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BrianDavion wrote:
if it's concept art I'd avoid reading TOOO closely into it as it could just be rejected ideas for the Skritarii

Or it could be the most awesome unit GW has ever made! GET HYPE!


*ahem*


I just want plastic combat Servitors. Don't judge me!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:
if it's concept art I'd avoid reading TOOO closely into it as it could just be rejected ideas for the Skritarii

Or it could be the most awesome unit GW has ever made! GET HYPE!


*ahem*


I just want plastic combat Servitors. Don't judge me!

Hey I'd be all for it. honestly I think GW'd have missed an oppertunity if they didn't give us some sort of "combat servitor squad" with this army.

considering how often combat servitors turn up in the books, I really can't see them not turning up modelwise

Those servitor concepts look absolutely stunning, I really hope they will materialise as actual models.

nudibranch wrote:
Wait, seeing that Dwarf gyrocopters are beer powered, does that make them... beerpunk?

Well, they're all dead now, so they were beerpunk.

Anyway, personally I'm not too fond of how GW keeps releasing plastic kits with little or no posability. For me that was part of the appeal of multi-part plastic kits in the first place. Kinda sad because I feel that when GW finally gets around to updating Tau crisis suits they're probably going to have about the same posability that they do now.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Think of the Terminator.

Precisely. Those people are all sneaky and stuff. The terminator was the most in-your-face ever!

 pretre wrote:
Nope. 0 True 0 False 1 Too Vague

I would tell you more but I do not want to get my source in trouble!

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Think of the Terminator.

Precisely. Those people are all sneaky and stuff. The terminator was the most in-your-face ever!

 pretre wrote:
Nope. 0 True 0 False 1 Too Vague

I would tell you more but I do not want to get my source in trouble!

I meant more in the sense that they will constantly hunt their targets down.
Keep in mind that the Terminator was also a bit sneaky. He remained undercover most of the time, except for when he located his target. Then he killed everyone in the vicinity.

Can't wait for even more models! The Ad Mech range is looking like your one stop for Inquisimunda/Inq28 as well as giving me a reason to get back into 40k!

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Keep in mind that the Terminator was also a bit sneaky. He remained undercover most of the time, except for when he located his target. Then he killed everyone in the vicinity.

Undercover Terminator being sneaky:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Keep in mind that the Terminator was also a bit sneaky. He remained undercover most of the time, except for when he located his target. Then he killed everyone in the vicinity.

Undercover Terminator being sneaky:

Spoiler:

If there are no witnesses, there are no alarms

You might have missed the part where the Rangers don't have infiltrate; there is nothing really sneaky about them either.
So yeah, space Arnies without the fleshsuit. The sneakiest they can be is not shooting on sight and waiting to get in an optimal position.
Like the Terminator.

It will be very interesting to see what this week brings seeing as how the painting preview is "sneaking around...".

Also interesting is I think this is the first time an Imperial faction has had, in its product description, a commentary on killing units from the Imperium. With no tag of "Traitor" before the name of the unit.

WD on page 4.

The transauranic arquebus is a weapon synonymous with the Skitarii Rangers, a multi-purpose sniper rifle as capable of blowing a Space Marine's head off as punching a hole in a tank with its depleted transuranium shells.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Keep in mind that the Terminator was also a bit sneaky. He remained undercover most of the time, except for when he located his target. Then he killed everyone in the vicinity.

Undercover Terminator being sneaky:

Spoiler:

Great now all my Skitari will have Govonator voices.

migooo wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Keep in mind that the Terminator was also a bit sneaky. He remained undercover most of the time, except for when he located his target. Then he killed everyone in the vicinity.

Undercover Terminator being sneaky:

Spoiler:

Great now all my Skitari will have Govonator voices.

Necrons called. They want their schtick back

Guys I just figured it out. The Rangers are really necrons in disguise.
They are super sneaky crons.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

migooo wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Keep in mind that the Terminator was also a bit sneaky. He remained undercover most of the time, except for when he located his target. Then he killed everyone in the vicinity.

