I think the fact that DE had only one plastic kit in 6th, and now have 3 also increased their popularity by having players unwilling to shell out for an expensive, hard to put together, metal army now able to use the plastic kits to make an all or mostly plastic army (assuming using glade riders and...

The way I see it Dark Elves are made up of a conglomeration of the following, specifically meant to contrast High Elves, who I see as a mix of Ancient Athenian Greeks, Late Republican/Early Imperial Romans, and generic Elven fantasy/mythology. So Dark Elves: - Sparta (martial society, no economy to ...

Cathay is mentioned in the BRB and as far as I can tell has been mentioned in every 7th edition army book to date... none the less it will be a long time before we see a 'Warhammer Armies: Eastern Kingdoms'... if ever. Sadly.

Dark Pegasus and Dark Steed are just too good of an option for a Sorceress mount for me to consider putting my Sorc on a Manticore or risk her going stupid for a turn and not casting on a Cold One.

The Dragon is an interesting choice and it could work.

I noticed a similar thing when the Empire sprues were posted in White Dwarf... there was a shield pictured that isn't on the sprue at all. It's bizarre, maybe there was a previous mould that was then recut or something... too bad a Rune Top would have been very useful.

Population decline is a problem on Ulthuan, not on Naggaroth. Dark Elves reproduce rather quickly, and there is no saying that High Elves wouldn't either. The problem seems to be higher rates of infertile males and females in High Elven society, which could be due to a myriad of things. There has ne...

The more I see people's take on the new plastic COK's the more I like them! Great job!

I would grab 1 Battalion, one box of Glade Riders, a Sorceress, and Lokhir Fellheart. With this you can make: 18 Warriors, 12 Crossbowmen, 20 Corsairs, up to 8 Dark Riders, 5 Cold One Knights (all in plastic mind you). You then have a Corsair looking hero and a wizard too, and if you want throw in a...

What Milney said is accurate. Unless you have a rule like engineers or some such you cannot use the characters BS. Black Guard Champion Upgrade I don't think its very sneaky but a very good use of the magic item allowance for the champion in a unit of BG with the ASF banner is to give the champion ...

Someone correct me if I'm wrong in my interpretation of this: Sneaky Noble: Noble with Beastmasters Scourge + Dagger of Hotek. Essentially you get a magic weapon that grants +1 A, AP, and ASF. Not too bad, and generally unexpected. Combine with Blood Armour and SDC for an annoying noble that will so...

I like them overall. I think they are one of the better plastic kits that came out of 6th (as Nagathi said).

The graphic novel, as collected into one volume, is called 'Reign of Blood' if I'm not mistaken...

Are we sure there will be no shield sprues for the RXBmen in the box? It is an option for them in the army book, and as far as I know the Batallion hasn't yet been released...

So is that speculation or am I wrong on this?

I second your thoughts Kold. I loved our book in 6th, and I LOVE it now.

With the exception of Kouran and Tullaris, who are way too situational and fragile, I think our SC's are great. Not one is too overpowered, and all fill a nice niche in the Druchii Army. They all add something you simply cannot get any other way, which is the way they should be. Malus makes a unit o...

A stupid chariot would indeed stop him casting... Ld 10 helps this a bit, but for me Malekith on Chariot is just the iconic Malekith. In game terms it's a decently good option, as it gives him more hitting power, and better AS vs Magic Attacks, and he causes Fear and breaks ranks along with some add...

You mean the Hydra Banner BSB mounted on Cold One that came in my spearhead?

This is definitly something that we have to think about and incorporate into our tactics Mordu, so thanks for bringing it up. I have heard the same story from other places, for example an Eagle charging a block barely out of it's deployment zone in the rear, clearly losing, and forcing the unit to p...

I would have much rather been able to take a 40 point banner to make my Exec's cause fear than have to buy a ridiculously expensive 1W SC to do so.

My bet is on a new Malekith riding a Chariot...

Unless you do something goofy like run 20 with a BSB with Dread Banner to just auto-break everything, then this is not the best way to use Dark Riders. I think they are so good at being fast cav, especially with the improved Crossbows, that taking that away takes away their greatest utility.

Nope, it was decent at the original price. Now it's useless. If I had to guess they raised to cost to keep unit champions from taking it. Why, still makes no sense.

I'm using one of the Dark Eldar slaves (the one on her knees in chains). Just because there is no reason to ever not have that sexy little model on the table.

Well Chillblade is great against Low T enemies, not so good against anything with T5 or higher. It's use is best against Characters, but they tend to have a higher T. Most rnf models only have 1 W anyway so if they fail the T test they are dead, and the lack of striking back makes no difference. Thu...

@ VonKrieglitz I stand corrected it does not say she is limited to 100 pts so she can go with the deathmask and PoD staff. Although I would be tempted to give her the focus familar and the death mask to further enhance the opportunites to use her in combat. That's actually a really good idea you ha...