New Pics! Horay!

Heldrak · Post by **Heldrak** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:12 pm

Azure wrote:/agree with Voodoomaster on both accounts...

Voodoo: We need to recruit more members to our non believing shield squad!

-Rex

You can add one more to the ranks of the shield disbelievers... :twisted:

Gang, let's all calm down a bit here- We're all justifiably excited to finally have some physical proof that we're getting a new book and some new models, but there are some assumptions and speculations in this thread that appear to have absolutely no basis in fact (no, I'm not talking about shields for Corsairs, either).

Let's all take a deep breath and wait for some reliable confirmations from well-regarded sources before we go off half-cocked. They ought to be coming thick and fast now with the ice broken and the release apparently only 3 months away...!

Azure · Post by **Azure** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:13 pm

Iv been spending hours trying to get photo's of the supposed hydra... HURRY UP PEOPLE!

-Rex

Lord adrianus · Post by **Lord adrianus** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:16 pm

O_O

Those corsairs are great !

Mrieth'rie'karla · Post by **Mrieth'rie'karla** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:41 pm

The Corsairs are stunning figs, and I will be happily basing the Core of my force around them without doubt in a few months. Can't wait to see any extra things on the sprue not shown here. By which I'm refering to the silly things they gave the Empire and Brets, if we don't have a drake pet or something on those lines I'll be dissapointed, well ish.

As to the Dreadlord, Hmmm, I've looked at it for a while and all that comes to mind is.. okay who let the Empire Warrior Priest disguised 'poorly' as a Dark Elf into the army. !razz!

But, aye, Corsairs are excellent.

Tar-ciryan · Post by **Tar-ciryan** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:09 pm

Iv'e waited nearly two years since i first heard about their re-release for this. This made my day. Dreadlord, not quite so much.

We all know thw Whitedwarf team knows nothing, i mean how often do they get rules incorrect in battle reports? Still, one can hope.

Artein · Post by **Artein** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:23 pm

Azure wrote:Voodoo: We need to recruit more members to our non believing shield squad!

count me in

Izirath · Post by **Izirath** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:48 pm

I was in GW last week. He could confess that corsairs will be released in pack of ten, like skeletons for VC. At the price of 12p.

Voodoomaster · Post by **Voodoomaster** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:58 pm

izirath wrote:I was in GW last week. He could confess that corsairs will be released in pack of ten, like skeletons for VC. At the price of 12p.

O_o 12 Pence, wow i'll be getting myself 10 boxes of them then

i think you mean £12

Tar-ciryan · Post by **Tar-ciryan** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:02 pm

Azure wrote:Voodoo: We need to recruit more members to our non believing shield squad!

I personally don't beleive it, I'm not even sure whether i wont to or not, sure it would be greta be it just doesnt feel that corsair to me, shields are for warriors not corsairs.

Make it a rule of thumb just to go in the opposite direction of whitedwarf, unless theres a pic.

Prinny · Post by **Prinny** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:36 am

Hm....I like the old corsairs better. Not that the new ones look bad...just...older looking than the current corsairs.

And the shields are a turn-off...imagine...what if all the pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean ran around their ships with shields?

The new dreadlord lacks that air of druchii nobility I associate with nobles. A bit to wild looking for me.

Post by **Layne** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:03 am

It's evident they've tried to go for a sort of Cold One Knight on foot sort o look for the Dreadlord, but he kinda lacks the curve-to-sharp-point look that the COK's have. As has been noted, he's all slight curves, kinda square looking, like a Warrior priest, or a Chaos Warrior.

I'll sign up for the I Hardly Think Corsairs Will Have Shields Club Band. Even if they did, I doubt I'd put them on these Corsairs, which is not to say I wouldn't have a use for them, just... not on the Corsairs.

Discipleofkhaine · Post by **Discipleofkhaine** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:52 am

As far as the collars on the corsairs go, it seems to me that they are merely an extension of the SDC (excluding the pic of the corsair w/ 2 handweapons). The current corsairs have collars on their SDC's as well even though they aren't as prominent. If I'm right then it could add some great collar and personality to the model.

At first I was dissapointed with the corsair's as they seemed to just have...too much going on, but I think that if you eliminate some things, maybe clip off some excess spikes or choose a majority of heads without too much helmet, then they'll look quite good. And as always, things look much better in person.

As for the Dreadlord, im quite content. Firstly, GW decided to give us a character choice model, so we shouldn't complain too much as they've finally answered one of our oldest prayers.

