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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists?  Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 5:16 am |
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Well, there's a pic of the Revenant up on the SG website, and the 1.0 Ulthw? list is up along with an update for the Black Legion, Feral Orks, and Biel-Tann.
Revenant's pretty strange - looks like a cross between a Dire Avenger, a unit from Evangelion, a bit of Dark Eldar, and some Jedi style posing, with just a hint of the previous Revenant thrown in.
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 9:49 am |
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I think the new Revenant requires some time to getting used to. Looks like a nice detailed model but the pose is just so fundamentally different from the previous versions that it will probablt recieve quite a bit of flaming to begin with.
I think I like it though... 
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 10:03 am |
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I like it - but I'd like it better if WH40K didn't exist - in particular, Wraitghuard.
Ok, I'm being unclear : it looks a lot like a WH40k figure used in an Epic game, a bit like an Exarch, or a Wraithguard with a new set of weapons. It's a nice model, but looks a bit out of place: I think it's the head - it looks too WH40K-scale.
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 1:47 pm |
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 4:55 pm |
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Regardless, the head and legs look like they could be 40k figures. It's not really a bad thing, AFAIK, and helps to set apart the Eldar from the Humans and the Orks, but it will take some getting used to.
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 10:15 pm |
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Ah excellent.... looks great in my opinion!
I can see your point Vanvlak, but it looks nicely detailed and very dynamic. I'd like to see some more angles before I pass final judgement on it; but a pretty easy way of making it less 40k-ish would be to fill the visor with green stuff and file it smooth- I'll consider doing this when I get a few for my Eldar....
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 7:36 am |
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OK, Now that I feel real stupid can you either please post a link to the picture or tell me where to find it. 
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 10:05 am |
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| Quote (stormseer @ 22 2004 May,23:15) | Ah excellent.... looks great in my opinion!
I can see your point Vanvlak, but it looks nicely detailed and very dynamic. I'd like to see some more angles before I pass final judgement on it; but a pretty easy way of making it less 40k-ish would be to fill the visor with green stuff and file it smooth- I'll consider doing this when I get a few for my Eldar.... ? |
Hi Stormseer et al,
don't get me wrong, I like it too, but I keep seeing it in the wrong scale, if you get what I mean. Your head idea (or a total replacement with a n old Titan head - if you have one, that is) should work.
Ork D, I agree that it looks terribly (but not terrible as in ugly) Manga/Anime, but for me it's the head of this model which first draws my eye, and this says 'WH40K Eldar'. A painted model might of course look different.
Then again, this has it's possibilities. Check out the price of a box of WH40K plastic Guardians; check the (future) cost of the Revenants. Think what you could do with around 16 Revenants; it's not an overwhelmingly difficult conversion. And Eldrad's your uncle! 
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 11:07 am |
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the figure certainly look like an upsized humanoid; thus the "wrong scale" feeling. but it matches Jes goowin sketches quite greatly, and in fact it remind me a lot of the old Eldar knight range; the mini have both wonderfull pose ( very dynamic) and details, i assume everyone will like it once we get used to it; and all the more so if the Phantom/Warlord get the same "design". After all, Eldar titans are made of Wraithbone and are almost upsized wraithguard, baring the crew (they have quite a bit of their own "spirit" too).
I must say i was somewhat surprised but i like it quite much.
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dafrca
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 6:00 am |
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OK, I know I must be the worlds slowest dork right now, but I still can not find the picture.
Please, please, please, please post a link or tell me where on the SG site it is.
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 6:48 am |
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Dafrca,
check for pm and you'll see the Revenant of contention.
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 7:34 am |
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| Quote (vanvlak @ 23 2004 May,22:48) | Dafrca,
check for pm and you'll see the Revenant of contention. |
Thank You!
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 7:39 am |
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OK, now I have seen the picture. First I am going to say "Eaewww".
The sad thing is I like the model for some kind of Eldar Special Forces guy or some thing. It does not look Epic in scale to me at all, further it seems to be a major shift in the overall Eldar look. This combined with the Tau seem to suggest a major Anime feel to some of their races.
I think I will stick to my "Old School" originals for now.
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 6:06 pm |
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I will have to concur with dafrca. Here, Here for the old style Revenant Scout Titans.
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Post subject: E-A Tyranid Playtest Army Lists? Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 1:21 am |
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Would someone please send me the photo as well?
Shalom,
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