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Nice the return of the ghosts

Tanith! Black Library wins! If they'd included Tona Criid I'd call this an out of the ballpark home run!

 porkuslime wrote:
I hope that is not all the Ghost figures.. I sure could use a Doc Curth, Tona Criid, or Jessi Banda equivalent

It is. He's got his chainsword, so it's still early days of the Ghosts.

 Overread wrote:
Dear GW - please remind Black Library that Age of Sigmar is a thing

Seriously every BL big event tends to focus on 40K books and authors and AoS is left out to dry. Which is odd, its fresh and new and should be ripe pickings for loads of established authors and new ones. BL AoS must survive the loss of Josh Reynolds!

True no tie-in novels to the Broken Realms? weould have be good?

 Overread wrote:
Dear GW - please remind Black Library that Age of Sigmar is a thing

Seriously every BL big event tends to focus on 40K books and authors and AoS is left out to dry. Which is odd, its fresh and new and should be ripe pickings for loads of established authors and new ones. BL AoS must survive the loss of Josh Reynolds!

Likely saving what they have for 3rd ed promotion


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 Kanluwen wrote:

 porkuslime wrote:
I hope that is not all the Ghost figures.. I sure could use a Doc Curth, Tona Criid, or Jessi Banda equivalent

It is. He's got his chainsword, so it's still early days of the Ghosts.

Possible alternative option on sprue though

That Mkoll model in particular is amazing. Such a great pose.

Hehe, I knew it would be new Ghosts when they dropped the hint about "beloved characters" yesterday, very nice.

tneva82 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 porkuslime wrote:
I hope that is not all the Ghost figures.. I sure could use a Doc Curth, Tona Criid, or Jessi Banda equivalent

It is. He's got his chainsword, so it's still early days of the Ghosts.

Possible alternative option on sprue though

Would have been shown.

Only six models is a pain, can’t even use then as a veteran squad. But they are six very nice models.

I always thought Bragg used a heavy bolter , not an auto an on?

These seem to be models for Tanith pre-destruction, so I'm guessing Bragg uses an autocannon in the prequel.

These look great and they whet the appetite even more for the potential that a series of new and updated plastic Guard infantry units have.

 Kanluwen wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 porkuslime wrote:
I hope that is not all the Ghost figures.. I sure could use a Doc Curth, Tona Criid, or Jessi Banda equivalent

It is. He's got his chainsword, so it's still early days of the Ghosts.

Possible alternative option on sprue though

Would have been shown.

Like they show every alternative weapon when they show new models? Oh wait they don't.

tneva82 wrote:


Like they show every alternative weapon when they show new models? Oh wait they don't.

It's a trivial conversion in any case, so really nothing to worry about.

 Tamereth wrote:
Only six models is a pain, can’t even use then as a veteran squad. But they are six very nice models.

I always thought Bragg used a heavy bolter , not an auto an on?

Bragg used both, heavy bolter and autocannon. Just depended on which book.

 infinite_array wrote:
These seem to be models for Tanith pre-destruction, so I'm guessing Bragg uses an autocannon in the prequel.

Dan Abnett’s new novel takes us back to the earliest days of Ibram Gaunt and the Tanith First, where you’ll learn about a dark secret that’s haunted them ever since.

This mega limited edition includes a beautifully bound copy of the book itself, plus a whole host of extras. You’ll find a pair of maps, a cap pin, coins, art, a metal memory box, and loads more. Also included is a datasheet with rules to use Gaunt’s Ghosts in your games of Warhammer 40,000.

Tanith's gone at that point, it's just something that Bragg did a few times with autocannons rather than Heavy Bolters.

 infinite_array wrote:
These seem to be models for Tanith pre-destruction, so I'm guessing Bragg uses an autocannon in the prequel.

Pre-destruction? Of what? Homeworld? Before that only action tanith has was training. The planet was destroyed when they were getting ready to leave for first mission.

Bragg has used various heavy weapons including missile launchers in the books.

 Tamereth wrote:
Only six models is a pain, can’t even use then as a veteran squad. But they are six very nice models.

