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I have a few metal GK termies and tacs,, 10 of each. I am trying to decide if I should keep trying to collect metal ones, sell them and get plastic ones, or just mix and match my metal w/ plastic. Has anyone done a comparison of how a metal one looks next to a plastic one? I would sure love to see a pic so I can decide on what I want to do.

Ashton

Doubt it, as the new ones havent officially been released yet. The only people who have them are GW stores (not for sale) and maybe select retailers. Regular people wont have them in hand for a couple more weeks...I do believe Apr 5th is the official release date. All yiou can do right now is pre order them.

M4M, not sure where you're getting your information, but it's not the best.
You can see images of much of the new GK stuff on the GW site or in the spoiler thread here. The images are good enough to give you an idea of the differences in the models.

The new GK's are plastic (yay!), but lack some of the details of the metal (left shoulder pad is not bare with a book on it, rather than having the intricate scrollwork that the metals have). Details on the terminators vary similarly.

One benefit or drawback to the new models, depending on your perspective, is the physical changes in the weapons.

Eric

The new plastics have most details overall I would say, but lack some of the previous metal minis details, as described. Also, I think the wrist mounted storm bolters on the new plastic kits are a little too large. Also, instead of an ammo feed, they use clips which appear totally out of place due to size. On the up side however, special weapons are included in the plastic kits, making them more cost efficient.

He asked for a pic of the metal next to the plastic...as in both in the same pic.

Sure he can put seperate pics next to eachother, but it doesnt really do the complete job.

He asked for a pic of the metal next to the plastic...as in both in the same pic.

Hmm. Perfect example of why internet communications fail so often. I read it very differently.

I saw him asking for a comparison (he didn't specify it as a PHOTO comparison), then asked for a pic. It read to me as if he wanted someone to tell him the differences, then show him pictures of the models.

Eric

I would go with the plastic GK's simply because they are Multi-Part and easier to construct, plus, look AMAZING. Btw the official release date is 2nd of April I believe, check games workshop.

Yeah, I definately think they will be easy for conversions, and look great. Gonna use the new GK Terminators for my Paladins as I've got 20 of those old school GK Terminators.

From what I can see the new plastic Terms look gangly and ungainly whereas the old metal ones look stocky and rigid. In saying that I've still pre-ordered a box and may end up buying more

Thanks for all the feed back guys, I guess I will have to wait until the new ones come out.

Basically I was looking for a side by side picture, I am just hoping that I can run some new plastics side by side w/ the metal ones I have and have them not look to mismatched.

Ashton

I think the difference will be VERY noticable.

If you're going to mix them, I STRONGLY suggest you isolate them from each other. Each squad should be only one type. Don't mix types between squads, if you can avoid it.

Eric