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i'm hoping for MK 2 and 1 armor next.... including bolters

might be hard to get mk.I and mk.II bolters since the bolters are mostly from RT-era

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:i'm hoping for MK 2 and 1 armor next.... including bolters

Yeah, I've had an idea about an army of Thunder Armors for a few years now, but I'm not that motivated to convert every single model. And GW's Armors of the Ages bitz pack or whatever they call it is worthless for that kind of project.

Well, we got 3, followed by 4. So I'm going with MK5 being next week. But I'd love to see a releasemfor all of the MKs.

dienekes96 wrote:Well, we got 3, followed by 4. So I'm going with MK5 being next week. But I'd love to see a releasemfor all of the MKs.

I think that it is a no-brainer no-doubter that MKV is next.

IF FW was smart, they'd make up as many of these as possible to bring to Gamesday, of all MK's.

And they'd sell them all - with no problem.

Probably to the first numbnut in line too!

Well, my resolve crumbled and I ordered 5 Mk III marines and 10 of the fancy bolters.

Of which I only need 2 - coming soon to the Swap Shop, 8 fancy bolters

Alpharius wrote:

dienekes96 wrote:Well, we got 3, followed by 4. So I'm going with MK5 being next week. But I'd love to see a releasemfor all of the MKs.

I think that it is a no-brainer no-doubter that MKV is next.

IF FW was smart, they'd make up as many of these as possible to bring to Gamesday, of all MK's.

And they'd sell them all - with no problem.

Probably to the first numbnut in line too!

Though the Mk6 armor holds a special place in my heart I would have to say that the Mk5 armor is my second favorite. I would totally buy a squad.

What Forgeworld NEEDS to do imnsho is make the RT Chaos Legionnaire backpacks.


I would buy a kajillion of those.

Agree Vlad. Those were the most excellent backpacks, especially for Death Guard.

Dude, these kits are awesome. I like the Caestus. It's a good alternative if you can't afford a Thunderhawk, but want to fly your squads around in APOC games.

So GW is finally Mk. III, Mk. IV, and Mk. V armor upgrade sets?

in resin, not plastic?



Each of these should be a mass-production sprue like the Deffrolla.

Retards.

I doubt we'll see Mk1 or Mk2... Mk3 fluff-wise is the first suit to have all the modern features. I'm going to hold off ordering till we see some Mk5.

wonder if we'll get preheresy terminators... hell i wonder if a stormbird will come out? i'd settle for a MK 3 dreadnought as well as a MK 1 and 2

I think Preheresy stuff is cool, I just doubt FW will do too much more of it.

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:wonder if we'll get preheresy terminators... hell i wonder if a stormbird will come out? i'd settle for a MK 3 dreadnought as well as a MK 1 and 2

I want these too!

BUT... Maxmini makes EXCELLENT 'Pre-Heresy' type shoulder pads for Terminators which help get you some of the way there!

aka_mythos wrote:I think Preheresy stuff is cool, I just doubt FW will do too much more of it.

I don't know...

I think once FW starts seeing how well these sell, I think we'll see a LOT of Pre-Heresy stuff.

It might not be labeled as such, maybe they'll spin it as "Sternguard/Vanguard" conversion kits or some such nonsense, as GW seems to be afraid of the term "Pre-Heresy" in the some ways, but we'll be getting more!

Please, please can we have mkI and mkII please? Even just a character in mkI would make my day.

Alpharius wrote:

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:wonder if we'll get preheresy terminators... hell i wonder if a stormbird will come out? i'd settle for a MK 3 dreadnought as well as a MK 1 and 2

I want these too!

BUT... Maxmini makes EXCELLENT 'Pre-Heresy' type shoulder pads for Terminators which help get you some of the way there!

aka_mythos wrote:I think Preheresy stuff is cool, I just doubt FW will do too much more of it.

I don't know...

I think once FW starts seeing how well these sell, I think we'll see a LOT of Pre-Heresy stuff.

It might not be labeled as such, maybe they'll spin it as "Sternguard/Vanguard" conversion kits or some such nonsense, as GW seems to be afraid of the term "Pre-Heresy" in the some ways, but we'll be getting more!

shoulder pads but not heads, which makes me sad

I think you're bound to be sad here...

