Ten-hut! Straken and Harker are up! Azhag as well! And new hobby supplies!

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**Jive Professor**

The New Romance wrote:Harker really rocks. He looks like a Space Marine without armor. Cool. However, why do Catachans always have to take their shirts off?

It's hot in the jungle, son. Can't be sweatin, tryin to defend the Emperor's Holy Dominion and stinkin up a storm. Ugh.

**z3n1st**

The New Romance wrote: However, why do Catachans always have to take their shirts off?

They are looking to unnerve their opponents much like this guy

http://www.stupidcollege.com/items/Naked-Hoops

its blurred but still requires discretion

**Lorek**

Heh, that's non-sexual, and funny, so I think we'll let it stay.

**typhus**

i like everything about bragg (ahem) i mean harker except wtf is up with his ear?

**temprus**

Brother SRM wrote:Yeah, the machete is pretty useless if he's already got a power fist, but it looks pretty cool.

Since he does not actually have a power fist, just special rules, that "knife" means he gets an extra attack each assault, so not that useless. While I will get this model, I am thinking about using Inquisitor Lorr as Straken.

**phillosmaster**

Azhag is suppose to look stupid. Constantly hearing two voices in your head is confusing. I love the look of the whole model. This was going to be a no brainer purchase for me. I was expecting a $50-$60 USD model, which would be in line with the rest of the WHFB army center pieces. $82 gives me pause. That's pretty expensive. I'm not sure I want to encourage this pricing habit. Who am I kidding. I'm going to buy it. I hated the last Azhag model and I love this one. My O&G army needs it's center piece. I'm just going to be pissed off about it

The Harker and Straken look amazing and they are priced appropriately. I wish I had an IG army to justify their purchases. Look like fun models to paint.

**bubber**

if you're registered on the GW site & go to the Astonomican you can get a 360 video view of him & download a PDF of construction instrutions

**fullheadofhair**

phillosmaster wrote:I was expecting a $50-$60 USD model, which would be in line with the rest of the WHFB army center pieces. $82 gives me pause. That's pretty expensive. I'm not sure I want to encourage this pricing habit. Who am I kidding. I'm going to buy it. I hated the last Azhag model and I love this one. My O&G army needs it's center piece. I'm just going to be pissed off about it

The Harker and Straken look amazing and they are priced appropriately. I wish I had an IG army to justify their purchases. Look like fun models to paint.

Only a "pause", $82 put it right out of my intentions to buy it. I am not in this world paying $82 for a metal model - there is just no way it meets my price to usefulness threshhold. It is undoubtable is going to be a pig to put together

**Uriels_Flame**

Anyone else thinking Flayed Ones?

**Rico**

The New Romance wrote:Harker really rocks. He looks like a Space Marine without armor. Cool. However, why do Catachans always have to take their shirts off?

Because they have finely sculpted muscles that ripple when they yell orders and point dynamically. Ever see shirtless Cadians? I think not. If you did, you'd see flab and tattoos of scantily clad women of which even the sluttiest a Guardsmen could only dream about sleeping with. Plus, in the grim darkness of the far future there are only heroic men with medals, monocles, muscles, or any combination of the three. Everyone else is just fodder.

Nips do bother me on Straken though. Perhaps the robotic one house a laser similar to that of Yarrick's Bale eye. Imagine the look on an Ork's face as his opponents' nipples rain fire upon him. Even the real one is just... Weird... Looks like a hubcap... I feel I should unscrew it, if I ever decided to purchase the model...

Rico...

**Hollismason**

That's not a nipple..

**Rico**

The thing on his pec above his abs? On both the robotic and fleshy side?

What are they! What are they?!! /Mort

Rico.

**Briancj**

Why?

Why a nipple on the metal side?

Why? *broken sobbing*

--B.

**Sidstyler**

...Azhag costs $82 fething dollars? What the hell?

Perhaps the robotic one house a laser similar to that of Yarrick's Bale eye. Imagine the look on an Ork's face as his opponents' nipples rain fire upon him.

lolz, I was thinking the same thing. Bale nipple!

**Treadheadz**

Jive Professor wrote:
The New Romance wrote:Harker really rocks. He looks like a Space Marine without armor. Cool. However, why do Catachans always have to take their shirts off?

It's hot in the jungle, son. Can't be sweatin, tryin to defend the Emperor's Holy Dominion and stinkin up a storm. Ugh.

He is just wearing the standard issue Catachan FLEX armour [insert pose]

**TBD**

BrookM wrote:Only thing missing is a release date.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=3700045a

I think that means it is already available right now.

Talk about something we knew would be coming soon but still dropped right out of the air.

**smart_alex**

I think Straken looks too much like the old one. Even similar pose. Just swapped the weapons. What sucks is I just ordered the No longer avail one two days ago from ebay. I have not even recieved it yet and now this. ARGH!

**chaplaingrabthar**

I'm loving the Catachans, but the Azhag model's got too damn much going on, I barely even noticed there was an Orc in there somewhere.

**CT GAMER**

The New Romance wrote:Harker really rocks. He looks like a Space Marine without armor. Cool. However, why do Catachans always have to take their shirts off?

The same reason every dude in 300 did...

(pass the baby oil)

**ShumaGorath**

The New Romance wrote:Harker really rocks. He looks like a Space Marine without armor. Cool. However, why do Catachans always have to take their shirts off?

It's really hot on catachan.

**The New Romance**

ShumaGorath wrote:
The New Romance wrote:Harker really rocks. He looks like a Space Marine without armor. Cool. However, why do Catachans always have to take their shirts off?

It's really hot on catachan.

Yeah, of course, but is there a lot of war going on on Catachan? As I understand, they keep being sent off-world to fight. And even if those places were as hot as their homeworld, everybody taking their shirts off wouldn't make sense. Where do they keep all their equipment without tactical vests or something akin? Do they have extra-large pockets on their cargo pants? In real-world places were it's rather hot the inhabitants don't run around half-naked all day because long, comfy-cut shirts actually keep you cooler than a bare chest, plus you avoid sunburn. And ugly insects, which should be plenty on Catachan and other deathworlds.

I understand the Catachans' urge to show off their remarkable bodies, but why can't GW sculpt at least a few dressed models?

**The Dreadnote**

That's what the command squad box is for

**Drake_Marcus**

Niiiice. I'm going to have to buy both of those guys for my all metal 2nd edition Catachan army.

**The New Romance**

The Dreadnote wrote:That's what the command squad box is for

Ya, muscles are plenty on Catachan, but only officers seem to be issued brains

**radiohazard**

ZOMGOYF - those catachans are nice.

Harker is going straight to Necromunda.

**BEASTSOFWAR**

Id take harker. But im really not a Catachan fan. But he wouldnt look totally out of place in a cadian army. Just a badass Sgt sporting a mother****er of a gun

"harker? dont bother him.. he scares most of us with his jokes of gun ramming and various bodilly functions!"

BoW- John

**radiohazard**

BEASTSOFWAR wrote:Id take harker. But im really not a Catachan fan. But he wouldnt look totally out of place in a cadian army. Just a badass Sgt sporting a mother****er of a gun

"harker? dont bother him.. he scares most of us with his jokes of gun ramming and various bodilly functions!"

BoW- John

**Cheese Elemental**

I'm sorry, but...

**H.B.M.C.**

Not necessarily. It could just be the hand-crank that loads the next shell from the magazine.

**Agamemnon2**

Did you actually think anyone at GW knows the first thing about how real firearms work? I'm surprised they're capable of tying their own shoelaces.