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And the Biologus article missing on the previously linked page

Isn't the Plagueburst Crawler meant to go up for pre-order today? I don't know about anyone else, but it's not showing up for me, when this time every Saturday has been the time for pre-orders to go up. Maybe they're having issues or my webpage is broken

ESIT: it's Friday....

EDIT: I can't seem to even spell edit

I was just checking (and thinking) the same thing. Clearly, you're also in Melbourne.

 Azazelx wrote:
I was just checking (and thinking) the same thing. Clearly, you're also in Melbourne.

Haha yep

Just got my hands on the DI Marine models for Nurgle.. very impressive.. totally intimidating to my lousy painting skills..

and NO damn customization realistically..

 puma713 wrote:

 Kaiyanwang wrote:

There is something in the release that looks rushed.

I agree with this. Something feels like it was pushed out half-baked. It feels like it's missing rules for different mantles of Lords and Casters, it feels like somethings may have been overlooked (maybe Lords and Sorcs are supposed to be T5 and have DR?) and perhaps other things missing? I'm not sure, but I get that feeling too.

I doubt there are plans for additional characters. That "different mantle" thing is just their way of explaining away why a faction that apparently has difficulty cobbling together a full suit of Cataphractii armour is apparently led by dudes who all carry the same axe. "Yeah, there are totally other types of Lords - they're just, uh... off fighting somewhere else. "

 porkuslime wrote:
Just got my hands on the DI Marine models for Nurgle.. very impressive.. totally intimidating to my lousy painting skills..

and NO damn customization realistically..

you're not going to get as much variety out of them as a full multipart kit but you can change things up with them fairly easily (my attempts are here, but there is a decent variety of folk doing similar https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/734222.page)

and don't forget the 3 easybuild ones, their bits will help you convert the DI ones too, plus you'll want the plaguespitter

Interested in new Nurgle miniatures and Crawler tank?
You should check out Bitspudlo's Scourge Mortar
https://hexy-shop.com/shop/sci-fi-miniatures/prusack-scourge-mortar/

 cpt_Molo wrote:
Interested in new Nurgle miniatures and Crawler tank?
You should check out Bitspudlo's Scourge Mortar
https://hexy-shop.com/shop/sci-fi-miniatures/prusack-scourge-mortar/

Passss.

Wow, that was fast!

 cpt_Molo wrote:
Interested in new Nurgle miniatures and Crawler tank?
You should check out Bitspudlo's Scourge Mortar
https://hexy-shop.com/shop/sci-fi-miniatures/prusack-scourge-mortar/

Amazing model with crisp details. Sexy price to boot!

That might be even sexier than the original one. I might get both if I feel the need to run two, because with daemon engines some unique-ness for each is needed, IMO


This is also why GW's (changing) strategy of no early previwes doesn't work.

Has anybody else bought the Death Guard dice? I picked up a tube today and while they are very, very nice, they don't exactly roll all that well due to the light plastic used.

So, I guess these are now fancy wound counters and CP markers.

 BrookM wrote:
Has anybody else bought the Death Guard dice? I picked up a tube today and while they are very, very nice, they don't exactly roll all that well due to the light plastic used.

So, I guess these are now fancy wound counters and CP markers.

I picked them up and I'm using them for this exact purpose. they roll like crap and aren't very easy to read so I wouldn't use them for rolling. They are perfect wound counters though!

 BrookM wrote:
Has anybody else bought the Death Guard dice? I picked up a tube today and while they are very, very nice, they don't exactly roll all that well due to the light plastic used.

So, I guess these are now fancy wound counters and CP markers.

This is exactly how I plan to use them - wound counters. I ordered them expecting to use them as dice, but I was surprised when I opened them to find how light they are and what they used to fill them being spongy. They are very interesting. Personally, I like heavier dice and want my dice to be easy to read, not only for me, but for my opponents. The five and six on the dice are surprisingly similar. Not as bad as the Tzeentch dice, but I probably won't be using them for rolling.

 Modock wrote:

 cpt_Molo wrote:
Interested in new Nurgle miniatures and Crawler tank?
You should check out Bitspudlo's Scourge Mortar
https://hexy-shop.com/shop/sci-fi-miniatures/prusack-scourge-mortar/

Amazing model with crisp details. Sexy price to boot!

