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 Cephalobeard wrote:
I think it's just a goliath with some artistic freedom.

I thought the same initially, but it's way off. Armament and layout are different. Considering how closely all the models are portrayed in the art, I think it's a new light vehicle geared towards assault.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I suspect some will be Elites, possibly unit upgrades?

Elites, yes.

Unit upgrades? HIGHLY unlikely.

The female magus i also way different then the on ein the trailer... I am going to go broke early this year lol.

mightymconeshot wrote:
I love the models but that gives us what 10 HQ models? Thatare unique and not just armor variations like Space Marines. They are all gorgeous but at this point another new unit would have been better spent resources to me.

Agreed. Even if some are Elites, GSC now seem really top heavy, and some of those characters are a bit... bland.
I would have preferred more units- I get more use out of those.

Not really happy that the gunslinger is in a combined commander/unit/terrain Kill Team box, either.

 monkeytroll wrote:
He is the Master of the Rave, and that's a Technics 40001 wired up to his portable speaker rig. There will be an empty warehouse sector kit released soon.

That still is massive, hadn't realised the scale from earlier shots. Some gorgeous models here.

Like I said in the other thread, I think it’s a conceptual expansion of the old Magus with microphone model. I’ll just tweak mine and call it a day.

Looking like a great release.

I wonder if we'll get rules for using these new models in Overkill.

 Arbitrator wrote:

 Imateria wrote:

 Malika2 wrote:
Interested in the artwork form the Genestealer trailer? Check out the artist's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/dark_mechanic/

Really don't like this guys art style, I hope they don't use him again.

New models look amazing, I just hope at least a couple of them have decent rules.

I actually really like it. There's something really grungy and 'wrong' with his style. The GSC always looked a bit too clean, whilst the trailer makes them look suitably deformed and wrong in a way that fits 40k's tone well.

My gripe is his use of colour. It's too bombastic and bright, which I feel goes against the lines.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
We’re also promised more GSC stuff to come....

There's the doctor we see in the trailer who wasn't previewed and the Warhammer World map guy (although I suspect he'll be a WHW Exclusive). I read that the reliable GSC leaker said a Lord of War was coming based off bucket-wheel excavators too.

Lord of War will be later this year I believe.

Yeah, I've been told two more kits. One involving the little baby stealers. Will be interesting to see if the rumour checks out, it was told to me by the same guy who told me about KT: Inquisitor. The Chaos stuff he told me about was all in Blackstone and he was right about the big Chaos release in a couple of months, so it'll be interesting to see what else pans out. Given how pissed Wade was at me for mentioning Inquisition when I met him at the weekender, I've remembered to be a bit more circumspect in what I say.

Voss wrote:

mightymconeshot wrote:
I love the models but that gives us what 10 HQ models? Thatare unique and not just armor variations like Space Marines. They are all gorgeous but at this point another new unit would have been better spent resources to me.

Agreed. Even if some are Elites, GSC now seem really top heavy, and some of those characters are a bit... bland.
I would have preferred more units- I get more use out of those.

Not really happy that the gunslinger is in a combined commander/unit/terrain Kill Team box, either.

I'm thinking elites for a lot of them. And they are no more topheavy than say guard, who have commander, commissar, ogryn bodyguard, priest, artillery advisor, fleet advisor, enginseer, crusaders, astropath, primaris psyker off the top of my head.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

Voss wrote:

mightymconeshot wrote:
I love the models but that gives us what 10 HQ models? Thatare unique and not just armor variations like Space Marines. They are all gorgeous but at this point another new unit would have been better spent resources to me.

Agreed. Even if some are Elites, GSC now seem really top heavy, and some of those characters are a bit... bland.
I would have preferred more units- I get more use out of those.

Not really happy that the gunslinger is in a combined commander/unit/terrain Kill Team box, either.

I'm thinking elites for a lot of them. And they are no more topheavy than say guard, who have commander, commissar, ogryn bodyguard, priest, artillery advisor, fleet advisor, enginseer, crusaders, astropath, primaris psyker off the top of my head.

I've been told some are definitely elites.

What's the other kit you know about, then?

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

Voss wrote:

mightymconeshot wrote:
I love the models but that gives us what 10 HQ models? Thatare unique and not just armor variations like Space Marines. They are all gorgeous but at this point another new unit would have been better spent resources to me.

