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Avian wrote:
What is this Apocalypse: Damocles? Rules or fiction?

Apocalypse Supplement.

Avian wrote:
What is this Apocalypse: Damocles? Rules or fiction?

See other topic for warzone

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/584358.page

The Apoc: Damocles looks to be fiction for 418 pages, anything written for rules usally says "By the Games Workshop Design Studio"


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HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT MODEL FOUND!!!!!

Zyth:

I think I found the "Hidden in Plain Sight" IG image.
On the Tyranid Codex, page 9, on the first ArtWork (Phase 1: Invasion), you can see two vehicle with turret.
The one in the center (first from left side) is a random imperial tank.

The one on right (first from right side) is definitly a Taurox.

Avian wrote:
What is this Apocalypse: Damocles? Rules or fiction?

There will be a war zone book with some history and some rules/formations.
AND there will be a BL anthology with the same name, both seen on the pic.

What a boring week of releaeses :(

Avian wrote:
What is this Apocalypse: Damocles? Rules or fiction?

A Black Library novel.

Kolbalt266 wrote:

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT MODEL FOUND!!!!!

Zyth:

I think I found the "Hidden in Plain Sight" IG image.
On the Tyranid Codex, page 9, on the first ArtWork (Phase 1: Invasion), you can see two vehicle with turret.
The one in the center (first from left side) is a random imperial tank.

The one on right (first from right side) is definitly a Taurox.

Looks just like another generic tank with it's turret rotated through 90° to me.

Yeah, they're just Chimeras.

Think if you check out the image of the Militarum Tempestus Taurox Prime/Astra Militarum Prime you will be able to see how similar the image in that picture is to the model,

was a clever little hide.

WTF!?!? A 128 pages novella for 40€? Have they now completely lost their mind?
I am not commenting on the €125 limited edition as BL site has it listed for 50€.

 Peregrine wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
I think a lot of the turret bits could carry over to a basilisk. You can even see in that image, the vertical rotation is done by a mechanism very similar to a basilisk. It has a big front shield that could be a basilisk shield.

The rotation bits are different, and the gun shield doesn't have the hole in the center for the Basilisk's gun. I guess in theory you could use some of those parts to make a new Basilisk design, but then you're back to the problem of spending a lot of time and money to redesign a perfectly good existing kit instead of making something new for people to buy. A re-design like that only makes sense when there are major problems with the existing kit (the old Chimera/LRBT tracks, for example), not just a minor potential gain in sprue efficiency.

I didn't say you could make an identical Basilisk. Just that you could make one without too much effort. Not a lot of time and money redesigning, most the parts you need are already part of the Hydra.

Also, I don't see what the big deal was with the old Leman Russ tracks... I built several of them and they really weren't that challenging to put together. If you rested the track half on it's side, the "wheels" would sit upright in their correct position. Took me like 5 minutes to glue them all in.

 Red wrote:
Just my opinion I look at that kit and see an utter failure in tank and modelling design I feel that it's a kit people will buy based on rules as opposed to a nice looking kit. It's just when I look at it, it looks like little Timmy's ork conversion and not a well thought out imperial kit.

I agree.


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Zengu wrote:
I just hope that at least ogryn get a point down. My mouth hit the floor when I saw 3 cost as much as a tank......

My guess is that they'll have the stat line weakened a bit and the cost dropped a lot, to encourage them being purchased. Something like:

WS 4, BS 2, S 5, T 4, W 3, I 2, A 2, LD 8, SV 5+ -- Stubborn
(Elite unit, 3 models and can take up to 7 additional models)

RIpperguns will be something like S 5, AP -, 18" Assault 3, Rending

Then you'll get options for boneheads, increased armor, a Commisar, and a transport.

Call it 30 pts a model, with an outlying shot at 25 pts each. They want you to buy lots, after all.

This is my totally unofficial guess, mind you.

If they don't stay T5 they won't come off the shelf unless they are 20pts per model. We've got Tyranid Warrios that have a similar gun, similar stats (better shooting), and provide synapse/psyker defense in the 30pt range and they never come off the shelf. And they're even troops.

http://colgravis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/plastic-valhallans-spotted.html

Dakka's own Col Gravis might have spotted another "in plain sight" mini.

I think its best described as a "fragile" rumour right now, but his reasoning, and modelling experience, probably make it worthy of consideration.

No, just NO..

Is that a real model or just artwork? I can't tell... Maybe I just need my eyes tested again

Yep, and his reasoning in the blog explains this is a painted model treated to look painted, and if the knight is! might the guardsmen be too?

Artwork by the looks of it.

Yeah the downward slope on the face looks too extreme, and the legs are flipped the opposite way. Given, it could be a ton of converting, then a significant level of Photoshop, but I'm pretty positive it's just art (and a nice piece, at that).

It's digitally created artwork, I find it a bit farfetched to assume that it is an actual model reworked with photoshop. Besides, does the studio even have House Krast(?) models on display?

I don't think that's a model made to look like art, the proportions and details on the Knight are very different to the actual model.

WHere is this picture of the Hydra? Did I miss it already?

 Davespil wrote:
WHere is this picture of the Hydra? Did I miss it already?

Check out the first page!

 Accolade wrote:

 Davespil wrote:
WHere is this picture of the Hydra? Did I miss it already?

Check out the first page!

First page pic is broken:

It's still pretty!

 azreal13 wrote:


http://colgravis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/plastic-valhallans-spotted.html

Dakka's own Col Gravis might have spotted another "in plain sight" mini.

I think its best described as a "fragile" rumour right now, but his reasoning, and modelling experience, probably make it worthy of consideration.

Actually, don't think it is a model. The post on my blog was made by a contributor to my blog.

I agree that the Knight in centre has the look of a model which has been dropped in and 'edited' via Photoshop, I disagree that it is likely to be a plastic Valhallan in plain sight dropped in similarly. Yes it does'nt match up to any of the metals, yes the Lasgun is a Cadian style rather then old style weapon, but no just because the Knight might well be dropped in, it does'nt mean everything else is.

 pretre wrote:

Spoiler:

 Accolade wrote:

 Davespil wrote:
WHere is this picture of the Hydra? Did I miss it already?

Check out the first page!

First page pic is broken:

Thanks!

Bullgryns.


Does 'the hand cannon' its standard weapon?
And about Leman Russ spare tracks. this gave the REAL image of how Leman Russ track ACTUALLY looks like and not really the same thing seen in old Leman Russ and Chimera kits for ages. but with shields, will there be different rules for shield because give them an armor save of Astartes doesn't really make senses meow. A shield requires a wielder some traning so he/she can face it against any incoming attacks.

Watch ogryns act as a mobile Aegis defense line.. lol