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that Alpha Legion transfer set is a thing of beauty!!!
i wouldn't fancy freehanding many of the images in that set...
those Hydras!!!

i want to do four standard bearers, just to use each of those beautiful transfers...
ah, painting daydreams...

cheers
jah

Still waiting for my world eater transfers

These, you mean?

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/World-Eaters-Legion-Transfer-Sheet

Riptide 2: Electric Boogaloo

The name of my Riptide if I ever get one.

 BrookM wrote:

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
Those axe guys look cool, but what do they do in the game?

Think Storm Troopers with power axes instead of rayguns. If you make them Household Retinue (an elites choice) they gain +1 WS and Preferred Enemy (Infantry), meaning in assaults they'll hit at WS 5 and eat marines like no tomorrow.

When people complain about Imperial Knights being just super heavy walkers... This or a whole squad of Inquisition crusaders is exactly the sort of unit I pictured Knight house holds having as their infantry and household guards. If only GW or FW would give us something that made our opponents take less issue with our army.

 aka_mythos wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
Those axe guys look cool, but what do they do in the game?

Think Storm Troopers with power axes instead of rayguns. If you make them Household Retinue (an elites choice) they gain +1 WS and Preferred Enemy (Infantry), meaning in assaults they'll hit at WS 5 and eat marines like no tomorrow.

When people complain about Imperial Knights being just super heavy walkers... This or a whole squad of Inquisition crusaders is exactly the sort of unit I pictured Knight house holds having as their infantry and household guards. If only GW or FW would give us something that made our opponents take less issue with our army.

Well, they have produced a few Knight pilot models recently, perhaps some household men-at-arms are not that far away?

I very much doubt they'll do that. But they can easily be represented by Solar Auxilia or Imperial Militia allies, the latter in particular fit the idea of a feudal world ruled by a Knightly Order perfectly, you can even give them blackpowder weapons.

 Haighus wrote:

 aka_mythos wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
Those axe guys look cool, but what do they do in the game?

Think Storm Troopers with power axes instead of rayguns. If you make them Household Retinue (an elites choice) they gain +1 WS and Preferred Enemy (Infantry), meaning in assaults they'll hit at WS 5 and eat marines like no tomorrow.

When people complain about Imperial Knights being just super heavy walkers... This or a whole squad of Inquisition crusaders is exactly the sort of unit I pictured Knight house holds having as their infantry and household guards. If only GW or FW would give us something that made our opponents take less issue with our army.

Well, they have produced a few Knight pilot models recently, perhaps some household men-at-arms are not that far away?

Those are just one more thing that gets me excited at the prospect of something more than Knights for Knight armies. The Knight Pilots really nail a sci-fi knight aesthetic that is distinct from Space Marines.

In the Forgeworld newsletter::

WHERE the FRICK is the Ordinatus already!

Is it IW in the foreground?

Will this be the 6th book? TOO CRYPTIC!!!

Yaraton wrote:Is it IW in the foreground?

Yeah, it's a picture from Extermination.

Moopy wrote:Will this be the 6th book? TOO CRYPTIC!!!

No, tomorrow is when the plastic heresy set goes on pre-order, it'll be for that. Book 6 isn't coming til early next year.

 ImAGeek wrote:

Yaraton wrote:Is it IW in the foreground?

Yeah, it's a picture from Extermination.

Moopy wrote:Will this be the 6th book? TOO CRYPTIC!!!

No, tomorrow is when the plastic heresy set goes on pre-order, it'll be for that. Book 6 isn't coming til early next year.

Is Betrayal at Calth not GW prime, though?

Maybe FW is planning to release some stuff to tie in with it, and will be putting previews up tomorrow? Dunno.

I hope it's Book 6 related, though.

If FW didn’t do something to tie in to the new box, I’d be shocked. With minimal effort they could probably get a new influx of 30k players.

I know I’m on the cusp, the only thing holding me back is that I’d need to pick up the big book 5, as I’m not interested in an istavaan legion. And I’m far more stingy on money spent on rules then models.

 scottmmmm wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:

Yaraton wrote:Is it IW in the foreground?

Yeah, it's a picture from Extermination.

Moopy wrote:Will this be the 6th book? TOO CRYPTIC!!!

No, tomorrow is when the plastic heresy set goes on pre-order, it'll be for that. Book 6 isn't coming til early next year.

Is Betrayal at Calth not GW prime, though?

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure FW have done little adverts like that for GW stuff in the past too. And they might have products to release that tie in with it as people have mentioned.

Almost definitely nothing to do with book 6 though as that's not out til next year.

Occam's Razor guys.

It's about GW's new game.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Occam's Razor guys.

It's about GW's new game.

the teaser says "Betrayal is just the beginning" ... so FW could jump on the GW release by adding something of interest for HH players ... from a marketing standpoint I would do it.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
These, you mean?

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/World-Eaters-Legion-Transfer-Sheet

No proper ones, with banner details etc.

It's not the first FW e-mail pushing a purely main studio thing, so IMO a stance of "skeptical" is appropriate for now.

Absolutely, but the other direction is not out of reach either ... also no friday release by FW?

 Fireball wrote:
the teaser says "Betrayal is just the beginning" ... so FW could jump on the GW release by adding something of interest for HH players ... from a marketing standpoint I would do it.

Occam's. Razor.

It could be about a new "Betrayal" range of HH themed clothing, but what's more likely?

So what about special army accessories bundles for HH armies?
Helmets + torsos + shoulder pads = HH bundle to accompany the launch?

I thought GW released pre-orders at 10am (GMT) not 10:30. Is it a typo or are FW making their 'release' half an hour later??

Their release, of course, could be 'hey look at GW's HH game'. But the times are different.

 miniholic wrote:
So what about special army accessories bundles for HH armies?
Helmets + torsos + shoulder pads = HH bundle to accompany the launch?

...I'd like that!

If I bought Betrayal at Calth, I'd get some FW Legion Shoulder Pads to go with them.

Something as simple as a double sided sheet of paper with some forgeworld HH items (gal vorbak, characters, a few primarchs, one or two vehicles) would be a great tie in and sales generator for the next few weeks at GW stores. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening since each store apparently operates in a shark tank and every dollar spent anywhere else on the company's project is one dollar closer to that store closing and/or the staff being fired.

 miniholic wrote:
So what about special army accessories bundles for HH armies?
Helmets + torsos + shoulder pads = HH bundle to accompany the launch?

I could see that, and it would be neat...but I've just about resolved to NOT do the FW shoulder pads on my plastic Alpha Legion, and use their fantastic new decal sheet for that instead.

A bundle could put my resolve in jeopardy.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

It could be about a new "Betrayal" range of HH themed clothing, but what's more likely?

A limited edition set of coffee mugs dedicated to HH series?

ooooh - I could do with a new mug. I'll take an Alpha legion one - in that shimmery blue>green jazz they got going.....with a hyrdra handle