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 RedFox wrote:

 the_Armyman wrote:
The plastic techpriest sorta came out of nowhere, and it's a very cool model. But not only are Techpriests pants in-game, there are also so many more cheaper alternatives floating around out there that it seems a waste of resources (sculpting, tooling, and production time) on such a niche product.

Not if you take in consideration the 30k mechanicum list, where you want a lot of unique tech priest and magos

I don't know of many people who run mobs of techpriests in their Mechanicum list. A single Magos as an HQ is pretty much all you need, and most people are already covered for that.

I have my wallet open and credit card out ready to order that enginseer. Oh, you're not selling it as an individual model GW? Guess I can't give you my monies then :-/

I have a Guard army anyways, and a plastic Techpriest will be great for kitbashes. Skitarii Alpha special characters anyone? I may end up getting another one if they sell them separate eventually.

 Bottle wrote:
I have my wallet open and credit card out ready to order that enginseer. Oh, you're not selling it as an individual model GW? Guess I can't give you my monies then :-/

Sad, isn't it? I also want the techpriest, could care less about the Command Russ.

 Bottle wrote:
I have my wallet open and credit card out ready to order that enginseer. Oh, you're not selling it as an individual model GW? Guess I can't give you my monies then :-/

That is me with the Strike Force Ultra Terminator Captain. I would gladly pay the $30ish bucks for it, but alas, it isn't available anymore. It's like GW hates money or something.

 Talys wrote:

 Bottle wrote:
I have my wallet open and credit card out ready to order that enginseer. Oh, you're not selling it as an individual model GW? Guess I can't give you my monies then :-/

Sad, isn't it? I also want the techpriest, could care less about the Command Russ.

It's a normal Leman Russ kit. Builds a Vanquisher, Russ, Eradicator, or Exterminator.

There's nothing special about it except it seems to include the "Squadron Upgrade Frame" which is $8.25 by itself. Find an Ork or Guard player who'd be interested in a Leman Russ and/or anyone who'd be interested in parts from the Upgrade Frame and split the cost with them.

Yeah... not good enough. We just want to buy the Enginseer. Putting a Leman Russ with it is just annoying and a deterrent to purchasing.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yeah... not good enough. We just want to buy the Enginseer. Putting a Leman Russ with it is just annoying and a deterrent to purchasing.

I guess you will have to wait for someone to throw it in the Swap Shop or on eBay. Not ideal, but that is the way it is. Again, GW must really hate money.

I'm torn.

I really like elements of this new Chaplain. Specifically the pose, as well as the armor detailing (The torso in particular!) and helmet are all very nice.

I don't like the small jump pack wings. They look like they belong on a swooping hawk, not a Blood Angel Independent Character. Thankfully getting Sanguinary Guard wings isn't difficult, and I have a few spare laying around were I to pick one up.

I also love the pose, except for the right foot. It's just awkward and I would want to covert another foot onto the mini and change the base up to help alleviate the basing/foot issue. Overall it's a solid mini, just a few places where the execution seems a little off.

I'd give it a solid 4 out of 5 stars were I to rate the mini. There's more than enough awesome to offset the couple of quibbles I have with the model.

Hoping we see some hints at an updated Blood Angels codex once some other deserving factions such as Orks, Chaos Space Marines, and Astra Militarum get some love.

We'll see. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I can't quite put my finger on it but there's something extremely Eldar about that chaplain. Like, you just know he shaves all his body hair.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yeah... not good enough. We just want to buy the Enginseer. Putting a Leman Russ with it is just annoying and a deterrent to purchasing.

I would have thought they'd learned their lesson after the plastic chaplain that you have to buy a razorback and a command squad to get. Seems like that thing sold so poorly that no one even remembers it being released, but they thought they could try it again here.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Talys wrote:

 Bottle wrote:
I have my wallet open and credit card out ready to order that enginseer. Oh, you're not selling it as an individual model GW? Guess I can't give you my monies then :-/

Sad, isn't it? I also want the techpriest, could care less about the Command Russ.

It's a normal Leman Russ kit. Builds a Vanquisher, Russ, Eradicator, or Exterminator.

There's nothing special about it except it seems to include the "Squadron Upgrade Frame" which is $8.25 by itself. Find an Ork or Guard player who'd be interested in a Leman Russ and/or anyone who'd be interested in parts from the Upgrade Frame and split the cost with them.

Yeah but IIRC the upgrade frame is just a random selection of sensory type bitz for 4 different armies. Not worth it IMHO.

Tech priest is very nice, but dang it I still have an unpainted metal one from 2003.

