More 40k easy-to-build kits ahead [Preorder mid of December, 1st post]

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**Warhams-77**

Update 4

More photos including sprues / Prices

Chopstick wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/11/25/all-the-latest-from-the-warhammer-40000-open-day-nov-25gw-homepage-post-1/

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Galas wrote:
The Redemptor is actually a little poseable

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

The price point is what is gonna make or break it for me. But for now it looks promising.

privateer4hire wrote:
The Dread is $40 US and the Aggressors are $35.
They're featured in the new White Dwarf.
Sorry if that's already been covered.

privateer4hire wrote:
The Aggressors are listed at 24€ and the Dread is 32.50 €

Update 3

More details

Nevelon wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/11/23/revealed-new-warhammer-holiday-season/

More news, better pics.

Talking of Primaris Space Marines, adding these enhanced warriors to your Chapter (Blood Angels, Dark Angels or otherwise) is about to get a lot easier thanks to some new Easy to Build kits. If you’re a fan of flamers (and who isn’t?), the Easy to Build Primaris Aggressors are for you, while the 12 piece – that’s right, only 12 – Redemptor Dreadnought allows you to get some heavy armour on the tabletop in no time.

And for the filthy heretics:

Grandfather Nurgle will be providing for his children this Christmas as well. Isn’t he generous? New Easy to Build reinforcements are on the way for the Death Guard – and yes, the Myphitic Blight-hauler is among them! This little guy possesses the same grotesque, whimsical charm as the rest of Nurgle’s children, combined with some terrifying firepower. It will be joined by a boxed set featuring three new Blightlord Terminators and a new Lord of Contagion wielding a manreaper – perfect for adding some disgusting diversity to the elite of your Death Guard army.

All these kits cost less than their fully customisable alternatives, meaning they’re a great way to build an army on a budget, too.

Marshal Loss wrote:

Update 2

4 boxed sets confirmed

primalexile wrote:

Update 1:

Warhams-77 wrote:
I was very skeptical as well

But now that Atia has reposted it on War of Sigmar

https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/2561

I feel chances aren't that bad it could turn out to be correct

More Primaris and Death Guard E2B

Tags : death guard primaris easy to build

Howdy Guys and Girls

New easy to build kits on the way - including two missing options from the Death Guard Codex.

via Kobrakei, B&C

"At my local GW today and they received a next steps panflet for people who have just bought Dark Imperium. It had the usual such as Mortarion and Primaris characters, but it also had some new Easy To Build kits, consisting of the following

Redemptor Dread
Aggressors
Lord Felthid and the Court of something something
Plague Hauler

The pics were only of the box artwork so couldn't see the exact content or models and there were no prices, but the Lord Felthid box was of a Lord in Cataphract armour with a Manreaper, and three Plague Marines around him."

Regards,
Lady Atia

Original post

I have no idea if this is reliable info, but I heard similiar rumors several times in the last weeks and think there may be more to it

Kobrakei - B&C forum

At my local GW today and they received a next steps panflet for people who have just bought Dark Imperium. It had the usual such as Mortarion and Primaris characters, but it also had some new Easy To Build kits, consisting of the following

Redemptor Dread
Aggressors
Lord Felthid and the Court of something something
Plague Hauler

The pics were only of the box artwork so couldn't see the exact content or models and there were no prices, but the Lord Felthid box was of a Lord in Cataphract armour with a Manreaper, and three Plague Marines around him. Being a smarty pants I didn't get a pic, and there was no details of when they will be released, but at least the Blight Hauler is on the way!

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/341373-new-easy-to-build-kits/#entry4932356

Has someone else seen this pamphlet?

**doomdreamer**

I really hope they do! Easy-build kits seem to help bring new blood into the genre. Gotta get extra gits for da boss! As long as they continue to have "Advanced" kits then I am a happy camper.

**zamerion**

Lord Felthid?

**kronk**

zamerion wrote:
Lord Felthid?

