Thursday, November 11, 2010

Eldar rejoice!

With the new Imperial Armor 11 book en route the UK Gamesday revealed a bunch of new units/models under construction. Besides the usual Imperial type units that are typical to be released (this time rumor mill includes a new Land Raider variant, Space Wolf Thunderwolf Calvalry models, Dreadnought variants, etc.) this time Forgeworld is focusing on some much needed Craftworld Eldar!!

The known facts that this book will reveal include new vehicles (rumored to be 3-4 new tanks, 2 confirmed), new Aspect Warriors (1 confirmed, 1 more rumored still under development), and 2 new troop choices!!!

Here is what I could find on the new releases by Forgeworld.

First up the Lynx! It appears to be a mix between the Apocalypse Scorpion tank allowing an Eldar player to field a Pulsar (Apocalypse level Brightlance) on the field. As you can see the model is slightly larger than the Falcon/Prism tanks. My only thing that I don't like about this type of tank is that it is very vulnerable to weapon destroyed results relying up Holo-fields to save them.



Next up is the Hornet. If the Vyper, Warwalker, and Falcon had a baby, this would be the result. The experimental rules are up on Forgeworld.

Hornet: Armor F 11, S 11, R 10 BS: 3 55 points FAST ATTACK

Unit Composition: 1-3 Hornets
Unit Type: Vehicle (Fast, Skimmer)
Special Rules: Scout
Wargear: Star Engines, 2 weapons from the following list

Weapons: Must be armed with 2 of the following weapons...
Shuriken Cannon @ +5 points each
Scatter Laser @ +15 points each
Eldar Missile launcher @ +20 points each
Starcannon @ +25 points each
Bright Lance @ +30 points each
Pulse Laser @ +40 points each

Options: Any Hornet may be upgraded with any of the following...
Holofield @ +35 points
Vector Engines @ +20 points
Spirit Stones @ +10 points


These beauties will in my opinion replace both Warwalkers and Vypers. They can bring the same firepower that Warwalkers bring and still can outflank, but they are more resilient (Not open-topped and higher Front and Side armor) as well as much faster (built in Star Engines). Vypers are 10 points cheaper but think about what you get with the Hornet vs. the Vyper....

+1 Front and Side Armor, NOT open-topped, built in Star Engines, can Outflank or Scout move, Pulse Lasers!!!

The good news is that these babies are Fast Attack choices and don't compete with all the Heavy slots within the Eldar army.


Now onto another awesome new unit!!!

Say hello to the Shadow Spectre!!!






The low down on these little beauties is thus.... Imagine a Jet-pack (Not Jump pack), armed Infantry with a Prism cannon. That is what you get with this beauty.
Only 1 model has been sculpted thus far but Forgeworld has confirmed that they plan to design 5 models (a full squad with Exarch), as well as a possible Pheonix Lord!!!
Rules for these guys are still in the rumor mill but what we are fairly sure is this...
They can link fire similar to Fire Prism tanks, getting stronger with each linked shot. They have Jet-Packs, so they move like Tau battlesuits and can still fire their heavy weapons. The gun is rumored to be able to provide both the focused and dispersed beams like the Prism tank. We know that the gun is a Heavy type and a Lance weapon. Everything else is speculation. The hope is that these guys will be Fast Attack but I doubt it as they have HEAVY weapons and are similar to Tau Broadsides which are Heavy choices.
The other rumor for the remaining aspect warrior is a melee jump pack infantry unit. Something like a Banshee and Swooping Hawk mixed together.
This really makes me want to start a Craftworld now!!

1 comment:

J said...

Hot damn!

The hornets look fantastic! Much more of the Eldar superior skimmer technology with improved protection and a hell of a lot more choices.

Shadow Spectres sound like they will become the replacement for the Dark Reapers and maybe even the Fire Prism depending on the exact rules and points cost.

See Forgeworld, what beautiful things you can make when they aren't just Imp Guard tanks?