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Nowhere near as good as the Store Birthday one :-/

Oh gooooood. More fething Spess Mehreens

Storm combi bolter flamer?

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
I'm getting strong ETB vibes emanating from this guy, the pose is so awkward. The skull helmet screams derp too.

A lot of the newer plastic characters are lacking a certain "character", for want of a better term, that the older metal/resin models had in spades. You can tell straight away that this guy was designed on a computer rather than the traditional sculpting method.

I mean, when you compare it to the Termie Chappie below, there really is no comparison:

no, for one thing the crozus on the new one is straight

Err...okay?

Different strokes for different folks I guess!

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Storm combi bolter flamer?

Just a Combi-Flamer - the Cataphractii / Tartaros / Chaos Terminator Combi weapons look like that (as does the Blood Angels Librarian).

beast_gts wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Storm combi bolter flamer?

Just a Combi-Flamer - the Cataphractii / Tartaros / Chaos Terminator Combi weapons look like that (as does the Blood Angels Librarian).

it's actually proably easier to mod a combi weapon like that, I'm already thinking of modding it to a combi melta.

 privateer4hire wrote:

Quasistellar wrote:
Most likely $35 USD. Don't see any reason it would be more..

The new marine characters are $40 USD apiece.
Good chance this model will be at least that much.

Not the generic ones. Only the named primaris. And the most recent comparable model was also 35.

Fair enough.

A bit too similar to the SKULLZ guy from a few years back, which is one of the few marines I still actually own (one of the few others being the gunslinger primaris chaplain as well).

I am a sucker for skull- headed marines in black armor with close combat weapons though, so there's a good chance I'll still get this guy...

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
I'm getting strong ETB vibes emanating from this guy, the pose is so awkward. The skull helmet screams derp too.

I don't think that's fair. Most of this year's ETB kits look loads better than this new guy.
Better pose, anatomy and overall construction.

 Lord Damocles wrote:

 Nostromodamus wrote:

 Lord Damocles wrote:

Sotahullu wrote:
... Am I only one that wonders why that chaplain has Crux Terminatus on both of its shoulders?

He's trying to even out the fact that neither Tartatos or Cataphactii suits have one for some reason.

Because those patterns were pre-heresy. Crux Terminatus have a sliver of The Emperor’s armour in them and so only appear on Indomitus pattern armour as, well, He doesn’t need His armour anymore...

And that's why there was never a Forgeworld upgrade kit with crux shoulders. Wait, no...

The first Tartaros kit Forge World released was obviously a post-Heresy kit with the Crux Terminatus and Imperial Eagles on the chest, which was in practice replaced by the Horus Heresy kit (and later the plastic HH kit). That they are specially linked to the Indomitus pattern armour is obviously incorrect (as it was also used pre-Heresy, so the suits wouldn't have had any Cruces then), but otherwise the explanation makes sense.

Voss wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
I'm getting strong ETB vibes emanating from this guy, the pose is so awkward. The skull helmet screams derp too.

I don't think that's fair. Most of this year's ETB kits look loads better than this new guy.
Better pose, anatomy and overall construction.

You’re right, it wasn’t totally fair.

I was thinking specifically of the recent Terminator Librarian that suffered from a similar awkward pose, which turned out to be ETB.

Man, there's got to be more SM chaplains than HQ choices for the whole Dark Eldar faction...

Sgt. Cortez wrote:
Man, there's got to be more SM chaplains than HQ choices for the whole Dark Eldar faction...

it seems chaplains will be to 9th edition what Leuitenants where to 8th...

Superb model. I think i prefer him to the recent similar terminator chaplain.

New classic marine releases are always welcome

 Togusa wrote:
Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines.

Doesn't this company know how to make ANYTHING else?

I believe the original Warhammer Day model was going to be the Catachan Officer, which would've made me a lot happier - of course, being another Marine model just saved me £40.

My guess is since this one looks very, very, very, similar to the last Terminator Chaplain promotion model - to the point it took me reading this place to figure out they're not the same model - it was originally meant as a replacement to that.

