Timberley Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 15 hours ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said: If they toned down the mall ninja knife blade aesthetic I’d like it a lot more. I know the Tantalus has been around forever, by current standards, but I have to agree. I think if one magically came out today, I'd drop the keel-mounted knife things (they could be some sort of anti-grav?) for a pair of big guns (like you'd get on a Wraithknight), or just have nothing there at all. In the same way, if I were to create a Corsairs army and get some Reavers, I'd leave off the knife blade in front of the engine grille and paint the wing blades so they looked like ailerons rather than knives. Inquisitor_Lensoven 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6153670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, Timberley said: I know the Tantalus has been around forever, by current standards, but I have to agree. I think if one magically came out today, I'd drop the keel-mounted knife things (they could be some sort of anti-grav?) for a pair of big guns (like you'd get on a Wraithknight), or just have nothing there at all. In the same way, if I were to create a Corsairs army and get some Reavers, I'd leave off the knife blade in front of the engine grille and paint the wing blades so they looked like ailerons rather than knives. Yeah a pair of underslung bright lances, and a bow mounted star cannon and either a shuriken cannon or scatter laser on either side would be a nice bit of armament. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6153688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ming the Merciless Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 The Pulse Disintegrators are already pretty tasty. Its an assault vehicle (mw's on the charge and not bad in melee) not a gunship. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6153696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, Ming the Merciless said: The Pulse Disintegrators are already pretty tasty. Its an assault vehicle (mw's on the charge and not bad in melee) not a gunship. An assault vehicle without guns to support the assaulting infantry and fight its way to the assault point is pretty useless as an assault vehicle. A good assault vehicle is an IFV, not an APC. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6153708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogger351 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 56 minutes ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said: An assault vehicle without guns to support the assaulting infantry and fight its way to the assault point is pretty useless as an assault vehicle. A good assault vehicle is an IFV, not an APC. Out the gates it's neither, it's a fast moving platform more akin to a naval vessel, notably an old one. It's designed to get there fast, soften things with it and it's passengers lending fire, then ram something for the crew to disembark onto the target in essence. Beyond that are 12 bs 3+ S10 AP-2 d2 shots not enough to count as supporting its crew? Ming the Merciless 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6153718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 6 hours ago, Mogger351 said: Out the gates it's neither, it's a fast moving platform more akin to a naval vessel, notably an old one. It's designed to get there fast, soften things with it and it's passengers lending fire, then ram something for the crew to disembark onto the target in essence. Beyond that are 12 bs 3+ S10 AP-2 d2 shots not enough to count as supporting its crew? Sure never said it wasn’t. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6153769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtilleryman Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I love the psyker and the vyper is … ok. Not quite sure what I expected from it but yeah it does the job. I have an old one unbuilt and I can’t say the new one is enough to make me get one instead. Not sure at all about the flying guys. They seem a bit like they came out of someone’s bits box. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Corsair kill team is no longer shown on the kill team page im assuming reboxing for 40K. should be expecting the big box to release in another week or two right? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouargh Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 9 hours ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said: Corsair kill team is no longer shown on the kill team page im assuming reboxing for 40K. It has been the case for a couple of months already. I guess your assumption is correct, and reboxing is likely without the cards of KT... Unless there is a recut too? I wonder how the "almost characters" from the Voidscarred will be treated in the global Corsair release: will it stay like it is or will they be removable from the VoidScarred unit organization, allowing building of these minor characters out of the box (Sniper, Psyker, pseudo medic with waystones, Assassin, Ranger like with bird) and acting/behaving in solo? I would tend to say thta no recut is to be foreseen, but rulewise I would welcome some flexibility on the matter... