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 Hulksmash wrote:
I like them. But I run an Iron Warrior/Dark Mechanicus counts-as whatever army so that might be affecting my perception.

that or the hookers and blow

For a scary moment I thought that that photo shopped model was a new Tac marine.
What's up with the centurions helmets they look like a cross between a regular and a terminator helmet.

sparkywtf wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:
I just realised that it's still going to be annoying/expensive as gak to create a 10-man Crusader Squad with CCWs and special weapons if you're not willing to chip away at blood drops or wolf heads. Not to mention that there's nothing about merging the BT upgrade kit into a "proper" kit, so if you want BT iconography and tabards you'll still be paying that much more than the other variant Chapters. Meh.

Hopefully they don't get rid of the upgrade sprues. Of course I have enough of them that every model in my BT has BT weapons and at least two other BT bits.

It's not that I'm afraid of them removing the upgrade kit, it's that paying SoB-levels for a squad of 10 Marines is rather annoying.

OMG, those Centurions:



What the heck was GW thinking? They look like a Space Marine in a full body cast or a chick with thunder thighs.

Ewww, no!

I thought gw couldnt make an uglier model after the storm chicken.
Just imagining a human anatomy inside that centurion makes me cringe.

I´d be embarassed to pain one, not to mention put one on the table. big drills mounted on big powerfists?
Ugliness aside, I cant see the assault versions being usable what so ever, slow, lumbering things only good in melee, yeah fast armies like dark eldar/eldar/bikes are going to get an auto win.
There i sa good reason nobody ever takes the chaos maulers.

These models better get teleport with a 12´assault move afterwards or else they are a dud.
Good rules can make up for ugliness but in this case I see neither.

 Spacemanvic wrote:
OMG, those Centurions:



What the heck was GW thinking? They look like a Space Marine in a full body cast or a chick with thunder thighs.

Ewww, no!

Shhhh don't give them ideas.

We might end up with SoBs in centurion armor, complete with Dialogus faces.

unless GW steps up its game this could be the first 40k release in a long time that I dont buy any models from. I'll get a codex but if these are the style of the new models I dont think I'll need them

I think both models look great! I am sorry so many people seem to think that GW is such a bad company that never makes any cool models. Maybe y'all should consider a new game. It must be really hard to be that disappointed by everything GW does.

I dunno... I think GW are not only attempting to jump the shark, they're stopping to tap-dance on its fricken' head.

And with feet that big, the shark will be crushed.

rothrich wrote:
I think both models look great! I am sorry so many people seem to think that GW is such a bad company that never makes any cool models. Maybe y'all should consider a new game. It must be really hard to be that disappointed by everything GW does.

Breaking news - opinions differ!

I think they are...OK, but need some work.

And something that costs as much as these do, in plastic, really shouldn't 'need some work'.

But yeah, that's just...my opinion!

It does all come down to the rules though...

rothrich wrote:
I think both models look great! I am sorry so many people seem to think that GW is such a bad company that never makes any cool models. Maybe y'all should consider a new game. It must be really hard to be that disappointed by everything GW does.

GW makes loads of amazing models. These however are horrible. I'm actually a bit shocked how horrible they are. Marines are their best selling army and a completely new type of marine unit should be a big deal; I'm amazed that they thought these were good.

I friggin' love those Centurions. My Imperial Fists army's getting some new guys on the team.
I know it seems a lot of people here don't like them and that's okay, but don't act like opinions are facts please.

Hello Puppetswar! I don't think these are big enough but they look a 1000% b better.

Indeed! The FW Outriders also look remarkably like Puppetswar bikes. Maybe they are trying to pre-empt or steal 3rd party designs now?

 MWHistorian wrote:
I friggin' love those Centurions. My Imperial Fists army's getting some new guys on the team.
I know it seems a lot of people here don't like them and that's okay, but don't act like opinions are facts please.

A sensible and rational statement? Here? In this thread? Heresy!

A new GW kit is polarizing?!

Noooooooooooooooooo.....

I happen to like them. I'm more excited for the troop kits, but I don't think these are bad at all..

 MWHistorian wrote:
I friggin' love those Centurions. My Imperial Fists army's getting some new guys on the team.
I know it seems a lot of people here don't like them and that's okay, but don't act like opinions are facts please.

What!? My opinion isn't fact!?

