Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Oh, I'm not expecting mini-codices. I'm expecting codex release schedules to get more aggressive or they'll start leaning more into things like White Dwarf supplements or Warhammer Plus giving access to them.

Or just a 10th edition book. They also need to update the Basilisk kit and plasticize the ratling snipers and regimental advisors.

I know that there hasn't been a lot of time since the new models went on sale, but has anyone seen a picture that shows how the Ogryns/Bullgryns kit stacks up with the new models? Do they look out of place or scale now? Or are they a good fit?

Yes.

a single reply to multiple questions... lol

Hey, a picture's worth a thousand words! It was a thousand and one word reply!

 Kanluwen wrote:

Yes.

Stunning. I've passed on buying the box twice now because I wanted to do more research, and make sure that this was indeed something I really want. It is looking very good.

One more question, apologies if it's been answered before. Do we have a rough idea of when the rest of the models will be up for preorder? The new tank, HWTs and so on, before Christmas?

 Kanluwen wrote:
Hey, a picture's worth a thousand words! It was a thousand and one word reply!

So they look out of scale and they’re a good fit? Because that’s how you answered if we take your “yes” to apply to all three questions. Of course you do get points for actually finding a picture rather than just Kosh’ing.

Edit:

 Togusa wrote:
One more question, apologies if it's been answered before. Do we have a rough idea of when the rest of the models will be up for preorder? The new tank, HWTs and so on, before Christmas?

I don’t believe we have anything firm but based on the SoB release pattern the rest won’t arrive until next year unfortunately. Indeed it’s December now so there are almost guaranteed to be no major preorders left in the year.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Hey, a picture's worth a thousand words! It was a thousand and one word reply!

So they look out of scale and they’re a good fit? Because that’s how you answered if we take your “yes” to apply to all three questions. Of course you do get points for actually finding a picture rather than just Kosh’ing.

I mean that scale looks really good to me. The Orgryn is still much taller. But I understand others might have a different opinion.

 Togusa wrote:

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Hey, a picture's worth a thousand words! It was a thousand and one word reply!

So they look out of scale and they’re a good fit? Because that’s how you answered if we take your “yes” to apply to all three questions. Of course you do get points for actually finding a picture rather than just Kosh’ing.

I mean that scale looks really good to me. The Orgryn is still much taller. But I understand others might have a different opinion.

And officer-man's head is smaller than the skull of the commissar.

It's hard to tell, but the 360 view on Nork makes it clear that it's just a fancy vox-grille with a hat.

 Kanluwen wrote:
It's hard to tell, but the 360 view on Nork makes it clear that it's just a fancy vox-grille with a hat.

Yeah, that’s just a loudspeaker wearing a Big Hat so the ogryn knows it speaks with Authority.

I always assued that was Colonel Greiss's skull integrated into a vox on Nork's shoulder.

It may be the top half of the skull on top of a speaker.

 Shakalooloo wrote:

 Togusa wrote:

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Hey, a picture's worth a thousand words! It was a thousand and one word reply!

So they look out of scale and they’re a good fit? Because that’s how you answered if we take your “yes” to apply to all three questions. Of course you do get points for actually finding a picture rather than just Kosh’ing.

I mean that scale looks really good to me. The Orgryn is still much taller. But I understand others might have a different opinion.

And officer-man's head is smaller than the skull of the commissar.

Well, just about every space marine head is the same size regardless of if they are wearing a helmet or not, so you've picked an odd hill to die on there.

 Dawnbringer wrote:
Well, just about every space marine head is the same size regardless of if they are wearing a helmet or not, so you've picked an odd hill to die on there.

'Sa big skull, that's all I'm saying. GW has been doing a better job lately of getting them to at least suggest the possibility of fitting inside someone's head.

A while back I remember seeing a new plastic Primaris Psyker model as a part of some boxed game, did that ever get released?

 Togusa wrote:
One more question, apologies if it's been answered before. Do we have a rough idea of when the rest of the models will be up for preorder? The new tank, HWTs and so on, before Christmas?

I think the box set article said next year.
EDIT: "The launch edition of Codex: Astra Militarum – available exclusively in this box until next year".

 Togusa wrote:
A while back I remember seeing a new plastic Primaris Psyker model as a part of some boxed game, did that ever get released?

