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Right, as does the Cadian Command Squad box--which also features two Respirator heads.

Which is what I was pointing out...alongside of pointing out that people starting an army fresh will likely be swimming in Cadian Command Squad sets.

Nice stuff. I could see myself find a use for one of these.

 xttz wrote:
Perhaps some of the sprues are doubled up like the marine upgrade kits

In that case wouldn't it have a x2 noted on the back of the box somewhere? I may be misremembering but I thought that's what GW does with Marine upgrades and Necromunda stuff in order to accurately reflect box contents?

Thankfully I have not made up my 2nd Cadia Stands box yet. Happy with these, the tank commander especially is great. Nice to have the kneeling legs as well.

Bloody hell, that is some great stuff right there, the tank commander in particular is just ace.

I like seeing upgrade sets. It should add a little bit more variety in armies.
I hope they extend said upgrade sets to equipment too so they can stop doing those silly equipment restrictions in the codices.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Right, as does the Cadian Command Squad box--which also features two Respirator heads.

Which is what I was pointing out...alongside of pointing out that people starting an army fresh will likely be swimming in Cadian Command Squad sets.

Right... so two heads per 5 bodies. This is not a helpful ratio for making an all-respirator Cadian force...

Unless you mean to sell off the excess command squads minus two heads clipped off the sprue?

Looks great, interesting that it comes with two extra Guard bodies.
Now… leak my Primaris Dante pls 😂

Those are amazing. First the black templar upgrade sprues, now these. If only GW would do something for either Horus Heresy (stupid expensive FW resin) or some for chaos space marines.

That awkwardly stiff robot hand is killing me .

 AtoMaki wrote:
That awkwardly stiff robot hand is killing me .

A guardsman only needs a left arm for clotheslining xenos!

The helmet mounted on the lasgun is by far my favourite bit of that kit.

Due to no model no rules, does this mean tank commanders will be able to take a power sword?

Looks like it was made with half an eye on Kill team- very easy to make a hardened veteran, bruiser, and medic operative from that kit.

Doesn’t this also solve the mystery of the other sergeant pose from the patrol box? I guess that means it will include the upgrade sprue as well.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Doesn’t this also solve the mystery of the other sergeant pose from the patrol box? I guess that means it will include the upgrade sprue as well.

No, because the one from the patrol box is just built with the autogun.

Looks like a nice upgrade sprue. It makes picking up some Cadians even more tempting.

2021 upgrade sprue for previous Cadian Shock Troops feels bit of a wasted resources now.

Interested to see if we get these for other styles of infantry?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Interested to see if we get these for other styles of infantry?

Traitor Guard in the vein of Brood Brothers is the obvious choice.

jullevi wrote:
Looks like a nice upgrade sprue. It makes picking up some Cadians even more tempting.

2021 upgrade sprue for previous Cadian Shock Troops feels bit of a wasted resources now.

I wonder if that could be a case of bad internal communications? Someone just being told to make a cadian upgrade sprue without knowing someone else was working on new ones? Thought still strange that they would still choose to make a mould then.

Or the old upgrade sprue was already finished long ago but massively delayed for some reason

 ph34r wrote:
Due to no model no rules, does this mean tank commanders will be able to take a power sword?

Nah. Just because you have model doesn't quarantee rules. But not having model reduces odds of having rule considerably.

Maybe in new book anyway but as is IG isn't in line for new codex for a while.

tneva82 wrote:
Maybe in new book anyway but as is IG isn't in line for new codex for a while.

The new Guard book is done. We're just waiting on the general release.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Interested to see if we get these for other styles of infantry?

I'd love other factions to get these as well though as it could really free up modelling/army styling choices. I'd love even more options for the Votann for example, or a new sprue of biomorphs for Nids. It would give factions a good bit of freshness -more so than a single character release does.

 silverstu wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Interested to see if we get these for other styles of infantry?

I'd love other factions to get these as well though as it could really free up modelling/army styling choices. I'd love even more options for the Votann for example, or a new sprue of biomorphs for Nids. It would give factions a good bit of freshness -more so than a single character release does.

I also bet that it's pretty profitable, it's not that much material, does not take up a lot of space, and you can probably do much of the design work by using random assets you already made that did not quite make it to the main sprues.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/04/new-year-new-bayonets-the-cadians-get-an-upgrade-sprue-crammed-with-characterful-components/

Marketing to the rescue! (I guess this was meant to be next Monday's article)

Whilst the leak wasn’t exactly Photato, nice to at least have some super clear piccies.












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 H.B.M.C. wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
Maybe in new book anyway but as is IG isn't in line for new codex for a while.

The new Guard book is done. We're just waiting on the general release.

Y’know I don’t think you even meant to make that pun…

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
Maybe in new book anyway but as is IG isn't in line for new codex for a while.

The new Guard book is done. We're just waiting on the general release.

Yes. Which is why new one where options might be isn't due for a while...

Or you think the new book on general release would have options not in big box codex?

There won't be new options from these in a hurry as we know codex rules already.

It's nice - but honestly, they should have packaged it with the squad. I know retailers who would love it if they would cut down their SKUs and package things up together...

Is that Lt. Mira head top row #5?

 xttz wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/04/new-year-new-bayonets-the-cadians-get-an-upgrade-sprue-crammed-with-characterful-components/

Marketing to the rescue! (I guess this was meant to be next Monday's article)

A few details I have noticed:
- A ski hat, I think that's a first.
- He carries a hatched. A power hatchet? No. A cyber-hatchet? No, just a regular hatchet. This galaxy is weird.
- You are supposed to remove the magazine from the gun used as a grave marker.
- Speaking of guns, the sling holder in the front is in the way of the bayonet. So how does the bayonet fit onto the gun?
- I will forever miss Corporal Hentai Kamen.
- The belt-fed autogun looks a little bizarre, but plausibly bizarre: other than the belt feeding onto the wrong side the autogun has a cover to accustom the belt-fed firing mechanism. I like that detail.
- The two kneeling bodies display the kneepads correctly.
- I've spotted a guardsman with rolled-up sleeves on one of the pictures in the 'dex but I can't find those arms on either the Shock Troops sprue, the Command Squad sprue, or here. What gives?