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They look pretty big, like they fill out their 30mm bases pretty well.

Looking forward to getting a better look at the sprues.

 Kanluwen wrote:

I suggest you reread what I posted.

Consider the change in meaning when the words "all but" precede "confirmed".

They are okay. Not my thing. Look like marines to me. I liked the Thousand Sons release. The Lord of Change was simply sublime and GW at some of their best craftsmanship. Even Magnus looked great.

These look almost a little plain. Maybe seeing more might sway me.

reluxor wrote:Anyway, I am quite worried because it will be impossible for me not to buy the whole set day one.

Future War Cultist wrote:Dear god GW, ease up on releasing the unbelievably awesome stuff! My wallet isn't going to be able to take much more!

unmercifulconker wrote:All of this is absolutely glorious. That Termie head is soooooo creepy its amazing.

GW showing no mercy.

It's really starting to be a big problem.

I'm not gonna recognize this game in a few years if they keep this up.

/tg/ are reporting the Death Guard main kit is a dual kit between vanilla Plague Marines and more warped/possessed Plague Marines.

Which means a 5-man box. Mother !

they better release a GUO (even if the glotkin is a pretty good count as)

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
dual kit between vanilla Plague Marines and more warped/possessed Plague Marines

Papa N is very generous.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
/tg/ are reporting the Death Guard main kit is a dual kit between vanilla Plague Marines and more warped/possessed Plague Marines.

Which means a 5-man box. Mother !

Could be a seven man box, have hope!

Lets hope they don't insult Papa by making a 5 marine box. Better be the normal 7.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
/tg/ are reporting the Death Guard main kit is a dual kit between vanilla Plague Marines and more warped/possessed Plague Marines.

Which means a 5-man box. Mother !

I bet they do a 7 man box like the current plague marine box. I'm sure it will be $50-55 US though.

Well, I'd actually buy some of these if they're reasonably priced. I hope they can be a bit toned down (or mixed with old MkIII suits etc.). They look very good, but are definitely over-the-top a bit and may not blend with more normal figures.

I think the blurry weapon in the Terminator picture is a dragon-mouthed Autocannon, a nod to yesteryear:



I hope Nurgle sees a slightly wider release as I'd like some quality plastic Pestigors or Plaguebearers. I'll only be doing a small 2nd ed. force (where marine armies are 20-30 models) but I'm happy to see these kits. The mutated cultists are prime Necromunda Outlanders or Gorkamorka material.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
/tg/ are reporting the Death Guard main kit is a dual kit between vanilla Plague Marines and more warped/possessed Plague Marines.

Which means a 5-man box. Mother !

The saving grace of those dual kits is if you splash out another €10-15 on torsos and legs from a bits site, you can usually squeeze 2 units out of them. It's not ideal but it somewhat compensates for the high price tag.

 Elbows wrote:
Well, I'd actually buy some of these if they're reasonably priced. I hope they can be a bit toned down (or mixed with old MkIII suits etc.). They look very good, but are definitely over-the-top a bit and may not blend with more normal figures.

I think the blurry weapon in the Terminator picture is a dragon-mouthed Autocannon, a nod to yesteryear:



I hope Nurgle sees a slightly wider release as I'd like some quality plastic Pestigors or Plaguebearers. I'll only be doing a small 2nd ed. force (where marine armies are 20-30 models) but I'm happy to see these kits. The mutated cultists are prime Necromunda Outlanders or Gorkamorka material.

Plastic plaguebearers already exist are are fairly recent, no need for new ones.

These new plastics look awesome

I'm hoping this means we get a big Slaanesh release soon; hopefully with plastic Noise Marines and a fabulous, snaky Fulgrim. Tzeentch was treated very well recently after years of being shafted by Nurgle and Khorne. Slaanesh has gotten the shaft more so since I don't think there's been any new models since the daemonic combine harvester.

Oh, my aching wallet.

First Thousand Sons, now this.

NICE!!!

So pumped by this news. Like many, I am all in.

Been waiting awhile for more 40k Nurgle/Plaguey Chaos stuff, not as long as I did for the Genestealer cults, but long enough.

Would love for this to transfer into to AoS as well, but I'm fine if it's just 40k. I feel we do need a nice, big, plastic GUO to counter our new(ish) Bloodthirster, and BEAUTIFUL LoC kits.

Now if only they could do a whole 'Nurgle Takeover' where we get new 40k, AoS, and Bloodbowl stuff.




i have to believe that someday I'll have a new GW plastic Zoat in my hand, but, i can wait.

The other thing is that that character with the Old Skill Plasma gun and the big bell about his head is a clampack, so no 3-mini "Plague Lord" kit or something similar to the 3-mini Sorcerer kit the 1KSons got. Damned shame. That Sorcerer kit is incredible, and I was really hoping each of the other Chaos Gods would get something akin to that.

