Dark Elves Rumor Roundup

[natfka]

Haven't the Dark Elves been confirmed yet?

A rumour on Faeit points to a Dark Elves release spread over two months. They are definitely the October release, but November as well? Not buying it. If they were updating more kits, they wouldn't do it two months in a row, they would spread it out ala Warriors of Chaos and Daemons. Also, I would be incredibly surprised if there isn't a 40K release in November to capitalize on Christmas shopping...

The guys over at 40k radio are saying Tyranids in January, as did a source I heard from yesterday. A two month release for Dark Elves seems very uncharacteristic right now, so who knows? I am still digging to figure out what is going on, as I was originally told that the White Dwarf for November featured Tyranids.

[Learn2Eel]

The guys over at 40k radio are saying Tyranids in January, as did a source I heard from yesterday. A two month release for Dark Elves seems very uncharacteristic right now, so who knows? I am still digging to figure out what is going on, as I was originally told that the White Dwarf for November featured Tyranids.

Yeah, I'm starting to come back down to earth on Tyranids, but it seems they will be the next 40K codex according to pretty much every rumour source, which puts them in January regardless. 40K Radio are saying that November will be a host of megaforces and bundle deals much like last November with the Necron and Space Marine (and so on) megaforces. They also said Tyranids in January, followed by Dwarves in February and Imperial Guard in March. Speculation here, considering 40K Radio seem to be the "new Hastings", it seems like they must have a very high up source to be getting both such a specific release list and the early leaked pictures of both Space Marines and Dark Elves.

[Bigred]

via Faeit 9-20-2013

Dark Elves Release Schedule
First Month
Advanced order/white dwarf from Sat 28th Sept. (so the studio can talk about them at UK GD)
On shelves Sat 5th Oct.
-most of the plastics already mentioned-

Second month
Advanced order/White dwarf from Sat 26th Oct.
On shelves Sat 2nd Nov.
-even more plastic crack Inc. Shadowblade plastic clampack by far the best model of range IMHO

Release Schedule
September - 1st Dark Elves Advanced Orders/ On the Shelf October 5th
October - 2nd Dark ElvesAdvanced Orders/ On the Shelf November 2nd

[Mr Mystery]

Hmmm.

2 month schedule thing......

You know, it could be accurate. Assuming November is the mystery box, they could still do a raft of Dark Elf models....

[billytwix]

perhaps fans could manage the release a bit more - a new army every month is too costly for some 'all armies' collectors. if the army window doubles to 2 months, i could see myself being able to manage the frenzy a bit more at my own pace. this would also allow for the army to have some continued presence in the spotlight. we'll see what happens

[Wildeybeast]

If it is a two month window, I doubt very much it will be permanent. GW does not want books lingering around without models and switching to two month windows either doubles the length of an edition or means you get some books not getting updated in an edition, which is something they are trying to avoid. I'm sorry billy, but there are few enough 'all army collectors' for them not to be worth GW considering. Plus, they'd much rather keep the hype going for the next new army and keep sales high than try to drag out over two months. Most likely is mystery's suggestion that these will be a few new models alongside a bigger release like a mystery box, much like they keep dropping a fee new hobbit figures every month. That would especially make sense if the mystery box is 40k themed.

[magickbk]

Interestingly, I think I recall the releases being spread across 2 months back in the 90s. There would frequently be the plastic box and book in month one, WD would have the battle report and studio army, and then the second month would be other units, and WD would focus on what staff members were doing with the models.

[eldargal]

The Dark Eldar release was spread over November 2010 I believe, with the second wave coming later in the month. Not sure it was as late as the next month though.

[eldargal]

October release:

Dreadspears(Warriors?) £20
Shadowblade £12
Witch Elves £35
Cauldron of Blood £45
Kharibdyss £40

from indie retailer, BTW no pic.

edit: Army book and Magic Card set too, but no "battleforce".

Thirty five pounds for ten Witch Elves is a lot, they better be nice.

[Emperorslion]

OK, there are a few things Dark Elves really need IMHO, besides turning metal and fine cast to plastic,
1:new Shades
2: new Malekith
3: a decent Hellebron and Manticore.
4: New Dark Riders on non-cartoony horses.
5 a unit of dark pegesus riders would rock.
New warriors would be low on my list.