New highelf previews from GW

[Sculpta the squig]

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25654&d=1185190991

[Sculpta the squig]

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46537

Pics at the bottom of the page, Personallly I LOVE the chariot but the dragon aint bad either.

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[Vytis]

Yeah, nifty both ways. New High Elves, Yay!!

[Skya]

While the elves themselves are not that interesting those lions are very cool.

[Stupidcow]

Liked the lions too

[Jubilee]

I get nothin from either link =(

/ali

[callumrice]

Argh, cant get to see new High Elves! Someone, help, quick!!

[Malebolgia]

Pictures taken...somewhere...


http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s292/Eldarion_album/Horse3.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s292/Eldarion_album/Chariot2.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s292/Eldarion_album/Banner1.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s292/Eldarion_album/IMG_7092.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s292/Eldarion_album/Horse1.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s292/Eldarion_album/IMG_7080.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s292/Eldarion_album/IMG_7081.jpg

[callumrice]

oh yes! these boys look the business! An updated paint style should see these boys well. Cheers Malebolgia!

[Malebolgia]

Some rumours for the players:


Dragon mages:- Are actually dragons that choose from the lore of fire, whether they are ridden or not i forgot to ask (awe stricken)

All 0-1 restrictions are going!
RBT's and GE are stay 2 for 1!

Spear elves are 9pts still fight in three ranks and when they charge fight in two ranks!

The army does strike first but only when faced from the front.

Silver helms are moving to special. This is fair enough following the fluff.

White lions and phoenix guard are moving to special (I am sceptical about this however it sounds good).

Archers fire in two ranks but stay at 11pts.

The new high lore doesn't have a 'duff' spell in it. Supposedly the lowest level spell to cast grants a unit of your choice a 5+ ward sv.

The White Lion Chariot is pulled by one lion however it has 3 S5 Attacks.

And dragon princes get 2 attacks!


-All elves in the army get the "always strikes first" rule. Including the ones armed with great weapons. Including characters. Including White Lions.
-Army selections get skewed so that at 2k you have 2+ Core, 0-6 Special, 0-4 Rare

CHARACTERS
-Prince can ride uber-dragon with WS7, S7, W7, A7.
-Archmage can ride a Moon Dragon. More conventional stats, excepty that it's a lvl2 wizard.
-Dragon Mage of Caledor (up to lvl2) can ride a little Dragon with S5, T5, W4, A4. Dragon Mages always use the lore of fire, and can always switch a spell out for Flaming Sword of Rhuin.
-None of the Dragons cost extra hero slots. None of them. Yes, that means four Dragons and fourteen casting dice possible at 2k.
-Honours bite the dust. Most get copied-and-pasted to the magic items section.
-Caradryan has an Uber-Curse of Doom to the tune of D6 wounds to the model or unit that killed him.

UNITS
-Spearmen drop to 9pts/model, 10pts/model with shields. No heavy armor.
-Archers drop to 10pts/model, shoot in two ranks.
-IIRC Seaguard drop to 11pts/models, 12pts/model with shields (maybe 12 and 13). Not sure about shooting in two ranks.
-Silver Helms move to special, 19pts/model with heavy armor, 20pts/model with shields. They lose First Among Equals access.
-Dragon Princes stay Special, 30pts/models, 2 Attacks each, S4 basic.
-Swordmasters get 2 Attacks each, 15pts/model.
-White Lions move to Special, are always stubborn and as I said get to "strike first" with the rest of the army, 15pts/model. They keep S4 basic.
-Lion Chariot of Chrace is M7, US5, and is drawn by a pair of white lions with 2 Attacks each at S5. Crewed by White Lions (who end up with S5 as well, great weapons mounted).
-Phoenix Guard move to Special, and get a 4+ ward save, all the time, just because. They keep fear and weigh in at 15pts/model.
-The Rare section is entirely populated by Eagles and Eagle Claw Bolt Throwers, 1 per slot each, so no real change here except for more flexibility.

[callumrice]

Nice info news monkey

[Malebolgia]

New Dragon Piccie:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/dwarf5/scan0007.jpg

Don't see how this model is supposed to keep standing while being so topheavy (as it will be all plastic, so no heavy base), but the pose is MUCH better than the old standing GW dragons.

[lauth81]

Yeah, that´s the first good GW dragon in years!

Don´t care for the rest of the new High Elves.

[Ritual]

I don't agree about the dragon! I think it looks horrible!!

[Sculpta the squig]

Meh each to his/her own.

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[THX_1138]

Hmmm, looks like GW have been raiding their back catalog...

http://www.solegends.com/citdragon/wd90p49dragonmasters.htm

[matty1001]

Hmmm, looks like GW have been raiding their back catalog...

http://www.solegends.com/citdragon/wd90p49dragonmasters.htm

Exact same thing I mentioned over at CMoN. Maybe a new sculpt, but it definately isn't a new idea.

[callumrice]

Agree with sculpta, each to their own and I quite like it. would like to see it with a sparman beside it for size comparison.

[Vytis]

All this should be interesting..I think the plastic model may stand if its all plastic. But, that'll take having it, so I'll just have to wait. I hate waiting.