Manchu wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
dual kit between vanilla Plague Marines and more warped/possessed Plague Marines

Papa N is very generous.

Where as GW is not.

Sure do love paying more money for a kit with more options but I can still only build 5 minis...

 Starfarer wrote:
I bet they do a 7 man box like the current plague marine box. I'm sure it will be $50-55 US though.

If it's a 7-man dual kit, then that's fine.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Starfarer wrote:
I bet they do a 7 man box like the current plague marine box. I'm sure it will be $50-55 US though.

If it's a 7-man dual kit, then that's fine.

I would be shocked if it wasn't. I mean they are so obeseased with being 7 they forgot what legion they are.

One thing I will say is I feel like I've just dodged a bullet as I had 2 DG conversion sets and some autocannons in my cart from FW about a week ago and was a hair away from subitting the order when first the Shadow War news dropped and now this. I also sold off 4 sets of Mk3 marines I had set aside for DG conversions. I'm going to splurge on this release and these will work great as Chosen, Possessed and Havocs to compliment my core of FW plague marines.

Can't wait to field a fluffy DG force of like 40-50 plague marines in a 1500 point army.

 Inquisitor Kallus wrote:

 Elbows wrote:
Well, I'd actually buy some of these if they're reasonably priced. I hope they can be a bit toned down (or mixed with old MkIII suits etc.). They look very good, but are definitely over-the-top a bit and may not blend with more normal figures.

I think the blurry weapon in the Terminator picture is a dragon-mouthed Autocannon, a nod to yesteryear:



I hope Nurgle sees a slightly wider release as I'd like some quality plastic Pestigors or Plaguebearers. I'll only be doing a small 2nd ed. force (where marine armies are 20-30 models) but I'm happy to see these kits. The mutated cultists are prime Necromunda Outlanders or Gorkamorka material.

Plastic plaguebearers already exist are are fairly recent, no need for new ones.

These new plastics look awesome

You're right - I totally missed those. Last I had seen were the older ones (finecast maybe?). Good, a place to start then!

... this is not helping my current want to start a small Death Guard force... I mean, it was mostly for 30k at the start, but I'm not sure I could resist a full demon-prince Mortarion

Any guesses as to when we can expect this release? It's advertised as "Coming Soon" and I don't believe they've ever unveiled models like that which were more than a month or two away.

I'm curious as to whether there will be a more basic plague marine and then elite "big-bellied, bile spewing, PLAGUE marines". I suppose there really isn't a need for 4 types of armed infantry within the ranks of the army.

Once thing I notice is that a lot of the models in the preview are not the 'EAVY METAL quality, so they are most likely a display army, just as the KO in AoS display army was used in their promo. Here's hoping for more leaks!

I would guess that preorders will go up the last Saturday in April and Morty will grace the cover of the May White Dwarf. I think April will be dedicated to AoS Dwarves and Shadow War.

Just guesses, of course.

 Starfarer wrote:
I would be shocked if it wasn't. I mean they are so obeseased with being 7 they forgot what legion they are.

"Hey Mr. Death Guard. How you feeling today?"
"Seven!"

I'd be shocked if it was actually. I mean sure, it should be 7, but this is GW, and everything else that's a dual kit is 5-man (believe, there might be some exceptions), so why break the trend just 'cause Nurgle has a thing for one specific prime number?

And... obeseased? Intentional?

 Starfarer wrote:
One thing I will say is I feel like I've just dodged a bullet as I had 2 DG conversion sets and some autocannons in my cart from FW about a week ago and was a hair away from subitting the order when first the Shadow War news dropped and now this. I also sold off 4 sets of Mk3 marines I had set aside for DG conversions. I'm going to splurge on this release and these will work great as Chosen, Possessed and Havocs to compliment my core of FW plague marines.

As the proud owner of a pair of FW Death Guard Marine and Terminator Kits, let me say that this just adds to the force I already have. My Death Guard army spands miniatures from all but 1st Ed 40K, so I have the original three piece (four if the base counts) plastic Plague Marine minis, metal Plague Marines, FW Plague Marines, some scratch built ones made from the Chaos Marine kit plus a LOT of cutting and scraping, and an awesome Plague Terminator Lord, standing on that rocky thing that the plastic Terminator Lord kit has, with a pair of lightning claws. He looks great.

Well....

Personal stance on this, having sold 1 Death Guard army and built up another since 5th ed.

My current uses very few non-FW kits and stands as follows...

