Planetstrike update - July releases

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**Deathmachine**

I like the dread alot ill buy one for sure.

**Her Majesty's Buxom Commissar**

reds8n wrote:@ Mr. rodfarrugia : I doubt it-- the new box set uses the revised Planetstrike force org chart I believe.

And it falls far short of 142 models.

H.B.M.C. wrote:And what's that small tower/generator thingy?

And the 'Battleforce' style terrain box appears to have 5 gun turrets - the two from the Bastions and then three from three sets of barricades? That seems like a lot - not that I'm complaining.

The small generator thingy is an antenna array which is used to represent a Comms Relay which has rules applicable to Planetstrike.

The Imperial Strongpoint box does indeed contian 2 Bastions and 3 Defence Lines. It's Battleforce price AU$150, UK£55 and don't have a US$ price yet - it's marked as TBC - but, y'know Battleforcey type price.

**BrookM**

I'm guessing that the relays also come with the Bastions, I read that somewhere I think. They could come in handy as conversion fodder for command vehicles.

**Scottywan82**

Sweet stuff. I'm probably just going to go out for the Strongpoint, but I do also want the Shrine and maybe the landing pad.

**BrookM**

Hmmm, it's a strongpoint for me, the landing pad is really nice and all, but really big, so I might get into trouble for bringing along another huge model that is hard to store properly.

**Scottywan82**

Yeah, I don't even have a valk, and won't be getting one for awhile, so it will be among the last things I get for Walletstrike.

**Her Majesty's Buxom Commissar**

BrookM wrote:I'm guessing that the relays also come with the Bastions, I read that somewhere I think. They could come in handy as conversion fodder for command vehicles.

The picture of the antenna array that reds8n posted is part of the Imperial Bastion kit promo sheet. Comms Relays are also features of Bastions rulewise in Planetstrike... if memory serves, you can have either an Icarus Lascannon (Interceptor Gun) or an antenna array (Comms Relay) atop your Bastion.

**Agamemnon2**

Hm, I thought up one plausible use for all the plastic terrain: a baby Leviathan command vehicle on the Bandeblade chassis. I suspect that Bastion thing could be pressed into service for such a construction.

**assultmarine**

yeah docter who sig

**BrookM**

It would make for a quick and easy base for Plague tower conversions.

**reds8n**

Scottywan82 wrote:Sweet stuff. I'm probably just going to go out for the Strongpoint, but I do also want the Shrine and maybe the landing pad.

You'll want the shrine.

"Judge Dread shoulder pad".. remember those words.

Is tall though so might be awkward to store.

**Scottywan82**

reds8n wrote:
Scottywan82 wrote:Sweet stuff. I'm probably just going to go out for the Strongpoint, but I do also want the Shrine and maybe the landing pad.

You'll want the shrine.

"Judge Dread shoulder pad".. remember those words.

Is tall though so might be awkward to store.

I really did walk right into that one.

And I'm down with the Jude-Dread-ness. I like the look.

**reds8n**

Thanks again to Messrs Hoarmurel and scryer in the darkness for digging this snap up of another of the forthcoming blastscape sets.

I wonder if this be the minefield/similar marker, the other ones are all tied into some of the stratagems in various ways.

**BrassScorpion**

I wonder if this be the minefield/similar marker, the other ones are all tied into some of the stratagems in various ways.

Several months ago I was informed that there would be a special set of new crater markers for Planetstrike that would be a limited availability splash release like the bombs, mines and booby traps set currently for sale in GW online Advance Order. Assuming scenery pieces like the one shown above are part of that splash release, they will have a direct role of some sort in game play.

**reds8n**

Yes.

I know the long thin trench one is something to do with a laser cutting beam ( from orbit I think 0 that inflicts something daft like a S10 AP1 hit on every model in an X inch long path. Another one is asteroids/meteorites and so on.

Oh, the Siacarius spearhead is £612 AFAIK...working on getting exact details, but it is pretty much like we thought/heard : 6 tac squads, 4 termie squads, few assault squads, couple of dreads etc etc.

