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 reds8n wrote:

The picture doesn't do this mini justice. Also, it's about 10" tall and looks like James Bond.

Hunh.. *looks at those FW Bulletin pictures* I wonder if there were any non-employee female attendee at all at Adepticon.

TiamatRoar wrote:
Hunh.. *looks at those FW Bulletin pictures* I wonder if there were any non-employee female attendee at all at Adepticon.

I saw a number of them, including Mrs. Kronkington III. It was probably 90-95% dudes, though.

 kronk wrote:

 reds8n wrote:

The picture doesn't do this mini justice. Also, it's about 10" tall and looks like James Bond.

Why did you have to point that out. Now all I see is Bond!

I personaly am digging that vindicator my long away hh iron warriors await

 Ashiraya wrote:
It's like the Predator Autocannon all over again.

Or the Destroyer (LRBT variant), which has the same stats as the infantry Rapier with only a small range increase despite being a massive tank gun instead of a set of infantry lascannons glued together. FW make nice models, but sometimes you have to wonder how their rule authors can be so clueless.

SpyderG6 wrote:

 kronk wrote:

 reds8n wrote:

The picture doesn't do this mini justice. Also, it's about 10" tall and looks like James Bond.

Why did you have to point that out. Now all I see is Bond!

If I point out it also shares an uncanny resemblance to Vladimir Putin simultaneously, does that help?

I just got my Mhara Gal and Gal Vorbak, and I can tell you guys this much: They are amazing.

The Gal Vorbak are huge! I feared the massive amount of work that upscaling them to match my army would involve, but they are already just as large if not larger!

FW makes not only upscaled Possessed, but rules to match. I am pleased.

If they continue like this, great things will happen.

 Ashiraya wrote:
I just got my Mhara Gal and Gal Vorbak, and I can tell you guys this much: They are amazing.

The Gal Vorbak are huge! I feared the massive amount of work that upscaling them to match my army would involve, but they are already just as large if not larger!

FW makes not only upscaled Possessed, but rules to match. I am pleased.

If they continue like this, great things will happen.

Ooh, that is exciting news. I'm looking to get a set for just this purpose.

What's the casting quality like these days? I'm planning on placing an order for some Heresy stuff, but I'd reconsider if the casts will be as much of a mess as some I've gotten in the past.

 Ashiraya wrote:
I just got my Mhara Gal and Gal Vorbak, and I can tell you guys this much: They are amazing.

The Gal Vorbak are huge! I feared the massive amount of work that upscaling them to match my army would involve, but they are already just as large if not larger!

FW makes not only upscaled Possessed, but rules to match. I am pleased.

If they continue like this, great things will happen.

Yeah, I don't have any currently but I do plan on getting them eventually as a truescale chaos counter to my truescale deathwatch team for RPG purposes. They're definitely big! From some google comparison pics I saw a while back, they're midway between a primarch and a terminator converted truescale guy.

I assembled the Dark Martyr first. I am squeeing like a schoolgirl.

My GW Possessed models look like utter insults compared to these guys. I do not think I will be able to justify fielding them after having built the Gal Vorbak.

Guildsman wrote:
Ooh, that is exciting news. I'm looking to get a set for just this purpose.

What's the casting quality like these days? I'm planning on placing an order for some Heresy stuff, but I'd reconsider if the casts will be as much of a mess as some I've gotten in the past.

Thus far they are excellent. No flaws that require hot water or green stuff to fix. Some flashing, some mould lines, but all of it is easy to spot and easy to fix.

warboss wrote:

Yeah, I don't have any currently but I do plan on getting them eventually as a truescale chaos counter to my truescale deathwatch team for RPG purposes. They're definitely big! From some google comparison pics I saw a while back, they're midway between a primarch and a terminator converted truescale guy.

They are not as big as truescaled Terminators, or maybe about that size, but they are far from being Primarch sized.

If by 'truescale' Terminator you mean approximately one where you have made the legs 2 mm longer and the torso 1,5 mm longer, both via plasticard, that is. That is what I did with mine.

 Ashiraya wrote:

warboss wrote:

Yeah, I don't have any currently but I do plan on getting them eventually as a truescale chaos counter to my truescale deathwatch team for RPG purposes. They're definitely big! From some google comparison pics I saw a while back, they're midway between a primarch and a terminator converted truescale guy.

They are not as big as truescaled Terminators, or maybe about that size, but they are far from being Primarch sized.

If by 'truescale' Terminator you mean approximately one where you have made the legs 2 mm longer and the torso 1,5 mm longer, both via plasticard, that is. That is what I did with mine.

