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 Talys wrote:

 ninjafiredragon wrote:

 BloodGrin wrote:
I can not and will never think this way.
I do not play math-hammer or power hammer and will never understand or really enjoy playing with people that do.
I watched someone over the weekend play a list of Draigo-Star allied with Screamer-Star....wtf is that crap.
Yes I am sure it is strong as hell and can be brutal but fluffwise it is broken as can be and gamewise it is just...
Looking through every new release for the biggest numbers and the most broken units so that they can be mixed with the other mathematically broken units is just not fun to me and using that as a metric for what is a good release or a good kit ....no.

Have fun losing vs all but the most basic and unstrategic opponents. You might be able to pull out a draw vs them.

I have a problem with people who refuse to win.

Or, you know, he could have fun and win, lose or draw against like-minded players who choose to play units that fit a theme, fit a scenario, or that simply look cool -- rather than building a list for opponent-stomping awesomeness.

Different people have different definitions of fun, and what they like to do with their time.

Just when TFGs have made me lose almost all hope in humanity along comes a post like this to remind me that some people do still get it...

USD price for the Destroyers is $58 or thereabouts.

You know when I eventually move to Canada looks like ill be paying through the nose for my models.

 Kanluwen wrote:
USD price for the Destroyers is $58 or thereabouts.

yeah they are up for preorder at $46 already on Ebay which translates to about $58 retail

Doesn't the Kastelan Robot remind anyone else of the Aliens (Dark Horse) Berserker Robot?

http://www.avpuniverse.com/enc/comics/aliens_berserker.html

 Verviedi wrote:

migooo wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Real money price?

Oh 50 Cogs at least ....

Martian or Lucian cogs?

But seriously. Speculations on USD price?

I'd guess ~60$ for three.

$58 USD for the box, per the WD.

Maybe this is old news:

http://natfka.blogspot.com/2015/05/combined-admech-next-weeks-exclusive.html

Next weeks white dwarf has an exclusive formation that combines Skitarii, a Knight and Cult Mechanicus to an all AdMech army.


The previews for next week say:
- Electrifying
- Lords of Mars let loose

- An exclusive formation

but maybe it's this bundle? http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Adeptus-Mechanicus-Robot-Bundle

two sets of Kastelan Robots, two Onager Dunecrawlers, three Ironstrider Ballistarii (any of which can be built as a Sydonian Dragoon) and a towering Imperial Knight Warden

It would be very GW to sell that bundle, and then cook up a random formation for all of them.

Would be an interesting precedent though... a formation spanning three army-books.

From B&C: If you select New Zealand as your "delivering to" choice on the GW site, the preorders are up already.

Sprue pics:







Breacher:



Destroyer:

EDIT: ^^^^^^^^^^spoiler tag please....we all know how to browse GW website


Yeah it makes sense for it to be that bundle

too bad it's forcing us to use those ugly robots

Something to note is all the miniature servo arms the kit comes with - should be useful for servitor conversions.

 RedFox wrote:
EDIT: ^^^^^^^^^^spoiler tag please....we all know how to browse GW website

Some of us would rather not though...

they could get to you

So rumor from Natfka, so pinch of salt time

Mymearan wrote:
A whole army on round bases? Unless we have seen that many before, it seems pretty suspicious.

U Wot M8?

Mymearan wrote:
A whole army on round bases? Unless we have seen that many before, it seems pretty suspicious.

I'm... guessing you meant to post on the WHFB thread?

Mymearan wrote:
A whole army on round bases? Unless we have seen that many before, it seems pretty suspicious.

Wha....?

Did you accidentally post in the wrong thread? Of course the whole army is on round bases - this is 40K we're talking about!

Oops, sorry guys! Multiple tabs and all...

nudibranch wrote:

Mymearan wrote:
A whole army on round bases? Unless we have seen that many before, it seems pretty suspicious.

I'm... guessing you meant to post on the WHFB thread?

actually does anything not go on a round base? I can only think of the aquebus. Other than that, everything is round.

most armies either have tanks or MCs on an oval base.

