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Very stoked for this release.

Awesome minis aside, is anyone else curious about the hex game that it comes with?

It has special dice, cards for units and unit damage etc. Could be really really fun on its own.

 More Dakka wrote:
Very stoked for this release.

Awesome minis aside, is anyone else curious about the hex game that it comes with?

It has special dice, cards for units and unit damage etc. Could be really really fun on its own.

I'd love to give it a try but it seems less exciting than a gateway drug to proper 30k.

I’m interested to see what the game looks like, but that’s not going to stop me from painting the whole box blue.

I’ll sub in some of my old BA for the Word Bearers when I actually give it a shot.

 Shadox wrote:
If the old sprue pics are legit which seems to be the case the shoulderpads are completely different.

are they seperate pieces though? Like in current model kits.

 Brother SRM wrote:

 More Dakka wrote:
Very stoked for this release.

Awesome minis aside, is anyone else curious about the hex game that it comes with?

It has special dice, cards for units and unit damage etc. Could be really really fun on its own.

I'd love to give it a try but it seems less exciting than a gateway drug to proper 30k.

But it's not an either/or. You get the gateway drug AND the boardgame How awesome is that? The tiles look really cool.

 krazynadechukr wrote:

 Shadox wrote:
If the old sprue pics are legit which seems to be the case the shoulderpads are completely different.

are they seperate pieces though? Like in current model kits.

Yeah they are.

beast_gts wrote:

 Stormwall wrote:
So they changed the entire website's worth of urls just for this release? Eh...

I guess I just made an arse of myself, my bad.

They re-launched the website back in August and all the URLs changed then.

Relaunched and got rid of 90% of the bundles, namely the one I was gonna buy.

 krazynadechukr wrote:

 Shadox wrote:
If the old sprue pics are legit which seems to be the case the shoulderpads are completely different.

are they seperate pieces though? Like in current model kits.

http://cdn.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/HH0006.jpg

there is my answer!

Oh bugga, just noticed the contemptor body i split in half although just means sticking it together and then go to town on it with a knife.

Only want to do a charging pose, hope it wont be too hard.

Edit: Actually looking at the legs im not sure how to bend the leg. Im not that good with the old knife. Hope someone does a tutorial on chopping it up.

FLGS who order bunch will have copies this weekend to display. So i would expect that Friday they arrived, and you'll see a ton of pictures and info hit the web.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Oh bugga, just noticed the contemptor body i split in half although just means sticking it together and then go to town on it with a knife.

Only want to do a charging pose, hope it wont be too hard.

Edit: Actually looking at the legs im not sure how to bend the leg. Im not that good with the old knife. Hope someone does a tutorial on chopping it up.

I plan the same.

Man, they couldn't fit another pouch on those sprues if they tried. I approve!

Looks like sheathed CCWs for everyone as well, which is a nice touch seeing as (I think) HH Tacticals have that option?

OOh, and that looks like lightning claws that just glue onto the back of a powerfist...

 insaniak wrote:
OOh, and that looks like lightning claws that just glue onto the back of a powerfist...

Indeed it is.

 insaniak wrote:
OOh, and that looks like lightning claws that just glue onto the back of a powerfist...

Going by the earlier sprue pics, there are two Fists, both left handed, so presumably one or both of those will take the seperate claw piece. Which is actually a pretty neat idea if that's the case, as you can get 2 arm poses/designs for 2 different weapons.

Having sperate claws will make my planned conversion of the TDA captain into lighting claw/chainfist easier. Not sure how easy it will be to do a arm swap with that pose, but should be simpler if I have all the powerfists in my bits box to try to find a match.

Combi weapons too!

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Oh bugga, just noticed the contemptor body i split in half although just means sticking it together and then go to town on it with a knife.

Only want to do a charging pose, hope it wont be too hard.

Edit: Actually looking at the legs im not sure how to bend the leg. Im not that good with the old knife. Hope someone does a tutorial on chopping it up.

Probably will have to add new thigh tops after trimming the knee pad away from the thigh.

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It may seem like a small thing, but I'm looking forward to getting my hands on some extra Mk.4 shoulder pads. I goofed up some of my resin ones. The rims are so thin and chip-prone.

 gorgon wrote:
It may seem like a small thing, but I'm looking forward to getting my hands on some extra Mk.4 shoulder pads. I goofed up some of my resin ones. The rims are so thin and chip-prone.

I'm actually thinking of getting some Mk3 pads and using those instead.

 pretre wrote:
Combi weapons too!

Yep. One of the many squads I've got planned is going to be a Seeker/Headhunter squad.

