Forge World News and Rumour Thread : p212 Knight Porphyrion

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**shade1313**

TwilightSparkles wrote:
Yeah it does signify the union, however at the point Garro is set out on his quest Mars has all but fallen, Imperial Fists evacuated after a strike to grab war supplies. Garro's armour signifies the Emperor alone I believe,

The chest eagle and the eagle behind the collar are both described in Flight of the Eisenstein, and both as singular eagles, not two headed. They were marks of his rank as "Battle-Captain", a designator for the captain of the 7th company, and a title that dated from when they were the Dusk Raiders.

Also, yes, his right leg, from mid-thigh down, is artificial.

**Lunar Centurion**

I'm waiting for Sanguinius. But we have to wait until spring 2017. In the meantime, I guess I'll get Garro, and when Retribution comes out, make a Knights-Errant list.

**Medium of Death**

I wonder if FW/GW is going to continue producing those Mark IV sprues?

They lend themselves well to the resin conversion kits. Even the Mark II upgrades don't look half bad.

**Nicky J**

I don't remember anyone pointing this out before, but quite a lot of the upgrade packs are now available as separate head and torso packs;

eg.
UM Invictarii:
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Ultramarines-Invictarii-Heads-Torsos
now also available separately as:
heads: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Ultramarines-Invictarii-Heads-Upgrade-Set
torsos: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Ultramarines-Invictarii-Torsos-Upgrade-Set

**Jadenim**

Good spot Nicky J, that's real handy as the torsos are really useful for squad upgrades.

**ImAGeek**

Nicky J wrote:
I don't remember anyone pointing this out before, but quite a lot of the upgrade packs are now available as separate head and torso packs;

eg.
UM Invictarii:
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Ultramarines-Invictarii-Heads-Torsos
now also available separately as:
heads: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Ultramarines-Invictarii-Heads-Upgrade-Set
torsos: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Ultramarines-Invictarii-Torsos-Upgrade-Set

It only was the Ultramarines ones that came together before but that's pretty handy.

**Looky Likey**

Tickets for the HH weekender 6th and 7th Feb are up for pre order if you went last year, general sale is 4th December. At the Belfry as per last year. I can't go this year as I've booked something else already that weekend.

**Koppo**

Nothing on the website for it...

**Looky Likey**

There won't be as its only for people who went last year till it goes on general sale on 4th as I mentioned

Still worth me highlighting the dates for those having to wait till the general sale date so people can get dates/monies sorted.

Here's the text now that I'm not on mobile:

The Horus Heresy Weekender 2016

THE HORUS HERESY WEEKENDER - 2016

The Horus Heresy Weekender returns to the Nottingham Belfry Hotel on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February 2016.
Horus Heresy Weekender Ticket
As you were at this awesome event last year we'd like to give you the chance to order your tickets before anyone else. Tickets will be going on sale through forgeworld.co.uk on Friday 4th December, but you can order yours right now!

To order your tickets before they go on general sale, please call our Customer Service Team on 0115 400 4995. You'll need to confirm your email address as a reference when you place your order. Tickets are limited to four per customer and will be posted to you with free delivery.

We expect tickets to sell out quickly. Don't miss out, order yours today!

**Koppo**

OK, found email and I'm booked and got a room at the hotel.

That'll be my birthday and Christmas pressie of the Mrs. sorted then.

**zedmeister**

So, no one spotted the Thousand Sons teaser?

THE WARRIORS OF PROSPERO ARE COMING!
There were once twenty Legiones Astartes. Two are lost to history, expunged from the Imperial records, and eighteen remained as The Horus Heresy began. So far Forge World has created unique upgrades of heads, torsos and shoulder pads for sixteen of the Legions, leaving only the Thousand Sons and Space Wolves to go.

This week I caught sight of more upgrades coming soon from the Forge World Studio, and they look fantastic. The warriors of Fenris might have to wait a little longer, but the sons of Magnus the Red are on their way!

**Lithlandis Stormcrow**

That chestpiece looks a bit... underwhelming. Nice helmet though.

