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Dune crawlers are the first models in this release I don't like at all.

Dunecrawler is mostly likely $65, for you less squiggle-inclined folks.

 Verviedi wrote:
Dunecrawler is mostly likely $65, for you less squiggle-inclined folks.

The squiggle is life

 Mr Morden wrote:
Dune crawlers are the first models in this release I don't like at all.

Me too, glad I'm not the only one.

I wonder if the onager will have the Dunestrider rule as well moving 3 more inches. If that's the case they will close the gap faster, but also it might end up being harder to follow them with a repair unit like a techpriest or MotF. They might have a 4++ in a squadron but they are still AV12.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
Dune crawlers are the first models in this release I don't like at all.

Me too, glad I'm not the only one.

I think the Skitarii look really good, the Dunestriders look pretty good (if the servitor pilot is a bit goofy), the robot ninjas are okay (although they seem wildly popular, so maybe that's just me), and the Dunecrawler just looks like something out of the Advance Wars games, so really not to my liking.

 Clang wrote:

 Exergy wrote:

 Clang wrote:
My orks are totally looting one of those DuneCrawlers

I'm going the other way and making, going to have my Admech all ramshackle and each walker unique. One DuneCrawler Stock, one DuneCrawler mixed with KillaKan/Defdread bits, and another DuneCrawlerbits + Defiler bits for a squadron of 3.

For people who like the rules more than the models (or also love the models but not their prices), this makes a lot of sense, pushing the diesel-punk side of things more than the steam-punk side. Fluff-wise, it could represent an AdMech force who've been cut off from their supply lines and so have been acquiring and improving any local tech they can find. The only thing to avoid would be models that look too orky - unless of course your Admech have been trading with or stealing from local orks (or you want a freeboota/loota ork army who count-as AdMech). Hmm, I have enough of an old Defiler to make a decent counts-as DuneCrawler...

I do Dark Mech so I want everything to look different, like they find joy in reinventing the wheel or something.

 ultimentra wrote:
I wonder if the onager will have the Dunestrider rule as well moving 3 more inches. If that's the case they will close the gap faster, but also it might end up being harder to follow them with a repair unit like a techpriest or MotF. They might have a 4++ in a squadron but they are still AV12.

Worth noting that the initial rumor which namedropped the Onager also said that they are unable to Run but had Dunestrider and Move through Cover(or something equivalent).

Puscifer wrote:
You know what's funny?

I showed all this stuff to my FLGS manager and he showed me the order form and info for Skitarii from GW.

It does indeed say clampack.

So WTF is it?

We now know we're not getting a HQ, so this is leaving me at a quandary.

Edit: Hang on... This order list is for the entire month of April!!!

This weekend: Skitarii Rangers, Vanguard and the Ballistarius kit.
Next weekend: Codex and Rustwalkers.
Weekend after that: Dunewalker.
Weekend after that: Possible Clampack?

Could it be the HQ and preorder from the big AdMech Codex?

Can you provide a picture of this order list?

Is it just me, or do those walker look like AT-STs with 8 legs? Or possibly Sentinels?

Honestly, I don't think they look bad per say, just mediocre compared to the rest of the release and kinda under-worked. That said, I love converting, and this looks like it will be a neat base to work on. And I still really like the detail on the legs.

I personally love them and I also love huge bases as I can really do some cool terrain on them and show them moving through rubble.
Is the new base like a 100mm round?

Not a great fan of the fiddler crab and the ostriches before, though I can see why people like them. Will buy a box of the roadrunners for bits and conversions, two boxes of Skitarii and the codex - it's expensive enough if you consider there's another wave and a full-price codex next (and the fact I already have plenty of AdMech stuff).

I really thought the tall walkers looked cool and interesting. The square box with crab legs though... I think Warmachine already has a few. I think they could have done something a little more unique for those things.

Chopxsticks wrote:
I really thought the tall walkers looked cool and interesting. The square box with crab legs though... I think Warmachine already has a few. I think they could have done something a little more unique for those things.[/quote

Crab walking is pretty unique compared to the rest of 40k! Unless I missed something lol

Super Newb wrote:

Chopxsticks wrote:
I really thought the tall walkers looked cool and interesting. The square box with crab legs though... I think Warmachine already has a few. I think they could have done something a little more unique for those things.[/quote

Crab walking is pretty unique compared to the rest of 40k! Unless I missed something lol

It looks like a defiler

Possible Dunewalker rules, from Natfka (so grain of salt)

Wargear
Eradication Beamer
Broad Spectrum Data-Tether
Emanatus Force Field
Searchlight

Special Rules
Doctrina Imperatives
Crawler-ignores diff terrain and auto passes dangerous
Field Harmonics-increases invul saves +1 for each model in the same squadron within 4"

Options
may include two more at 90pts each
can replace its main weapon with a twin linked heavy phosphor blaster 15pts, nuetron laser and cognis heavy stubber 25pts, icarus array 35pts
Can take any items from the Skitarii Vehicle equipment list.

