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 thenoobbomb wrote:
The thing in the background is a Stormraven...

Stormraven is on the right, the big one to the left with a tactical marine walking out of it is the Thunderhawk. Would be truly awesome if it did come out in a plastic kit.

He's asking about the one with the open ramp.

I am pretty sure it is just a Forgeworld one Jinx.

The one with the open ramp is a Thunderhawk. The lines on it are uneven so it would mean it is the resin one.

Darn it....no Shrouded for units that were embarked on a vehicle. So much for my hopes of a survivable drop pod attack for my RG....

General Hobbs wrote:


Darn it....no Shrouded for units that were embarked on a vehicle. So much for my hopes of a survivable drop pod attack for my RG....

yeah, Iron Hands are a better choice for drop, imo.

The one with the open ramp, the big one in the foreground is not the one from Forgeworld!

I checked both I have and there is a major discrepancy:

The side doors have been set back for 2 cm compared to the ones I have! But those have some days...and newer moulds might have those doors set back.

But in my book this might well be a plastic one!

GREAT FIND!!! WOW!!!

edit: will try to take a pic to proof my point!

Re-edit: ERROR it's the Forgeworld one!

I only looked at the left side and never evr noticed that the door on the right side is really set back so far and is not in the same position as the left side door!

SORRY my error. MEA CULPA

 Red Marine wrote:
In 25 years of 40k ive never heard of 2 tyranids sweeping a fortification clean of the enemy. Not once. There is no other army who's table top performance is so diametrically different than their fluff.

Read more then.

The Doom of Malan'ti is a regular Zoanthrope. It killed an entire craftworld.

Maugan Ra killed an entire hive fleet.

 miniholic wrote:
The one with the open ramp, the big one in the foreground is not the one from Forgeworld!

I checked both I have and there is a major discrepancy:

The side doors have been set back for 2 cm compared to the ones I have! But those have some days...and newer moulds might have those doors set back.

But in my book this might well be a plastic one!

GREAT FIND!!! WOW!!!

edit: will try to take a pic to proof my point!

Looks exactly the same as:

Yeah, it's the FW one...

I think you are wrong miniholic. Go look at the FW site. The side doors do not match up. One is under the canard wing (right side if looking head on) the other is not.

 SickSix wrote:
Honestly too much of the game is still dependent on who goes first. No amount of formation shenanigans is going to change that. 40k will remain shackled to who goes first until we change the turn sequence to alternating phases.

Frankly all of these "use once per game" that can give you twinlinked everything, +3 cover save, +4 BS and junk. It just makes the first turn action that much MORE important. I really wish GW would get away from it.

 pretre wrote:

General Hobbs wrote:


Darn it....no Shrouded for units that were embarked on a vehicle. So much for my hopes of a survivable drop pod attack for my RG....

yeah, Iron Hands are a better choice for drop, imo.

Fists with bolter drill or UM with battle doctrines are. FNP is too unreliable to save marines from dying.

Looks like it matches to me.


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General Hobbs wrote:

 pretre wrote:

General Hobbs wrote:


Darn it....no Shrouded for units that were embarked on a vehicle. So much for my hopes of a survivable drop pod attack for my RG....

yeah, Iron Hands are a better choice for drop, imo.

Fists with bolter drill or UM with battle doctrines are. FNP is too unreliable to save marines from dying.

My thought was for the IWND on the 12 Drop Pods and 2 Dreadnoughts.

The bolter drill/battle doctrines look good though.

 Nicorex wrote:
I think you are wrong miniholic. Go look at the FW site. The side doors do not match up. One is under the canard wing (right side if looking head on) the other is not.

The door isn't under the wing in the new pic, either.

ImAGeek: Sorry, you're right

The one with the open ramp, the big one in the foreground is not the one from Forgeworld!

I checked both I have and there is a major discrepancy:

The side doors have been set back for 2 cm compared to the ones I have! But those have some days...and newer moulds might have those doors set back.

But in my book this might well be a plastic one!

GREAT FIND!!! WOW!!!

edit: will try to take a pic to proof my point!

Re-edit: ERROR it's the Forgeworld one!

I only looked at the left side and never evr noticed that the door on the right side is really set back so far and is not in the same position as the left side door!

SORRY my error. MEA CULPA

ORicK wrote:

And a parking lot would fit the size of the game very well, because a standard battle takes place on a field of about 80 by 100 meters, which is something between a small and a big parking lot.

a standard battle takes place on a field where everything is within 1/3 of the effective range of the smallest weapon?

I mean people can run flat out 100 meters.

An assault rifle is effective to roughly 300 meters.
A pistol perhaps 50 meters.

I dont see 40k as being 100 meters square. More like 500 meters square

 ImAGeek wrote:

 miniholic wrote:
The one with the open ramp, the big one in the foreground is not the one from Forgeworld!

I checked both I have and there is a major discrepancy:

The side doors have been set back for 2 cm compared to the ones I have! But those have some days...and newer moulds might have those doors set back.

But in my book this might well be a plastic one!

GREAT FIND!!! WOW!!!

edit: will try to take a pic to proof my point!

Looks exactly the same as:

Look closer. There are rivets that disdinguise the two from each other. Both recessed and raised. It is clearly NOT the FW one.

The rivets are there, just harder to see on the whitish one.

 ImAGeek wrote:
The rivets are there, just harder to see on the whitish one.

He actually has a point.

FW's photos have the 'rivets' running along the side panel of the doors(the raised part in front of the Heavy Bolters) as protruding while the photographed one by all appearances has them recessed.

Whether it's just the person who built the Thunderhawk had issues with those rivets and filed them down or it is in fact a new kit is up for debate though.

It's not a plastic Thunderhawk.. definitely resin.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
The rivets are there, just harder to see on the whitish one.

He actually has a point.

FW's photos have the 'rivets' running along the side panel of the doors(the raised part in front of the Heavy Bolters) as protruding while the photographed one by all appearances has them recessed.

Whether it's just the person who built the Thunderhawk had issues with those rivets and filed them down or it is in fact a new kit is up for debate though.

The rivets all look the same to me. The ones on the side are recessed and the big ones on the front protrude, like here:

Its not a plastic T hawk. look at the front drop doors. do you think GW would give you a plastic part thaaaat thick?

Oops, should have read more, just one of those mornings.

I'm not seeing any difference between the photographed Thunderhawk and the FW one. Chances are they're the same.

Bolter Drill applying to Special Ammo now sounds fun.

Woooo imperial fist Sternguards are a go!

 Desubot wrote:
Woooo imperial fist Sternguards are a go!

I was thinking of doing any Imperial Fists army with Sternguard and this definitely vaulted my desire.

Tried to take a pic in the same perspective:



That's defo the Forgeworld one.

Have added some more detail pics to my gallery. In case you need more...


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@ Danak: Bella trovata!

Winged Deliverance doesn't sound bad for my Space Sharks!

They descend from the Raven Guard, so that's not a bad idea...

 miniholic wrote:
Tried to take a pic in the same perspective:



That's defo the Forgeworld one.

Have added some more detail pics to my gallery. In case you need more...


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@ Danak: Bella trovata!

Winged Deliverance doesn't sound bad for my Space Sharks!

They descend from the Raven Guard, so that's not a bad idea...

Well...hope IS the first step on the road to disappointment...Thanks for taking the time to take a picture!