Nice to hear that! Thank I will get this info too rest of the guys from the team

 BrookM wrote:
Has anybody else bought the Death Guard dice? I picked up a tube today and while they are very, very nice, they don't exactly roll all that well due to the light plastic used.

So, I guess these are now fancy wound counters and CP markers.

Do they have the same result distribution as normal dice or do you roll more 6´s with them?

 Papa-Schlumpf wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Has anybody else bought the Death Guard dice? I picked up a tube today and while they are very, very nice, they don't exactly roll all that well due to the light plastic used.

So, I guess these are now fancy wound counters and CP markers.

Do they have the same result distribution as normal dice or do you roll more 6´s with them?

Out of 100 rolls, I rolled 25 6's. Certainly you'd need more data to make any sort of valid determination, but that is a small sample for you.

So maybe the Tallyman is better than most people thought? I just played my first game with one and saved me 5 command points in the game.

He certainly seems more useful to me than the Noxious Blightbringer.

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:
So maybe the Tallyman is better than most people thought? I just played my first game with one and saved me 5 command points in the game.

Well, 7 is the average roll on 2D6.

 puma713 wrote:

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:
So maybe the Tallyman is better than most people thought? I just played my first game with one and saved me 5 command points in the game.

Well, 7 is the average roll on 2D6.

Yeah, that's true, but its still nice to get those points back

So, the discussion about the dice made me curious. I rolled the dice 1000 times to get a good average. Here were my results:

6's rolled:

1. 25 of 100
2. 24 of 100
3. 14 of 100
4. 22 of 100
5. 12 of 100
6. 14 of 100
7. 8 of 100
8. 14 of 100
9. 18 of 100
10. 15 of 100

166 of 1000 rolls were 6's. So, 16.6%.

 puma713 wrote:
So, the discussion about the dice made me curious. I rolled the dice 1000 times to get a good average. Here were my results:

6's rolled:

1. 25 of 100
2. 24 of 100
3. 14 of 100
4. 22 of 100
5. 12 of 100
6. 14 of 100
7. 8 of 100
8. 14 of 100
9. 18 of 100
10. 15 of 100

166 of 1000 rolls were 6's. So, 16.6%.

Thank you for the detailed info. So I assume they are balanced like normal ones.

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:
So maybe the Tallyman is better than most people thought? I just played my first game with one and saved me 5 command points in the game.

Did people think he was bad? A cheaper dark apostle that trades the LD bubble for occasional cp refunds is great. The only downside is he's an elite not an HQ. He's a must take if you run poxwalkers at all, costs a bit over a third of what typhus does yet benefits poxwalkers more and has his utility ability going even if he's sitting in the backfield with your screen. Probably one of our best new characters.

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
I doubt there are plans for additional characters. That "different mantle" thing is just their way of explaining away why a faction that apparently has difficulty cobbling together a full suit of Cataphractii armour is apparently led by dudes who all carry the same axe. "Yeah, there are totally other types of Lords - they're just, uh... off fighting somewhere else. "

Or that's what generic lords are supposed to represent atm, and we might see additional mantles be represented with official units further down the line. I mean, they likely will add additional DG units someday, even if it's years down the line. They are leaving room to grow in the future, not a bad thing.

If we are lucky, we might get a second wave whenever the second batch of primaris units come. Though more likely it'll be one of the other cult legions turns.

Wow, the Prusack Scourge Mortar is cool and has a good price attached, but it's a bit close for comfort, no?

I'd hate to be a TO right now. Here is the rulesheet that comes with the Typhus box. Clearly contains old rules which have since been altered. But, since this has technically been published after the codex I wouldn't be surprised to see people trying to use it

 Luciferian wrote:
Wow, the Prusack Scourge Mortar is cool and has a good price attached, but it's a bit close for comfort, no?

Way to close.
I don't feel that any creative influence was put into that model, so it basically exists as a copy-cat knock off that doesn't look anywhere near as impressive as what it intended to portray.
I can understand people balking at the price of the original, but buying the model from prusack imo reinforces GW's logic on not doing previews.

I suppose it works out differently in different currencies... but would people really rather pay $46 plus shipping for that bad looking knockoff in resin than pay $65 for the much better GW version in plastic?

 Albino Squirrel wrote:
I suppose it works out differently in different currencies... but would people really rather pay $46 plus shipping for that bad looking knockoff in resin than pay $65 for the much better GW version in plastic?

I would consider it if it saved me $60 on three PBC, but probably not if I were just buying one or two.