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I actually might play the actual game of this, as I hang out with people who really enjoy board games. I guess that really depends on whether the game is enjoyable and has replay value.

If it does end up being a decent game, then that does mean that I can't use all the models as one force... ugh.

Speaking of which, has anyone played the other Board Game boxes (Space Hulk, Assassins) and know if they're worth playing?

I guess now I'll have to re-write some of the fluff for my DIY Chapter for having a bunch of MK IV armor left over along with modified MK III helmets.


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Warhams-77 wrote:
Olis on B&C - nice mini

Hello new Interrogator Chaplain.

 Wyzilla wrote:
I guess now I'll have to re-write some of the fluff for my DIY Chapter for having a bunch of MK IV armor left over along with modified MK III helmets.


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Warhams-77 wrote:
Olis on B&C - nice mini

Hello new Interrogator Chaplain.

I'm reading a Horus Heresy novel & the Raven Guard, about 3,000 survived Istavvan and had hodge podged their armor with other chapters to survive. Then Corax used armor from vehicles and whatever he could to remake all the armor. From MK II-IV, plus new stuff (MK V), and other metal.

What is interesting about the sprues on display is that their year of creation is listed as 2014. They've been sitting on these for quite some time now.

 BrookM wrote:
What is interesting about the sprues on display is that their year of creation is listed as 2014. They've been sitting on these for quite some time now.

Same for Age of Sigmar. There's a long lead time for these things. I think the date on the sprues are from when the moulds are made, but then they have to run enough to distribute, design all the packaging, the rules etc

Requizen wrote:
I actually might play the actual game of this, as I hang out with people who really enjoy board games. I guess that really depends on whether the game is enjoyable and has replay value.

If it does end up being a decent game, then that does mean that I can't use all the models as one force... ugh.

Speaking of which, has anyone played the other Board Game boxes (Space Hulk, Assassins) and know if they're worth playing?

Space Hulk is a great game, very atmospheric and tons of tiles and missions means it has good replay value even though it is not that complicated.

I haven't played Execution Force, but almost all reviews I've seen agree that it's a fun game but with little variability, it lacks depth and is not just much of a game for that price, even if the miniatures value isn't bad.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
What is interesting about the sprues on display is that their year of creation is listed as 2014. They've been sitting on these for quite some time now.

Same for Age of Sigmar.

IIRC AoS sprues say 2012. I was really squinting for any writing on the HH sprue leak pics (still in OP) but saw nothing.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
What is interesting about the sprues on display is that their year of creation is listed as 2014. They've been sitting on these for quite some time now.

Same for Age of Sigmar. There's a long lead time for these things. I think the date on the sprues are from when the moulds are made, but then they have to run enough to distribute, design all the packaging, the rules etc

Yeah, this is why I laugh when people say 'Oh GW must need a good quarter so they made HH.' Yeah, only if they predicted that a couple years ago.

 pretre wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
What is interesting about the sprues on display is that their year of creation is listed as 2014. They've been sitting on these for quite some time now.

Same for Age of Sigmar. There's a long lead time for these things. I think the date on the sprues are from when the moulds are made, but then they have to run enough to distribute, design all the packaging, the rules etc

Yeah, this is why I laugh when people say 'Oh GW must need a good quarter so they made HH.' Yeah, only if they predicted that a couple years ago.

Except, you know... they've needed a good quarter for about 10 years now.

 pretre wrote:
Yeah, only if they predicted that a couple years ago.

Well ... predicted in 2013 or 2014. Which is not far-fetched.

I can't help but keep looking at this guy.

It's brilliant

Any clear pics of the other HQ? (besides the on the sprue ones)

Love the chaplain sculpt but there is no way i use him as a word bearer...gotta look more chaosy or have a hint of chaos in there...he would make a better ultramarine character actually

 RedFox wrote:
Love the chaplain sculpt but there is no way i use him as a word bearer...gotta look more chaosy or have a hint of chaos in there...he would make a better ultramarine character actually

I prefer the "just turned" look to Traitor Marines. Veteran warriors in archaic armor wielding ancient weapons is what I like to picture CSM as in 40k, rather than the "covered in spikes and mutations" look.

I just find them more menacing when the corruption is more subtly conveyed.

Replace his head with something from a chaos kit, you'd be able to get a slightly chaos look pretty easy.

Smurfing the whole set.

Maybe after Pepsi VS Coke (UM vs WB) we'll see Marmite VS Butter (IF vs IW).

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
Smurfing the whole set.

Maybe after Pepsi VS Coke (UM vs WB) we'll see Marmite VS Butter (IF vs IW).

It's Marmite vs Bovril heathen

I will make them all of my chapter! maybe only coloring the bases different to use in the game

I won't lie. I'm tempted to give my Angron his legion so I may end up getting 4.

NO LIME NO

I mean like next year. I plan on getting Guilliman, this box set and a Xiphon interceptor to round out my Legion list. If I have any money left I'll get another box set so I can run the Ultramarine's legion specific rite of war and build some supporting infantry. Three 15 man tac squads, a 5 man plasma gun support team and two 5 man devastator squads with Lascannons and Volkite Culverins respectively. Trying to phase out my armor as I find it dies really quick in HH.

Dunno what I'm going to do with the extra characters. I might just sell them for like $10 to some people in my group who already have this stuff.

Do it up Lime!

These would make a great addition to my HH Word Eaters. The Terminators would make a new addition, I can always go with another Contemptor for a Talon of two. Not sure on the bolter marines, as all my tacticals have bolt pistols and chainaxes.

I am still not sure why they have all the heavy and special weapons though. You cannot use them in the tactical squads.

Two new HQs to add in is nice.

Mat

They're for veteran squads.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
XIII. For Macragge!

We March for Macragge, brother!

I got to say this is the most amount of positivity and actual excitement in a GW release thread I've seen in a long time.

At least for me.

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
I will make them all of my chapter! maybe only coloring the bases different to use in the game

Hello Kitty Heresy???
i'll do Kerokerokeroppi

Paypal is primed and ready for pre-order...
let's do this thing!!!

cheers
jah

Well... I've been told unequivocally that this is a limited run, hoping it's not true.

 combat engineer wrote:

I am still not sure why they have all the heavy and special weapons though. You cannot use them in the tactical squads.

I'm thinking they're intending to release them separately for use in 40k, hence why there are no 30k (or veteran) specific weapons in the kit.

It's possible they are actually *shock horror* trying to help you build your 30k army by giving you lots of leftover bitz for your support squads - which is possible, Dark Eldar Trueborn used to have access to Splinter Carbines, which were weapons you'd have left over from assembling a Scourge squad - but that doesn't explain the lack of 30k specific weapons.

Personally I think these are awesome. I'm trying to hammer out a full set of legion-specific army lists based on variants of six 'squads' (two game boxes or six squad boxes if they bring them out separately): 40 Tacticals (or 30 Tacticals and 10 Veterans) in various configurations, 3x 6-man support squads and 2x praetor/centurion made from sergeant bitz.

I'm not a fan of MKIV, however, if I do manage to get a box, they will all become Salamanders. Because the MKIV helmets have kind of a dragon look to them. And I've wanted Salamanders for a long time.