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I want three, they are great

Don't care about their rules love these models and want more Hellbrutes for the Hellbrute herd I'm making

I wonder if the kit will be like the current Marine Dread kit, in that each weapon arm is separate allowing for easy swaps, or if there will be two arms - one right, one left - and the weapons are all the separate parts, making things far more difficult.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I wonder if the kit will be like the current Marine Dread kit, in that each weapon arm is separate allowing for easy swaps, or if there will be two arms - one right, one left - and the weapons are all the separate parts, making things far more difficult.

Looks to me like there's a fair bit of difference in the arms but I bet the shoulder join will be a lot trickier to hot swap than the SM version, look at all the hoses connecting the arm muscles to the torso.

BrianDavion wrote:
3 with twin linked Lascanons might be able to bust a knight

3 Twin Linked Lascannons are going to do 6 Hull Points, eh? Riiiiggght.

Also the variant that's not pictured has lascannons, you can just see the barrel floating under the "Nurgle" pic.

Which again makes me wonder who exactly is taking these pics, and why they're so terrible at it.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Which again makes me wonder who exactly is taking these pics, and why they're so terrible at it.

I think that people, in general, are just bad at taking pictures. Maybe we should commission a study or something.

rollawaythestone wrote:

Joyboozer wrote:
Exactly what about these are god specific? It looks like another generic chaos kit.

The clear, Tzeentch, and Khorne bits? The Nurgle paintjob looks less god specific, but the Tzeentch and Khorne ones are clear.

Not sure about the Tzeench bits, but the horns on the Khornate one are very much old school Khorne horns. The Nurgle collar has holes it it like its rotted.

At least they are not barefoot any more, although I like the bare foot for Nurgle Brutes. Might be cool to swap on foot from old to new and vice versa.

T

Well, if you just have the printed version of some pre-release issue and can only make a snapshot with your handy cam before the boss comes in or whatever...?

Oh, and one thing that buggs me:
Ruleswise you can either add a flamer or a TL Bolter, just like the regular dreads i believe. I fail to see any additional weaponry on the pictures and trying to glue something on will probably look quite gakky on these shiny new kits.

Manchu wrote:I hope there will be a Noise Brute.

pretre wrote:

 Eiríkr wrote:
GW skipping Slaanesh?
Yup, sounds about right.

Don't get your nipples twisted. GW may have another picture right next to those three for Slaanesh. No way of knowing until we see the issue.

Be careful with your wishes

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Guys, they're just paint jobs. There's no specific "Tzeentch", "Khorne" and whatever Helbrute. They're not 'skipping' anything. They're just example paint jobs. No need to read into it any more than necessary.

I mean, when the original Helbrute came out we got two examples of that - Crimson Slaughter and Alpha Legion. No one here thought "Oh noes! They skipped my Iron Warriors!!!" now did they?

Yes,

yes they did

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Which again makes me wonder who exactly is taking these pics, and why they're so terrible at it.

Its those unpaid GW interns I bet

GW wouldn't leak their own pictures (especially when they complain about leaked pictures giving a false impression of the model, however true or false such a statement may be). Any conspiracy theories to the contrary are just that: Conspiracy theories, and should be given as much time of day as most other conspiracy theories.

Now to hope for those Chosen to be true for this month. Finally multipart kits of the Dark Vengance stuff. Can finally finish my Gal Vorbak this year.

About the those god specific Helbrutes, hasn't occured to anyone except me but put a bloody god specific icon from the normal Chaos Space Marine Command Sprue, easy peasy, then you have Chaos to Glory, Khorne, Nurgle, Slaanesh and Tzeentch.

Also you can use the god specific heads from the Chaos Spawn kit. It's called conversion folks!

Rant over.

I have to get 25 for my army.

I don't think there are any God-specific parts. They painted a Helbrute blue and put a Thousand Sons transfer on it. That does not mean the kit has specific Thousand Sons/Tzeentch bits!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I don't think there are any God-specific parts. They painted a Helbrute blue and put a Thousand Sons transfer on it. That does not mean the kit has specific Thousand Sons/Tzeentch bits!

Well, the red one has a very Khorny face and front, while the green one has a very rotting Nurgly feel to it. Sure, the eye and mask of the blue one isn't trademarked Tzeentch, it sure fits his style pretty good...

They're just options. Look at the Venerable Dread. The damned thing has multiple options for its hull-plates and the face stickin' out of the centre. This is no different.

I just find it funny the Khorn one has a ranged weapon that one should have dual CCW

Why should a Khorne one only have CCW's?

I don't see Iron Warriors using a mutated Dred. I'd just convert a loyalist one.

But these kits do look sweet. If I was a stinking traitorous heretic then I'd get a few.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why should a Khorne one only have CCW's?

Because Khorne went from God of honorable combat and technology to "Rawr! Blood and skulls! Arglebargle!", therefore CC-only is apparently how he works these days.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why should a Khorne one only have CCW's?

Per the fluff they don't use ranged weapons except on tanks. I like to keep a good 26" away from them to avoid getting shot if they go nuts.

 sonofruss wrote:
Per the fluff they don't use ranged weapons except on tanks...

Not trying to be difficult, but where exactly does it sa that?

It was in the old dwarf series back in the day if I recall correctly. One of the reasons they don't have Havoc's.or squad heavy weapons. they get in the way of chopping heads.

 sonofruss wrote:
I just find it funny the Khorn one has a ranged weapon that one should have dual CCW

Turns out HMBC was right. It's not a "khorne" helbrute, it just happens to be painted red

Actually, if you look close you'll see the Crimson Slaughter emblem on its left shoulderpad. The Crimson Slaughter worship Chaos undivided.

Here's hoping for a plastic Chosen squad box.

 sonofruss wrote:
It was in the old dwarf series back in the day if I recall correctly. One of the reasons they don't have Havoc's.or squad heavy weapons. they get in the way of chopping heads.

Except those restrictions don't exist any more.

Khorne uses ranged weapons. Khorne has always used ranged weapons.

 Agent_Tremolo wrote:
Turns out HMBC was right.

That blasted HMBC! Always stealing my thunder!

Have an exalt for good humour.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 sonofruss wrote:
It was in the old dwarf series back in the day if I recall correctly. One of the reasons they don't have Havoc's.or squad heavy weapons. they get in the way of chopping heads.

Except those restrictions don't exist any more.

Khorne uses ranged weapons. Khorne has always used ranged weapons.

 Agent_Tremolo wrote:
Turns out HMBC was right.

That blasted HMBC! Always stealing my thunder!

Quoted for truth - I've been playing chaos since Rogue Trader, and lost and the damned/slaves to darkness even mentioned Khorne Havocs as being called "teeth of Khorne".