Next Killteam Boxset Rumour

[Chapter Master Valrak]

Hearing through the warp that the next Killteam boxset will be called Nightmare and it will featur:

 

• Nightlords (All the upgrades)
• Dark Eldar Mandrakes (New Models)

 

As always done a video on it and other stuff I heard regarding some stuff incoming

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Alby the Slayer]

Be still, my heart!

 

If true, it would an amazing box indeed! Always up for some drukhari, if you sprinkle them with some nostramo scum, I'm in!

[WrathOfTheLion]

I'm down for starting some Night Lords. Sounds like a good box.

 

I skipped most of last season, but I'm liking what I see so far this time.

[darkhorse0607]

Night Lords sounds like an instant buy to me

[Lord Marshal]

WrackBros... we lost again... 

 

The 5th edition Mandrake sculpts are one of those timeless classics that would be difficult to improve on, so hopefully they remain consistent with most of their (D)Eldar plastifications thus far and try to 1:1 them... though I foresee many Tactical Rocks in their future. 

 

Edited October 30, 2023 by Lord Marshal

[Joe]

That's an interesting box, if true. I would imagine that'd see the start of a few dedicated upgrade sprues for CSM Legions. Roll on Iron Warriors, then.

[WrathOfTheLion]

17 minutes ago, Joe said:

That's an interesting box, if true. I would imagine that'd see the start of a few dedicated upgrade sprues for CSM Legions. Roll on Iron Warriors, then.

And Word Bearers. Very exciting. Even a Black Legion one could be pretty interesting. Maybe even Red Corsairs.

 

Is wishing for a character model too much? Maybe :D

Edited October 30, 2023 by WrathOfTheLion

[-DonCorleone-]

23 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said:

WrackBros... we lost again... 

 

The 5th edition Mandrake sculpts are one of those timeless classics that would be difficult to improve on, so hopefully they remain consistent with most of their (D)Eldar plastifications thus far and try to 1:1 them... though I foresee many Tactical Rocks in their future. 

 

I think Jes Goodwin would probably physically attack, if someone tried to change his space elf designs too liberally 

[TrawlingCleaner]

I wonder what unit the Upgrade sprue would be for? Surely not another Legionnaire killteam?

 

Mandrakes being updated is not an if but a when, being in Finecast GW definitely want rid of them! If they do an update akin to all other Eldar units so far we'll be absolutely sound. Mandrakes are iconic!

 

[Flaherty]

If this is true, I hope the upgrade sprues are more like the Black Templar upgrade kit and not the first founding blisters. Need at least 10 heads, 10-15 shoulders, and a bunch of flavory relics. A few chest plates and backpacks wouldn't be bad either. 

They should do this for the space marines too. Now that the line is basically fully upgraded to Primaris, bring more of the chapter flavor back via expanded upgrades.

[Xirix]

Mandrakes with all tactical rocks? Please no. But a faithful update to the last sculpt from... 5th edition? That would be nice.

[Noserenda]

Chaos Legions in killteam seems like a great way to slip some upgrade kits in there, much like all the different human/Guard teams. 

Shame its not Alpha Legion first though! 

[Zoatibix]

Mandrakes might get Tacticool Whisps.

 

Having just bought a box of Idoneth and Treefolks to convert into Mandrakes, I should have expected this.

 

I love the current design and with modern plastic they could make them even cooler.

[Doctor Perils]

38 minutes ago, TrawlingCleaner said:

I wonder what unit the Upgrade sprue would be for? Surely not another Legionnaire killteam?

 

Mandrakes being updated is not an if but a when, being in Finecast GW definitely want rid of them! If they do an update akin to all other Eldar units so far we'll be absolutely sound. Mandrakes are iconic!

 

Agreed. If the "airborn" season turns out to be a thing I could see it being Raptors (though still very skeptical on this rumour) - chosen seems like a more likely option imo; then you could have some IW upgrades with Terminators one day?

