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I like both of them personally.

Not enough to hunt them down on eBay...but they're nice.

It may just be the pose, but the IW looks almost truescale in proportions. Damn fine model though, I might get one to use as an Inquisitor.

I think they're nice miniatures.

By the looks of things, they just happened to have been painted up as Iron Warriors and Alpha Legion – I don't see any Legion-specific marks on the sculpts. The XX on the kneepad of the lion-masked looks like a transfer, for example.

If they are generic, I think that's great.

 Apologist wrote:
I think they're nice miniatures.

By the looks of things, they just happened to have been painted up as Iron Warriors and Alpha Legion – I don't see any Legion-specific marks on the sculpts. The XX on the kneepad of the lion-masked looks like a transfer, for example.

If they are generic, I think that's great.

The crotch skull looks Iron Warrior tho, and I think thats a Cortex controller on his chest

 Yodhrin wrote:
It may just be the pose, but the IW looks almost truescale in proportions. Damn fine model though, I might get one to use as an Inquisitor.

It is the pose - at least quite a bit of it is.

They're standing more 'straight up' vs. the squatting/hunched pose that GW 'proper' seems to favor for Marines.

 Lockark wrote:

 warboss wrote:
What mark armor is the IW wearing?

Almost looks like a suit of mark 3 upgraded with mark 4 tech.

I really like this guy. Hopefully he won't be to hard to get off ebay.

Hard? Probably not. He'll likely be a one click buy it now from some sellers. Now if you instead meant expensive that might be another story...


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 Melcavuk wrote:


The crotch skull looks Iron Warrior tho, and I think thats a Cortex controller on his chest

The chest part is what was throwing me off earlier and was why I asked what mark armor. It does make sense though that an IW gets a cortex controller as I think I remember reading in a thread that they get HQ access to it (as well as on their primarch).

Well, I sure as hell is buying this one, hell, I'll buy two! it is a very neat sculpt and will make for a very nice Preator/Consul for my XXth Legion force. *highly satisfied*

I like his Troll-face helmet.

 Alpharius wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:
It may just be the pose, but the IW looks almost truescale in proportions. Damn fine model though, I might get one to use as an Inquisitor.

It is the pose - at least quite a bit of it is.

They're standing more 'straight up' vs. the squatting/hunched pose that GW 'proper' seems to favor for Marines.

Oh I know that, I meant it seems to have more "presence" even compared to FW's normally more upright posing. Ugh, I'm really going to resent having to pay loadsamoney for one of these chaps on ebay, I hate the practice of event-exclusive models that aren't also available online during the event.

Hoping to grab atleast the IW dude at some event this year, even if it means waiting for Warhammerfest again.

Not a huge fan of the helmet, but I love the rest of the Legion model. I definitely want one.

I wish i could see it from a different angle.

I wish I could have both of them on my desk yesterday.

 ImAGeek wrote:
The AL looks based off of this, which I'm 99% is a SoH marine. I think it would suit the Sons of Horus much better.

Thought about it a little bit ... FW painted it as an Alpha, but it really works better as a SoH. The axe looks much like the ones used by their Reavers. The serpents can be explained too - and its not a Hydra so why should it be an Alpha anyway?

Where others have seen either a dog, lion or troll in that mask, the first thing I thought of was the baddies from the Wing Commander film ... googles ... Kilrathi, that's it

Schedule for the HH weekender :

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/H/HHW2015-Schedule.pdf

I really hoped FW would preview some new stuff which is available at the Weekender for the first time.

So what is HH Book V: Tempest about? Only IW vs. IF?

Tempest is WB vs. UM, the attack on Calth.

 ImAGeek wrote:
Tempest is WB vs. UM, the attack on Calth.

Ok, that sounds better! Thanks

No worries. I'm very excited for it. I love the Ultramarines and Word Bearers pre heresy.

 ImAGeek wrote:
No worries. I'm very excited for it. I love the Ultramarines and Word Bearers pre heresy.

Yep, judging from the images of the last event the Ultramarines will get some cool models.

 Fireball wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
No worries. I'm very excited for it. I love the Ultramarines and Word Bearers pre heresy.

Yep, judging from the images of the last event the Ultramarines will get some cool models.

And I'm hoping for more Chaosy WB (judging from the possessed Contemptor, im fairly confident we'll get them).

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Fireball wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
No worries. I'm very excited for it. I love the Ultramarines and Word Bearers pre heresy.

Yep, judging from the images of the last event the Ultramarines will get some cool models.

And I'm hoping for more Chaosy WB (judging from the possessed Contemptor, im fairly confident we'll get them).

Well, I am more into the "unpossessed" stuff (although the Gal Vorbak are really nice), but I guess you will get what you wish for judging from the Contemptor preview ...

 Fireball wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Fireball wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
No worries. I'm very excited for it. I love the Ultramarines and Word Bearers pre heresy.

Yep, judging from the images of the last event the Ultramarines will get some cool models.

And I'm hoping for more Chaosy WB (judging from the possessed Contemptor, im fairly confident we'll get them).

Well, I am more into the "unpossessed" stuff (although the Gal Vorbak are really nice), but I guess you will get what you wish for judging from the Contemptor preview ...

I like both, but the Unpossessed stuff is already there, and by Calth there were more possessed than just the Gal Vorbak, and even Daemons.

Hopefully it's the only book on the topic though. We don't want FW getting bogged down with Black Library syndrome, where every event gets its own book or multiple books, and in 4 years time they haven't even gotten to Prospero because they're still on Book 3 of the "What the Sallies did Last Tuesday" quadrilogy.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Hopefully it's the only book on the topic though. We don't want FW getting bogged down with Black Library syndrome, where every event gets its own book or multiple books, and in 4 years time they haven't even gotten to Prospero because they're still on Book 3 of the "What the Sallies did Last Tuesday" quadrilogy.

Couldn't agree more. They can always go back and come out with an additional Calth book after they have finished the Heresy or when they have caught up to the BL books.

Other than me, who else is going?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Hopefully it's the only book on the topic though. We don't want FW getting bogged down with Black Library syndrome, where every event gets its own book or multiple books, and in 4 years time they haven't even gotten to Prospero because they're still on Book 3 of the "What the Sallies did Last Tuesday" quadrilogy.

I'm pretty sure it's the only one. They might do another with the Shadow Crusade maybe? Or that could be in a book with something the White Scars are doing, or the Thramus Crusade, or something.

 Looky Likey wrote:
Other than me, who else is going?

To the Weekender? I'm there...

ImAGeek wrote:What are they..? Past IW and AL I mean. The IW is cool, the AL is weird... What's in his hand pointing at us?

BrookM wrote:Space Marines need swagger sticks?

Close. I think it's supposed to be a Marshal's baton. They are thicker than swagger sticks and are (were) carried by high ranking generals as a symbol of their position.