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Thanks, I added everything plus the other video review from Bitsbox to the 1st post

Some of those pieces look sick.

it looks like a wolf upgrade pack and maybe iron hands.

the imperial fist dev looks like a conversion.

dunno about the dark angels ether.

a 3+ save tends to make the Repulsor significantly worse than a land raider. Vs 0 AP or -3 AP (IE lascannons) weapons a land raider will save twice as often. Sure, most of the stats look the same except the one that matters the most.

 Desubot wrote:
Some of those pieces look sick.

it looks like a wolf upgrade pack and maybe iron hands.

the imperial fist dev looks like a conversion.

dunno about the dark angels ether.

Not sure on the DA.. the sword has me wondering.. but I dunno.. as easy as it is to customize your own stuff through 3d printing etc.. maybe.

What chapter is orangemarine?

Edit: nvm, it seems to be Fists and my eyes are lying to me.

$35 apothecary

$35 chaplain

$80 tank.

Nope. feth you GW.

 Desubot wrote:
Some of those pieces look sick.

it looks like a wolf upgrade pack and maybe iron hands.

the imperial fist dev looks like a conversion.

dunno about the dark angels ether.

Sorry gents, those aren't upgrades, they're a studio conversion competition to showcase the Primaris kits. They did five or six IIRC and picked the Iron Hand as the winner.

There *is* an Ultramarines Primaris Upgrade Kit shown though(it's pretty medicore), so they will likely come out eventually with the other codices.

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Desubot wrote:
Some of those pieces look sick.

it looks like a wolf upgrade pack and maybe iron hands.

the imperial fist dev looks like a conversion.

dunno about the dark angels ether.

Sorry gents, those aren't upgrades, they're a studio conversion competition to showcase the Primaris kits. They did five or six IIRC and picked the Iron Hand as the winner.

There *is* an Ultramarines Primaris Upgrade Kit shown though(it's pretty medicore), so they will likely come out eventually with the other codices.

Thats impressive then ether way

that space wolf bolt pistol sure fooled me.

 MLaw wrote:

Dude in the respirator looks cranky. I'm trying to figure out if it's because the other guys all got the guns with box mags and he got stuck with the 2nd-rate 'spare' weapon, or if he's just trying to work out why the mag won't go into the solid port on the bottom of the gun...


Meanwhile, sarge is all 'Crikey, is that the time? I'm missing Days of our Lives for this.'




Some lovely conversion work in there, though.

I actually think cranky guy is just now realizing that the hypno conditioning for the long black and silver noisy thing didn't quite take..

the guy in the resperator is proably just thinking "I passed up a chance to play Bane in a Batman movie for this?"

This isn't a Dark Angel people! Is obviously a Guardian of the Covenant, a Sucessor chapter of the original Dark Angels!
That to have near 0 lore are very cool both in their colours and in the fact that they are THE monastic space marines. Even more than Dark Angels. You know, they spend time writting old books, arts, and they ALL wear robes.
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Covenant

Mitochondria wrote:
$35 apothecary

$35 chaplain

$80 tank.

Nope. feth you GW.

Obligatory "gw prices are crazy!!!!" Even though they have been like this for awhile

str00dles1 wrote:

Mitochondria wrote:
$35 apothecary

$35 chaplain

$80 tank.

Nope. feth you GW.

Obligatory "gw prices are crazy!!!!" Even though they have been like this for awhile

yeah, at this point I don't know why anyone would find these prices suprising

BrianDavion wrote:

str00dles1 wrote:

Mitochondria wrote:
$35 apothecary

$35 chaplain

$80 tank.

Nope. feth you GW.

Obligatory "gw prices are crazy!!!!" Even though they have been like this for awhile

yeah, at this point I don't know why anyone would find these prices suprising

Surprising? No. Disgusting? Yes. Very much so. Every time.

I haven't really looked at them side by side, but are the hands of Primaries Marines the same size as regular marines? If the hands are close in size, conversions might be a little easier. Especially when it comes to close combat weapons.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
I haven't really looked at them side by side, but are the hands of Primaries Marines the same size as regular marines? If the hands are close in size, conversions might be a little easier. Especially when it comes to close combat weapons.

The hands are workable but the length of most CCWs just isn't going to work. Terminator weapons seem to be closer in size to what I would expect.. actually.. think I'll compare my termie power sword to the one that came in the DI box..

 MLaw wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
I haven't really looked at them side by side, but are the hands of Primaries Marines the same size as regular marines? If the hands are close in size, conversions might be a little easier. Especially when it comes to close combat weapons.

The hands are workable but the length of most CCWs just isn't going to work. Terminator weapons seem to be closer in size to what I would expect.. actually.. think I'll compare my termie power sword to the one that came in the DI box..

