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So which guys do they represent from the Blackshields then? I don't know a great deal about them.

I'm no teen but enjoying GW with a sense of humor again this past year.

Someone may get to it before I do, but I have HH:6 at home and can get a little more detailed.

I actually like both models.

 Alpharius wrote:
Who are the loyalist Blackshields?

Or, I guess I'd like to know who are:

Gerasene Host
Ashen Claws
Foresworn
Third Covenant

Thanks!

Purchase yourself the HH6: Retribution and you will know... sorta. I mean, as much as anyone knows about these shady warbands.

I'm curious as to whether or not there is a reason for the Third Covenant being the "Third" specifically.

 Desubot wrote:
They are trying to be edgy internet teens with memes.

Not really. They're just making a joke.

 BrookM wrote:
Poor soul wouldn't last more than ten posts before the toxic members of our little community swoop in.

Sad, but oh so true.

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NL/Mechanicum-Ursarax-FW

£30

Those are sweet!

I usually enjoy the Mech stuff but these are a bit meh for me.

Pretty cool, but I do not enjoy the eye lenses. I much prefer the tinted glass dome of the thallax

I like everything about these models bar the Jetpack
Looks like something Orks would use

Love em, want em. May need to reposition the fella that's playing hopscotch mind o.O

It never fails. The week after i place an order, FW releases something i want.

Holy feth, they're jetpack techno-bears.

Re: larger thrust units on their backs, they are jump infantry, as opposed to their ranged brethren, who are jet pack infantry.

I don't really like those, for a number of reasons.

One of them being the slim waist. Seems like an unnecessary weakpoint. An armour plate there would solve a lot.

 Ashiraya wrote:
I don't really like those, for a number of reasons.

One of them being the slim waist. Seems like an unnecessary weakpoint. An armour plate there would solve a lot.

Yeah because the Admech designs make lots of sense. Perhaps to cut weight and ease thruster workload, or its electronically shielded. Either way a willful suspension of disbelief is needed to embrace our hobby. I do agree with you that perhaps a plate or something would remove the visually obvious weakness.

Chances are the waist is already quite armoured, as the important fleshy parts, the brain and part of the spine of the unfortunate soul encased within, are in the armoured head and torso.

I like the way that most FW follows a similar design throughout. The leg hip combos on theses guys even their overall silhouette looks like a tiny knight or a large thallax.

 ThirstySpaceMan wrote:
I like the way that most FW follows a similar design throughout. The leg hip combos on theses guys even their overall silhouette looks like a tiny knight or a large thallax.

I think the legs are the same as the Thallax. These are basically CC Thallax.

Finally!
Took them long enough to release!

Ordered 4 sets of them and went on eBay to order 12 thallax heads.
Finally got my assault unit


Just need to release the Arlatax and macro explorator.
Still need to paint up a unit of 3 domitar yet though so I'm falling behind.




Edit: also waiting on the mechanicum drone thing.

I like them but I have to wonder why you wouldn't automatically go for the power fist upgrades? They're only I2 so you're not losing much with unwieldy, they keep the same number of attacks and they hit at str10, ap2.

Aside from being really short on points for the upgrade, I can figure out why one would stay with the Lightning Claws.

Power Fists also make their death ray hug kind of pointless too.

 Thanatos73 wrote:
I like them but I have to wonder why you wouldn't automatically go for the power fist upgrades? They're only I2 so you're not losing much with unwieldy, they keep the same number of attacks and they hit at str10, ap2.

Aside from being really short on points for the upgrade, I can figure out why one would stay with the Lightning Claws.

Power Fists also make their death ray hug kind of pointless too.

Because the claws look cooler?

 Jackal wrote:
Finally!
Took them long enough to release!

Ordered 4 sets of them and went on eBay to order 12 thallax heads.
Finally got my assault unit


Just need to release the Arlatax and macro explorator.
Still need to paint up a unit of 3 domitar yet though so I'm falling behind.




Edit: also waiting on the mechanicum drone thing.

I am excited to see that Scoria dude from HH6, personally. I can't imagine what he will look like.

And yes! The Arlatax better look amazing, given how brutal it sounds in the book!

Mainly because people don't want to trade blows with other power fists.
I rather run a 50/50 mix in a unit to try and limit return damage.

Considering axes and fists are both I1, I rather damage a unit first before taking return attacks.

That way I can fight specialist units without fear of killing some of them and losing a chunk of mine in return.
Also gives me enough fists to deal with armour too.


While I2 isn't great, it still goes before the weapons you don't want hitting your unit.
So I see a few claws as a must.



Edit: the Arlatax is pretty damn brutal to say the least, more so when boosted.
I've been tempted to convert one and test it though, as I feel they will make my domitar completely redundant.

I'm more interested in the not nurgle drone things though.
Look ace and I believe they will be a fast choice, but hoping the rules back them up.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
It never fails. The week after i place an order, FW releases something i want.

Place an order once a week, the day after they announce new releases - problem solved?

 Jackal wrote:


Edit: the Arlatax is pretty damn brutal to say the least, more so when boosted.
I've been tempted to convert one and test it though, as I feel they will make my domitar completely redundant.

I'm more interested in the not nurgle drone things though.
Look ace and I believe they will be a fast choice, but hoping the rules back them up.

Arlatax is fast too, which is nice so it isn't competing with the Thanatar. I wonder if the Drone will be Fast or Elite. Never can tell!

I tried to order some FW stuff while the Pound is weak, as I am an opportunist you see, but when I got the checkout it showed the proper conversion rate but still also said that it was more than it should be in American dollars.

50.45gbp

conversion is 1 Dollar to .73gbp

it says $68.85 instead of something like $37. I am afraid to tell it to continue.

Nah. Not digging the claw style and the heads are a big downgrade on the awesome Thallax ones.