No Thunder Armor outside of Marine Museums and such...

Fluff-wise, it isn't very good at protecting the user.

Model-wise, it is a bit... odd looking!

Still, I feel for you!

I'll add my voice to yours, if you'll join in helping me on the other side of the spectrum for MKVIII "Errant"!

Remember that FW is the testing ground for stuff, unlike GW they can just faff about and produce what they want due to the low costs of their molds in comparison to what GW has to work with.

Alpharius wrote:I think you're bound to be sad here...

No Thunder Armor outside of Marine Museums and such...

Fluff-wise, it isn't very good at protecting the user.

Model-wise, it is a bit... odd looking!

Still, I feel for you!

I'll add my voice to yours, if you'll join in helping me on the other side of the spectrum for MKVIII "Errant"!

Who knows maybe a hypothetical "last set" could be a collection... 1 or 2- Mk1, 1 or 2 -Mk2, and some random artificer armor.

BrookM wrote:More stuff:

MK IV Maximus armour and UMBRA FERROX X10 bolters.

Sweet gravy!

BrookM wrote:Remember that FW is the testing ground for stuff, unlike GW they can just faff about and produce what they want due to the low costs of their molds in comparison to what GW has to work with.

What testing is required to know that actual sets of "classic" Marks of armor will sell?

Based on current bitz sales, one can absolutely guarantee winning sales of (in roughly this order):
1st. Mk. II Crusader armor
2nd. Mk. VI Corvus armor
3rd. Mk. V Heresy armor
4th. Mk. IV Maximus armor
5th. Mk. III Iron armor

If GW sells sprues of Mk. VIII Errant, those would also sell very well.

This takes no particular intelligence to figure out, just an hour cruising the bitz sellers across the world.

Of course, GW pushes it to FW, because it'd be a pure profit-maker if done in plastic...

And once all those are done, some kind soul needs to make the Mk XVI armour so we can start work on models for the Dornian Heresy

JohnHwangDD wrote:

BrookM wrote:Remember that FW is the testing ground for stuff, unlike GW they can just faff about and produce what they want due to the low costs of their molds in comparison to what GW has to work with.

What testing is required to know that actual sets of "classic" Marks of armor will sell?

Based on current bitz sales, one can absolutely guarantee winning sales of (in roughly this order):
1st. Mk. II Crusader armor
2nd. Mk. VI Corvus armor
3rd. Mk. V Heresy armor
4th. Mk. IV Maximus armor
5th. Mk. III Iron armor

I'd have to rearrange that a bit!

1st. MKV
2nd. MKIII
3rd. MKVI
4th. MKIV
5th. MKII

Based on, of course, absolutely nothing but my own opinions!

But your larger point is 100% true and accurate - a plastic sprue of these components would make so much money as to boggle even GW corporate's mind!

Mk. II crusade sells like crazy, with only 2 heads per BT upgrade sprue.

Mk. VI beakies also sell like crazy, with only 1 head & shoulder per SM sprue.

Strong, solid demand for these iconic designs.

endtransmission wrote:And once all those are done, some kind soul needs to make the Mk XVI armour so we can start work on models for the Dornian Heresy

Hits_the_spot said he might give true scale mk XVI a try after finishing up the true scale kit he's working on

JohnHwangDD:

Actually, how long did it take for the M.IV set to be put on the Forgeworld drip list? It could be that we'll see specialist sets like this put up every week. What can I say, I'm an optimist!

optimism and GW do not mix

Yea, so it's a good thing we're talking about the FW division instead of GW itself.

Nurglitch wrote:JohnHwangDD:

Actually, how long did it take for the M.IV set to be put on the Forgeworld drip list? It could be that we'll see specialist sets like this put up every week. What can I say, I'm an optimist!

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:optimism and GW do not mix

Neither do optimism and Nurglitch - but apparently there's a first time for everything!

metallifan wrote:Yea, so it's a good thing we're talking about the FW division instead of GW itself.

OK, good point!

And really, with what we've seen so far, there IS cause to be optimistic!

I have to say i really like the new stuff from FW.

I might buy some of those marines and hope they look good next to the bits i bought from Maxmini and Chapterhouse.