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 Hanskrampf wrote:

 Purifier wrote:

 Karhedron wrote:
I admit that Tacticals++ is a bit boring but I am sure other flavours of Primaris will be coming.

It'll be interesting to see what a Mark X jet pack looks like.

Like this:

Wow, the detail on the vent ports is just amazing.

Wow, I love how blocky the design is.

Wonder if GKs will get versions of these guys?
Fluff-wise werent they always the pinnacle of SM evolution?

 Ratius wrote:
Wonder if GKs will get versions of these guys?
Fluff-wise werent they always the pinnacle of SM evolution?

More or less. I think the 7e codex even hints that the GK geneseed was from the Emperor himself. Which means the Primaris GKs would be the ultra-ultra-ultra marines. (or U^3 marines)

I could see their role as Objective Holders.
Take a Squad with a Razorback, rush the Objective and take it. With the cover you now have a 2+ Save.

 Anpu42 wrote:
I could see their role as Objective Holders.
Take a Squad with a Razorback, rush the Objective and take it. With the cover you now have a 2+ Save.

I don't know. Hit them with a "blast" multi-Damage Weapon, and it can be bye-bye squad. There is the advantage that the Tacticals will have over the Primaris, Multi-Damage Weapons are a waste against W1 models.

 Charistoph wrote:

 Anpu42 wrote:
I could see their role as Objective Holders.
Take a Squad with a Razorback, rush the Objective and take it. With the cover you now have a 2+ Save.

I don't know. Hit them with a "blast" multi-Damage Weapon, and it can be bye-bye squad. There is the advantage that the Tacticals will have over the Primaris, Multi-Damage Weapons are a waste against W1 models.

Not the way some people talk about the 'New Blast Templates'.

True the multi-wound weapons will be an issue, but if supported right with better/more important targets...who knows.

 BoomWolf wrote:
People stop think about battleshock. These are marines, and they shall know no fear.
Seriusly, that rule is staying, we see it on the slate. Battleshock probably isn't a marine's first worry

if I was designing 8th edition, know no fear would be "roll 2d6 take the lowest, subtract 1" or something along those lines. incrediably potent, it'd be hard to crack marine squads, but it'd happen.

 MechaEmperor7000 wrote:

 Ratius wrote:
Wonder if GKs will get versions of these guys?
Fluff-wise werent they always the pinnacle of SM evolution?

More or less. I think the 7e codex even hints that the GK geneseed was from the Emperor himself. Which means the Primaris GKs would be the ultra-ultra-ultra marines. (or U^3 marines)

Bah - that's Matt Ward Grey Knights.
Better writers leave scraps to suggest they're loyalist Thousand Sons.

So, going with what appears to be current rumor these guys are the same size as the new Tsons, and a redditor just tossed a picture of the size comparison between an old metal tson and a new plastic here

Also I've forgotten where the post asking for a size comparison between the tsons plastics and older madines was, so hoping that guy sees this.



Seems to match the roughly head taller talk to me. Look forward to confirmation one way or another.

 Hanskrampf wrote:

 Purifier wrote:

 Karhedron wrote:
I admit that Tacticals++ is a bit boring but I am sure other flavours of Primaris will be coming.

It'll be interesting to see what a Mark X jet pack looks like.

Like this:

Thanks, that clears it right up.

Cool models, but crap back, and insulting back story.

They could have easily put them in without weakening the value of normal space marines. They could have said it was a new enchantment program that further improved a space marines strength and speed and w.e, and replace the current method with this one. It could have been said that fresh nu-marines turn up larger than current marines, while current marines who undergo the extra treatment stay the same size they currently are, thus letting the player use his old marines as nu-marines.
The best we could hope for now is that nu-marines get retconned and phased out so that the nu-marines were reallly just old marines all along! GW has no problem with changing their fluff anyway so it'd be the best thing to do

123ply wrote:
Cool models, but crap back, and insulting back story.

They could have easily put them in without weakening the value of normal space marines. They could have said it was a new enchantment program that further improved a space marines strength and speed and w.e, and replace the current method with this one. It could have been said that fresh nu-marines turn up larger than current marines, while current marines who undergo the extra treatment stay the same size they currently are, thus letting the player use his old marines as nu-marines.
The best we could hope for now is that nu-marines get retconned and phased out so that the nu-marines were reallly just old marines all along! GW has no problem with changing their fluff anyway so it'd be the best thing to do

Then you have no hope. The point of the Numarines is to sell minis, and want marine players buy entire new armies.
You can keep your old marines, but I imagine old marines will now feel the same love as non marines, if any.

On the positive codex creep will continue, and has already been said about the chaos faction. I look forward to see what (nu) Tau will have. Maybe they will go straight to (not) Zentraedi have the option to bring 20 foot tall troopers and knight sized battle pods.

Live FAQ from WarhammerTV on Facebook just said that normal marines can be enhanced to become Primaris Marines. And that they're not all grown in test tubes, some are made using the normal recruitment process.

The point is to be able to add them as you like or not add them as you like.

New founding is called the ultima founding.

That's a lot better than tube babies.

 frozenwastes wrote:
Live FAQ from WarhammerTV on Facebook just said that normal marines can be enhanced to become Primaris Marines.

So, put the bun back in the oven and hit re-heat?

I wonder if they will do Legion of the Damned in Primaris scale?

(The Warp did it, guv!)

 frozenwastes wrote:
Live FAQ from WarhammerTV on Facebook just said that normal marines can be enhanced to become Primaris Marines. And that they're not all grown in test tubes, some are made using the normal recruitment process.

The point is to be able to add them as you like or not add them as you like.

New founding is called the ultima founding.

it's nice to see we're offically in a new founding. I expected itwould be mentioned but it's good to see it's offical

 Wyzilla wrote:
I'm happy at least they didn't go with that godawful MK VII helmet design that looks like a poor man's Darth Vader.

Because an army of poor man's Iron Man primaris is so much better.

Vader's helmet was one really cool thing from Star Wars, for sure worth ripping off, and works in multiples. The joke is that our good guys are an army of Vaders, not to mention it's kind of smart, how MK VII is a beakie with a nose cut off.

Primaris helmet is just boring in multiples, much less agressive and not a slightest bit more original.