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Just when I thought my wallet was safe.

Wow that flyer

Gunship, Transport, Firesport.


Me likely

also, this kit is amazing. holy cow

Very cool release, definitely hard not to be excited. Still, I have more than enough unpainted plastic to last me for the next two years or more.

Maybe though

*edit*

Didn't know there was a page 3 and was already mentioned.

I have to wonder if the assault doors will be rhino, land raider, or unique in size. I'd hit that with some Black Templar doors! Or some other chapter.....

Shotguns frag cannons combiheavy weapons riot shields xenos tech. What is on the watch masters non spear hand? The flyer a assault boat? the odd boxes lookalike rhino doors. So much win my wallet hates me but my unfinished ''watch chapter?'', is gonna get a huge boost

My goodness that flyer.

It's everything I ever hoped it would be and then some.

If you need me I'll be in my bunk...

Watch Master got Digi Weapons?

Oh joyous day!

Praise be to the Emperor and the Primarch's of the loyal chapters sworn to the Deathwatch.

This. Looks. Amazing.

The Watch Commander is a beast!

 bubber wrote:
the flyer actually looks great!

I think that is the first IoM flyer that really looks good to me. Even nicer than my Dark Angle flyer.

I just realised... there's no special characters listed in the contents.

Artemis's rules are exclusive to the Masque set :(. Ah well, at least the DW:O ones are still available for free on BL.

 Absolutionis wrote:
Plus, doesn't Ulthran have a Coven of Isha agreement with the Deathwatch? Why are they fighting?

Doesn't that come from a C. S. Goto novel? It does sound like something The Scatter Laser Man would write.

I haven't said this about a GW/Citadel release since BaC....but damn I want that DW box set. The components look effing amazing. The =][= shield looks amazing. The flyer looks effing amazing. The gubbons on the sprews look amazing. GW...I think you have finally hit one out of the ball park for me.

I can't wait to get my hands on the DW dex...hell I might even buy a physical copy and not 'buy the digital copy"

 JohnnyHell wrote:
Is that the first official Custodes-esque Bolter-on-a-stick from GeeDubs???

No the original grey knights in power armour had them. Or in other words back when grey knights were cool.

When i am shocked that the flying actually looks nice, and its not even forge world. then again we have only seen it from the front.

Well gak the bed. I was all set to pass on this one but dem bitz man, dem bitz...

Terminator pads confirmed, some nice new bare heads, MK8 power armour, and that character model will be perfect for an Inquisitor in PA. Very nice indeed.

EDIT: fething hell, I didn't even notice the flyer. That might be the first non-FW Marine flyer I actually like, without any quibbles or reservations.

EDIT2: Wait, haud yersel, just a minute - is that a Heavy Bolter with a Heavy Flamer strapped to the bottom?!? Fantastic

After the disappointing Fyreslayers and the horrible Wulfen, GW have been on a bit of a roll. The deathwatch game, the silver tower game, the ironjawz the sylvaneth and now the Deathwatch have all been releases with excellent sculpts. That watch commander is great.

All those marines... They... they're all wearing Mk VIII...


Mk8! An entire army of Mk 8 Errant Armor is now possible.


/swoon

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
All those marines... They... they're all wearing Mk VIII...


Mk8! An entire army of Mk 8 Errant Armor is now possible.


/swoon

What is so big about Mk 8 Armour? I still don't know my differences of armour so don't see the big deal. Like to understand your excitement.

I am going to start selling off my extra armies to get more funds for this release. Holy cow my head is spinning from how amazing they ALL look. The flyer is better than I imagined, the weapons, oh the weapons. the tower shields, all of it. I need a drink.

Davor wrote:

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
All those marines... They... they're all wearing Mk VIII...


Mk8! An entire army of Mk 8 Errant Armor is now possible.


/swoon

What is so big about Mk 8 Armour? I still don't know my differences of armour so don't see the big deal. Like to understand your excitement.

Only bits and pieces of it have been available before in various plastic kits. Building a whole unit, let alone an army of Mk 8 was therefore nigh on impossible. Many of us have been asking for it for some time, in the background, certain chapters, notably the Minotaurs, almost exclusively use it. Forge World released kits for all the prior designs as part of the HH stuff, but Mk8 is high future kit and so looked unlikely to ever see a widespread release.

