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The biggest letdown is that it doesnt contain any new cool terrain.

In the past I have bought box sets just fr the terrain even if I didnt play/need the models included.

Really no motivation for me to buy this at all.

 CT GAMER wrote:
The biggest letdown is that it doesnt contain any new cool terrain.

In the past I have bought box sets just fr the terrain even if I didnt play/need the models included.

Really no motivation for me to buy this at all.

Yeah, no terrain (apart from battlefield accesories) since 3rd ed now...

Battle for Macragge had the Crashed lander

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Eeeekk... I thought the hellbrute looked awesome, but after seeing the 360 I have to say that imo that is only from the front. The torso sides and back look lumpy, undetailed and completely non-functional... A real shame, and a pretty big surprise... front and back, it almost looks like 2 different models, 1 sculpted by an amateur and one by a master.

Chosen and Lord though? Awesome sauce, if a bit bloody daunting to paint!

Suits me fine as I'm going to be Nurglifying it. Blank space is perfect for adding oozing sores and buboes to.

Word!

 Deadshot wrote:
Battle for Macragge had the Crashed lander

and the units within were laughable compared to the 6th box.

I just want the DA captains sword... Man that would be a great piece for converting! The cultists look amazing too... Heck the whole chaos force looks great. I was thinking of starting a chaos army anyways.

But if they put the Skullhouse Awesome in the starter box they can't sell the Skullhouse Awesome by itself later in a $50 box! BUSINESS! D:

 CT GAMER wrote:
The biggest letdown is that it doesnt contain any new cool terrain.

In the past I have bought box sets just fr the terrain even if I didnt play/need the models included.....

Yeah the lack of terrain of anykind is a bit of a letdown, especially because of the inclusion of buyable terrain in the rules now.

So many people are worried, about the Hell bruits back. Meh doesn't matter I'm going to be converting since it's going to be a nurgle one ^^

 Grey Templar wrote:
Marks probably won't be what makes Cultists good. Cheap bodies is what they'll end up being, but Marks will just let them do their job a little better.


Fearless for Undivided sounds good.

Nurgle will probably be either +1T or FnP,

Tzeentch: 5+ ward,

Slannesh: +1 I

Khorne: Rage or Furious Charge, or both.

I can see Slaanesh being good. 30 guys, each with 3 attacks on the charge for 90 attacks at initiative 4 can do quite a bit of damage.

 Nuclear Mekanik wrote:

 CT GAMER wrote:
The biggest letdown is that it doesnt contain any new cool terrain.

In the past I have bought box sets just fr the terrain even if I didnt play/need the models included.

Really no motivation for me to buy this at all.

Yeah, no terrain (apart from battlefield accesories) since 3rd ed now...

And your point is?

GW is at the pinnacle of their terrain kit production currently, having put out some amazing kits in recent years. Putting in some cool plastic terrain unique to the box almost seems like it would have been a given at this point.

Your eye roll was touching though...

 Byte wrote:
and the units within were laughable compared to the 6th box.

Speak for yourself sunshine - 3-part Termagants and plastic Spore Mines were a God-send.

 dalsiandon wrote:

 CT GAMER wrote:
The biggest letdown is that it doesnt contain any new cool terrain.

In the past I have bought box sets just fr the terrain even if I didnt play/need the models included.....

Yeah the lack of terrain of anykind is a bit of a letdown, especially because of the inclusion of buyable terrain in the rules now.

Exactly. A chaos effigy/shrine/gate or some kind of Dark Angels bunker? etc.

A one page blurb giving points cost and/or terrain rules for them.

Really surprised they didnt do this...

All I know is that my friends Dark Angels and my Chaos forces just got a lot larger, we just pre ordered 4 boxes from our FLGS. Should be interesting painting up 80 cultists.

 CT GAMER wrote:

 dalsiandon wrote:

 CT GAMER wrote:
The biggest letdown is that it doesnt contain any new cool terrain.

In the past I have bought box sets just fr the terrain even if I didnt play/need the models included.....

Yeah the lack of terrain of anykind is a bit of a letdown, especially because of the inclusion of buyable terrain in the rules now.

Exactly. A chaos effigy/shrine/gate or some kind of Dark Angels bunker? etc.

A one page blurb giving points cost and/or terrain rules for them.

Really surprised they didnt do this...

Exactly, 3rd had the little wall segment and some crummy trees, 4th had the lander, so they've done it before. I could just image some very simple terrain that fits with the story they've put this edition in with as you mentioned. But alas..
But hte models are not a let down, you get 2 HQ options per force, 3 if you're DA player and get the LE box. Plus they've got all the FoC covered with Bikes (FA), and Terminators (Elite) and the Chaos Dreadnought (HS) with the standard Troop unit.
I do like that it's not the Ultrasmurfs this time around either and one of the terminators has a HW option, and that particular option is currently available on the DA upgrade sprue to just to point out.

 dalsiandon wrote:

 CT GAMER wrote:

 dalsiandon wrote:

 CT GAMER wrote:
The biggest letdown is that it doesnt contain any new cool terrain.

In the past I have bought box sets just fr the terrain even if I didnt play/need the models included.....

Yeah the lack of terrain of anykind is a bit of a letdown, especially because of the inclusion of buyable terrain in the rules now.

Exactly. A chaos effigy/shrine/gate or some kind of Dark Angels bunker? etc.

A one page blurb giving points cost and/or terrain rules for them.

Really surprised they didnt do this...

