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 buddha wrote:
Well at least the priests have FNP so 5++/5+++ which, while not competitive, is at least usable since they do rock hard in CC. Getting them there though, well I'll leave that to better players to figure out.

Lesser Daemons have 5++ and better special rules but are 9 points a pop. You can even give the Nurgle ones FNP with a character.

 RedFox wrote:

Spoiler:

http://www.gamestrust.de/uploads/inline/pic-40764-popup.jpg

new plague marines ?

The one with the spikes/horns on his helmet doesn't exist in the current resin box. Anyone identify that model?

In other news, I am loving the gauntlet priest models.

rollawaythestone wrote:

 RedFox wrote:

Spoiler:

http://www.gamestrust.de/uploads/inline/pic-40764-popup.jpg

new plague marines ?

The one with the spikes/horns on his helmet doesn't exist in the current resin box. Anyone identify that model?

In other news, I am loving the gauntlet priest models.

He's one of the OOP plasmagun marines, the one on the right.

Ah. Very good.

Yikes. The Electro-Priests are worse than I thought.

And nice that the Magus has a hood option as well. Does he have a weapon option, though, or is hood/pope-hat his only option?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yikes. The Electro-Priests are worse than I thought.

And nice that the Magus has a hood option as well. Does he have a weapon option, though, or is hood/pope-hat his only option?

If it is just hood/Pope hat, at least they got their priorities right

As everyone knows, hats are the most important choice a gamer can make. Just look at TF2.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yikes. The Electro-Priests are worse than I thought.

And nice that the Magus has a hood option as well. Does he have a weapon option, though, or is hood/pope-hat his only option?

If it is just hood/Pope hat, at least they got their priorities right

I presume the kit'll have the option for the Eradication Ray and the phosphor serpenta? It would be strange if GW didn't include the options on the sprue... That said, the Volkite blaster looks far more useful than the ray, plus it's Volkite, which is nifty.

nudibranch wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yikes. The Electro-Priests are worse than I thought.

And nice that the Magus has a hood option as well. Does he have a weapon option, though, or is hood/pope-hat his only option?

If it is just hood/Pope hat, at least they got their priorities right

I presume the kit'll have the option for the Eradication Ray and the phosphor serpenta? It would be strange if GW didn't include the options on the sprue...

It's not that strange, very few clampacks have options and those that do it's usually just head swaps.

 ImAGeek wrote:

nudibranch wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yikes. The Electro-Priests are worse than I thought.

And nice that the Magus has a hood option as well. Does he have a weapon option, though, or is hood/pope-hat his only option?

If it is just hood/Pope hat, at least they got their priorities right

I presume the kit'll have the option for the Eradication Ray and the phosphor serpenta? It would be strange if GW didn't include the options on the sprue...

It's not that strange, very few clampacks have options and those that do it's usually just head swaps.

I would not be surprised, though, if they did include the options.

 ImAGeek wrote:

nudibranch wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yikes. The Electro-Priests are worse than I thought.

And nice that the Magus has a hood option as well. Does he have a weapon option, though, or is hood/pope-hat his only option?

If it is just hood/Pope hat, at least they got their priorities right

I presume the kit'll have the option for the Eradication Ray and the phosphor serpenta? It would be strange if GW didn't include the options on the sprue...

It's not that strange, very few clampacks have options and those that do it's usually just head swaps.

I'd argue this is a bit different though. In most other cases all it takes is a simple kit-bash. If you want to give that Chaos champion a power fist, you take a leftover power fist from another kit and stick it on him. In this case, there is no other way of obtaining an eradication ray, so the only other way to give the dominus one would be by converting one, which GW doesn't really approve of after the Chapterhouse debacle....

No, I am expecting them to be in there. It just wouldn't be that weird if they weren't based on past clampacks.

 ImAGeek wrote:
No, I am expecting them to be in there. It just wouldn't be that weird if they weren't based on past clampacks.

Past clampacks dont cost $36....


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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yikes. The Electro-Priests are worse than I thought.

Come on. A scatter bike is 27 points. An electro priest is clearly 2/3 as good as that.

 Exergy wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
No, I am expecting them to be in there. It just wouldn't be that weird if they weren't based on past clampacks.

Past clampacks dont cost $36....

They've been getting there though.

Do we have any clues on the wargear yet.

nudibranch wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Yikes. The Electro-Priests are worse than I thought.

And nice that the Magus has a hood option as well. Does he have a weapon option, though, or is hood/pope-hat his only option?

If it is just hood/Pope hat, at least they got their priorities right

I presume the kit'll have the option for the Eradication Ray and the phosphor serpenta? It would be strange if GW didn't include the options on the sprue... That said, the Volkite blaster looks far more useful than the ray, plus it's Volkite, which is nifty.

I would imagine they'll have the option for Eradication Ray or Volkite and the various pistol options as well since they wouldn't be very intrusive bits to have.

Would be a pretty silly way to introduce new plague marines right?
All i´m saying is think before you post. How is that a bad thing?

 tarnish wrote:
Would be a pretty silly way to introduce new plague marines right?
All i´m saying is think before you post. How is that a bad thing?

Jeez, there any reason be so rude? Someone made a mistake. We all do sometimes. Lets just move along before this enters Rule 1# territory, shall we?

