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Kanluwen wrote:

bhsman wrote:Hey, if it's true, then great. Otherwise I'm not sure why anyone continues to give Stickmonkey a fair shake after that summer of fliers business.

Probably because it's been known for awhile that plastic Stormtroopers are done--they just have been sitting on them.

You're using the word "known" quite wrongly there.

A new Griffon kit would be nice.

kenshin620 wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Last concept I saw of the plastic Stormtroopers had them in the vein of the Stormtrooper Chimera Commander that FW sells.

Which is to say, thankfully, that they look very similar to Kasrkin.

Incoming groans of "More cadians?"

But I checked up on FW, and this guy looks exactly like any normal cadian. No idea what makes him a storm trooper

Isn't he a little short for a stormtrooper?

[Tips hat to warboss]

I'm very surprised at this, they have left it so long hat alternatives have prolly been sought limiting sales but this is welcOme news for me if true.

I am just happy to hear some rumors.... Thanks Kroothawk

ph34r wrote:

Las wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:
He has carapace armor on. That's why he's a stormtrooper.

Wow, thats boring. I'd much prefer the current visualization of the STs, just in plastic.

That IS the current visualization of STs.

These are outdated?



They're much better looking than that bore.

CadianCommander wrote:I love kasrkins, love them to death but I have an undercoated squad that makes me groan every time I think of painting it because they're metal.

Please let these rumours be true! I'll be a good girl, I promise!

really? is it because you find metal minis more difficult to paint or that the nostalgia of no more metal minis ever?

Las wrote:

ph34r wrote:

Las wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:
He has carapace armor on. That's why he's a stormtrooper.

Wow, thats boring. I'd much prefer the current visualization of the STs, just in plastic.

That IS the current visualization of STs.

These are outdated?



They're much better looking than that bore.

Better looking maybe, but with only a couple of body variants they are in serious need of an update

There is nothing wrong with these old "chaps" except that I never got around to painting them ALL to look IDENTICAL. I think they were a little too "uniform"

I had a metal heavy weapons team of these old GW stormtroopers, so I converted them into a sergent and a flamer, the loaders look fine, and I have a metal meltagunner to hopefully break up the monotony of the rest of the hellgunners a bit




although monotonous, these old collectables should look great alongside their Catachan brother lasmen.
It's a project, but one that excites me even more about new plastig stormtroopers.

If you say "unit X that is in the Codex but doesn't have a kit yet is getting a kit soon" for long enough you will eventually be right.

meh i really disliked those fricking kasrkin models as stormtroopers, it hey didn't look for a second that they could survive in a vacume like the 3rd ed ones could. I would have preferred to use em as vet in carapace armour. but meh only have steel legion and arbite snwoadays

While I am posting my unfinished Stormtroopers, I might as well show my Kasrkin, these seemed too cadian-ish for my Catachan tastes, so I started turning them into Inquisitorial Stormtroops (based on the old witch hunters codex), I'm not sure what to do with them now


it was a half-baked idea, but tbh, I never liked this sculpt, or the cadian look, althogh I bought a ton.

If these rumors are true, my Adeptus Mechanicus Guard army is going to receive some significant reinforcements. Curses, and I thought I had a clear run at finishing my Dark Eldar without distractions!

For obvious reasons I'm hoping for the "hooded" Stormtrooper variant over the rather bland Kasrkin.


Also,

Kroothawk wrote:
Eaten by squats

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Kroot wins the thread.

And all threads within d6"

I second this motion.

Agamemnon2 wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

bhsman wrote:Hey, if it's true, then great. Otherwise I'm not sure why anyone continues to give Stickmonkey a fair shake after that summer of fliers business.

Probably because it's been known for awhile that plastic Stormtroopers are done--they just have been sitting on them.

You're using the word "known" quite wrongly there.

Actually, I'm not.

