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Cool time to get ready for cheap second hand russes then I guess for us guard players. Luckily for me I play both admech and guard hehehe.

Wait a second, I have 2 techpriests, a macrotek engineseer, 2 dominuses.. I have way more dudes with power axes and servo arms than I really need.

Really the AdMech shouldn't have any Imperial Eagles. That's a sign of the Imperium, who are allied with the Adeptus Mechanicus.

So now that I can buy a Vindicate Assassin without the game, how badly do I want one? It has some hilariously powerful rules.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Really the AdMech shouldn't have any Imperial Eagles. That's a sign of the Imperium, who are allied with the Adeptus Mechanicus.

no question about it, which is why i was surprised that the robots have them on the chest...
since they do have one, i am just happy that the rest of the models don't...
makes for a lot less detail to carve off if you don't want them there

cheers
jah



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 casvalremdeikun wrote:
So now that I can buy a Vindicate Assassin without the game, how badly do I want one? It has some hilariously powerful rules.

it is a great model, in my opinion...
i like him as much as my original metal shooting one, but he is just that little bit bigger and more impressive...
since the Finecast "come at me bro" pose is not cool, which was the only one available the last couple of years, the new plastic one is a great alternative...
i like the ruined column on the base, too, making it a mini-diorama...


cheers
jah

Hang on. I've been out of checking GW pricing for a while, but it almost looked as if those new Assassins were $53au each. Like, single frame plastic clampack models for $53au.

Am I seeing that right or do I need to go for a new eye checkup?

 jah-joshua wrote:
@Yaraton: do you mean that the Techpriest can be Chaos because he doesn't have any Imperial Eagles???
that is one thing i have noticed across the entire Ad. Mech. range...
the single eagle is on the chest of the robot, which is easy to slice off...
with the filigree style fleur de lys borders, that look very spikey, pretty much every mini in the range is ready to join the dark side...
just look at the leader of the Rust Stalkers, he looks like a Chaos creature straight out of the box!!!

i am having a lot of fun painting a Dark Mechanicum character right now for the Black Crusade RPG...
if she wasn't a female Heretek, this Techpriest would make a great base model...

cheers
jah

From the image Nicky J posted you could see enough "possibly-less-than-Imperial" details that could be interpreted with the appropriate paint job as "Chaosy". This includes the spikes covered shaft of the cog power axe, the "chaosy" ornament on the pistol holster and "chaosy" emblem on the powerpack, although the last one is most likely Opus Machina symbol. IMHO, of course.

@Yaraton: the Dominus is surprisingly spikey, too...
i like it...

@Loki: your eyes are not deceiving you, Oz pricing has gone off the chart, but hey, on the bright side, it's even worse for the Kiwis...


cheers
jah

 jah-joshua wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Really the AdMech shouldn't have any Imperial Eagles. That's a sign of the Imperium, who are allied with the Adeptus Mechanicus.

no question about it, which is why i was surprised that the robots have them on the chest...
since they do have one, i am just happy that the rest of the models don't...
makes for a lot less detail to carve off if you don't want them there

cheers
jah

Makes a bit more sense with the robots, seeing as the members of the Legio Cybernetica have to take especially strict Imperial Oaths due to the Men of Iron incident.

Any new rules for assassins?

I can't believe they are charging so much for a plastic figure for each of the Assassins. Same for the Blood Angels Chaplin, he is the same price as a five man squad of Sanguinary Guard, made of plastic as well.

Co0n wrote:
Any new rules for assassins?

Just their existing digital codex

 DarkKnights44 wrote:
I can't believe they are charging so much for a plastic figure for each of the Assassins. Same for the Blood Angels Chaplin, he is the same price as a five man squad of Sanguinary Guard, made of plastic as well.

Yeah, the $30USD+ price for the clampack characters is stupid. I only get mine off eBay now. GW stores won't get my money ever again.

Too bad this guy doesn't get a Dataslate like Karlaen does. I was hoping for a named character option for the model.

The price is stupid and you won't give them your money, but you still buy at small discount if you can?

I picked up Karlaen for £12.50 off ebay when Deathstorm came out. This was when he was perceived to be a limited edition model. Non-limited retail price = £20. Insane.

 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
The price is stupid and you won't give them your money, but you still buy at small discount if you can?

$25 v. $33 is an easier pill to swallow.

I am curious if anyone has sprue pictures of the new Chaplain. Also, does anyone have the Captain Karlaen carriers? I am curious if he has any changes to his rules.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
The price is stupid and you won't give them your money, but you still buy at small discount if you can?

$25 v. $33 is an easier pill to swallow.

Not for some. That's worth 20$ at most. But as always YMMV

So I tried to order the Captain Karlaen dataslate from BL, but my credit card was rejected. I called my CC company, they said the site was blocked by them as it is a high risk site. Apparently, there is nothing that can be done about it and they can't remove the block. This is really frustrating!

short term it sucks,

long term get a different credit cards, it's not worth having one that can't let you shop on a genuine site even after you call in and confirm it's a genuine transaction. You don't want to be in the position when they block a purchase that's actually essential rather than entertainment

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
short term it sucks,

long term get a different credit cards, it's not worth having one that can't let you shop on a genuine site even after you call in and confirm it's a genuine transaction. You don't want to be in the position when they block a purchase that's actually essential rather than entertainment

It is actually my bank card, so getting another one is impossible. I have never had any other issues like this in the past (same bank for 15 years). I am going to get a VISA gift card and see if that will work.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
short term it sucks,

long term get a different credit cards, it's not worth having one that can't let you shop on a genuine site even after you call in and confirm it's a genuine transaction. You don't want to be in the position when they block a purchase that's actually essential rather than entertainment

It's not unheard of here in the US, actually. It's being blocked not necessarily because it's a "high risk site"(although they WILL tell you that), but because it's a transaction that registers as taking place in the UK.