What's interesting is the lack of an Age of Sigmar model, since they've rolled one out for the last two 'Warhammer Day(s)' if I remember right.

Voss wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
I'm getting strong ETB vibes emanating from this guy, the pose is so awkward. The skull helmet screams derp too.

I don't think that's fair. Most of this year's ETB kits look loads better than this new guy.
Better pose, anatomy and overall construction.

You just described terminators. Terminators have always looked extremely goofy and super-deformed.

Not sure who you are responding to Cronch?

Terminators will always have a place in my heart, regardless of the anatomy issues. The Rogue Trader metal Termie box set was a very proud purchase of mine back in the late 80’s. The current plastic loyalist & Chaos kits look fantastic to me, this guy is a step or two backwards, design wise.

 Togusa wrote:
Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines.

Doesn't this company know how to make ANYTHING else?

Imperial Guard, Necrons, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Tau, Mechanicus, Chaos Marines, Daemons, Sisters Of Battle, Knights?

Necromunda? Blackstone Fortress?

Age Of Sigmar?

Titanicus, Aeronautica Imperialis?


Edited because I forgot the whole Middle Earth range.

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Not sure who you are responding to Cronch?

Terminators will always have a place in my heart, regardless of the anatomy issues. The Rogue Trader metal Termie box set was a very proud purchase of mine back in the late 80’s. The current plastic loyalist & Chaos kits look fantastic to me, this guy is a step or two backwards, design wise.

This guy is no different to the other, horrible designs of terminators. Like, without nostalgia goggles they are just bad models, and always have been.

Cronch wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Not sure who you are responding to Cronch?

Terminators will always have a place in my heart, regardless of the anatomy issues. The Rogue Trader metal Termie box set was a very proud purchase of mine back in the late 80’s. The current plastic loyalist & Chaos kits look fantastic to me, this guy is a step or two backwards, design wise.

This guy is no different to the other, horrible designs of terminators. Like, without nostalgia goggles they are just bad models, and always have been.

Right, okay.

So when I like certain Terminators, but not others, I must be wearing or removing my “nostalgia goggles”.

Chaplains are never caught short of TP.

Joyboozer wrote:
Chaplains are never caught short of TP.

... well that explains the shortage.

Ooh! Plastic termie Chaplain - Want!

Looks slightly derpy tbh but nothing a lil kitbashing can't fix

A marine army can never have too many Chaplains, Techmarines and Apotecharies IMO

Cronch wrote:
This guy is no different to the other, horrible designs of terminators. Like, without nostalgia goggles they are just bad models, and always have been.

I mean... from a technical viewpoint, you're not wrong, there's no way the proportions have ever made sense when you try and figure out how a human build would fit their arms and legs into the armour. But, like it or not, that classic bulk is part of the charm for many - myself and Undead Love-Machine included, it seems.
The changes in proportion in these newer models mean that charm is lost.

 Arbitrator wrote:

I believe the original Warhammer Day model was going to be the Catachan Officer, which would've made me a lot happier - of course, being another Marine model just saved me £40.

Sergeant Ripper Jackson was intended to be the store opening models while the Catachan Colonel had "Store Anniversary" on the boxes I've seen, meaning he was intended for that.

 Togusa wrote:
Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines. Space Marines.

I believe the last four limited edition minis were:

1. A Catachan.
2. A Sister of Battle.
3. A Space Marine.
4. Another Catachan.

So yeah. I think they know how to do more than Space Marines.

They will have my attention with a Vostroyan character

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Arbitrator wrote:

I believe the original Warhammer Day model was going to be the Catachan Officer, which would've made me a lot happier - of course, being another Marine model just saved me £40.

Sergeant Ripper Jackson was intended to be the store opening models while the Catachan Colonel had "Store Anniversary" on the boxes I've seen, meaning he was intended for that.

Sergeant Ripper Jackson also has Store Anniversary written on it