by killmaimburn » Thu May 23, 2013 10:42 am
Release list posted by pizzaguardian here on Dakka: Warhammer 40000: Codex Eldar 104 page full colour, hardback Warhammer 40,000 Codex Contains New Artwork, Background and rules whilst showcasing the fantastic miniature range Eldar Wraithknight This box contains a multipart plastic kit that makes one Eldar Wraithknight, this completely new Walker stands a massive 9 inches tall and can be constructed with a variety of armaments to fulfill a range of battlefield roles. Eldar Hemlock Wraithfighter/ Crimson Hunter This box contains a multipart plastic kit that makes either a Hemlock Wraithfighter or a Crimson Hunter, both new Eldar Flyers. The Hemlock Wraithfighter is a Psychicly armed bomber designer to cause havoc among enemy troops while the Crimson Hunter is an all new aspect warrior class whom excel at aerial combat. Eldar Wraithguard/Wraithblades This box contains a multipart plastic kit that makes either 5 Wraithguards previously only available in metal or 5 Wraithblades, a new type of deadly close combat warrior. Eldar Farseer A plastic Clamp pack containing 1 Eldar Hero in a dynamic mid-casting posse. Reformatted Eldar Battle Force Contains 10 Eldar Guardians and a Heavy Weapon Platform, 5 Dire Avengers (including the option of making an Exarch), a Wave Serpent and a Vyper Jetbike Warhammer 40000: Eldar Dire Avengers The Dire Avengers squad has been repackaged as a five miniature boxed set (including the option of making an Exarch) New Finecast Releases Illic Nightspear· A clampack that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature sculpted by Edgar Ramos. Illic Nightspear is an outcast who has become an deadly assassin armed with the sniper rifle Voidbringer. Eldar Spiritseer A clampack that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature sculpted by Mike Fores. Armed with a Witch Staff and spirit stone wearing a distinctive eyeless helm. Available While Stocks Last. These Items are highly limited, please request the quantity you require and we will supply you as close to this number as we can. Psychic Cards: Eldar· This pack contains 14 reference cards that describe the effects of each of the Primaris Powers and the the six psychic powers available to each area of masteryPrices, as posted by Mohoc: Eldar Codex - $49.50 Eldar LE Codex - $100 WH40K PSYCHIC POWERS: ELDAR ENG - $7.50 Farseer - $20 Wraithknight - $115 Wraithguard - $50 Hemlock Wraithfighter - $65 Dire Avengers (5 pack) - $35 Battleforce - $115 Windrider Jetbike Squadron - $40 Spiritseer - $19.25 Illic Nightspear - $19.25 IYANDEN: A CODEX ELDAR SUPPLEMENT - $49.50 IYANDEN CODEX SUPPLEMENT SPECIAL EDITION - $85
The pics show the new Wraithknight (yes that is the confirmed name ) as well as the covers for Codex: Eldar and Iyanden: A Codex Eldar Supplement. There is also a very small image of the White Dwarf cover that features a pic of one of the new flyers.The page lists both of the Eldar books as the digital versions, so it is unclear if the Iyanden Supplement will be digital only or not. The Supplement is described as including background & Heraldry for Iyanden, missions, additional rules, and miniatures galleries (as well as apparently "much more" whatever that means).The Codex: Eldar cover dipicts a Farseer with "Antler style" helmet and singing spear unleashing a Destructor-style warp power.The Iyanden Supplement cover shows a Seer with a staff in one hand and his other fist in the air.As expected the Wraithknight appears to be an upscaled version of a Wraithlord, but with a broader chest, thicker legs and more vanes on the back. It is armed with what appears to be a Lance weapon of some kind on it's right arm and a shield projector similar to the Dire Avengers Shimmershield named as a Scattershield on it's left and two shoulder-mounted Scatter Lasers. There is also an alternate Sword option for the right land. It does NOT appear to have jump jets.The Flyer appears from the very small image to match the outline provided by Best_Pone. Not much detail can be made out.Both the Wraithknight and the flyer are painted Saim Hann colours, indicating this will likely be the studio army scheme. That said, with an Iyanden supplement, they could also have one of them too.Update (21 May)Releases are rumoured to be as follows:Codex: Eldar (104 pages) – Written by Phil KellyWh40k Psychic Powers: Eldar (14 cards) - 2 Masteries with 7 Powers eachEldar Farseer (plastic) – see aboveEldar Spiritseer (Finecast, splash release) – Armed with Witchstaff and Spirit StoneIllic Nightspear (Finecast) – Pathfinder character armed with sniper rifle “Voidbringer”Eldar Wraithguard / Wraithblades (plastic) makes 5 models.Eldar Hemlock Wraithfighter / Crimson Hunter (plastic) - Hemlock Wraithfighter is a Psychicly armed bomber. Crimson Hunter is a new type of Aspect WarriorEldar Wraithknight (Plastic) – Described as 9” tallEldar Dire Avengers (repack) – changed to 5 + Exarch bitsEldar Battle Force (repack) - 10 Eldar Guardians and Heavy Weapon Platform, 5 Dire Avengers, a Wave Serpent and a VyperEldar Windrider Jetbike Squadron (plastic) – Looking like just a repack of the existing bikes like with Tau Crisis SuitsSome rules rumours doing the rounds now include:-You can make Run moves in addition to shooting Shuriken weapons.