Definitely more a collector/painter set.
So many officers and senior NCOs, and nothing to really mesh with, army-wise.

tneva82 wrote:

Like they show every alternative weapon when they show new models? Oh wait they don't.

In promotional stuff? Yeah, they usually do.

 BertBert wrote:

tneva82 wrote:


Like they show every alternative weapon when they show new models? Oh wait they don't.

It's a trivial conversion in any case, so really nothing to worry about.

it is not about how easy the conversion is but how many models we should expect, as if this is only 1 option there won't come more to make it a full unit for 40k (but I think I will still get them as it makes a nice Strike Team for Deadzone)

 kodos wrote:

it is not about how easy the conversion is but how many models we should expect, as if this is only 1 option there won't come more to make it a full unit for 40k (but I think I will still get them as it makes a nice Strike Team for Deadzone)

We should expect exactly what was shown, why would you assume there is more coming? Didn't they also mention they would get rules for 40k?

 BertBert wrote:

 kodos wrote:

it is not about how easy the conversion is but how many models we should expect, as if this is only 1 option there won't come more to make it a full unit for 40k (but I think I will still get them as it makes a nice Strike Team for Deadzone)

We should expect exactly what was shown, why would you assume there is more coming? Didn't they also mention they would get rules for 40k?

Because there were more named characters for the unit and also the original metal ones had more different models

so it is more about which timeframe the box is set if we can expect characters form other books or not
if there are no options for other weapons, than no there won't be more (if there are options, there might be an expansion coming soon)

Warhawk will be great. Don't care about the rest

 kodos wrote:

Because there were more named characters for the unit and also the original metal ones had more different models

so it is more about which timeframe the box is set if we can expect characters form other books or not
if there are no options for other weapons, than no there won't be more (if there are options, there might be an expansion coming soon)

I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I'm not seeing it. BL related miniature releases are usually one-offs, but it would be nice if this one turns out to be an exception.

 BertBert wrote:
BL related miniature releases are usually one-offs, but it would be nice if this one turns out to be an exception.

Not really - the last few (Sly Marbo, Eisenhorn, Severina Raine, etc.) are still in stock and orderable from third-parties. The "Commemorative Series" releases have been one-offs.

beast_gts wrote:

 BertBert wrote:
BL related miniature releases are usually one-offs, but it would be nice if this one turns out to be an exception.

Not really - the last few (Sly Marbo, Eisenhorn, Severina Raine, etc.) are still in stock and orderable from third-parties.

I meant one-offs in the sense that they are not followed up by further releases from the same series.

beast_gts wrote:

 BertBert wrote:
BL related miniature releases are usually one-offs, but it would be nice if this one turns out to be an exception.

Not really - the last few (Sly Marbo, Eisenhorn, Severina Raine, etc.) are still in stock and orderable from third-parties.

I think they meant 1 offs as in, there aren’t the whole cast of Eisenhorn available as miniatures.

 BertBert wrote:

beast_gts wrote:

 BertBert wrote:
BL related miniature releases are usually one-offs, but it would be nice if this one turns out to be an exception.

Not really - the last few (Sly Marbo, Eisenhorn, Severina Raine, etc.) are still in stock and orderable from third-parties.

I meant one-offs in the sense that they are not followed up by further releases from the same series.

Ah, sorry!

Bit late to the party for this one but holy nut baskets! Gaunts ghosts! Now give us moooooreeeeeeeee

I'm disappointed they didn't get an infantry kit, I miss my Tanith army from 3rd ed. Didn't play it much as people DESPISED playing against it. Every single model infiltrated, an entire infantry gun-line that set up after the opponent (back in the days of alternating unit deployment) and +1 cover saves in a time where such a thing was unheard of.

That army literally put food on my table when the economy tanked and I lost my job 10 years ago, sold it piece-by-piece for a crazy amount over the course of a year or so, those female Tanith models were going for $25 to $30 each on ebay.

I've thought about rebuilding it with Victoria Miniatures, but I know I'd never paint it. 6 plastic models tho, I can paint 6 plastic models. Maybe turn it into a Kill Team. Going to need to sculpt some berets on them again

People that expect more Tanith should take into account that those are BL collectibles, essentially GW's own funko pops (they got the proportions!) not a 40k release.