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Shattered Soul wrote:MY only real questions is why do they have short swords as bayonets?

Because, if their CCWs were as ineffective as their Lasguns, they'd be armed with paring knives...

Shattered Soul wrote:MY only real questions is why do they have short swords as bayonets?

I think it might just be a case of "Different kit is different". The Lost cycle by Abnett made a kinda interesting mention about the 41st Recon "ditching their standard sword-form bayonets for double edged fighting knives".

awesome I can't wait

Kanluwen wrote:

Shattered Soul wrote:MY only real questions is why do they have short swords as bayonets?

I think it might just be a case of "Different kit is different". The Lost cycle by Abnett made a kinda interesting mention about the 41st Recon "ditching their standard sword-form bayonets for double edged fighting knives".

I'm just saying... Cadians have a pretty good combat knife, would they really use something that looks like a Catachan sergeant should be wielding it?

Because regular bayonets make for inadequate boners?

thekyle1231 wrote:your right, that IS strange. I feel it was made in photoshop, and the artist may have been told to leave out the insignas go GW could do It how they wanted. But thats not probible. Could have been an early drawing.

It's perfectly plausible. That's what happened with that great painting that was the box art for the original Space Marine game. Of course, in those pre-photoshop days the insignia were added to a transparent sheet laid overtop of the original painting.

Shattered Soul wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

Shattered Soul wrote:MY only real questions is why do they have short swords as bayonets?

I think it might just be a case of "Different kit is different". The Lost cycle by Abnett made a kinda interesting mention about the 41st Recon "ditching their standard sword-form bayonets for double edged fighting knives".

I'm just saying... Cadians have a pretty good combat knife, would they really use something that looks like a Catachan sergeant should be wielding it?

Artistic license?

does anyone know anything about new ogryn models? their pretty awesome now and i hope they make a new model because the existing ones look like crap

*Lurk Mode - Off*

These are the new Ogryn models.

*Lurk Mode - On*

H.B.M.C. wrote:*Lurk Mode - Off*

These are the new Ogryn models.

*Lurk Mode - On*

Cripes. At those prices I'll just convert some Ogre Kingdoms...

Watch out those prices were given in funny money.

don't like 'em at all. they look funky, and not in a good way.

give me the old ogryns any day.

cerberez wrote:don't like 'em at all. they look funky, and not in a good way.

give me the old ogryns any day.

If the old ones didn't look so appropriately fitting alongside Catachans, I'd offer to trade you four of the things for the new ones.

They really aren't all that new. They came out a year or two ago (maybe longer?) At any rate, they're available now, and no new Ogryn models have been shown.

Edit: Least I think they're not new. Have to go check now.
Edit edit: Checked the US store, yup, they're out now. $20 a blister US.

20 or so months ago, part of the original Apocalypse release.

For $20 a model, I will convert Ogryns!


Assuming their rules are good and their points are reasonable...

Personally I think the faces look a bit better and the giant grenade in that ones hand makes me think, since when are ogryns smart enough to throw grenades correctly?

If the new ratlings look that way, then they should be S3 T3 or something. Otherwise I think the rifles they have look a bit better.

Those look like the same boneheads now, maybe I'm wrong, at least I hope they aren't new.

maybe my store only had the oldest ones because the ones they had looked like crap.

Warboss Spleenstaba wrote:Those look like the same boneheads now, maybe I'm wrong, at least I hope they aren't new.

To A Guard player "new" means since the 39th millennium.

Who's with me in thinking that the Catachan Command could make a nice base for some hardened Vets?

Shattered Soul wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

Shattered Soul wrote:
MY only real questions is why do they have short swords as bayonets?

I think it might just be a case of "Different kit is different". The Lost cycle by Abnett made a kinda interesting mention about the 41st Recon "ditching their standard sword-form bayonets for double edged fighting knives".

I'm just saying... Cadians have a pretty good combat knife, would they really use something that looks like a Catachan sergeant should be wielding it?

That bayonet looks a lot like an M1917 (U.S./British WWI). It's pretty big (14" or so), although I think that picture might show something even longer.

Went to my local GW today. Saw their preview/customer info sheets. Didn't see these posted.

Valkyrie was printed as $50 but they crossed it off and wrote $58. Manager said that was correct.
Batallion boxes are $95 and include 20 Guardsmen, 3 heavy weapons teams, 1 sentinel, and 1 command squad.
Command squad's $22.

$58? $22? Where does GW get these weird numbers for box sets? Must be a new pricing scheme.

stonefox wrote:Valkyrie was printed as $50 but they crossed it off and wrote $58. Manager said that was correct.

What utter crap.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

I need those Advisors. The Fleet Officer will make a great ship's Captain for a Dark Heresy scenario (defend against a boarding action) and the Astropath also makes a great Dark Heresy model.

I have great difficulty believing that you need more advisors H.B.M.C. I am more than sure you have enough Guard of all stripes. The word you are looking for is want.

I agree on the ratlings, but then I wont have any ratlings of any edition. I actually still think them an improvement.


P.S. What happened to your customary 'BYE' suffix. You go on lurk mode and your standards drop. *tut*, *tut* I say.

I for one like the new Codex cover art. Rather than focusing on individual guardsmen in close focus, it shows a tightly packed Guardswarm, with only the odd officer with any personality and faceless masses of more behind, with outsized wunderwaffe and heavy equipment amongst the sea of uniforms.

The codex cover far better defines the scale and style of the Imperial Guard.

H.B.M.C. wrote:*Lurk Mode - Off*

These are the new Ogryn models.

*Lurk Mode - On*

What de hell... Cadian battleforce is cheaper in here than in Australia... Weird.