**MajorWesJanson**

Basic troops don't really need ornate bits, so this works out quite well. They aren't Emperor's Children or Ultramarines with their bling.

**Lockark**

MajorWesJanson wrote:
Basic troops don't really need ornate bits, so this works out quite well. They aren't Emperor's Children or Ultramarines with their bling.

Looks a bit basic for a guy with a srg load out is the problem. Most of the upgrade kits give you one realy bling torso and head for your srg. Or even a PA HQ choice.

Your right to it looks great for your more basic dudes.

**shade1313**

I need those. An absolute fethton of those.

**Lithlandis Stormcrow**

MajorWesJanson wrote:
Basic troops don't really need ornate bits, so this works out quite well. They aren't Emperor's Children or Ultramarines with their bling.

To each their own

**Mr Morden**

Does this mean Sisters of Silence and Custodians soon

**ImAGeek**

Lockark wrote:
MajorWesJanson wrote:
Basic troops don't really need ornate bits, so this works out quite well. They aren't Emperor's Children or Ultramarines with their bling.

Looks a bit basic for a guy with a srg load out is the problem. Most of the upgrade kits give you one realy bling torso and head for your srg. Or even a PA HQ choice.

Your right to it looks great for your more basic dudes.

They usually just show all the chests with load outs like that so there isn't a gun blocking the torsos so it might not mean there isn't a blingy one. And the last few, they haven't really had one blingy torso, they've all been pretty evenly blinged. (White Scars, Alpha Legion, Dark Angels, Blood Angels).

**Yaraton**

Nicky J wrote:
I don't remember anyone pointing this out before, but quite a lot of the upgrade packs are now available as separate head and torso packs

As far as I remember, Legion-specific heads and torsos were always made separate first and only later amalgamated into Legion-specific kits.

**Nvs**

I agree with the others. That does look pretty plain. Even when compared against the new releases like mentioned above, this really is just a scarab on a flat chest piece.

The others have different harnesses, additional tubing, etc. It looks like they've made 5 different ones for each so far though. So if this is the least of the 5 there's still hope.

**Jehan-reznor**

zedmeister wrote:
GARRO!

Spoiler:

30k rules

Not fan of the eagle on his chest, it is a little bit excessive, but otherwise a nice model, is he stomping on Samus?

**plastictrees**

Samus doesn't look as good as whatever he's stomping on unfortunately.

**aka_mythos**

Lithlandis Stormcrow wrote:
MajorWesJanson wrote:
Basic troops don't really need ornate bits, so this works out quite well. They aren't Emperor's Children or Ultramarines with their bling.

To each their own

What matters are the sorcerers. These are the most basic troops. We've yet to see any of their legion specific units.

**Yaraton**

Jehan-reznor wrote:

Not fan of the eagle on his chest, it is a little bit excessive, but otherwise a nice model, is he stomping on Samus?

In the description it says that it's one of the Gal Vorbak.

**shade1313**

Jehan-reznor wrote:
zedmeister wrote:
GARRO!

Spoiler:

30k rules

Not fan of the eagle on his chest, it is a little bit excessive, but otherwise a nice model, is he stomping on Samus?

The eagle may be big, but it's also exactly like I pictured it, based on the descriptions in Flight of the Eisenstein.

**Talys**

ImAGeek wrote:
Nicky J wrote:
I don't remember anyone pointing this out before, but quite a lot of the upgrade packs are now available as separate head and torso packs;

eg.
UM Invictarii:
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Ultramarines-Invictarii-Heads-Torsos
now also available separately as:
heads: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Ultramarines-Invictarii-Heads-Upgrade-Set
torsos: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Ultramarines-Invictarii-Torsos-Upgrade-Set

It only was the Ultramarines ones that came together before but that's pretty handy.

Yeah, the Ultramarines ones have some of the very nicest chests.

**Alpharius**

Having dead Word Bearers on there is definitely a plus!

**Ashiraya**

Wha- Hey! Them's fightin' words, Alpha Legionnaire!

**BrookM**

Beats having to see the Imperial Army and their ilk being used as base decoration for a change.

**Uriels_Flame**

Not a marine player, but the Night Lords look really nice.