New Aeldari Combat Patrol leak and reveal

[TheArtilleryman]

Edited January 25 by TheArtilleryman

[TheArtilleryman]

I think it’s a nice box but I’m sorry to see the jetbike one go as the value was epic. If you can get both boxes though they complement each other nicely as there are no repeats, and you have a nice balance of infantry, elites and firepower.

[ZeroWolf]

It's the current one that's been packaged with Combat Patrol I believe

[lhg033]

interesting....

 

Eldar are one of the armies i've always liked but never really got very far with.

I have a few metal models knocking around plus a random getting started type box (one of the old £40 boxes with war walkers, guardians and a tank i think) and some dire avengers.  Most of that is on sprues still. 

 

I've been eying up the combat patrol magazine eldar options for wraithguard/lord models....
if this new combat patrol is true it does complement the current one fairly well. I might consider getting the current one before it goes out of stock and then just grabbing 1 or 2 wraithlords / wraithguard issues. If the old models still fit in well then that should give m a decent 

[TheArtilleryman]

2 hours ago, lhg033 said:

interesting....

 

Eldar are one of the armies i've always liked but never really got very far with.

I have a few metal models knocking around plus a random getting started type box (one of the old £40 boxes with war walkers, guardians and a tank i think) and some dire avengers.  Most of that is on sprues still. 

 

I've been eying up the combat patrol magazine eldar options for wraithguard/lord models....
if this new combat patrol is true it does complement the current one fairly well. I might consider getting the current one before it goes out of stock and then just grabbing 1 or 2 wraithlords / wraithguard issues. If the old models still fit in well then that should give m a decent 

That was a lovely box

[01RTB01]

2 hours ago, lhg033 said:

interesting....

 

Eldar are one of the armies i've always liked but never really got very far with.

I have a few metal models knocking around plus a random getting started type box (one of the old £40 boxes with war walkers, guardians and a tank i think) and some dire avengers.  Most of that is on sprues still. 

 

I've been eying up the combat patrol magazine eldar options for wraithguard/lord models....
if this new combat patrol is true it does complement the current one fairly well. I might consider getting the current one before it goes out of stock and then just grabbing 1 or 2 wraithlords / wraithguard issues. If the old models still fit in well then that should give m a decent 

We've seen the pictures, it's definitely true!

[LittlePlasticHomies]

There’s no new dire avenger kit, so these would still be the old-scale ones, correct? 

[divad8]

11 minutes ago, LittlePlasticHomies said:

There’s no new dire avenger kit, so these would still be the old-scale ones, correct? 

They're the current ones:

[TheArtilleryman]

They are an older kit but I wouldn't say they’re old scale though. I’d argue all they need is a new mould.

[Vardus]

47 minutes ago, TheArtilleryman said:

They are an older kit but I wouldn't say they’re old scale though. I’d argue all they need is a new mould.

 

And tactical rocks... definitely Aeldari tactical rocks!

[Karhedron]

And in glorious technicolour!

[Indy Techwisp]

5 hours ago, TheArtilleryman said:

They are an older kit but I wouldn't say they’re old scale though. I’d argue all they need is a new mould.

 

Really all they need to be set for a good while is Ynnari heads.

[Xenith]

Pass from me, I have enough of all of these, only really want the spiders. 

 

Though if Avengers go up to the new normal of £40/5 aspect warriors, that's ~£180 worth of stuff in that for hopefully £100, so not bad. 

Also, Avengers are pretty much 20 years old this year, a testament to Eldar model design that they are perfectly in place with new kits. 

[Karhedron]

Looking at the new rules, I can see Dire Avengers being a popular choice for line infantry. Fortunately I already have 20 from when GW were still selling them in boxes of 10 so I am OK. I also have some Wraithguard coming from the Combat Patrol magazine.

[Frogian]

pity they getting rid of the old one too, because the two together looks like a great way to start an Eldar army and get a reasonably cheap 1000pts.

Edited January 27 by Frogian

[Cactus]

3 minutes ago, Frogian said:

pity they getting rid of the old one two, because the two together looks like a great way to start an Eldar army and get a reasonably cheap 1000pts.

The old one is just beginning its run in the Hachette Combat Patrol part work.

[Doobles57]

6 minutes ago, Frogian said:

pity they getting rid of the old one too, because the two together looks like a great way to start an Eldar army and get a reasonably cheap 1000pts.

Jump on the Combat Patrol mags and it's potentially even cheaper to put that combo together. It's a tempting prospect. 

[Redcomet]

1 minute ago, Doobles57 said:

Jump on the Combat Patrol mags and it's potentially even cheaper to put that combo together. It's a tempting prospect. 

Only trouble is the CP mags aren’t readily available to everyone 

[TheMawr]

15 hours ago, Indy Techwisp said:

 

Really all they need to be set for a good while is Ynnari heads.

 

the thing Ynnari need most is a cadianstyle upgrade sprue filled with bare heads to cover those that do not have it (and prevent me scouring the internet for some particular heads I want XD), maybe some Standard bearer arm with variation icons targetted at Kabalites/Wyches and Guardians to make the allegiance stand out more, some basing-corpses and arms with soul(stone) shenanigans going on, probably a gyrinx, then some spare soulstones to hang on hips etc. Huskblade, backpack and blast pistol to make an Archon from the Autarch kit could fill it up. More scyth like executioner arm ( Succubus, Banshee exarch, Autarch )

it could really give a simple but stronger identity in presentation ( beyond people's conversions.) than just eldar-soup

[INKS]

wonder if I need spiders or dire avengers for the spirit detachement

[Halandaar]

I kitbashed Dire Avengers with the new Guardian kit. IMO their age and squatting stance is quite noticeable next to the new minis.

[CL_Mission]

2 hours ago, Halandaar said:

I kitbashed Dire Avengers with the new Guardian kit. IMO their age and squatting stance is quite noticeable next to the new minis.

This is what will keep me from picking up this box if I was going to start and Eldar army. I don't think the Dire Avengers look too bad on their own, when they were released I thought they looked fantastic, but next to the new stuff I'm not sure they quite cut it. Everything else in the box is must have.

[ZeroWolf]

3 hours ago, Halandaar said:

I kitbashed Dire Avengers with the new Guardian kit. IMO their age and squatting stance is quite noticeable next to the new minis.

How did they turn out? Was there much converting needing to be done

[Wormwoods]

New coat of paint isn't gonna make that helmet less crooked.

[Karhedron]

6 hours ago, INKS said:

wonder if I need spiders or dire avengers for the spirit detachement

 

Both units are shred lighter infantry pretty cost effectively, something that Wraith units are not so hot on. I would probably opt for Spiders as they bring greater mobility.