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) 8 hours ago, Bouargh said: It has been the case for a couple of months already. I guess your assumption is correct, and reboxing is likely without the cards of KT... Unless there is a recut too? I wonder how the "almost characters" from the Voidscarred will be treated in the global Corsair release: will it stay like it is or will they be removable from the VoidScarred unit organization, allowing building of these minor characters out of the box (Sniper, Psyker, pseudo medic with waystones, Assassin, Ranger like with bird) and acting/behaving in solo? I would tend to say thta no recut is to be foreseen, but rulewise I would welcome some flexibility on the matter... Going by waha they currently include those models in the squad, I see no reason to change that. Edited January 30 by Inquisitor_Lensoven Karhedron 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I agree. GW likes selling complete units, I can't see them breaking up the Corsairs. Look at the Masters of the Maelstrom unit. Inquisitor_Lensoven 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 On 1/19/2026 at 3:20 PM, Inquisitor_Lensoven said: What kind of points range are people expecting this box to be? vyper is currently 65pts Yriel 100 pts swoopinghawks 190pts for 10 corsairs 160pts for 10 Eldrad 100pts so based on what’s available as regular eldar it’s about 615pts so I wouldn’t expect more than 800 total, 600-750 seems most likely. Coming back to this, auspex tactics thinks it’ll be about 540 points. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkhainan Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 He also mentions he's uncertain you get the third sprue for the corsair kit, though in looking at the sprues, I'm not sure you can asssemble the voidreavers without the third sprue? But that knocks a bit down on the points value SvenIronhand 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Pretty certain you need all 3 sprues to assemble a 10-man squad as the legs are spread across the 3 sprues. There isn't a special weapons sprue that they could omit. Inquisitor_Lensoven, Larkhainan, SvenIronhand and 1 other 2 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 On 1/30/2026 at 9:48 PM, Karhedron said: I agree. GW likes selling complete units, I can't see them breaking up the Corsairs. Look at the Masters of the Maelstrom unit. Yet with the Sanctifiers, the Ministorum Priest in the box is an independent character that can - but does not have to be - part of the squad, so there is a precedent for a Kill Team box making two distinct datasheets. Karhedron 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Techwisp Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 On 1/30/2026 at 9:48 PM, Karhedron said: I agree. GW likes selling complete units, I can't see them breaking up the Corsairs. Look at the Masters of the Maelstrom unit. Look at the Murderwing Killteam with an entire JP Chaos Lord in it. Also, Servitor Battleclade with the Techoarcheologist in it. hd3 and SvenIronhand 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
irlLordy Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Canoptek Court is 3 40k datasheets (Geomancer, Macrocytes and Tomb Crawlers)! I doubt they'll break up the Corsair kit though, if they plan on having a specific character datasheet, they'll release a model for it, rather than making it out of a squad box and potentially leaving someone unable to run a valid squad. Inquisitor_Lensoven 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alby the Slayer Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 So maybe today will be announced the pre-order of the red corsair and in 2-3 weeks this one? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
01RTB01 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, Alby the Slayer said: So maybe today will be announced the pre-order of the red corsair and in 2-3 weeks this one? Warcom spoke about a few weeks for red corsairs. Edited February 1 by 01RTB01 Alby the Slayer 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
irlLordy Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 More likely to be AoS this week (probably LRL and DoT together as they're relatively small releases) as it was a 40k and Specialist Games week last week. Alby the Slayer and 01RTB01 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 4 hours ago, Alby the Slayer said: So maybe today will be announced the pre-order of the red corsair and in 2-3 weeks this one? They were revealed together I’d hope they’d go on preorder together Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6154644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Battleforce pre-order only next week (along with the Lair of the Tyrant book). The Yncarne, Inquisitor_Lensoven and Karhedron 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6155762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
01RTB01 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 2/1/2026 at 12:17 PM, Inquisitor_Lensoven said: They were revealed together I’d hope they’d go on preorder together You get your wish :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6155763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) 7 hours ago, 01RTB01 said: You get your wish :) A guy’s gotta get lucky every now and then right? I can never remember do pre-orders go live Saturday, Sunday, or Monday? Edited February 9 by Inquisitor_Lensoven Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6155799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Coolpants Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Haven't even looked at my models in years. Might buy this though! Really digging it Inquisitor_Lensoven 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387436-aeldari-corsairs-ft-nuvyper/page/5/#findComment-6155882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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