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WooHoo! bout time we got an offical one!

Scottywan82 wrote:

Xca|iber wrote:In the video, the Character Conversion set... It looks like a combi-plasma gun just left of the three arms. Is that what I'm seeing or is that something else?

I hope so. I'm already looking forward to the IA9 release cause some of those new helmets (on the scorpion dudes) look pretty sweet. (There's really just one that I wanna get).

And I want some good combi-plasmas for my Chaos terminators (or at least one).

Actually, I think it's a combi-flamer.

Indeed it is. I'm pretty happy about it.

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Marrak wrote:

Kirasu wrote:Is there something im missing about the corvus armor? All of the parts for that set of armor come in normal SM boxes (Beakie helm, studded shoulder and the chest piece)

All the parts DO come in the normal SM boxes, but a lot of folks like to make full squads of them, which isn't easy given how limited the pieces are from the plastic kit. This gives them the ability to build squads more easily.

Yes I built one company of marines with the parts left over from building my Raven guard all beekie company.

Sarrazon wrote:

Scottywan82 wrote:

Xca|iber wrote:In the video, the Character Conversion set... It looks like a combi-plasma gun just left of the three arms. Is that what I'm seeing or is that something else?

I hope so. I'm already looking forward to the IA9 release cause some of those new helmets (on the scorpion dudes) look pretty sweet. (There's really just one that I wanna get).

And I want some good combi-plasmas for my Chaos terminators (or at least one).

Actually, I think it's a combi-flamer.

Indeed it is. I'm pretty happy about it.

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Well damn. Oh well, back to the drawing board. (I'm not really a fan of many of the kitbashed combi-plasmas. I'm still trying to find a construction method that I like.)

Anyone know when the next FW newsletter is do? Can't wait for official pics and to be able to preorder!

If the release date of September 27th that I've seen posted is true, I'd say it would be within the next week or so. I definitely want to know the full contents of the Badab book, and a couple of those nifty Space Marine Character Upgrade packs.

Wow. I'm going to get that Lugft Huron Model.

Tim the Biovore wrote:Wow. I'm going to get that Lugft Huron Model.

me too

Sorry if it's asked/ answered, but any info on release timeline?

part one is set for September 27th

Regarding Games Day...

Games-Workshop.com wrote:The guys from Forge World will, of course, be in attendance with an entire articulated lorry filled with their range of resin miniatures, vehicles and more, including a few hot-off-the-press copies of the brand new Imperial Armour Volume 9: The Badab War Part I, the awesome new Space Marine armour variants and weapon sets, and they even hope to have limited quantities of the recently-unveiled Astral Claws' Chapter Master, Lufgt Huron, and Red Scorpions Chief Librarian, Sevrin Loth - both of whom feature in Imperial Armour 9. More details about all these fantastic items and more will be revealed in the Forge World Newsletter, which you can sign up to here.

Im confused tho.. How can you make an imperial armor book that doesnt include the Imperial guard losing and dying horribly???

Kirasu wrote:Im confused tho.. How can you make an imperial armor book that doesnt include the Imperial guard losing and dying horribly???

Well TECHNICALLY the Imperium won the siege of vraks with the might of space marines, death korps (lost like 14 million of those frenchies. Thank you cloning/whatever), and inquisiton

Okay.. so they only satisfied the "dying horribly" part.. Might as well just pin Imperial guard to the chest of space marines to give them a cover save.. Would be more useful!

Kirasu wrote:Okay.. so they only satisfied the "dying horribly" part.. Might as well just pin Imperial guard to the chest of space marines to give them a cover save.. Would be more useful!

But that would go against the Codex Astartes! Matt would NOT like that!

Y'know I was really hoping for 3 maybe 4 items in this "character conversion set" A nice traditional looking force weapon (not just a counts as power weapon) a psychic hood, and a chaplains crozius and skull helmet. I mean I've done some nice artificing to get the hood and crozius but I'm still hoping for some more official looking ones. Seems like if you were gonna do a character set why not include the items to build the other 2 main HQ types instead of just more captain and sgt parts.

carabine wrote:Y'know I was really hoping for 3 maybe 4 items in this "character conversion set" A nice traditional looking force weapon (not just a counts as power weapon) a psychic hood, and a chaplains crozius and skull helmet. I mean I've done some nice artificing to get the hood and crozius but I'm still hoping for some more official looking ones. Seems like if you were gonna do a character set why not include the items to build the other 2 main HQ types instead of just more captain and sgt parts.

Amen brother!

I said this same thing in one of these threads, somewhere!

It is quite easy indeed to build a sergeant or captain with just about any combination of weapons you'd want.

Getting a good looking Chaplain and Librarian - much harder to accomplish.

Given that FW FINALLY released Pre-Heresy stuff, and is going to eventually release Pre-Heresy Dreadnoughts AND Terminators (YES!), I think they'll eventually come around and release this kind of kit.

Unless GW beats them to it with a proper plastic kit.

Either way - yeah!

But, unfathomably, I think it will be a while...