No. One of the models from that set (the Technoarcheologist) is up for pre-order tomorrow.

beast_gts wrote:

 Togusa wrote:
One more question, apologies if it's been answered before. Do we have a rough idea of when the rest of the models will be up for preorder? The new tank, HWTs and so on, before Christmas?

I think the box set article said next year.
EDIT: "The launch edition of Codex: Astra Militarum – available exclusively in this box until next year".

 Togusa wrote:
A while back I remember seeing a new plastic Primaris Psyker model as a part of some boxed game, did that ever get released?

No. One of the models from that set (the Technoarcheologist) is up for pre-order tomorrow.

Okay, so they're slowly coming out then. I was thinking about grabbing one off Ebay, but I might just wait and see.

Thanks!

Tneva82,

Similar things were likely said about GW bringing back dead or functionally dead factions, ex. Genestealer Cults, Sisters of Battle, Squats/Leagues of Votann.

Similar things were said about them doing customizable models after a slew of mono-pose and/or monobuild kits. But then they came out with the heresy dreadnoughts and new cadian infantry. Or the autarch that’s cross compatible with the old.

GW is inconsistent about everything. Period. No caveats.

By all evidence they can, and will eventually, stick with an idea through a whole edition. Not necessarily because they’ve suddenly become competent, but because how they want to do anything isn’t remotely set in stone.

A better way to put it is ADHD as a metaphor; people know this means an inability to focus on one thing for long (inconsistency) , but what they usually don’t know is that it also manifests as the inability to redirect your focus (hyper consistency). The nature of ADHD means you’ll see swings from both extremes.

Also, at this point the original I even said has been lost. All I said was that we have no evidence to say that they didn’t write the initial codex drafts all at once.

We only have evidence that they changed their minds on a design philosophy (for the worse!) and later drafts of later codexes in the release schedule reflected this.

Yes they miggt have done all books at once but evidence gives no suggestion they did and in fact opposite. Every edition books start about same and then changes. This suggests books weren't done at same time. Rather it　suggests books were made as they went along...

Gw meanwhile has history of bringing new armies so sob votann etc weren't exactly unexpected. Q is rather when.

You keep saying books being about same level at start was evidence that all books were done at same time but that's what happes every...single...edition.

Unless you　can provide actual evidence that all were written at same time you are just intentionally lying,

The way the books go through obvious paradigm shifts, with new styles of rules, new exceptions to exceptions, and how updates to one book via FAQ become standard in later books, shows that they are not all written at the same time.

Wait and See. And then rewrite the past.

It's evident just from fairly nonsense weapon changes, or lack of reasonable parity of similar weapons across factions that they were not written at the same time.

Bright Lanch/Dark Lance being so different to a lascannon, then Ad Mech basically getting a bright-cannon to make up for that, to Chaos getting whatever their special lascannon is... The sudden obscene amount of spammable ignore Inv weapons that started popping up in every codex, not just a 1x shot thing (the knights missile) or one off weapon on unique/special characters.

They were not written at the same time. In fact, I think marketing strategy goes against that. They actually want the game to be imbalanced for periods, so armies have their chance in the spotlight. If they were all written at the same time, to be balanced against each other, they wouldn't have the sales they generate from meta chasers, as their current army should already be set up to compete.

New Aegis reveal.

Huh, I think I preferred the original kit. The guns/communication array is sorely missing.

I... I want this.

Even with 6' of Fronteiris walls to paint I want 6' of this too.

It's what the wall o dead cadians should have been

Pah.

No skulls, no deal.

That's not been cemented together with the blood of martyrs.

Truth though, I prefer because it is less busy.

 Kanluwen wrote:
New Aegis reveal.

New and improved Aegis Defense Line, now with “Armor of Contempt”!

It's nice by itself and I think it's nice as a similarly styled addition to the Wall of Martyrs for when you just want wall sections instead of a full on trench. It does that better, stylistically speaking, than the original Aegis.

I'm a bit wary of the connectors. They look like they go on two ways for a zigzagging line, but won't be able to make a straight line. Remains to be seen if this is true, but if it is, a bit more freedom of movement would have been appreciated.

The original Aegis was good because it wasn't super Imperial in design. Want to loot it for Orks? Whack some armour plates on there and you're good to go. Need a defence line for your Iron Warriors? Stick some Chaos spikes or hang some skulls and off you go.
This has pre-made heavy battle damage and is far too Imperial in is base design to be worth converting for another army.