Undercover Terminator being sneaky:

Spoiler:

Great now all my Skitari will have Govonator voices.

Necrons called. They want their schtick back

Guys I just figured it out. The Rangers are really necrons in disguise.
They are super sneaky crons.

Quick call the Robot Police?

drbored wrote:
Guys, check out the two off to the side, circled in Pink.

BUT ALSO check out the one in the middle, right behind the TA in SKITARII.

Looks like a Ranger, but check out the cables coming around from it, one with a spike... Hint at a character model???

Incidentally... if that image was the Codex cover... I would lose it. Something in that style would look soooo different, and soooo cool.

i think that the idea of a combat servitor is cool, i think they should make it a multi part plastic kit like the tactical squad. i would buy loads for kitbashing and using as spares, Another point is that i think games workshop need to diversify in there imperial army a bit, this is why i am for an adeptus army

I see tentacles on the figure under the AdMech logo of the concept sketch.
*Drool*

migooo wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

migooo wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Keep in mind that the Terminator was also a bit sneaky. He remained undercover most of the time, except for when he located his target. Then he killed everyone in the vicinity.

Undercover Terminator being sneaky:

Spoiler:

Great now all my Skitari will have Govonator voices.

Necrons called. They want their schtick back

Guys I just figured it out. The Rangers are really necrons in disguise.
They are super sneaky crons.

Quick call the Robot Police?

Void Dragon Omnissiah confirmed?




Also, on the Dwarves things- I had that thought after people started talking about how the Dark Mechanicus split off from the AdMech and proceeded to actually innovate and experiment with Daemon Engines. The Grudges I'll give you- that's actually one of the most original things to come out of GW, like, ever. Similarly in how they treat technology- in a way, at least.

But, on Tradition... As people were saying, the AdMech look down on anyone tinkering or changing their approved designs, as seen with the Spess Wulves- it took centuries for a slightly different, new design to be approved. Similarly, Dwarven Master Engineers refuse to allow something to be put into production without centuries of testing and tinkering and perfecting- they don't really do Science! as much as they do obsessively precise engineering- they might not go off Templates, but they do probably teach each and every initiate into the Guild the 'right' way to turn a wrench (spanner to you Brits) or hammer a rivet or carve a cog.

And Chaos Dwarves were, essentially, Dwarves who said "Screw Tradition, we wanna see what we can do with these Daemon powers!", left, and started furiously innovating and experimenting with Daemon Engines.

 Kanluwen wrote:

WD on page 4.

The transauranic arquebus is a weapon synonymous with the Skitarii Rangers, a multi-purpose sniper rifle as capable of blowing a Space Marine's head off as punching a hole in a tank with its depleted transuranium shells.

If only it could actually do that... Seriously, either whatever Doctrina Imperatives does affects it in a big way, or there are rules missing...

nudibranch wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

WD on page 4.

The transauranic arquebus is a weapon synonymous with the Skitarii Rangers, a multi-purpose sniper rifle as capable of blowing a Space Marine's head off as punching a hole in a tank with its depleted transuranium shells.

If only it could actually do that... Seriously, either whatever Doctrina Imperatives does affects it in a big way, or there are rules missing...

It's referring to AP 3

I just hope my stuff arrives before Easter or I'm going to wait til the following Thursday when the mail finally recovers.

nudibranch wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

WD on page 4.

The transauranic arquebus is a weapon synonymous with the Skitarii Rangers, a multi-purpose sniper rifle as capable of blowing a Space Marine's head off as punching a hole in a tank with its depleted transuranium shells.

If only it could actually do that... Seriously, either whatever Doctrina Imperatives does affects it in a big way, or there are rules missing...

The Transuranic Arquebus is a range 60", S X, AP 3, Heavy 1, Sniper, Armorbane weapon. On Rangers, who are Relentless, they can move and still fire the thing. Against vehicles, they count as str 4 and roll 2d6 for Armor pen rolls, which should average you a total result of 11, and a max result of 16, enough to actually pen a Land Raider. AP 3 means on a to-wound of 4+ it can cause a Space Marine some issues, and the Sniper Rule gives it Precision Shots, so a 6 to-hit you will get to allocate the wound, if you make the wound roll.

drbored wrote:

nudibranch wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

WD on page 4.

