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Any guesses if this is a conversion or some actual terrain piece that's going to be released with the Necron army?

Hard to say, there has been a lot of custom terrain floating around, and on the AoS side people have gotten burned a few times.

I thought at first that was going to be terrain, but the more I look at it, I think it's just custom work for the dioramas.

I assumed it was new terrain. More custom stuff is seen around, but I imagine that'll be legit

They should get at least one terrain piece given recent trends, whether both terrain like items in the pic count is another matter.

I would assume that the terrain piece, if they're getting one(Guard, Marines, Tyranids, and AdMech haven't gotten them), would be the bit in the back by the Monolith.


It looks about the right size for an army terrain piece...but it also looks like it might be three sets of 'pylons' grouped together?

Well, we have a tiny selection of terrain for Tau, Eldar, and Chaos so it isn't out of the realm of possibility. Personally, I love the look of this and hope it gets released.

 Breotan wrote:
Well, we have a tiny selection of terrain for Tau, Eldar, and Chaos so it isn't out of the realm of possibility. Personally, I love the look of this and hope it gets released.

T'au too. They have a lot of "mobile" terrain. I suppose you could count the GSC drill, even though it's more plain. Orks also have that mek shop (plus the OOP terrain from that ork racing game)

 GaroRobe wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
Well, we have a tiny selection of terrain for Tau, Eldar, and Chaos so it isn't out of the realm of possibility. Personally, I love the look of this and hope it gets released.

T'au too. They have a lot of "mobile" terrain. I suppose you could count the GSC drill, even though it's more plain. Orks also have that mek shop (plus the OOP terrain from that ork racing game)

Speed Freeks terrain isn't OOP, it comes with Mekboy Workshop.

So...



"Plasmacyte" huh?

Wanna maybe give that one another go, GW?

The potential terrain seems to be three stages....

White Monolith. Then partially expose, finally fully expose?

The Silent King's robe and staircase combo - definite trip hazard.

Hell of a way to go, after making it this far!

 Alpharius wrote:
The Silent King's robe and staircase combo - definite trip hazard.

Hell of a way to go, after making it this far!

I'm sure he's got anti-trip programming.

IF trip run DontTrip.exe

Apologies if I missed it
Have any theory’s on this new cron come up yet



Is this what pariahs are going to be? Based solely on the white head

May be another new Can't open unit with that head shape and the extra eyes.

Huh. This whole time I thought tank already was a keyword that just hadn't been given any rules.

I'm torn by the existence of assault intercessors. On the one hand it seems like another knife in the back of traditional marines, on the other the models are nice and I really want to see what tacticus jump packs look like. On the third hand, having seen suppressors, I'm scared to find out what the tacticus jump packs will look like because I fear it'll appear just as underpowered. I want my big square boosters.

Doesn’t strike me as Canoptek. The head is definitely a skull with a targeting system thing, ala Destroyers, rather than a sensor package.

Man those new marine bikes have zero rake. They are just bottomed out. What an absolutely stupid error. I get that they are never going to be practical but they should at least be able to move and steer without stretching the imagination.

Steering only matters when you can't just plow right on through.

Looking at the bilkes, I think the front strut might extend for movement, but the combat deployment is retracted.

At least that’s what I’m telling myself so I can pretend they can actually move.

 Nevelon wrote:
Looking at the bilkes, I think the front strut might extend for movement, but the combat deployment is retracted.

At least that’s what I’m telling myself so I can pretend they can actually move.

Looks to me like the front forks curve in behind the wheel, attaching to the frame with a central pivot, so the whole fork will pivot sideways to turn.

They're an awful design... If I were inclined to collect Primaris marines, I think I would be looking to convert the current bikes with Primaris riders rather than buying these.

 Red Corsair wrote:
Man those new marine bikes have zero rake. They are just bottomed out. What an absolutely stupid error. I get that they are never going to be practical but they should at least be able to move and steer without stretching the imagination.

I was thinking this too but today I learned about Hub Center Steering.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hub-center_steering

Zustiur wrote:
Huh. This whole time I thought tank already was a keyword that just hadn't been given any rules.

I'm torn by the existence of assault intercessors. On the one hand it seems like another knife in the back of traditional marines, on the other the models are nice and I really want to see what tacticus jump packs look like. On the third hand, having seen suppressors, I'm scared to find out what the tacticus jump packs will look like because I fear it'll appear just as underpowered. I want my big square boosters.

Has GW confirmed they can take jetpacks?

I like the older bikes more than the new ones, and FW bikes more than either.

Eh.

I like the Assault Intercessors - if they are troops they will be great for Assault focused marine chapters, if they aren't, they'll be trash. I see they have the crossed arrows of Assault style squads, so they might end up being FA, but on the other hand that means the box set will have no Troop choices...

I also don't like the fact the Veterans there seem to have gold shoulders - unless they are something like Primaris Company Veterans/Company Command Squad.

 insaniak wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
Looking at the bilkes, I think the front strut might extend for movement, but the combat deployment is retracted.

At least that’s what I’m telling myself so I can pretend they can actually move.

Looks to me like the front forks curve in behind the wheel, attaching to the frame with a central pivot, so the whole fork will pivot sideways to turn.

They're an awful design... If I were inclined to collect Primaris marines, I think I would be looking to convert the current bikes with Primaris riders rather than buying these.

From a visual asthethic perspective, I think they'd have been better as repulsor bikes with the plating underneath to better fit the slightly improved tech level of the primaris compared with fat wheeled old marines.

Turning them into repulsor bikes would be a ridiculously easy conversion, with a couple of plates from the grav tank... just leave off the front forks and the back wheel, and add a grav plate front and rear.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The potential terrain seems to be three stages....

White Monolith. Then partially expose, finally fully expose?

This is part of what makes me thing that it's just studio terrain. Most of the GW terrain kits have been pretty distinctive and clear cut.

angryboy2k wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:
Man those new marine bikes have zero rake. They are just bottomed out. What an absolutely stupid error. I get that they are never going to be practical but they should at least be able to move and steer without stretching the imagination.

I was thinking this too but today I learned about Hub Center Steering.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hub-center_steering

That still requires the bike to lean. Which these clearly can't do. Mind you the old bikes has similar issues but these somehow made it worse.

I don't mind these new bikes, but I can see why making them grav-bikes would have perhaps been a better aesthetic for the Primaris. It'd make 'em fit with all their eyesore tanks.

 Crazyterran wrote:
I like the older bikes more than the new ones, and FW bikes more than either.

Eh.

I like the Assault Intercessors - if they are troops they will be great for Assault focused marine chapters, if they aren't, they'll be trash. I see they have the crossed arrows of Assault style squads, so they might end up being FA, but on the other hand that means the box set will have no Troop choices...

I also don't like the fact the Veterans there seem to have gold shoulders - unless they are something like Primaris Company Veterans/Company Command Squad.

Incursors have the crossed arrows as well and they are Troops. So there is a precedent there. So I could see them going either way. But I am thinking they will be Troops. Which is good. More options would be great. Though it gives Marines six Troops choices, which is a bit dumb.

Really hoping that the Assault Intercessors aren't just a weapon swap for Intercessors for the same points as a Bolt Rifle. They have to have some sort of delivery mechanism that isn't an Impulsor or they're not gonna be much use. Base rules might change enough to make foots logging melee units work, but I wouldn't count on it.

On the up-side, those shield veteran thingies practically scream Black Templars, so that is nice.