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Hahaha oh my god that is cool. I know most people don't like the new Ogryns but I'm just so damn excited for that kit.

Yeah the Commissar looks great! hope it's a plastic kit with lots of bits à la Space Marine commander.

Bullgryns..meh..never was one for space orgres..

I wonder if you can use the large riot shields with the melee weapons instead of that small one he's currently got. I'm sure you could just do a conversion/counts as anyways.

All this faux Latin has made me decide that the motto and banners for my Elysians will read "Quod Futue Te Ipsum Est Quid".

Or, very roughly, "Because Feth You Is Why!"


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I like the Bullgryns (provisionally) because it looks like I can run my renegade guard with a straight IG (sod off, AM) list and use the Bullgryn listing for my Ogryn Berzerkers.

That ogryn with the club is sweet...way better than the riot shield armed ones.

I'm not liking the Commissar...it just feels like it belongs in Fantasy...

I think that might be the worst commissar model they have made since 2nd edition.

Loving the bullgryns more with each image though.

Commissar looks very cool, except the sword. Its a not really suited to the western look of the commissar. But an easy fix depending what options are available.

The commissar sword is atrocious, and its sash should be red, otherwise I like it.

Officio Prefectus. Goddammit. Its been the Commissariat, as part of the Departmento Munitorum. Changing the fluff woulnd't be so bad if they didn't put out books and novels based on previous fluff all the damn time. They really should look into having a creative writing lead in charge of the overall fluff so crap like this doesn't happen.

Why give the commissar a gladius? Should have given him a power fist instead.

TechMarine1 wrote:
Why give the commissar a gladius? Should have given him a power fist instead.

No way, sword was definitely the way to go. Just not that sword.

This is going to be the best codex ever... hydras are already worth it with the WS heavy meta, what with them dropping points in this book... its the best because finally eldar will be balanced I hope

mmmmmmmmm yeah, gonna make some space elfs cry.

 Mr.Omega wrote:

Commissars are supposed to have Red sashes right? Hat looks like a pirate.

Pirate commissar it is. Officio Piratious Commissar

Maybe its blue for the Scion Department Commissars? Red for the Guard?

these bullgryns ooze character. The'll be great to use in a INQ game.

The bullgryn looks awesome! Also, looks easy to convert to chaos ogryn, should one of you evil-minded heretics deface the holy aquila on his armor and such. I like how he's swapped out the shotgun for the improvised riot shield and giant makeshift club - it's like someone in the Departmento Munitorum saw regular Terminators and Assault Terminators and went "hang on, I bet we can get those abhuman cannon fodder to do something like that..."

I was about to say I liked everything about it except the name "slabshield" (which is kind of a trend, I love the idea of a storm trooper suppledex but the new name just rubs me the wrong way), and then I remembered "slab" is derogatory slang for ogryn. So it's just someone in the supply office being a petty little jerk and totally in character for the universe. Much better.

 kir44n wrote:
Officio Prefectus. Goddammit. Its been the Commissariat, as part of the Departmento Munitorum. Changing the fluff woulnd't be so bad if they didn't put out books and novels based on previous fluff all the damn time. They really should look into having a creative writing lead in charge of the overall fluff so crap like this doesn't happen.

*ahem*

Don't you mean the Officio™ Prefectus™, kir44n?

And yeah I hate it too. Commissars have always been something I loved about the Guard... sorry, the Astra™ Militarum™, and Commissars are part of the Commissariat. Look on the bright side though, at least they're still called Commissars.

well, so I guess the 40k radio rumored commissar squad was bs, since I sincerly doubt they would have release a commissar clamshell model if it was the case. I think that's the first rumor of them that fails to materialise.

I like the commissar he is easily the best one they have ever put out, very Russian looking indeed, hopefully he comes with different sword and weapon options, or i will just need to order some Forge World upgrades for him!!!!

Very surprised to see so many people that like the Commissar. I think it looks terrible. Reminds me of Napoleon or something.

I'll want to see better pictures of the Commissar shown in the new images, but I do like it and may consider picking one up as an alternate to my Vostroyan Commissar I've painted up.

We'll see, I suppose.

Take it easy.

-RT-

Going with GW fake Latin rules I dub thee Commissari.

M.

I've got my Death Korps Commissars (or should I say, Kommissars?), and they blow that guy out of the water; poses, proportions, character. Who knows, if the Marine release was anything to go by for characters, they'll likely be cheaper too!

Of course, I'll wait until I see some better photos, and a better painter take a crack at 'im. The GW paintjobs have been increasingly garish I've found; overly bright palette, makes everything look cartoony.

So far, we're at 0.5/5 for this Guard player. The half point is for the Scions, as while cool looking models, I just can't stomach them at that price point.

I mean, I hate to drag different mediums into the equation, but I can buy Dark Souls II for the same price as Five Guardsmen. Usually, even GW models have a pretty good price/return investment in terms of hours; building, painting and actually using, but five guard for $35, when they're fewer points than a tactical marine, and to get any sensible loadouts, you'd have to buy two sets of them?

The one thing I was really hoping for was a new artillery multikit; the wyvern smacks of laziness (just pull the gun barrels off, bam, new arty tank), while there was and is plenty of demand for the Griffon/Medusa/Colossus/Basilisk. What I was expecting was one kit with the Hydra/Griffon, with similar acrutements, but different turrets ala the Marine Stalker/Hunter, and then the arty one, where the Basilisk is ostensibly the main kit, barrel swap for the Medusa (replace long thing barrel onto breech with short, wide barrel) and a different gun assembly for the Colossus.

But that would imply GW wouldn't positively lose it's mind over having a kit which you could easily swap out options on without serious conversion, and actually justifying the increased price they charge multikits.

 Spinner wrote:
I was about to say I liked everything about it except the name "slabshield"

GW's obsession of unnaturally compounding words together is rather bizarre, and definitely unsightly. I wonder if that bludgeoning implement in the bullgry's hand is a shockmaul, powerclub, zapcudgel or an arcstick.

I'm very much against the idea of expensive, mono-pose plastic characters. If that commisar is above twenty bucks with no options then "forget" it.

If other releases are the guideline start forgetting MWHistorian.

M.

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
GW's obsession of unnaturally compounding words together is rather bizarre, and definitely unsightly.

Why? And it's not as if GW are unique in this regard.

I also am surprised that people like the Commissar, its really out of proportion and the scimitary sword is lame. His face and hat are poorly done too imho. They should have made the guy off the cover.

Grf.

Why not a pack of five plastic build-like-you-want Commisars?

Yeah, they'd be over-priced, but dangit, I want *variety* up in here!