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 Thargrim wrote:
My copy still hasn't showed up yet, i'm getting annoyed cause I wanted to get this well on its way being put together before blood bowl. I definitely learned something though, its probably best to spend the extra few bucks and just get it direct from GW for pickup instead of trusting an ebay seller to ship anything on time. Granted I did save 20 bucks, but i'm not sure a week of twiddling my thumbs was worth it this time around.

So when blood bowl comes out, no more monkey business i'm just gonna make the 40 minute drive and get it in person and open it in store to make sure it isn't screwed up.

Same here. Pre-ordered as soon as I could from War Store and I haven't even got a dispatch notice yet.

 Thargrim wrote:
My copy still hasn't showed up yet, i'm getting annoyed cause I wanted to get this well on its way being put together before blood bowl. I definitely learned something though, its probably best to spend the extra few bucks and just get it direct from GW for pickup instead of trusting an ebay seller to ship anything on time. Granted I did save 20 bucks, but i'm not sure a week of twiddling my thumbs was worth it this time around.

So when blood bowl comes out, no more monkey business i'm just gonna make the 40 minute drive and get it in person and open it in store to make sure it isn't screwed up.

I definitely recommend using your FLGS to preorder things, as they usually can get it to you right on release day. In my case, my store stays open until midnight on Friday nights, which means that they can release my preorder to me before they go home that night if I am willing to wait there for it

Support your FLGS guys. Let that be the lesson for us all :p

 Zywus wrote:
Support your FLGS guys. Let that be the lesson for us all :p

Assuming you have one, which many of us do not.

Mrk III marines in plastic! Take my money now!!

 Nostromodamus wrote:

 Zywus wrote:
Support your FLGS guys. Let that be the lesson for us all :p

Assuming you have one, which many of us do not.

I'm in Alaska and I have one, but then again I live in a (relatively) populated area of the state. Still, might be worth an hour or two drive, rather than letting your preorders be at the mercy of the *shudders*.... postal service.

 Nostromodamus wrote:

 Zywus wrote:
Support your FLGS guys. Let that be the lesson for us all :p

Assuming you have one

Yes, obviously

 Thargrim wrote:
Granted I did save 20 bucks, but i'm not sure a week of twiddling my thumbs was worth it this time around.

So when blood bowl comes out, no more monkey business i'm just gonna make the 40 minute drive and get it in person and open it in store to make sure it isn't screwed up.

It all depends on savings v time doesnt it? I have been thinking of ordering through an online seller which would cost around $160 vs GW price of $265 so the savings can be considerable at the expense of a longer wait

I thought all of the online sellers were banned from shipping any GW product to the southern hemisphere, upon penalty of death. Has GW relaxed their stance on that?

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but the co-owner of my FLGS memtioned to me that the squad repackaging (unlike with BaC) will happen much earlier, so as to maximize market sales. When BaCs models were repackaged, most people who wanted them had already purchased the boxed set (or mutiple box sets) and moved on to something else. Also, according to him HH book 7 should be released some time before Christmas, but they plan to release Magnus (like with Russ) before then. There *might* also be 10-man psyker squads as the Thousand Sons specialist unit, and he told me (seemingly less certain) that the SW will get a 30k Wulfen variant. I am planing to build my copy into a Thousand Sons force (Ahrimman did it for me) and would love more Psykers (I currently, in all my armies, have a total of one psyker...) and more excuses to use those FW upgrades would be great.


Ember

Well we were just told at the 40k weekend that HH book 7 should be ready to order on February 4th.

Would be nice, I know someone at the store who is itching to get started on his Thousand Sons.

Speaking of 30k Wulfen, can someone point me to a good guide on Legion era Space Puppy force org? Did they have Wolf Priests and their shamanistic stuff (without casting real psychic powers), Long Fangs, etc? What about scouts, there seemingly were scouts/scout-ish training (the Soulhunter himself), but now there are recon Marines.

 Binabik15 wrote:
Speaking of 30k Wulfen, can someone point me to a good guide on Legion era Space Puppy force org? Did they have Wolf Priests and their shamanistic stuff (without casting real psychic powers), Long Fangs, etc? What about scouts, there seemingly were scouts/scout-ish training (the Soulhunter himself), but now there are recon Marines.

That will become clear in the upcoming book I believe.

They will probably have wolf priests as a unique consul type, combining chaplain and master-apothecary duties but not sure about the regular apothecaries.
Iron Priests and Rune Priests are pretty much literally renamed techmarines and librarians though so maybe a footnote?

In terms of unique units though…. The generic Heresy era list is actually far closer to the way the modern wolves are structured than it is to the way codex marines are so don't expect too much. Apart from labelling tactical squad exclusively equipped with ccw+bp as "blood claws" and those with bolters as "grey hunters" I wouldn't expect too much messing around.
A unique TDA unit to represent Wolf Guard and a you're nearly done.