 More Dakka wrote:
Very stoked for this release.

Awesome minis aside, is anyone else curious about the hex game that it comes with?

It has special dice, cards for units and unit damage etc. Could be really really fun on its own.

I'm wondering about the rules as well. It says it's a 48-page book. Space Hulk 3rd ed. RB + Mission Book was 22 + 44 pages or something like that, so the scale is quite similar. Then again, AoS book is 96 pages with "4 pages" of core rules..

So, as often with new GW products, I have no idea what to expect. It could be something cool, or it could be another DreadFleet. However, considering how well everything SM sells, I'd be surprised if they didn't back this one up with more products. I guess the logic might be to sell people a new 'Vintage Marines' game, so people have a reason to start another SM army or two.

 Fugazi wrote:

 gorgon wrote:
It may seem like a small thing, but I'm looking forward to getting my hands on some extra Mk.4 shoulder pads. I goofed up some of my resin ones. The rims are so thin and chip-prone.

I'm actually thinking of getting some Mk3 pads and using those instead.

I am doing a full swap to MkIII, they just look more badass to me. So Ill have plenty of spare MkIV.

It's nice to see the old lightning claws again. I hate the knuckle duster version that replaced it.

I grabbed my White Dwarf today and eagerly flipped through it. Some interesting thoughts, in no particular order:

- OMG the retro missile launcher in plastic (shades of RTB01!) is hawt. Going to be the first time I'm excited to put a missile launcher on a space marine in like, 20 years.

- The Tigrus pattern bolters look awesome.

- Captain Aethon (the terminator captain) and Kurtha Sedd (the chaplain) are incredible!! Looks like the chaplain can be easily modified to other purposes.

- I think the contemptor is the weakest model of the box. Not that it's an awful model or anything; it's just not as exciting as all the other stuff.

- The guys who painted the models did some really sweet freehand for the Word Bearers. They make the armor look like it has recessed details that have been highlighted, but it's just paint. Really well done.

- There are Mk4 helms that look really sweet from the side. It's a little different design than the usual: normally, Mk4 helms look like longish snouts. These have a rounded cut-out, where the respirator cable feeds too, and it' just looks awesome.

- Those lightning claws. WIN.

- The cataphracti are cool, but I'm not really blown away. Not like the captain, and I think regular forge world Cataphrati look better. But maybe it's the paint job: the models are quite unadorned (how can this be??), and they didn't do a lot to fancy them up. The *back* of the Cataphracti, I really like.

- There is a grenade harness for the terminators that looks really cool, and their power armors are baller.

- Those double-sided gaming tiles look really awesome. I want more. This sounds so stupid, but I may end up buying more boxes of HH just to get more tiles :X

I think I'll still buy 2 at launch and "go from there"; but we'll see.

Other stuff in the White Dwarf: Next week's free painting guide is exactly the same as the last free painting poster, I think, except with an extra row for the new Liberator/Retributor gold. The new box sets (demi company, maniple, etc.) look like great deals. The Forge World Graviton Singularity Canon for the Cerastus knight... holy wowzers, that looks great. The Artapos lascutter looks solid too.

 prowla wrote:

 More Dakka wrote:
Very stoked for this release.

Awesome minis aside, is anyone else curious about the hex game that it comes with?

It has special dice, cards for units and unit damage etc. Could be really really fun on its own.

I'm wondering about the rules as well. It says it's a 48-page book. Space Hulk 3rd ed. RB + Mission Book was 22 + 44 pages or something like that, so the scale is quite similar. Then again, AoS book is 96 pages with "4 pages" of core rules..

So, as often with new GW products, I have no idea what to expect. It could be something cool, or it could be another DreadFleet. However, considering how well everything SM sells, I'd be surprised if they didn't back this one up with more products. I guess the logic might be to sell people a new 'Vintage Marines' game, so people have a reason to start another SM army or two.

I wonder if the fluff section of the book will include the current line-art style color scheme examples, or if they'll use the fantastic pictures already available via FW.

 Talys wrote:
Next week's free painting guide is exactly the same as the last free painting poster, I think, except with an extra row for the new Liberator/Retributor gold.

There are a few missing items, as noted in this THREAD.

I was a bit shocked to find out a day ago that so far I am the only customer of my FLGS to have asked to have a box reserved. I am sure they will sell more closer to release but this news did surprise me.

There is a very serious core of gamers there (tournament winning) that I would have figured would all want a box.

 AlexHolker wrote:
It's nice to see the old lightning claws again. I hate the knuckle duster version that replaced it.

Im sure that the knuckle duster power claw you are referring to actually looks better as a power fist