Comments on: Dark Elf preview photos

By: Morf

Morf — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:53:53 +0000

I wouldn’t mind it either. I haven’t heard this being a main debate anywhere but these new plastic releases are brilliant because of the details and the familiar plastic bulkiness and lack of grace. Skellies and daemons are fine examples.

By: gavroche

gavroche — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:49:03 +0000

Lookin’ good. I’ll get the plastics. I wish GW would go all plastic.

By: Zac

Zac — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:02:22 +0000

No news on whether it’s plastic, but it’s said to be way better than the current one.

Hardly difficult. The last one looked as if it was just waking up from a long nap. It was sad that the Warmaster Hydra was much more dynamic and had a better pose than the Warhammer figure.

By: Gitteau

Gitteau — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:04:47 +0000

I realize that corsair is synonymous with pirate, and I know what the Dark Elf navy gets up to (I have a MoW DE fleet and everything). It just seems odd to me that a DE would refer to himself as the “Dread Pirate.” I realize that personal taste enters into it, and you might not find such a title corny in the least. Hopefully the rumors of Lokhir having a squid face a la that joker in the most recent pirates movie will be untrue.

@Zac, that would be cool (especially if they went so far as to have subfactional lists), but I believe the most recent army book is the only one in which they haven’t been called Black Ark Corsairs.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:18:12 +0000

@Zac

A new hydra has been confirmed on Warseer. No news on whether it’s plastic, but it’s said to be way better than the current one.

By: Zac

Zac — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:28:52 +0000

The photo also refers to them as Dark Ark corsairs so the book might be focusing on the Dark Ark armies instead of a more traditional land based force.

Which might be an interesting change for the list.

Wonder if there will be a plastic Hydra? :-)

By: Rich_B

Rich_B — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:24:01 +0000

I’ve been waiting for these for a long, long time… I believe “yoink” will be the expression when they hit the local shelves ;-)

Gitteau, Corsairs have been pirates since being mentioned in the Man’O'War fluff and were introduced as a WFB troop type after that :-) The GW Dark Elves have had a long and dishonourable history of piracy, slave raiding and reaving!

By: Trent McCaffrey

Trent McCaffrey — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:19:53 +0000

Ok, now I realize that it’s not a cut off cavlary model at all, just a Corsair from the regiment.

By: Morf

Morf — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:57:39 +0000

It’s kraken on the standard - I hope we’ll see some sea beasties!

By: rogue

rogue — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:32:16 +0000

excellent job! Dark Elves now look as good as ages ago (3rd ed.). Have to buy them. New corsairs are fantastic. I wish they do new sculpts for witches, because nowadays they look very bad.

By: Gitteau

Gitteau — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:19:59 +0000

Have they changed the photos? I don’t see any cavalry, cutoff or otherwise.

It sucks they had to devalue the old metal Corsairs by introducing a new weapon, seems they could have come up with a new unit just as easily. Also disappointing to see them jumping on the pirate fad (at least there are no tri-cornered hats or bandannas to be seen, at least so far), especially so late in the game.

By: GrimDog

GrimDog — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:19:17 +0000

wow looks awesome! I been waiting for new dark elves for a while now, I might have to bite the bullet and get back into WHFB

By: Trent McCaffrey

Trent McCaffrey — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:14:11 +0000

True….I meant horse-riding heavy cav.

By: evernevermore (John)

evernevermore (John) — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:03:04 +0000

I thought they always had heavy cav - arent Cold Ones Riders (or whatever the highborn knights are called) already heavy cav?

By: Trent McCaffrey

Trent McCaffrey — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:43:16 +0000

That mindflayer-ish head on the Corsair Standard is a new look. I like it.

What’s the cavalry model cut off in the photo next to the Corsair with two hand weapons? It’s armour looks too heavy to be a Dark Rider. They’re keeping Cold Ones too…it’s mentioned in the text above the Corsair regiment. Are Dark Elves getting heavy cav? Could just be a character model.