The transauranic arquebus is a weapon synonymous with the Skitarii Rangers, a multi-purpose sniper rifle as capable of blowing a Space Marine's head off as punching a hole in a tank with its depleted transuranium shells.

If only it could actually do that... Seriously, either whatever Doctrina Imperatives does affects it in a big way, or there are rules missing...

The Transuranic Arquebus is a range 60", S X, AP 3, Heavy 1, Sniper, Armorbane weapon. On Rangers, who are Relentless, they can move and still fire the thing. Against vehicles, they count as str 4 and roll 2d6 for Armor pen rolls, which should average you a total result of 11, and a max result of 16, enough to actually pen a Land Raider. AP 3 means on a to-wound of 4+ it can cause a Space Marine some issues, and the Sniper Rule gives it Precision Shots, so a 6 to-hit you will get to allocate the wound, if you make the wound roll.

I realise it can can pen vehicles, but compared to most other AT special weapons, it's pretty poor (especially compared to the arc rifles in the same unit, which cost 10pts less). Aaaaaand it costs 25pts...

Considering the average roll of 2d6 is 6 - 8 so minimum AP is 10 - 12 on an average.

I'd say it's a decent enough weapon.

Okay, thinking about it, it isn't awful, just kinda weird.

Well it still can't explode anything, so it loses some shine on that as well. AP2 would've been terrific.

No, it's still bad. At best, against a vehicle in the open, you've got a 2 in 3 chance to hit, 7 in 12 chance of at least glancing AV11. So, at best, you've got slightly better than a 1 in 3 chance (7/18 to be exact) of causing 1 HP of damage to a Rhino without cover. If you're facing a Wave Serpent, you'd be better off not firing at it.

Eyjio wrote:
No, it's still bad. At best, against a vehicle in the open, you've got a 2 in 3 chance to hit, 7 in 12 chance of at least glancing AV11. So, at best, you've got slightly better than a 1 in 3 chance (7/18 to be exact) of causing 1 HP of damage to a Rhino without cover. If you're facing a Wave Serpent, you'd be better off not firing at it.

Well it is mainly a sniper rifle so I probably wouldn't use it against viechles to be honest. I'm hoping that there's going to be more than that walker in HS

migooo wrote:

Eyjio wrote:
No, it's still bad. At best, against a vehicle in the open, you've got a 2 in 3 chance to hit, 7 in 12 chance of at least glancing AV11. So, at best, you've got slightly better than a 1 in 3 chance (7/18 to be exact) of causing 1 HP of damage to a Rhino without cover. If you're facing a Wave Serpent, you'd be better off not firing at it.

Well it is mainly a sniper rifle so I probably wouldn't use it against viechles to be honest. I'm hoping that there's going to be more than that walker in HS

Well, the Onager Dunecrawler is more or less confirmed, so you don't have to worry

nudibranch wrote:

migooo wrote:

Eyjio wrote:
No, it's still bad. At best, against a vehicle in the open, you've got a 2 in 3 chance to hit, 7 in 12 chance of at least glancing AV11. So, at best, you've got slightly better than a 1 in 3 chance (7/18 to be exact) of causing 1 HP of damage to a Rhino without cover. If you're facing a Wave Serpent, you'd be better off not firing at it.

Well it is mainly a sniper rifle so I probably wouldn't use it against viechles to be honest. I'm hoping that there's going to be more than that walker in HS

Well, the Onager Dunecrawler is more or less confirmed, so you don't have to worry

And unfortunately that's all we know really.

Oh mighty Omissiah, Grant us your wisdom and mercy in answering this humble question. Will we get a HQ. May your servants guided by your will help us in this need.

Someone over at BoLS blew up and pixelized the concept sketch. Just spreading it around.