Can someone double check my eyes, did games workshop just do a web bundle on the Kataphron Battle Servitors that saves you money
£35 for three
but £70 for nine with the web bundle

 Tanke Tank wrote:
Can someone double check my eyes, did games workshop just do a web bundle on the Kataphron Battle Servitors that saves you money
£35 for three
but £70 for nine with the web bundle

Games Workshop wrote:Kataphron Breachers - the name says it all. These are little more than barely-sentient bulldozers, sent into battle by the Tech-Priests to smash their way into fortresses, rumble over squadrons of footsoldiers and dismantle the enemies’ battle lines with brutal, insistent power.

Kataphron Destroyers - their name also says it all. A tracked behemoth bristling with incredible weaponry, the Kataphron Destroyers are kept a little further back, aiding the Cult Mechanicus by relentlessly pouring firepower into their foes.

This bundle allows you to build three Kataphron Breachers and three Kataphron Destroyers; order all six into the fray to crush all before them!

It's no different than any web bundle.

 Tanke Tank wrote:
Can someone double check my eyes, did games workshop just do a web bundle on the Kataphron Battle Servitors that saves you money
£35 for three
but £70 for nine with the web bundle

There's 6 in the bundle.

Edit: Ninja'd

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Tanke Tank wrote:
Can someone double check my eyes, did games workshop just do a web bundle on the Kataphron Battle Servitors that saves you money
£35 for three
but £70 for nine with the web bundle

Games Workshop wrote:Kataphron Breachers - the name says it all. These are little more than barely-sentient bulldozers, sent into battle by the Tech-Priests to smash their way into fortresses, rumble over squadrons of footsoldiers and dismantle the enemies’ battle lines with brutal, insistent power.

Kataphron Destroyers - their name also says it all. A tracked behemoth bristling with incredible weaponry, the Kataphron Destroyers are kept a little further back, aiding the Cult Mechanicus by relentlessly pouring firepower into their foes.

This bundle allows you to build three Kataphron Breachers and three Kataphron Destroyers; order all six into the fray to crush all before them!

It's no different than any web bundle.

It might be different; though, not in a good way. If they make the bundle so you only have the bits for three of each like it says in the description, then they're taking parts out of the sets. I would be pretty upset of I didn't get all the bits.

They're not taking any bits out of the bloody sets.

DeGarmo wrote:

It might be different; though, not in a good way. If they make the bundle so you only have the bits for three of each like it says in the description, then they're taking parts out of the sets. I would be pretty upset of I didn't get all the bits.

They are no different than .. say .. the buy 5 different Imperial Knights bundles. They're not gonna have people sit down in the warehouse to snap pieces out of the sprues.

nudibranch wrote:
Something to note is all the miniature servo arms the kit comes with - should be useful for servitor conversions.

Also something to note. There isn't a special weapon shortage. There is three of each type of weapon in the kit. Little Captain Obvious I know but no one typed that out yet lol.

The tracked dudes don't look all that bad.
Not sure why I want to outfit them with an axe and belly gun.
Right amount of armor to their look.
Consistent look to them and cult Mech. stuff.
Got the new IK,kit, may regret later, will be interested to see what this new formation would be, in particular: any old knight or a specific one.

 Talizvar wrote:
The tracked dudes don't look all that bad.

I think they look pretty darn good. One complaint is they are too 'busy' - there is too much going on in some places. If I get these I will use the armor plating to cover some of that business (even if I use them as the less armored guys). I would also not bother attaching the little servo arms.

Oh, and the left arm that actually looks like an arm (the CC arms) at the shoulder looks much better than the robotic doo dad that the flamer is attached too. I'm thinking of attaching the flamer to the upper part of the CC arm.

I'm also wondering if these guys would look more interesting with the tank tracks facing the other direction. Or to put it better, if the torso were turned 180 degrees...

Super Newb wrote:

nudibranch wrote:
Something to note is all the miniature servo arms the kit comes with - should be useful for servitor conversions.

Also something to note. There isn't a special weapon shortage. There is three of each type of weapon in the kit. Little Captain Obvious I know but no one typed that out yet lol.

I believe Exergy mentioned the notion a while back of using all the leftovers on skitarri, but the weapons on these are massive compered to their skitarri counterparts. I don't imagine it will work well to put plasmas from breachers on standard infantry but it is an option I suppose.

Awesome that at least this kit has everything though.