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What is that terrain in the background of the custodes image?

Halflings look great. Kal Jerico and Scabs I couldn't care less about. Hopefully there will be more to be revealed for Kill Team, like a new starter box or some new minis, because "Elites" is about the most uninspired expansion I can think of. Not to mention if you are playing with Elites and HQs you now need three rulebooks....

gilljoy wrote:
Custodes in kill team is going to be interesting.

I halfway suspect a Custodes Kill "Team" will be one guy.

 Sabotage! wrote:
Halflings look great. Kal Jerico and Scabs I couldn't care less about. Hopefully there will be more to be revealed for Kill Team, like a new starter box or some new minis, because "Elites" is about the most uninspired expansion I can think of. Not to mention if you are playing with Elites and HQs you now need three rulebooks....

Yeah, I agree. I was totaly in love with Killteam, but needing three books plus a certain box to get the tactics, just to play a game seems a little unreasonable :(

 Albino Squirrel wrote:
What is that terrain in the background of the custodes image?

The things to the left & right are Vengeance Weapon Battery bases (now OOP). GW have used them as statue bases a few times.

 Albino Squirrel wrote:
What is that terrain in the background of the custodes image?

It's two of the defence line gun turrets either side of ... something. I think it's the board with the big fortress; I remember seeing it with loads of Ultramarines on in a glamour shot in one of the rulebooks.

Ah Kal and Scab's. Finally. I was wondering when a resculpt would finally appear. Now where's Mad Donna to replace that old abomination?

beast_gts wrote:

 Albino Squirrel wrote:
What is that terrain in the background of the custodes image?

The things to the left & right are Vengeance Weapon Battery bases (now OOP). GW have used them as statue bases a few times.

Ah, thank you. I wonder why that imperial trench/bunker/weapon battery terrain disappeared so quickly.

Let's see if I'll be able to field that Hamenoculus Coven Kill Team (with a Talos) that I've wanted to do since Kill Team was first announced...

Mehh.

I await news of Kill Team: Vehicles and finally Kill Team: Just Use the 40k Rules Already. But I suppose they can squeeze in a few more pricey supplements before reselling the 40k rules.

Elites and Heroes are just options for KT though. Not really necessities if you don't want them in your campaign.

Waaaghbert wrote:

 Sabotage! wrote:
Halflings look great. Kal Jerico and Scabs I couldn't care less about. Hopefully there will be more to be revealed for Kill Team, like a new starter box or some new minis, because "Elites" is about the most uninspired expansion I can think of. Not to mention if you are playing with Elites and HQs you now need three rulebooks....

Yeah, I agree. I was totaly in love with Killteam, but needing three books plus a certain box to get the tactics, just to play a game seems a little unreasonable :(

I still want to love Kill Team as it allows me to play with 40k models without needing to build and paint a full 40k army (which I do not have the time or motivation for, especially in 8th). Needing three (or four, if take into account Arena) books is getting rather unwieldly, though. As for the tactics cards, the, releasing even more “exclusive” cards in boxes with models I already have is finally convincing the completionist in me to not bother with them at all, and just use what’s in the book. I’m not playing to necessarily win anyway. It still is annoying, though.

All that said, this will give me a reason to paint up the Flash Gitz and SW Terminators I had sitting around, and I do like the idea of Ogryns in KT too.

Kill Team: Baneblades when tho

Good news for Custodes players too. I do hope we’ll see a rules compendium eventually, with all books and WD rules included, but somehow I doubt that will happen anytime soon.

While I’m excited to have a possible use for the Custodes I have, releasing rulebooks for every category of model is worrying.

Bring on Killteam: Collegia Titanica!

Hopefully next few days will have some 40k.

Eventually we'll have 800 pages of Kill Team that let us play regular 40k.

