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 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
What happens in a month when the WD rules aren't available any more? Make up rules?

WD is always available now via the app.

Had a look at the new kits today - very cool!

I have not had any interest in painting marines in decades, but I would love to paint those Deathwatch. At least I wouldn't get too bored out of monotony with them.

I'll be curious to see how much my local shop has this being offered up for. I may take the plunge.

Preorders are up on the New Zealand site, with 360 views of almost all of the models.

You Kiwis and Aussies get fething murdered over there price wise. Holy gak.

 Ghaz wrote:
Preorders are up on the New Zealand site, with 360 views of almost all of the models.

Interesting that the Librarian has a Blood Ravens pauldron.

Deathwatch Overkill Playthrough vid for interest:

Currently watching it, very interesting

Gryt seems pretty frightening with his Frag Cannon!

I am really liking how easy it will be to turn that White Scar character into Ko'sarro Khan on Moondrakken. Literally just switching the DW pauldron out for a terminator honours pauldron will be all you need to do. The Dark Angel could be a good stand in for Cypher. Just swap the pauldrons around, give him a normal pauldron instead of a DW pauldron. Cut the power sword off and replace it with a bolt pistol and find a nice sword to put on his back. The Raven Guard character can be changed to Strike with a simple pauldron swap and some paint. Not really seeing any other simple character conversions.

What is going on with GW - great minis that people actually want and a light hearted play through of a game AND cross over rules for 40k??
it's like someone is running the place again!

Except no-ones running orks

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Deathwatch Overkill Playthrough vid for interest:

I was initially interested in the box because of the models. The more I read/see, the more I'm interested in the game. Mechanics (with the dice and the different attacks depending on distance, etc) seem really cool. Already planning with my friends to edit the cards and make customized versions for my already sizeable Deathwatch force. Good stuff!

 Swampmist wrote:
Except no-ones running orks

But thats totally orky of them.

I don't know if it's dependent on the mission, but it seems you can pick and choose your team. Which gives you all sorts of ways to play it . Nice.

 Swara wrote:

 Swampmist wrote:
Except no-ones running orks

But thats totally orky of them.

If only that orkiness translated into not-utter grot gak rules...

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
I am really liking how easy it will be to turn that White Scar character into Ko'sarro Khan on Moondrakken. Literally just switching the DW pauldron out for a terminator honours pauldron will be all you need to do. The Dark Angel could be a good stand in for Cypher. Just swap the pauldrons around, give him a normal pauldron instead of a DW pauldron. Cut the power sword off and replace it with a bolt pistol and find a nice sword to put on his back. The Raven Guard character can be changed to Strike with a simple pauldron swap and some paint. Not really seeing any other simple character conversions.

The Cassius model is quite aged now, and the new one only needs a quick weapon and a headswap to make him old and spacist.

 Ghaz wrote:
Preorders are up on the New Zealand site, with 360 views of almost all of the models.

Jason Statham 100%!

 Sir Samuel Buca wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
I am really liking how easy it will be to turn that White Scar character into Ko'sarro Khan on Moondrakken. Literally just switching the DW pauldron out for a terminator honours pauldron will be all you need to do. The Dark Angel could be a good stand in for Cypher. Just swap the pauldrons around, give him a normal pauldron instead of a DW pauldron. Cut the power sword off and replace it with a bolt pistol and find a nice sword to put on his back. The Raven Guard character can be changed to Strike with a simple pauldron swap and some paint. Not really seeing any other simple character conversions.

The Cassius model is quite aged now, and the new one only needs a quick weapon and a headswap to make him old and spacist.

Also need to change his Crozius. He sticks a Tyranid skull on it post-Macragge invasion. REEEEALLY doesn't like Tyranids lol.

 Sir Samuel Buca wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
I am really liking how easy it will be to turn that White Scar character into Ko'sarro Khan on Moondrakken. Literally just switching the DW pauldron out for a terminator honours pauldron will be all you need to do. The Dark Angel could be a good stand in for Cypher. Just swap the pauldrons around, give him a normal pauldron instead of a DW pauldron. Cut the power sword off and replace it with a bolt pistol and find a nice sword to put on his back. The Raven Guard character can be changed to Strike with a simple pauldron swap and some paint. Not really seeing any other simple character conversions.

The Cassius model is quite aged now, and the new one only needs a quick weapon and a headswap to make him old and spacist.

Giving him a combi-flamer and a pauldron swap should work well enough. The old model head looks terrible. Giving him a plain head with a bionic eye would be a good option though.

I just looked through all of the chaplain models on GW.com. Is this the first plastic chaplain?

 EnTyme wrote:
I just looked through all of the chaplain models on GW.com. Is this the first plastic chaplain?

no. The reclusium command squad has a plastic chaplain.

No, there's the one from the Reclusiarch (sp?) Command Squad, the BA Jump Pack chaplain, and 2 DA Interrogator Chaplains (1 from the original Dark Vengeance and a newer one released more recently separately)

 EnTyme wrote:
I just looked through all of the chaplain models on GW.com. Is this the first plastic chaplain?

Nope. First Ultramarine plastic Chaplain, though. Oddly enough, the Reclusiam Command box has disappeared. Only the Dataslates up on the site.
The Reclusiam Command came with a Razorback and command squad plus this guy in plastic:

has disappeared.

The DA and BA ones

Ah. I just looked under the Adeptus Astartes section, and I forgot about the one that comes with the RCS. Trying to figure out the best way to kit bash a plastic chaplain and captain with jump packs. I'm thinking of using the two packs that come with this box.


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Also Dark Angel models are uniformly badass.

At least Cassius is the first GOOD looking plastic Chaplain.

I do like all the plastics, other than the nit-picky side of me thinks the White Scar's legs being part of the bike gives him big wide clown shoes because of the lack of ability to undercut plastic. Even my ancient plastic bikers look better because of it.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 EnTyme wrote:
I just looked through all of the chaplain models on GW.com. Is this the first plastic chaplain?

Nope. First Ultramarine plastic Chaplain, though. Oddly enough, the Reclusiam Command box has disappeared. Only the Dataslates up on the site.

I bought the box just for the Chaplain. He was converted a bit to become my Deathwatch's chaplain. I could play him as a "helmeted version" of Cassius. Here he is posing with my librarian (Charnel Guard chapter) and Apothecary (Silver Skulls).

I wonder if adding the new Deathwatch team to my existing 10-man team from back in 3rd edition would make the two sides somewhat equal in an open battle (maybe add a purestrain or two).

Would be perfect to get my 2nd edition rules on the table (with a couple of additions of homebrew statlines for the broodlord and the brute-mutants, which would mostly be mods of the 7th ed stats, removing all the universal special rules).

 AegisGrimm wrote:
I wonder if adding the new Deathwatch team to my existing 10-man team from back in 3rd edition would make the two sides somewhat equal in an open battle (maybe add a purestrain or two).

Would be perfect to get my 2nd edition rules on the table (with a couple of additions of homebrew statlines for the broodlord and the brute-mutants, which would mostly be mods of the 7th ed stats, removing all the universal special rules).

The deathwatch formation is 535, I doubt the nids army totals over 550.