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1hadhq wrote:

cuda1179 wrote:Does anyone else notice that the Shadowsword is the exact same model the stormsword, except with a barrel extention?

Looked closer at the pics:the base of any gun-barrel is always the same.EXchange barrel for another main gun.

no the bottom of the gun is exactly the same

At least converting a Stormblade would be pretty easy with this kit. Making a plasma blastgun all by itself shouldn't present too much of a challenge, I guess.

And cheaper than the FW kit.

It's a shame though. I really wanted a second one. Plasma Blast Guns are FUN!!!!

BYE

Do you think there is a possibility of a direct exclusive sprue with the missing gun?

Ah - like the Orky one. A very good point.

And something that would be quite easy to do, given that they seem to have set this kit up to be quite modular. Another sprue with a selection of weird and wonderful guns would be most welcome.

Maybe a sprue with a Plasma Blast Gun and an Apocalypse Missile Launcher!!

BYE

I'd guess this is what will happen too.

Too good to pass up, given the Deff Rolla thing...

pcon426 wrote:

1hadhq wrote: Looked closer at the pics:the base of any gun-barrel is always the same.EXchange barrel for another main gun.

no the bottom of the gun is exactly the same

so, spelling failure?


@ pariah press: please try to do a plasma blastgun from scratch - we'll follow your WIP-thread then.


With the new "artillery" or "transport" tanks built from the shadowsword kit, there may be no place anymore for stormblades in the
"hunter"type of SHT. I think the stormblade should be changed to a battletank design and come as additional sprue for baneblade kits.

1hadhq wrote:With the new "artillery" or "transport" tanks built from the shadowsword kit, there may be no place anymore for stormblades in the
"hunter"type of SHT. I think the stormblade should be changed to a battletank design and come as additional sprue for baneblade kits.

Personally, I'd rather they wouldn't retcon the model again, FW already did it once when they produced the first kit (the original Stormblade had a huge anti-titan missle, a HK missile rack sponson on the right side and a battlecannon sponson on the left).

@Aga: Given that GW is making up names for tanks willy-nilly, I don't think GW will retcon the model.

However, we could end up with over a dozen Baneblade variants by the time 6th Edition rolls around...

Agamemnon2 wrote:
Personally, I'd rather they wouldn't retcon the model again, FW already did it once when they produced the first kit (the original Stormblade had a huge anti-titan missle, a HK missile rack sponson on the right side and a battlecannon sponson on the left).

Nice config

JohnHwangDD wrote:@Aga: Given that GW is making up names for tanks willy-nilly, I don't think GW will retcon the model.

However, we could end up with over a dozen Baneblade variants by the time 6th Edition rolls around...

Actual research gives only confirmation to Shadowsword,Stormsword and Doomhammer.
Kit mayinclude:Multipart cannon,forward and afterward weaponmount,new engine/front pieces,targeters.
Stormlord parts seem to be existant in the shadowsword kit but not shown as built and/or painted model.
We may not get a stormblade or stormhammer in plastic, but if the parts for a "transport" SHV are on the sprue it couldn't be to
difficult to make our own.

we will end up with more than a dozen before 6th ed if I could throw mine in......

Agamemnon2 wrote:Personally, I'd rather they wouldn't retcon the model again, FW already did it once when they produced the first kit (the original Stormblade had a huge anti-titan missle, a HK missile rack sponson on the right side and a battlecannon sponson on the left).

The missiles that the Stormblade once had were mentioned in IA1. They talk about the reasons they're not there any more, so it's not as if they forgot about them completely.

BYE

Ah, yes. I remember. "Adeptus Mechanicus decided that lots of missiles designed to strip a titan of its void shields before delivering the death blow were just too damned cool, so they took them away." Something along those lines, anyway.

Wasn't it "Adeptus Mechanicus decided that lots of missiles designed to strip a titan of its void shields before delivering the death blow were a giant explosion hazard and caused the loss of countless vehicles until removed"?

Hellion missile racks were removed because they were exposed to incoming fire and after an incident in which three super-heavies were destroyed by their own missiles the racks were withdrawn.

Bah! You say toMAYto, I say toMAHto!

BrookM wrote:Hellion missile racks were removed because they were exposed to incoming fire and after an incident in which three super-heavies were destroyed by their own missiles the racks were withdrawn.

Epic:Armageddon

Stormblade "mars pattern", plasma blastgun, 4x heavy bolter, 4x hellion missile.

Just seen that it's up for advance order at Gaming Figures (http://www.gamingfigures.com/viewProducts.asp?action=advance) - RRP £58.72 selling for £46.98 - and to be released 7th March

March 7th is fine

Price at baneblade level then? OK

from Gamers Warehouse (http://cart.gwonline.info/epages/es115160.sf/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es115160_shop/Products/ST01) the ork stomper is pre-order for £48 (therefore RRP £60 at GW)

a little off topic but sites like that really do highlight how much prfit is slapped onto some gw products. They're realm of battle is listed 20% cheaper than GW AND includes postage. They still have to make profit from that, I wonder what the actual cost of making them is - a £5 lump of plastic, an idea and some peanuts to feed the workforce? saying that, it's still on my shopping list, along with the new tank. Just need to save the pennies for a while longer yet.

covenant84 wrote:a little off topic but sites like that really do highlight how much prfit is slapped onto some gw products. They're realm of battle is listed 20% cheaper than GW AND includes postage. They still have to make profit from that, I wonder what the actual cost of making them is - a £5 lump of plastic, an idea and some peanuts to feed the workforce?

ZOMG! You mean GW profits from my money? I thought they were some kind of gaming charity? :S

Has it been 100% confirmed that these six...

Shadowsword
Banehammer
Doomhammer
Stormlord
Banesword
Stormsword

... are the variants that will be included in the box?

If this is true, I must say I'm fairly happy... so that the $200 I spent this past summer on a Stormblade was still well spent.

Anung Un Rama wrote:
I can't give you the pic right now, because my Firefox is screwing around, but I thought you should know.

You don't happen to have firefox 3.0 becouse it has some problems (it makes your computer crash sometimes)

IME, FireFox is more stable than IE.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Yeah... they're sure pulling out all the stops by putting a single picture in White Dwarf and then... not confirming anything.

If this is 'all the stops', one wonders what them being guarded/secretive would be like? Would it be them denying that they're even making new models?

This is no different to the first time a picture of the Leman Russ was published in White Dwarf. That was the first (and last) we heard about it for years.

BYE

There are two picies of the tank in the white dwarf. The original pic and a pic at the end of jervis's gab about up and coming things.

Anyone with access to a february WD to confirm this:

http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a251/wildernesscamX/Z_shadowswordADV.jpg

It's real.

BrookM wrote:It's real.

Thanks

I'll need 3x-4x.

Wow, love it! That is one seriously nasty looking Stormlord.

I can see that part of the kit being used in innumerable Warhound conversions - I'm actually wondering if I could meld it somehow onto some spare bits I have, and add it to one of my Armorcast Warhounds (maybe justifying it as "aftermarket" post-battle running repairs).

Padre.

couldnt some of the variants be orky or chaos variants?
they are different superheavy tanks in themselves so it could be a possibility
and especially since it just happens to be coming up with the stompa and the whole
orky theme going on these days
i admit im a hopeful ork player but im betting the skullhammer (i think thats the name)
is up for one of those slots of six along with a possible chaos variant as well
this would adress the shelf issue by having direct order sprues for each of these variants
and then the banblade with its variant and this new one with its other variant included
so actually it would be two tank box sets on the shelf for a total of four variants and
then two available in additional sprue form.
just my two cents/ thoughts
~tony~