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Little bit of cutting required, but you can mix the two kits together easily enough

yeah, just checked it out...there's a little tentacle thing just above the plague probe(?)...the "mouth" area, on the main part of the DI drone, that gets in the way, so you'll have to cut that off for a couple of the different drone kit faceplates...and for all 3 of them, you may need to do a little filling, because none of them match up "exactly" - but they all "basically fit"

I recommend using the drone kit faceplate with the horns with flies attached to them, for the actual drone kit drone, because that faceplate has the worst fit on the DI drone, also because it has a toothy, open mouth where all the other faceplates have some kind of "eye" feature, if you were to use that faceplate on the DI drone, you'd have a big open hole there - I guess you could work something out of that with greenstuff or something, just saying though, that one would take the most work by far to make it work with the DI drone. - the other two faceplates from the kit work just fine with the DI drone though, provided you remove the little tentacle from the DI drone

tneva82 wrote:

 puma713 wrote:

broxus wrote:

Mario wrote:
This blog post from one of the sculptors of the new Nurgle kits might be of interest for some people. I only skimmed this thread for images, maybe it was already posted?

Wow no mention at all about the plague hauler. I am starting to worry this is one of those models we will never see.

They have specifically said that there won't be rules for units with no model. We'll see it sometime, just no telling when.

If there's already rules, especially with descriptions, expect to see sooner rather than later when 3rd parties would have got first dip on it. They don't likely want to do that mistake again.

Well, that's just it. We've actually seen the model itself. It's in the codex. That would indicate something else is going on with the hauler release. Are they waiting for a bundle package? Are they waiting for Christmas? Are they adding more options to the kit and going to errata the rules? Did something happen to the mold?

Who knows at this point.

I started to convert Servohaulers into WW1 light tanks yesterday to use as haulers. I'll be one short of a Tri-lobe and they won't have three tracks, but they look terribly cute next to Deathshrouds

Really strange that the lil guys have a) quite brutal weapons in the MM und RL AND more guns and melee and b) those are real MMs and RLs and not Corrupted Air Beam and Self-propelled Plague Shells or some other Nurgle-esque gun names. I'm still guessing they'll be somehow mixed wuth a demon release - maybe a big bix game featuring 40k Nurgle stuff. That'd also explain the zero options. It'd be really unusual to show the mini in the codex and not release it soon-ish, but maybe they rescheduled their 40k releases after the Primaris numbers came in? Or Necro was fast-tracked? Or the guy breaking the dwarf lord plastic mouöd struck again.

I'm still thinking that they are delaying the haulers so they can release them with repackaged versions of the characters and other items from DI. I'm guessing the lord of contaigen, Blightcaller, and (hopefully) the pox walkers will all see their own releases. Adding the hauler to that mix will ensure that more DG players have their wallets out, and will be more likely to pick up one of the other units as well. I just hope in the case of the two characters, they add a couple more options to their sprue. An alt head for each, and maybe their own fun nurgling pal! The Lord could have a manreaper option as well.

However they release the Haulers, I'm hoping they are in a 3 figure box costed between Plague Marine and Plague Crawler box would great.

 NurglesR0T wrote:
However they release the Haulers, I'm hoping they are in a 3 figure box costed between Plague Marine and Plague Crawler box would great.

They're the same size as a blight drone: Dreadnought sized. You'll get them individual for £30 a pop.

Sadly I'll wager that you're most likely correct.

changemod wrote:

They're the same size as a blight drone: Dreadnought sized. You'll get them individual for £30 a pop.

but (as far as we know) without the 2 extra front and 2 extra weapons those take some space on the sprue...

These guys will probably work, with the right-sized base.

http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/warpath/forge-fathers/product/hultr-half-track.html

 TheWaspinator wrote:
These guys will probably work, with the right-sized base.

http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/warpath/forge-fathers/product/hultr-half-track.html

I just got mine from the KS the other day, and was thinking the same thing. Just take those extra front plates from the Blight drone kit, and you're mostly there. Just gotta get the weapons from somewhere really.

I think the magma cannon makes a reasonable multi-melta. It mostly could use a missile launcher.

A life sign of the Hauler, it will get a model release

Via Faeit, from Warhammer TV's FB page

Of course it's getting a model. The model is in the Codex.