I don't like the Centurions either. Think about it this way though. They needed new models for Marines. GW isn't putting FW units into their codices anymore so their only option was to create something new. They couldn't just add in new terminators or make Centurions like Terminators because everyone and their mother who owns any sort of SM army has Terminators. If they made the Centurions too similar to Terminators it would be much easier, and cheaper, to simply convert some of those many Terminators that are lying around, since I am sure they will get the nerf bat, into the new shiny Centurions! The solution to that is for GW to make the Centurion unit into models that are too different from Terminators so you really will need to buy the models rather than just convert up or counts as your own. Doesn't mean the models aren't ugly. Oops, I forgot to add imo after that last remark, I just assumed that was obviously an opinion statement.

I'm still waiting for pics of the Shooty-Cents. It might be an improvement.

As for the Assault-Cents: move the drills to the hands, side/shoulder mount the guns, and they'll be vastly improved.

 Alpharius wrote:

Breaking news - opinions differ!

 cincydooley wrote:
A new GW kit is polarizing?!

Noooooooooooooooooo.....

I happen to like them. I'm more excited for the troop kits, but I don't think these are bad at all..

I like these well enough, but what I really want to see are the shooty versions.

I don't like what I'm seeing so far of the Centurions, but I'll have to see good pictures of them to make a final judgment. If the kit is a little more poseable than it looks, I think it could be good. The bare heads are a definite no-no though.

 MWHistorian wrote:
I friggin' love those Centurions. My Imperial Fists army's getting some new guys on the team.
I know it seems a lot of people here don't like them and that's okay, but don't act like opinions are facts please.

Not facts, but taste. So many ways to approach marines, and yet they made them yuck.

Don't know if these had been posted, but here is another pic of the Centurions from Imperium Dominatus:



Lucarikx

Edit: NVM, got ninja'd by more than 5 pages

 Brother SRM wrote:
I don't like what I'm seeing so far of the Centurions, but I'll have to see good pictures of them to make a final judgment. If the kit is a little more poseable than it looks, I think it could be good. The bare heads are a definite no-no though.

The bare heads make them look too much like Servitors.

Or Zombie Mechs.

I don't like the Centurions either. Think about it this way though. They needed new models for Marines. GW isn't putting FW units into their codices anymore so their only option was to create something new. They couldn't just add in new terminators or make Centurions like Terminators because everyone and their mother who owns any sort of SM army has Terminators. If they made the Centurions too similar to Terminators it would be much easier, and cheaper, to simply convert some of those many Terminators that are lying around, since I am sure they will get the nerf bat, into the new shiny Centurions! The solution to that is for GW to make the Centurion unit into models that are too different from Terminators so you really will need to buy the models rather than just convert up or counts as your own. Doesn't mean the models aren't ugly. Oops, I forgot to add imo after that last remark, I just assumed that was obviously an opinion statement.

But are new units really that needed? The Space Marine codex was already pretty solid, units wise. Maybe some more character dreadnoughts (Librarian, Chaplain, etc), possibly Terminators with different heavy weapons (we've already got the plasma cannon and multimelta, so a 'devastator terminator' kit wouldn't have been that weird), or maybe even some Rhino/Land Raider variants such as the Sabre would have been enough. Was it really that necessary to create the Centurions, a totally random unit that can't even walk without falling over?

I'm not crazy about the Centurions at first blush, but good gravy, haven't we been down this path just about every month with grainy 2D pics of 2D publications held at an angle, etc.? Better pics will probably change opinions, and the actual models will probably change even more.

These models aren't clear misses to me yet.

Those centurions are just like.... man, how does this stuff even happen? Don't they have focus groups or something?

On the plus side, I think those giant Centurion drills might be spring loaded, so it will be kinda fun playing with the real shooting action when my mom makes me take a bath.

This is an interesting era in the HHHobby, where people start looking to the third party groups less for lower priced alternatives and more for models that don't look so stupid. The Puppetswar one is better in every way, although we obviously don't know prices yet.

The new tank looks alright though. I'm not crazy about the split guns but it's not a dealbreaker either.

 Alpharius wrote:

rothrich wrote:
I think both models look great! I am sorry so many people seem to think that GW is such a bad company that never makes any cool models. Maybe y'all should consider a new game. It must be really hard to be that disappointed by everything GW does.

Breaking news - opinions differ!

The internet Hive Mind does not compute. Kindly elaborate.

 gorgon wrote:
I'm not crazy about the Centurions at first blush, but good gravy, haven't we been down this path just about every month with grainy 2D pics of 2D publications held at an angle, etc.? Better pics will probably change opinions, and the actual models will probably change even more.

These models aren't clear misses to me yet.

WHAT?