Alpharius wrote:

carabine wrote:Y'know I was really hoping for 3 maybe 4 items in this "character conversion set" A nice traditional looking force weapon (not just a counts as power weapon) a psychic hood, and a chaplains crozius and skull helmet. I mean I've done some nice artificing to get the hood and crozius but I'm still hoping for some more official looking ones. Seems like if you were gonna do a character set why not include the items to build the other 2 main HQ types instead of just more captain and sgt parts.

Amen brother!

I said this same thing in one of these threads, somewhere!

It is quite easy indeed to build a sergeant or captain with just about any combination of weapons you'd want.

Getting a good looking Chaplain and Librarian - much harder to accomplish.

Given that FW FINALLY released Pre-Heresy stuff, and is going to eventually release Pre-Heresy Dreadnoughts AND Terminators (YES!), I think they'll eventually come around and release this kind of kit.

Unless GW beats them to it with a proper plastic kit.

Either way - yeah!

But, unfathomably, I think it will be a while...

Okay I have dreams of one day becomming a modern day William Tecumseh Sherman and leaving a burnt and bloody scar across china thats so horrific that I'll be remembered for centuries in history books.... But you c'mon GW release a plastic chaplain/librarian kit?! You're Crazy.

On a couple side notes, I'm really enjoying that new character power fist as it finally has that hard top shell look that we see in the art so often.

It seems aside from a single shoulderpad Servin Loth has no chapter iconography on him, his honor guard also seems to have very little iconography on them making them ripe for conversion for other chapters.

Same thing for Huron, Aside from his banner I see absolutely NO iconography unique to his chapter unless you count his lightning claw/powerfist. I'm really enjoying his model the claw, flamer, and shoulders in particular.

I see myself in the near future buying 2 Servin Loths and converting the hell out of them one for my chapter's chief Librarian and another for my non termie 1st company librarian. Here's hoping he comes separate like Commander cullin and the new raven guard shadow captain.

I am excited for the Red Scorpion stuff. I like that the librarian has his helmet on. Liking that there seems to be minimal RS iconography on the Honor Guard ,so I can order extras to make Honor Guard for other SM armies. All in all super pumped. I am still patiently waiting for my Mark 2,3,4,5 armour

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Imperial_Armour_Volume_Nine.html

I like it, appart for one thing....

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE FIRE HAWKS!!!!!!!

They're supposed to be mainly yellow, they've been mostly yellow for the last 20 odd years. FW have gone and messed with a timeless colour scheme and inverted it. I just hope that is some Badab War colour scheme and not a replacement one . . .

Gathering Storm wrote:I like it, appart for one thing....

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE FIRE HAWKS!!!!!!!

They're supposed to be mainly yellow, they've been mostly yellow for the last 20 odd years. FW have gone and messed with a timeless colour scheme and inverted it. I just hope that is some Badab War colour scheme and not a replacement one . . .

I think you're going to be generally disappointed by the IA Badab books then if you're hoping they stick to that one splash page from Compilation/Compendium for colour schemes.

IA's are glorified fandex's G-Storm... don't sweat the small stuff. Color schemes in the original rule books are cannon.

i like the new position of the stormbolter on the dread. i wonder if in their rules it'll still count as "built in" and be destroyed with the DCCW on a weapon destroyed roll.

warboss wrote:i like the new position of the stormbolter on the dread. i wonder if in their rules it'll still count as "built in" and be destroyed with the DCCW on a weapon destroyed roll.

That's been the default location of Forgeworld Dreadnought stormbolters/flamers for some time now.

Rules stay the same though, sadly!

Gitsplitta wrote:IA's are glorified fandex's G-Storm... don't sweat the small stuff. Color schemes in the original rule books are cannon.

*Panic now over*

Thanks for the reassurance GS. I'm happy that there will be more Badab Uprising stuff, just hope they don't deviate TOO much from some of the colour schemes (unless it's special camo or something actually canon).

Why would it matter? If a new scheme becomes "canon" then whatever you've already painted can just be the scheme they used at the Battle of Stub'd Tau or whatever.

Alpharius wrote:

warboss wrote:i like the new position of the stormbolter on the dread. i wonder if in their rules it'll still count as "built in" and be destroyed with the DCCW on a weapon destroyed roll.

That's been the default location of Forgeworld Dreadnought stormbolters/flamers for some time now.

Rules stay the same though, sadly!

hmm.... you are correct. i never noticed that! looks cool either way.

Gathering Storm wrote:Thanks for the reassurance GS. I'm happy that there will be more Badab Uprising stuff, just hope they don't deviate TOO much from some of the colour schemes (unless it's special camo or something actually canon).

If you're using the Compendium as your source of 'canon' colour schemes, then Chapters use multiple colour schemes anyway... so it makes no difference at all if the Badab book has some Chapters in different schemes to those pictured elsewhere.

insaniak wrote:If you're using the Compendium as your source of 'canon' colour schemes, then Chapters use multiple colour schemes anyway... so it makes no difference at all if the Badab book has some Chapters in different schemes to those pictured elsewhere.

Fair enough, just that I'm a big Fire Hawk/LotD fan since it was them that inspired me to start 40k in the first place. I'm pro camo colour schemes which why I like the Badab War fluff so much.