Cas--do you have an iTunes account? Because you can just get it that way instead of using the Black Library site.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
short term it sucks,

long term get a different credit cards, it's not worth having one that can't let you shop on a genuine site even after you call in and confirm it's a genuine transaction. You don't want to be in the position when they block a purchase that's actually essential rather than entertainment

It's not unheard of here in the US, actually. It's being blocked not necessarily because it's a "high risk site"(although they WILL tell you that), but because it's a transaction that registers as taking place in the UK.

Cas--do you have an iTunes account? Because you can just get it that way instead of using the Black Library site.

what format does the iTunes store have everything in though? I need epub for my reader. I have an iTunes account from ages past.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
short term it sucks,

long term get a different credit cards, it's not worth having one that can't let you shop on a genuine site even after you call in and confirm it's a genuine transaction. You don't want to be in the position when they block a purchase that's actually essential rather than entertainment

It's not unheard of here in the US, actually. It's being blocked not necessarily because it's a "high risk site"(although they WILL tell you that), but because it's a transaction that registers as taking place in the UK.

Cas--do you have an iTunes account? Because you can just get it that way instead of using the Black Library site.

what format does the iTunes store have everything in though? I need epub for my reader. I have an iTunes account from ages past.

Ah that might be a problem then. I think iTunes only has it in their proprietary format.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
short term it sucks,

long term get a different credit cards, it's not worth having one that can't let you shop on a genuine site even after you call in and confirm it's a genuine transaction. You don't want to be in the position when they block a purchase that's actually essential rather than entertainment

It's not unheard of here in the US, actually. It's being blocked not necessarily because it's a "high risk site"(although they WILL tell you that), but because it's a transaction that registers as taking place in the UK.

Cas--do you have an iTunes account? Because you can just get it that way instead of using the Black Library site.

what format does the iTunes store have everything in though? I need epub for my reader. I have an iTunes account from ages past.

They usually have both iOS book format and .PDF that eReaders use. The iOS books usually have the word "Enhanced" with them.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
It is actually my bank card, so getting another one is impossible. I have never had any other issues like this in the past (same bank for 15 years). I am going to get a VISA gift card and see if that will work.

You are from the land of credit cards so unless you have a really bad credit history you can walk into any other bank and ask them to give you a different card. My credit card company is different from my bank company because they were a-ls when I asked them first time to give me a card. I was with my bank for 5 years but they still told me to put a deposit before they could issue me a credit card so I told them to have themselves and never took any of their CC offers after I have established a credit history with another company. We don't live in Middle Ages anymore - you mistreat your client, you lose business with them for ever.

 Nicky J wrote:
pre-orders are up on NZ site.

no sprue shots for the chaplain annoyingly, but here is the tech priest enginseer:

Spoiler:

Sweet Space Emporer!

Why would they spend all that money on a plastic model but include no options and no real posability or convertability?

I just don't understand the thinking...

A box with a plastic tech priest and 4 servitors and lots of options would sell like cakes which are also hot.

But a monopose tech priest only available packaged with a tank?

Not so much.

Well, after a huge ordeal, I finally have the Captain Karlaen Dataslate. I was able to get it from iTunes, but it came with their extremely moronic Apple Device Only DRM. Their DRM is almost impossible to remove, which left me with a file that could not be opened. I eventually found a way to remove the DRM, but it wouldn't work on Windows 10 because the version of iTunes required was not compatible. So I had to dig out my older laptop, load the program and the older iTunes, and I was FINALLY able to get the Data slate to open.

As for the dataslate itself, the single page of fluff in the preview is the only fluff in it. The character sheet is pretty much a carbon copy of the Deathstorm sheet, possibly even a literal copy. It has every rule explained and has a two pages of ads at the end, one of which is for the terrible Blood Angels codex. Long story short, as someone who had Deathstorm in the first place, this was a giant waste of time, effort, and money. Still, at least I have a more portable version of the rules. I promptly converted it to PDF and sent it to my phone so I can have it ready should I ever run Karlaen.

I am disappointed they did not make a dataslate for the Chaplain. They could have easily come up with fluff for another BA Chaplain character. Maybe I will make my own up and put it in Proposed Rules.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

I am disappointed they did not make a dataslate for the Chaplain. They could have easily come up with fluff for another BA Chaplain character. Maybe I will make my own up and put it in Proposed Rules.

I'm actually shocked that they didn't, to be honest.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Nicky J wrote:
pre-orders are up on NZ site.

no sprue shots for the chaplain annoyingly, but here is the tech priest enginseer:

Spoiler:

Sweet Space Emporer!

Why would they spend all that money on a plastic model but include no options and no real posability or convertability?

I just don't understand the thinking...

A box with a plastic tech priest and 4 servitors and lots of options would sell like cakes which are also hot.

But a monopose tech priest only available packaged with a tank?

Not so much.

Techpriests have no options.

If there's going to be a plastic kit with Servitors, I almost guarantee it will be with Techmarines.

 Talys wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

I am disappointed they did not make a dataslate for the Chaplain. They could have easily come up with fluff for another BA Chaplain character. Maybe I will make my own up and put it in Proposed Rules.

I'm actually shocked that they didn't, to be honest.

Lost opportunity to make $4, I guess.