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Two observations from the preorder reveals:

1) On the closeup pict of the drone thing, its base has a brown edge like HH 2.0 stuff. The base is repainted in the pict with all the contents of the box, hinting that perhaps the drone was already supposed to be out with the first mechanicum wave during HH 2.0 (?)

2) The latest journal will also be available as epub, which means GW finally sorted out their digital publications regulation SNAFUs. Hopefully, this means the game systems which used to get epubs before the new regulations canned em will resume getting them. That latest big Liber for LI would be most welcome..

What was the regulatory issue regarding EPUBs?

Neat. Nothing I need right away, but maybe a Vultarax someday for allies.


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 tauist wrote:
Two observations from the preorder reveals:

1) On the closeup pict of the drone thing, its base has a brown edge like HH 2.0 stuff. The base is repainted in the pict with all the contents of the box, hinting that perhaps the drone was already supposed to be out with the first mechanicum wave during HH 2.0 (?)

There almost certainly was some rejigging going on. It seems like the posterboys for 3.0 was meant to be IW/Salamanders as a switch from 2.0 with SoH/IF, but that switch ended up happening before the actual launch of Saturnine, with for example the Command Squad box being painted IW in their previews and coming with IW/Salamanders decals despite being a 2.0 kit.

 Dysartes wrote:
What was the regulatory issue regarding EPUBs?

Something to do with Accessibility IIRC

I'll get the Vultarax eventually but those Skitarii don't really speak to me.

Why are they dressed in rags if they're the faction leader's personal troops?

Fine sculpts otherwise, but the grasshopper legs make them look a lot more 40k than 30k.

Vultarax in plastic is, of course, fantastic.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Why are they dressed in rags if they're the faction leader's personal troops?

Fine sculpts otherwise, but the grasshopper legs make them look a lot more 40k than 30k.

Vultarax in plastic is, of course, fantastic.

Yeah, I'd say these legs are definitely some kind of "retro-engineering" we've seen in HH several times, as with the Arquitor and the Vultarax. It's probably also to give you a definite "Nah uh, you can't use our 40K Skitarii as Skitarii in HH, these are totally different you see, these robed bionic rifle guys are at least 1 cm taller than those other robed bionic rifle guys!"

Resin Angron and the other one?
Yech.

 SgtEeveell wrote:
Resin Angron and the other one?
Yech.

Honestly, I like this version much better than the 40k model. This one at least has personality and feels more like an ascended mortal as opposed to just another Bloodthirster.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Why are they dressed in rags if they're the faction leader's personal troops?

"Personal troops" should be in big quotation marks. The galaxy was full of Skitarii. It was more a political affiliation than any notion of them being his personal bodyguard or anything of the sort.

(Many of them remained loyalist too, such as one of the POV characters of Echoes of Eternity).