New FW Necrons!

[DrLove42]

Rules can be found here - [url]http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/a/acanthrite.pdf[/url]

Products here - [url]http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/NECRON_CANOPTEK_ACANTHRITES.html[/url]

Rules seem reasonable. Fast Attack with Melta guns. Only S6, and AP2, but some anti-terminator fire power will be welcome i'm sure

NECRON CANOPTEK ACANTHRITES

Resembling monstrous, artificial insects enfolded in shadowed wings of tenebrous force that propel them through the skies, Canoptek Acanthrites are murderous Necron constructs created for a single purpose – the destruction of those who have dared to claim the worlds of the ancient Necron empire as their own. Their agile, coiling tails are tipped with hyper-phased voidblades and they are armed with high-powered thermal cutting beams, and this potent armament allows them to carve and dissemble solid matter with horrifying speed. Unsurprisingly, when these devastating weapons are turned upon frail flesh the results are terrible to behold.


Canoptek Acanthrites are often encountered in the vanguard of Necron assault spearheads and extermination campaigns, and their numbers vary from a mere handful to vast hosts of these abhorrent machine-locusts, capable of stripping a city down to rubble and slaughtering its inhabitants in a merciless tide of destruction.


Models designed by Will Hayes. You can download Experimental rules for these rapacious constructs now, and this set is available to pre-order now for despatch from Friday 31st August.

£36 for 3

[eldargal]

Nice enough as Necrons go, much, much nicer to have a break from bloody Marines.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Le sigh.

[DrLove42]

If the models for Necrons are starting to turn up, would that be a suggestion that IA12 could be getting closer?

I like em, look suitably insectoid and Necrony

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I'm sure I'd like them, if I knew what they looked like.

[energongoodie]

I really quite like these models. Do you think being a Fast Attack Choice in a codex with some great choices already available, means they will see limited use?

[eldargal]

I thought IA12 was due this year? We started seeing Eldar kits from FW in the 6-9 months leading up to IA11 from memory. So fairly good indication they intend it to come later this year if all goes well.

[DrLove42]

Well i'm not sure that many people take Tomb Blades, but i'm sure the competion between Scarabs and Wraiths will limit their use.

But again they're different roles. Scarabs are Tar bits and vehicle killers, Wraiths are combat scary, these guuys offer up some ranged AP2 fire they just dont ahve a lot of. And being jump infantry they can deliver it fast

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I don't rate Wraiths, they always get smushed.

Thanks to alshrive who considered my post and actually heeded my pleas, then sent me the pictures and rules for these!

/sarcasm

[Mr Mystery]

I really quite like these models. Do you think being a Fast Attack Choice in a codex with some great choices already available, means they will see limited use?

I'm bloody tempted by them. Multiple wounds, Fearless, AP3 Power Weapons, multiple attacks andd Jump Infantry, combined with the melta, yeah, not seeing anything there I don't like. And for 5 points more each than a Triarch Praetorian? Very, very tempted.

Shame I can't afford models for the immediate future. Changing jobs has messed up my liquidity of earnings :