Agreed. Even if some are Elites, GSC now seem really top heavy, and some of those characters are a bit... bland.
I would have preferred more units- I get more use out of those.

Not really happy that the gunslinger is in a combined commander/unit/terrain Kill Team box, either.

I'm thinking elites for a lot of them. And they are no more topheavy than say guard, who have commander, commissar, ogryn bodyguard, priest, artillery advisor, fleet advisor, enginseer, crusaders, astropath, primaris psyker off the top of my head.

Well, that's the problem. They aren't guard, a big bureaucratic galaxy spanning organization, they're small revolutionary cells.
And multiple dudes with swords are a weird choice for a faction that packs so many CC specialists already.

Some of them look neat, but the utility of odd specialists is often very low.

So... When do we get the Saturday morning cartoon? I love those models, they really look like some complimentary stuff for the ranges already out there. I have like 6 cults already, would be cool to see some long ranger heavy weapons to add to the stuff I have so far. That Scenery though? WOW!!!!

 Cephalobeard wrote:
What's the other kit you know about, then?

I've been told the final two kits are both units, not characters. One involves baby stealers (though it might just be more critters because the minis team loves them).

They were much more interested in talking about the bikes and characters and other stuff coming out next (now this) year, particularly the Chaos stuff.

I should really do a rumour round up on what I've been told by various people for the next few months.

Baby Stealers?!!! So much win!

 EnTyme wrote:
I wonder if we'll get rules for using these new models in Overkill.

I was hoping for this too happen as well. Even if not, the female magus can be used as a stand-in for the vanilla one. Heck, I could write my own rules for all of these guys. I wonder about the price of these minis though: Probably 20 Euro/figure.

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Imateria wrote:

 Malika2 wrote:
Interested in the artwork form the Genestealer trailer? Check out the artist's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/dark_mechanic/

Really don't like this guys art style, I hope they don't use him again.

Strongly disagree. Whether you like this individual artist or not, GW going back to employing artists with various different styles would absolutely be a brilliant move, the endless parade of the fairly generic "house style" we've had in recent years has been a complete snorefest even when many of the individual works have been good - nobody sane wants ice cream for every meal.

The old GW gave us a huge range of art styles, and that meant there was something for everybody. Bring on the next Wayne England or Blanche, IMO. And get this guy(and others) doing wee bits for codexes to break up the monotony.

Oh feth no, I have to pay for codexes, trailers are at least free to view. And it's not like the trailers have been using the same art styles as found in the codexes anyway, going all the way back to Wrath of Magnus the trailer art styles are very different and have them selves changed a couple of times over the last few years.

I'm all for exploring new art styles, whats found in the codexes these days is indeed getting a little too homogneous, but this guys completely missed the mark, that image of the medic with the two hulking... things (can't even tell whether they're meant to be Genestealers or Aberrants)... is probably the least threatening image I've ever seen for GSC, it's just chibi deformed rubbish.

I'm ever so slightly salty that GSC got the humans on bikes models that I wanted for my Guard so many years ago, but I think they definitely fit their tactical doctrine better than they would to the traditionally slow and plodding Guard. The sniper biker in particular is both a great idea and a fantastic realization.

Ironically, I find the actual Genestealers, Patriarch, Aberrants (?, I forget what the big hulking hybrids are called), etc, to be the weakest part of the faction, but the industrial-worker-rebellion stuff has been fantastic.

Its pretty weird that there are so many new Cult models but not some new basic Genestealers.

Ben2 wrote:

 Cephalobeard wrote:
What's the other kit you know about, then?

I've been told the final two kits are both units, not characters. One involves baby stealers (though it might just be more critters because the minis team loves them).

They were much more interested in talking about the bikes and characters and other stuff coming out next (now this) year, particularly the Chaos stuff.

I should really do a rumour round up on what I've been told by various people for the next few months.

Baby stealers ??? :O

And the other kit? big aberrants or hybrids mutants or something else?

So no new patriarch? :(

 Hive City Dweller wrote:

 Cephalobeard wrote:
I think it's just a goliath with some artistic freedom.

