Black Box contents: Venerable Dreadnought, Killa Kan and Deff Dread sprue previews

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**Watching Paint Dry**

Sir Motor wrote:Any info for weaponry of venerable?

New pics posted... looks like TL lascannon, Hurricane bolter, Plasma cannon, and assault cannon

**aka_mythos**

I like that... I think they could have had more detail in the circular cut-out around the back of the hatch. Nothing that scoring with an exacto knife wouldn't solve.

**Alpharius**

That isn't what I was expecting...

I guess it is OK.

I'm really looking for the Kans anyway...

(Wow.)

**lord_blackfang**

Deffdread is a nice base for conversion, but looking a bit flimsy on its own (the exhausts and ball sockets in particular).

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Watching Paint Dry wrote:
Sir Motor wrote:Any info for weaponry of venerable?

New pics posted... looks like TL lascannon, Hurricane bolter, Plasma cannon, and assault cannon

Not a Hurricane Bolter, that's a quad exhaust stack.

**Kid_Kyoto**

So this is Plastic Imperial Dread #4 (dread, starter dread, ironclad, venerable) and Plastic Chaos Dread #0.

**Rinkydink**

Yeah, Plasma cannon, DCCW (two variants), Assault cannon, Lascannon, (although I hope it's a TL autocannon...) and not a hurricane bolter.

Looks like two variant gorget-style fronts and three heads.

Could have had a better weapon load out to be honest. - No MM? TL HB's? TL AC's? Shame.

More pics are up too

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=8200015a

**Agamemnon2**

Gargskull wrote:Uh, not sure if I actually like that... :S

I can dig it. It looks a bit like a 1950s pulp SF giant robot. Also, stompy.

**Redemption**

Updated first post with links and pics.

**Kid_Kyoto**

FOR GREAT LAZINESS!

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/blogPost.jsp?aId=8200015a

$44.50

$49.50

$43

As well as all of the brand-new models, the Studio has also updated the Imperial Guard Chimera and Basilisk kits. They're both more straightforward to assemble and include all the weapon options listed in the Imperial Guard Codex. The Chimera kit includes a turret-mounted multi-laser, a turret-mounted heavy flamer, a turret-mounted heavy bolter, a hull-mounted heavy flamer, a hull-mounted heavy bolter, a hunter-killer missile and two different tank commanders. And if you are ordering a tank or two, then the Tank Accessories Bitz Pack has a host of useful components that are great for adding a personal touch to your vehicles.

Summary - no heavy stubber for you!

Basilisk only comes with the Earthshaker.

**Orangecoke**

LOVE the Ork stuff, personally - especially the kans they are sweet!

**lord_blackfang**

1x Venerable, 1x Deffdread, 1x Killer Kanz = gonna be ~85 euro from Maelstrom. Pretty sweet

EDIT: And I'll need to bitz order a bunch more Drill DCCWs from the Kan sprue to make Gurren Lagann!

**Redemption**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Summary - no heavy stubber for you!

The Chimera comes with a Stubber but no track guards. It looks like the Basilisk does still come with a accesoires sprue though; they list it as a 117 piece kit, but the 2 Basilisk sprues only contain about 40 pieces.

**CaptKaruthors**

Bad a$$!

**Flashman**

I'm liking the Deff Dredd, dead Orky IMO

Kans are good too. Venerable Dread is meh, but not really playing Marines at the moment anyway.

Would like to see more Flash Gitz before passing judgement, but the targeting squig is a nice touch.

As for the Basilisk and Chimera, erm... well they look ok, but why did they bother with a new kit again? EDIT - Ok, just read the web site, it was to make them easier to put together

**Kingsley**

Holy crap. That Venerable Dreadnought is *amazing.* It looks better than the FW Venerables. Excellent, excellent model.

**Gitzbitah**

SHINY!!!! Oh my lord, I'm going to run a Dreadbash list just to have these glorious heaps of scrap metal rumblingg across the board.

**Flashman**

So more than 30 missions, most of which are race specific.

Let's see... Marines, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Inquisition, Tau, Orks, Tyranids, Imperial Guard, Daemons, Chaos Marines & Necrons. 11 races in total, so that's roughly three new missions each.

Or more likely... Marines get twenty and all the other races get one. If anything, this should prove a good indication of their future plans for Dark Eldar and Necrons.

EDIT - Just noticed that at £30 each, 2 Deff Dreds could buy you a Stompa instead

**Empchild**

I just saw the price for a basilisk on their site...50.00USD SERIOUSLY!!!(I rounded up it's really $49.50)

**BrassScorpion**

Notice that the Basilisk has no other variants in it, but it has the new easier to assemble chassis and tracks and it includes the tank accessory sprue so they can try and get $49.50 US for it now. I already have two Basilisks, I'm waiting for the other SPA pieces to be released.

The new Venerable Dreadnought will be a good piece for my new custom Space Marine chapter.

I don't do Orks but the Ork Dread and Kans look like a great improvement there for Ork collectors.

**Izual**

This Dread version looks a little better IMO:

**Commander Endova**

I'm loving the new V Dread. I wonder if the spare heads will fit on normal Space Marines...

**Kid_Kyoto**

Were I playing Orks I've just get Kans and then bulk them up with plasticard etc. The price is really too high.

Redemption are you sure the Chimera has a stubber? No mention in the text and no sign of it on the model.

I cannot believe they really left on the lasguns, they always looked dumb.

**Pika_power**

Not thinking much of the dreads. They look rather busy. Either way, I'll still be getting nine of the suckers.

**sonofruss**

My poor wallet

**Death By Monkeys**

The new Kans look SWEET. Good show. I'm actually a fan of the new Dread. Both kits look way better than the spindly metal models. And while I wouldn't say that the new Ven Dread looks better than the FW models - it certainly looks better than the existing GW Ven Dread. And I'm sure is a damn sight easier to assemble than that monstrosity. Did I hear that it has 2 different DCCWs? What's the other one look like - anyone know?

As far as the new Basilisk goes? I call weaksauce on it. No extras? Pfff...

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Love the Kans, even though I have 3 of the current ones with converted Zooka's, I'll be grabbing some of these, to fill out other options.

Deff Dread is nice, but I'll probably wait to get a second Dead for the time being, maybe later in the year.

Now the flash Git does interest me, perhaps if plastics arrive, my Bad Moon 'Pirate Ship' Battlewagon for Badrukk and a squad of his boyz may come together after all.

**Ozymandias**

I'm with DBM. No variants in the Basilisk means a huge miss for me. I want a Medusa (or two, or three)!

**olympia**

Flash Gitz and Deff Dreads--now the two crappiest units in the codex have models.

**ubermosher**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Were I playing Orks I've just get Kans and then bulk them up with plasticard etc. The price is really too high.

Redemption are you sure the Chimera has a stubber? No mention in the text and no sign of it on the model.

I cannot believe they really left on the lasguns, they always looked dumb.

Chimera sprue pic:

**Teek**

Re: Kans and Dread

Holy Gork, that's awesome. I'm definitely ready to order a few boxes, grab some sentinels, a plastic AoBR dread or two, and get to kitbashing. So excited!