Typhus (non FW)
Chaos Terminator Lord
Chaos Sorcerer
Daemon Prince (non FW)

14 Terminators (2 squads of 5, 1 of 4)
28 Plague Marines (4 squads of 7)
3 Rhinos
3 Obliterators (non FW)
5 Raptors
5 Spawn (non FW)
10 Havocs (2 squads of 5 - 1 Autocannon, 1 Heavy Bolter)

I like the helmets matching up to the FW kit's helmets.
I like the use of the Mk III armour (I have literally just done a few squads with plastic Mk III as the base).

I dislike the overuse of mutations - mouths, tentacles, maws? Ew. No.

So that's put me off them straight off.

Maybe I'll buy a box or two and some possessed to mix and match? Maybe that mutated look with work with the Possessed?

The Terminator is...iffy. I hope they all don't look like that...those don't match with the FW kits at all.

The Cultist/Zombies? I love those. Even if only to use as Necromunda Scavvies or Inquisitorial henchmen!

I guess this release for me will probably be...

Morty
The inevitable Death Guard dice
A squad of Plague Marines and some Possessed to mix and match.

Well, on the one hand it's kind of annoying that I've just de-sprued 120 Mk3 Marines to make my DG force..

On the other hand, I can't believe this is finally happening! I've waited decades for good, multipart plastic Plague Marines (and to be honest I kind of like the old monopose ones anyway.

Whether it's 5-man or 7-man kits, I don't really mind, I won't be building them stock anyway, but rather spreading the new bits around my force combined with the plastic Mk3 kits, FW conversion kits, FW preheresy DG kits, etc.

Bits that have me excited:
- Plastic Death Guard helmets. OK, I got 200 of them custom-sculpted and cast up, but having official ones available is a bonus
- Mk1 Plasma Pistol/Gun on the Lord. love me some retro-style weapons
- the helmet and shoulderpad on the Icon Bearer, he looks brutal
- Two-handed weapons
- The Death's Head shoulderpad
- The unique backpacks
- Gutplates!
- That terminator appears to have mixed armour types - Cataphractii pad on the weapon arm and indomitus on the other

Things I'm not too hot on:
- The overall heavily-mutated look. I for one will be snipping off all those tentacles, erupting spikes and sculpting over that stomach-mouth. #NotMyDeathGuard
- That grinning maniac terminator. Headswap time
- That terminator having mixed armour probably points to us not getting rules for heresy-era Terminator armour in our armies. That sucks.
- Mutants. It's a personal preference thing, but my CSM army is made up of CSM, not cultists, or daemons, or zombies.

Things I hope we're getting but haven't been seen yet:
- Unique unit rules. Deathshroud would be lovely, rules for Power Scythes alone would be nice
- Plague Marine Heavy Weapons - Traitor legions gave us relentless, give us something to use it with other than Plasma Guns
- Palanquin model that doesn't require buying a special character?

Things I hope we're *not* getting that haven't been seen yet:
- We know that 8th will bring back the Movement stat (yay!) - I just hope we don't have to pay an initiative AND movement tax for our toughness.

Just when I thought i was out....

JohnnyHell wrote:So 1KSons had all Tartaros and Mk IV armour, and Death Guard appear to be the earlier Mk III and Cataphractii. ENiiiice.

casvalremdeikun wrote:Yes. That is pretty awesome. Makes conversions a lot easier. Also makes it so someone who wants to play Death Guard can just use the Mk III set and Cataphractii set if they don't want a Nurgle-Nurgle-ized army but still want to look the part.

silent25 wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:


Makes me wonder what they would do for Emperor's Children and Khorne. Possibly a swap of the pairs. Mk IV and Cataphractii for EC, Mk III and Tartaros for WE? Though Mk IV and Tartaros pair incredibly well together.

Don't forget World Eaters armor was originally based off MkV Heresy Armor when Jes Goodwin did the WE sculpt.

Actually, while Jes' concept art (it's in The Gothic and the Eldritch, by the way) describes the World Eater as being in mark 5 armour, that miniature actually appeared slightly before the first "normal" mark 5 Marine, IIRC. If anything, the World Eater is the prototypical mark 5 armour.

The Emperor's Children marine from that same set (available until recently in the Traitors of Chaos set) is in mark 6 armour. If I were a betting man, I'd say World Eaters in mark 5 and a transitional Terminator armour like the suit Tyberos the Red Wake wears (indomitus with extra rivets), and Emperor's Children in mark 6 and Indomitus.

Plague termis can be cool

I'm really excited about this release, probably more than any other release in GW's recent history. Going to get at least one of each of the kits to go with all of the other unbuilt and unpainted DG stuff that I own. I'm definitely going to start assembling and painting now!

I can only guess at how excited I'll feel when GW finally update the Emperor's Children...

A better image of the icon.