Whatever happened to the plastic Daemon Prince?

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**children of filth**

the second head is awful, i agree. but i love the first one for some reason, and yeah, like Cilithan said, use spawn heads or something. maybe defiler heads even.

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

Well we've seen shots of the 40K bits for it, and the head on that looked ok.

**MeanGreenStompa**

Perhaps they are making sure they sell enough back stock of the existing metal 40k DP first.

**IronfrontAlex**

Blue Orphen wrote:
Demonslayer82 wrote:Yes it looked impressive maybe more is being added to the sprue as one of those in a CSM army would look a bit off.

It mainly looks like a WHFB Daemon Prince at the mo.

That's probably because it IS a WHFB Daemon Prince.

Square base and everything!

who cares>? its a DP, a DP is a DP no matter, just switch the base.

personally i use the belakor model as my DP. yes its fantasy and a mini with no special rules but its a hulluva model and DP's dont all wear ugly power armor in 40k, not ALL Dp's were once spiky marines.

**GentlemanGuy**

It already has parts for 40k, look in the planetstrike book at the cadians and chaos pictures you see it there

**Waaagh_Gonads**

If they wanted you to buy the model they would have given him mad rules/stats, like WHFB flesh hounds.

But they made WHFB Daemon Princes suckful, so noone needs to buy the model.

**Blue Orphen**

IronfrontAlex wrote:
Blue Orphen wrote:
Demonslayer82 wrote:Yes it looked impressive maybe more is being added to the sprue as one of those in a CSM army would look a bit off.

It mainly looks like a WHFB Daemon Prince at the mo.

That's probably because it IS a WHFB Daemon Prince.

Square base and everything!

who cares>? its a DP, a DP is a DP no matter, just switch the base.

personally i use the belakor model as my DP. yes its fantasy and a mini with no special rules but its a hulluva model and DP's dont all wear ugly power armor in 40k, not ALL Dp's were once spiky marines.

My point was, don't complain about a model that is OBVIOUSLY a WFB model (as evidenced by the square bases in the photos) looking like a WFB model and not a 40k one.

**HiveFleetGoliath**

I doubt its going to be released and i'm doubting it even exists, its not economical to make plastic Daemon Princes.

**WAAAGH!!!BLITZROG**

I think these models look sick. Are you really happy with the ugly metal one they got now?

Plastic anything from GW = win

**IronfrontAlex**

agreed wagh

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

WAAAGH!!!BLITZROG wrote:Plastic anything from GW = win

Really?

**Scottywan82**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
WAAAGH!!!BLITZROG wrote:Plastic anything from GW = win

Really?

Better than those all metal.

**Kurgash**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
WAAAGH!!!BLITZROG wrote:Plastic anything from GW = win

Really?

Those models are like herpes, showing up when no one wanted them to.

**dietrich**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
WAAAGH!!!BLITZROG wrote:Plastic anything from GW = win

Really?

The Catachans are also like 10 years old. Yes, they're crappy plastic, but it's one of the original plastic kits too.

**Grimstonefire**

HiveFleetGoliath wrote:I doubt its going to be released and i'm doubting it even exists, its not economical to make plastic Daemon Princes.

I'm impressed you think someone would go to all the trouble to mocking up a model, display it with minor conversions here and there in several books...

The model obviously does exist, Imo it will be released in may or august.

**Brother SRM**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
WAAAGH!!!BLITZROG wrote:Plastic anything from GW = win

Really?

Hey, I love my 'roided out action stars. They're the core of my Imperial Guard army. They're also models from 1997 if I recall correctly? It's the same time the current Space Marines came out, and they aged far better than the Catachans. Even so, the Catachans aged better than anything Gary Morley ever sculpted. Believe it or not, those Catachans are a joint effort between Michael Perry, Alan Perry, and Jes Goodwin. Yes, I find that hilarious.

**ZacktheChaosChild**

I think it's a cool model. I would buy this and slap on some bits from my Nurgle Daemon Prince that is still in box form.

**Albatross**

Those Catachans fething SUCK, like. I think I even prefer the old metal 'Steroid-Guard' Catachans!

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

Scottywan82 wrote:Better than those all metal.

The metal Catachans were good models. The plastic ones are not.

**Albatross**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Scottywan82 wrote:Better than those all metal.

The metal Catachans were good models. The plastic ones are not.

Some were good, some were ridiculous.

**Cheese Elemental**

Albatross wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Scottywan82 wrote:Better than those all metal.

The metal Catachans were good models. The plastic ones are not.

Some were good, some were ridiculous.

The new plastic Space Rambos look a lot better. Less tumor arms and more toned muscles.

**Gargskull**

I really dig the Catachans, what's not to love about having a whole army of Stallones.

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

Gargskull wrote:I really dig the Catachans, what's not to love about having a whole army of Stallones.

It's no longer the 80's?

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Guys

STAY ON TOPIC...

**IronfrontAlex**

RED SIX IM GOING DOWN!

really tho, i think GW has several years of models just waiting to get released; they need to hurry up and have a deamons 2nd wave and unleash this DP!

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RED SIX IM GOING DOWN!

really tho, i think GW has several years of models just waiting to get released; they need to hurry up and have a deamons 2nd wave and unleash this DP!

**oni**

Swept into the warp obviously.

**karimabuseer**

He looks silly. Better than the current one though? :/

**GentlemanGuy**

If I remember correctly GW does have a Sh*t load of models to be released (I remember seeing new dragon kits and stuff as such still to be released)

and they changed how they release models. In 6th edition everything got released in like one month of release but as soon as 7th Edition came out it seems they want to release everything in waves at random times (Look at the Orcs and Goblins, I mean I knew they were going to release Azhag about a year before the model actually was released and now in may theres another release wave of O&G)

**minigun762**

They really need to get this guy out there. Its the #1 HQ choice for CSM lists and the old metal lumps are ugly (in my opinion at least). Plus I'm tired of having to hunt for wings for something that always has to take them.
I'd be very happy with something half as good as the Possessed Marines model.

**dietrich**

Cheese Elemental wrote:The new plastic Space Rambos look a lot better. Less tumor arms and more toned muscles.

If GW would revamp the Catachan infantry models to be similar to the new command and heavy weapon teams, I would be building a Catachan army. And really, it's not even the sprue that's bad. The legs and ammo pouches and knives - they're just fine.