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Hm. If the boxes are all set on the same hulk, would the teams follow a narrative arc?
Like we start with the Navy encountering Kroot on board and being all “wait, what?” They call the Inquisition in because this is weird (how many hulks have Kroot?) while the Kroot call in whoever’s paying them to investigate (Votann, maybe). Then all of them discover some chaos cultists and band together, being nominally not-unfriendly, and the nearest transport full of kasrkin gets called in to deal with the chaos lads wile the new chaos cult sprue shows up. Then box four is… hmm… oh! Turns out the things the cult was worshiping were in fact genestealers in stasis pods, not bound daemons as they thought, and the inquisitor nopes hard and calls in some Marines. Blood angels, of course.

 Shakalooloo wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:
It would be daft of GW not to do a terminators vs genestealers box. I would think that is practically a given.

To be a balanced Kill Team though, it would be what? Three terminators? I think GW will instead have no Astartes teams in this hulk-themed season.

Plenty of ways to balance Terminators. I would suspect APL 2 on termies and 3 on the sarge and some way of giving that to a termie (so a shout to CPs on Space Hulk), free mission options/CP option for that and then make them 6 strong with a bunch of weapon options and away you go. Sadly they would probably have to be 5 strong, so that means 3APL and a stat line somewhere between a marine and a Primaris.


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 silverstu wrote:
I think the Terminators vs Stealers will be a proper Space Hulk box- seems to be what Valrak has heard- he stated that Space Hulk is coming back, even after this Killteam season dropped.

That would I bet be Primaris terminators. And a lot of memes about small doorways.

I really want the Gellerpox to come back. I don't care in what form or what game. The brute minis are in way too many cool conversions to not be available anymore.

Terminators with bigger legs at least or ideally better proportions would be ace, too. I kinda want to make better scales legs at least for 3d printing, but so far I didn't get around to it.

A lot of ship board'n going on!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/07/21/prepare-for-kill-team-into-the-dark-by-reliving-warhammers-greatest-boarding-actions/

Well, its just a look back at past encounters but maybe worth a butchers all the same. The most legendary battle was fought aboard the Vengeful Spirit, as Ernie faced Ted for for the affections of Sue.*

* actually it was the Emperor facing Horus for the fate of the entire galaxy.**

** one might say the Universe but the Tyranids are on that case. The milky way is just a snack along their journey.

SamusDrake wrote:
The most legendary battle was fought aboard the Vengeful Spirit, as Ernie faced Ted for for the affections of Sue.*.

Wow, that’s a deep cut!

Does that make Sanguinius Trigger?

Now thats a thought!

There's another glimpse of new Space Hulk scenery in today's Aeldari Corsair article.

And tonight on Stars In Our Eyes, Jeff is going to be....A CORSAIR WAY SEEKER!

So that’s new plastic terrain floor is it?


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And was the Krieg vs Tau picture not new floor we decided?


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jullevi wrote:
The floor is definitely new. I own multiples of every Mechanicus and Zone Mortalis kits and I would recoqnize if it was from an existing kit.

Was this confirmed in the end basically?

Both pictures contain previously unseen floor pieces. Two of the Krieg models are standing on a grate that matches the design of Zone Mortalis column base, which means that either the floor has been partially scratch built to stage a photo or new plastic floor is compatible with Zone Mortalis to some extent.

KROOT WITH A HAWK!

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KROOT!

Also, is there a way to tell if a Kroots male or female? This one's female. Maybe slightly different headshapes or something?

Also, I hope this puts to rest the rumor that this is only going to be an upgrade sprue for the current kroot kit.

Hawk Kroot is awesome! I’m getting properly excited for the next round of Kill Team now.

The Kroot is awesome. Kroot hawk thing put me off at first due to its pose, as it seemed too upright.

But, I’m pretty sure that is a an actual pose from nature for Vultures?

A hawk with Kroot that isn't an actual Kroothawk? Interesting.

