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Except for the extra genestealer cult figures, there are really too many unique characters. I'm just wondering if it's worth it to buy another set and then sell off the rest.

If you plan on using the DW minis as "counts as", I could see a need for a second set. If you wanted to use Jetek as Khan on his bike and Setorax as Shrike, I could see you wanting a second set so you could have one set painted up as Deathwatch.

You could either go down that route, and probably make most of your money back, or just buy the genestealer models on ebay.


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 EnTyme wrote:
If you plan on using the DW minis as "counts as", I could see a need for a second set. If you wanted to use Jetek as Khan on his bike and Setorax as Shrike, I could see you wanting a second set so you could have one set painted up as Deathwatch.

I have Jatek as a counts-as Khan. Looks pretty good but I had to remove all of the death watch symbols which was a pain.

 edbradders wrote:
You could either go down that route, and probably make most of your money back, or just buy the genestealer models on ebay.


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 EnTyme wrote:
If you plan on using the DW minis as "counts as", I could see a need for a second set. If you wanted to use Jetek as Khan on his bike and Setorax as Shrike, I could see you wanting a second set so you could have one set painted up as Deathwatch.

I have Jatek as a counts-as Khan. Looks pretty good but I had to remove all of the death watch symbols which was a pain.

I'll be using Jensus Natorian in my Blood Ravens army. Decided to paint him in standard Librarius blue, but I kept the DW iconography and colors on his left arm. I also painted Setorax as a Blood Raven and will be using him as a captain. Left his left arm DW as well. I decided that these two models were just so proud of there service in the Deathwatch that they decided to wear the colors with pride alongside their chapter colors.

Marines that served in the Deathwatch often continue to wear the DW shoulder guard once they return to their chapter.

Oddly...no. I feel like the move by gw to purposely make all the marines non-generic, produce no generic DW rules and strictly limit the good gsc formation to strictly the models in the box was specifically to target the resale market and try to stop what occurred en made with BAC.

the_scotsman wrote:
Oddly...no. I feel like the move by gw to purposely make all the marines non-generic, produce no generic DW rules and strictly limit the good gsc formation to strictly the models in the box was specifically to target the resale market and try to stop what occurred en made with BAC.

I'm sure you're not wrong in this, but we are expecting rules for both DW and GSC armies to be released eventually (some say by the end of the year). DW will likely just get a supplement, but given that the next board game that was leaked/announced (Lost Patrol) also features Gene Stealers, I'm starting to think they may actually get a full codex at least akin to the one Harlequins have in terms of size.