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I realy like new models. Was planning to get all 4 assasins anyway. Wating for prices.

Thachng wrote:I am hoping for new rules hopefully the Vindicare will have a strength D sniper rifle with +5 to the chart roll when shoot GC!
Callidus has strength D blade
Callexus or what ever its called will have strength D against psykers
and the eversor will explode a strength D blast.
and they can say its the only army where everyone does strength D!

Just what the game needs, more D. I suppose at least we now have our counter to the Elder Codex though

silent25 wrote:
– 15 Chaos Cultists: 4 x $10

Mooooaaaaar blood for the BLOOD TITHE!!!!

Seems odd that they'd just put in plain 'ol Chaos models. Seems like a missed oppor... wait... this is the old GW story: Great idea, bad execution (assassination pun not intended).

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Seems odd that they'd just put in plain 'ol Chaos models. Seems like a missed oppor... wait... this is the old GW story: Great idea, bad execution (assassination pun not intended).

Couldn't agree more
very dissapoiinting.

The assassins look great and I've got a feeling that the debris some of them are posed on is optional and can be left off.

 BrookM wrote:
The assassins look great and I've got a feeling that the debris some of them are posed on is optional and can be left off.

Let's hope so. Otherwise I like 'em.

If previous models are anything to go by, even the plastic commissar, who comes perched on a small piece of debris, can be assembled without that tiny chunk of rock. GW isn't like Raging Heroes thankfully who integrates the scenic debris into the model.

at least 2 of the 3 assasins we can see are really nice. The callidus is rather bad (whats' the deal with these hair. It looks more like a rope), but to be honest, I always tought it was a lame concept.

i was thinking i would be happy to wait for these Assassins to hit retail outside of this box, but now that i see them, i don't know if i can wait...
that Vindicare is leaning back so cool on the rubble column...
the Matrix action on the Eversor is awesome, and i like the Callidus leap...

time to find out who will be giving the best discount on the box...

thanks for posting those awesome pics!!!

cheers
jah

Looks like, with the Chaos re-hashing, just gonna buy one or two of the Assassins on EBay after release.

Not exactly a swing and a miss. For GW, but more like kind of a bunt. They get to first base, but...

-C6

I'm kind of intrigued, but considering the mix of Assassins and Chaos, not sure if these would get much play outside of the game.

I'll get it.
Price is ok, the Eversor and Vindicare look awesome. I generally find the look of the Culexis to be really weird with all that stuff on its head... Callidus is ok, though the hair is a bit off-putting.

 jah-joshua wrote:
i was thinking i would be happy to wait for these Assassins to hit retail outside of this box, but now that i see them, i don't know if i can wait...

I'm not sure it really makes sense anyhow. The models will likely be ~ $25 each individually, and the box set is $125, with "all that extra stuff". The Chaos Terminator Lord will have some modelling value and someone will want the cultists.

And who knows, it might even be a good game


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 streetsamurai wrote:
at least 2 of the 3 assasins we can see are really nice. The callidus is rather bad (whats' the deal with these hair. It looks more like a rope), but to be honest, I always tought it was a lame concept.

We can see all 4 --

Underwhelming and overpriced for me I'm afraid. 4 new assassin sculpts doesn't justify the likely £70 price tag on this one. I could just about justify that for Space Hulk since it was a game I knew and the mini content was reasonable but this smacks of GW releasing the assassin minis and trying to cash in by bolting an arbitrary board game on the side.

I like the sculpts, but not enough to buy the box with everything else. Maybe if they're released seperately id pick up the Culexus and Vindicare if the Culexus is as cool as it seems. Although they'll be like £18 each probably won't they.

 Talys wrote:

 jah-joshua wrote:
i was thinking i would be happy to wait for these Assassins to hit retail outside of this box, but now that i see them, i don't know if i can wait...

I'm not sure it really makes sense anyhow. The models will likely be ~ $25 each individually, and the box set is $125, with "all that extra stuff". The Chaos Terminator Lord will have some modelling value and someone will want the cultists.

And who knows, it might even be a good game


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 streetsamurai wrote:
at least 2 of the 3 assasins we can see are really nice. The callidus is rather bad (whats' the deal with these hair. It looks more like a rope), but to be honest, I always tought it was a lame concept.

We can see all 4 --

yeah i know, but we can barely see the feature on the one to the extreme left. So i don't know if it's a good sculpt or not.

I'm on the fence. I really like the sculpts, but the trend to more and more rubble on the bases puts me off and 100€ for a game I probably never play...
Don't know yet. I'll wait for the sprues.