Sounds Nurgle. Lord Fetid?

**BrookM**

Ho-hum, the Plague Hauler is the only thing really missing from the codex as of right now IIRC.

And as for the loyalist options, curious to see what kind of weapon loadouts these will be getting.

**Galas**

Easy to Build Plague Hauler... that explains with it has 0 options with how easy it could have been to give them more options in a proper multi part kit.

Lord Felthid and the court proably will be the Lord of Contagion of Dark Imperium plus the three plague marines from the Plague Brethren. But... easy to build Redemptor Dread? Thats surprising. If it has a good load out and a good price I'll pick one up, probably.

I really like this. A variety of cheaper and monopose kits for noobies or just to increase the size of your army, or the proper multipose kits.

**Nostromodamus**

zamerion wrote:
Lord Felthid?

Better than Lord Fethlid

**Prometheum5**

Galas wrote:
Easy to Build Plague Hauler... that explains with it has 0 options with how easy it could have been to give them more options in a proper multi part kit.

Lord Felthid and the court proably will be the Lord of Contagion of Dark Imperium plus the three plague marines from the Plague Brethren. But... easy to build Redemptor Dread? Thats surprising. If it has a good load out and a good price I'll pick one up, probably.

I really like this. A variety of cheaper and monopose kits for noobies or just to increase the size of your army, or the proper multipose kits.

The Plague Brethren Boys are not Easy Build, so hopefully it will be three new sculpts. Finally seeing the Hauler is great, but it's weird that they'd do a second kit for things like the Redemptor and Aggressors.

**streetsamurai**

Galas wrote:
Easy to Build Plague Hauler... that explains with it has 0 options with how easy it could have been to give them more options in a proper multi part kit.

Lord Felthid and the court proably will be the Lord of Contagion of Dark Imperium plus the three plague marines from the Plague Brethren. But... easy to build Redemptor Dread? Thats surprising. If it has a good load out and a good price I'll pick one up, probably.

I really like this. A variety of cheaper and monopose kits for noobies or just to increase the size of your army, or the proper multipose kits.

Which is still a mind boggling decision.

**GoatboyBeta**

Given these are all larger models it will be interesting to see what the price point is like compared to the regular kits. I could be tempted by the Redemptor if the finished model looks good enough. Still the Blight hauler is going to be a big mover I hope that GW have stocked up

**Breotan**

EZ Redemptors? I'm a little skeptical on that one. Still, I've been wrong about rumors so often it the past why stop now?

**Bi'ios**

The Redemptor sounds unrealistic (and if I’m being totally honest, I’d be sorta jacked about it too, having bought the full kit on release) and Aggressors don’t really make much sense either, considering the full kit is only 3 models. Apply much skepticism here

**lord_blackfang**

Nobody thought a regular Dread or Contemptor could be made easy-build, but there they are.

**BrookM**

It all depends on the options available and how many will be in the box, all the other easy-to-build sets provide less than the minimal required amount of models. For all we know it could be a single Aggressor in there armed with flamers (bot bad).

**Captain Joystick**

Very skeptical on the redemptor dread, seeing as it only really has potential to eat into the sales of an existing (and brand new) kit.

Seems more likely to me the guy reading the pamphlet misunderstood.

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lord_blackfang wrote:
Nobody thought a regular Dread or Contemptor could be made easy-build, but there they are.

I'm not aware of any easy-build regular dreadnought. The AoBR one was engineered different and kind of basic compared to the regular retail kit.

The Contemptor isn't really 'easy' either, it's just embarrassingly basic in order to make it fit on one sprue.