It's been "known" for awhile that plastic Stormtroopers are done. We saw the concept model(Stormtrooper Sergeant with a shotgun) as long ago as 2007 or 2008. Before the Guard Codex redo.
By any standard of reasonable decision making, it makes sense that it's done and I have no problems saying that they are.

I don't understand how people can think that

looks more "characterful" than

I hope they never do anything with the old Stormtroopers personally. They look like crap and they never fit the army's aesthetic.

The old ones are better, Kasrkin are just that: up-armoured Cadians. They work for Cadian armies, not Guard armies as a whole. Storm troopers are supposed to look like they are support from outside the regiment.

The Kasrkin are awesome. I own 65 of the damned things, and they're the bestest greatest Storm Troopiest Storm Troopers ever made.

My only hate for kasrkin comes from that there are no plastic tri helmets in any IG set so you'll either have to buy FW or chop off kasrkin heads. Whats wrong with helmets GW?

H.B.M.C. wrote:The Kasrkin are awesome. I own 65 of the damned things, and they're the bestest greatest Storm Troopiest Storm Troopers ever made.

Absolutely 100% skippy, HBMC.

Kanluwen wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:The Kasrkin are awesome. I own 65 of the damned things, and they're the bestest greatest Storm Troopiest Storm Troopers ever made.

Absolutely 100% skippy, HBMC.

Yay, you two agree on something and the world is another step closer to oblivion!

Will be good timing if accurate, going back to Guard in the new year, and plastic Stormtrooper/vets would be very interesting.

kenshin620 wrote:My only hate for kasrkin comes from that there are no plastic tri helmets in any IG set so you'll either have to buy FW or chop off kasrkin heads. Whats wrong with helmets GW?

I'm not sure what you mean by "tri-helmets". Do you mean the ones with the respirators and tactical goggles?

I will also say that the Respirator Upgrade Packs are some of the stupidest best buys I've made from FW. You get not only fantastic looking heads(and save yourself countless man hours of work because no flesh to paint yaaay!)--you also get backpacks and stuff you can use to detail the interior(or exterior even!) of a Chimera with in the form of ammo boxes, stored demo charges, etc.

If the plastics are anything like those greens from a few years ago, happy-happy joy-joy indeed.

Excellent timing for me. Having recently been employed, finally, I might actually be up to thinking about Guard again by the time they come out. I like the more armored aesthetic and would be interested in doing an army of them (not a big fan of the Cadian models)

About frigg n time for the rest of the guard stuff.I hope they also make a Penal troopers set.

I'd doubt they make penals. Or if they did, probably use finecast since they're not that popular

dsteingass wrote:

CadianCommander wrote:I love kasrkins, love them to death but I have an undercoated squad that makes me groan every time I think of painting it because they're metal.

Please let these rumours be true! I'll be a good girl, I promise!

really? is it because you find metal minis more difficult to paint or that the nostalgia of no more metal minis ever?

She has a valid point in my opinion. I find metal is more prone to chipping during the painting process (I always drop a model at least once whilst painting it) and doesn't seem to hold the paint as well as the plastic.

I'm as happy as the next man with the thought of new Storm Troopers but its the new vehicle varients that have got my juices flowing. Been looking for a Collossus option for a while now.

Commander Cain wrote:

Better looking maybe, but with only a couple of body variants they are in serious need of an update

Oh I agree. Theres no reason they cant just make a plastic kit with that look, instead of making them boring Cadian clones.

Las wrote:

Commander Cain wrote:

Better looking maybe, but with only a couple of body variants they are in serious need of an update

Oh I agree. Theres no reason they cant just make a plastic kit with that look, instead of making them boring Cadian clones.

It is true that if GW pulled their act together and produced multipart plastic models along the line of the metal ST's we would be in for a treat, however, this is GW, who knows what they have planned!...

Commander Cain wrote:
It is true that if GW pulled their act together and produced multipart plastic models along the line of the metal ST's we would be in for a treat, however, this is GW, who knows what they have planned!...

They're gonna pull off another IG manticore arent they?