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Way too blinged out for me. I mean, the models were obviously going to have a fair bit of detail but I feel like it's way too much chapter specific stuff, which is not at all what Deathwatch marines should be about.

Hopefully the cult can save this release.

Brothers on lease to Deathwatch are not expected to renounce their Chapter, nor do they get new gear when transferring. It's natural for them to look distinct from each other.

The models are chapter specific......YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRSSSS!!

Deposit directly onto lap.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
The models are chapter specific......YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRSSSS!!

Deposit directly onto lap.

Well, we don't know how Chapter Specific yet.

The Raven Guard, Ultramarine, Iron Hand, and Imperial Fist might just have decals.

 Ktulhut wrote:
Way too blinged out for me. I mean, the models were obviously going to have a fair bit of detail but I feel like it's way too much chapter specific stuff, which is not at all what Deathwatch marines should be about.

Hopefully the cult can save this release.

Marines in general are suffering from an over-blingification across the spectrum. Part of the reason the BaC set is so nice is that the models aren't caked in 10-20 pieces of flair.

 BloodGrin wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:
*sigh* Really? Someone had the chance to grab a WD pics and they chose the slightly-different-than-other-Marines Marines rather than the plastic revamp of a cult-classic(pun very much intended) faction from decades ago?

There aren't enough facepalming gifs in the world.

Alot of people are more interested in the DW side.
More pics will come, but getting salty about which they chose is silly.
Different people = different priorities

Or these pics are leaked by GW, and they know the Cultists are the more anticipated models (trying to build more hype).

 Kanluwen wrote:

 unmercifulconker wrote:
The models are chapter specific......YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRSSSS!!

Deposit directly onto lap.

Well, we don't know how Chapter Specific yet.

The Raven Guard, Ultramarine, Iron Hand, and Imperial Fist might just have decals.

If you go by Space Hulk, which is the last bunch of monopose marines in a board game set everything was sculpted.
Since they are pretty much going out of their way to make these the characters from the DW books, it is rather safe to assume that their identities and markings will be set.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 unmercifulconker wrote:
The models are chapter specific......YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRSSSS!!

Deposit directly onto lap.

Well, we don't know how Chapter Specific yet.

The Raven Guard, Ultramarine, Iron Hand, and Imperial Fist might just have decals.

The Iron hand has a bionic leg im sure, the emo is robed and the blood drinker has your standard pretty boy angel face, thats good enough for me.

Where are the Cult photos? :-(



Artist: Ultimate-Coffey, Deviantart

So hopefully its a 5 man footer and a 5 man jumper.

For the footies we got an Ultramarine, Dark angel, Iron hand and Imperial Fist.

For the jumpers we got a Raven Guard and a Blood Angel

That leaves 2 footies and 3 jumpers, what do you expect/hope to see?

I would love to see a White Scar and Storm Warden assault marines and give the SW a Tempest Blade.

Throw in the Blood Raven pretty please.

Storm Warden with a cool cloak and heirloom sword would be amazing.

Step 1: Get new WD.
Step 2: Open to the new Deathwatch game section.
Step 3: Wait for earthquake.
Step 4: Take out-of-focus pic during said earthquake.
Step 5: Completely forget to take picture of what else is in the box.

Yikes.

And that cover art from those books is abominable.

Well if they are all from the DW stories from the Black Library (which it sounds like they are) then it's 9 first founders and a Blood Raven so don't get your hopes up of anything else.

Yeah, since these pics arrive like clockwork, they're almost certainly intentional. So why would you make them so less-than-ideal and leave yourselves open to bad first impressions (which happens almost every time even with the best-looking minis)?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Step 1: Get new WD.
Step 2: Open to the new Deathwatch game section.
Step 3: Wait for earthquake.
Step 4: Take out-of-focus pic during said earthquake.
Step 5: Completely forget to take picture of what else is in the box.

Yikes.

And that cover art from those books is abominable.

