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 ImAGeek wrote:
Looks like Eidolon will come with a (kick ass) helmet:


From the latest bulletin: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/FORGE_WORLD_BULLETIN_67.html

Awesome ... this truly is one of the best models in the character series. Problem is I like both the helmet and the normal head ... which one will it be?

SpyderG6 wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Looks like Eidolon will come with a (kick ass) helmet:


From the latest bulletin: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/FORGE_WORLD_BULLETIN_67.html

So Eidolon comes with a helmet ,but Sigismund doesnt? I wonder what goes into the design choices for who gets one. Not complaining, just legitimately curious.

Yeah, it's odd. Typhon, Sevatar, Kharn and now Eidolon come with helmet options, the others don't.

SpyderG6 wrote:
So Eidolon comes with a helmet ,but Sigismund doesnt? I wonder what goes into the design choices for who gets one. Not complaining, just legitimately curious.

good point ...

 Fireball wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Looks like Eidolon will come with a (kick ass) helmet:


From the latest bulletin: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/FORGE_WORLD_BULLETIN_67.html

Awesome ... this truly is one of the best models in the character series. Problem is I like both the helmet and the normal head ... which one will it be?

Magnets yo.

 ImAGeek wrote:
Magnets yo.

Never tried that before. And because I love using all different bits and pieces from different models I think I will use the helmet for some other model and go with the bare head for Eidolon.

I am yet to purchase any of the HH Characters... but I have to admit... Sigismund & new Eidolon are making me seriously challenge that fact! They look truly glorious! And even Perty is looking pretty darned good IMHO...



I also have to agree, it is a bit strange that some come with the helmet option and some done.... I think the Sigismund sculpt is really nicely done... but for me... personally... he needs a helmet... fully prepped for battle against all of those chaos champs he mauls on the walls of the Imperial Palace.... however.. as has been mentioned earlier... its not to tricky to swap out heads and helmets etc...

 Fireball wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Magnets yo.

Never tried that before. And because I love using all different bits and pieces from different models I think I will use the helmet for some other model and go with the bare head for Eidolon.

Yeah, that works too. Magnets are easy though if you did want to go that route, just make sure the polarities are correct haha.

Who sculpted Sigismund and Polux?

Not sure I like Eidolon with the helmet. Just doesn't look quite as fabulous without that long flowing hair.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Not sure I like Eidolon with the helmet. Just doesn't look quite as fabulous without that long flowing hair.

His helmet still has a long flowing topknot in fairness

JohnnyHell wrote:The Kytan looks funky. I think it's the toes. It looks like it's from another model, not designed to complement the torso.

Deadshot wrote:The problem with a the Kytan is that the legs are design like the dreadknight legs, which are designed to have a smaller torso and no head. The legs are too long, spindly and the toes too spread out for such a large, bulky torso, which is in turn designed to be mounted on a large tank like platform. If the legs were stockier, thicker, single jointed (like out legs rather than bird) and had either flat, hoofed or even claws instead of appearing to balance on its toes, it would look better. Right now it looks far too dynamic and mobile for its considerable bulk.

SpyderG6 wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Looks like Eidolon will come with a (kick ass) helmet:


From the latest bulletin: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/FORGE_WORLD_BULLETIN_67.html

So Eidolon comes with a helmet ,but Sigismund doesnt? I wonder what goes into the design choices for who gets one. Not complaining, just legitimately curious.

Bad guys vs good guys. Good guys have no helmet to make them stand out (SM Sergeant style) and to give them a more humanised, relatable feature as their "protector of humanity role" requires. Bad guys have a faceless, intimidating faceplate to demhumanise and make them evil, with an option for no helmet should people choose.

Fireball wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Looks like Eidolon will come with a (kick ass) helmet:


From the latest bulletin: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/FORGE_WORLD_BULLETIN_67.html

Awesome ... this truly is one of the best models in the character series. Problem is I like both the helmet and the normal head ... which one will it be?

You could have his helmet mounted on his based, dented or cracked, so he takes it off to show his god-like visage and view the battlefield with his own perfect sense, as well to cast off his dented, imperfect armour.

Further to the ordinatus rules in the LRB - just spotted this on battlebunnies by Mark Fairbrother:

"....Sonic cannon is 72" range, draw a line - everything within 3 1/2" of that line takes an auto hit with Ignores Cover and Instant Death, strength varies from 5 to D based on size of model hit (small model, smaller strength, super heavy/gargantuan/building, strength D"

Found here; http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/ordinatus-coming-soon.html#comment-form




[Please don't try and 'wrokaround' the expletive filter - thanks! - Alpharius] SPACE-ELVES!!! Mechanicum FTW!!

Apologies mr mod, and i also just had it pointed out that the auto hit thing doesn't help against said fields. Curses.

Armillus Dynat model has no helmet head option and Autilon Skorr model has no bare head option so I think there is no clear way to tell who is going to get what in the future.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Holy gak. Eidolon looks BADASS!

Also- anyone think that GW are knocking out some cracking decals of late? Those Night Lords ones look amazing.

They're awesome yeah, my UM ones are incredible and the upcoming ones all look awesome. Jew Goodwin's daughter designs them.

