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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 11:48:57
Subject: New centurian models
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Been Around the Block
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Just wondering what everyone thinks of how the centurion models look. I have heard mixed views.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 11:52:47
Subject: New centurian models
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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Like most of the new GW kits, they look more like something from Zoids than the grimly dark grim dark darkness of the grim far dark future.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 11:53:07
Subject: Re:New centurian models
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Insect-Infested Nurgle Chaos Lord
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Games Workshop Delenda Est.
Users on ignore- 53.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 13:53:37
Subject: New centurian models
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Shas'ui with Bonding Knife
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Rather than bash them, its best to accept that centurions are not designed for the demographic of anyone 16+.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 13:55:37
Subject: Re:New centurian models
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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel
Norway (Oslo)
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they.. look funny.. ok maybe not that funny...
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Waagh like a bawz
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Kaptin Goldteef's waagh! 16250 points 45/18/3 (W/L/D) 7th Ed
6250 points 9/3/1 (W/L/D) sixth-ed
Dark elves: 2350points 3/0/0 (W/L/D)
3400 points 19/6/0 (W/L/D) 8' armybook
Wood Elves 2600 points, 6/4/0 (W/L/D)
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 14:15:23
Subject: New centurian models
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The Marine Standing Behind Marneus Calgar
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I don't mind the Dev ones. They make no sense as assault troops though. Big, blocky and ungainly works fine for fire support, not close combat.
I'm not terribly impressed by the rumored rules, kinda "meh" on the minis, and don't see how they fit into the fluff, so I'm passing on them. Once the book comes out, and we get better looks at the minis and what non-GW people can do with them, I may change my mind.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 14:59:39
Subject: New centurian models
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Agile Revenant Titan
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Nevelon wrote:I don't mind the Dev ones. They make no sense as assault troops though. Big, blocky and ungainly works fine for fire support, not close combat.
I'm not terribly impressed by the rumored rules, kinda "meh" on the minis, and don't see how they fit into the fluff, so I'm passing on them. Once the book comes out, and we get better looks at the minis and what non- GW people can do with them, I may change my mind.
Agreed
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I do drugs.
Mostly Plastic Crack, but I do dabble in Cardboard Cocaine. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:05:08
Subject: New centurian models
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Shas'la with Pulse Carbine
New Bedford, MA
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Nevelon wrote:I don't mind the Dev ones. They make no sense as assault troops though. Big, blocky and ungainly works fine for fire support, not close combat.
I'm not terribly impressed by the rumored rules, kinda "meh" on the minis, and don't see how they fit into the fluff, so I'm passing on them. Once the book comes out, and we get better looks at the minis and what non- GW people can do with them, I may change my mind.
I also agree.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:10:52
Subject: Re:New centurian models
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Longtime Dakkanaut
West Midlands (UK)
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I like em. Devastators work better than Assault, but either way they are at least something new, which is a positive for me.
Funny how the innovation part, trying out new and daring things (which always comes at the risk of failing) of the 40K range is done by the GW studio these days and the bland milking of Space Marines with infinite un-inspired and minimal no-risk-involved variations is now the daily bread of Forge Word.
How times change.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:13:07
Subject: New centurian models
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Hallowed Canoness
Ireland
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Judging purely from a stylistic PoV, I like the designs, and the idea behind them is sound. However, they don't really fit in with the rest as soon as you insert them into 40k, especially once you put them next to a Terminator. They feel just a tad too "modern", almost breaking into Tau territory.
I'm also somewhat biased as I am averse to any significant change to the Astartes Chapter organisation as it has existed for about 20 years now. I just don't like changes to a static setting. I get that the company may feel a need to push out SHINY NEW STUFF every once in a while, but given that this approach invariably results in supposedly fairly basic armies having a gazillion different tools in a couple years? Not my cup of tea.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:17:37
Subject: Re:New centurian models
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Cosmic Joe
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My question about them is: do they replace Dreadnaughts? Not in a literal way, but who's going to take a dred over these things when dreds die so easily and it seems they carry the same amount of firepower with better chances of survival?
