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 mrhappyface wrote:

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
I wasn't initially sold on Roboute until:
1. I saw those flame things weren't attached to his feet hahaha!
2. He had a helmeted option.

Were you not put off by his frankly stupid stance? His armour was also a problem point if I remember, not really fitting in with the rest of the UM army and looking more like TS armour.

The stance could be better but seeing a 360 of the model makes it less unappealing.

The 360 view often gives a better indication of the full model. I'm reserving judgement for Typhus until I see the full view on the website when it goes on Preorder

I much prefer Morty painted up in his traditional off white armour: http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2017/09/40k-hobby-painting-up-mortarion.html (sorry for the BOLS link)

For Guilliman I use the 30k model, the load out is roughly the same but the model is far better. Only issue is that the 30k version is smaller if I remember correctly?

 Kaiyanwang wrote:

 Daemonslave wrote:
Just thinking of avoiding dashing the hopes of any other long in the tooth disciples of Nurgle.

So why you have a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch as avatar, Brother?

To quote a hero of mine;

'Chaos is a ladder'

I'll sell my soul to anyone who will buy it!



and thanks for the title change.

 Galas wrote:
Thats a little exageration, theres ways and ways of calling someone something, respectfull ways and disrespectull ones. That one was more "funny" than disrespectfull.

I remain in my position that at this point in my life I know that the people that does more noise agains't GW's releases are, normally, the ones that end buying all those same things they where critizing.

That's literally what the phrase means, the salt being referred to is the salty water of their whiny tears, it's not any more "respectful" to use a shorter and less obvious way of saying something, the meaning is the same.

As to your position - eh, sometimes? Just as often not. Almost like people are individuals with differing motivations or something...

So got my hands on the codex the other day and I only have two real gripes. First, the art sucks. It just doesn't feel right. Wish they had gotten the guy who did the art for Realms of Chaos: Lost and the Damned. Second, the codex is positively anemic. Way smaller than I expected yet I still paid the same price as the marine and CSM one. I feel ashamed at myself for that. Can't wait to put together Mortarion though. Lots of fun detail on him that I can't wait to paint.

Sux that we lost some units. My Forgefiend, Havocs, and Bikers are just KIA I guess. I'll re-base the plague marines I already have though rather than give GW money for their new sculpts. As interesting as they are I just can't buy new plague marines when i have a bunch already converted up. Same goes for the Terminators. The guys I have will make fine Blightlords even if they are only as tall as the new DG marine sculpts.

I have no interest in the melee route for the Death Guard. Can't think of anything LESS DG than that.

Like the tanks and hauler dudes but I think they are a tad bit too gimmicky and wont be as good on table as it might seem but need more games to vet that theory.

All in all I guess I'm sorta "meh" over this. Death Guard getting their own codex and some new mini's (including a demon prince Mortarion) are like the only reasons I got back into 40k (never played a single game of 7th). I feel kinda let down, but at least i have a great toy in Mortarion.

Edit: Whoops! Didn't realize who I was talking to, else I wouldn't have bothered.

So....

I'm thinking that the other characters are going to be the same price as the Foul Blightspawn. It would make sense right?

Yeah, almost certainly.

 Marshal Loss wrote:
Yeah, almost certainly.

That's good. And 15GBP translates to ~25$?

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:

 Marshal Loss wrote:
Yeah, almost certainly.

That's good. And 15GBP translates to ~25$?

More like 20$

 mrhappyface wrote:

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:

 Marshal Loss wrote:
Yeah, almost certainly.

That's good. And 15GBP translates to ~25$?

More like 20$

But GW uses price brackets, not direct currency conversion.

Do we have any more rumors involving that strange centipede-like beast thing we first saw in Mortarion's leaked art?

I'm a Nurgle AoS player still desperately hoping we might get some Nurgle love - new Beasts, a Battletome, anything. Now that the DG release seems to be winding down, my hopes are dwindling quickly.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
I'm starting to think that if GW wants to make Death Guard players happy they should not give them any releases or rules at all. Never seen such a salt-ridden release.

Well it shouldn't be surprising, DG didn't get a new release so much as a total overhaul. Even after this codex, DG lost more units than it gained moving from 7th to 8th.

 TheBrandedOne wrote:
Do we have any more rumors involving that strange centipede-like beast thing we first saw in Mortarion's leaked art?

I'm a Nurgle AoS player still desperately hoping we might get some Nurgle love - new Beasts, a Battletome, anything. Now that the DG release seems to be winding down, my hopes are dwindling quickly.

