Space Marine Finecast Wave (May 19th)

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**N'Ferno**

What exactly does the White Scars pack include? Heads and weapons? Arms? "Six components" isn't very informative...

**d-usa**

Or the fairly standard "oops I picked the Australian website" mistake...

**Vain**

reps0l wrote:Where is everyone seeing $94 for the Thunderfire? I'm seeing $56...maybe it was an error they corrected?
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=&prodId=prod1600062a

Take a peek at the small flag next to the people posting that. $10 bucks says they have the Australian flag like mine.

Aussie prices are quite a bit higher than UK or US equivalents.

**Alpharius**

Not an actual mistake (sadly) if you live in Australia - check the flags for users on their posts - it helps clear up a lot of things!

**d-usa**

I thought the user posting it had a US flag, my bad.

**reps0l**

Alpharius wrote:Not an actual mistake (sadly) if you live in Australia - check the flags for users on their posts - it helps clear up a lot of things!

Copy that! I feel bad for the Aussies

**Formosa**

yeah aussie prices are disgusting lol

**TheSovereign**

N'Ferno wrote:What exactly does the White Scars pack include? Heads and weapons? Arms? "Six components" isn't very informative...

I'm curious to know as well. Helmet-less heads would be nice, as they would hopefully look suitably barbaric for Space Wolves
conversions.

Update: Well, looks like we're in luck. They're up on the GW site. https://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod1600068a

**Pacific**

Arm.chair.general wrote:
LunaHound wrote:$94 Thunderfire cannon

WOW at first I thought

I reckon you could make a cheap thunderfire cannon by converting one from the psilencer gatling cannon from a bitz store and some cheap small treads.

Or, as said earlier in the thread, you could just use this Forgeworld Rapier laser destroyer, with comes with those 2 sexy-as-hell guys for £29 (not sure what that equates to exactly in $, but is obviously cheaper).

**carmachu**

Kroothawk wrote:
... where metal is phased out as well and even the (more expensive) plastic versions contains resin

While true, its early stii and metals are plentiful, and the plastic is actually good. Anything is better then fine cast./

**Arm.chair.general**

Pacific wrote:
Arm.chair.general wrote:
LunaHound wrote:$94 Thunderfire cannon

WOW at first I thought

I reckon you could make a cheap thunderfire cannon by converting one from the psilencer gatling cannon from a bitz store and some cheap small treads.

Or, as said earlier in the thread, you could just use this Forgeworld Rapier laser destroyer, with comes with those 2 sexy-as-hell guys for £29 (not sure what that equates to exactly in $, but is obviously cheaper).

Great idea

**Ledabot**

reps0l wrote:
Alpharius wrote:Not an actual mistake (sadly) if you live in Australia - check the flags for users on their posts - it helps clear up a lot of things!

Copy that! I feel bad for the Aussies

I looked for new zealand. $110. Not so excited anymore. Well at least thats only AUS$85.

**Arm.chair.general**

Ledabot wrote:
reps0l wrote:
Alpharius wrote:Not an actual mistake (sadly) if you live in Australia - check the flags for users on their posts - it helps clear up a lot of things!

Copy that! I feel bad for the Aussies

I looked for new zealand. $110. Not so excited anymore. Well at least thats only AUS$85.

Ouch! I converted the $110 new zealand dollars and it worked out as £54! I feel for you guys in Australia and New zealand

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

d-usa wrote:Or the fairly standard "oops I picked the Australian website" mistake...

No oops. I live in Australia.

**d-usa**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
d-usa wrote:Or the fairly standard "oops I picked the Australian website" mistake...

No oops. I live in Australia.

Don't mind me, I'm just an idiot on the internet

**warboss**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
d-usa wrote:Or the fairly standard "oops I picked the Australian website" mistake...

No oops. I live in Australia.

It's an oops. We all know you shop over in England at Maelstrom!

**scarletsquig**

If you want a properly cheap thunderfire cannon, get the £12.50 one from Mantic which is much larger and nicer-looking, and not Citadel Finecast:

The squat is a seperate piece and can be left off or replaced with a servitor/ techmarine.

I agree that £36 for a small artillery piece with a single crewman is a bit of a ripoff.

**Slinky**

Just perusing the section for this on the GW site, bit baffled by the Crimson Fist sets.

There are 2, for the same price, that appear to me to be exactly the same except that the Assault set also includes a power fist.

Why does the Tactical set exist?

**Rhich**

I recently (about a month ago) started buying up the LotD mini’s because I like them and wanted to paint them, knowing I’ll never field them with my Templar they are still good looking models. I also bought the squad set in metal. Now they’re coming out in FineCast I guess I’ll be picking up those too because at least they will be a little easier to pose differently…. Can't wait to hear about the Thunderfire cannon too!!!! I have it in metal that I grabbed not to long ago…
If someone buys one of those I hope it will get posted....

**Dysartes**

Slinky wrote:Just perusing the section for this on the GW site, bit baffled by the Crimson Fist sets.

There are 2, for the same price, that appear to me to be exactly the same except that the Assault set also includes a power fist.

Why does the Tactical set exist?

2 Mk6 heads instead of 2 Mk7 heads? That's the only reason I can see.

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

warboss wrote:It's an oops. We all know you shop over in England at Maelstrom!

Emgarbo.

**calgar 2.5**

This actually makes me happy. I can get more Tyrannic War Vets for bits.

**AresX8**

Is it just me or did the Masters of the Chapter box drop in price compared to the metal box? I remember the metal box being $45.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod1600048a

**Ouze**

AresX8 wrote:Is it just me or did the Masters of the Chapter box drop in price compared to the metal box? I remember the metal box being $45.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod1600048a

And weren't there 5 of them previously?

**MasterSlowPoke**

No, there were only 4.

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

Must be a mistake then. Add a zero to the end of their price.

**Brother SRM**

Slinky wrote:Just perusing the section for this on the GW site, bit baffled by the Crimson Fist sets.

There are 2, for the same price, that appear to me to be exactly the same except that the Assault set also includes a power fist.

Why does the Tactical set exist?

Because the ones in the tactical set look cooler. The assault set just has fists, the tactical set has fists within a circle. I prefer the tactical set ones, which is why I have so many Marines with those pads in my army.

**Slinky**

Brother SRM wrote:
Slinky wrote:Just perusing the section for this on the GW site, bit baffled by the Crimson Fist sets.

There are 2, for the same price, that appear to me to be exactly the same except that the Assault set also includes a power fist.

Why does the Tactical set exist?

Because the ones in the tactical set look cooler. The assault set just has fists, the tactical set has fists within a circle. I prefer the tactical set ones, which is why I have so many Marines with those pads in my army.

Ah, thanks - hadn't noticed that

**timd**

AresX8 wrote:Is it just me or did the Masters of the Chapter box drop in price compared to the metal box? I remember the metal box being $45.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod1600048a

Metal box was $35. Bought a box a couple of months ago.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Just happened to look at the GE blurb for the new Finecast Marines:

"It's kind of scary to think about, but Citadel Finecast is now just over one year old. Over the last 12 months we've released over 200 miniatures in Finecast resin and today we get to add another 40 to the Space Marine range. Yep, you read that right - 40."

A slight rework gives a more consumer oriented blurb...

Over the last 12 months we've released over 200 miniatures in Finecast resin and today we get to add another 40 to the Space Marine range. Yep, you read that right - 40. It's kind of scary to think about...

**Timmy149**

jspyd3rx wrote:The Thunderfire cannon is the only model I know of that desperately needed a finecast treatment. Gonna take my metal model out to the the field with a boom box and bat.

Oh dear...