Wow, nice find Citizen Luka - that is indeed one cool looking Chaplain looking model!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Talys wrote:

 Bottle wrote:
I have my wallet open and credit card out ready to order that enginseer. Oh, you're not selling it as an individual model GW? Guess I can't give you my monies then :-/

Sad, isn't it? I also want the techpriest, could care less about the Command Russ.

It's a normal Leman Russ kit. Builds a Vanquisher, Russ, Eradicator, or Exterminator.

There's nothing special about it except it seems to include the "Squadron Upgrade Frame" which is $8.25 by itself. Find an Ork or Guard player who'd be interested in a Leman Russ and/or anyone who'd be interested in parts from the Upgrade Frame and split the cost with them.

Yeah but IIRC the upgrade frame is just a random selection of sensory type bitz for 4 different armies. Not worth it IMHO.

It's the aerial for the Guard, a hatch with a sensor for Space Marines, a Combi-Melta and a weird Daemon-y looking bit for CSM, a little bit for an Eldar grav-tank, and the Tau get a thing that fits over the hull of a tank.

In the case of Guard, Marines, and Tau it can be a good way for you to represent their unique character-tanks without needing to buy the heavily priced things.

Tech priest is very nice, but dang it I still have an unpainted metal one from 2003.

I just got paid for building Skarbrand for someone in a pair of the metal ones from the last Guard book...it'll be nice to have a trio.

 Kanluwen wrote:

It's the aerial for the Guard, a hatch with a sensor for Space Marines, a Combi-Melta and a weird Daemon-y looking bit for CSM, a little bit for an Eldar grav-tank, and the Tau get a thing that fits over the hull of a tank.

In the case of Guard, Marines, and Tau it can be a good way for you to represent their unique character-tanks without needing to buy the heavily priced things.

So yeah if you happen to play Guard, Chaos, Marines, Eldar and Tau then maybe, maybe there's $8 of value in there. If not, then there's lots of other ways to add flair without breaking the bank.

Tech priest looks great, guess I will be selling a leman russ sometime soon.

Do we know when these will be up for pre-order?
I had assumed it would be this weekend as we had seen pics of them, but no sign of them on the GW site yet - next weekend maybe?
has anyone seen the teaser in this weeks WD yet?

The picture was from Warhammer: Visions, so it's up in the air.

Best bet is that they're next Saturday(21st) and releasing on the following Saturday(28th) for holiday shopping purposes.

The more I think about it, I may get two of that Chaplain. One for turning into Lemartes (I will swap out the Inferno Pistol for a Bolt Pistol), and another to build as is for a Chaplain for my army. I really like that model.

My other Jump Chaplain (the Finecast one) will probably be sent over to my Crimson Fists so I can run a Gladius Strike Force.

pre-orders are up on NZ site.

no sprue shots for the chaplain annoyingly, but here is the tech priest enginseer:

I love to buy that, but GW doesn't want my money.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I love to buy that, but GW doesn't want my money.

it is a beauty!!!
shame it isn't available seperately:(...
i have been wanting to paint a Punisher, though...
there seems to be a good market for the Pask Punsher, anyway, which means he will probably be gone from the next Codex...
GW, you so crazy...

i've already got the plastic Eversor and Vindicare, but it is nice that these four Assassins are coming out seperately...
the two i bought are really beautiful sculpts, and go together a treat...
i like the piece of wall behind the Vindicare, and the running up the wall pose of the Eversor would have been a nightmare in metal...
i really like the Matrix homage...

cheers
jah

If that were available separately, I'd buy it. Sprue almost looks better than the painted model!

I can't stop seeing the belly button on the Chaplain model.

The BA characters are $56 in Australia. $56! No one will pay that for a single infantry model! Will they?

I just don't understand why they didn't do an Enginseer with Servitor kit.

Pre-ordered the Chaplain. I am considering getting the Captain Karlaen Dataslate for the fluff, but also in the off chance that it contains different rules than the Deathstorm version. I wish I had space to run him in my games. He is actually a pretty cool character.

A belly button and mustache. Yep, quite the model we have coming.

 Kanluwen wrote:

...and a weird Daemon-y looking bit for CSM

It covers the front of the Chaos comms unit instead of the standard Dirge Caster.


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I like how Techpriest details allow him to be the Chaos version as well.

@Yaraton: do you mean that the Techpriest can be Chaos because he doesn't have any Imperial Eagles???
that is one thing i have noticed across the entire Ad. Mech. range...
the single eagle is on the chest of the robot, which is easy to slice off...
with the filigree style fleur de lys borders, that look very spikey, pretty much every mini in the range is ready to join the dark side...
just look at the leader of the Rust Stalkers, he looks like a Chaos creature straight out of the box!!!

i am having a lot of fun painting a Dark Mechanicum character right now for the Black Crusade RPG...
if she wasn't a female Heretek, this Techpriest would make a great base model...

cheers
jah