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Assuming it is a Grenade Launcher at all, and not just a shotgun with a massive drum mag.

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Assuming it is a Grenade Launcher at all, and not just a shotgun with a massive drum mag.


Yeah, it has so many design elements in common with the shotguns that I believe it's some sort of rapid-fire shotgun.

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 Pariah Press wrote:
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Assuming it is a Grenade Launcher at all, and not just a shotgun with a massive drum mag.


Yeah, it has so many design elements in common with the shotguns that I believe it's some sort of rapid-fire shotgun.


The particularly high aiming ladder at the rear of the 'weapon in question' makes it solidly in the "grenade launcher" camp for me.

Immediately brought to mind of the ladder for the iconic M79 with the implication that it was meant to be shot in an arc, not directly.
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You make a convincing case!

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Those decal chalk outlines are yet another reason to look forward to the Arbites. Not sure where on Earth I will use them. A crime scene around a relic in the middle of a battle? Whoever wins a game of Cluedo claims the relic.
   
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It’s 100% a grenade launcher.

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For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/02/07/adeptus-arbites-exaction-squads-are-bristling-with-correctional-gadgets/


So, some more info here, including that they do indeed have webbers, so we'll dobe that sharp eyed man.

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Also a Meltagun.

And it’s not a Stub Pistol. It’s a Shot Pistol.


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No. Not a melta. I think that’s the Webber.

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The chalk outline transfers are pretty funny but I can’t see much use for them. Maybe a necromunda board
   
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Not going to lie, I didn't expect shields (and mauls) for the whole squad.

The 'grenade launcher' is one piece, with joins at the wrest and forearm. huh. Though most of the other guns have the full right arm up to the shoulder join.

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And enough "normal" Arbites helmets to avoid using the weird ones, if you so wish. Which I do...
   
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In case you wonder how to correctly pronounce Arbites https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/02/07/is-it-ar-bites-or-ar-bee-tees-how-to-pronounce-the-trickiest-warhammer-words-according-to-the-experts/
   
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Personally, I think GW are pronouncing it incorrectly.

I like to pronounce GW’s dodgy fake Latin as if it was actual Latin. It should be ar-BEE-tays, not ar-bee-TEES.
   
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The loudspeaker drone can be on its own base! Excellent!
   
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It’s a stunningly gorgeous kit. However, I’ll be waiting for it’s release outside of the Kill Team box. I can’t justify buying both a Kill Team box and a Warcry box in the same week.
   
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Growing up with warhammer I only ever wanted two things. Custodes and Arbites...my dream has finally come to completion. This kit is amazing and I really want to grab a box or two depending on how they mesh with current Imperial forces.

 
   
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You must use the trademarked pronunciation or else!
   
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The "sniper rile" really is a shotgun with a scope/suppressor.

And the shotpistol is interesting. That's gonna have some kick to it.

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
The "sniper rile" really is a shotgun with a scope/suppressor.

And the shotpistol is interesting. That's gonna have some kick to it.



And that is gonna hurt, because there’s a scope on it!

Now a question for those familiar with Kill Team. See I appreciate its squad based, and you have access to Specialists. Yet this Arbites Set has bits enough to make the entire kit sans Specialists of any kind.

Is that suggestive this will get proper 40K rules at some point - or is Kill Team like Necromunda, where you can have a pool of fresh bullet catchers to add in as the campaign progresses?

   
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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
The "sniper rile" really is a shotgun with a scope/suppressor.

And the shotpistol is interesting. That's gonna have some kick to it.



And that is gonna hurt, because there’s a scope on it!

Now a question for those familiar with Kill Team. See I appreciate its squad based, and you have access to Specialists. Yet this Arbites Set has bits enough to make the entire kit sans Specialists of any kind.

Is that suggestive this will get proper 40K rules at some point - or is Kill Team like Necromunda, where you can have a pool of fresh bullet catchers to add in as the campaign progresses?


We already know that this kit will get 40k rules because the AoO list-building document mentions Arbites as possible troops for an 'Agents of the Imperium' detachment.
   
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Fair point!

   
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Also, the community article from yesterday says that the kit builds two different squads for 40k as well as the Killteam, and that more information will be upcoming on that possibility.
   
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Nice.

Might pick a box up when they’re on general release.

   
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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
The "sniper rile" really is a shotgun with a scope/suppressor.

And the shotpistol is interesting. That's gonna have some kick to it.



And that is gonna hurt, because there’s a scope on it!

Now a question for those familiar with Kill Team. See I appreciate its squad based, and you have access to Specialists. Yet this Arbites Set has bits enough to make the entire kit sans Specialists of any kind.

Is that suggestive this will get proper 40K rules at some point - or is Kill Team like Necromunda, where you can have a pool of fresh bullet catchers to add in as the campaign progresses?


basically every kill team kit has had 40K rules for it, and they have explictly confirmed that the arbites will have two datasheets for 40K: one with shotguns, one with mauls and sheilds.

so, yes, they will be useable in 40k.

To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be relearned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.

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I mean, 9x squads worth of transfers? Absolutely pitched as an army, even if only a Detachment in one.

 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
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'Arbites have shotguns, right?'

'That's what people remember, sure'

'Then we'll have shotgun pistols...'

'Um'

'...and shotgun sniper rifles!'

   
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I can see a longer barrelled one, tooled for Executioner rounds making some kind of sense. At least by Imperial Standards of “sense”

   
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It's not really longer barrelled though. It has a suppressor, sure, but it's still a regular Arbites shotgun under there.

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I like these a lot, but I have to admit that I like the new Necromunda Enforcers more. However, I do think that the existence of the Enforcers affected the design of these models a LOT.

You already have a plastic squad of 'law enforcement guys' who come with mauls, and riot shields, and shotguns. You can either rebox them and sell them for Kill Team, or you have to design a different squad, who have to look different.

So you use what visual cues for Arbites you haven't already used for Enforcers, and, when given a choice, you push the look in a direction different than the enforcer aesthetic. To be honest, if you don't like the looks of them, check out the Enforcers--the equipment is fundamentally swappable, barring some of the special gear.

 
   
 
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