All/more of the Christmas Battleforces confirmed:
Warhammer 40,000
Also a couple more AoS ones here.
Warhammer 40,000
Also a couple more AoS ones here.
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When I order from a takeaway I usually leave a little note saying "please swap the mayo for BBQ).".
I feel like doing that here "Please swap Hydra for littersly anything."
Chimera and Sentinel aren't bad. What annoys me though is that the other Imperial Guard sets only come with Battle Tanks and not Demolisher Tanks, which this should have included instead. Would have been an auto-take then for new IG players.
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Tempted by the chaos box. Solid mix of core units and I do need a few of those guys. Shame they chose the Blackstone Fortress CLord since I already got him but I could kitbash him into something else, it's quite a nice model.
The Necron box looks quite fun, I'm not too familiar with the range but it looks like a nice varied selection of models. Are those fellas with the big spears Lichguards? I played a mates Necron army a few months back and those things were a nightmare, although they were using swords and shields instead.
The Necron box looks quite fun, I'm not too familiar with the range but it looks like a nice varied selection of models. Are those fellas with the big spears Lichguards? I played a mates Necron army a few months back and those things were a nightmare, although they were using swords and shields instead.
i thought the exact same thing! Must be a fairly high point army or perhaps all the miniature choices are high monetary amounts?
the imperial guard box isn't too far behind. It looks incredibly lacklustre with a fairly low model count and nearly 20 year old Cadian sculpts.
Gloomspite Gitz being really synergy-focused makes bundles kind of awkward. Hard to have a huge variety of sub-factions when it's really only viable to run one or two at the same time. The Start Collecting box had two units which didn't synergise with each other or the commander that came with it. At least the Battleforce has relevant commanders for the troop types, even if you'd be locked into Squigs+Trolls.
Chaos box looks really fun.
I think the best part of the space marine one is that since the infiltrators and the reivers share the same armor type you can have ten reivers and infiltrators/incursors with 10 different legs instead of two pairs of five. But reivers are such an uncessary unit at this moment.
I think the best part of the space marine one is that since the infiltrators and the reivers share the same armor type you can have ten reivers and infiltrators/incursors with 10 different legs instead of two pairs of five. But reivers are such an uncessary unit at this moment.
Also a bummer for people like me who just collect/paint and don't play, and want a wide variety of models with no repetition.
Kinda wish I'd bought last year's box now.
Yeah, difficulty to make something that suits everybody.
The Triarch Praetorian kit is a dual kit that can also be built as Lychguard.
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I admire your diligence in basecoating 1500 points in a week, rather than doing so erratically over the course of several months.
Wasn't there an Admech model teased back with the Palatine reveal a few months ago? Could be that.
But I'm definitely seeing some Chaos-stuff there, maybe a new Warpsmith model?
But I'm definitely seeing some Chaos-stuff there, maybe a new Warpsmith model?
Gladiator tank goes on preorder on the 28th. Hopefully, all the primaris and necron stuff gets released soon.
Does anybody proofread the assembly instructions? I've had two sets with incorrect numbering that almost screw up the whole model.
Yes, we know we're getting a new skitarri hq (want to say lieutenant but as mech already has their own more common hq in the enginseer IMHO).
Might be a warpsmith or something equivalent to go with that new death guard machine lord type thing.
Also, we just did get a shit ton of xenos in necrons and we know dark eldar is upcoming.
Oh, I thought this was a new faction - I'd heard rumors that the reason why the xenos species scheduled didn't have an existing icon was that it was new. If that's just Deldar, that's fine.
Gotya, it just seems semi weird to have a brand new race to be released right now after two huge waves for Primaris and Necrons, especially behen a good amount of factions need their Codexes.
We only had what like two huge waves in eight with death guard and initial primaris, decent sized waves with vanguard primaris, chaos, sob, and some smaller waves with speed freaks, ad mech, and gsc right? Everybody else got like 1 or 2 hqs and maybe a redone unit etc, except for tyrannids.
odds are, it is dark admech with a splash launch box.
