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2020/05/23 13:33:55
Subject: 40k preview, May 23-9th edition, new Necrons, Marines
I can see why you said that...but this is the first time we see an actual image of Grey Shields with their markings! I was thinking of adding some Grey Shields to my army, so it's nice to have an official image of what their markings should be.
2020/05/23 13:36:22
Subject: 40k preview, May 23-9th edition, new Necrons, Marines
No kidding. They just said they want to do it like the Horus Heresy series.
That's not a good thing. The Horus Heresy series is an exhausting series of endless filler books, tie-in novellas, audio-dramas, limited edition stories (FFS... ) all leading to no actual ending as they've started a follow-up series that has already bloated out beyond just a few books.
Guy Haley saying we don't know the ending of the Indomitus Crusade? I thought we already did since it finished. Unless he puts some new kind of "twist" on things and the ending is not what we think we know.
2020/05/23 13:37:53
Subject: 40k preview, May 23-9th edition, new Necrons, Marines
So far my budget is safe. Not going to buy marines, already have 60 warriors that sucks ruleswise anyway and new ones aren't good enough looking to make me replace. Only new weapon is worry if gw makes new weapon super good
2024 painted/bought: 109/109
2020/05/23 13:39:25
Subject: 40k preview, May 23-9th edition, new Necrons, Marines
Those new warriors remind me of years ago at a games day GW had a pc were people could have a go at the cad thing. I saw a kid doing bullet holes and damage on Necron Warrior heads.
Guess GW saw that and thought it looked good.
New gun looks like it could easily be convert, in fact I once did something like that. Just attached the end to the main part of the gun... A carbine version of the Gauss rifles.
The objective of the game is to win. The point of the game is to have fun. The two should never be confused.
2020/05/23 13:39:45
Subject: 40k preview, May 23-9th edition, new Necrons, Marines
It’s just like buying every 40k book at the moment in some ways. They jump about, tell new snippets, etc.
With a big background story going, ish, I mean how many HH stories don’t advance the main plot, so it’d be similar to that.
None the less, I do enjoy reading, BL included, so excited to see what’s what at least..
2020/05/23 13:40:54
Subject: Re:40k preview, May 23-9th edition, new Necrons, Marines
Only 50%. Female naval officer? Meh. Big deal. 40K doesn't care about gender with two specific exceptions (Adeptus Astartes/Adepta Sororitas), so naval officers of both genders is completely normal.
We've not seen a dark-skinned Ultramarine before.
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Agreed. The Space Marine looks a bit too clean and generic other science fiction universe "space marine" infantry. Having a black Space Marine and a female Naval officer also seems to be a bit of political correctness/diversity but seems a bit forced in your face to me.
Agreed, black marines and female navy officers are things that could never exist in the real work and totally destroy my suspension of disbelief.
2020/05/23 13:42:50
Subject: 40k preview, May 23-9th edition, new Necrons, Marines
That picture that popped up when they mentioned crusade showed a Scout and Librarian. I think the idea is that you can have characters progress, and that those two Marines are actually the same Marine.
Necron Warriors redo
Silent King diorama thingy
Heavy Destroyer redo
Monolith redo????
Spider-infantry thingies
C'tan redo
Giant Necron monster thingy
That's a pretty sizeable reboot of the Necron. One of the largest for a xenos race.
Looks like we also got the Spider Knight equivalent model as well. That Monolith also looks brand new.
It looks like any of the old kits are getting rebooted, as well as a very sizable set of new models.
I do wonder if this means that Flayed ones are going to be squatted, since it looks like the new spider models are going to cover close combat. Besides the special characters, they will also be the only Finecast stuff left in the line.
Take a look at the key art for Warhammer or Warhammer 40k over the past 35 years. Look for non-white males. I say this with no judgment. I watched Star Wars recently, and that literally had no black people in it and very few women. It wasn’t malicious, mind you. It just was.
So forgive me for being pleased about seeing a black Ultramarine or Sisters featured so prominently. I’m a white guy, like almost everyone in this hobby. But seeing a bunch of different faces expands the galaxy in my eyes. I remember being excited a few years ago when the new Deathwatch kit had a bare head that was clearly that of a black man. My identity is well served in this hobby, in the art, in the entire sci-fantasy genre. It’s nice to see other folks get a chance to see themselves in the art, and therefore the universe.
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