Dark Elves Rumor Roundup

[Wildeybeast]

That sounds like fun. Breed your own monster. Though I can't help but feel it would have been better deployed in a skaven army book.

[Power Klawz]

Interested to see what comes out of this release, haven't touched fantasy in quite some time... been waiting for the Dark Elf release!

As someone who owns basically every Dark Elf model released in the past 20 or so years I really hope to see some spectacular stuff. Witch elves specifically need new sculpts quite badly, along with dark riders who just... yeah. "Come at me bro" pose all the way.

[CrAzY424]

Just listed to 40k Radio's podcast.

[url]http://40kwarzone.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/rumour-watch-tyranids-mystery-box-dark.html[/url]

His source has said that "Dark Elves are in October."

Might yet again throw a spanner into the schedule but I hope this ones true as I want Dark Elves.

Cheers.

[Bigred]

via Warseer's soulferin:

One of our country represenatives on ETC was speaking with some VIP (i can't say who are these people) whose name is seen in each of the army books. The VIP told him that he has already tested new DE. There will be plenty of new models, two new monsters, two models of hydra, very powerful offencive lore with nice attribute which will boost it in addition. From the items will be for sure Sacrifficial Dagger which will work similar to the old one. You get PD on 4+ but you can roll as many times as you want till you roll 4 or more. Cauldron of Blood will be in a unit. That's all what he can say for now.

[TheCastigator]

I appreciate the effort to keep these threads updated, but this is brutal. I feel like the GW lock down of info is even worse with the accelerated release schedule. It would be nice if they tipped their hand just a little before we get the "leaks."

Obviously the dagger won't be allowed to roll until it succeeds, and nothing here says anything. We can pretty easily infer what they will release based on how horrible some of the models are and perhaps expect 1 or 2 things beyond that (plastic/finecast characters, etc). Also, am I the only one that doesn't believe they will remake the hydra, when they can make a new $85 dual kit monster?

[Bigred]

Via 40KRadio 9-4-2013

1) NEW Plastic Dark Elf Warrior Box(Makes Spearmen, swordsmen, & crossbowmen)
2) NEW PLastic Dark Riders/Warlocks
3) NEW Plastic Blackguard/Executioners
4) NEW Plastic Coldone Chariot/Scroungerunner(Pulled by horses)
5) NEW Plastic Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne(This model is AMAZING)
6) NEW Plastic Hydra/Kraken
7) NEW Plastic Witch Elf box

[lattd]

Too much plastic I fear...

[eldargal]

Way too much plastic I think. I'd like to be wrong though, it would means all my Dark Elf rumours from 2011 are true. Take that Dakkadakka!

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

7 plastic kits? yeah, I don't believe that. Then again, I didn't think Space marines would get as much as they did this month either - but then 3 of those kits are characters where as these are all normal multi-part kits by the look of it. I'll believe it when I see it.

[Brakkart]

1) NEW Plastic Dark Elf Warrior Box(Makes Spearmen, swordsmen, & crossbowmen)

This one I'll take with a strong pinch of salt as there is already a plastic box set for them and GW haven't been replacing existing plastic troop sets of late, instead concentrating on replacing metal/finecast sets with plastic ones.

2) NEW PLastic Dark Riders/Warlocks

Currently in metal which is a GW priority to eliminate from their lines, so very likely.

3) NEW Plastic Blackguard/Executioners

We've heard this set rumoured from several sources over the past year, both units are currently in vastly overpriced finecast so I reckon this one is quite credible.

4) NEW Plastic Coldone Chariot/Scroungerunner(Pulled by horses)

No model for the Chariot at all in the current line and having a model for every army option at the release of the Army Book is a current (and very sensible) GW policy, so I reckon this one is highly likely.

5) NEW Plastic Cauldron of Blood/Blood Throne(This model is AMAZING)

The current Cauldron of Blood model is frankly terrible (seriously how does it even get to the battlefield, it looks more like a scenery piece than a unit. the previous model on its carriage was far better). Not sure how much credence I give this one, but I would certainly like it to be true.

6) NEW Plastic Hydra/Kraken
7) NEW Plastic Witch Elf box

We've heard rumours about both of these for some time now. The Witch Elves and Hydra are old models and in highly overpriced finecast currently so I can believe that these are true, especially the Hydra, though I do question whether the other critter that kit can make is a Kraken, which is traditionally a sea creature (and a ruddy massive one at that!).

EDIT: Lending extra credence to the Witch Elves moving to a plastic box set would be that they have vanished from the GW website store!