Dark Eldar from GD 2010

[Gedara]

Few pics gentlemen

[Gedara]

And another

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Sprues times 4

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Incubi painted

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Incubi unpainted

[philbrad2]

OK my first offering, nice to see everyone is off the mark so quickly

First up the man and his creations ...


Smaller in scale than previous year but looking good.

PhilB

[Thoras]

Sat in my inbox,

Incoming! Dark Eldar

Today at UK Games Day we announced the re-launch of the Dark Eldar and unveiled a wicked host of new Dark Eldar miniatures. Jes Goodwin, lead Dark Eldar designer, was there to answer questions about his latest creations and show off the cover art from the new Codex. As newsletter subscribers we felt that you should be the first to hear the news and catch a glimpse of Jes and his team's stunning work. Make sure you check out the 'What's New Today' section on games-workshop.com every day next week, as we'll be showing more of the Dark Eldar, including some of Jes' concept sketches and early design work. The new Dark Eldar will be available to advance order from Tuesday 5th October. Brace yourself, gaming in the 41st Millennium is about to become a lot more frightening.

There be pics!

[The Dude]

Here is a summary of what I consider to be reliable Dark Eldar rumours. I'm not saying they are true, or that any other rumours are false, just that this is what I trust at the moment.

Feel free to discuss these and any other rumours to your hearts content, but keep it civil, don't spam, keep background discussions in the background forum, and please, if you want to complain about something, feel free, but do it once, and move on

Previous discussion can be found here, here and here.

General Info

GW teaser video can be seen here:

Dark Eldar will be released in November. November. NOVEMBER!!!

Pre-orders start on October 5.

Cover pic can be seen here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...7&d=1285492465

Full cover here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...6&d=1285522969

The book has been written by Phil Kelly

Harry has also told us:

I did hear that Jes had got involved with writting the book. I think he might have had something to do with writing the background section along with Phil. If that is right then I think (and I could be wrong about this) that this may be the first time he has done that since he wrote the original Skaven background.

Rules

Allows for Kabal, Wych Cult and Homunculus armies

All old units appear in this codex plus there are 3-5 new units

Army-wide special rules:
Night Vision - Acute Senses USR

Strength Through Pain – Most standard Dark Eldar Infantry units will have this rule, although some of the more out there ones will not. The unit gains an upgrade every time it wipes out an enemy unit (3 max). 1st Feel No Pain, 2nd Furious Charge, 3rd Fearless.

Combat Drugs - Supposedly features mostly on Wych Cult units. Roll once. All units with the Combat Drugs rule get the same benefit. One result confers a free pain point.

Weapons:

Splinter Rifle 24" SX, AP5, Rapid Fire, Poisoned.

Shard Carbine 18" SX, AP5, Assault 3, Poisoned.

Splinter Cannon 36" SX, AP5, Assault 4, or Heavy 6 Poisoned.

Splinter Pods - an underslung weapon for the Hellions similar to the carbine

Blasters - Now 18" range

- Some FOC slots are subject to change -

HQ
Archon
WS/BS: 7 S/T/W: 3 I: 7 A: 3or4? Ld: 9 or 10? Save: 5+
Can take a wargear item the effect of which is that if he kills an enemy MC or SC in close combat he doubles his Strength to 6. If he kills another one, he doubles his Strength to 10. Can have a Blaster, or Blaster Pistol.

Asdrubal Vect
Some have said he no longer rides a Raider, but I have also heard he does and his throne fits nicely in the spot where the sail goes on the new kit. This implies no new model. Personally, I think the new kit would look a little silly without the sail.

Haemonculus
May confer a free pain point on units they attach to.

Elites
Harlequins
Identical to the Codex: Eldar entry

Mandrakes
Have a shooting attack that gets stronger with every kill they make

Incubi
T3, S3, 2A 3+ sv
Incubus, Klavex
Klaives (?) – Power weapons that add +1S
Hand Flamers - As per Blood Angels. It is unclear if this is an option or a standard bit of kit.
Squad leader has WS5, A3 and can take Demiklaves, 2 smaller blades that either give him +2 attacks or +2S (both are Power Weapons). Also provides himself and his squad with the ability to roll another attack for each 6 to hit they roll. This is supposedly unlimited. Some talk of the squad leader conferring prefered enemy to his unit when fighting units with an independant or special character

Kabalite Trueborn
Possibly have the Dracon as an upgrade

Elite Wyches
Proper name unknown but possibly Hekatrix Bloodbrides or Syrens

Troops
Kabalite Warriors
Stats are the same. Armed with Splinter Rifle only. Sybarite

Wyches
Stats are the same. Retain 4+ dodge save in CC. Combat Drugs
Unit includes: Wych, Hekatrix, Hekatrix Bloodbride, Syren (all have different stats/options)
Wych weapons
- Shardnet reduces A of all enemies in B2B by 1.
- Hydra Gauntlets give +D6A for 2 CCW instead of +1
- A “chain-of-blades weapon” that gives +2A, and re-rolls to hit and to wound.

