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2016/10/14 16:41:18
Subject: Re:Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
I'm honestly not that impressed, armour looks like something from Age of Sigmar rather than 40K.
They have the same lightning as Sigmarines do if I'm not mistaken.
My lore on SoS is minimal, but what's up with those lightning bolts? They look out of place. I don't recall seeing that iconography anywhere in 40k before?
Mk I armor (Thunder Warriors) says "Hi"
Spoiler:
And here I was, always thinking those were random lol.
"The thunder-bolt and lighting emblem on the breastplate of this suite was the personal badge of the Emperor in thoe days, predating the Imperial eagle which only became the symbol of the Imperium much later. This emblem gives the suit its other common name - Thunder Armour." ~ White Dwarf 129/Rogue Trader Compilation
Hence also Thunder Warriors - the Emperor's first genetically altered troops.
2016/10/14 16:43:46
Subject: Re:Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
Threw this together to point out how the custodes feel to me. It's like they have been squashed. Then again I guess the artwork is normal and the models are heroics which would explain why they look inspired by the artwork rather than true translations of the artwork.
Spoiler:
"The thunder-bolt and lighting emblem on the breastplate of this suite was the personal badge of the Emperor in thoe days, predating the Imperial eagle which only became the symbol of the Imperium much later. This emblem gives the suit its other common name - Thunder Armour." ~ White Dwarf 129/Rogue Trader Compilation
Hence also Thunder Warriors - the Emperor's first genetically altered troops.
They look ALLOT like sigmarines to me, so could the rumour about GW merging 40K and Age of Sigmar into a single game be true?
You could just use sigmarines as custodes and it'd look the same.
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I'm assuming pre-orders will be this weekend and it will be released the weekend of the 22nd. I liked all I saw. The custodes are awesome! Mark 3 plastics and tartarus terminator armor - amazing.
Anyone who wants bits to mix with 40k, a badab army, or a preheresy army will love this box. Mix this set with the BAC box and you're preheresy army will have 5 troop squads, 2 terminator squads, some hq characters, a dreadnought, and allied SOS/custodes. All you need is a vehicle or two and you have a large heresy army for $240 (if bought on ebay at discount). Hell of a deal for almost 100 GW minis.
Really excited for this.
Now my only problem is finally deciding upon a legion... I wanted to play alpha legion since book 1, but everyone plays them now. Maybe sons of horus or ravenguard? If not my carcharodons could use some older armor types >)
IN ALAE MORTIS... On the wings of Death!!
2016/10/14 16:49:40
Subject: Re:Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
They look ALLOT like sigmarines to me, so could the rumour about GW merging 40K and Age of Sigmar into a single game be true?
You could just use sigmarines as custodes and it'd look the same.
Other than being big guys in full body gold armor, no, they really don't.
2016/10/14 16:50:05
Subject: Re:Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
455_PWR wrote: I'm assuming pre-orders will be this weekend and it will be released the weekend of the 22nd. I liked all I saw. The custodes are awesome! Mark 3 plastics and tartarus terminator armor - amazing.
Anyone who wants bits to mix with 40k, a badab army, or a preheresy army will love this box. Mix this set with the BAC box and you're preheresy army will have 5 troop squads, 2 terminator squads, some hq characters, a dreadnought, and allied SOS/custodes. All you need is a vehicle or two and you have a large heresy army for $240 (if bought on ebay at discount). Hell of a deal for almost 100 GW minis.
Really excited for this.
Now my only problem is finally deciding upon a legion... I wanted to play alpha legion since book 1, but everyone plays them now. Maybe sons of horus or ravenguard? If not my carcharodons could use some older armor types >)
I think you mean 6 troop squads. Or, up to six, really, since you could make three full sized tactical blobs just as easily.
2016/10/14 16:52:26
Subject: Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
Now my only problem is finally deciding upon a legion... I wanted to play alpha legion since book 1, but everyone plays them now. Maybe sons of horus or ravenguard? If not my carcharodons could use some older armor types >)
The correct answer is Thousand Sons.
Sometimes, the only truth people understand, comes from the barrel of a gun.