Oh my god they are. Wasn't there like rumours of a terminator guy? Or was that something else?

 gorgon wrote:
Yeah, since these pics arrive like clockwork, they're almost certainly intentional. So why would you make them so less-than-ideal and leave yourselves open to bad first impressions (which happens almost every time even with the best-looking minis)?

They arrive like clockwork due to delivery schedules which are pretty standard.
When the normal sources get their deliveries and get time to upload they do.
The whole conspiracy thing about "intentional leaks" is pretty stupid because I would put solid money that White Dwarf loses sales due to people not needing to pick it up to see everything.

 gorgon wrote:
Yeah, since these pics arrive like clockwork, they're almost certainly intentional. So why would you make them so less-than-ideal and leave yourselves open to bad first impressions (which happens almost every time even with the best-looking minis)?

I have always wondered this same thing.

I guess it sort of works because crappy photos like this just get us talking and waiting until the next pic. Get people talking and then drop the blurry Genestealer cult pics in a few days...

 BloodGrin wrote:

 gorgon wrote:
Yeah, since these pics arrive like clockwork, they're almost certainly intentional. So why would you make them so less-than-ideal and leave yourselves open to bad first impressions (which happens almost every time even with the best-looking minis)?

They arrive like clockwork due to delivery schedules which are pretty standard.
When the normal sources get their deliveries and get time to upload they do.
The whole conspiracy thing about "intentional leaks" is pretty stupid because I would put solid money that White Dwarf loses sales due to people not needing to pick it up to see everything.

The issue is that the White Dwarf we're seeing here is not going to have arrived yet.

 BloodGrin wrote:

 gorgon wrote:
Yeah, since these pics arrive like clockwork, they're almost certainly intentional. So why would you make them so less-than-ideal and leave yourselves open to bad first impressions (which happens almost every time even with the best-looking minis)?

They arrive like clockwork due to delivery schedules which are pretty standard.
When the normal sources get their deliveries and get time to upload they do.
The whole conspiracy thing about "intentional leaks" is pretty stupid because I would put solid money that White Dwarf loses sales due to people not needing to pick it up to see everything.

This is exactly what every Inquisitor says, don't believe their lies sheeple.

#WakeUp

Given that a lot of the pics you see posted by people online (who have all the time in the world to take pictures) that are equally rubbish I think that most are not deliberate drops by gw

although occasionally when one gets a really bad response and an in focus versions then shows up to try and refute it but still not showing anything else on the page, those I do wonder about

The fact that they're equally rubbish is what makes me think they might be deliberate leaks, surely people would be able to take much better photos than these if they wanted to? You almost have to put more effort into taking photos that bad.

Maybe its just the same pic taker every single time, it makes so much sense, he/she is the hero we deserve but not the one we want.

Connect the dots, unveil the truth.

Pretty excited to see the Blood Raven though.

The marines look sweet - so pumped for the GS cult though!

I was gonna buy Balance of Power with my hobby budget...

Will probably get this instead ;-)

I'd quite like a Mortifactors marine - I want Battle-brother Artemis in 28mm scale.

They look quite nice. I wouldn't worry about the invoice getting anyone in trouble, as it's as out-of-focus as the rest of the picture.

GW needs to have their 'leak photographer' upgrade thier 1999 flip phone to something made in the last 10 years that has a decent camera in it. And maybe, just maybe, take a second to steady the phone and focus before they snap the pic...

I haven't bought anything from gw since the death of warhammer fantasy. This release will change that.

hmm slightly different marines (again)

oh well lets hope the Genestealer Hybrids fulfill their potential.

Pics?! PICS!! --oh. Not of the Genestealers, meh.


It never ceases to amaze me of how leakers of every conceivable subject universally fail at taking clean picks. Has to be an intentional aesthetic or some nonsense, though I don't know why anyone would want to do that. That just screams "I'm trying to hide bad photoshop" to me. Though at least it's not just a pic of legs. I've seen jokers pull that before...

These models look bad. Something off about them. Not the worst I've ever seen but kinda over detailed and busy. It could just be the blurriness though. I'll wait to see good pictures of them.

Oooh! GW may get some money out of me yet getting Deathwatch out. Genestealer cult should be fun.