Also, Tesco wi-fi

I was certain it would, but if you read this and other discussions online a few were wondering already.

Last WD was also vaguely mentioning 'a modell we cannot talk about for now' in the listing of who designed which kit

It will come out.


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What's with Tesco?

I'm sorry, but I always though Multi Meltas and Missile Launchers were the LEAST popular heavy weapons options...

I assume people are using them for the - 1 to hit bubble. Since it seems like EVERY army is following this tend, might we see CC armies finally making a comeback?

Maybe, just maybe....
The blight haulers have an Age of Sigmar build?

 Nightlord1987 wrote:
I'm sorry, but I always though Multi Meltas and Missile Launchers were the LEAST popular heavy weapons options...

I assume people are using them for the - 1 to hit bubble. Since it seems like EVERY army is following this tend, might we see CC armies finally making a comeback?

They are +1 to your save not -1 to hit.

Neronoxx wrote:
Maybe, just maybe....
The blight haulers have an Age of Sigmar build?

That's one of the options I think are likely. Daemon engine with Fantasy variant coming with the Nurgle daemons or board game piece with seperate release.

Still wondering why it has a MM and ML instead of Nurgle-ish weapon names, though.

This is the second time in the last weeks I read rumors online from reliable sources about a possible future 40k Khorne Release. Last night

Bob - War of Sigmar Disqus

Apart from what is announced 40k Khorne should be on high prio

https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/2513


I will keep the second source anonymous for now (from a german forum) but he was mentioning a Codex: World Eaters among the Codex book releases until summer 2018.

These are early rumors, no date or other specifics given, but they might offer a first brief hint of what may be coming Chaos-wise in addition to the 'soon-ish' Thousand Sons Codex already mentioned by the official 40k FB page.

Warhams-77 wrote:
This is the second time in the last weeks I read rumors online from reliable sources about a possible future 40k Khorne Release. Last night

Bob - War of Sigmar Disqus

Apart from what is announced 40k Khorne should be on high prio

https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/2513


I will keep the second source anonymous for now (from a german forum) but he was mentioning a Codex: World Eaters among the Codex book releases until summer 2018.

These are early rumors, no date or other specifics given, but they might offer a first brief hint of what may be coming Chaos-wise in addition to the 'soon-ish' Thousand Sons Codex already mentioned by the official 40k FB page.

Well with Hastings saying Angron is upcoming makes sense. He likely doesn't have like 3-4 year ahead knowledge so it's about time WE would be getting codex unless he was totally wrong and Angron is NOT coming. And his track record is pretty good.

Indeed. There also seems to be a Blood Angels vs Khorne and a Khorne Armageddon storyline waiting to be continued. And the Daemon part of Nurgle is probably not on its own, the 8th Ed Chaos Daemons codex might bring these and new Khorne models.

Now I've finally got my Plague Hauler, Blight Lords & Bloat drone it's interesting to see all are 2017 on the sprues so this really was a fast, fast release by GW standards

Codex: World Eaters? Daemon Angron? Is it too much to hope for new Khorne Berzerkers?

Why would they release Codex: World Eaters when World Eaters are in the CSM codex. They didn't do that with Thousand Sons or Death Guard. It seems like they will just be releasing Angron and possibly a new Khorne Berserkers kit (no new options) at most. Maybe a Khorne Terminators kit. But I wouldn't get my hopes up for a bunch of new stuff.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Why would they release Codex: World Eaters when World Eaters are in the CSM codex. They didn't do that with Thousand Sons or Death Guard. It seems like they will just be releasing Angron and possibly a new Khorne Berserkers kit (no new options) at most. Maybe a Khorne Terminators kit. But I wouldn't get my hopes up for a bunch of new stuff.

I'm assuming because that would place world eaters after the last index = codex as likely the first new army, while death guard and thousand sons have most/all of a coherent range and will get books before the last index to codex release.

World eaters and emperors children in the chaos marines book is likely only as a place holder until they can get their own slot/minis.

Blight Hauler finally coming!

Lord Feltrius and the Tainted Cohort?

ahh...the hauler's one of those easy to build jobbies...that explains the limited loadout...

 Kaiyanwang wrote:
Lord Feltrius and the Tainted Cohort?

I'm curious about this as well, but I am happy that the Blight Hauler is finally coming out. Do we have a release date for the new stuff in that pic?