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 AtoMaki wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Dude's dressed as an anachronistic warmaster of olde, and he's "no more special" than a WHFB empire general...while riding a mechanical horse.

Got it.

Mechanical horses were a thing in WHFB too.

Yes, clockwork horses were a thing in WHFB.

His steed Konstantin* is decades old, now largely cybernetic and clad in gleaming armour.

Cybernetically preserved horses weren't a thing in WHFB though.

Apple fox wrote:
I feel they where going for a old painting look you see of a lord on his horse with a sword.

But guy with sword is soo common that the horse has to carry a lot of the theme, and nether are that unique or special from other GW offerings.

Apple Fox nails it in one. The horse has to carry a lot of the theme, and what's special about the horse(it being cybernetically preserved rather than just a mechanical horse) is a bit too subtle.


The augmetics are mostly a flawless white. There are a few oil streaks around bolts but that's it for the most part.

Sure and by that logic nor would demigryph knights.

Personal take is that between this and the return of Command Squads as just individual models? This was a wasted opportunity for Guard to get a "diorama" model.


This would have been far superior in both instances.

I get where they were going with the Lord Solar. I definitely, 100% think it would look far better with copper or silver instead of white ceramic coating on the metals.

I won't return the model if given it as a gift...but I won't be buying it myself. Not when I can get more interesting stuff.

Having built a bunch of them, lol no.


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 Dolnikan wrote:

Ideally through, something like a group diorama thing where you shave the over the tip general, a few flamboyant aides, and perhaps some Storm Trooper bodyguards or the like.

That's why I really like the art I had posted. There's a Commissar, an Inquisitorial representative, servitors linked to datanets, etc.

Throw in Ecclesiarchal, Navy, and Mechanicus representatives? It begins to showcase just what a Lord Solar might be involved in...and opens up some interesting possibilities for unique abilities.

 His Master's Voice wrote:
I get what they were going for with this, but if there was ever a model that deserved the mini diorama treatment in vein of Katakros or Saint Katherine, it's a Lord Solar.

I'm thinking they might be trying to get rid of those going forward. Kind of a shame if so.

That's not how it works.

 Polonius wrote:
I think they'll more likely keep the new Cadians, but slot in a legacy vehicle like the LRBT to get it up to 25 Power.

It'll be nice to have an HQ in these boxes besides the commissar.

It was already leaked by OK_E. The army set is the combat patrol.

OK_E wrote:The combat patrol consists of...

Cadian shock troops Field ordinance battery Armoured sentinel Cadian command squad

I'm holding out hope that it will include Kasrkin or a Heavy Squad in lieu of the second squad

Also a fun lil' promo bit.

 cole1114 wrote:
Doubt they will, but it'd be nice if they had enough gas masks to be armageddon.

Gas masks alone don't make them into Steel Legion...

Slightly better picture, maybe?

It had a guide available digitally for purchase in 6th/7th.

Right, that's what I was referring to.

The combat patrol loses the Einhyr Champion and second set of Warriors but gains the Beserks.

I'd rather that route for Macharius or Ollanius Pius.

General Hobbs wrote:

Someone posted on FB that Kasrkin are on 28mm bases, not 25. Grrrrr

Would Kill Team models have different bases?

No. Kasrkin are on 28mm bases.

It's not unreasonable. They'd look janky on 32mm bases, but the 28mm base makes a slightly noticeable difference to the "standard" Cadian Shock Troops.

Two week preorder period for the Cadia Stands box.

Y'all best wait until I've preordered mine! SINGLE FILE PEOPLE!

Dudeface wrote:
I won't lie "not available this year" seems a bit off piste, surely it'd be a good sales catapult in the festive season?

It probably would be...but also supply disruptions are common even at the best of times in the holiday season.

Rules preview.

From reddit:

Well, at least art for one.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
I don't get it, where's the new regiment?
I see a Mordian, a Tallarn, a Solar and what seems to be a Tanith?

That's new design for the Tallarn.

Not Solar for the other. Indigan Prefects. They're hiveworlders.

Can you lot take the grenade launcher talk elsewhere? Go start a thread in Proposed Rules or whatever.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Can you lot take the grenade launcher talk elsewhere? Go start a thread in Proposed Rules or whatever.

If you'd like I can change the title of this thread to "Astra Militarum Rumors and Grenade Launcher hate Fest" so it's clearer.

COOL DEAL!

Okay, since off-topic wishlisting(because that's what is really happening) for the next book is apparently a-okay for rumors on the book going up for preorder on Saturday:

Break things into "Specialist" and "Special" Weapons.

Specialist Weapons would be things like Sniper Rifles, Meltaguns, Demolition Charges, Heavy Flamers, and Plasma Guns. Things that ostensibly get a bit of extra training for the operators or have a bit more value overall. Specialist Weapons in a standard Infantry Squad could be put onto two models instead of a Heavy Weapon Team and would feature something additional to make the usage of said item more interesting or unique, but only when taken in pairs.

IE:
Taking Sniper Rifles would grant your Infantry Squad the "Forward Observer" keyword, letting artillery get a single reroll for a turn if the target is visible to the Infantry Squad without having to burn a stratagem to do so.
Demolition Charges would let you remove Objective Markers from play, if a specific action is performed and completed.
Meltaguns taken in tandem would grant Krak Grenades to the Infantry Squad and let them count as being 6 models for the purposes of resolving Blast Weapons fired at them by Vehicles or Monsters.
Plasma Guns give the squad a medic.
Heavy Flamers would let you treat their targets as being affected by Blast weapons for the purposes of numbers of models in the unit.

Special Weapons would be two to a squad, any combinations you want. Flamers, Boltguns, and Grenade Launchers.

There is an argument able to be made in any regards for opening up two different types of Grenade Launchers as options. I don't know exactly how I would treat it myself, but doing the drum-fed variant as a Specialist Weapon while the M79 style breach-action is a Special Weapon wouldn't be wildly outlandish.

And then, for giggles and gaks, make it so the Regimental units get to pick certain Specialist Weapons as Special choices as well as Specialist ones. Give Sergeants access to Specials, Specialist, and their usual fare of weapons.

Bam. Enjoy your converting fun.

We're still pretending that people outside of fluffbunnies took some of these choices? Coolcoolcool

There was a rumored additional sprue.

It looks like this sprue is doubled for the Field Ordinance:

 BrookM wrote:
Has to be an extra sprue or something, the current ones do not have the belt-fed autogun for the sergeant as far as I can tell.

It's definitely interesting that there's missing goodies.

Yeess, grimdark defence line.

muuuuch better shot of that weird sgt. thanks Stahly!

diepotato47 wrote:
Reviews are up, anybody found a good review that covers close up looks at the pages? So far only found either people reading from the book zoomed out, or heads on screens.

Ash from GMG usually does a good job for that, I feel.

 BrookM wrote:
So, what does the Guard get for Crusades? And what does their Combat Patrol look like?

It's the army set.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:


Yeah, is there some fluff saying Kasrkin are big? Are they specially bred or something?

Wasn't there something in one of the Eisenhorn books about it?

There's a lot of different bits and bobs over the years in novels about it. The basic gist per Shadowvaults is that they have top tier physical exercise regimens and are constantly engaged in training when not at war. They're the "best unaugmented soldiers" that humanity has at its disposal.