So I am waiting to see what the canticles do before passing judgement on the electro priests or any of the units. Like for skitarii their army wide rule made a huge difference to their effectiveness. We will have to wait and see, same with relics. Although I will admit they seem ridiculous,y priced

 Leth wrote:
So I am waiting to see what the canticles do before passing judgement on the electro priests or any of the units. Like for skitarii their army wide rule made a huge difference to their effectiveness. We will have to wait and see, same with relics. Although I will admit they seem ridiculous,y priced

Before passing a final judgement, sure. But we can have a ~80% clear look at the models as of right now, and they don't look particularly nice. I was ready to throw my money down on an Ad Mech codex before, but once again I forgot how uninspired Games Workshop can be when it comes to model design. That said, those guys don't look particularly bad or anything, they just don't have any wow factor like a lot of their other models have. But who knows, maybe that extra 20% of resolution will make the difference and we'll really see what they were going for with the official HQ uploads.

EDIT: Before I come across as too cynical, the Skitarii, servitors, and the Magos model all have the wow factor and keep making me reconsider starting Ad Mech.

It occurs to me now that after 2 (!!) Adeptus Mech books I still have no use for my dozen or Necromunda pitslaves.



(not my models)

This makes me sad because they are some really good models.

 Quarterdime wrote:

 Leth wrote:
So I am waiting to see what the canticles do before passing judgement on the electro priests or any of the units. Like for skitarii their army wide rule made a huge difference to their effectiveness. We will have to wait and see, same with relics. Although I will admit they seem ridiculous,y priced

Before passing a final judgement, sure. But we can have a ~80% clear look at the models as of right now, and they don't look particularly nice. I was ready to throw my money down on an Ad Mech codex before, but once again I forgot how uninspired Games Workshop can be when it comes to model design. That said, those guys don't look particularly bad or anything, they just don't have any wow factor like a lot of their other models have. But who knows, maybe that extra 20% of resolution will make the difference and we'll really see what they were going for with the official HQ uploads.

EDIT: Before I come across as too cynical, the Skitarii, servitors, and the Magos model all have the wow factor and keep making me reconsider starting Ad Mech.

Not at all man, I totally agree. A lot of the paint jobs are a turn off for me as well. However one of the things I have learned from watching GW over the years, most of the paint jobs are not picked and designed for looking the best, they are designed to highlight the detail and different aspects of the plastic models.

So for example he electro priests, they would look way better in my opinion with a dark skin shade with those lightning veins. However to get the detail to show up in the pictures they need all of those contrasting colors. Number of times people have seen something in the pictures, hated it and hen seen it in person and with a different paint job is enough for me with old judgement

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
It occurs to me now that after 2 (!!) Adeptus Mech books I still have no use for my dozen or Necromunda pitslaves. This makes me sad because they are some really good models.

As it should. I think they're begging to be added to some inquisitor's retinue.

Do you guys see any role for the electro priests? I love the look, but am not excited about the stats. Is there some clever way of utilizing them that I'm not thinking of?

 Hive City Dweller wrote:
Do you guys see any role for the electro priests? I love the look, but am not excited about the stats. Is there some clever way of utilizing them that I'm not thinking of?

Cheap source of zealot for other armies, objective holders,

I think it is down to what the canticles can do as well as what the full picture of the codex will be. I mean instant death is no joke. In close combat an equal number of points of priests will absolutely destroy a wraithknight(remember ID bypasses fnp).

I think one of he other things to consider is that I know for myself that people approach assault as if it does not happen, however I actual build my lists to be primarily assault just for this reason. No one is prepared for it, their lists can't handle it and they hide. Sure they might kill it over two or three turns before you get there, but they are now hiding and cowering, you are controlling their movement phase and they are not scoring objectives.

 Gitsplitta wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
It occurs to me now that after 2 (!!) Adeptus Mech books I still have no use for my dozen or Necromunda pitslaves. This makes me sad because they are some really good models.

As it should. I think they're begging to be added to some inquisitor's retinue.

Yeah but there'[s no good fit, maybe acolytes with power fists and pistols but that's a lousy combo.

Maybe next year when they roll out the 3rd AM codex there will be a place for them.

I do want to try the formation of them. It should make them somewhat potent in assault. Their gauntlets with both hatred, twin-linked and reroll to wound puts them similarly to a Tesla Carbine.

Curious how well theyd synergize with Canticles and the other melee components of the army.

Although the cost of entry for the formation is pretty high, at 360 points base, so Id only likely try it in a larger game.

nudibranch wrote:


I presume the kit'll have the option for the Eradication Ray and the phosphor serpenta? It would be strange if GW didn't include the options on the sprue... That said, the Volkite blaster looks far more useful than the ray, plus it's Volkite, which is nifty.

Isn't the Phosphor Serpenta pictured here? The other pistol type weapon can be seen on the white robed Magos. No sign of the Eradication Ray yet.

 Leth wrote:
Cheap source of zealot for other armies, objective holders

 Leth wrote:
Cheap source of zealot

 Leth wrote:
Cheap source

 Leth wrote:
Cheap

Umm... 18 points a model. There's nothing cheap about them.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Leth wrote:
Cheap source of zealot for other armies, objective holders

 Leth wrote:
Cheap source of zealot

 Leth wrote:
Cheap source

 Leth wrote:
Cheap

Umm... 18 points a model. There's nothing cheap about them.

90 points with 4 ablative wounds to get zealot for a bunch of characters is not bad.

If that is your goal it is a pretty cheap way to add it in. Not saying it is GOOD, just saying it is a way if you dont want to run other sources, or are limited to two.

But I look at it from the perspective of a guy who assaults lol, very different.