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This box set contains 10 multi-part plastic Cadian Shock Troops, and includes: five leg variants, seven head variants, 10 lasguns, two chainswords, two laspistols, two grenade launchers, two flamers and two Vox-casters. Also included are a host of additional components allowing you to assemble a Sergeant and personalise your squad. Models supplied with 25mm round bases.


This box set contains 10 multi-part plastic Catachan Jungle Troops, and includes: five leg variants, five variant bodies, seven head variants, 10 lasguns, two laspistols, two flamers, two Vox-casters, and a selection of bladed weapons. Also included are a host of additional components allowing you to assemble a Sergeant and personalise your squad. Models supplied with 25mm round bases.

Also, the box art once more features the flying gothic building, could this be an upcoming Planet Strike kit where the Imperial Guard can dump STC bunkers into the area?

Also: a lot of metals are back in the store along with the original Last Chancers boxed set, Macharius (!), Iron Hand Straken, Marbo, AL'rahem and Marbo.

well hell, you get two Voxes, GL, flamers, chainswords and all those extra bits! no wonder they halved it to 10 men and raised the price. you can't have too much goodness in 1 box. it's not like it's Christmas or anything!

Almost makes me excited, and then I realize I hate the pistol/sword sergeants, and the voxes are worthless.

alarmingrick wrote:well hell, you get two Voxes, GL, flamers, chainswords and all those extra bits! no wonder they halved it to 10 men and raised the price. you can't have too much goodness in 1 box. it's not like it's Christmas or anything!

Please tell me you're joking. Sometimes it's hard to tell over the internet.

The best part about this is... er... Can I get back to you?

I'd complain, and then I remembered I have over 200 painted metal Praetorians, plus another 100 catachans and tallarn already.

I do feel bad for anybody building an IG army now... it was pricey 5 years ago but it's stupid expensive now.

Scottywan82 wrote:Almost makes me excited, and then I realize I hate the pistol/sword sergeants, and the voxes are worthless.

In regular games sure. But I intend to give voxes to all of my infantry squads when playing Apocalypse. I´ll make sure my opponents understand that they bloody well better kill them dead when they engage them. Because otherwise the surviving vox-operator is a prime candidate for a posthumous citation of gallantry. "Fire on my coordinates!". Accept no substitutes .

I was half expecting them to bring back the old Exterminator and Grifon hybrids, or at the very least conversion packs, but alas.

Scottywan82 wrote:Almost makes me excited, and then I realize I hate the pistol/sword sergeants, and the voxes are worthless.

Well that's unfortunate, because having a pistol/sword on your sergeant is mandatory in the new book.

Yeah, that's what I hate.

C'mon guys, sergeants have only had the option of taking a lasgun since the Black Codex in 2nd edition, so it's not like we've had that option for a while or anything....

According to the GW site sergeants can still take a lasgun or shotgun instead.

Yes, "on my coordinates!" is the coolest thing the guard get in Apoc! I love it...especially on deep striking suicide squads!

Aw hell, I still can't get over how *terrible* Catachans look, too heavily muscled, underarmored, poorly detailed, and they look like they were stuck in a microwave and pulled out barely before they started to melt and look goopy as a result.

Why does GW insist on maintaining that range, especially in it's current state?




Either way, that both these sets are now 10man for $22, it makes IG armies much more expensive.

@Raxmei
so totally and completely kidding!!

BrookM wrote:According to the GW site sergeants can still take a lasgun or shotgun instead.

I think you're being snarky, but what do you mean by this?

Scottywan82 wrote:

BrookM wrote:According to the GW site sergeants can still take a lasgun or shotgun instead.

I think you're being snarky, but what do you mean by this?

That I'm just stating what the GW site lists? Or should I just delete my account here and hang myself?

BrookM wrote:

Scottywan82 wrote:

BrookM wrote:According to the GW site sergeants can still take a lasgun or shotgun instead.

I think you're being snarky, but what do you mean by this?

That I'm just stating what the GW site lists? Or should I just delete my account here and hang myself?

