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I like it.

Its interesting that its not a dreadnought variant, like a contempter.

and even more interesting is its obviously not piloted by a chaos space marine given the stat-line.

Which makes the divergent look from CSM dreds seem highly appropriate.

Ratius wrote:

I have a strong suspicion that this is going to be represented in IA12:The Morros Incident. It's rumored to contain Tzeentch forces that aren't Thousand Sons.

Any threads/further info on this about?

Here.

It also gets mentioned on The Independent Characters podcast and on 40k Radio podcasts a little while back.

Give it a battle cannon on its back or shoulder and BAM you have a great chaos defiler.

add a heavy flamer and its wysiwyg

Make a good demon prince

physcosamatic wrote:Give it a battle cannon on its back or shoulder and BAM you have a great chaos defiler.

add a heavy flamer and its wysiwyg

Don't have to. The claw comes with one

biccat wrote:

Blitza da warboy wrote:Im sorry, but the decimator doesn't look like a copy of a warjack at all.

Did you miss the smokestack, boiler on the back, and butt-vent? Not to mention the human-like feet, which is a WarMachine aesthetic. 40K robots tend to have splayed feet more like a bird than human.

Dreadnoughts have smokestacks, that's not a boiler in the back, its where the daemon is kept in (hence the chains), butt vent.....that's too general and deff dreads, contempor dreadnoughts, and tau battlesuits also have normal feet.

I go away for a couple of days and look what happens.

Well I hope this will keep a few of the naysayers quiet anyway....

More to come, and you're not going to like it...

The Decapitator wrote:I go away for a couple of days and look what happens.

Well I hope this will keep a few of the naysayers quiet anyway....

More to come, and you're not going to like it...

Oh, is there going to be more necron stuff? I mean, they have been neglected for a good 8 years or so.\

Edit : Aw crap, I just read the "not"

The Decapitator wrote:More to come, and you're not going to like it...

...We're going to love it?

It's a bit pricey to say the least, but it looks mean and I like the dual heavy flamers for dealing with wordes. It's also very durable if your dice don't utterly hate you.

I do dislike both GW and FW's penchant for sticking 3's on BD and WS for Defilers and now this. I can accept BS as more enraged daemons probably aren't ccrack shots, but you're telling me they're only average even at rending enemies with their giant mecha-talons?

Sephyr wrote:It's a bit pricey to say the least, but it looks mean and I like the dual heavy flamers for dealing with wordes. It's also very durable if your dice don't utterly hate you.

I do dislike both GW and FW's penchant for sticking 3's on BD and WS for Defilers and now this. I can accept BS as more enraged daemons probably aren't ccrack shots, but you're telling me they're only average even at rending enemies with their giant mecha-talons?

I think the low WS is meant to represent that they aren't disciplined fighters; Just a POed demon flailing around.

whigwam wrote:

The Decapitator wrote:More to come, and you're not going to like it...

...We're going to love it?

Let's hope so.

OPTIMISM! YEAH!

Medium of Death wrote:

whigwam wrote:

The Decapitator wrote:More to come, and you're not going to like it...

...We're going to love it?

Let's hope so.

OPTIMISM! YEAH!

Optimism+GW or FW=huge fething mess of a topic

Or at least thats how rumor threads usually go

H.B.M.C. wrote:Which in turn, ph34r, just leads to a "is FW legal argument".



Slinky - I choose the "It's a cool model and I care little what it's rules are as I'll make my own" side. Is that a real side?

When it comes to GW all I care about is the model...I dont play their game systems.

picking one up at adepticon, no only if they could approve the rules for use in the gladiator. pick it up friday paint it fri-sat and play with it on sunday. WIN!!!

I made some observations on this on my blog
http://www.3forint.com/2012/03/forge-world-decimator-preview-pics-and.html


The short of it all is.

AWESOME!!!

I like the 2 shooty versions better than the assaulty version. I already ordered my first one!

The DoW modders sure are fast

What mod is that? It looks kick-ass.

Joshh wrote:What mod is that? It looks kick-ass.

Its a wip

http://www.moddb.com/mods/dark-prophecy-mod

Do we know if they will make Soul Burner Petards?
And does anyone know what those should look like?

poipo32 wrote:Do we know if they will make Soul Burner Petards?
And does anyone know what those should look like?

Probably. I guess it will look like some sort of demonic mortar.

Makes me want to commit heresy! :9

But seriously, rumors of cultists (possibly mixed with CSM) making a return in 6th Ed and now this? I'm looking for a second army to play, and Chaos has me interested!

I absolutely love this model, and didn't think warjack at all when I saw it, mostly due to its thicker legs. I did, however, think transformer. The face reminds me of Megatron a bit with the glare and the dangling spikey bits on the face. Also, long thin spinny claws seems very transformer as well.

As for the rules, I hate them. S8 lightning claws with special anti-transport rule? Compare this to a death company dread with blood talons. Higher WS, same attacks, same re-rolling to wound, higher initiative, and special rule that seriously puts the HURT on infantry. Also ignores stunned and shaken and has a 4+ cover save.....from just getting in cover on the way in. Also has a meltagun and for 15 points totes a second S8 Ap2 weapon.

Or the furioso dread, which can also take blood talons, is AV 13, WS6, I4 for only 125 and has a meltagun.