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Jan is likely DA, and GSC
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Finished my Judicar
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Jan is likely DA, and GSC
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Finished my Judicar
They are real nice, great conversions. The Judicar is a great mix of being proper Space Wolfy in design but still being recognizable as his correct model. Although it does hurt a little to see you brutalising all those poor Thousand Sons.
I think about starting up Blood Ravens on an almost daily basis at this point, and then I think about having to figure out how to do their shoulder emblems and immediately recoil at the idea. :(
There's a few people on shapeways that make bloodraven emblems and whole shoulder pads with symbol. It's pretty cheap and you honestly can't tell the difference between 'em. I used to use them when I first started my space marines (I do Black Templars now) and I have a friend who uses them for his Blood Ravens army.
link: https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?type=product&q=bloody+crows
Last minute prediction before the preview in two hours is that there will be the first hints a major Slaanesh release. With stuff like the Slaanesh warband in Underworlds, the major event with Slaanesh in the latest campaign kicking off the countdown to 3rd edition in AoS, and that last preview image looks a lot like Sigvalds old armor.
Necromunda: the Van Saar Arachno rig
Also way to much hyping up for the animated stuff . Seriously stop showing us montages and gives us an actual trailer.
Necromunda: the Van Saar Arachno rig
Also way to much hyping up for the animated stuff . Seriously stop showing us montages and gives us an actual trailer.
Oh we had so many major hints at Slanesh in AOC with them being in so many big boxes right now. I do think with Sigvald we might see refresh of multipart Chaos warriors in AOS, which i'm exceited about.
40k i'm just hoping for replacements for Death Guards for the units of Dark Imperium etc.
Next step in the 40K story line- Deathguard related, attempting to capture a Forgeworld.
It includes a new campaign book: War Zone Charadon, book 1, The Book of Rust
It includes a new campaign book: War Zone Charadon, book 1, The Book of Rust
That'll be where the Chaos-tinged Admech symbol comes in. I hope this means more Admech models to add to the to-do pile.
Indeed it does- it's from the cover art!
Edit: Codex Drukari featured (has this been previously announced?)
Indeed it does- it's from the cover art!
Edit: Codex Drukari featured (has this been previously announced?)
No, this was just announced (but they said a xenos codex was upcoming but orks was also a possibility.)
edit. NGL, watching the strream comments (complaining about too much chaos focus and not enough xenos), the average warhammer commenter are just the most pathetic manchildren, chaos has gotten zero so far in 9th edition while Xenos just got a major push in 9th so far. Don't get me wrong I understand primaris fatigue etc, but the way this fanbase rants and rave is just really offputing.
I agree in the abstract - even when I agree with the complaints, the way people handle themselves can be embarassing and exhausting.
But it's sometimes hard not to feel like the two general buckets are Power Armor and Everybody Else. The Necrons getting some shine is great, but... yeah.
It's just gotten to the point imho, where people are complaining anything about themselves not getting anything, and putting themselves into a larger bucket of players that have gotten stuff to make them look more like looking for the entire playerbase when the only are about themselves.
To be honest, Necrons asides from warriors (and (lokhust) destroyers didn't need a refresh as much as other xenos races, but they did get it. I understand that refresh does nothing at all for a tyranid player who hasn't gotten anything since 2014, but don't say Xenos as a whole hasn't gotten stuff.
Chaos hasn't really gotten anything in 9th (DG codex and this campaign book that runs parallel to the main campaing in the Pariah Nexus), complaining about them just seems ... like I don't know. I know they're getting a big push in AoS and you can use some models in both ranges etc.
edt Wow the chaos warriors warband is amazing looking.
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Looking on the bright side, with Dark Angels out of the way in 2 months time, it leaves the schedule open for a lot of stuff that doesn't involve marines in 2021. I understand entirely why they get the Primaris/marines set up first as their sales outweigh everything else combined, but with that baseline established, it'll be interesting to see what ranges will be leading in the spring. I really wouldn't be surprised at a major refresh for any of the other factions.
it'll be Grey Knights /s