I thought the same initially, but it's way off. Armament and layout are different. Considering how closely all the models are portrayed in the art, I think it's a new light vehicle geared towards assault.

YES!!!

The placement of everything on the vehicle is different than the Goliath. If it ‘is’ being made, it’s a new vehicle, just painted to match the Goliath scheme. The gun & side bucket are different, and the windshield is lower, and wider. Plus the headlights are way off for a Goliath. Sorry unbelievers, that’s a limo... (or whatever they’re going to call it, ITS A GSC CAR! )

Love the fe-magus!
Love the characters!
Love that killteam set with more acolytes!
Love the freaking DRILL! (I just bought the Mantic drill thing on Black Friday too!)
I hope that new guy is some sort of abberant wrangler, or doctor. Would love some real big stealer beasts, but I’m content with what they’ve shown.

All in all, VERY pleased! And +1 to Yodhrin’s comment about art diversity. I like this new style, and hope for a lot more!

Baby Genestealers? So, like, the Familiars?

I'd be ok with that. I've got 12 of the original Familiars, so if they suddenly become real units, I can do that.

When I saw that drill terrain piece my jaw literally dropped.

Who sells a time turner so I can actually get some stuff painted?

 Imateria wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Imateria wrote:

 Malika2 wrote:
Interested in the artwork form the Genestealer trailer? Check out the artist's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/dark_mechanic/

Really don't like this guys art style, I hope they don't use him again.

Strongly disagree. Whether you like this individual artist or not, GW going back to employing artists with various different styles would absolutely be a brilliant move, the endless parade of the fairly generic "house style" we've had in recent years has been a complete snorefest even when many of the individual works have been good - nobody sane wants ice cream for every meal.

The old GW gave us a huge range of art styles, and that meant there was something for everybody. Bring on the next Wayne England or Blanche, IMO. And get this guy(and others) doing wee bits for codexes to break up the monotony.

Oh feth no, I have to pay for codexes, trailers are at least free to view. And it's not like the trailers have been using the same art styles as found in the codexes anyway, going all the way back to Wrath of Magnus the trailer art styles are very different and have them selves changed a couple of times over the last few years.

I'm all for exploring new art styles, whats found in the codexes these days is indeed getting a little too homogneous, but this guys completely missed the mark, that image of the medic with the two hulking... things (can't even tell whether they're meant to be Genestealers or Aberrants)... is probably the least threatening image I've ever seen for GSC, it's just chibi deformed rubbish.

I mean, that's your wrong opinion and you're entitled to be as wrong as you like(), but the point is that if they open up to be more like they used to be, there are inevitably going to be some artists and styles you dislike. If the requirement for including an artist other than the house style in codexes etc is universal acclaim, then there won't be any artists doing stuff that isn't the house style.

 Hive City Dweller wrote:

 Cephalobeard wrote:
I think it's just a goliath with some artistic freedom.

I thought the same initially, but it's way off. Armament and layout are different. Considering how closely all the models are portrayed in the art, I think it's a new light vehicle geared towards assault.

There's a lot in that which is significantly departed from the models or other art, pretty sure they've just given him a lot of freedom, and I'm one of the cult limo lovers. The Nexos in the same shot is pretty wildly deformed, there's some of what I'm assuming are neophytes that I thought were wearing sack cloth over there faces till I gave it a second watch.

Not bagging on it, I like the art being pretty wild, but definitely not drawing any conclusions on new models from it.

Minor point, but can any mod spoiler tag those enormous vid clip screen grabs. They make it a real pain to read the forum on a tablet or phone.

I see the truck in the same light as the monsters with the apothecary dude.

They're huge and have back vents, and look like some kind of GSC Carnifex, but they're probably just Aberrants he had some fun with.

GSC and Gobbos.

Things just got hella expensive.

Character names are in the image URLs, female Magus is a Magus, purple cloak guy is a Locus, megaphone guy is a Clamavus and the assassin is a Sanctus apparently.

Tastyfish wrote:
... megaphone guy is a Clamavus...

Makes sense. The word 'clamare', and it's variations (including the closer clamatus) means "shout out" or "proclaim". It's where we get 'clamour' from.

Ben2 wrote:


I should really do a rumour round up on what I've been told by various people for the next few months.

yes, please