Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

 CragHack wrote:


https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/07/24/gabriel-angelos-coming-to-your-tabletop-very-soon/

Honestly, I would be more happy with them fixing molds for models that have been out of stock for years.

Oh man, I hope we get Blood Raven shoulders and transfers now.

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:


ALPHARIUS!!!!

He already has a model.

Didn't Duncan paint him once? To show off the new pigments?


Found it.

Well, that's weird. I posted in the Forgeworld OOP thread about the lastest pieces that seem to have gone. And now some of them are partially reappearing in searches again!

The Corsair Conversion Set, Arvus and Tauros are sort of listed in searches and categories again.

To Forgeworld - If you are watching these threads, please consider doing some sort of Made to Order style service...!

Space Marines! Nice Arcus!





Nice 30k rules - Neutron Flux Warheads - bye bye legio cybernetica!

Also comes with 40k rules

Edit:

Reissued softback Masterclass Volume 1


Load of bundles too:













All with a slight saving

Edit: Damn ninjas.

Masterclass looks interesting, I'm interested.

That Arcus's 40k rules are quite nasty. No cover saves and a mortal wound inflicted on a to-wound roll of 6. Not too shabby.

It's 30k rules, even more so. I like how you can equip it to deal with whatever you'll be facing. Mechanicum will be nervous facing these

 Verviedi wrote:
Edit: Damn ninjas.

Masterclass looks interesting, I'm interested.

Volume 1 is the best of the bunch. Now in softback and cheaper.

Oh snap, Mechanicum be wary indeed!

Excellent, I plan on grabbing it, I need to work on getting that Mechanicum army, and the realistic, weathery tones are so beautiful.

BrookM wrote:Oh snap, Mechanicum be wary indeed!

zedmeister wrote:That Arcus's 40k rules are quite nasty. No cover saves and a mortal wound inflicted on a to-wound roll of 6. Not too shabby.

It's 30k rules, even more so. I like how you can equip it to deal with whatever you'll be facing. Mechanicum will be nervous facing these

...Oh no.

How the feth does- NEUTRONS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! (Is it a nuke? EMP? Space magic?)

Damn, that new Sicaran is making me question my choice of Sicaran to get. It is between the regular one and that one now. Still probably going to stick with the standard Sicaran though.

I was about to write my usual grumpy FW Friday comment, but then I saw reissued Imperial Masterclass vol1. The new HH Masterclass doesn't even come close to the jewels found in there

 Verviedi wrote:
Excellent, I plan on grabbing it, I need to work on getting that Mechanicum army, and the realistic, weathery tones are so beautiful.

BrookM wrote:Oh snap, Mechanicum be wary indeed!

zedmeister wrote:That Arcus's 40k rules are quite nasty. No cover saves and a mortal wound inflicted on a to-wound roll of 6. Not too shabby.

It's 30k rules, even more so. I like how you can equip it to deal with whatever you'll be facing. Mechanicum will be nervous facing these

...Oh no.

How the feth does- NEUTRONS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! (Is it a nuke? EMP? Space magic?)

"Of particular note is the inclusion of the neutron-flux warhead, a Terran development dating back
to the years prior to the alliance with Mars. This weapon saturates the silica stratum of the cybernetica cortex employed by Mechanicum automata with xenon, causing
terminal cascade failures in these systems. Continued production of these weapons was the cause of the Mechanicum’s refusal to sanction the Arcus pattern hull."

Sounds like space sci-fi magic to me.

EDIT: At least the name makes some sense with the supposed material used in the munitions - some isotopes of xenon are potent neutron absorbers.

Lol @ "wwith Arcus warheads". Proofread your stuff, FW.

I like how the 30K rules for it explain why the Mechanicum hates the tank, but the 40K version seems to have forgotten that reason over the years.

That kind of Kryptonite rule always strikes me as bad game design: You shouldn't be list tailoring before a match, so in other words if used as intended this is an upgrade that's okayish against most opponents, but if you play against Mechanicum is a gigantic middle finger of a removal ability.

The limited range of the neutron-flux warheads gives some breathing space and the AP4ness means most automata are getting their 3+ and the thanatars are getting a 2+ save, but Vorax are totally fethed - i think it's too harsh a rule, especially since ripple fire has it firing twice when it doesn't move.

These things are clearly going to appear everywhere - my biggest criticism is that it is good at everything, it does anti-air, anti-troop, anti-tank and anti-automata for 270 pooints and does them all rather well - has it got any failings?

 zedmeister wrote:
That Arcus's 40k rules are quite nasty. No cover saves and a mortal wound inflicted on a to-wound roll of 6. Not too shabby.

Too bad the launcher only has a range of 24' Totally missed on what this tank should be doing.

