New Castellan Crowe Model!

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From WarCom:

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Grey Knight Castellan Crowe and his Haunted Sword Return With an Awesome New Model

We recently announced that a new Grey Knights codex is on the way. This secretive silver order is led by extraordinary champions – warriors so incorruptible as to stare down the most terrifying creatures of the warp without blinking. One is so fastidious in his faith that he’s allowed to carry a daemonic blade to battle. Chaos incursions across the galaxy take note: Castellan Garran Crowe is back.

Crowe leads the Purifier order of the Grey Knights, a group of Space Marines incredibly resistant to the temptations of the Dark Gods. In fact, as the head of the Purifiers, Crowe is thought to be all but immune to the corruption of Chaos. A character with such a resilient soul deserves an amazing new model.

Wow, that’s quite a glow up! With such a glorious level of detail (including a library’s worth of purity seals and a hip-mounted novel), he’s bound to be a favourite with painters, and we’d be amazed if we didn’t see more than a few of these entered into future Golden Demon competitions.

As you can see, Crowe still wields the Black Blade of Antwyr. It whispers, cajoles, and screams, promising undreamt power in a voice only he can hear, and it doesn’t have a mute button. It is a curse only Crowe can endure, but the risks are worth it – the sword is deadlier than ever.

Castellan Crowe and the new Grey Knights codex are available soon – we’ll be taking a closer look at both as we approach the pre-order date, so make sure that you’re signed up to our newsletter to keep up with the latest Daemon hunter updates. In the meantime, grab a unit of Grey Knights Purifiers for Crowe to lead into battle.

**Rihgu**

He looks Primaris sized, but it could be a perspective skew.

**Eldarsif**

Rihgu wrote:
He looks Primaris sized, but it could be a perspective skew.

I think he is more truescale akin to Deathwatch, maybe even slightly taller.

Then again, could be he went through the Rubicon.

**Shadow Walker**

Meh.

**The Phazer**

Rihgu wrote:
He looks Primaris sized, but it could be a perspective skew.

He's a bit odd in that regard, it's not Primaris armour, but he's stretched out in the middle and definitely ends up Primaris height.

I'm not sure that model is really any better than the old one tbh. The sword and banner are worse.

**Tiberius501**

Yeah looks like he’s been truescaled, like the updated Chaos Marines.

**grahamdbailey**

The Phazer wrote:
Rihgu wrote:
He looks Primaris sized, but it could be a perspective skew.

He's a bit odd in that regard, it's not Primaris armour, but he's stretched out in the middle and definitely ends up Primaris height.

I'm not sure that model is really any better than the old one tbh. The sword and banner are worse.

How can you tell the sword is worse? We can just see it from a very obscured angle.

**Gert**

A plastic sword is better than a resin sword. I got Crowe way back and the first thing that happened was the sword snapped in half *while I was building him*.

**Sotahullu**

Here is another view, bit better:

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Crowe has been truescaled and he is standing on tactical rock so he may look taller then is.

Personally, I like it more then old Crowe.

**ImAGeek**

I like the pose, but something about the waist feels a bit off.

**H.B.M.C.**

Kinda surprised they're not Primaris-ing the GKs.

**Daedalus81**

Well at least we can confirm what GW said - no Primaris for GK.

**Geifer**

Still heresy, but now with dodgy flame effect. Good improvement on the proportions, though.

**a_typical_hero**

So the new model is great with the helmet.

Two things I noticed:

1. The Dreadknight in the background is wearing a tabard of sorts. That is not included in the current kit.

2. The sub headline for the WarCom article says "Get ready to add the legendary daemon hunter to your Astartes forces".

This is a very odd wording if "Astartes forces" would only substitute for "Grey Knights" here, isn't it?

Bonus:
"The sword will be deadlier than ever" is not really hard with a profile of S: User 0AP and D1. An Astartes Chainsword is a relic compared to that.

**SnotlingPimpWagon**

I dig the new look. Except for the sword, it’s rare, that designers manage to do the flame effects well. A plain sword would have been better, methinks

**kodos**

Rihgu wrote:
He looks Primaris sized, but it could be a perspective skew.

it is more about standing on a tactical rock that makes him taller

**alextroy**

Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Great, more fething Marines! As if the tease of Black Templars wasn't enough of a kick in the balls

With all the new non-marine kits on the horizon, I think we can survive a hand full of character models along with Codexes/Supplements for the remaining one wound marines.

**GaroRobe**

I don't think it helps that Grey Knights are all tiny. They're just squat marines, so unless we get a nice update for them, he's going to be pretty noticeable

**Taarnak**

Daedalus81 wrote:
Well at least we can confirm what GW said - no Primaris for GK.

Which is completely fething stupid considering how bad the old models are...

Shame really. Guess I'll just keep on with my sculpts.

**H.B.M.C.**

alextroy wrote:
Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Great, more fething Marines! As if the tease of Black Templars wasn't enough of a kick in the balls
With all the new non-marine kits on the horizon, I think we can survive a hand full of character models along with Codexes/Supplements for the remaining one wound marines.

I think we should feel more sorry for GKs (and 1KSons, for that matter) given that this is all they're getting. A single solitary new model. Better than the DE got, but still...

**tauist**

Non-primaris armour but better proportions. I'm digging it. Not a fan of the tactical rock though.

Since we will be getting reproportioned Mk VI marines, I wonder if some other firstborn marines will also be reproportioned down the line.. Even an upgrade sprue with new legs would help the old kits alot!

**bullyboy**

Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
I'll never feel sorry for anything related to Loyalist Marines, all of their precious chapters and factions can die in a fire for all I care.

well, that's good for you....I suppose.

I actually really like the new model, but to be fair, the old one isn't bad either. Grey Knights in general just look good (apart from size).

I can't start another marine army, but having a few units of Grey Knights for narrative certainly fits the agenda.

**a_typical_hero**

Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
I'll never feel sorry for anything related to Loyalist Marines, all of their precious chapters and factions can die in a fire for all I care.

Take your classy stance and put it into a separate thread please, thanks.

**Olthannon**

It's interesting aesthetically because the new primaris now match the Grey Knights' plate armour vibe.

You would think they would change the Grey Knights a little more to differentiate them more.

**chaos0xomega**

Bit disappointed that it doesn't appear they are updating the rank n file GK minis.

**JoeRugby**

Anyone done the photoshop magic to see Crowe next to a primaris marine?

**LunarSol**

I'm not a banner guy, but I do really like that.

**Nazrak**

JoeRugby wrote:
Anyone done the photoshop magic to see Crowe next to a primaris marine?

Here you go. I assumed he'd be scaled similar to the Space Marine Heroes/new Chaos Marines, but he looks to be a pretty big lad.

**Galas**

Hmm... that primaris lieutenant looks way too small.

**a_typical_hero**

I could totally see him going through Rubicon as the first and only GK in this edition. Maybe fighting for control with the sword was what nearly killed him.

After all, his fluff is that he is not using the blade's daemonic powers to not get corrupted. The new model is not what I would expect to see from "using it as a regular sword" and the article even teased that it would be deadlier than ever.