Post by herecomestomorrow on Jul 29, 2013 15:56:03 GMT
Given the new book on the horizon, it's pretty obvious the gaps in the current book will never be filled before it comes out and now that GW never releases a book with models unaccounted for (except Tomb Kings and O&G back at the start of Fantasy 8th and before the Chapter House stuff), it's fair to say that unless this release is unusually large, certain units will be changed drastically or missing entirely from the new book. GW have stopped removing units that have models, but as several of our units don't have models, it's possible we will lose some.
The current trend of releases means that we would get about 5ish new kits (three plastic, two Finecast). But we're missing 7 kits (Prime, Shrike, Doom, Harpy, Parasite, Mycetic Spore, Sky-slasher, harpy).
Obviously the harpy stays in, as its our flier, but there are rumours of a big new MC which are probably true given the current GW trends, so that's two of our plastics gone. So it means we'll lose 2-4 entries.
Thinking on it, I wouldn't be surprised to see Shrikes become a proper unit, duel kitted with a new type of unit, instead of being just Warriors-with-wings. The Doom will likely stay as it's probably one of the most frequently used units, but I can see the Parasite and Prime going the way of the squats, unless Primes become an Elite unit (possibly the duel kit with the shrikes) and the Parasite becomes our second Finecast, possibly duel-purposes as a flying synapse HQ choice bridging the gap between gargoyle and harpy. Unless shrikes are given that role.
Mycetic Spores are tough to place. It may be that they lose their gun and statline and just become a "personal teleporter" method of deep striking. I just can't see GW using resources to manufacture something that won't make kids nag their parents for.
This leaves sky-slashers. Maybe on the Shrike sprue like Rippers are now?
So to sum up my thoughts:
Harpy/alternate duel kit
New MC kit
Shrike/Prime duel kit (poss. Flying rippers)
Doom Finecast
Parasite/new HQ Finecast
Mycetic spore will likely get squatted.
Anyway, thinking out loud for the last few paragraphs. Thoughts?
The current trend of releases means that we would get about 5ish new kits (three plastic, two Finecast). But we're missing 7 kits (Prime, Shrike, Doom, Harpy, Parasite, Mycetic Spore, Sky-slasher, harpy).
Obviously the harpy stays in, as its our flier, but there are rumours of a big new MC which are probably true given the current GW trends, so that's two of our plastics gone. So it means we'll lose 2-4 entries.
Thinking on it, I wouldn't be surprised to see Shrikes become a proper unit, duel kitted with a new type of unit, instead of being just Warriors-with-wings. The Doom will likely stay as it's probably one of the most frequently used units, but I can see the Parasite and Prime going the way of the squats, unless Primes become an Elite unit (possibly the duel kit with the shrikes) and the Parasite becomes our second Finecast, possibly duel-purposes as a flying synapse HQ choice bridging the gap between gargoyle and harpy. Unless shrikes are given that role.
Mycetic Spores are tough to place. It may be that they lose their gun and statline and just become a "personal teleporter" method of deep striking. I just can't see GW using resources to manufacture something that won't make kids nag their parents for.
This leaves sky-slashers. Maybe on the Shrike sprue like Rippers are now?
So to sum up my thoughts:
Harpy/alternate duel kit
New MC kit
Shrike/Prime duel kit (poss. Flying rippers)
Doom Finecast
Parasite/new HQ Finecast
Mycetic spore will likely get squatted.
Anyway, thinking out loud for the last few paragraphs. Thoughts?