Vampire Counts Rumours

[Richie]

It does get expensive but on the other hand, you might make units which almost no one else got and that alone is a factor for some
I know that almost no one, if any, got the same Daemonette command group as me

Exactly! The uniqueness of an army is not determined by the paint job but by the minis themselves, that is why I majorly convert or sculpt mine *crosses fingers for a decent set of rules for Nakai in 7th ed*

 

[Master Vampire]

Mixing bits is all well and good, but don't you guys find that it starts to get pretty expensive after awhile if you are buying two seperate boxes of stuff to put together one unit??

Yes. But there is a chance you like the new models more and actually paint them. And that would be a good driving factor for the people out there who got 10 armies unpainted. :mrgreen:

 

[Arion]

(Huzzah i managed to get internet connection in a ski resort)

Mixing bits is all well and good, but don't you guys find that it starts to get pretty expensive after awhile if you are buying two seperate boxes of stuff to put together one unit??

It depends what boxes.
My undead DE skeles are 1 box of DE warriors +1 box of skellies.This gives me 36 undead darkelves.So i get one of my many spare bases and make a 4 man unit filler.=40 cool looking skeles for $100 aus.(plus using my spare bases to create the usual arm+head model etc)

2 skele boxes =$100 aus which gives me 40 skeles (+assorted extra arms +head type models etc) is 4 models worth making the other 36 look cool?I think yes.

But if you converted say lions of chrace into wolves then it gets expensive(but you get lots of HE chariots).

 

[Loekhi]

My brother has a HE army, so I can borrow some surplus lions to make freaky experiments with them... Indeed, my friends and I have a market of plastic components, I trade weapons and skulls for cloaks, armours,... (OMG, I have become a gundealer)

 

[Sirihar]

When I bought the December WD, I had a good look at some of the new VC models.

The only one that really impressed me was the Mannfred von Carstein. Then again, I have not seen many of the new VC's apart from these pics.

Is it just me or do they look taller than the previous Skellies? And why is it that they seem to have faces that look twice as happy? I know that skulls grin anyway, but these just look completely happy. The old ones looked more menacing and evil.

However, just because these are a couple of bad points, doesn't mean that they don't have any good points. In fact, I quite like the new shields, banners and weapons. It adds to them.

 

[Lord Fear]

It's a bit of a shame that the command options seem a bit limited though, I like a bit of variety!

 

[Sirihar]

It's a bit of a shame that the command options seem a bit limited though, I like a bit of variety!

It is a shame that the command options seem limited. I'll have to look at the new models.

 

[Sethreios]

guys, I suggest you go look at GW "News"

The new Blood Knights are awesome

 

[The Dark Lord Mr Fluffy]

And why is it that they seem to have faces that look twice as happy? I know that skulls grin anyway, but these just look completely happy.

I thought being raised back up from the grave was suppost to hurt! Although they could be on LSD. Its a good improvement either way.

Look at this army of death!
:|

(The last one got bad LSD)

 

[Sethreios]

ok mr fluffy.. that one sent me laughing

They sure do smile.. a lot! almost too creepy actually... what's the last thing you wanna see?
I must admit that a skeleton, which smiles at me, just before it hacks me to pieces would scare the living bejisus out of me

 

[Arion]

So true,thats why my wights(executioners and CoK) will have smiling masks.

 

[Sethreios]

Scary army then

Can't wait for the new book to hit the shelves.. then I'll see if my VC army EVER will come together or not If it is the latter, then so shall it be, although I wanna start one now Esp. if the VC Necro magic is somewhat like the TK system, then it's so easy!

 

[Jedi152]

A quick copy of my post on WarSeer:

All credit goes to Jullevi on WarSeer.

French GW have the release schedule up.

Basically the first wave, including book, plastic kits and other bits are March 8th.

Second wave including varghulf, battalion and blood knights are 22nd March.

A rough translation:

8th March '08:
Army book. 96pp, 20 Euros,
Skeletons box. 10 plastic figures, 20 Euros,
Grave Guard box. 10 plastic figures, 22.50 Euros,
Ghouls box. 10 plastic figures, 20 Euros,
Corpse cart box. 1 plastic model, 22.50 Euros,
Dire Wolves box. 10 plastic figures, 20 Euros,
Mannfred von Carstein mounted. 1 metal model, 22.50 Euros,
Generic vampire 'Aile' (aile means wing - so this will be the one 'mid-transformation' as has been mentioned). 1 metal model blister, 11.50 Euros,
Generic vampire. 1 metal model blister, 11.50 Euros,
Konrad Von Carstein. 1 metal model blister, 11.50 Euros,
Vlad Von Carstein. 1 metal model blister, 11.50 Euros,
Mannfred on foot. 1 metal model blister, 11.50 Euros, *Direct only*
Necromancer 'avec crane' (crane translates as cranium, so i'm guessing it means skull). 1 metal model blister, 11.50 Euros *Direct only*.

