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I love that the box even include the core rulebook (because of course I didn't buy it yet, with the index and crappy betadex ^^)!
I'm so buying this box!

it does suck about those doubled up flagellants.
why not recreate the original from inquisitor in 28mm?
Would have been a home run.

Man, I remember buying the original Tau army box from 3rd ed, and how much stuff you got there for the brand-new army vs this...teaser trailer of a box.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I love that the box even include the core rulebook (because of course I didn't buy it yet, with the index and crappy betadex ^^)!
I'm so buying this box!

It's not the rulebook, it's the pamphlet rules.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Ouze wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:
I'm annoiyed they're using those trash flightstands.

I've never used that style flight stand before - I've only used the even older ones. What's wrong with them?

Unlike the peg or ball and socket flying stands, this one is curved,and requires glue to attach. And the attachment surface is small and curved, making it hard to magnetize, plus if magnetized, the model will tend to lean forwsrds.

it's also stupidly fragile. which will make transporting it difficult.

I like the Flagellants. The Repentia remain...underwhelming. The rest is appealing.

Whether I buy the box or not, however, depends entirely on the price. I likely won't even be playing 8th with the army and have no interest in post-Gathering Storm fluff, so the codex is basically worthless to me personally, and I have a suspicion that even beyond that they'll be doing a "premium" price on this to discourage Start Collecting Syndrome where folk buy multiples of the affordable box and a lot less of the individual unit boxes.

Sticking monopose models and books in does seem to be their new direction to stop people buying multiple boxes. To be fair, it’s going to stop me from doing it.

Yea, I'd like to get it, but I'm not staying up smashing F5 to beat out some slobbering EBay reseller.

Quite like the minis in the box. Don't want any of the other stuff.

That's a shame...

I'm not too worried about the Seraphim. My suppressors(primaris) dont use the stupid flight stands. clear rod into drilled hole in foot.

I am a little concerned on how long until the individual boxes come out. Since it'll be unlikely to double up on the contents and "special" codex and I'm not a dick so 1 it is.

phillv85 wrote:
Sticking monopose models and books in does seem to be their new direction to stop people buying multiple boxes. To be fair, it’s going to stop me from doing it.

I really hope they go this route with future army refreshes as well.

The simplified builds alone are a nice thing, IMO, for getting things going off the bat.


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BrianDavion wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Ouze wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:
I'm annoiyed they're using those trash flightstands.

I've never used that style flight stand before - I've only used the even older ones. What's wrong with them?

Unlike the peg or ball and socket flying stands, this one is curved,and requires glue to attach. And the attachment surface is small and curved, making it hard to magnetize, plus if magnetized, the model will tend to lean forwsrds.

it's also stupidly fragile. which will make transporting it difficult.

It's highly worth mentioning that these kinds of models work out well with you attaching them to a piece of scenery or something of that nature. I did that with my Suppressors.

ERJAK wrote:
It's not the rulebook, it's the pamphlet rules.

It doesn't have all the rules needed to play? Are you sure? It would be a bummer :(.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

ERJAK wrote:
It's not the rulebook, it's the pamphlet rules.

It doesn't have all the rules needed to play? Are you sure? It would be a bummer :(.

It has all the rules you need to play plus the Adepta Sororitas Codex.

It just doesn't have the entire big rule book in it.

GaroRobe wrote:
Yeah, I like how she's just floppy running. The two repeated bodies are the ones on the left



Noooo, why does she have her helmet on her belt?

As irritating as that is, I'm more irritated by the long thin whip far above her head. She's going to need a special spot cut out in my case...

phillv85 wrote:
Sticking monopose models and books in does seem to be their new direction to stop people buying multiple boxes. To be fair, it’s going to stop me from doing it.

Yeah. So far they’ve done it here, SC Primaris Space Wolves, and SC Thousand Sons. Any I’m not thinking of?

Anyone noticed this? Different version of the engine.

Good spot. Different to what we've seen. The pilot is different as well (different place of arms, a... thing... on his chest), there's a ministorum symbol at the top which isn't on the other one we've seen.

So it seems one is this box, and one is the real kit.

Chikout wrote:
Anyone noticed this? Different version of the engine.

Why do I get the feeling that the artist who sculpted that was a fan of Tranzor Z / Mazinger?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Good spot. Different to what we've seen. The pilot is different as well (different place of arms, a... thing... on his chest)

Nothing screams "repent for your sins!" like being hooked up to a big warmachine that sends a direct current of electricity right to your nipples.
I like the new penitent engine. I think it does a good job at capturing the aesthetic of the original model.

 Mmmpi wrote:

GaroRobe wrote:
Yeah, I like how she's just floppy running. The two repeated bodies are the ones on the left

Spoiler:

Noooo, why does she have her helmet on her belt?

As irritating as that is, I'm more irritated by the long thin whip far above her head. She's going to need a special spot cut out in my case...

