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Gunship variant of the Orca? Extra guns go where?

BrookM wrote:Gunship variant of the Orca? Extra guns go where?

is this gunship and command variant a dawn of war thing? i don't recall seeing it in any apoc or forgeworld books.

Oh, right. Dawn of War mods can be ignored for the most part.

How much do people think a plastic titan would cost? I think £60 Baneblades are pretty good value, so I'd guess a Titan would be about £60-£100?

Would be more expensive than a Stompa or Baneblade, unless they cut corners and leave stuff out.

Kilkrazy wrote:The Forge World Orca kit costs nearly £300. How much would a good polystyrene kit cost from GW?

To be fair, it does come with 6 crisis suits and a bunch of drones.... Take those out and it's still darn expensive but not jaw droppingly so.

Take out the Fire Warrior passengers and maybe go as far as removing the command centre interior and you've got a kit that can be sold at or below Baneblade price. Though I would like me a lazy Ethereal in a chair, would make for a great centre piece in Rogue Trader negotiations.

Are the things he's holding supposed to be weird ceiling-mounted restraints or something?

No. They're ritual blades, used as a sign of office and similar to the Bonding Knives carried by groups of Fire Warriors who've gone through a ritual.

Balance wrote:Are the things he's holding supposed to be weird ceiling-mounted restraints or something?

Sonic knitting needles for those long journeys.

Kanluwen wrote:No. They're ritual blades, used as a sign of office and similar to the Bonding Knives carried by groups of Fire Warriors who've gone through a ritual.

That, or they are backscratchers.

Kanluwen wrote:No. They're ritual blades, used as a sign of office and similar to the Bonding Knives carried by groups of Fire Warriors who've gone through a ritual.

Yep.

Somewhat bizarrely, the preferred conflict resolution procedure for arguments between the philosopher priest-kings of the ultimate no melee faction is a throwdown using space naginatas.

Huh. Ok. Then the pose just doesn't work for me, personally.

BrookM wrote:Gunship variant of the Orca? Extra guns go where?

Kroothawk wrote:And it has an official (Epic) Rocket Gunship version, the Scorpionfish (2 x Twin Linked Missile Pod, 2 x Smart Missile System, Tracer Missiles, Interceptor Missiles, Seeker Missiles, Multiple Markerlights, no transport capacity, see pic) and the Dragonfish Command Vehicle (floating HQ with Ion Cannon, 2 x Twin Linked Burst Cannons, Seeker Missiles).

As said, these are official Epic rules.

vaatbak wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:No. They're ritual blades, used as a sign of office and similar to the Bonding Knives carried by groups of Fire Warriors who've gone through a ritual.

That, or they are backscratchers.

uggh... you're all wrong. look at all the TV monitors around him... he's obviously dual wielding wii-motes.


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Kroothawk wrote:As said, these are official Epic rules.

cool, i change my mind. put me in with the other captain ahabs in clamoring for more whale!

warboss wrote:

vaatbak wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:No. They're ritual blades, used as a sign of office and similar to the Bonding Knives carried by groups of Fire Warriors who've gone through a ritual.

That, or they are backscratchers.

uggh... you're all wrong. look at all the TV monitors around him... he's obviously dual wielding wii-motes.


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Ah I see, he's playing super mario galaxy

Balance wrote:Huh. Ok. Then the pose just doesn't work for me, personally.

Think of it like this. He's got the blades crossed where all his men can see him, and is in a very calm pose...while they're dropping from orbit to a fiery battle.

Does wonders for morale, right?

He is about to lead off the traditional pre-battle fierce warrior dance.

"I put my right hand in,
"I put my right hand out,
"In out, in out.
"Shake it all about."

etc...

Kanluwen wrote:

Balance wrote:Huh. Ok. Then the pose just doesn't work for me, personally.

Think of it like this. He's got the blades crossed where all his men can see him, and is in a very calm pose...while they're dropping from orbit to a fiery battle.

Does wonders for morale, right?

He just looks annoyed and tense to me. Perhaps a bit constipated, even.

It's not a bad quality mini (that would ruin an expensive kit, after all) just not the greatest pose, perhaps.

If he was to indicate calmness, I guess I'd prefer a pose that doesn't have a death-grip on the blades. Not that FW should really consider me a customer segment to satisfy, as I don'tt hink I could justify that kind of purchase any time soon.

Kilkrazy wrote:He is about to lead off the traditional pre-battle fierce warrior dance.

"I put my right hand in,
"I put my right hand out,
"In out, in out.
"Shake it all about."

etc...

i agree that it's a traditional prebattle dance but i believe the words go more along the lines of "ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive".

in the grim dark future, there is only... disco! (which would really make it grimdark for me...)




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Balance wrote:He just looks annoyed and tense to me. Perhaps a bit constipated, even.

lol, well, technically is on something that looks like a throne potty. i think he'd look nice in a negotiation diorama with the space hulk lazy/dead marine conversion i did. (see my gallery under my armies).

they bought the trygon out in to plastic why not any other big forge world thing but that would mean less cool detailed models but ahwell

Kilkrazy wrote:He is about to lead off the traditional pre-battle fierce warrior dance.

Like ... Space Marines would never do such thing:

A Moderator wrote:No FU posters, please.

Kroothawk wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:He is about to lead off the traditional pre-battle fierce warrior dance.

Like ... Space Marines would never do such thing:

A Moderator wrote:No FU posters, please.

0_0 Well honestly if you saw a few hundred space marines slaughtering your forces while singing love is a battlefield, then that would be pretty scary.

I like to think that Ethereal is disappoint. Really disappoint. Just look at that face. He is disappoint at his men.

He is very happy. Tau smiles upside down compared to human.

So he turns his back on them and "smiles" ?

Too bad he got the "dead pharaoh" pose...

They just took the limited edition 3rd edition ethereal sculpt and seated it:

Yeah, not crazy about that guy, either, really.

Kroothawk wrote:They just took the limited edition 3rd edition ethereal sculpt and seated it:

He really needs a pipe and a monocle.

I would like to see a plastic titan or titans. I love the current superheavies and the Stompa.

I am older than most Dakkites and I like the Lucius better...in case anyone was keeping score.

JB wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:They just took the limited edition 3rd edition ethereal sculpt and seated it:

He really needs a pipe and a monocle.

I would like to see a plastic titan or titans. I love the current superheavies and the Stompa.

I am older than most Dakkites and I like the Lucius better...in case anyone was keeping score.

which Lucius though? the wolf or the jackal?