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my review

sicarius = 10/10 = its sergeant centurius all over again! we know his identity now! definatly getting two (one is going to be for a friend)

kantor = 5/10 = should have had head, not helmet, not recognizable with a CF captain

new land raider variant = 10/10 = burn heretic, burn! i love it

drop pod = 10/10 = plastic! but it sucks, cause it beats my $7 pvc ones...

scout bikers = 9/10 = wheelies here i come! only detract is the pistols/personal weapons

scout captain = 10/10 = i spy an inquisitorial henchman conversion, also cool

old armor marine = 10/10 = always awsome to have more older style armor, old is new!

land speeder = 5/10 = could have included a new variant, plus i have never put one together before, so the re-cut doesn't affect me.

assualt veterans = 10/10 = the middle one has been nailed down for an EC conversion. plus thier all awsome

rhino commander special character = 5/10 = who's gonna take a special character that will (possibly) die when his ride blows up?

new techmarine/ big A$$ gun = AWSOMESAUCE! big guns are cool, i love tech marines, and i hope it has rending.

rearguard vets = 10/10 = more vets are awsome, getting a (metric) TON of all three sets.

new codex cover = 1/10 = meh, it sucks, could be so much better, having a guy splitting an ork in half down the middle or something, so bleh, common.

holy carp that's a lot of new pics!!!

I'm a little sad they are making an entirely new model for Captain Sicarius.

I had spent alot of time painting up the limited edition Sicarius model with the twin lightning claws and now it looks like there will be an entirely new ruleset for him in the sm codex to reflect the new model (powersword and something)

I will have to retire the model into something other now... *sigh*

Hmm... yeah I'm gonna get the Thunderfire. And the Vets. And the Land Raider. And the Drop Pod.

*sigh*

BYE

Those are some damn nice looking figs.

How many new vet figures do we need though?

The assault marines will for sure make their way into my lists though.

Wow, I'm actually impressed with everything there. Usually there's some goofy SM models in every new wave that are just ugly to me. Everythign here looks cool, now to see where the Codex goes and what I have to do to chage up my SM.

Not impressed, but not disappointed either. Models in Power armor just don't get me excited. I'm firmly in the Meh camp, take them or leave em.

New plastic drop pods will be sweet though, too bad it will take a new Space Wolves codex before I even think about collecting a marine army.

AgeOfEgos wrote:Pics:

You know, I've been looking at these, and they don't really grab me as that exciting or inspiring. Perhaps if the Veteran Assault Marines were plastic, I'd be excited. But these look metal, and a lot of the details are sculpted overly broadly.

Still, I wonder what the Conversion Beamer will look like...

dienekes96 wrote:I will say the cover is boring as goat balls.

It would appear the 5th Edition Codex covers are going to visually focus on a single, iconic member of the army. Thus, the new SM Codex has a single SM standing as the focus point of the cover, whereas the 4th edition cover is much muddier - you can't see anything until you get up close and in good light. Visually, the 5th Edition cover is much more striking and visually clear from across the room.

From a design an composition standpoint, the 5th edition cover is unquestionably superior, in the same way that GW's move to show the actual models on the boxed sets is a genius stroke.

Well I guess its a good thing I haven't built my veteran assault squad for the 8th Company of Ultramarines (blood angels). I'll deffinately be using those assault marines!

For those that haven't figured it out I'd imagine the guy in the rd helmet is the dismounted version of the guy in the rhino. He has the same chest piece and backpack.

I wonder what all those round things are on the far left landspeeder sprue? Could that be the new scout variant upgrade parts?

Well I know what I've got to start saving up for

Can anyone tell me what is this big gun?? Ass cannon ;P? And the older techmarine looks better than this one...

Not a huge fan of the BFG, but I am going to jump on the Scout sergeant train. Great model. Poised, collected, and no doubt outnumbered behind enemy lines or some such heroic stuff.

I don't like the small storm bolter, didn't like it on grey knights either. Also hoping those big flamers are inferno cannons, other wise they're way over sized IMO. Bike meh, scultped 'U's grrrrrrrrrrr

Apart from that great! Will be getting a thudd gun for my Ad Mechs

I'm a fan of almost everything listed.

only disappointment is the amount of moulded chapter badges.
I'd like to use alot of them for my BAs...

My Orks are sooooo gonna loot that Thunderfire/Thuddgun....welcome new Big Guns battery.
And it is blue allready....proppa Deffskull.

This new Sicarius is possibly the only Space Marine model I have ever liked.

What's the deal with the techmarine NOT escorting a giant compensation-for-something gun?

JOHIRA wrote:This new Sicarius is possibly the only Space Marine model I have ever liked.

Really?

With all the Jes Goodwin goodness that already exists?

For me, the new Sicarius isn't all that.

It continues the new and rather sad trend of over-decorated Ultramarines....

Kantor and the Land Raider are my personal faves. Well done GW.

I'd've preferred if Sicarius had kept his claws. He was more interesting then.

BYE

This is Amazing!

Boy am I glad I kept my SM army.

Kantor is a must buy for my Fists.

~TS (TommyStriker damn it!)

My thoughts:

1. I agree that the cover sucks balls. Would have been nice to have someone other than the smurfs on the cover.
2. The scout character is awesome!
3. The techmarines gone platform make me warm in my special place.
4. I wanna know what joke the master just heard if it makes a space marine smile.
5. Scout bikes and speeder are "meh" to me.

Thats it for the moment.

Do we know if the cannon is plastic yet?

BYE

Oryza Sativa wrote:The cover says it all in terms of this release and codex vs. the CSM release and codex.

QFT

- Salvage

Boss_Salvage wrote:

Oryza Sativa wrote:The cover says it all in terms of this release and codex vs. the CSM release and codex.

QFT

- Salvage

Agreed, and at least there is hope for C : SM, as for me at least, C : CSM was a washout...

Jezrael wrote:whats the tank hatch guy supposed to be?

Traffic Cop

I like the new models, but the cover art is very disappointing. All new cool stuff and whamo, look at the bland cover art. There is a alot of empty space on the cover.

Maybe I missed it, but who's the guy under the bearded scout character?

ZF-

GrimTeef wrote: That scout sergeant is the best of the bunch though. I think that may be a Brian Nelson piece, it has some hints of his design and sculpting skills in there.

I'm not so sure - looks very much like Dave Thomas to me. Very fine model anyway.

Super pleased about the plastic Drop Pods! Finally - and I am sure suitably nerfed, so people won't complain anymore either

I'm gona do 5 atleast, plus/if there is a model for dreads.

SuCHaR wrote:Can anyone tell me what is this big gun?? Ass cannon ;P? And the older techmarine looks better than this one...

Its a thunderfire cannon, originally a two barrel epic scale squat weapon, now apparently confiscated by the SM.

"You must respect my artillerY." - General Cartman Lee.

The squats didn't need them anymore since they were eaten by the Nids.

Makes sense.

Ozymandias, King of Kings