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The Dreadnought base is 60mm. Not 80mm.

MasterSlowPoke wrote:It's a 60mm base, and the metal Nurgle DP has had one for as long as he's been out.

either way, its a size increase, which is the main point.

However, if you are saying that "Because the Metal Nurgle DP has a 60mm base, people should have either all been using Nurgle DPs (even if they weren't using Marks of Nurgle) or they should have just used 60mm bases regardless of the base rule in the 40k rule book" then thats another topic entierly...

Old Oblits use the standard cut bases as most other metal models. Its actually quite funny how many times my "old" oblits have dodged a deep strike Mishap solely for the fact that they have are the smaller models.

As a joke, I sometimes take out my "Epic" Lord of Change and threaten to use it as a Summoned Greater Daemon (as no SPECIFIC model for this unit currently exists).

I'm not really sure what you're talking about. A base size increase is BETTER for Assault. It lets you get into assault faster on some occasions, and gives the DP more targets.

There's basically no downside to having a 60mm base, especially for a creature like the daemon prince, which excels in assault. People have been asking for a 60mm base on the prince for a long time, and now they finally got it.

The old obliterators are a bad example. They didn't even appear to have terminator armor, which doesn't constitute a 40mm base (IMO, those models were so ugly, I don't know why you'd even use them )

Yeah, I agree the increase is a GOOD thing for CSM/CD players (like myself) which is why I was surprised that more people AREN'T complaining about it (or praising it, depending on your perspective).

As far as why I use the Old Oblits... I mean, I pretty much say why I use them in my post... incase you missed it:

Its actually quite funny how many times my "old" oblits have dodged a deep strike Mishap solely for the fact that they have are the smaller models.

That was at the heart of the 'Ardboyz controversy last year, wasn't it? Besides the deployment issue.

Bloodcrushers with 40mm bases being easier to deep strike than those on a 60mm.

Oh, okay. Sorry

Yeah, that's a good idea

Rather than throwing away my hard earned money, ill cash in my change jar lol, got £250 or so in there.

Waiting to see the crusher prices before i do anything though.
If they are £30 for 3, then ill be taking:

Daemon prince x3 - £60
Crusher box x6 - £180

Should give me a nice boost, may add in 2 more box's of crushers if needs be to max out.

Just forked out for GD tickets for me and my brother though, so wont be buying just yet. (going simply for the golden daemon, not the games)

Hey jack, how'd you get those symbols in your name?

@Jack: 6 boxes? You're planning to add 18 bloodcrushers to your army? That's crazy, dude!

Crazy AWESOME!

Going to second that awesome. Must be for appoc, I see no other need for them.

Now if I can only figure out how to mesh the powerplant with the wings.

Wait, HOW big is the dread base? 80mm?

60mm......

depending on the plastic crusher prices, I may have to go from 18 crushers to the max of 28 for a 40k army.

Samus: There arent any blocked characters on dakka, so typeface works fine.


Munch: 6 box's to start with, want to run 3 units of 8 to start with, and as i work more towards apoc ill focus on some insane sized units.



Nothing wrong with large elite units.
Ill throw some pics into the gallery later of my units of beasts of nurgle, got 3 maxed units of those so far (using the spawn models)

Will also be converting some fiends from seekers once i get the crushers painted and done with.




For the record: I will be running the crushers in 3x6 in basic games (dont want mishaps) the extra ones will be for show, or bigger games.

Scottywan82 wrote:Wait, HOW big is the dread base? 80mm?

By the pics, it looks like it's closer to 100mm..

Oh, and thank you john, that's pretty neat

I might start using lots of umlauts now I've got some macros set up for them

Fully built Daemon Prince pics over at CNC. Capture and Control: The Lowdown - Plastic Daemon Prince

Thanks jaweye.
That pretty much summed the model up well.

Still going to order 3, but will be posing them myself with alot of cut joints and GS.

Been waiting for ages now for this "fabled" model to come out, so after that waiting i want something from it lol.

۞ Jack ۞ wrote:
Still going to order 3, but will be posing them myself with alot of cut joints and GS.

Been waiting for ages now for this "fabled" model to come out, so after that waiting i want something from it lol.

Yeah that's pretty much how I feel. I've been waiting 2+ years for this kit, and even though I don't currently have an army I'm pretty much set to buy and convert one just because I've waited so long for it. Plus a dual chainaxe wielding Khornate DP just sounds like fun to me! I'm just contemplating whether or not to try sculpting more marine like legs or repose the ones in the set. That guide was pretty helpful in getting an idea of how the model is pieced together, but I can't wait to get my hands on it and start hacking it up!

I'm going to get 1, maybe even two. Love the model. It seems way bigger than the metal one, honestly. I was glad there was dread comparison, that really put it into perspective for me.

Seriosly, I'm not a fan of the heads, but really, there are plenty of good heads in my bits box, so whatever. I love the extra bits in this set also. I'm considering a chaos dreadnought conversion using the left over arms and heads.

I've got a question though. Can you use the trophy racks with the wings? I want both, honestly. I like those trophy racks.

No there is a choice wings rack or marine vent things you could modify them tho.

I might just put some copper wire into his back, and stick skeletons and marine heads onto them

Hey I just noticed something weird in the email that shows the new daemons. The email was entitled "New Horrors from The Realm of Chaos." Ironically, they didn't show the new horrors kit in the email.

Yeah when I was opening the email I was expecting to see horrors and there were none. Must not have warped in yet.

Hey I just found pics of the new bloodcrushers on Capture and Control! Check it out!! Capture and Control: Preview: NEW PLASTIC BLOOCRUSHERS!!!