UM?

Also, yeah, I'm especially looking forward to the Titan ones. No one wants to screw up freehanding decals on a Titan
(Also seriously, Jes' daughter designs them? Wow, serious talent runs in the family...)

 SirDonlad wrote:
Further to the ordinatus rules in the LRB - just spotted this on battlebunnies by Mark Fairbrother:

"....Sonic cannon is 72" range, draw a line - everything within 3 1/2" of that line takes an auto hit with Ignores Cover and Instant Death, strength varies from 5 to D based on size of model hit (small model, smaller strength, super heavy/gargantuan/building, strength D"

Found here; http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/ordinatus-coming-soon.html#comment-form

ORDINATUSSSSS.

UM means Ultramarines.

For gaks and giggles, I decided to try and find a pic of the onager (thanks for the tips on which base the tau titan is using!) that had the knight in it somewhere and roughly matched the shot angle of one of the Tau Titan pics. I can't verify the relative size of the knight to the onager in GW's webstore photoshop but at least I found a pic with both to use as a reference. I kept resizing the tau titan in mspaint (sorry, no photoshop here) until the base matched the onager one in width at least as close as I could tell with one edge hidden by a titan's toe.



Not surprising but bigger than a knight. I figure that one step resizing/size comparison is a bit more easily verifiable than what they did over on BOLS. You can see half the onager base copy/pasted onto the tau titan's base.

Having seen it in Sunday it's about as tall as the FW knights but much broader in the chest.

Finally got the confidence to click purchase on the Kytan its never easy seeing that much money go on one model but damn, with this and the age of sigmar box, my khorne daemonkin just got a whole lot nastier. I dont mind the size of the legs compared to the chest, for some reason it just doesnt bother me and usually I hate things that have odd proportions. Cant wait to see what poses, paint schemes people come up with for it.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

Also- anyone think that GW are knocking out some cracking decals of late? Those Night Lords ones look amazing.

Yep, I've always thought that the transfer designs have been a bit simple, considering what could be done with modern printers. These take it up a notch.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Holy gak. Eidolon looks BADASS!

Also- anyone think that GW are knocking out some cracking decals of late? Those Night Lords ones look amazing.

Stuff like this makes me consider re-booting my abandoned Angels Encarmine army. Alot of the Night Lords' stuff (40k and Heresy era) stuff would be rather easy to convert for AE...

-C6

Are there any pics around the web yet with these transfers. Im dieing to see a banner with one of those fancy decals on it.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Are there any pics around the web yet with these transfers. Im dieing to see a banner with one of those fancy decals on it.

They're not out yet.

 SirDonlad wrote:
Further to the ordinatus rules in the LRB - just spotted this on battlebunnies by Mark Fairbrother:

"....Sonic cannon is 72" range, draw a line - everything within 3 1/2" of that line takes an auto hit with Ignores Cover and Instant Death, strength varies from 5 to D based on size of model hit (small model, smaller strength, super heavy/gargantuan/building, strength D"

Found here; http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/ordinatus-coming-soon.html#comment-form




[Please don't try and 'wrokaround' the expletive filter - thanks! - Alpharius] SPACE-ELVES!!! Mechanicum FTW!!

Apologies mr mod, and i also just had it pointed out that the auto hit thing doesn't help against said fields. Curses.

Ordinatus Mars! Now give us Ordinatus Priam!

So, I'm betting the Tau titan will be like 250$ us. Luckily I just learned the joys of saving money for something you want drip by drip lol.

Is that a generic Titan sheet of decals? Or part of one of the Legio specific ones? If the former, I must have it. I'm barely a beginner on freehand, so something I can use to create heraldry for my titans would be a lifesaver.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Is that a generic Titan sheet of decals? Or part of one of the Legio specific ones? If the former, I must have it. I'm barely a beginner on freehand, so something I can use to create heraldry for my titans would be a lifesaver.

They definitely had them for specific Legios, including I saw, Gryphonnicus, Mortis, Astorum, amongst a few others. I think they did have a generic sheet though, including the one for the Warlord Volcano Cannon.

 Enigwolf wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Is that a generic Titan sheet of decals? Or part of one of the Legio specific ones? If the former, I must have it. I'm barely a beginner on freehand, so something I can use to create heraldry for my titans would be a lifesaver.

They definitely had them for specific Legios, including I saw, Gryphonnicus, Mortis, Astorum, amongst a few others. I think they did have a generic sheet though, including the one for the Warlord Volcano Cannon.

I don't think they were planning to release the Warlord Volcano Cannon decal sheets though.

 -Shrike- wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Is that a generic Titan sheet of decals? Or part of one of the Legio specific ones? If the former, I must have it. I'm barely a beginner on freehand, so something I can use to create heraldry for my titans would be a lifesaver.

They definitely had them for specific Legios, including I saw, Gryphonnicus, Mortis, Astorum, amongst a few others. I think they did have a generic sheet though, including the one for the Warlord Volcano Cannon.

I don't think they were planning to release the Warlord Volcano Cannon decal sheets though.

That's what I heard as well.

Perturabo and the Night Lords transfers are up:


http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff

I just noticed this. There's a dead pilot inside the Cerastus!