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Any word on whether or not FW will sell those sponsons seperately so that you could attach them to a regular predator kit?

Those converted Termies look great, but then, so does the original. I've recently found mine (sans back banner, of course). I've got to figure out how to base him now. He's got a 25mm slotta, though I'll want to base him on a 40mm, but then again since they're old, rare models now, I don't want to clip off the slottas. Perhaps I'll cut a slotta into some 40mm bases. It precludes them having "heroic" poses like the Termies above, but it might be the best option...


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BTNeophyte wrote:Any word on whether or not FW will sell those sponsons seperately so that you could attach them to a regular predator kit?

Those sponsons are designed to specifically fit onto the older-mark Rhino side plates, if you look carefully. You'd have to do some work to get them to fir into the standard square-side-door rhino hatch-hole.

Funnily enough, after reading this thread - what popped into my mind was about the "SM Flyers rumour' was infused with thoughts about SM Jetbikes.....

more Fimir:

along with the following message:

As no-one managed to guess correctly (!), our three-part tease was in fact a Fimir Warrior, and we’ll be releasing these dread creatures in a set of three during the first quarter of 2012. You can see the completed jigsaw below along with a shot of the unit to whet your appetite, and rules for these detailed resin models will be featured in the forthcoming Warhammer Forge Monstrous Arcana book.

dont know who they asked but a good number of us guess fimir

And I guess that answers the 'where are their tails?' question: Hidden by the angle.

Good News! (everyone...)

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Good News! (everyone...)

I'm happy that all of the Fimir Booty Aficionados can now rest easy over the holidays!

Alpharius wrote:

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Good News! (everyone...)

I'm happy that all of the Fimir Booty Aficionados can now rest easy over the holidays!

Be careful of your tone... the FBA have friends everywhere...

Alpharius wrote:
So... the MK0/Praetorian seem to be the leading candidate for what we'll be getting from FW in terms of Crusade/Heresy Era Terminators.

And that's OK by me!

Me too.


ALso, Dark Mechanicus stuff would be cool too.

That predator is fantastic. Really, if they weren't so expensive, I would run off and retrofit my entire word bearers army with pre heresy vehicles.

Fimir are back. Hmmm, *sudden thoughts strike him on finally realizing that 3-d Heroquest board with updated and current GW figures for the old plastics* I did need a project for 2012.


I also require an Omega eventually, that tank is a thing of beauty.

Wow, thought Fimir were smaller than that....

That is one sexy Predator... time to pick up a few!

I like this predator. The sponsons are vasly better then GWs usual faire (though they should be armored to a much greater degree).

If these things didn't have smoke stacks coming out of their smoke stacks they'd be dramatically better then the actual GW models by a fair stretch.

Scottywan82 wrote:Wow, thought Fimir were smaller than that....

Fimir were always on 40mm bases but like all figures GW has ever done, they grow on each subsequent version!

I forgot all about the Fimir! Brings back so many Heroquest memories!

I really, really hope they bring on the various fimir types, slaves, fianna fimm, nobles, dirach, meargh.

Of course they will. How else will they take all your money?

You know.. I've been resisting the temptation to start ANOTHER Renegade Marine Army... but the idea of a "Reborn" force just got stronger....

(The CSM in the book said to use antiquated equipment.. thinking all Mk 1-2 Power Armor and these....)

Scottywan82 wrote:Wow, thought Fimir were smaller than that....

I believe the very first plastic Fimir that were in Advanced HeroQuest or something like that were on 25mm squares (but were kinda big).

Then they became Monstrous infantry after that and have been Ogre sized ever since.

Worglock wrote:

Scottywan82 wrote:Wow, thought Fimir were smaller than that....

I believe the very first plastic Fimir that were in Advanced HeroQuest or something like that were on 25mm squares (but were kinda big).

Then they became Monstrous infantry after that and have been Ogre sized ever since.

They were only in the standard heroquest box - you got 4 heroes, men-at-arms and skaven in the AHQ box (along with some niffty single-player rules for those of us that needed them).
They came out in metal first though.
I believe that upto now these 2 releases were the only Fimir released.
Don't mean to sound like a know-it-all & I appolgise if that's how it seems - oh the joys of Aspergers!

Okay FW. Love the old school armor. Now to complete the deal where are the old school...Land speeders!

bubber wrote:

Worglock wrote:

Scottywan82 wrote:Wow, thought Fimir were smaller than that....

I believe the very first plastic Fimir that were in Advanced HeroQuest or something like that were on 25mm squares (but were kinda big).

Then they became Monstrous infantry after that and have been Ogre sized ever since.

They were only in the standard heroquest box - you got 4 heroes, men-at-arms and skaven in the AHQ box (along with some niffty single-player rules for those of us that needed them).
They came out in metal first though.
I believe that upto now these 2 releases were the only Fimir released.
Don't mean to sound like a know-it-all & I appolgise if that's how it seems - oh the joys of Aspergers!

And this guy, who was the original fimir, back from way back before the big base releases...

I stand, as always, corrected!!

bubber wrote:I stand, as always, corrected!!

no probs, he's like the original tyranid, from before the hunter-slayer times, rarely remembered...
(this fella, sculpted as per the drawing in the original book)

Put Kroxigor heads on those guys and you'd have a great Dragon Ogre stand in. Hmmmm...

No good as Dragon Ogres, since they'd need 2 legs and 4 arms... but they are cool!

So are those 50mm bases in the pics?

Whenever Fimir are mentioned the confusion over their size soon follows...

I think the 28mm sized Heroquest ones are supposed to be correct, and the ogre sized ones were a mistake. But now it seems that the oversized ones have been accepted as canon by Forgeworld. If anyone would like to correct me as to the cause of the sculpting differences in the earlier Fimir miniatures, feel free.

Howard A Treesong wrote:Whenever Fimir are mentioned the confusion over their size soon follows...

I think the 28mm sized Heroquest ones are supposed to be correct, and the ogre sized ones were a mistake. But now it seems that the oversized ones have been accepted as canon by Forgeworld. If anyone would like to correct me as to the cause of the sculpting differences in the earlier Fimir miniatures, feel free.

There was a miscommunication to the designer of the fimir range that ended up making them up to the ogre size. Once it happened, they were officially 'retconned' to that size - they were small on a 40mm base at that time but being that they were always supposed to be much larger than orcs, and given how much orcs have increased in size, the upping to 40mm bases was actually fortuitous and is now accurate.

(they were strongly based on fomorian sea demons, who'sleader, Balor, had only one eye - as such, being larger creatures seems appropriate to me).

at the time, minotaurs were about the same size as were ogres (ie LOT smaller than they are now).