This KT expansion even if approached the same way as commanders is just meh. As someone else said, this is just uninspired. I wholly expect the next two releases to be KT: HEAVY and KT: FASTER ATTACK

Not a bad bit of reveals, but I'm glad that they'll reveal more tomorrow. New CSM, KO in Underworlds, and more still need their moment in the spotlight

HOLD UP. Why do none of the Halfings have hairy feet? The FW ones do (Crumbleberry and the referee) and the artwork in the video shows them with hairy feet. Are they afraid of being accused of ripping off Hobbits?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Eventually we'll have 800 pages of Kill Team that let us play regular 40k.

Which is fine since for the last few years 40k has really been 28mm Epic...

I was really just hoping that we’d get a Campaign supplement. With fleshed out campaign and KT Progress rules

I’m looking forward to the Elite book myself. I appreciate the way that not everything was included in the main rules as it is very clear that the base game is 100 points and doesn’t include units like custodes. Want to use custodes, have a quick chat ahead of time, decide what rule sets you want to use, and off you go.
And yes, I would also be in support of Killteam, light vehicles.

Kendo wrote:
I’m looking forward to the Elite book myself. I appreciate the way that not everything was included in the main rules as it is very clear that the base game is 100 points and doesn’t include units like custodes. Want to use custodes, have a quick chat ahead of time, decide what rule sets you want to use, and off you go.
And yes, I would also be in support of Killteam, light vehicles.

Exactly.
I see this as a great way to create campaigns with an element of story and progression in them.

Start off with a small, 100pt, game and then build up to Elites over a series of battles.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Eventually we'll have 800 pages of Kill Team that let us play regular 40k.

Which is fine since for the last few years 40k has really been 28mm Epic...

Alt activation, more granular points, smaller scale of game. its literally everything people keep asking for on dakka.

I was kind of more interested in a book adding Inquisitors and Deamons tbh, but that's probably next.

Whoever got to make the halflings looks like they had a lot of fun making them! Very British, very Halfling, very Bloodbowl! Great looking team!

Inquisitor Gideon wrote:Ah Kal and Scab's. Finally. I was wondering when a resculpt would finally appear. Now where's Mad Donna to replace that old abomination?

the old miniature was just horrid. I cant wait to see what they do with her.

lord_blackfang wrote:Kill Team: Baneblades when tho

ummm, that would be interesting at least.

Honestly, what did you expect ? Kill Team is literally just a set of rules adapted for small scale skirmish 40k. So of course they would adapt more units from 40k that are fit to be played in small numbers. What's more Elite than a Kill Team, anyway ?

Funny that a few time ago, people were moaning about the lack of update about Kill Team. And now they're moaning because it's "just bringing Elites". Yeah, no kidding - it was always about having a game while using your regular 40k miniatures in a slightly different way.

Next extension will be Fast Attack or Support, by the way.

Racerguy180 wrote:

Inquisitor Gideon wrote:Ah Kal and Scab's. Finally. I was wondering when a resculpt would finally appear. Now where's Mad Donna to replace that old abomination?

the old miniature was just horrid. I cant wait to see what they do with her.

Agreed, I never liked the original model either. Really hope that she gets to look as good as Kria from FW!

I cannot help but notice that the elite supplement cover has a Terminator with nice anatomy while also being surrounded only by Primaris. It's probably too much to hope for but I wouldn't mind getting Primaris Terminators that fix the awful problems Terminator models have had since forever. I mean, they did a good job with Abaddon. But it's just going to be awkward painting him yellow, so hey GW, do the right thing! Give us new Terminators!

Nice Halfing team, too.

GaroRobe wrote:
Not a bad bit of reveals, but I'm glad that they'll reveal more tomorrow. New CSM, KO in Underworlds, and more still need their moment in the spotlight

HOLD UP. Why do none of the Halfings have hairy feet? The FW ones do (Crumbleberry and the referee) and the artwork in the video shows them with hairy feet. Are they afraid of being accused of ripping off Hobbits?

Their PR manager determined that they should shave their feet to appeal to the female fans.