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I stand by my bitching about the lack of a human character using a rifle rather than a pistol or a ccw

Of if no one's mentioned it Combat Arena is supposed to be a prequel and the characters will be usable in BSF.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/771550.page

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Of if no one's mentioned it Combat Arena is supposed to be a prequel and the characters will be usable in BSF.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/771550.page

Actually, what they said was " keep an eye out for them in an upcoming adventure pack…", which says to me that they will be sold separately in a BSF pack, and that their rules will be in that rather than allowing you to use the Combat Arena miniatures directly.

 BrookM wrote:

Sly Marbo stalks an Ambull through a death world forest (the poor creature!).

Looks more like it's stalking him.

 Norchack wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

Sly Marbo stalks an Ambull through a death world forest (the poor creature!).

Looks more like it's stalking him.

It's cowering in fear hoping he doesn't turn around.

 Sqorgar wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Of if no one's mentioned it Combat Arena is supposed to be a prequel and the characters will be usable in BSF.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/771550.page

Actually, what they said was " keep an eye out for them in an upcoming adventure pack…", which says to me that they will be sold separately in a BSF pack, and that their rules will be in that rather than allowing you to use the Combat Arena miniatures directly.

Depending on the price it might be worth picking up Combat Arena to have spares for when the BSF expansion models get damaged/suffer a catasrophic painting fail.

The really amazing thing here is that she has purpose-made holes in her gloves to power the force weapon /shoot lightning from her hands.

Such a beautiful miniature, and a great update of my favourite-ever psyker models!

Purpose made, or an unevitable result of?

I agree though. Its a lovely touch.

And the pre-orders are up.

AUD$98 for the Ambull.

God damn it GW...

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
So that'll be AUD$98 here.

For a single model.

Jesus Christ GW...

[winds watch...]

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
[winds watch...]

Oh shut up. I'm confirming the suspected price.

It wouldn't be a GW release without you, H!

If this is another jab at me saying that I am negative about everything, you can continue to be 100% wrong.

Female RT foot is a answer to previous rumor engine. Doing this on xbox. Wont let me save images
Can anyone post the pics please?

That'd be these:

 ThirstySpaceMan wrote:
Female RT foot is a answer to previous rumor engine. Doing this on xbox. Wont let me save images
Can anyone post the pics please?

NIce catch on those.

Makes me wonder how often we think something is for Warhammer when it's for 40K and vice versa.

I mean the robe/belt buckle that seemed 100% Free Peoples turns out to be that new stealth Primaris Librarian.

I’ve almost given up guessing, they pick things that - particularly in grey scale - could end up being for anything.
And it’s done in just such a way that everyone thinks it Must be one thing, then it can just be something else.

The suggestion that $60 is the price for the Ambull because it is potentially a standard expansion price would make sense if the Combat Arena heroes are meant to be an expansion as well. 5 models and cards would be a far more acceptable content for that price point.

Danny76 wrote:
I’ve almost given up guessing, they pick things that - particularly in grey scale - could end up being for anything.
And it’s done in just such a way that everyone thinks it Must be one thing, then it can just be something else.

I mean...that is sort of the whole idea...

True, but if you can't even figure out what something is supposed to be, then it's less a teaser and more a garbled pic of... something. I mean the recent Chaos previews are readily identifiable even if we don't specifically know what they're for: One is clearly the back of a power armour backpack, another is a claw, and another is a heavy bolter. That blade leg was... nothing... when taken out of context.

And look, sometimes that's fun. Sometimes finding out where something fits on the puzzle can be interesting, but teasers, IMO, work better when you can get a sense of what they're teasing, even if you're not entirely sure what it is or what the full form looks like.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
The suggestion that $60 is the price for the Ambull because it is potentially a standard expansion price would make sense if the Combat Arena heroes are meant to be an expansion as well. 5 models and cards would be a far more acceptable content for that price point.

I take issue with expansions costing more than 1/3rd the cost of the initial box but, if we're looking at this as a comparison between those 5 and the Ambull, I would have to agree with you.

Agreed.
These chaos ones are great, we still have no clue what they’re for, but we kind of know what they are at least.
A few of the crazy bait and switch ones are cool too, but it’s rare to get ones like the new CSM backpack for instance

 Galef wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Hmm... the new minis could actually work as four separate characters:

Rogue Trader
Primaris Psyker
Imperial Crusader
Tech-Priest w/Attendant Servitor

That's 4 new characters, 2 new ships, either sold as a single expansion or two expansions.

Also looks very much like an Inquisitorial retinue. Which could be the gateway to an Inquisition Codex coming soon. We Know Assassins are coming soon too, and this would make sense

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Crusaders are also part of the Sisters of Battle dex (and Guard), Tech Priests and Servitors are all over the place.

I do like the new models and support - well except for the Rogue Trader - glad I have the others.

Galef wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Hmm... the new minis could actually work as four separate characters:

Rogue Trader
Primaris Psyker
Imperial Crusader
Tech-Priest w/Attendant Servitor

That's 4 new characters, 2 new ships, either sold as a single expansion or two expansions.

Also looks very much like an Inquisitorial retinue. Which could be the gateway to an Inquisition Codex coming soon. We Know Assassins are coming soon too, and this would make sense

-

I wouldn’t go expecting a (Spanish) Inquisition. They use surprise ....

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
True, but if you can't even figure out what something is supposed to be, then it's less a teaser and more a garbled pic of... something. I mean the recent Chaos previews are readily identifiable even if we don't specifically know what they're for: One is clearly the back of a power armour backpack, another is a claw, and another is a heavy bolter. That blade leg was... nothing... when taken out of context.

And look, sometimes that's fun. Sometimes finding out where something fits on the puzzle can be interesting, but teasers, IMO, work better when you can get a sense of what they're teasing, even if you're not entirely sure what it is or what the full form looks like.

couldn't agree more.

A lot of them look like absolutely nothing or are so generic (a rope) that they don't give any indication of what the model is supposed to be, so I pretty much stopped looking at them

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
That'd be these:

Spoiler:

This model reminds me of the awful corsair captain of the Dark elves. That guy had a rapier as a leg.

https://regimental-standard.com/2019/02/20/ambull-the-other-other-white-meat/

That logo is pretty adorable. The rest was a bit forced.

I think I threw up a little just looking at that image.