22nd March '08
Vampire Counts Battalion. 51 plastic figure box. 80 Euros,
Varghulf. 1 metal figure box. 22.50 Euros,
Blood Knights. 5 metal figure box. 70 Euros
Blood Knight Kastellan. 1 metal figure blister. 15 Euros *Direct only*
Blood Knight Musician. 1 metal figure blister. 15 Euros *Direct only*
Blood Knight Standard Bearer. 1 metal figure blister. 15 Euros *Direct only*
Blood Knight. 1 metal figure blister. 15 Euros *Direct only*

Phew, that took a while!

Speculation on UK prices:

20 Euros = £12
22.50 Euros = £15
11.50 Euros = £8
80 Euros = £50
70 Euros = £40.

Pity there's no boxed army in sight, but these seems pretty standard and what was rumoured anyway. I still hope for splash releases of 20 man boxed sets for skellies and GG.

 

[Sethreios]

so we can somewhat expect the book on the 8th of March?
Good

 

[Sirihar]

I've still yet to see any of these new models.

Does anybody have any links to the pictures?

Thanks.

 

[N.I.B]

5 Blood Knights will cost almost as much as a batallion box. Ouch!

Esp. if the VC Necro magic is somewhat like the TK system, then it's so easy!

TK magic is far from easy, it requires more thought and planning ahead than probably any other race's.

And no, necros wont have incantations, they'll cast just like today, but not as effective. The way they know spells will differ from what we're used to though.

 

[The Dark Lord Mr Fluffy]

8th of march? I can't wait that long!
*jumps out of top floor window*

... ouch ...

What are we to do till then? GO CRAZY???? (too late)

 

[Grish]

For 51 models the Battalion box seems the best deal.... although I don't know if I can wait an extra month. May just get the spearhead to get it a month earlier...

1) I don't see the spearhead box. Is there a listing of contents/price for it yet?
2) Any idea what's in the Battalion box?
3) Also, I don't see a dragon/winged nightmare in the list. Are they keeping the old models?
4) Where would I get canadian prices on these things?
5) Why won't my project compile properly?

Thanks,
Grish (bored at work and going insane...)

 

[Didymus13]

As core units don't count as core units anymore, I'll prolly want to stock up on skeletons. Now the prices listed means that to get a block of 20 skeles, it'll cost a bit more than currently. So I guess I'd have to get skeles now for the better deal.

No way on the $KOTBK$, until the early adopters sell their models on ebay. Ghouls are just fugly, as are the dire-hamsters.

So come march it'll be army book only for me. Then we'll see.

G99: Currently (Jan 04) 1.00 EUR = 1.47952 CAD , so times 1.5 should give you a rough estimate unless they keep to the old 40% markup between US and CAN prices (which they keep for no apparent reason, btw), then your best be would be to multiply the EUR numbers by 2.1

SD

 

[Grish]

Generally I buy everything from a warehouse supplier in the US.

 

[SethDrallitoc]

Anyone else seen the Vampire count army picture on the inside back cover of the February White Dwarf?

 

[Loekhi]

Not in the spanish one... There´s a new about they will introduce the army during the spanish games day

 

[Bug16]

Blood Knights. 5 metal figure box. 70 Euros

:| I worry that I was right with an earlier estimate on how much they'd cost. There is no way I'm forking out £40 for those fugly models.

 

[Grish]

Damn. Is there any way to get deals on these prices? Battalion boxes maybe? From what I've heard, the spearheads are going to be more than if you buy them individually. I need so many units, but also am building a home theater as well as saving for a cross country trip in the summer... want to stretch my dollars as far as I can.

I need so many units... I have 60 zombies, 20 ghouls (converted zombies), 24 black knights, 2 mounted heroes, 2 necromancers, 2 banshees, and 6 fell bats. Need skeletons, grave guard, corpse cart, some of the new heroes (heroes on foot)... Need to buy en masse. But I want the new models; I think they all look pretty good, even the dire wolves.

 

[Lord Fear]

I was amazed to see the new 40K Ork "battalion" contained no saving at all, so don't expect anything much to go with the VC battalion... we might get lucky yet though