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Good DW models, Dealer, I like the Librarian conversion ideas

Seeing the closeup photos of the new Patriarch I recognized they gave him a head similiar to the 2nd Ed Zoanthrope design. Also very different to the last Broodlord and the 1st Ed Patriarch models.





The Space Hulk one

The models all look pretty sweet. Im a little disapointed that there is not an Apothecary, but I'll live.

I know its a GW battle report and the marines were destined to win but holy hell does this game look one sided. Still as long as I get my GS cult models I don't really mind.

 dragqueeninspace wrote:
I know it's a GW battle report and the marines were destined to win but holy hell does this game look one sided. Still as long as I get my GS cult models I don't really mind.

To be honest, it's pretty much how you'd expect a fight between poorly equipped, poorly trained cultists and Astartes to go. That and the dice gods can be truly cruel.

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:
The models all look pretty sweet. Im a little disapointed that there is not an Apothecary, but I'll live.

Agreed, could have done without the bike if we had gotten an apothecary tbh, but that might be just me, don't like the white scars that much to begin with.

Hoping if we get a full deathwatch codex later this year that we can take apothecaries..

I'm still cracking up that the name scroll on the Blood Ravens Librarian's shin says "VIDYA"

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:
The models all look pretty sweet. Im a little disapointed that there is not an Apothecary, but I'll live.

Ah! Good point. It would have been nice if the Blood Angel had been an Apothecary.

 lancebenchpress wrote:
I'm still cracking up that the name scroll on the Blood Ravens Librarian's shin says "VIDYA"

Been that way for a while.

M0ff3l wrote:

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:
The models all look pretty sweet. Im a little disapointed that there is not an Apothecary, but I'll live.

Agreed, could have done without the bike if we had gotten an apothecary tbh, but that might be just me, don't like the white scars that much to begin with.

Hoping if we get a full deathwatch codex later this year that we can take apothecaries..

I just could have done with out the bike (or the Single Terminator) cause it doesnt mesh well over all with how the teams seem to work. White Scars I am indifferent towards. I agree that hopefully they get rules at somepoint.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:
The models all look pretty sweet. Im a little disapointed that there is not an Apothecary, but I'll live.

Ah! Good point. It would have been nice if the Blood Angel had been an Apothecary.

Yeah, the Blood Angel would probably have been the best choice for that out of the group.

The BA marine should have been a Jump Pack Apothecary. Best of both worlds.

Or mainstreamed FW and replaced the UM Sternguard with a Red Scorpion Apothecary.

Warhams-77 wrote:

Spoiler:

Such a beautiful mini. The subtle OSL while he manifests a psychic power, and the composition as a whole is superb. The pose is menacing, and I love the subtle homage to the GS cult symbol. I can't imagine that any Tyranid player wouldn't want this model in their army. It'll be interesting to see what some of these models command on eBay after boxes get broken down and parted out.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I'm still cracking up that the name scroll on the Blood Ravens Librarian's shin says "VIDYA"

Been that way for a while.

Interesting. Cheers for the link HBMC

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Or mainstreamed FW and replaced the UM Sternguard with a Red Scorpion Apothecary.

Also acceptable. I would have preferred the Imperial Fist was the Sternguard, to be honest.

These two bozos are really draining the fun out of this video

 streetsamurai wrote:
These two bozos are really draining the fun out of this video

Harsh much?

 streetsamurai wrote:
These two bozos are really draining the fun out of this video

Really? I liked their play through for BaC----one of the reasons I wound up getting that set, for the game as they had demonstrated in that vid.
I like their back and forth but can see that it might annoy some folks. I know there's a certain scriptedness but they are good, to me, at making it look like they're having fun.

 privateer4hire wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
These two bozos are really draining the fun out of this video

Really? I liked their play through for BaC----one of the reasons I wound up getting that set, for the game as they had demonstrated in that vid.
I like their back and forth but can see that it might annoy some folks. I know there's a certain scriptedness but they are good, to me, at making it look like they're having fun.

Weirdly enough, I liked the BAC video, I think that the third guy in that video was making it sound more professionnal.

 streetsamurai wrote:

 privateer4hire wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
These two bozos are really draining the fun out of this video

Really? I liked their play through for BaC----one of the reasons I wound up getting that set, for the game as they had demonstrated in that vid.
I like their back and forth but can see that it might annoy some folks. I know there's a certain scriptedness but they are good, to me, at making it look like they're having fun.

Weirdly enough, I liked the BAC video, I think that the third guy in that video was making it sound more professional.