2016/10/14 17:06:04
Subject: Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
455_PWR wrote: I'm assuming pre-orders will be this weekend and it will be released the weekend of the 22nd. I liked all I saw. The custodes are awesome! Mark 3 plastics and tartarus terminator armor - amazing.
Anyone who wants bits to mix with 40k, a badab army, or a preheresy army will love this box. Mix this set with the BAC box and you're preheresy army will have 5 troop squads, 2 terminator squads, some hq characters, a dreadnought, and allied SOS/custodes. All you need is a vehicle or two and you have a large heresy army for $240 (if bought on ebay at discount). Hell of a deal for almost 100 GW minis.
Really excited for this.
Now my only problem is finally deciding upon a legion... I wanted to play alpha legion since book 1, but everyone plays them now. Maybe sons of horus or ravenguard? If not my carcharodons could use some older armor types >)
I've had confirmed pre order is 22nd. Tomorro is AoS figure
2016/10/14 17:06:23
Subject: Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
Threw this together to point out how the custodes feel to me. It's like they have been squashed. Then again I guess the artwork is normal and the models are heroics which would explain why they look inspired by the artwork rather than true translations of the artwork.
[spoiler]
"The thunder-bolt and lighting emblem on the breastplate of this suite was the personal badge of the Emperor in thoe days, predating the Imperial eagle which only became the symbol of the Imperium much later. This emblem gives the suit its other common name - Thunder Armour." ~ White Dwarf 129/Rogue Trader Compilation
Hence also Thunder Warriors - the Emperor's first genetically altered troops.
They look ALLOT like sigmarines to me, so could the rumour about GW merging 40K and Age of Sigmar into a single game be true?
You could just use sigmarines as custodes and it'd look the same.[/spoiler]
That's the exact same impression I got when I saw the vid. It's not quite as pronounced on Atias pic, but they still look kind of weirdly proportioned to me.
2016/10/14 17:15:48
Subject: Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
I saw it from Lil-Legend, they gave credit to you, I gave credit to both. You were named no need to squabble about it, Lil-legend gave you full credit, but he shared it, like I shared it... that's what happend on the internet...
I saw it from Lil-Legend, they gave credit to you, I gave credit to both. You were named no need to squabble about it, Lil-legend gave you full credit, but he shared it, like I shared it... that's what happend on the internet...
I expected the custodes to be bigger. In fluff they are supposed to be to an Astartes what and Astartes is to a human. It is the basic guardsman that is out of scale being roughly the same size as the Astartes. I actually like the fact they sculpted the Custodes larger than the average Astartes.
The black rage is within us all. Lies offer no shield against the inevitable. You speak of donning the black of duty for the red of brotherhood; but it is the black of rage you shall wear when the darkness comes for you.
2016/10/14 17:36:46
Subject: Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
Custodes should be the same size as Astartes, and both should appear huge in comparison to regular humans. But of course, heroic Custodes, just like heroic Astartes (like Primarchs) should be huger
When you read the books, it sounds like these guys are so big, fast, smart, and well, invincible, that they should be able to single-handedly take on an entire army with a buttering knife.
2016/10/14 17:49:02
Subject: Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
The usual ambiguous GW scaling and size issues. Reading the books, I always got the impression that the Custodes were really big, by Astartes standards, yet there are pictures of them holding bolters that appear just like a bolter in an Astartes' hand looks, which would imply similar sizes. Then there's the image of SoS, Custodes, and the Emperor all together, where the Sisters are only a little bit shorter than the Custodes, who are only a little shorter than the Emperor.
Never any consistency to be found in GW scaling.
2016/10/14 17:55:29
Subject: Re:Horus Heresy - Burning of Prospero (GW) - Preorder October ?? 22nd ??
MajorTom11 wrote: Um that is exactly the size difference, they are as much bigger to an astartes as an astartes is to a reg...
So... just how big are Sisters of Silence? I mean, they should be a half-head shorter than a helmeted Cadian, right? Cadians being 6'4" to the top of their helmets, and unhelmeted human women topping out around 5'8" or so. Though, really Cadians should have keep the 2E scale for being no taller than 5'10" helmeted. The lack of any ordinary humans of ordinary human height is really bothersome.
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