New Pics! Horay!

Mordrin · Post by **Mordrin** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:53 pm

kheirakh wrote:A cover for August's White dwarf and a possible DE army book cover in here: http://warseer.com/forums/showthread.ph ... ost2654649

"Eternal Hatred Stirs as the Dark Elves Invade Ulthuan"

DE gets eternal hatred as army rule vs. HE?

Darigaaz · Post by **Darigaaz** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:08 pm

i think that everyone has known that for a while. a GW have a habit of dropping oh so subtle hints about things every so often :roll:

Post by **Dalamar** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:53 pm

+1 AS and +3 attacks for the cold one from all the spiky bits

Azure · Post by **Azure** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:07 pm

darigaaz wrote:i think that everyone has known that for a while. a GW have a habit of dropping oh so subtle hints about things every so often

Subtle as a hammer. Alessio straight up said we'd be getting Army Wide Hatred and Eternal against HE

-Rex

Izirath · Post by **Izirath** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:02 pm

Awesome picture! I really hope that one turns out to be the AB cover. Hehe read some more, it says we even get a Battle report (woho). Maybe I should buy that WD..

Post by **Thanee** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:13 pm

Maybe we even win this time.

Bye
Thanee

Iraduur nightfrost · Post by **Iraduur nightfrost** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:19 pm

Thanee wrote:Maybe we even win this time.

Bye
Thanee

Then it is made up... (caution, irony included)

Izirath · Post by **Izirath** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:19 pm

Haha good point. Will be interesting on reading up on how GW thinks the should be played, or how the have playtested them.

Darigaaz · Post by **Darigaaz** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:27 pm

Azure wrote:

Subtle as a hammer. Alessio straight up said we'd be getting Army Wide Hatred and Eternal against HE[/quote]

i guess sarcasm doesn't come across very well over the internet?

Azure · Post by **Azure** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:30 pm

Haha I knew you were being sarcastic!

As for the WD cover, reminds me of 5th ed which I definitely didn't hate.

-Rex

Darigaaz · Post by **Darigaaz** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:39 pm

yeah it reminds me of 5th edition too. i think that piece of artwork is fantastic personally and would love to see that as the book cover

Apoc · Post by **Apoc** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:33 pm

Naah, don't really like the cover. Seems we're indeed going back in time, at least looking at this cover and some of the minis that we've already seen.

Still, as I repeatedly tell my neighbor's ugly son, "It's the inside that matters, not the outside"

Just kidding, but if the new rules in the book are good, then I'd be more than happy and gladly forget about the frontcover.

Monkeylord · Post by **Monkeylord** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:52 am

While I don't hate the content or the form, I think the color palette is awful... the Reds and Blues make me go cross-eyed.

And beyond that, it's kinda boring... With the High Elf cover, there was a lot of movement, and you could tell that an epic struggle was going on. In this image, essentially what we have is a dude on a lizard, and some other dudes, just kind ahangin' out, chillin'. Love the helmet on the CoK rider, though... always did love the intermeshed spikes. But the Cold One's head just looks bizarro. I think Godwin's 3-Up and the Cold One models will probably look much better.

And I do like the purple banners with the red serpents and gold border inlays. Very cool.

But overall, I think this picture would be a better image for the DE book cover:
http://warseer.com/forums/attachment.ph ... 1210701508

Khel · Post by **Khel** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:30 am

I like the image, but I would of liked a dead High elf in the picture maybe. Plus the colouring looks a bit weird. Too bright would be my opinion.

Izirath · Post by **Izirath** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:33 am

I really hope that I can adapt to AWH, but it always sucks to miss that last Noble attack on the charge. Well now that I think of it, I don't think it will do much because we always charge, and we always overrun, because we need that charge, and we need to overrun them. Hatred will just help us on the charge to get what we want!

Lovely on the witch elves, or whatever elite troop we have.

Cenyu · Post by **Cenyu** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:54 am

Who ever told the designers to include as many dildo-shaped helmet decorations as possible in the new Dark Elf range and artworks should be shot.

Khel · Post by **Khel** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:59 am

That spike does look pretty cool on top of the warrior though on the front cover. He may be a BSB or a warrior standard bearer. My only thorn is the brightness of it. Make it darker and I shall be proud and shed a tear for GW.

Kir · Post by **Kir** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:00 am

Count Zero wrote:well the ammount of armour they are showing on that cold one pic surely warrants a 1+ AS doesnt it (mount + skin + barding). although i think the new models doenst seem to have so much.

well there are the lighter armoured versions:
http://maestro.mythicentertainment.com/ ... 75x149636&
http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/media/i ... _light.jpg

Khel · Post by **Khel** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:01 am

Those are cold ones from WAR though, plus those are battle cows. Ours are more raptor-ish.

Livefromnaggaroth · Post by **Livefromnaggaroth** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:03 am

Khel wrote:Those are cold ones from WAR though, plus those are battle cows. Ours are more raptor-ish.

Actually, the new cold ones are a nice middle point between the old raptors and the battlecows. The heads expecially look like a blend of the two.

I just got the new WD, I have to say, the DE look really good! The dreadlord on foot for some reason looks way less 'fat' in the actual pic. I think it's a combination of bad lighting and his arms, which are clad in chainmail, thus creating the illusion of a more bulky appearance. The hand and weapon look really intricately done and the head is way more elvish than I thought.

So I'm definitely going to include one!

As for the WD picture, I like it. It's funny how the picture might be less dynamic but the colours add a lively element I didn't see in the HE cover. Which is as it should be I think; the wild, colourful DE vs. the stoic formal HE!

Mr. anderson · Post by **Mr. anderson** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:13 am

The cover looks awesome!!! I just wish we would get spearmen which do justice to the ones on the cover

Actually I quite like the raptor-ish style after thinking about it for a while. Fast and mean but not as big or powerful seems a lot more druchii. The battle cows remind me more of an ork-style. Something like "Da bigga da betta". And if its green I guess no ork can resist its. It'sh green, it'sh huge. And it shtinksh... what else could an ork possibly want?
Not that I mind our current style cold ones

HUZZAH!

Post by **Dark Alliance** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:14 am

I doubt you will get 1+AS cold one knights

Count zero · Post by **Count zero** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:26 am

Dark Alliance wrote:I doubt you will get 1+AS cold one knights

considering i have the impression you have read the book i doubt there is much doubt involved

Post by **Dark Alliance** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:27 am

I doubt there is any doubt about your lack of doubt...too.

Mr. anderson · Post by **Mr. anderson** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:36 am

Dark Alliance wrote:I doubt there is any doubt about your lack of doubt...too.

And I doubt that there is any point to this doubtlessly doubtful conversation due to you both doubting that either of you doubts that there is any doubt

HUZZAH!