**Warhams-77**

I was very skeptical as well

But now that Atia has reposted it on War of Sigmar

https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/2561

I feel chances aren't that bad it could turn out to be correct

More Primaris and Death Guard E2B

Tags : death guard primaris easy to build

Howdy Guys and Girls

New easy to build kits on the way - including two missing options from the Death Guard Codex.

via Kobrakei, B&C

"At my local GW today and they received a next steps panflet for people who have just bought Dark Imperium. It had the usual such as Mortarion and Primaris characters, but it also had some new Easy To Build kits, consisting of the following

Redemptor Dread
Aggressors
Lord Felthid and the Court of something something
Plague Hauler

The pics were only of the box artwork so couldn't see the exact content or models and there were no prices, but the Lord Felthid box was of a Lord in Cataphract armour with a Manreaper, and three Plague Marines around him."

Regards,
Lady Atia

**Kanluwen**

Captain Joystick wrote:
Very skeptical on the redemptor dread, seeing as it only really has potential to eat into the sales of an existing (and brand new) kit.

Seems more likely to me the guy reading the pamphlet misunderstood.

It's also a kit that might intimidate someone who is comfortable doing things via the easy to build route of Know No Fear and First Strike.

lord_blackfang wrote:
Nobody thought a regular Dread or Contemptor could be made easy-build, but there they are.

I'm not aware of any easy-build regular dreadnought. The AoBR one was engineered different and kind of basic compared to the regular retail kit.

The Contemptor isn't really 'easy' either, it's just embarrassingly basic in order to make it fit on one sprue.

The easy build regular Dreadnought is the AoBR one. It's sold in the "Battle for Vedros" range that only independents and non-hobby shops can stock apparently.

**Sgt. Cortez**

It would really suck if they included the Plague Brethren in there after selling them for that hilarious price. (Yeah... I bought them).

**Ketara**

They could stick them together into one bundle box as a 'Dark Imperium Expansion Set'. That'd probably go down well.

**Racerguy180**

Ketara wrote:
They could stick them together into one bundle box as a 'Dark Imperium Expansion Set'. That'd probably go down well.

I could see that working, hell I'd probably buy it. I do love my Redemptor and didn't think it was too difficult to assemble.

**Barzam**

I hope this is true. I'm hoping that Lord of Contagion's followers are two riflemen and a special weapon. Combine that set with the Easy Build Plague Marine box and the banner bearer and you have a nice little skirmish army. HQ and a full seven man team with an icon, champion, and special weapons. I could see them doing this.

**rtb02**

Sgt. Cortez wrote:
It would really suck if they included the Plague Brethren in there after selling them for that hilarious price. (Yeah... I bought them).

Pic shows a blight launcher so I assume it'll be standard etb plague marines plus character.

**primalexile**

**Warhams-77**

Thank you!

**GoatboyBeta**

If the artwork is accurate it looks like the Redemptor is the minigun main weapon and the Aggressors are the flamer fist versions.

**Chikout**

The redemptor is a strange choice. One of the key selling points of that kit is how customisable and posable it is.
Overall though I am happy to see these kits as they will probably be cheaper and the shadespire kits have shown what gw is capable of doing with push fit minis these days.

**Galas**

Depending of the price, one box of ... everything, I'll buy for sure. I love the easy to build, they offer a variety in posses for a very cheap price. I always buy one of each.

**Elbows**

Very curious how they'll do this - though it explains the Plaguehauler or whatever.

Lord Felthius is also interesting. This is definitely a new direction for GW. It will be confusing as all hell if the kits are close to the same options or cost. I also think they may be opening themselves up to third party stuff again (i.e. selling resin weapon options for a cheaper Redemptor?).

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Well I'll grab the deathguard to add to my pile for sure

it could well be that they're testing the waters on price, do cheaper kits really sell better (cheaper, easier for new gamers and ones who don't enjoy the building)? do they sell less well? Do 3rd party bits showing up hurt sales? help sales?

focus groups and questions never really provide the answer only hints

this gives them real data on new ranges with little or no background noise from existing collections

seems a fairly smart move to make

**Barzam**

Well, that's cool. Looks like I'll be able to build a full Plague Marine squad using only Easy Build guys after all. I'm down for another Redemptor, too. So, hopefully that and the Blight Hauler will have reasonable prices. I hope these are due for release soon.