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Mark III space marines, Custodes and Sisters of Silence? I promised myself I wasn't going to pick up anymore GW kits but they really know how to get into my wallet

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
What's wrong with Custodes in 40K?

Indeed. I am hoping the mesh well with Deathwatch. Heck, I would love to have my Imperial Knight run alongside some SoS and Custodes.

So this has been quite a week for leaks and info. Magnus, rubrics, amazing bloodbowl minis and now this. Mini wise this looks MUCH better than BAC.5 custodes and 5 sisters instead of the dreadnought. I wonder how it plays.
Will it use a version of the BAC rule set or something completely different?

I just hope those MK3 suits aren't all "wolfed up."

Because if so, they're trash to me.

 Stormwall wrote:
I just hope those MK3 suits aren't all "wolfed up."

Because if so, they're trash to me.

They're not. It's in the description. Only legion-specifics are the two character models.

It says only the transfer sheet and heroes are faction specific

Thanks gents for the swift reply. I'll probably wait for the MK3 to be sold separate anyways like when GW did that with the Calth mk4.

Then again, I may not as there appear to be 30 marines per box set.

No Mk3 heavy weapons? I was hoping for autocannons.

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
No Mk3 heavy weapons? I was hoping for autocannons.

Wait til we see the sprues please...

Good grief. Don't panic guys!

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
No Mk3 heavy weapons? I was hoping for autocannons.

Where are you getting this? There will almost assuredly be a ML or HB on the sprue.

 Stormwall wrote:
Thanks gents for the swift reply. I'll probably wait for the MK3 to be sold separate anyways like when GW did that with the Calth mk4.

Then again, I may not as there appear to be 30 marines per box set.

When Calth first came out you could pick up the tactical squads for £15ish on eBay. Those were the days... haven't looked for a while, they may be that cheap again.

Geigor is my name but my friends call me Bjorn

Buying two to go with my two boxes of BaC, will have a great Imperial Fists army now mixing in the MKIV and MKIII with normal 40k marines.

 Bull0 wrote:

 Stormwall wrote:
Thanks gents for the swift reply. I'll probably wait for the MK3 to be sold separate anyways like when GW did that with the Calth mk4.

Then again, I may not as there appear to be 30 marines per box set.

When Calth first came out you could pick up the tactical squads for £15ish on eBay. Those were the days... haven't looked for a while, they may be that cheap again.

They are about 20$ last I checked - I paid 45$ for one at my FLGS due it being my local game store but, even that is a rip off compared to Ebay prices. This looks to be a good deal.

"Geigor"? Really?

Sounds like a baby trying to pronounce "Gregor" or something. Why can't they use proper Norse names instead of this sillyness?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
What's wrong with Custodes in 40K?

Fluff says they stay on Terra. Therefore short of fluff change there's no reason to have them up and running around in 40k so short of scenario dealing battle in terra no custodes around.

So either very narrow scenario or fluff change.

tneva82 wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
What's wrong with Custodes in 40K?

Fluff says they stay on Terra. Therefore short of fluff change there's no reason to have them up and running around in 40k so short of scenario dealing battle in terra no custodes around.

So either very narrow scenario or fluff change.

Well you could always play Custodes vs Daemons. Battles in the webway?

Just when I thought I was done buying stuff, GW goes and does stuff like this. Taking the three Tactical Squads, the Tartaros Terminators, and buying Alexis Polux from Forgeworld may be in my future. Actually, I will probably get Betrayal at Calth as well to make a good sized HH-Era Imperial Fists army. And the Custodes and Sisters will probably just be for painting fun.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
How much do you want to bet that the profile for Geigor Fell-Hand will imply that he is often called Bjorn by Russ?

it's not him.

At Prospero Bjorn was no -one special and didn't have his claw at that time.

he lost his arm/hand there and got the claw afterwards.

Confirmed many, many times by people like Mr Goulding from BL.

 reds8n wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
How much do you want to bet that the profile for Geigor Fell-Hand will imply that he is often called Bjorn by Russ?

it's not him.

At Prospero Bjorn was no -one special and didn't have his claw at that time.

he lost his arm/hand there and got the claw afterwards.

Confirmed many, many times by people like Mr Goulding from BL.

Perhaps he gets the claw from the wounded hero?

S.Y.

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
No Mk3 heavy weapons? I was hoping for autocannons.

Got to leave FW something to do.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
No Mk3 heavy weapons? I was hoping for autocannons.

Where are you getting this? There will almost assuredly be a ML or HB on the sprue.

There are none in the pictures. I was hoping for some confirmation of which heavy weapons are on the sprue. Since we already have Mk4 ML and HB I was hoping they'd switch it up. Autocannons would be great, but that might be a long shot given that 40k SM can't take them.

 reds8n wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
How much do you want to bet that the profile for Geigor Fell-Hand will imply that he is often called Bjorn by Russ?

it's not him.

At Prospero Bjorn was no -one special and didn't have his claw at that time.

he lost his arm/hand there and got the claw afterwards.

Confirmed many, many times by people like Mr Goulding from BL.

Damn. Oh well. I really like the appearance of this new guy. He will be added to my SW characters. Honestly, a 40K SW player could find a good use for him no matter what (Wolf Lord, Wolf Guard, Lone Wolf).

I am actually reconsidering what legion I may make for my 30K army. I almost want to make SW. It is really between Imperial Fists, Space Wolves, and Salamanders.

Now that's a good way to finally start my 30k TS force!

Mark III is the coolest one, barring Mark VI. This box is quite a deal

 StupidYellow wrote:

 reds8n wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
How much do you want to bet that the profile for Geigor Fell-Hand will imply that he is often called Bjorn by Russ?

it's not him.

At Prospero Bjorn was no -one special and didn't have his claw at that time.

he lost his arm/hand there and got the claw afterwards.

Confirmed many, many times by people like Mr Goulding from BL.

Perhaps he gets the claw from the wounded hero?

S.Y.

Possibly.


Looks to me as if the character is based upon the art -- below -- from the visions book.

which was labeled or perhaps taken to be Bjorn by the fans.

There's a story story by Mr Wraight which deals with Bjorn finding/"borrowing" the claw later



http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/wolfs-claw-mp3.html

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
No Mk3 heavy weapons? I was hoping for autocannons.

Where are you getting this? There will almost assuredly be a ML or HB on the sprue.

There are none in the pictures. I was hoping for some confirmation of which heavy weapons are on the sprue. Since we already have Mk4 ML and HB I was hoping they'd switch it up. Autocannons would be great, but that might be a long shot given that 40k SM can't take them.

I wouldn't take that to mean anything. Grey Hunters can't take heavy weapons, so depicting them with HW wouldn't make sense. If there will be a heavy weapon in there, it will need to be 40K compatible.

Holy crap! All those special snowflakes and we still get 30 MKIII! WOW

Must buy!

So it looks they want basically everything that was around in 30k to still be around and playable in 40k.

Except traitor legions of course.

You know what, let's burn this Prospero good and proper. Same price as Silver Tower and no chaff models like the Scuttlings? I'm no Heresy fan, but I've been entertaining he idea of a warband of the dark grey SW being all gritty and wyrd and contrast them with a band of baby blue modern day SW with the ridiculous orange hair, static poses and red weapon handles (and horns!) of GW's red phase.

I think the termie sergeant has a volkite gun

This and calth will form my emperors children force