnight might be too large for a base. Maybe if I had a Warhound Titan.... hmmmm...

THE AUDACITY!!!

Scramble the Wraithfighter immediately!!!!

SamusDrake wrote:
THE AUDACITY!!!

Scramble the Wraithfighter immediately!!!!

Wraithfighter? Now I know you're just making up words.