This guy is just way way overcosted. And the mark of Nurgle will be a hindrance as often as it will be a boon. Oh, you rolled a 1, rerolled and got a 6! Yes!

Oh, and for the other one you rolled a 5, and then rolled a 1....darn it. And that only works on "wrecked" results. If it explodes its out for the count. Same rules apply as always - shoot it until it's immobilized and then leave it alone. If it's the shooty variety, then work on its arms. But as most people have said, doubling up on butcher cannons makes it "as good" as a psyrifle but at nearly 200 points. Yay? Seems that's the trend for chaos lately. "Almost as good, for more points!" ever since space wolves came out.

I will get one when I have the extra cash, but it will probably just serve as a chaos dreadnought for my Emperor's Children, or as a death company dread in my counts-as BA Emperor's Children list.

Spellbound wrote:I absolutely love this model, and didn't think warjack at all when I saw it, mostly due to its thicker legs. I did, however, think transformer. The face reminds me of Megatron a bit with the glare and the dangling spikey bits on the face. Also, long thin spinny claws seems very transformer as well.

As for the rules, I hate them. S8 lightning claws with special anti-transport rule? Compare this to a death company dread with blood talons. Higher WS, same attacks, same re-rolling to wound, higher initiative, and special rule that seriously puts the HURT on infantry. Also ignores stunned and shaken and has a 4+ cover save.....from just getting in cover on the way in. Also has a meltagun and for 15 points totes a second S8 Ap2 weapon.

Or the furioso dread, which can also take blood talons, is AV 13, WS6, I4 for only 125 and has a meltagun.

This guy is just way way overcosted. And the mark of Nurgle will be a hindrance as often as it will be a boon. Oh, you rolled a 1, rerolled and got a 6! Yes!

Oh, and for the other one you rolled a 5, and then rolled a 1....darn it. And that only works on "wrecked" results. If it explodes its out for the count. Same rules apply as always - shoot it until it's immobilized and then leave it alone. If it's the shooty variety, then work on its arms. But as most people have said, doubling up on butcher cannons makes it "as good" as a psyrifle but at nearly 200 points. Yay? Seems that's the trend for chaos lately. "Almost as good, for more points!" ever since space wolves came out.

I will get one when I have the extra cash, but it will probably just serve as a chaos dreadnought for my Emperor's Children, or as a death company dread in my counts-as BA Emperor's Children list.

I agree with everything you said, although I think the Decimator looks more like the "stand up on two legs defilers" that several folks have converted throughout the years, only better! I would use it as a defiler in my Chaos army.

Looks like a chaos version of the iron giant

Rabidweasel wrote:Those rules are pretty overpowered! It ignores stunned and shaken results due to DP and if they destroy it, there's a chance it gets back up again! Plus the 5+ Inv save on top and the extra flamer hits on transports and buildings!

Not sure the guys at my local gaming club would like facing facing this but i'm very tempted to get one to march alongside my sonic dreadnought![/quote

just looking but there are several 40k vehicle types that can ignore stun/shaken, a few character that can get back up. oh. and the rules are EXPERIMENTAL...just saying. Give it a try in a game, proxy it, try it for 3 games (thats how we usually start judging a vehicles OP at my local GW).

We tried out the land raider achiles everyone was complaining about thats to OP for regular games. Well let me tell you in 3 of 5 games I proxied, it was destroyed before i could get in range with the meltas. las cannons, gauss (got glanced to death), etc. Before you suggest something is overpowered, try it out for a number of games and see it in action. Spouting out OP on forums gets people in a frenzy when there are no facts to back it up.

On the other hand it is a powerful vehicle, so we will see if it lives up to its name. Got guys that use contemptors and megadreads in tourneys at the store, interesting to see how they fare against this.



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Viersche wrote:Looks like a chaos version of the iron giant

lol. that is so true.

Commander Cain wrote:Oh man, I like the look of this beast. Just trying now to think how I can get rid of the chaosy bits and add it to my marine army!

-Over 9000 respect, dude. That isn't even funny.

Breotan wrote:

Blitza da warboy wrote:Really, I don't understand why people are saying that the dreads are a copy of warjacks; they're not.

Nobody said dreads were copies of Warjacks, especially since dreads have been around a wee bit longer than Warjacks. I made a joke because the Decimator reminded me of a Warjack more than it did a Dreadnought.

Well, it ISN'T a Dreadnought, so I don't see why so many people seem to be EXPECTING it to look like one. It's a Daemon War Enginer, just like the Blood Slaughterers, Blight Drones, Brass Scorpions, and Defilers.

odorofdeath wrote:Wow, an awkward, silly looking model, and poorly implemented rules! What a treat.

How is it awkward or silly-looking? And the only issue with the ulres I see are A: either needs higher AV or B: points drop.

Avrik_Shasla wrote:What? Games workshop and Forge world are releasing more Space marine stuff?! *Gasp* What a surprise.

Chaos, actually; don't forget that these are useable by Daemons armies as well!

I'm still mulling over the idea of getting two of them and then forcing myself to learn how to magnetise them.


Of course, a certain site did just start selling Contemptors... so maybe this isn't far behind?

This I like. Not a chaos player but I half wish I was. Almost tempted to get this to sit on my desk at work.

I can see some really cool conversions for this, regarding Dedications.