These Deathwatch will enable people to tool up whole units or armies with the very best of the best now.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:

Davor wrote:

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
All those marines... They... they're all wearing Mk VIII...


Mk8! An entire army of Mk 8 Errant Armor is now possible.


/swoon

What is so big about Mk 8 Armour? I still don't know my differences of armour so don't see the big deal. Like to understand your excitement.

Only bits and pieces of it have been available before in various plastic kits. Building a whole unit, let alone an army of Mk 8 was therefore nigh on impossible. Many of us have been asking for it for some time, in the background, certain chapters, notably the Minotaurs, almost exclusively use it. Forge World released kits for all the prior designs as part of the HH stuff, but Mk8 is high future kit and so looked unlikely to ever see a widespread release.

These Deathwatch will enable people to tool up whole units or armies with the very best of the best now.

I think he was asking what the unique traits were for that armor mark.

MK8 has a high caller and round knee pads. Thats pretty much it aside from some minor details. I actually have never been much of a fan myself aside from the random dude here or there ( i think too many looks odd) but a lot of folks have wanted it for a LONG time. So it is a very welcome sight

 JohnnyHell wrote:
Is that the first official Custodes-esque Bolter-on-a-stick from GeeDubs???

First for a long time, anyway.

I seem to remember them being a Librarian or Grey Knight thing, back in the distant past...

I'm liking this release, and i don't even play either faction

Just when i am moving i cannot take this dent to my wallet

Oh Artemis how thee has shrunk.
Not a fan of MK8 myself i don't like Corves discrimination! f

 Yodhrin wrote:
Well gak the bed. I was all set to pass on this one but dem bitz man, dem bitz...

Terminator pads confirmed, some nice new bare heads, MK8 power armour, and that character model will be perfect for an Inquisitor in PA. Very nice indeed.

EDIT: fething hell, I didn't even notice the flyer. That might be the first non-FW Marine flyer I actually like, without any quibbles or reservations.

EDIT2: Wait, haud yersel, just a minute - is that a Heavy Bolter with a Heavy Flamer strapped to the bottom?!? Fantastic

Rocking that Aliens vibe. Ripley had one of those, even if it was mekboy'd together

MKVIII armor - complete sets and 'correct', and in plastic?

Can it...really be true?!?

Alphy, the hour is upon us... MKVIII...


And that flyer is the first SM flyer I have ever liked...

The not Guardian Spear is damn pimp. Lots of cool gubbins on that upgrade frame it seems.

The Watch Captain looks fantastic.

Artemis doesnt look right to my eyes - the face in particular suffers from that blocky square head that GW seem to have adopted for some of the un-helmed Marines recently. Also not a fan of cloaks.

Does he also look quite large - like bigger (fills the whole base in his pose) than the other marines (which are possibly built on the base CSM kits with the extras from the upgrade sprue to bling them) around him. I hope its not a trend to the AoSification scale creep of the 40K range. I dont want mixed hight/scale Marines like you see between the new AoS Chaos and older WoC stuff.

Finally loadsa MKVIII - love that high gorget and the bitz.........oh all the bitz!!! A SM flyer that doesn't look like a flying lunchbox.....??? Sold!!! Sweet release - defintely s̶e̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶f̶e̶ gonna find the cash somewhere for this big pile of delicousness!!!

Oh man, all these models look great! I absolutely love that dropship, and the infantry kit looks great too. Artemis is spot on, and the Watchmaster looks excellent. Glad I've been holding onto a Sternguard kit for a couple years now; the spare bits from this stuff will definitely let me flesh out a cool Deathwatch squad.

 FrothingMuppet wrote:
The not Guardian Spear is damn pimp. Lots of cool gubbins on that upgrade frame it seems.

The Watch Captain looks fantastic.

Artemis doesnt look right to my eyes - the face in particular suffers from that blocky square head that GW seem to have adopted for some of the un-helmed Marines recently. Also not a fan of cloaks.

Does he also look quite large - like bigger (fills the whole base in his pose) than the other marines (which are possibly built on the base CSM kits with the extras from the upgrade sprue to bling them) around him. I hope its not a trend to the AoSification scale creep of the 40K range. I dont want mixed hight/scale Marines like you see between the new AoS Chaos and older WoC stuff.

Artemis does look a little blocky. The GW painting style does not help this. The new model is a deliberate homage to the old Inquisitor model. He was a bit of a giant in that game, so I think the new one is deliberately big.