That’s a lovely pose. I like it.

Regarding gender, and To quote the indefatigable Commissar Cain

“…with kroot it’s impossible to tell, and only another kroot would care anyway”

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The Kroot is awesome. Kroot hawk thing put me off at first due to its pose, as it seemed too upright.

But, I’m pretty sure that is a an actual pose from nature for Vultures?

Yeah, it's "vulture sunning itself."

Probably because we have a lot of vulture-creature poses already, from chaos knights to kruleboyz, so it may be a slightly recycled asset

I've been a Kroot fan for a while, and this mini hits all the wickets. Love it.

Combined with the tiles/terrain that's likely to come with this set as well, I'm seeing a purchase in my future.

 GaroRobe wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The Kroot is awesome. Kroot hawk thing put me off at first due to its pose, as it seemed too upright.

But, I’m pretty sure that is a an actual pose from nature for Vultures?

Yeah, it's "vulture sunning itself."

Probably because we have a lot of vulture-creature poses already, from chaos knights to kruleboyz, so it may be a slightly recycled asset

Teehee, model a string around its neck and the kroot can be space-gannet fishing

 Flinty wrote:
That’s a lovely pose. I like it.

Regarding gender, and To quote the indefatigable Commissar Cain

“…with kroot it’s impossible to tell, and only another kroot would care anyway”

A good use of that quote

Very nice Kroot! This set is very tempting...

Does the appearance of an actual kroothawk miniature mean Kroothawk will return from the dead?

 Dysartes wrote:
A hawk with Kroot that isn't an actual Kroothawk? Interesting.

Kroothawks are sacred birds, not even other Kroot go near them and they definitely don’t let the T’au hunt them or steal their eggs. I’d say it was weird that they ever had Kroothawks anywhere other than Pech. But that doesn’t mean that they are the only kind of flying Kroot-related creature on Pech. I mean we have several dozen species in the aerial predator niche on Earth and Pech is still mostly primordial so there should be room for even more there.

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KROOT WITH A HAWK!

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How big are the interiors of the hulk that a bird can flap around and not keep banging off ceilings, walls, door jams etc?

Not only are there tactical rocks on the Kroot bases, this one has tactical bird poo.

I don't think the Kroot are gendered, the DNA donor places their hands on the back of the "mother" to transfer the information required to produce offspring from what I remember from their Index Xenos, though it might have been females having a special patch.

Odd biology note, Kroot (apart from Knarlocs, that seem to have evolved one as part of their focused adaptations) have no anus or even a cloaca. Anything that goes in, comes out via the mouth.

It's not spelled out, but this presumably also applies to offspring or eggs. The Kroot are so secretive about this, we don't even know which it is (though obviously it is both, depending on what is needed).

I also like that it isn't a Kroothawk, as those never leave Pech and are much more holy than a hunting hawk.

You can tell that this one is female, because she's wearing a crop top.

Re: the tactical bird poo. I think there's a new technical paint coming out with this.

 GaroRobe wrote:
Also, I hope this puts to rest the rumor that this is only going to be an upgrade sprue for the current kroot kit.

But further solidifies the notion that this is a specific set "Kill Team" set and not a general 40k unit.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:
Also, I hope this puts to rest the rumor that this is only going to be an upgrade sprue for the current kroot kit.

But further solidifies the notion that this is a specific set "Kill Team" set and not a general 40k unit.

If the Corsairs are anything to go by, I suspect this unit will be added to the Tau line up as "Kroot Trackers" or something. Maybe Kroot mercenaries considering they seem to be wandering much further afield.

So far, only the traitor guardsman have not ported across.

My thought is, don’t know why, that this set of four boxes will have two new Kill Teams each time, not upgrade sprue stuff.
As we move into new more unique ideas.

I wonder if just seeing how much better the new sprue ones sold over upgraded versions or something.
Either way it’s great if so, at least this box will,