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Also, check out my history blog: Minimum Wage Historian, a fun place to check out history that often falls between the couch cushions. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:33:22
Subject: Re:New centurian models
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Loyal Necron Lychguard
Netherlands
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MWHistorian wrote:My question about them is: do they replace Dreadnaughts? Not in a literal way, but who's going to take a dred over these things when dreds die so easily and it seems they carry the same amount of firepower with better chances of survival?
I know exactly what you are talking about!
My dreads (shooty and CC) are as expensive as two or three Centurions.
But Centurions are looking like they have more firepower and a harder melee-punch.
Their problem however is that VoF and plasma work against them, whereas my dreads have AV13.
gossipmeng wrote:Rather than bash them, its best to accept that centurions are not designed for the demographic of anyone 16+.
So instead of bashing the models, we turn to bashing the people who like them?
I am 25.
These models have grown on me, I actually like them.
I am even going to buy them, even though I play Blood Angels.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:34:28
Subject: New centurian models
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Angry Blood Angel Assault marine
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AV 12 vs T5? You need a minimum of a S:6 gun to even glance a Dreadnought, and 7 if you want to pen. Then you still need 6s. A S:6 will wound on 3s and S:7 on 2s against the Centurion. Even the humble bolter will wound on 5s, bolters that can't even touch a Dreadnought. Even with equivalent points, ie 2 Centurions it only gives you 1 wound more then the 3 HP of the Dreadnought. Dreadnoughts also still hit harder in CC at S10, and get 4 attacks with both DCCW. Even a gundread is still S6.
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War is not a matter of who is right, it is a matter of who is left.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:40:53
Subject: Re:New centurian models
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Cosmic Joe
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I'm an adult and I don't mind the figures. I think the cc versions are lame, but I like the heavy support ones. Don't insult people just because they have a different opinion about how something looks.
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Also, check out my history blog: Minimum Wage Historian, a fun place to check out history that often falls between the couch cushions. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:44:17
Subject: New centurian models
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Hierarch
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I like the idea of them, especially when supported by an ironclad. Fluffy... like siege teams, or something. As to the assaulty fat kids, well, might I remind people that they can curbstomp most walkers and go toe to toe with a wraithlord/knight with a decent chance to survive the encounter and put some hurtin' on the elfin magic robots.
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Things I've gotten other players to admit...
Foldalot: Pariahs can sometimes be useful |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:55:18
Subject: New centurian models
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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Can't bring myself to like them; they are the least dynamic modells that GW has published in recent times and they just make me feel like any potential enemy could just walk up to them and tip them over (though the thought of a centurion lying on it's back and waddling with his arms is amusing).
And they just seem to continue the recent trend, that new modells don't really add anything new to an army (e.g. the Wraithknight is just a beefed up Wraithlord).
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:55:48
Subject: New centurian models
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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I don't mind the models themselves apart from the oversized weapons on the assault type and that strange arrangement of groin and thigh armour that makes me think they couldn't walk but would instead have to waddle. But that probably wouldn't be hard to convert.
As for the rules, I don't see that they really bring anything new to the army that I can't already do with the current book (and by the sound of it most of the good stuff from the book we've got now will remain unchanged, or only have some tiny differences), so I won't be buying them in any case.
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Driven away from WH40K by rules bloat and the expense of keeping up, now interested in smaller model count games and anything with nifty mechanics. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 15:58:01
Subject: Re:New centurian models
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Perfect Shot Black Templar Predator Pilot
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Terrible, ugly models. I would have purchased them too if they had looked good, even with gak rules.
I'm now holding out for an awesome tyranids release
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/08/15 16:07:43
Subject: New centurian models
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Solahma
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This discussion is already taking place in the N&R thread.
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