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 Harriticus wrote:
Lol@it being open topped. GW always finds a little way to make an acceptable model look like gak. For the Stormtalon it was the giant turret, for the Taurox the tracks, for the Dreadknight the Marine strapped in.

This is the company whose 3+ armor marine commanders frequently like to take their helmets off in the middle of a firefight (even when snipers are known to be nearby). Ditto on the orignial sentinels and warwalkers lacking armor to protect those inside. Did we expect anything less?

If it bothers anyone, a 1" x 2" piece of plasticard should cover the opening nicely.

I really hope that this is just a detail piece like FW does with it's titian heads and it comes with a top. Especially as this is the first we've seen of the open top.

 Nevelon wrote:
I wonder how long it will take for a third party company to make a top hatch for that thing. Looks like it wouldn’t be particularly hard to do.

Wait... I missed something. I thought it had a top but that they just didn't use it for this one so they could show the interior. You saying this is just a big arsed War Walker?

 Nevelon wrote:
I wonder how long it will take for a third party company to make a top hatch for that thing. Looks like it wouldn’t be particularly hard to do.

Kromlech, are you listening?


This bit & an exacto knife.

It would be perfect for Chapterhouse to pump out, if they were still making new stuff.

Maybe Paulson can whip something up relatively quick.

 Stormonu wrote:

 Harriticus wrote:
Lol@it being open topped. GW always finds a little way to make an acceptable model look like gak. For the Stormtalon it was the giant turret, for the Taurox the tracks, for the Dreadknight the Marine strapped in.

This is the company whose 3+ armor marine commanders frequently like to take their helmets off in the middle of a firefight (even when snipers are known to be nearby). Ditto on the orignial sentinels and warwalkers lacking armor to protect those inside. Did we expect anything less?

If it bothers anyone, a 1" x 2" piece of plasticard should cover the opening nicely.

Supposedly that's because marines have better senses without their helmets on, and they are meant to be slightly bullet proof.
Most of the weapons their enemies wield fire more dangerous projectiles than bullets though.

Some of these pictures have already been shown. But, a more complete set!

Back:


Size (Yes, let's put these at the front of the charge, good idea!):


Front:


Details:


Yellow!

Oh...that's where the exposed cockpit is.
That is the worse place ever.
Like, why? It makes no sense.

Like, at first I thought it was where the head is, which is already silly looking because of its tiny size, but its in the chest, where most of the attacks would be directed.
Also, it needs more legs. Having two legs doing the squat looks silly.

Horrendous open cockpit aside, the kit does have quite a few bits and bobs that ooze with the rule of cool yet again, like the reactor that can slide in and out and those poseable ground anchors. It will be interesting to see what our local Tau player is going to do with this kit.

Yeah, that's pretty neat.
Its a good kit overall, it just has its share of grade A stupid. Still better than the DK.

Also, way better in white than yellow.

It's ochre, not yellow.

 BrookM wrote:
It's ochre, not yellow.

Touche

And yes, the open cockpit makes no sense, lol.

I have a question. What happens when it rains? Do the pilots float away? Is there drainage? Does the Stormsurge have a gutter system? (I just redid my patio and had to add a gutter LOL LOL).

That yellow pic has a Riptide side by side out of view. We know this thing is going to be big.

I like the design too mostly except that stupid open topped thing.

It's too bad the rules are such a disaster.

Oh yeah, and did you notice that the yellow version of the big gun has flaps open on the side?

I also REALLY like the back. I mean, love it. The back of a model is critical, because it's what I'm looking at most of the time when I'm playing

These close-ups do looks pretty good, I could certainly do something with this suit. They really went full hog with the details, a very nice touch.

Crisis Suit - Enclosed.
Broadside Suit - Enclosed.
Riptide Suit - Enclosed.
Giant Suit with Gun - Naaaah- we dont need it.

Which is what makes this so much harder to see it crippled with that stat line.

If our codex is sufficiently powerful to back this up and we have actual good anti-tank maybe I could get this. The problem is though we already have so much anti-infantry and I can't justify getting a mediocre to poor unit unless it's got good enough backup that nothing could hope to get into melee with it. If the rest of the Tau codex disappoints like him though? Well it's at least some pretty cool pictures to look at. If it had a good (but not op) then I could get over the open topped dumbness and even modify it closed.

Don't worry, there will be a stand alone upgrade from GW for an Iridium Armor support system which will cover the top.

$30.00
/s

Considering literally every army in 40K has an open-topped vehicle, I don't see what the big deal is. The Stormsurge is still more practical than vehicles such as the flying boat that is the Dark Eldar Raider. The main thing that stands out to me that no one has mentioned is that the Stormsurge has two heads...

 Nilok wrote:
Don't worry, there will be a stand alone upgrade from GW for an Iridium Armor support system which will cover the top.

$30.00
/s

Do I get a +2 armor save and +1 Toughness with that?

 BrendonC wrote:
Crisis Suit - Enclosed.
Broadside Suit - Enclosed.
Riptide Suit - Enclosed.
Giant Suit with Gun - Naaaah- we dont need it.

Every Army needs an Achilles heal!

 krazynadechukr wrote:

 BrendonC wrote:
Crisis Suit - Enclosed.
Broadside Suit - Enclosed.
Riptide Suit - Enclosed.
Giant Suit with Gun - Naaaah- we dont need it.

Every Army needs an Achilles heal!

You mean in addition to close combat?

Are those new Pathfinder sculpts or have they always had the super long helmets like that?

 Ghaz wrote:
The main thing that stands out to me that no one has mentioned is that the Stormsurge has two heads...

Actually, this makes sense to me. They kind of look like the Land Raider's sensor arrays (the ones that go over the sponsons), and it would make sense to have 2, since there are 2 pilots (and multiple weapons). Wait, is there a rear view mirror? Because aliens can't make 360 degree sensors.

Funny thing no Crisis suits show up near it in these WD pictures

Seeing the stormsurge with a 3+... Hoping the Riptide also has a 3+, that alone would fix the thing to me, keep everything else, even the cheap ion accelerater, just allow me the chance to kill it.

Since we're nitpicking...

Though the idea of the braces on the back of the legs are a nice idea, they're too far down and with the stance those things are taking, all that's going to happen is the damn thing is going to cut a backflip when it fires.

Would have made more sense if the anchor had been more towards the pelvis, or perhaps had been the tailer (like on a Mac II monster).

What would have made the most sense would be to make the damned thing quadrupedal

 Stormonu wrote:
Since we're nitpicking...

Though the idea of the braces on the back of the legs are a nice idea, they're too far down and with the stance those things are taking, all that's going to happen is the damn thing is going to cut a backflip when it fires.

Would have made more sense if the anchor had been more towards the pelvis, or perhaps had been the tailer (like on a Mac II monster).

That actually does raise the question, why did they make the ankles so weak in the first place if the hip and knees are strong enough to support it? Hell, you could could have had locking braces on the feet like the Konig Monster.

That being said, a large pelvis/back brace like the Destroid Monster MK II (lol M.A.C.) would be a lot more impressive.

I think a tripod design would have been cool.