Well, the mechanics of the BaC are different to DWO, so perhaps needed a little more explaining?

 the_Armyman wrote:

Warhams-77 wrote:

Spoiler:

Such a beautiful mini. The subtle OSL while he manifests a psychic power, and the composition as a whole is superb. The pose is menacing, and I love the subtle homage to the GS cult symbol. I can't imagine that any Tyranid player wouldn't want this model in their army. It'll be interesting to see what some of these models command on eBay after boxes get broken down and parted out.

Lovely model, well worth buying the game for this model and some of the other sculpts...really interested to see some of the conversions in the next few weeks. Can see the pipe being added to a larger industrial scenery base

 dragqueeninspace wrote:
I know its a GW battle report and the marines were destined to win but holy hell does this game look one sided. Still as long as I get my GS cult models I don't really mind.

Aye, seems as if as long as the Deathwatch player picks the right models for the scenario and grasps basic target priority there's not much the Cult player can do except put models down and immediately pick them back up again. I mean sure, they're poorly equipped and dice gods etc etc, but most of the Cult guys never even got to make more than one attack(and many never even got that). Good thing I give zero gaks about the game aspect of the box.

Dem models though... Proper sprue pics would have been good, but even with the GW studio paintjobs they look incredible.

I didn't like that there seems to be no LoS, but I'll probably only play a few times before moving the cult over to join the Space Hulk horde anyway.

The pieces all really do like look great. The nostalgia value paired with new-tech models is a real winner.

Pity that in NZ we can only get Deathwatch Overpriced.

Am I the only one that is going to cut the heads off helmetless marines and replace them with helmeted heads? At least the majority of them. The WS, BR, and Cassius are about the only ones that get to be without helmets.

 Yodhrin wrote:

 dragqueeninspace wrote:
I know its a GW battle report and the marines were destined to win but holy hell does this game look one sided. Still as long as I get my GS cult models I don't really mind.

Aye, seems as if as long as the Deathwatch player picks the right models for the scenario and grasps basic target priority there's not much the Cult player can do except put models down and immediately pick them back up again. I mean sure, they're poorly equipped and dice gods etc etc, but most of the Cult guys never even got to make more than one attack(and many never even got that). Good thing I give zero gaks about the game aspect of the box.

Dem models though... Proper sprue pics would have been good, but even with the GW studio paintjobs they look incredible.

They also mentioned a few times that the GSC player had a finite amount of cult members for this mission, which makes me think there will be other missions where the board gets flooded with GSC and evens the odds.


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 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Am I the only one that is going to cut the heads off helmetless marines and replace them with helmeted heads? At least the majority of them. The WS, BR, and Cassius are about the only ones that get to be without helmets.

Space Wolves almost never wear helmets, so that guy is fine for my tastes. The Iron Hand dude would probably look better with a teched-out helmet, like one of the new devastator's.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Am I the only one that is going to cut the heads off helmetless marines and replace them with helmeted heads? At least the majority of them. The WS, BR, and Cassius are about the only ones that get to be without helmets.

I HATE Marines that don't wear helmets.

You're completely reasonable.

BaronVonSnakPak wrote:
Space Wolves almost never wear helmets, so that guy is fine for my tastes. The Iron Hand dude would probably look better with a teched-out helmet, like one of the new devastator's.

Yeah, the Wolf is keeping his regular head. I have just the right helmet for the Iron Hand. Lots of good Sternguard helmets to choose from.

With the Deathwatch marines so specifically being "Kill Team: Cassius"... anyone else imagining a series of expansions presenting other kill teams? I just picture other Kill Teams when combined with these miniatures might present something that translates better to 40k. Things like a Blood Angel Apothecary, a Iron Hands Techmarine, a Dark Angels Ravenwing Biker, a Dark Angel Deathwing terminator... seem like absent characterizations. You take something like the Ravenwing biker, and then some other biker... alongside the Whitescar you've got a squad.

I would love to see expansions that consist of of different kill teams and different xenos adversaries. That way someone could play Kill Team Cassius against Orks or Eldar, or someone could play the Ghosar Brood against Kill Team Kantor. Each expansion would include more tiles and game scenarios.

 aka_mythos wrote:
With the Deathwatch marines so specifically being "Kill Team: Cassius"... anyone else imagining a series of expansions presenting other kill teams? I just picture other Kill Teams when combined with these miniatures might present something that translates better to 40k. Things like a Blood Angel Apothecary, a Iron Hands Techmarine, a Dark Angels Ravenwing Biker, a Dark Angel Deathwing terminator... seem like absent characterizations. You take something like the Ravenwing biker, and then some other biker... alongside the Whitescar you've got a squad.

That'd be pretty cool. I know DW are suppose to be small elite squads, but it'd be cool to see a full-on faction for them.

Would like to see their Inquistion masters brought into play