 SirDonlad wrote:
The limited range of the neutron-flux warheads gives some breathing space and the AP4ness means most automata are getting their 3+ and the thanatars are getting a 2+ save, but Vorax are totally fethed - i think it's too harsh a rule, especially since ripple fire has it firing twice when it doesn't move.

These things are clearly going to appear everywhere - my biggest criticism is that it is good at everything, it does anti-air, anti-troop, anti-tank and anti-automata for 270 pooints and does them all rather well - has it got any failings?

I mean... it is a vehicle. You can pop it like any other with certain units. But yea, it does really do just everything and well. Meh.

Am I missing something or is the Vanguard Strike ability of the Arcus completely pointless? Maybe if it increased it to Heavy 6d6, because giving up the ability to shoot Overwatch as well as shooting in the next turn just for a few extra shots seems pretty stupid.

I'm glad the next HH book is Blood Angels......

because everything they paint for the next 6 months will be Blood Angels related...

 TalonZahn wrote:
I'm glad the next HH book is Blood Angels......

because everything they paint for the next 6 months will be Blood Angels related...

They did do a killer job on that Arcus, too. Absolutely stunning.

 em_en_oh_pee wrote:

 TalonZahn wrote:
I'm glad the next HH book is Blood Angels......

because everything they paint for the next 6 months will be Blood Angels related...

They did do a killer job on that Arcus, too. Absolutely stunning.

Yea, I'm not really a fan of the turret itself, but that paintjob is pretty hot.

changemod wrote:
That kind of Kryptonite rule always strikes me as bad game design: You shouldn't be list tailoring before a match, so in other words if used as intended this is an upgrade that's okayish against most opponents, but if you play against Mechanicum is a gigantic middle finger of a removal ability.

Sometimes it's narratively preferable; if a Marine force is going up against Mechanicum, then of course the commanders would be ordering Neutron-flux warheads loaded into the launchers (and presumably the Mechanicum magi would be issuing whichever weapons are better against Marines than against Orks). Whether or not it's worth the points or should be more is a different argument.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
I like how the 30K rules for it explain why the Mechanicum hates the tank, but the 40K version seems to have forgotten that reason over the years.

Absolutely agreed. I love that.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Am I missing something or is the Vanguard Strike ability of the Arcus completely pointless? Maybe if it increased it to Heavy 6d6, because giving up the ability to shoot Overwatch as well as shooting in the next turn just for a few extra shots seems pretty stupid.

It's 2 shooting phases in 1. Alpha strike is a thing. It allows you to reposition the following turn and not have lost out on firing. When it's nearly dead and you know it'll not last another turn you may as well go all out. The final turn of the game. It has it's uses.

MaxT wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Am I missing something or is the Vanguard Strike ability of the Arcus completely pointless? Maybe if it increased it to Heavy 6d6, because giving up the ability to shoot Overwatch as well as shooting in the next turn just for a few extra shots seems pretty stupid.

It's 2 shooting phases in 1. Alpha strike is a thing. It allows you to reposition the following turn and not have lost out on firing. When it's nearly dead and you know it'll not last another turn you may as well go all out. The final turn of the game. It has it's uses.

Precisely this. Calling it Vanguard Strike is kind of a misnomer, as it's probably a more useful mid-end game ability, I guess "Sternguard Strike" or "Amidships Strike" didn't have the right ring to it!

 AndrewGPaul wrote:

changemod wrote:
That kind of Kryptonite rule always strikes me as bad game design: You shouldn't be list tailoring before a match, so in other words if used as intended this is an upgrade that's okayish against most opponents, but if you play against Mechanicum is a gigantic middle finger of a removal ability.

Sometimes it's narratively preferable; if a Marine force is going up against Mechanicum, then of course the commanders would be ordering Neutron-flux warheads loaded into the launchers (and presumably the Mechanicum magi would be issuing whichever weapons are better against Marines than against Orks). Whether or not it's worth the points or should be more is a different argument.

Good rules writing is a type of weapon or bonus that helps against enemies in that tactical role, not specifically works against that enemy.

For example, if a unit is the bane of tyranid hordes, then it should have rules that hurt hordes, not rules that do 1 wound to an Ork and 15 wounds to Termagants.

As nice as the Arcus rules may be I can't help but notice the turret has a resemblance to a certain cartoon mouse.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
As nice as the Arcus rules may be I can't help but notice the turret has a resemblance to a certain cartoon mouse.

Really? I don't see it.
Gadget has much better hips than that.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
As nice as the Arcus rules may be I can't help but notice the turret has a resemblance to a certain cartoon mouse.

Really? I don't see it.
Gadget has much better hips than that.

He's talking about Danger Mouse isn't he?

 Rolsheen wrote:

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
As nice as the Arcus rules may be I can't help but notice the turret has a resemblance to a certain cartoon mouse.

Really? I don't see it.
Gadget has much better hips than that.

He's talking about Danger Mouse isn't he?

Well played, sirs, well played...