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Marines have hair now. This is a great step forward

He looks stern...

OMG, I can't wait.


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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Marines have hair now. This is a great step forward

HAHA, They like to spend a little time taking care of themselves now.

Like the tac squad, the marine aiming looks great, also nice to see a Dev with a Dev backpack!

 cyphertheory wrote:
Found these on /tg/ not sure if they made it here

Oh man.

Im super excited for this


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I seem to realize that GW is great at leaving things under wraps until the last minute. I mean I'm sure the word has been out about this but recently its exploded. Im liking that this seems to be happening in September. Not to long to wait.

Loving that apparent Sternguard with Combi-Flamer.

Like you guys said: HAIR!

Now those do look good, so tempted to finally get around to starting my own chapter.

Still trying to work out the scale of the centurions though, are they termie size or dread size?

You know what I'm liking the most so far out of this release? GW seem to finally have stopped using digital sculpting to be lazy with the faces(for eg, Marauder Horsemen; lovely heads, but almost all the bare ones are the exact same head with slightly different hair and piercings), each of the bare heads we've seen so far has its own features and personality(although the Tac Sgt and that Sternguard might be a bit similar if you ignore the hair).

And is it my imagination, or are those Tac marines a wee touch taller than the current ones?

Yeahhh stern guard . Interested in seeing if the standard bolters are the same at d currant stern guard. The ones with the boxed ammo instead of a clip. Only seen combi weapons at the moment.

 prpetros wrote:
Yeahhh stern guard . Interested in seeing if the standard bolters are the same at d currant stern guard. The ones with the boxed ammo instead of a clip. Only seen combi weapons at the moment.

all sternguard combiweapon i saw until now have the bolter part with drum magazine and according to the rumors the regular bolters have drum magazines too...

The pic last page showed Curveg Mags.

Combi includeed.

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
Loving that apparent Sternguard with Combi-Flamer.

That's a melta, not a flamer.

New sternguard will be good, though i just finished kitbashing some so doubt i'll spring for them. But the stalker, damn thats some dakka. Had zero success shooting anything down with whirly hyperios so those twin gatling autocannons look just the treat. The centurions look like they were designed by two different people not working in concert, like the subaru svx. Shame cos the idea is kinda cool and ive always loved assault drills. Those sure look better than the drill i made for my seige dread. Any news on what the ravenguard and thus by extension raptors might get as chapter powers?

Not sure why that posted twice sorry

 insaniak wrote:

 TheDraconicLord wrote:
Loving that apparent Sternguard with Combi-Flamer.

That's a melta, not a flamer.

I blame the 16 hour shift Thanks for the correction, makes me even happier the combi-melta looks that damn good.

On the Tac squad it looks like 2 new pairs of legs, the 2 new guns, and a new Sgt. head.

Still looking.

The Dev pack is a nice bit and about time.

 TalonZahn wrote:
On the Tac squad it looks like 2 new pairs of legs, the 2 new guns, and a new Sgt. head.

Still looking.

The Dev pack is a nice bit and about time.

Sarge's chest plate is different from the current Errant pattern one as well.

First pic - 5 legs, Mk. 8 torso, aiming arms, mk.5/6 torso(s)
2nd pic - mk. 4 legs, mk.5 torsos, slightly different bolter poses.

Sternguard - all around awesome. I love those shoulderpads.

I'm really liking the mix of older armor marks in the set. Might have to pick up another one of the current set just to be able to mix and match better.

The newer legs seem to be in a more upright position than the older legs. I approve of this as it makes the model look better overall.

So when exactly did the last plastic tactical squad box come out? 2004?

And on that subject, anyone know where I can find info on when different 40k models were released?

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
So when exactly did the last plastic tactical squad box come out? 2004?

And on that subject, anyone know where I can find info on when different 40k models were released?

The box came out in '98 and was recut in '04.

ClockworkZion wrote:

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
So when exactly did the last plastic tactical squad box come out? 2004?

And on that subject, anyone know where I can find info on when different 40k models were released?

The box came out in '98 and was recut in '04.

recut? What did they change?

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
So when exactly did the last plastic tactical squad box come out? 2004?

The current marines were initially released for 3rd edition (1998). They were cast at that point on individual single-mini sprues that included the marine (legs, torso, head, arms, bolter) and a couple of accessories or a second head, and the box had the backpacks on a separate sprue.

They were re-sprued for 4th edition (so 2004), onto the current 5-man sprues, and an accessory sprue added that included basic sergeant bits, a flamer and a missile launcher.

The accessory sprue was then redone for 5th edition (2008) with a few different accessories and the melta and plasma guns added, amongst other things.

Is it me or is it strange that theses leaks seem to be drip fed. Apart from the obvious ones eg the vanguard box at was sold early.
All only showing bit of the larger picture. Reminds me of when GW use to have the sneak peeks on their website.

I'm a bit annoyed that marines get a new tac box and their evil brethren don't... but oh well!The kit looks nice, maybe I should join the Imperium?

So far, this release is looking great! Only duds seem to be the Centurions

So from what we know:

Current assault marine and devastator boxes staying the same?

Command squad box: I know there is talk of a big box with transport, do we think the current box is going bye bye?

Do we think there will be a new captain box?

Trying to see what I need to snatch up for my bits box.

So being a former xenos (Ork) -turned Space Marine player, I haven't had the pleasure of experiencing a new codex release since I started at the beginning of 5th.

Now with that, do you guys typically get the codex first, read the rules then buy models based on the rules? or do you guys; like to by the new models regardless of what the rules are?

I'm a budget minded gamer and typically only buy stuff that suits my playstyle/fluff (Salamanders in this case).

I'm guessing I should wait until after I see what is in the codex.....

Okay. The new Tactical box has a graviton gun instead of a flamer and the Sergeant is wearing correctly designed MkVIII armor instead of the incorrect design (no armored collar) in the current version. Anything else different? If not, I guess I can wait for bits sellers to start parting this stuff out.

 cyphertheory wrote:
another that just popped up

This guy looks pretty sweet. Might see how much the bits will cost and make Sternguard out of those!