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[JHeaton]

Damn! I hope at that price it's a full Codex and not a supplement like the old Craftworld Eldar used to be.

With the Dire Avengers dropping to five per box, I guess I'll have to order a couple of the old boxes now, as they're likely to form the core of any army I build. :/

 

[ShadowMan]

Old boxes no longer for sale AFAIK. Unless you find someone with old stock that has not already sold out

 

[JHeaton]

Old boxes no longer for sale AFAIK. Unless you find someone with old stock that has not already sold out

Currently looking. If not, there's always eBay. I don't mind stripping the paint from some used ones if necessary...

 

[Pudney]

The Eldar are the release that has had me the most excited, they were my first ever army as a kid and I never felt the soon to be replaced codex was any good.

 

[Shamikebab]

Press release given to stores:

Reasons to Buy the New Eldar Releases

Codex Eldar :
- Craftworld ships will be introduced
- New special rules for many Eldar units. Old Nemesis (Slaanesh) and Battle Trance (running and shooting)
- Multiple exarch abilitys, options and equipment

Wraithknight (heavy support 240 points)
-Strong Profile (S:10 T:8 W:6 AS:3+, Jump-pack
- 2 heavy Phantom lasers (S10 AP 2 instant death on wound rolls of 6)
- Alternative equipment possible - for example close combat weapons with a 5+ invul and blind special rule or a S:6 5" Blast with AP2. with 5+ invul and blind special rule.

Somach Phantomhunter (fast attack 185 points)
- Psyker with the terrify psychic power
- 2 blast weapons with ap 2
- Enemy units within 12" have to reroll succesful ld tests.

Crimson Hunters (fast attack 160 points)
- New Aspect warriors with strong Exarch upgrades
- May reroll armor pen rolls against flyers
- Vector dancer

Wraithguard /Wraithblades (elite 160 points 5 models)
- Strong profile with S5 T 6 as 3+
- Wraithblades got 2 close combat weapons with AP3 and +1 S or can get a 4+ invul with a single AP2 weapon
- Runeseer can mark targets, every wraith unit can reroll missed to hit rolls of 1 against marked targets.
- If you select a runeseer as HQ, they become troops

Ililic Nightspear (hq 140 points)
- Alaitoc character that allows ranger units the Pathfinder upgrade.
- Has 9 special rules - one of them allows ranger units to infiltrate without the range restrictions to enemy units.
- BS:9 S:X AP2 instant death on wound rolls of 6
Other new releases for Eldar
Phantomseer, Runeprophet and cards for psychic powers.:
- 3 different kinds of psykers (Seer council, Phantomseer, Runeprophet)
- Divination, Telepathy and 2 new Eldar psychic disciplines: Runes of Battle andRunes of Fate (for Rune prophet and Runeseer respectively)
- Runes of Battle have always 2 effects, for example granting Shrouding or taking Shrouding off the enemy unit.
-Runes of Fate : 4 warpcharges, 2 powers, very strong and offensive

 

[Shamikebab]

It's up

 

[JHeaton]

Crimson Hunters (fast attack 160 points)
- New Aspect warriors with strong Exarch upgrades
- May reroll armor pen rolls against flyers
- Vector dancer

Interesting. Disappointed that official rules for Shadow Spectres don't seem likely, though.

Edit: Oh crap. Goodbye, money!

WTF is with that battleforce? Seems like you get next to nothing for £70.

I'm glad to see that they've finally brought out an upgrade kit to get a jetbike Autarch and a plastic Farseer is nice. Now the real question is whether or not I get the Wraithknight... Still not sure I like it enough, but it would certainly be an interesting project.

 

[Shamikebab]

I'm tempted to order a Wraithknight even though I don't really like the idea of it

Might just order the Wraithguard and Spiritseer. Don't like the new special character model really.

 

[JHeaton]

Tough choices to be made, here.

I don't really like the look of the Illic Nightspear model, either, but I do love the new Farseer, Spiritseer and Wraithguard, as well as the Hemlock. Shame that the one-click bundle doesn't offer a slight saving over buying stuff separately, really. Now I'm not sure what to do, haha.

 

[Shamikebab]

Ordered:

Codex
Wraithguard
Spiritseer
4 Infinity miniatures (because I clearly don't have enough to paint!)

I'm now going to paint as much as I can this weekend to try and get some stuff finished

 

[JHeaton]

Awesome.

Just placed my order. I now can't wait! Although I do have some stuff to keep me busy until it's all shipped.

 

[lordhughes]

I am setting myself a goal, next month I will finish painting one squad of cultists and my hellbrute! stupid uni work getting in the way of my painting

 

[aceytrixx]

Theres some awesome stuff but since they havent moved the aspects to plastic im not that interested really. Or at least I wont feel the need anytime soon although I do have the path series to read so thst may change my mind. My concern now is how do I kill the damned wraithknight...

 

[Shamikebab]

Poison or force weapons.

 

[Shamikebab]

New Shuriken Catapult rules:

Shuriken Catapult 12" S4 AP5 Assault 2, Bladestorm
Shuriken Cannon 24" S6 AP5 Assault 3, Bladestorm

Bladestorm: When a weapon with this special rule rolls a 6 To Wound, the target is wounded automatically and the Wound is resolved at AP2.

Still think they should be longer range when nearly everyone else is 24 inches. Rending is nice though.

Battle Trance sounds great, can a fast Eldar army finally actually be fast?

Also how exactly are they selling this limited edition codex? Double the price for a dust jacket? People are ******* idiots.

 

[Shamikebab]

And an Eldar FAQ is already up....how incompetent are they.

 

[Shamikebab]

Seems Eldar vehicles may now be BS4 Vyper definitely, I'd be surprised if the rest weren't.

Finally some common sense.

 

[lordhughes]

sneakily at the bottom of the pre order page, are those new sm/csm bikers? really tempted to create a assault CSM force to excent my CSV force, few bikes, few raptors then some heavy weapons somewhere.

 

[Shamikebab]

They aren't new, just bundles. Good value though surprisingly for GW.

 

[JHeaton]

Seems Eldar vehicles may now be BS4 Vyper definitely, I'd be surprised if the rest weren't.

Finally some common sense.

I'll only really take it as a positive if Guardians also become BS4 (and Storm Guardians maybe WS4).

Guardians are actually the thing that will make or break this Codex for me. If they're left useless as they were in the previous one, whilst Dark Eldar Warriors are so much better for practically the same points cost, then I will definitely be sad. They need some more weapon and upgrade options, especially as the Shuriken Catapult still seems to only be 12". :/