**cortez**

Oh noes! More cool terrain i don't need but desperately want!

**H.B.M.C.**

My wallet cries out in pain... new terrain that's limited edition.

Home loan repayments... terrain... home loan repayments... terrain. Hmm...

**BrookM**

Woah, wait. Did you say £612?

**reds8n**

With enough new terrain you could build a new home and have the first all in one home/gaming "table".

There's a couple of other terrain bundles-- all the new stuff plus a placcy table board, slightly smaller set etc etc. The Imperial stronghold set-- which is the bigger box we saw at GD Spain-- 2 bastions and.. 3 ..?.. Aegis defense lines) was £56 if memory serves and looked great value.

EDIT : yup, that's what I heard.

..Upon reflection I think this is the 2nd time I've suggested to a dakka member about simply building their house out of GW terrain.

**H.B.M.C.**

I've got enough left over CoD tiles to make a couple of walls... maybe a small hutch?

But about that picture, and aside from the fact that it seems the Spanish are fething terrible at photography (look at all the pics we've had - small, odd angles, showing off very little), those craters above look pretty involved. By that I mean they're not the vacu-form craters we have right now. Is that a single piece, several pieces together photographed at a terrible angle? Pre-painted? One big huge box? Multi-piece?

**reds8n**

All the new blastscape things are much more complicated. Think they are all 1 piece..suspect the "dead" rhino is a separate piece. It's in the guard codex I think, used as a terrain piece in one of the colour pics....with Creed in it perhaps ?

The trees I am intrigued about, I reckon those ones might be modelled on for affect or will be plug in like the ones in the woods that GW do.

**BrookM**

The wrecked Rhino in the IG codex is a studio model that they had for some time now IIRC.

edit.

Maybe the blast scape and rhino are cast in resin. It's far-fetched I know but GW is known for doing limited run items in resin.

**reds8n**

Blastscape craters are vac formed plastic, in @ or around the £12 mark.

**BrookM**

Are these any different from the craters already out at the moment?

**reds8n**

Different sizes/shapes ( slightly) and some of these have bits of wreckage and things like lava or meteorites in them.

I assume they will come unpainted, like the others. I gather these are very much a splash "once they're gone they're gone " release.

Sicarius' spearhead is : Him, 1 command squad, 6 tactical squads, 4 "full" assault squads, 1 vanguard squad ( is that 5 or 10 men ? ), 4 terminator squads ( again not sure if this is 5 or 10), 2 dreads and 9 drop pods.

**dashrendar**

reds8n wrote:Different sizes/shapes ( slightly) and some of these have bits of wreckage and things like lava or meteorites in them.

I assume they will come unpainted, like the others. I gather these are very much a splash "once they're gone they're gone " release.

Sicarius' spearhead is : Him, 1 command squad, 6 tactical squads, 4 "full" assault squads, 1 vanguard squad ( is that 5 or 10 men ? ), 4 terminator squads ( again not sure if this is 5 or 10), 2 dreads and 9 drop pods.

well if you add it up you get this:

6x10 tacs=60
4x10 assault = 40
1x10 man vanguard =10
4x5 terms= 20
dreads= 2
drops=9
sicasius=1

that total equals the magic 142 we have heard.

**reds8n**

The cut of your jib is to be admired.

**jgemrich**

Wow... that is a lot of plastic. Did I hear roughly $900 USD?

**dashrendar**

reds8n wrote:

Oh, the Siacarius spearhead is £612 AFAIK

holy

! that is $995 over here!

so lets break this package down then and see the price difference

Sicarius=$16
6x10 tacs =$35x6=$210
8x5 assault=$26.50x8=$212
2x5 Vanguard =$41.25x2=$82.50
4x5 terms= $50x4=$200
2xdreads= $41.25*2=$82.50
9xdrop pods=$35x9=$315

for a grand total of: $1117.25 so a savings of about $122
Edit: had the assault squads wrong

**reds8n**

Assault marines are in boxes of 5 aren't they !

So that's another $50 or so yes ?

That in conjunction with your cunning use of addition earlier would explain perhaps why I was told "full" assault squads.