-Shuriken weapons have a rule which makes them ignore armor on a to-wound roll of a 6-- similar to rending, but it's not actually the Rending rule.-The Wraithknight starts at about 250 points and caps around 350, and towers over even the Tau Riptide. It's 9'' tall. The Wraithknight has the ability for its weapons to become twin-linked if it hits with a scatter laser it comes equipped with, even against airborne targets. It can shoot S9 and 10 small blasts, and has a total of four weapons on it-- you have a choice of several, including a huge wraithblade and a lance weapon.- Wraithguard are cheaper both points-wise and financially speaking, and are now S5 and T6, and have the option to be equipped with Wraithblades as per the current Codex's in place of their guns, making them a dangerous close combat unit.- Including a Spiritseer as a HQ choice allows you to bring Wraithguard as Troops.- Expect Guardians to supplant Dire Avengers as the staple Troops choice-- they're very points efficient and with the buff to shuriken weapons, they should expect to be in a lot of competitive armies.-The Fire Prism has been nerfed a bit-- basically, they want to drive people back towards Aspect Warrior and Wraith-heavy armies, rather than the mechanized Eldar army literally everyone and their brother played with the exact same list. Can't really say to what extent, but the purchasing advice was to "Not load up on them."-The Avatar is "Definitely better."-The Iyanden supplement is not a splash release, and will be normally available. Iyanden is strictly a fluff book, and contains no game rules. The rules to play a themed Iyanden army are found completely in Codex: Eldar. This is a move to appease people who want more fluff in books as well as people who would rather just have more game content with the fluff optional. This is an experiment in seeing how this works-- if it does well, expect Games Workshop to continue with the release of "chapter-specific" fluff supplements for their Codex releases.
Some rules rumours doing the rounds now include:-You can make Run moves in addition to shooting Shuriken weapons.-Shuriken weapons have a rule which makes them ignore armor on a to-wound roll of a 6-- similar to rending, but it's not actually the Rending rule.-The Wraithknight starts at about 250 points and caps around 350, and towers over even the Tau Riptide. It's 9'' tall. The Wraithknight has the ability for its weapons to become twin-linked if it hits with a scatter laser it comes equipped with, even against airborne targets. It can shoot S9 and 10 small blasts, and has a total of four weapons on it-- you have a choice of several, including a huge wraithblade and a lance weapon.- Wraithguard are cheaper both points-wise and financially speaking, and are now S5 and T6, and have the option to be equipped with Wraithblades as per the current Codex's in place of their guns, making them a dangerous close combat unit.- Including a Spiritseer as a HQ choice allows you to bring Wraithguard as Troops.- Expect Guardians to supplant Dire Avengers as the staple Troops choice-- they're very points efficient and with the buff to shuriken weapons, they should expect to be in a lot of competitive armies.-The Fire Prism has been nerfed a bit-- basically, they want to drive people back towards Aspect Warrior and Wraith-heavy armies, rather than the mechanized Eldar army literally everyone and their brother played with the exact same list. Can't really say to what extent, but the purchasing advice was to "Not load up on them."-The Avatar is "Definitely better."-The Iyanden supplement is not a splash release, and will be normally available. Iyanden is strictly a fluff book, and contains no game rules. The rules to play a themed Iyanden army are found completely in Codex: Eldar. This is a move to appease people who want more fluff in books as well as people who would rather just have more game content with the fluff optional. This is an experiment in seeing how this works-- if it does well, expect Games Workshop to continue with the release of "chapter-specific" fluff supplements for their Codex releases.