They look decent to me, though the Vindicare's pose is somewhat lacking. I like that they come with interesting bases and that the Callidus and Eversor have dynamic poses that actually make some kind of sense.

Whoever painted the Eversor needs a slap, that orangey-red is really and incongruous and thematically daft.

Looks cool.

New opponent minis would've been nice, but I do have a painted Dark Vengeance, so I can actually get playing quickly, only needing to paint 1 Terminator Lord and the 4 Assassins. I am still working on my goddamn Space Hulk six-seven months after buying (though it's getting there).

Co-op game and gaming with more than 2 people is a nice change for a GW game.

Unless the tiles are utter rubbish, I'll buy.

I don't see what people are complaining about with the Callidus' hair. They've always had long plaited hair. We should be grateful she doesn't look like a porn star like the days of old Dark Elves and current Sisters of Battle.

Assassins were always uber-OP. These are.. OK? The wall-running pose is ace, but no way will I drop £70+ for this.

Definitely not going for the box. If I can get the Eversor, Vindicate or Callidius for less than £10 on eBay I'll grab them, though. Eversor is certainly the coolest of the bunch.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
I don't see what people are complaining about with the Callidus' hair. They've always had long plaited hair. We should be grateful she doesn't look like a porn star like the days of old Dark Elves and current Sisters of Battle.

Just because they've always had it doesn't mean people like it, and also it's like stupidly thick on this model, looks like a big rope more than hair.

 sockwithaticket wrote:


Whoever painted the Eversor needs a slap, that orangey-red is really and incongruous and thematically daft.

I've got a feeling it's a weird nod to the 2nd edition!

Quite like the look of them,

Probably not enough to get the game unless that also looks good rule wise, but a qualified thumbs up from me

I love the Eversor's running pose

The bases - if they are 32mm what they look to be - confirm this game is using the same individual square sizes as Space Hulk and all the other GW/MB boardgames. It would make the Chaos Sorcerer's 40mm base a bit too large for a square, which is okay as none other mini is on it so he will have the neccessary space to overlap.

Regarding the price. A boardgame with cardboard tiles, token and 'minis' costs 30+ EUR, the Chaos models about 20-25 EUR when purchased in new condition on Ebay, so it is about 12.50 EUR for each Assassin. That's a price I am fine with.

I hope the cardboard material is not crap. It does not have to be of Space Hulk Quality. But hopefully not below the 'average boardgame standard'. I am buying this as a game - not only for the minis

I'd argue that it does actually have to be of Space Hulk quality, as it's the same price as Space Hulk for fewer (and non-unique) models! As well as a less classic design/smaller existing fanbase.

While I kind of like the Assassins, I don't like them enough to go for the full game. So I'll probably check next Saturday's WD to see if the game itself looks interesting, and then I'll decide if I'll try to find the rules/board/counters package for 30 EUR or so on eBay. Fingers crossed.

I won't buy this - I've only just finished painting Space Hulk, which I reckon is a fantastic set, very creative models.

But I'd argue that boardgames like this, and other sets like Stormclaw, are a great way for GW to be going, especially to get beginners into the 40k universe.

Now all we need is a replacement for Dark Vengeance that's as good value as the MacGragge set.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
We've seen one picture. How can anyone be calling it "rubbish" or a "blatant money grab"?

Very simple. It's a topic concerning anything from GW, located on Dakka Dakka.

Did you expect, honestly, anything else ?

All kidding aside, i can see how people might think its a bit pricy when compared to some other stuff out there. While not an excuse, it's Games Workshop. I sorta have my battered-wife-before-leaving mentality and expect it. Would i like it 25-50 bucks cheaper, absolutely. Was i pretty much expecting it to be where it is? Yup.

For my blood, its pricey, but I have always had a special place in my heart for the officio assassinorum since the 2nd ed codex came out. I love 50% of the assassin minis, like another 25%, and Culexus is Culexus i guess. The adversaries i think is pretty good deal (a term, a few space marines, and 15 cultists), and i'm sure i could convert and use other adversaries too.

It's a bit pricey but i'm game to see what its like and how it plays. If its complete pants game play wise, well, i have a few really nice assassin models i'm looking forward to painting, and i have a host of chaos and some tiles i can trade on b-town. If bartertown has taught me anything its that someone, somewhere, will want what you have eventually.

All in all i can think of ways to spend 125 in a more silly manner. And if i pick it up online for 20+% off, then that's even better.