One of the common ways of making truescale models is to use terminator bits to bulk up a regular marine to truescale instead of just cutting the normal PA kits and inserting plasticard spacers. You use the terminator arms, legs, and front chest modified slightly along with the back part of tactical plus the backpack.

 Guildsman wrote:

What's the casting quality like these days? I'm planning on placing an order for some Heresy stuff, but I'd reconsider if the casts will be as much of a mess as some I've gotten in the past.

It has improved massively over time, it's nothing like the gak they used to shovel just a few years ago.

 warboss wrote:

 Ashiraya wrote:

warboss wrote:

Yeah, I don't have any currently but I do plan on getting them eventually as a truescale chaos counter to my truescale deathwatch team for RPG purposes. They're definitely big! From some google comparison pics I saw a while back, they're midway between a primarch and a terminator converted truescale guy.

They are not as big as truescaled Terminators, or maybe about that size, but they are far from being Primarch sized.

If by 'truescale' Terminator you mean approximately one where you have made the legs 2 mm longer and the torso 1,5 mm longer, both via plasticard, that is. That is what I did with mine.

One of the common ways of making truescale models is to use terminator bits to bulk up a regular marine to truescale instead of just cutting the normal PA kits and inserting plasticard spacers. You use the terminator arms, legs, and front chest modified slightly along with the back part of tactical plus the backpack.

Eh, they still have gorilla arms. I prefer spacers.

But Marine models are true scale. It's the human models that are too big.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
But Marine models are true scale. It's the human models that are too big.

And I would bet cash money that was a conscious choice around the dawn of 3rd edition.

The Empire figures from that time were tiny compared to marines but Catachans were nearly the same size so their bitz were compatible for all sorts of conversions. Which also fits their fluff as heavy-G worlders and the toughest of the tough.

Then the Cadians and everyone else were made the same size...

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
But Marine models are true scale. It's the human models that are too big.

Well, assuming you're making this point seriously and not taking the piss out of people who do, A; no they're not, even if we accepted they were the right height they are still not correct in terms of proportions, and B; practically speaking whether it was intended Marines be the right size and they botched it later by making normal human infantry too large or not simply doesn't matter - I can make a Marine bigger(and fix its proportions at the same time), I can't make a Cadian smaller without making it look even more ridiculous.

Posted by Borroleth on Gw-Fanworld today. From the upcoming WD

Well, that's nothing new, quite disappointing, but cheers for posting.

I don't remember the last time a WD has had FW news before FW posted it themselves online.

You know, where everyone can see it and get excited.

So what can we expect from fw to keep interest in 30k mech from the old fw thread we still had that massive ordinartus iirc and a thanatar varient.

 Ashiraya wrote:
I just got my Mhara Gal and Gal Vorbak, and I can tell you guys this much: They are amazing.

The Gal Vorbak are huge! I feared the massive amount of work that upscaling them to match my army would involve, but they are already just as large if not larger!

FW makes not only upscaled Possessed, but rules to match. I am pleased.

If they continue like this, great things will happen.

I have fully assembled them now, and they are awaiting undercoating.

They really are amazing. The straight legs of the Mhara Gal makes it look a little stiff, but otherwise they are all superb.

Can definitely recommend - they are in a whole different league to GW stuff.

ARMILLUS DYNAT Up for pre-order



http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/ARMILLUS_DYNAT.html

And the interceptor: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/XIPHON_INTERCEPTOR.html



Too bad we don't get any rules for it yet.

Usually that means the relevant book will be coming out in short order.

Dynat's a boss though.

@ Peregrine: experimental rules for the interceptor are in the link you supplied.

 Necroagogo wrote:
@ Peregrine: experimental rules for the interceptor are in the link you supplied.

They weren't when he linked it, that paragraph is new.

Someone dun guffed when they uploaded the page, I think.

interesting rules; high firepower, ideal for killing other fliers and ground vehicles but very fragile with a commensurate points cost. Fills a niche, isn't underpriced and looks decent. Fliers aren't as much a thing in 30k broadly speaking, but for a 40k army it'd be a pretty solid addition to a Marine force; not being mono-purpose like a Stalker/Hunter and won't fall out of the sky to small arms as readily as the Storm Potato. It's not even a Relic of the Armoury.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/X/Xiphon_40K.pdf

Very fragile, but has a lot of ability to make things go boom.

It's like a less sturdy, more wave serpent hating version of a vendetta. Well, and more expensive.

Flier looks nice but a bit steep in the £££ may grab one at some point but prefer the looks of the storm eagle

What I want to know is where the missiles actually go. They are on the parts photo and in the rules but there is no photo of the underside if the interceptor, really hope the don't go on the wings

Edit: it goes underneath, you can just about see it sat in the middle of the fuselage

Young Logan