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Kanluwen wrote:Supposedly, each of the forces within were going to be sold as their own bit.

Ex: The Chaos force would be its own and the Dark Angels force would have been its own.

Yeah, some naughty rumor monger is getting a couple falses. Oh snap. I should go update some stuff.

Those Chosen are fething terrific models.
Unsure about the Hellbrutes face though. Hmmm.

I think my Chaos Cultist are all going to loose their 8 pointed ninja throwing stars...

Howard A Treesong wrote:

notprop wrote:So that's £65-70.

I want to say that's pretty good value but am aware that it could just be over exposure to GW prices?

Still seems a lot to me. Not because you don't get a decent amount of stuff in the box, but as an initial buy-in for new gamers it should be cheaper. £50 is a good threshold for the first game to draw people in.

I think between $50 - $60 would be good. $105 seems like a bit much to me.

Model-wise I really like those chosen, though the setup for the unit is weird. You have 2 regular guys and a bunch of guys with special melee weapons.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I don't really like the cultists.

The front page should now be current with all images posted.

Looking fairly cool.

Deathwing a little lacklustre to anyone else?

Ratius wrote:Deathwing a little lacklustre to anyone else?

Yes, aside from the Hellbrute, this isn't selling itself to me. Not their best work IMHO. IoB was much better in sculpt terms.

What you make of the Chosen Flash? Im suitably impressed tbh.

The cultists are a missed opportunity IMO, and the amount of straight up clones and mirror clones (the wonders of digital sculpting!) is staggering. I thought the set would be a good source of extra SM bodies, but these are too visibly DA and removing all the bits would take ages, so they do nothing for me. Chosen are great, as is the Dread. I will probably just buy those second-hand. I don't care for the DA chaplain, I already have 10 chaplains.

Ratius wrote:What you make of the Chosen Flash? Im suitably impressed tbh.

Yeah, they're pretty good. Never really been that into Chaos Marines and not looking to start an army. Maybe that's why I feel underwhelmed

I fething love those Chaos models...they aren't just Space Marines with spikes anymore.

Sidstyler wrote:I fething love those Chaos models...they aren't just Space Marines with spikes anymore.

How quickly will the existing range be redone to match though?

I think I was hoping for the cultists to look more like soldiers and less like people who escaped from an S & M club.

Hmmm yes yes, we are pleased, very pleased.

Buy the kit, swap my chaos for someone else's DA, add a dreadnought and a box of vanilla terminators and I think I can call that done without any other major additions.

Flashman wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:I fething love those Chaos models...they aren't just Space Marines with spikes anymore.

How quickly will the existing range be redone to match though?

I dunno, but if they re-do the CSM box to look like these guys I would be very happy.

Noisy_Marine wrote:I think I was hoping for the cultists to look more like soldiers and less like people who escaped from an S & M club.

You're name is Noisy_Marine and you DON'T want guys from a bondage club!? That's what Noise Marines are all about!

They look like Cawdor gangers and have bits of Imperial uniforms all over. I LOVE the champion with the Commissar's coat. Love him.

Flashman wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:I fething love those Chaos models...they aren't just Space Marines with spikes anymore.

How quickly will the existing range be redone to match though?

Well, they might give them DE treatment - obsolete the entire miniature range in one fell swoop. Given that many existing CSM minis are of that era, it's not impossible.

Updated the ongoing thread. Fair amount of falses. Lol'd at the Fall of Damnos and DA vs Eldar predictions for Starter Set.

Flashman wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:I fething love those Chaos models...they aren't just Space Marines with spikes anymore.

How quickly will the existing range be redone to match though?

Well CSM are supposed to be out soon, right?

I don't see why they wouldn't. The old box will just look so pants next to these beauties.

Also is it me or are those CSM bulking out compare to previous models. The really seem to be growing over the edge of a base?

Hatemonger wrote:
They have confirmed this with their own sales figures. They printed an official statement of exactly that in their annual financial report, which means unless you believe they have committed the actual crime of defrauding investors (as opposed to merely figuratively robbing us blind), then you have to accept it as fact. You don't have to like it - I'm sure none of us do. But, unfortunately, they are right on this one.



- H8

ooooooook?

Well lets talk about the minis... is it me or that cultist looks like bubble headed and chimp sized arms? I need more pics before I make my mind about these ones.

looking at new pics.... cool but not totally sold on cultists...

It's still a huge improvement over AoBR in terms of the quality of the sculpts.

Fifty wrote:I spy with my little eye an awesome Necromunda gang...

Everyone is saying the same thing...NECROMUNDA!!! Man, I wish GW would take the hint. and support some of their older stuff. People still play it. People still want it.

Brother SRM wrote:

Noisy_Marine wrote:I think I was hoping for the cultists to look more like soldiers and less like people who escaped from an S & M club.

You're name is Noisy_Marine and you DON'T want guys from a bondage club!? That's what Noise Marines are all about!

They look like Cawdor gangers and have bits of Imperial uniforms all over. I LOVE the champion with the Commissar's coat. Love him.

I don't know what I was expecting from the cultists, but I think it wasn't really met.

The great news is that once the Friday the 13th heads are cut off, I can slap on much better heads and be happier with the product. The alternative weapons make me happy enough for the moment. I can use those to kit bash much better cultists, plus now there are rules to use the home-brewed cultists and traitor guard.


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CaptainLoken wrote:

Fifty wrote:I spy with my little eye an awesome Necromunda gang...

Everyone is saying the same thing...NECROMUNDA!!! Man, I wish GW would take the hint. and support some of their older stuff. People still play it. People still want it.

I wonder if the specialist games section is going to see a jump in activity as people buy Necromunda models to represent cultists. Those models look way better.

Sidstyler wrote:I fething love those Chaos models...they aren't just Space Marines with spikes anymore.

Ditto. They're what CSM models haven't been since...RT?

I love the new cultists and don't like the Necromunda stuff. The new cultists look versatile and have me looking forward to a separate box of them, whereas the old Necromunda models are metal and look like a collection of 80's rock band rejects.

Cultists look neat, as does the Hellbrute. The rest is a little moot to me though, despite being great models, I can't go vanilla scale marines. =/

Anyone know the price (UK) yet? The White Dwarf page seems to have cut that off.... =(

Some more pics of the starter set here:

http://rotdog.co.uk/blog/?p=6708

drbored wrote:I love the new cultists and don't like the Necromunda stuff. The new cultists look versatile and have me looking forward to a separate box of them, whereas the old Necromunda models are metal and look like a collection of 80's rock band rejects.

I thought that's why people turned to chaos? Their rock band dreams fell apart so they sought solace in a chaos cult.

I dunno, I like the disheveled look of ex-guardsman that some of the new models have, but I really don't like their heads. As others have said it looks like a gimp party. But those are easy enough to swap. I will probably be picking up a box or two to mash together with my guard.