I'm guessing he was asking "what GW site? Where on that site, and in what context? Can you provide a url?"

I don't know what where your hostility stems from, but it's a little odd.

Are those giant Catachan arms big enough to be used as Ork arms?

Polonius wrote:

BrookM wrote:

Scottywan82 wrote:

BrookM wrote:According to the GW site sergeants can still take a lasgun or shotgun instead.

I think you're being snarky, but what do you mean by this?

That I'm just stating what the GW site lists? Or should I just delete my account here and hang myself?

I'm guessing he was asking "what GW site? Where on that site, and in what context? Can you provide a url?"

I don't know what where your hostility stems from, but it's a little odd.

You tell me what ticks the people off around here, they like sending these angry letters to me asking me to go away. Must be my old sig. That and my remark about the constant nagging about the upcoming codex. /sigh

Anyway, I saw this on the GW site while browsing through the troop choices. When you select a squad boxed set and scroll down you get a summary of the unit, this includes stat lines, weapon options and special rules. GW is performing maintenance right now on their site (again) otherwise I'd pull up the relevant page.

edit.

Unit Composition: Sergeant and 9 Guardsmen.
Unit Type: Infantry.
War Gear: Sergeant: Laspistol and close combat weapon or a shotgun or a lasgun. Guardsmen: Lasguns.

Unit Composition: Sergeant and 9 Guardsmen.
Unit Type: Infantry.
War Gear: Sergeant: Laspistol and close combat weapon or a shotgun or a lasgun. Guardsmen: Lasguns.

This is indeed what IG infantry sergeants can currently use. The website hasn't updated to the new rules yet, which makes sense considering they haven't been released yet.

BrookM wrote:

Polonius wrote:

BrookM wrote:

Scottywan82 wrote:

BrookM wrote:According to the GW site sergeants can still take a lasgun or shotgun instead.

I think you're being snarky, but what do you mean by this?

That I'm just stating what the GW site lists? Or should I just delete my account here and hang myself?

I'm guessing he was asking "what GW site? Where on that site, and in what context? Can you provide a url?"

I don't know what where your hostility stems from, but it's a little odd.

You tell me what ticks the people off around here, they like sending these angry letters to me asking me to go away. Must be my old sig. That and my remark about the constant nagging about the upcoming codex. /sigh

Anyway, I saw this on the GW site while browsing through the troop choices. When you select a squad boxed set and scroll down you get a summary of the unit, this includes stat lines, weapon options and special rules. GW is performing maintenance right now on their site (again) otherwise I'd pull up the relevant page.

edit.

Unit Composition: Sergeant and 9 Guardsmen.
Unit Type: Infantry.
War Gear: Sergeant: Laspistol and close combat weapon or a shotgun or a lasgun. Guardsmen: Lasguns.

Got it, so it hasn't been updated for the new codex is all then. I was just curious, no need to go all crazy.

A thousand apologies for being snappish.

edit.

NOT sarcasm.

so does it cost more than the original 20???

From what I heard, yes. In the other thread some people did the math.

I have a question, its semi off topic ish.

The plastic Cadians have 1 head variant ( i believe the very far right side one ) The helmet is very crooked on the face.

Was wondering why is it like that.

LunaHound wrote:I have a question, its semi off topic ish.

The plastic Cadians have 1 head variant ( i believe the very far right side one ) The helmet is very crooked on the face.

Was wondering why is it like that.

That guy has his chin strap undone.

ricekake87 wrote:so does it cost more than the original 20???

9 dollars more for 20.

Each guardsman costs an additional $0.45!!!

Certainly worthy of internet ranting

LunaHound wrote:I have a question, its semi off topic ish.

The plastic Cadians have 1 head variant ( i believe the very far right side one ) The helmet is very crooked on the face.

Was wondering why is it like that.

He thinks he's too good for chin straps. I hate that head but I don't have enough of the others to avoid using it. If you look closely at the other heads you will note that they have slightly different facial expressions. That allows them to say there are seven different head options.