ruffian4 wrote:Handy fellow, this kmb...Like Ahriman delving the paths of the webway ...
by Ljundhammer » Thu May 23, 2013 11:07 am
by killmaimburn » Thu May 23, 2013 11:15 am
Ljundhammer wrote:Seen the models - giant bricks of plastic don't appeal to me (Land Raiders excepted),.
by Ljundhammer » Thu May 23, 2013 11:22 am
by Baragash » Thu May 23, 2013 12:11 pm
by killmaimburn » Thu May 23, 2013 12:20 pm
Baragash wrote:Rending but not rending? Assuming that's true, insert one of my previous cynical, tired and worn criticisms of GW's lack of simplicity and finesse in rules writings, remind me, on the third Tuesday in May, do I flick the dice clockwise or counter-clockwise with my left or my right hand if we're due more than 3mm of rain that day?
by Baragash » Thu May 23, 2013 12:53 pm
by killmaimburn » Thu May 23, 2013 12:57 pm
Baragash wrote:Sternguard = A2
First off, the Windrider Jetbikes are the exact same, just re-packaged into a bigger product.Dire Avengers are the same be down-packaged. Both flyers are Fast Attack - Hemlock Wraithfighter with two Heavy D-scythes and mindshock (advertised to work together and make units flee and kill infantry dead) and Crimson Hunter (which was upgraded to an Exarch - described as Fighter Ace upgrade) which has two Bright Lances and a Pulse Laser. Wraithknight - can take two arm weapons and two shoulder mounts (normal heavy weapons). Scatter Lasers or Wraithknight has Laser Lock - twin-linked weapons after initial weapon hit. Suncannons are the advertised S6 AP2 heavy 3 blasts.Wraithknight is apparently "incredibly fast." Psychic powers are rolled for. Fortune Doom and Guide still exist. There are two forms to each power. Units are still "role specific." Boo The Wave Serpent has something called a Serpent Field - an offensive weapon.Wraithlords and Wraithknights are Heavy Support. AUD prices:$83 codex$125 Wraithknight$185 battleforce$76 flyer$55 wraithguard$50 jetbikes$55 dire avengers$22 farseer$28 spiritseer$28 ranger SC$10 psychic cardsGuide is friendly unit now - 24" range.Conceal/reveal - psyker gains shrouded; enemy unit within 18" loses stealth + shroudedWarp Spiders have battle focus, hit & run, fleet and the ancient thing.Dark Reapers have ancient thing, slow and purposeful, missiles, reaper rangefinder
by ruffian4 » Thu May 23, 2013 1:05 pm
killmaimburn wrote:If this is a masked ball, then the other bits of him are off spiking the teachers punch.
by killmaimburn » Thu May 23, 2013 1:15 pm
Ljundhammer wrote:I read an item on BOLS that I agreed with earlier. I think it's more likely that I'm moving to their level rather than them moving to mine....
by Baragash » Thu May 23, 2013 1:32 pm
killmaimburn wrote:Baragash wrote:Sternguard = A2 I can't remember the fluff.. but I definetely wouldn't use them as specialist CC
by killmaimburn » Thu May 23, 2013 1:42 pm
by Ljundhammer » Thu May 23, 2013 1:42 pm
killmaimburn wrote: the actually lists are (generally) so much more awesomely diverse in content now.
by killmaimburn » Thu May 23, 2013 1:51 pm
by Ljundhammer » Thu May 23, 2013 1:54 pm
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