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With the release of the Hounds of Morkai we've seen an interesting change in the GW design process by adding a creating a new, bespoke datasheet from an existing model box (with an upgrade sprue, but it's not specific to the Hounds).

All thoughts aside about how good the Hounds are what are the possibilities of GW doing this for other units and armies? i.e. making a Whiteshield datasheet for Cadians, or more likely bespoke units for space marines (special eliminator for salamanders, hellblasters for Dark Angels)

Conscripts already exist.

Tau Crisis Suit Bodyguards exist.

They’ve done this before and will do again. Sometimes it’s interesting (I think the Hounds are cool idea) sometimes it gals flat. They’ll do it again for sure!

 Absolute_Maniac wrote:
With the release of the Hounds of Morkai we've seen an interesting change in the GW design process by adding a creating a new, bespoke datasheet from an existing model box (with an upgrade sprue, but it's not specific to the Hounds).

All thoughts aside about how good the Hounds are what are the possibilities of GW doing this for other units and armies? i.e. making a Whiteshield datasheet for Cadians, or more likely bespoke units for space marines (special eliminator for salamanders, hellblasters for Dark Angels)

You mean like Death Company?

Veteran Intercessors?

Space Wolves aren't even the first Space Marine group to get something like this. Blood Angels got Death Company Intercessors in PA. and the main codex gave us vetern intercessors

Celestians, dominions and Battle Sisters- all the same box since 2003.

They liked it that way so much they repeated it when they finally transitioned to plastic.

Sisters of Battle squad box is used to make Dominions, Celestians and Battle Sisters. ..

Edit: ninjad

GK strikes and GK termintors boxs make all the GK characters, all the units that aren't vehicles and all the HQs aside for Draigo.

custodes can make a HQ and a "banner carrier" from their various infantry boxes...

this games fun!

Carnifexes, Screamer Killers, and Thornbacks are all from the same Carnifex kit.

Wouldn't be surprised to see them reunited in the next codex, it was a nice nod to the past but ultimately pointless.

Kitane wrote:
Carnifexes, Screamer Killers, and Thornbacks are all from the same Carnifex kit.

Wouldn't be surprised to see them reunited in the next codex, it was a nice nod to the past but ultimately pointless.

I actually don't see them reuniting, see the Land Speeder datasheets. They seem to have realised that "Merged" units suffer due to Rule-of-3. The Relic Terminators were never actually run as 3-ofs so the merging didn't realistically affect them.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

Kitane wrote:
Carnifexes, Screamer Killers, and Thornbacks are all from the same Carnifex kit.

Wouldn't be surprised to see them reunited in the next codex, it was a nice nod to the past but ultimately pointless.

I actually don't see them reuniting, see the Land Speeder datasheets. They seem to have realised that "Merged" units suffer due to Rule-of-3. The Relic Terminators were never actually run as 3-ofs so the merging didn't realistically affect them.

He's refering to "one kit, multiple units"

Battlewagons also say hi.

This actually makes me hope for trukk boyz finally getting their own datasheet.

 Absolute_Maniac wrote:
With the release of the Hounds of Morkai we've seen an interesting change in the GW design process by adding a creating a new, bespoke datasheet from an existing model box (with an upgrade sprue, but it's not specific to the Hounds).

All thoughts aside about how good the Hounds are what are the possibilities of GW doing this for other units and armies? i.e. making a Whiteshield datasheet for Cadians, or more likely bespoke units for space marines (special eliminator for salamanders, hellblasters for Dark Angels)

This is pretty much par for the course in age of sigmar for legacy kits. Gets more millage out of kits, which isn't a bad thing.