Thousand Sons also saw their release towards the end of the year, then Disciples of Tzeentch followed early in the next. I would expect something similar here. I think the allegiance abilities (and horticulous) are meant to give AoS nurgle something in the meantime, so I would expect a several month gap.

 guinness707 wrote:
First, the art sucks. It just doesn't feel right.

While I think the art is well-made, I have to agree that it lacks variety. Seriously, it seems like the only plague marines you see in any of the art are the plague marines from Dark Imperium. Look at any painting in the book - you'll see the same three guys in each picture. I would have loved some variety in the artwork, for sure.

 puma713 wrote:

 guinness707 wrote:
First, the art sucks. It just doesn't feel right.

While I think the art is well-made, I have to agree that it lacks variety. Seriously, it seems like the only plague marines you see in any of the art are the plague marines from Dark Imperium. Look at any painting in the book - you'll see the same three guys in each picture. I would have loved some variety in the artwork, for sure.

I actually liked the art particularly for its daemons, because of the very factor you mentioned. The daemons seem to have had more artistic freedom allowed and there are some really good portrayals there. I don't have a problem with GW wanting art to represent actual miniatures but at a certain point it puts a cap on potential. i still agree it's solid art though, despite what the rose-gogglers may say.

I must admit, the size of the book and the price point is a big pill to swallow but it will be a book you can use for a long time, the art is great in my mind the rules are fun, its a pity some portions of my army were invalidated.

Still definitely gonna buy it when it finally gets to this side of the world

Now what's this?

There's only one combiplasma part on the Blight Lord sprue, and the text says this:

"The Champion of the unit can take combi-weapon upgrades; there’s a plasma, flamer and melta variant available."

Come on, GW...

Edit: On the other hand, the nurgling on Typhus belly seems to be attached mainly to his leg, which should make it quite easy to remove - great news for those of us who think nurglings are stupid.

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
Now what's this?

There's only one combiplasma part on the Blight Lord sprue, and the text says this:

"The Champion of the unit can take combi-weapon upgrades; there’s a plasma, flamer and melta variant available."

Come on, GW...

Wait, DG Terminators get access to even one combi-plasma!? Lucky!

 mrhappyface wrote:

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
Now what's this?

There's only one combiplasma part on the Blight Lord sprue, and the text says this:

"The Champion of the unit can take combi-weapon upgrades; there’s a plasma, flamer and melta variant available."

Come on, GW...

Wait, DG Terminators get access to even one combi-plasma!? Lucky!

... Except that the whole squad has the option in the codex.

Kastor Krieg - B&C

One combi-plasma.

Sigh.

 GuitaRasmus wrote:

 mrhappyface wrote:

 GuitaRasmus wrote:
Now what's this?

There's only one combiplasma part on the Blight Lord sprue, and the text says this:

"The Champion of the unit can take combi-weapon upgrades; there’s a plasma, flamer and melta variant available."

Come on, GW...

Wait, DG Terminators get access to even one combi-plasma!? Lucky!

... Except that the whole squad has the option in the codex.

You're right, that is bad. It would only be worse if your entire Termie squad had the combi-plasma option but GW decided to put no combi-plasmas at all in the box. I have no idea what that would be like.

I keep looking at those death shrouds and trying to think how I can incorporate them into a AoS army.

Outside of the arm- mounted weapons, they look like they could slide right into a fantasy army.


Any thoughts?

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I keep looking at those death shrouds and trying to think how I can incorporate them into a AoS army.

Outside of the arm- mounted weapons, they look like they could slide right into a fantasy army.


Any thoughts?

Putrid Blightkings seem like a good fit to me.

Pretty sure the combi weapom option is so people can still use there old terminator models as blightlord terminators.

 Looky Likey wrote:
I much prefer Morty painted up in his traditional off white armour: http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2017/09/40k-hobby-painting-up-mortarion.html (sorry for the BOLS link)

I agree. I also preferred the looks of the old artwork, so I spent a lot of sleepless nights this week taking matters into my own hands (still a WIP):

That new pose is Beautifull!

 Galas wrote:
That new pose is Beautifull!

Initially, I looked at that new pose and thought exactly this. But then I looked at it again and the longer I look at it the weirder the pose gets: without his arms by his side, his sides become weirdly flat, his shoulders seem to have travelled to head hight and it brings attention to the fact that GW stupidly modelled Morty with his head sticking out in front of him.

Maybe it'll look better finished but right now it's just getting weirder and weirder the more I look at it.