Havocs and Bikers both seem unlikely options for this kind of box

[Legionary Pallas]

27 minutes ago, Flaherty said:

If this is true, I hope the upgrade sprues are more like the Black Templar upgrade kit and not the first founding blisters. Need at least 10 heads, 10-15 shoulders, and a bunch of flavory relics. A few chest plates and backpacks wouldn't be bad either. 

I see it a different way. If this is true, I hope the upgrade sprues are more like other Kill Team sprues, and not like any of those. It needs to have bits focused on gameplay function - bits that clearly communicate a specialist's purpose as a gaming piece; comms, bombs, etc - rather than a bunch of cosmetic upgrades that only serve to make a regular 40k squad have nicer helmets.

 

Not to mention that should such a sprue arrive via Kill Team, GW will not pass up the chance to sell it only with the unit it's packaged with, no £20 Night Lord upgrade frame for you, instead you'll be buying Kill Team: Night Lords at £40-ish with a unit you may or may not have actually wanted

 

A situation like that would be a lose-lose for 40k players and Kill Team players in my eyes.

[Dr. Clock]

1 hour ago, -DonCorleone- said:

I think Jes Goodwin would probably physically attack, if someone tried to change his space elf designs too liberally 

You mean like what happened after 3rd edition dark eldar and eldar releases lol? I heard he lovingly crafted a diorama showing the offender's demise on the end of a Mandrake's blade, which locked their psyche into a mystical unlife for all eternity. Jes has ever since been known as Kheradruakh the Miniature Decapitator, of course...

 

It's possible that other people can make good new eldar minis now that the key features are probably locked in on CAD, but Jes is truly the last word on the design of warhammer elfs that need ever be spoken.

 

I'd be in for some plastic mandrakes, obviously...

 

Cheers,

 

The Good Doctor.

[grailkeeper]

If they make First claw then they'd can just contact my bank directly and take the money out themselves.

Edited October 30, 2023 by grailkeeper

[Karhedron]

I find this highly plausible. IIRC there was a Rumour Engine pic a month or so back that looked very like a Mandrake blade.

[TrawlingCleaner]

3 minutes ago, Karhedron said:

I find this highly plausible. IIRC there was a Rumour Engine pic a month or so back that looked very like a Mandrake blade.

 

This one here was it, I think:

 

Whilst it's easier to name the factions that don't use skin-cloaks in GW's many games, Nightlords are famed for their skinning:

[Ayatollah_of_Rock_n_Rolla]

2 hours ago, Lord Marshal said:

WrackBros... we lost again... 

 

The 5th edition Mandrake sculpts are one of those timeless classics that would be difficult to improve on, so hopefully they remain consistent with most of their (D)Eldar plastifications thus far and try to 1:1 them... though I foresee many Tactical Rocks in their future. 

 

 

You're not into gimp suits?

[Lord Marshal]

1 minute ago, Ayatollah_of_Rock_n_Rolla said:

 

You're not into gimp suits?

 

Only on weekends.

[Halandaar]

Mandrakes makes it a pretty much instant buy for me, but very curious to see what the Night Lords team would look like. Upgrade sprue to the Legionaries kit would be odd as there is already a Legionaries team in KT, so you'd think it would have to be something else because I can't see them duplicating the same team just with a different sprue of cosmetic upgrades. Maybe Chosen? The big weapon variety on that kit would lend itself quite well to Kill Team.

[Noserenda]

You could quite easily have a completely different set of specialists on the sprue if they dont go mad with bat wings, the existing one is 4-5 isnt it? 

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

The Night Lords were my first 40K army in 2nd 40K. Should the minis be of sufficient quality then I will buy this box even when there is zero interest in KT on my part.

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

3 hours ago, Lord Marshal said:

WrackBros... we lost again... 

 

The 5th edition Mandrake sculpts are one of those timeless classics that would be difficult to improve on, so hopefully they remain consistent with most of their (D)Eldar plastifications thus far and try to 1:1 them... though I foresee many Tactical Rocks in their future. 

 

They will leak certainly a lot of shadowy stuff to show off GW´s sculpting techniques.