Having not popped open my Prospero yet, can anyone speak to the posing and variety the MK3's can be built with? Anything on par to the current Tactical kit with hands holding clips, one-handed bolters, etc...?

angelofvengeance wrote:

 Binabik15 wrote:
Speaking of 30k Wulfen, can someone point me to a good guide on Legion era Space Puppy force org? Did they have Wolf Priests and their shamanistic stuff (without casting real psychic powers), Long Fangs, etc? What about scouts, there seemingly were scouts/scout-ish training (the Soulhunter himself), but now there are recon Marines.

That will become clear in the upcoming book I believe.

Mr_Rose wrote:They will probably have wolf priests as a unique consul type, combining chaplain and master-apothecary duties but not sure about the regular apothecaries.
Iron Priests and Rune Priests are pretty much literally renamed techmarines and librarians though so maybe a footnote?

In terms of unique units though…. The generic Heresy era list is actually far closer to the way the modern wolves are structured than it is to the way codex marines are so don't expect too much. Apart from labelling tactical squad exclusively equipped with ccw+bp as "blood claws" and those with bolters as "grey hunters" I wouldn't expect too much messing around.
A unique TDA unit to represent Wolf Guard and a you're nearly done.

Thanks!

I won't game with them, but a small collection of dark grey killers sounds good. They should be somehwhat background compliant, so thanks for the info. Maybe I'll do them set after Russ left, so the more esoteric stuff is okay in any case.

 FoxPhoenix135 wrote:

I'm building a board for that right now, but it's got more to do with caves on Istvaan V or Dwell than ship-to-ship boarding... I figure lots of people make those kinds of boards (and I am pretty sure somebody in my group is either building one or has one already).

http://teun135miniaturewargaming.blogspot.com/search/label/Zone%20Mortalis%20Board

That's looking really nice - I bet it'll be an absolute blast to play on!

 Necroagogo wrote:

 FoxPhoenix135 wrote:

I'm building a board for that right now, but it's got more to do with caves on Istvaan V or Dwell than ship-to-ship boarding... I figure lots of people make those kinds of boards (and I am pretty sure somebody in my group is either building one or has one already).

http://teun135miniaturewargaming.blogspot.com/search/label/Zone%20Mortalis%20Board

That's looking really nice - I bet it'll be an absolute blast to play on!

Thanks! I am hoping to have my first playtest of the board today, now that it is fully dried and cured.

 Crimson wrote:
So several people are assembling the models now. Could someone please take a picture of a SoS next to a Cadian? I really want to know whether they're freakishly tall.

Don't have a cadian but here is it next to a Raging heroes figure (on 25mm bases

SoS are 35mm tall? HUGE, big as a regular SM Termie?

Just picked up my BoP set last night. I am super impressed with the quality of the plastic. The detail is incredible.

I just really wish I had the 30k army list book to know how to build things for 30k.

SoS are taller than Marines?

I thought GW had managed to finally halt the scale creep somewhat seeing the genestealer cultists. That's a shame :(

 Zywus wrote:
SoS are taller than Marines?

I thought GW had managed to finally halt the scale creep somewhat seeing the genestealer cultists. That's a shame :(

nope, the scale creep is in full effect...
the Tartaros Termies are huge, as are the Custodes...

i bought the "weekend only" Legion Herald last month, and he is massive in his MkIV power armor compared to the MkIV Marines from Battle at Calth...
i am thinking that i could use the Custodes head with the mohawk for him, and the Tartaros Sergeant head on him, but they are so big...
it might be a little over-the-top, but i think i'll go for it anyway...
the head looks too cool on him, and the Tartaros arms look so much better than the arms he comes with...

i like the scale creep, for painting purposes, anyway...
the detail is incredible, and so crisp...
it is fine for someone who sells on each painted mini, but i can see how it would be frustrating for people trying to mix past generations of minis in with the new stuff...
"go big or go home" must be the mantra in the design studio nowadays

cheers
jah

Does anyone think theres a connection between Bjorn the Fell-Handed and Geigor Fell-Hand? They have the same name, and both fight with a lightning claw and a bolter, and i guess Ahriman vs Bjorn would be a better, more fluff match up.

No connection, Bjorn loses his hand on Prospero and doesn't get a replacement until much later.

 BrookM wrote:
No connection, Bjorn loses his hand on Prospero and doesn't get a replacement until much later.

Does Geigor die? I can see an Iron Priest being all like "So, hey Bjorn, we found this bitchin' claw and we see you're in need of a hand..."

Yeah, I think his claw is the claw Bjorn gets to replace the arm he loses on Prospero.

 ImAGeek wrote:
Yeah, I think his claw is the claw Bjorn gets to replace the arm he loses on Prospero.

it is indeed. Still a cool model and I'm picking a few up off bits stores just cuz, well, look at it.