Fast Attack
Reaver Jetbikes
T4, 5+ save, can Turbo-boost 36".
Reavers and Arena Champion
Armed with Splinter Rifles, monofilament blades and Combat Drugs
Can perform a "fly-by" attack on enemy units without becoming locked in close combat.
Have several upgrades to their monofilament blades that inflict different numbers of S3/4/6 hits on units when performing the fly by attack. One option causes Pinning.
The jetbike gives +1 sv and +1T
Possibly get a S6 (some say 8) melta-lance weapon

Beast Masters
Get more types of beasts

Heavy Support
Scourges
Can supposedly take Haywire Grenade Launchers

Ravager
Fast, skimmer, open-topped AV 11 11 10
Armed with 3 Dark Lances as standard and can fire all 3 at cruising speed

Grotesques
Apparently changed to Ogryn-sized creatures
There will still be human-sized Homunculus constructs, but they will have a different name

Talos
One version like the one we already know, and another weaker but cheaper version

Razorwing
Nothing else yet

Transports
Raider
Fast, skimmer, open-topped AV 10 10 10
Has upgrades for a 5+ invulnerable (not cover) save and another that gives an extra 2D6" movement.

Venom
Transport capacity 6

Miniatures

Frgt/10 has confirmed the first wave will be:

Warriors (10 Plastic minis)

A picture of an early test sculpt was leaked by Prince Sliscus from 40K online:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...9&d=1285287233

The Official GW pic can be seen here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...4&d=1285492539

From GDUK:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...3&d=1285523034

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...0&d=1285510608

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...9&d=1285510608

Sprues:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...8&d=1285490798

Wyches (10 Plastic minis)

The Official GW pic can be seen here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...2&d=1285492539

From GDUK:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...5&d=1285492292

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...2&d=1285523034

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...4&d=1285490540

Sprues:

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/241...epacksmall.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9...epacksmall.jpg

Raider (1 Plastic mini)

The Official GW pic can be seen here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...9&d=1285492465

From GDUK:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...1&d=1285523034

Sprues:

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2...epacksmall.jpg

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6...epacksmall.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8...spruepacks.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1...spruepacks.jpg

Ravager (1 Plastic mini)

The Ravager can be seen (albeit blurred) in the background of this pic:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...9&d=1285566938

And has been described as having two outriggers with weapons and crew.

Hellions (Unknown number of Plastic minis)

Reaver Jetbikes (3 Plastic minis)

The Official GW pic can be seen here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...8&d=1285492465

From GDUK:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...4&d=1285522969

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...5&d=1285522969

Sprues:

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/3...epacksmall.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9...epacksmall.jpg

Incubi (Unknown number of Metal minis)

An early pic leaked here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...1&d=1285030166

The Official GW pic can be seen here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...3&d=1285492539

From GDUK:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...8&d=1285522969

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...9&d=1285490844

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...0&d=1285490896

Mandrakes (Unknown number of Metal minis)

Concept pic shown here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...3&d=1285540282

Generic Archon (1 Metal mini)

The Official GW pic can be seen here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...0&d=1285492465

From GDUK:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...9&d=1285523034

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...0&d=1285523034

(this one says conversions, so the weapon options may not be available)

Lelith Hesperax (1 Metal mini)

The Official GW pic can be seen here:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...1&d=1285492465

From GDUK:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...3&d=1285490488

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...7&d=1285522969

Urien Rakarth (1 Metal mini)

Scryer has gone on to say:

One more thing to add, now that I've had a chance to comb through all the specialty item codes... one of them has a Dark Eldar prefix.

Specialty items are wide and varied and range from things like limited edition dice sets, basing kits, resin markers, templates and things like the L.O.S Marker Light, but they all carry non-army-specific prefixes. The only army-specific specialty item product code that springs to mind in recent memory (though I'm sure there's been others) is the resin Ork Barricades set.

Harry has said he has heard there will be a 1.5 wave and a 2 wave of releases subsequent to the initial release. Avian has also said:

I heard stuff for November, January and March, though that was a while ago now.

However Harry has said:

I don't think the 1.5 and 2nd wave are coming quite as quickly as suggested by Avian

Artwork

New art from John Blanche

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attach...8&d=1282419754

Box art background:

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9...oxartsmall.jpg

[twistinthunder]

warriors.


theres more at BoLS (http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2010/...-1115-gmt.html)

[twistinthunder]

one more pic from BoLS because i found it interesting:

[philbrad2]

OK just left the FW seminar

IA11 definitely SW/Cadians/Elysians vs Eldar.

New aspect for the Eldar - Shadow spectres, think jumpacks with mini prism cannons which can combine beams for added firepower. Models are stunning.

Nothing on the Wolves it wil be a ice planet set and there will be cold weather IG stuff.

More to follow. WS meet in 6 mins

PhilB


edit not a brill pic ...

[eldargal]

Courtesy of Isotope99 over at BolS:

What I find quite funny is, that despite the fact it's sitting there in the cabinet, no-one's posted a proper shot of the cover yet!

[eldargal]

Banshee vs Wych, locked in an epic struggle to decide the fate of the last box of chocolates.
Plus close up of lady-Wych.

[Scryer in the Darkness]

I'm not really posting pictures as such, but this one is too cool not to share.

Again, from isotope99 @ BOLS Lounge - he's got billions, go check em out. Too many to post here.

[Scryer in the Darkness]

Can't see your attchment eldargal.

Everyone (including GW) will share nice pics of models during the following days, but what we really want now rules info... badly

^Fixed.

Do you have a link for isotope99?

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.ne...ad.php?t=10322

Couple more, because tres cool:

[philbrad2]

Photo time .. in no particular order.

[philbrad2]

Spike bad Eldar