I bet you could easily cut the hand off at the wrist, and then drill a pin and just stick the whip hand in when playing/displaying and pull it out when transporting.

 warboss wrote:

Chikout wrote:
Anyone noticed this? Different version of the engine.

<snip>

Why do I get the feeling that the artist who sculpted that was a fan of Tranzor Z / Mazinger?

I was thinking Madonna, during the 'cone' period.

Voss wrote:

 warboss wrote:

Chikout wrote:
Anyone noticed this? Different version of the engine.

<snip>

Why do I get the feeling that the artist who sculpted that was a fan of Tranzor Z / Mazinger?

I was thinking Madonna, during the 'cone' period.

ditto

ERJAK wrote:
It has all the rules you need to play plus the Adepta Sororitas Codex.

It just doesn't have the entire big rule book in it.

Do you mean that it includes all the rules, but none of the lore/art/whatever? Or that it is missing stuff like rules for scenario and similar, which aren't strictly required to play?

I wish I could read somthing into them showing an old inquisitor model for the first time in a decade. Ahh one can dream I guess

 Apple Peel wrote:

phillv85 wrote:
Sticking monopose models and books in does seem to be their new direction to stop people buying multiple boxes. To be fair, it’s going to stop me from doing it.

Yeah. So far they’ve done it here, SC Primaris Space Wolves, and SC Thousand Sons. Any I’m not thinking of?

What? Both SW and TS were 100% full kits, if anything, every SC (save for the split Sigmar starter and Deathwatch pseudo-SC) is all full option stuff, not single Primaris, Stormcast, GSC, or ghost ETB kit ended up in Start Collecting boxes...

 Mmmpi wrote:

GaroRobe wrote:
Yeah, I like how she's just floppy running. The two repeated bodies are the ones on the left



Noooo, why does she have her helmet on her belt?

As irritating as that is, I'm more irritated by the long thin whip far above her head. She's going to need a special spot cut out in my case...

I'm so glad I've switched to magnetic case for model transport

Voss wrote:

 warboss wrote:

Chikout wrote:
Anyone noticed this? Different version of the engine.

<snip>

Why do I get the feeling that the artist who sculpted that was a fan of Tranzor Z / Mazinger?

I was thinking Madonna, during the 'cone' period.

Also true. It's be cool if you could add on missiles to account for the mechaboobs on a male pentitent pilot for full Tranzor action but I don't know if the unit rules support that.

 Irbis wrote:

 Apple Peel wrote:

phillv85 wrote:
Sticking monopose models and books in does seem to be their new direction to stop people buying multiple boxes. To be fair, it’s going to stop me from doing it.

Yeah. So far they’ve done it here, SC Primaris Space Wolves, and SC Thousand Sons. Any I’m not thinking of?

What? Both SW and TS were 100% full kits, if anything, every SC (save for the split Sigmar starter and Deathwatch pseudo-SC) is all full option stuff, not single Primaris, Stormcast, GSC, or ghost ETB kit ended up in Start Collecting boxes...

I'm thinking more like Shadowspear, which I'm convinced models from will become SC! Chaos Space Marines and SC! Primaris Vanguard. They've thrown a book into the new CE vs DE box to bump the price on that one.

phillv85 wrote:

I'm thinking more like Shadowspear, which I'm convinced models from will become SC! Chaos Space Marines and SC! Primaris Vanguard. They've thrown a book into the new CE vs DE box to bump the price on that one.

Worth mentioning that the book in Blood of the Phoenix is no different than what Shadowspear, Dark Imperium, Forgebane, etc have come with. It's supposed to be a small paperback with the fluff of the 'campaign' in the box plus rules for the items in the box.

BrianDavion wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Ouze wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:
I'm annoiyed they're using those trash flightstands.

I've never used that style flight stand before - I've only used the even older ones. What's wrong with them?

Unlike the peg or ball and socket flying stands, this one is curved,and requires glue to attach. And the attachment surface is small and curved, making it hard to magnetize, plus if magnetized, the model will tend to lean forwsrds.

it's also stupidly fragile. which will make transporting it difficult.

Yeah. Given how god-awful GW's previous entries into flying bases have been, I've been shocked by how much of a step back this is from the "Ball-and-Socket, but we didn't give you an interference fit so you have to glue/magnet it lololol) design.

I'd even take the old "Tiny stick with the break point designed right in there at the tip so you always always always lose the little bit of plastic in your model when, not if, it breaks" original design over these pieces of horsegak.

what's saddening is, with the redesign, they made a new large-scale model flying base (It's on the Idoneth Turtle, I don't know what else) and it is the single best flying stand GW has ever done. HUGE base for gluing down. Thick, sturdy stand. Big, interference fit ball joint on the end. It's amazing. a simply scaled-down version of that would have been amazing.