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Warhams-77 wrote:






i think this is all we have about it atm


The Beast of Nurgle is also missing a new model, one that matches the art in Codex: DG. There has been a rumor engine pic which looks similiar to the artwork so it should be an upcoming release as well.

Spoiler:

Via B&C

Now granted, its 3 am here....
But that rumour engine pic is literally just the mouth on the beast of nurgle art.
Slime is identical.
Cross that one off?

I'm not sure how they came to the conclusion the Beast of Nurgle should be humanoid.

changemod wrote:
I'm not sure how they came to the conclusion the Beast of Nurgle should be humanoid.

Its just a fat tentacle nurgling. Which is a vastly better artwork then their current terrible metal derp model

str00dles1 wrote:

changemod wrote:
I'm not sure how they came to the conclusion the Beast of Nurgle should be humanoid.

Its just a fat tentacle nurgling. Which is a vastly better artwork then their current terrible metal derp model

Ancient sculpt aside, the current model depicts an actual beast.

can we not argue about how the "new beast of nurgle" model looks, when we don't actually know if there is even going to be one, let alone what it will actually look like, aside from a piece of artwork that *might* be a beast of nurgle?

...I mean, granted, there is a decent chance that there will be a new model, and that art could very well be based on it, but right now, we have no bloody idea really, do we?

that said, I'd honestly take pretty much any alternative over the current model, because that may just be the only GW model that I actually *hate*...

Ho big is the base of the hauler? Dreadnought/Drone base, right?

looks like it.

I may just convert up my own. getting tired of waiting

 Ascalam wrote:
looks like it.

I may just convert up my own. getting tired of waiting

I do wonder if a boat thrall/bloat thrall overseer from Cryx plus mechanicus legs could do that. I have a Melta dread arm and the missile launcher bits already there.
I was thinking about converting it from the moment they put the smartass rule "buy three to make them work", I would use 1 for the cover in some build.

I wonder how a bloat drone with some taurox tracks slapped on the sides would look...

I'm hoping that they're reworking its rules or something. It has the perfect opportunity to have other weapons on it, like the Helbrute ones at least. That was probably the most disappointing thing about it. I'm hoping they rework the datasheet in the box and give it more options

changemod wrote:

str00dles1 wrote:

changemod wrote:
I'm not sure how they came to the conclusion the Beast of Nurgle should be humanoid.

Its just a fat tentacle nurgling. Which is a vastly better artwork then their current terrible metal derp model

Ancient sculpt aside, the current model depicts an actual beast.

At first I tought the same "The new artwork don't look "beast" at all". But I don't mind if they made the beast of nurgle like the arwork, if they give us the ultra-cool looking Nurgleratops. That will fill the gap of a "nurgle daemonic beast"

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:
I'm hoping that they're reworking its rules or something. It has the perfect opportunity to have other weapons on it, like the Helbrute ones at least. That was probably the most disappointing thing about it. I'm hoping they rework the datasheet in the box and give it more options

Like? I don't see that happening, as the kits already done. They would need to sculpt more stuff then make some upgrade kit, which isn't going to happen. It has missiles and a melta. What would you want it to have? Lascannons are not really a new style deathguard thing. Close combat weapons would look and be dumb for it.

str00dles1 wrote:
Close combat weapons would look and be dumb for it.

oh I dunno...just picture one with the fleshmower from the bloat drone kit, then tell me that wouldn't be kinda awesome!

 ZoBo wrote:

str00dles1 wrote:
Close combat weapons would look and be dumb for it.

oh I dunno...just picture one with the fleshmower from the bloat drone kit, then tell me that wouldn't be kinda awesome!

Imagine giving that as a mount for your Death Guard Lord.

 Galas wrote:

 ZoBo wrote:

str00dles1 wrote:
Close combat weapons would look and be dumb for it.

oh I dunno...just picture one with the fleshmower from the bloat drone kit, then tell me that wouldn't be kinda awesome!

Imagine giving that as a mount for your Death Guard Lord.

Spoiler:

exactly what I was thinking!

str00dles1 wrote:

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:
I'm hoping that they're reworking its rules or something. It has the perfect opportunity to have other weapons on it, like the Helbrute ones at least. That was probably the most disappointing thing about it. I'm hoping they rework the datasheet in the box and give it more options

Like? I don't see that happening, as the kits already done. They would need to sculpt more stuff then make some upgrade kit, which isn't going to happen. It has missiles and a melta. What would you want it to have? Lascannons are not really a new style deathguard thing. Close combat weapons would look and be dumb for it.

I wasnt thinking close combat, but they definitely could have given it the Plasma Cannon, or the Reaper Cannon. Hell they could have given it the option for Plaguespitters or the Blight Launcher. Even make it to where it could take dual melta or something. I find it hard to believe that missile+melta is the only thing they could put on there, and if it stays like that I will be disappointed. But of course this is all just the opinion of one guy on the internet

And also, I was saying that they should be in the kit itself. We haven't seen the sprues so we don't know for sure what's in it, until we do its all speculation

Hitech have now released their alternate plague drone



http://hitechminiatures.com/machines/289-heavy-battle-drone-pupa-mk3.html

different enough to be worth thinking about, although i'd still be tempted to kitbash with the GW rotors with the Hitech central section but that gets expensive

ehh, not sure if I like that honestly...it looks kinda busy, also the wings give it a bit of a "zooming" vibe, as opposed to the "ponderous, sputtering hover" vibe I get from the rotors on the GW one...also, the 40mm base seems like an odd decision, surely that'd tip over?

Best guess, the Hauler is an easy-assemble model for some sort of bundle or board game box. I don't know why it wouldn't have any wargear options otherwise.

Good ol' Hi-Tech! Take a great concept and then just go that little bit too far.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Good ol' Hi-Tech! Take a great concept and then just go that little bit too far.

Keep in mind, that's one of three versions. The other two versions are a lot less busy and overdone.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Best guess, the Hauler is an easy-assemble model for some sort of bundle or board game box. I don't know why it wouldn't have any wargear options otherwise.

Ether that or its GW's new design philosophy to make limited option models to force people to buy other kits to fill niches they need.

The wings on this one look smaller; is that just perspective? Otherwise I'd say they're more preferable to the above toddler jet wings.

Its the same model.

What are the chances we'll get a Start Collecting before the end of the year?

I'm waiting a bit before buying more DG stuff in case we get that, what do you think?

It is hard to predict. Genestealer Cults, Harlequins, Grey Knights and Thousand Sons haven't got one yet.

And the majority of releases for 40k is not offered in a SC box this early after release.

But GW had brought out a SC for Deathwatch and a few AoS factions not long after their initial release. So there are definitely exceptions.

Not to forget we had 'megaforce'-like discount boxes around christmas every year which could be what DG will get before a SC set.

The new Tyranid one is almost a Genestealer Cults one if you put the Trygon in another detachment and run the Broodlord as a Patriarch.

For the Haulers I hopefully get a box of Servo Haulers for my bday today (but my brother had trouble sourcing one in stock locally and our usual webstores) to make two Renault FT light tanks crewed by traitor IG. If the conversions work as planned I'll later add a third one..

The things are daemon engines with few options and remind me of the Khorne cannons - maybe they'll be part of the upcoming Nurgle daemon release?

What happened to the new Great Unclean One everyone said was coming?
And the new Beasts?

 dan2026 wrote:
What happened to the new Great Unclean One everyone said was coming?
And the new Beasts?

Coming right after the plastic Thunderhawk.