And even more importantly, the model they showed us is one of many configurations out of a multi bitz package. If you don't like a particular piece about it then just swap the bit. Don't like the head? Even if you don't like one of the substitutes it comes with, a simple swap from a CoK would be no difficult conversion task as both have the same collar plate thing and so the heads should fit just about right.

That Dreadlord model with a CoK helm would look pretty swell in my mind.

Edit: Has anyone also noticed that the models are labeled as Black Ark corsairs? Perhaps they are a seperate unit entirely from the standard corsairs we have today?

Mnesthius · Post by **Mnesthius** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:41 am

DiscipleofKhaine wrote:As for the Dreadlord, im quite content. Firstly, GW decided to give us a character choice model, so we shouldn't complain too much as they've finally answered one of our oldest prayers.

good point! at least we've got a guy in dark elf heavy armour strolling around, if we want to do head swaps and what not it'll be easier than sculpting dark elf plates onto woodelves (but a hearty well done to those who have done so)

who thinks that corsairs will have a promo kind of option, like inner circle knights or something

Mdk · Post by **Mdk** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:44 am

Ik think the Lord is smacked on the head, he needs at least a head that shows his whole face. He has no neck now. That is the main problem with this one.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r108 ... tled-1.jpg

Azure · Post by **Azure** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:51 am

MDK: He will come with multiple head/weapon options just so ya know.

-Rex

Tu'shan · Post by **Tu'shan** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:07 pm

I really like the new models for the corsairs, but does no one else think that that much armour would be a hindrance on a pirate? I would imagine corsair boxes will be £12 for ten models. Nearly every one will want a unit of them, even if its just for their new rule that lets them chase enemies down more easily once they break. Not too keen on the Dread Lord though. Oh and no promotion option on the corsairs, but that would have been cool.

Jmandude · Post by **Jmandude** » Fri May 16, 2008 7:12 pm

Azure wrote:MDK: He will come with multiple head/weapon options just so ya know.

-Rex

I really do hope so...I mean I will buy it but If I can't there is always good ol' fashioned conversion...

Man I am searching frantically over the web for new pics...I got to Enhance my calm.

The griefbringer · Post by **The griefbringer** » Fri May 16, 2008 7:19 pm

RE: Heavily armored corsairs make poor pirates

I somewhat disagree. Yes, a heavily armored fellow that falls in the water is dead. That said, anybody who's falling off his/her boat while fighting isn't doing their job right.

Plus, don't forget we're talking about elves, here. Not only is their armor probably a lot lighter/better designed than that of the lesser races, they have the natural grace and finesse to wear it without slowing down.

As for the feasibility of shields, so long as they aren't so large as to hinder the use of your off-hand or get caught on rigging they'd be as much of an advantage as having a knife. Something like a buckler or target would work just fine for your average pirate, not to mention your super elf pirate corsair.

Harabec · Post by **Harabec** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:01 pm

To add to the above:

Obviously armour would drown a man fallen overboard, but also remember these are Black Ark corsiars, and you are highly unlikely to go overboard on an Ark. In their case they probably operate more as marines making seaborne landings then a traditional pirate.

If nothing else, the weak deserver to die and only a weak corsair would end up over the edge.

Sulam · Post by **Sulam** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:05 pm

Rork.. I totally agree with you. Some of them look like hey are a mix of older editions and slaanshi models. I can't say I really see most models as an improvement, but certainly I need to get used to it.

Lordsaradain · Post by **Lordsaradain** » Sat May 17, 2008 12:01 am

I'm liking those new corsairs. The dreadlord model is crap tho, I'm glad I've managed to convert my own character models, cause that model was just a big dissapointment.

Heldrak · Post by **Heldrak** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:39 am

Azure wrote:Iv been spending hours trying to get photo's of the supposed hydra... HURRY UP PEOPLE!

-Rex

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u219 ... 0456d8.jpg

The photo shows the Hydra amongst other Dark Elf units in the advertisement for the forthcoming Citadel Battlemat.

Sat May 17, 2008 1:48 am

Ooo that hydra looks good (from what little we can see).

Discipleofkhaine · Post by **Discipleofkhaine** » Sat May 17, 2008 2:07 am

Well from that picture all I can really say at this point is..."Baby got back!"

Edit: And what are the other units in the shot? From left to right I think I spot the new corsairs, Execs, Hydra, Spearelves, and then....DOW? Can't tell.

Sat May 17, 2008 2:10 am

DiscipleofKhaine wrote:Well from that picture all I can really say at this point is..."Baby got back!"

Edit: And what are the other units in the shot? From left to right I think I spot the new corsairs, Execs, Hydra, Spearelves, and then....DOW? Can't tell.

Looks like witches.