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There's enough room, there's five compartments with two seats in each.

So there are! Sorry, it's a little tricky to make out from the picture. Very cool design.

Very nice.

Is that a Deathwind pod I see? Have they always gone inside the pod? Doesn't seem like a smart design choice to me.

I think that was the idea with drop-pod weapons - they were inside. A pod would land in the midst of the enemy, who'd swarm it... only for the doors to pop and a hail of death to come flying out, rather than some comparatively squishy Astartes.

i like the alton towers style seats.

I cant see it (warseer is blocked at work).

not sure how happy i am to be honest. I just spent many hours making drop pods for my marine army (all deepstriking) and now it seems it wont be so unusual.

sniff

I wanted to be special

Loonking great. I think i'll have to buy some

I like it.

For attacking the drop pod in Hto H combat would you count as in combat if you touch the edges of the opened doors or the main frame?
Also for disembarction is it door edges or the main frame?

can anyone post the image? i wanna see

(Looks at price vs. price for ye old CVC pipe variant)

meh.

sleazy wrote:can anyone post the image? i wanna see

Hear hear!

*grumbles* stupid employers, actually trying to make us do work...

click on the link 1st post,page 1

Instead of assuming that the above posters are idiots, how about we assume that their workplace blocks Warseer?

Good point TC. The insides of the model look quite detailed.

yep, as i stated in my first post Warseer is blocked here. Thanks for that tegeus-Cromis, it doesnt look half bad. Is this for the "planetfall" expansion I heard about a while ago or do you reckon it'll be for the 5th ed marine codex?

Looks pretty good! Price doesn't seem too bad either.

Hopefully with this out of the way, now GW can think about actually making large plastic kits for other races, like a Battlewagon for the orks... Or maybe GW will let marines have access to Battlewagons in 5th. They'll make them for sure then.

Pessimism and jealousy aside, it's a fine looking kit.

GrimTeef wrote:Looks pretty good! Price doesn't seem too bad either.

Hopefully with this out of the way, now GW can think about actually making large plastic kits for other races, like a Battlewagon for the orks... Or maybe GW will let marines have access to Battlewagons in 5th. They'll make them for sure then.

Pessimism and jealousy aside, it's a fine looking kit.

Yes please, I'm still waiting on the dubious rumoured plastic Trygons

But have to confess i would love to slice one Dropod to nurglish style.

Vandez wrote:I approve wholeheartedly. Although, yet again, there doesn't appear to be room for a full tactical squad. Should we bolt two together or something?

Ever tried to fit a whole tac squad in a Rhino? I get your point, but I think that you have to let your imagination do the work.

So, will chaos get one too? Didn't FW make a chaos version of theirs?

And, will anyone bother to take rhinos now?

xenite wrote:

Vandez wrote:I approve wholeheartedly. Although, yet again, there doesn't appear to be room for a full tactical squad. Should we bolt two together or something?

Ever tried to fit a whole tac squad in a Rhino? I get your point, but I think that you have to let your imagination do the work.

If Doctor Who can fit that many willing Earth women into a London phone booth...

My imagination is very big.

But Malfred, aren't Space Marines immune to chloroform?

Fortunately for me, Sisters of Battle are definitely not. Repentia boiling out of drop pods? Yes PLEASE!

tegeus-Cromis wrote:Is that a Deathwind pod I see? Have they always gone inside the pod? Doesn't seem like a smart design choice to me.

'Always' ... ?

This is the first official model.

The Forgeworld version of the Deathwind is a very different vehicle... although yes, it does still have the launcher inside. It simply replaces the passenger compartment...

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:For attacking the drop pod in Hto H combat would you count as in combat if you touch the edges of the opened doors or the main frame?
Also for disembarction is it door edges or the main frame?

Measurement to and from vehicles is from the hull... so I would ignore the doors and measure everything from the main bulk of the vehicle.

It doesnt look too bad but I have one issue - Why is there a Missle launcher inside a transport pod? Wasnt the whole point that the enemies swarm to the pod just to be ravaged by AC and Missles? Thats what I liked about the FW model, that you could really piss off the enemy if used correctly. However, this sorts of unbalances their rules. I like the new seats though, they look a lot more natural than the FW seats.

I bet the Missile Launcher is a new upgrade for the transport pod - perhaps to replace the Storm Bolter. It makes sense for gw to give their pretty new model more attention in the codex

insaniak:

'Always' ... ?

This is the first official model.

The Forgeworld version of the Deathwind is a very different vehicle... although yes, it does still have the launcher inside. It simply replaces the passenger compartment...

"Always" as in "in the FW model," "in the fluff," etc.

I wasn't aware that the FW version replaced the passenger compartment. I had assumed they would simply have an option to add it, since the current SM dex does.

cerebaton wrote:I bet the Missile Launcher is a new upgrade for the transport pod - perhaps to replace the Storm Bolter. It makes sense for gw to give their pretty new model more attention in the codex

Er... the missile launcher is already an upgrade option for the Drop Pod...

tegeus-Cromis wrote:I wasn't aware that the FW version replaced the passenger compartment. I had assumed they would simply have an option to add it, since the current SM dex does.

Yup, the FW Deathwind Pod predates the current rules. From memory, it actually came with a couple other weapon options (twin Assault Cannons I know were one option) with the idea being for it to be a support pod to clear the area for the troops coming down in seperate pods.

Twin assault cannons? The damned thing had five!

So it did... I was remembering it as a razorback-style turret inside the pod. It actually has a weapon poking out each door...

If there is a splash release discounted multipack I now know to pick it up. I was just starting my first army when they released the Eldar Warwalker box. If I had realized it was "limited time" I would have picked one up. One free before 20% off? Yes, please!

I heard Rhino Priced for the pod. Here's hoping they have options for Dread Pods as well as weapon options. I'd get a few for my Wolves, and at least one for my Blood Angels configured for my Furioso Dread.

I hope the pods always block line of sight to avoid arguments and convenient modeling. Though auspex would make nice garage door openers

The picture is from the new v5 40k rulebook, which I had a flick through today. I was informed it's going to be the same price as a rhino. Rulebook looks v.nice.