If true, then a unit of 3 is a 4++ (at least, I don't know what Emanatus Force Field is), and has lots of shooting for a very reasonable price point. It's a bit slower than the others (not having Dunestrider), but being a shooty walker that ignore terrain is amazing.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
Is it just me, or do those walker look like AT-STs with 8 legs? Or possibly Sentinels?

I think the Sentinel was a clear inspiration in part to keep it feeling "Imperium".


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 Exergy wrote:

Super Newb wrote:

Chopxsticks wrote:
I really thought the tall walkers looked cool and interesting. The square box with crab legs though... I think Warmachine already has a few. I think they could have done something a little more unique for those things.[/quote

Crab walking is pretty unique compared to the rest of 40k! Unless I missed something lol

It looks like a defiler

Wrong legs, wrong leg connectors, and the body shape where the legs connect to is wrong.

Also no Battlecannon in the middle of it's torso, there is no top mounted sensor stack, there is an actual gunner, not a gun mounted on an arm, and finally there are no big crab claws.

The only thing this shares with a Defiler is that their both spider tanks (though with the claws one could argue that a Defiler is more of a Scorpion Tank).

The onager looks like an armored sentinel on spider legs

 lord marcus wrote:
The onager looks like an armored sentinel on spider legs

I just dont like the spikes on them.

like the arrows on all the recent scions.

Kinda associate spikes with chaos ya know?

 DO IT TO IT wrote:

Puscifer wrote:
You know what's funny?

I showed all this stuff to my FLGS manager and he showed me the order form and info for Skitarii from GW.

It does indeed say clampack.

So WTF is it?

We now know we're not getting a HQ, so this is leaving me at a quandary.

Edit: Hang on... This order list is for the entire month of April!!!

This weekend: Skitarii Rangers, Vanguard and the Ballistarius kit.
Next weekend: Codex and Rustwalkers.
Weekend after that: Dunewalker.
Weekend after that: Possible Clampack?

Could it be the HQ and preorder from the big AdMech Codex?

Can you provide a picture of this order list?

If it is for all of April it could be the plastic Autarch.

 Desubot wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
The onager looks like an armored sentinel on spider legs

I just dont like the spikes on them.

like the arrows on all the recent scions.

Kinda associate spikes with chaos ya know?

Eh, Chaos spikes tend to be bigger. And often have heads and skulls mounted on them.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 Desubot wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
The onager looks like an armored sentinel on spider legs

I just dont like the spikes on them.

like the arrows on all the recent scions.

Kinda associate spikes with chaos ya know?

Eh, Chaos spikes tend to be bigger. And often have heads and skulls mounted on them.

Still The red and kinda tan just reminds me too much of chaos

 Desubot wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 Desubot wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
The onager looks like an armored sentinel on spider legs

I just dont like the spikes on them.

like the arrows on all the recent scions.

Kinda associate spikes with chaos ya know?

Eh, Chaos spikes tend to be bigger. And often have heads and skulls mounted on them.

Still The red and kinda tan just reminds me too much of chaos

I'd assume more the red and bronze would. I can't think of many Chaos models with tan.

 Eldarain wrote:

 DO IT TO IT wrote:

Puscifer wrote:
You know what's funny?

I showed all this stuff to my FLGS manager and he showed me the order form and info for Skitarii from GW.

It does indeed say clampack.

So WTF is it?

We now know we're not getting a HQ, so this is leaving me at a quandary.

Edit: Hang on... This order list is for the entire month of April!!!

This weekend: Skitarii Rangers, Vanguard and the Ballistarius kit.
Next weekend: Codex and Rustwalkers.
Weekend after that: Dunewalker.
Weekend after that: Possible Clampack?

Could it be the HQ and preorder from the big AdMech Codex?

Can you provide a picture of this order list?

If it is for all of April it could be the plastic Autarch.

The Clampack would be on the 25th as the dex and rustwalkers are on the 11 the dunewalker on the 18th

I wonder if the crab walker would look a lot better with sentinel legs instead of crab legs. The body looks a lot like an Armored Sentinel anyways.

 ultimentra wrote:
I wonder if the crab walker would look a lot better with sentinel legs instead of crab legs. The body looks a lot like an Armored Sentinel anyways.

I think the problem would be that the crab walker turret is just too big- look at the size of the Skitarii gunner to get a comparison to the size of the driver in the sentinel and you can see that the crab walker is much bigger.

Everyone is so eager to compare these models to other things. I guess it makes sense. The brain likes to compartmentalize new information to put it alongside old information so that it makes sense.

To me, it doesn't look like a Defiler. It doesn't look like a Sentinel with more legs. It doesn't look Chaos, it doesn't look like much else that GW has put out. It shares design elements with the Imperial Knight in the form of some of the leg systems and joints, but otherwise, these kits are new and fresh and I love the look of them.

The only thing that I don't like is the color scheme of red and beige, but that's so easy to fix.

All I care about it is that it has pretty amazing rules if the leaks are to be believed. For the low, low tax of 2 Troops units (110 for two min Vanguard squads) you can have 4 HS slots, each with 3 Dunecrawlers in them for 90 ppm before upgrades.

Sick. I'm sure there's some Imperial armies that would cut off their legs (and replace them with cybernetics) to get that.

Codex pre orders are up :-)