Terminator hands might be a good option anyway. They are generally more robust, so they might look a little better.

 Kirasu wrote:
a 3+ save tends to make the Repulsor significantly worse than a land raider. Vs 0 AP or -3 AP (IE lascannons) weapons a land raider will save twice as often. Sure, most of the stats look the same except the one that matters the most.

And whether the 3+ matters more than the fly is entirely down to your opponent. If they intend on lascannoning it to death 2+ is better, if their plan was to tie LR equivalent vehicles up with rhinos or bikes, fly is better.

 Galas wrote:


This isn't a Dark Angel people! Is obviously a Guardian of the Covenant, a Sucessor chapter of the original Dark Angels!

Hmmmm - the way they've done the robe on his head is NOT working for me.

 schoon wrote:

 Galas wrote:


This isn't a Dark Angel people! Is obviously a Guardian of the Covenant, a Sucessor chapter of the original Dark Angels!

Hmmmm - the way they've done the robe on his head is NOT working for me.

It's just a standard oldMarine head. Only the robes were a sculpt.


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 Desubot wrote:
Some of those pieces look sick.

it looks like a wolf upgrade pack and maybe iron hands.

the imperial fist dev looks like a conversion.

dunno about the dark angels ether.

The whole article is about eavy Metal members converting Primaris Marines from Dark Imperium...

Terminator weapons look good on restartes. Deathwatch kit is OK but the arms are a little bit on the weedy side - if you set them nice and low on the shoulder joint and cover that with the shoulderpad it's not that noticeable, and if you wanted you could beef out the forearm with a bit of GS.

Those models are all just conversions and kit bashes. Nicely done but not new models.

 insaniak wrote:
Meanwhile, sarge is all 'Crikey, is that the time? I'm missing Days of our Lives for this.'

My initial thought was he's checking his fitbit.

"12,456,739 steps so far this campaign!"

 Nostromodamus wrote:

 insaniak wrote:
Meanwhile, sarge is all 'Crikey, is that the time? I'm missing Days of our Lives for this.'

My initial thought was he's checking his fitbit.

"12,456,739 steps so far this campaign!"

Based on his frown it appears Brother-Sergeant Brofistus somehow has over 13 million; heresy is suspected.

I do like the look of the Intercessors though. Looking forward to them coming out in a couple weeks. I've liked the look of pretty much all the Primaris units released thus far, though the Repulsor does stretch that a bit. The infantry have all been very nice IMO.

I will say it's nice to see some actual marines with something other than two close combat weapons or holding a boltgun. The small things make the squad stand out (the slung boltguns, the boltgun w/ the launcher and sling, the marine changes magazines, etc.) It's nice to see stuff like that. Would like to see an actual kneeling marine sometime, or even a few at a jog/run.

Id love a set of kneeling legs for Primaris. I usually save them and convert up wrist communicators for the kneelers, and this box set comes with one standard

 Elbows wrote:
I will say it's nice to see some actual marines with something other than two close combat weapons or holding a boltgun. The small things make the squad stand out (the slung boltguns, the boltgun w/ the launcher and sling, the marine changes magazines, etc.) It's nice to see stuff like that. Would like to see an actual kneeling marine sometime, or even a few at a jog/run.

My only complaint with the Marine changing his mag is they stuck him into a photo shoot with a unit carrying auto bolt rifles, so he's loading the wrong mag.

BrianDavion wrote:

str00dles1 wrote:

Mitochondria wrote:
$35 apothecary

$35 chaplain

$80 tank.

Nope. feth you GW.

Obligatory "gw prices are crazy!!!!" Even though they have been like this for awhile

yeah, at this point I don't know why anyone would find these prices suprising

They don't need to be surprising to be objectionable.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 MLaw wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
I haven't really looked at them side by side, but are the hands of Primaries Marines the same size as regular marines? If the hands are close in size, conversions might be a little easier. Especially when it comes to close combat weapons.

The hands are workable but the length of most CCWs just isn't going to work. Terminator weapons seem to be closer in size to what I would expect.. actually.. think I'll compare my termie power sword to the one that came in the DI box..

Terminator hands might be a good option anyway. They are generally more robust, so they might look a little better.

They fall somewhere in between the "normal" SM plastics and Terminator hands - they have the more "squared off" armour plate of a Terminator rather than the tapering one from SM, but they're not quite as big. The closes match are Deathwatch hands IMO.

 AduroT wrote:


My only complaint with the Marine changing his mag is they stuck him into a photo shoot with a unit carrying auto bolt rifles, so he's loading the wrong mag.

I didnt even notice that, I was too distracted by the fact he's trying to insert the magazine into a solid metal surface. The mag well appears to be filled in. Looks really dumb.

What's a magwell? I looked it up on google, and I couldn't really find anything?