Exactly, 3rd had the little wall segment and some crummy trees, 4th had the lander, so they've done it before. I could just image some very simple terrain that fits with the story they've put this edition in with as you mentioned. But alas..
But hte models are not a let down, you get 2 HQ options per force, 3 if you're DA player and get the LE box. Plus they've got all the FoC covered with Bikes (FA), and Terminators (Elite) and the Chaos Dreadnought (HS) with the standard Troop unit.
I do like that it's not the Ultrasmurfs this time around either and one of the terminators has a HW option, and that particular option is currently available on the DA upgrade sprue to just to point out.

I have no complaints about the models included, they just arent of any interest to me. If the box had other goodies (ie. terrain) I would have purchased (as I have in the past), but as is, I really have no use for it.

 dalsiandon wrote:

 CT GAMER wrote:

 dalsiandon wrote:

 CT GAMER wrote:
The biggest letdown is that it doesnt contain any new cool terrain.

In the past I have bought box sets just fr the terrain even if I didnt play/need the models included.....

Yeah the lack of terrain of anykind is a bit of a letdown, especially because of the inclusion of buyable terrain in the rules now.

Exactly. A chaos effigy/shrine/gate or some kind of Dark Angels bunker? etc.

A one page blurb giving points cost and/or terrain rules for them.

Really surprised they didnt do this...

Exactly, 3rd had the little wall segment and some crummy trees, 4th had the lander, so they've done it before. I could just image some very simple terrain that fits with the story they've put this edition in with as you mentioned. But alas..
But hte models are not a let down, you get 2 HQ options per force, 3 if you're DA player and get the LE box. Plus they've got all the FoC covered with Bikes (FA), and Terminators (Elite) and the Chaos Dreadnought (HS) with the standard Troop unit.
I do like that it's not the Ultrasmurfs this time around either and one of the terminators has a HW option, and that particular option is currently available on the DA upgrade sprue to just to point out.

Who's the second HQ for Chaos? Isn't that guy with the Power Maul just the champion from the Chosen unit?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Byte wrote:
and the units within were laughable compared to the 6th box.

Speak for yourself sunshine - 3-part Termagants and plastic Spore Mines were a God-send.

I hope 10 Termagants, 6 Genestealers, and 8 Spore Mines didn't require divine intervention, but to each their own. I still have the spore mines in a baggie somewhere if you need more intervention. I feel holy today.

Chaos looks like it has an HQ (Lord), 2 Elites (Chosen, Hellbrute), and 2 Troops (Cultists).

 CT GAMER wrote:
...or some kind of Dark Angels bunker?

That would be a Fortress of Redemption.

Yeah I don't think he meant something that big.

Some terrain would have been cool but it's not really expected at this point, nor is it completely necessary. I really hope GW comes out with some 40k terrain kits soon though; it's been a while since we've gotten any for 40k.

I just went on a Games Workshop fan page and listed is the following. This is for people asking if the model is going to me limited edition.

"Contains a unique Interrogator Chaplain that will never be
available outside of the limited edition boxed game"


Source : http://www.facebook.com/GWParramatta

Honestly I'm not impressed by the Chaplain. Except that it is plastic and fairly cheap.

 nolzur wrote:

 CT GAMER wrote:
...or some kind of Dark Angels bunker?

That would be a Fortress of Redemption.

If you read the description of it in the rulebook, they're trying to turn it into a general Imperial fortification. Dark Angels are mentioned as using them during the crusade, but now it's just a general Imperial thing, even the dark angels iconography just being 'images of angels of death'.

 Noisy_Marine wrote:
Honestly I'm not impressed by the Chaplain. Except that it is plastic and fairly cheap.

lol, im the polar opposite. I love the fig and seeing as love chaplin figs anyhow im stoked.

There's only one thing that bothers me about this boxset, the bare heads on the DA Tactical and Ravenwing sergeants. I can't stand bareheaded marines, chaos marines sure they're a bunch on loonies but Space Marines should not go in to battle without a fething helmet. It's almost as though they want to get shot in the head. Oh well atleast I've got enough bits from previous marine armies to be able to give them helmets.

 Nick Ellingworth wrote:
There's only one thing that bothers me about this boxset, the bare heads on the DA Tactical and Ravenwing sergeants. I can't stand bareheaded marines, chaos marines sure they're a bunch on loonies but Space Marines should not go in to battle without a fething helmet. It's almost as though they want to get shot in the head. Oh well atleast I've got enough bits from previous marine armies to be able to give them helmets.

Every other boxed set has had a bare headed sergeant in it. As if GW would stop this rediclous trend here

Hellbrute's rear end looks a bit disappointing. No big deal. I can paint swirly things, or some scripture. With chaos, even the ugliest free-hand looks ordinary!

Oh my gosh the Lord looks fantastic. I'm amazed. It really looks like finecast or something. I'm really, really hoping this is what GW goes for with the new CSM, if any are coming. I've heard pitter-patter of a new basic chaos marine box, which sounds too good to be true.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Nick Ellingworth wrote:
There's only one thing that bothers me about this boxset, the bare heads on the DA Tactical and Ravenwing sergeants. I can't stand bareheaded marines, chaos marines sure they're a bunch on loonies but Space Marines should not go in to battle without a fething helmet. It's almost as though they want to get shot in the head. Oh well atleast I've got enough bits from previous marine armies to be able to give them helmets.

Every other boxed set has had a bare headed sergeant in it. As if GW would stop this rediclous trend here

I know I know, but it still annoys me.