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 Dryaktylus wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
These are definitely the first Gang Specific hangers on.

Well, they're Delaque, but there's no reason to use them only in Delaque gangs. They could be outcasts or freelancers (or spies in this case) offering their services to anyone.

And having one of those guys in your gang has the potential of a good story.

"What's with the new doc?"
"Who, Cryptera?"
"Yeah, doesn't he look suspicous? Sure he's going to help us?"
"Naaaa, he's fine. He's definitely not a spy, just eccentric and likes his long coats"

 zedmeister wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
These are definitely the first Gang Specific hangers on.

Well, they're Delaque, but there's no reason to use them only in Delaque gangs. They could be outcasts or freelancers (or spies in this case) offering their services to anyone.

And having one of those guys in your gang has the potential of a good story.

"What's with the new doc?"
"Who, Cryptera?"
"Yeah, doesn't he look suspicous? Sure he's going to help us?"
"Naaaa, he's fine. He's definitely not a spy, just eccentric and likes his long coats"

"But... where's our old doc gone? He was so winsome, empathic and trustworthy. I really miss his warm words and his smile!"

"Ignore the floating skull and buzzsaw. He's got quite the bedside manner"

Nice model, oh look "15+" so resin

and resin with thin floaty bits

pass

That new Delaque rogue doc could find a home in a GSC army.

leopard wrote:
Nice model, oh look "15+" so resin

and resin with thin floaty bits

pass

That model was released by fw a few years ago lol

The new upgrades and minis are resin?

The new Doc model is on page 126 of the current rulebook - Vos Dargon - so we're just continuing the trend of all the Necromunda linework illustrations being concept art of the miniatures.

 GaroRobe wrote:

leopard wrote:
Nice model, oh look "15+" so resin

and resin with thin floaty bits

pass

That model was released by fw a few years ago lol

lol, yes, and it was a pass then as well

That model looks positively rock solid compared to the FW Tech-Priest.

As for the Delaque minis? Well, they're not really Delaque minis, so I'll pass.

Sunday Preview – More for Necromunda, the Horus Heresy, and Black Library Coming Soon

In a change to standard procedures, the first four products listed will go up for pre-order in two weeks on the 16th of December. It’ll be a three-week pre-order period too, to accommodate Christmas postage, so the in-store release date is on the 6th of January.

Necromunda: Apocrypha – Pre-order 16th December

Enhance your Necromunda campaigns with a collection of out-of-print, updated, and brand-new rules and twists on regular proceedings for players and campaign arbitrators. This 128-page book contains guidelines for creating antagonists, creating campaign locales, details on resurrection packages, scenarios, uprising campaigns set in Hive Arcos and more. It’s coming in hardback and ePub formats.

Palanite Enforcer Tauros Venator – Pre-order 16th December

Take your Palanite Enforcers beyond the walls of Hive Primus and onto the roads and plains of the ash wastes with the Tauros Venator. This rugged, high-speed vehicle can be equipped with a twin-linked heavy stubber or a twin-linked concussion cannon for dispensing the Enforcers’ unique brand of restorative justice.

"New from G.I.Joe is the Ferret Attack Vehicle! Read to take the fight to Venom! Figures included! Ts&Cs apply..."

beast_gts wrote:
Sunday Preview – More for Necromunda, the Horus Heresy, and Black Library Coming Soon

Palanite Enforcer Tauros Venator – Pre-order 16th December

Take your Palanite Enforcers beyond the walls of Hive Primus and onto the roads and plains of the ash wastes with the Tauros Venator. This rugged, high-speed vehicle can be equipped with a twin-linked heavy stubber or a twin-linked concussion cannon for dispensing the Enforcers’ unique brand of restorative justice.

Spoiler:

Yeah, that's an autocannon, not a heavy stubber.

Fortunately, the Venators can be upgraded with any weapon from the trading post.

Oooh, book!

Very nice.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Oooh, book!

Very nice.

I have a suspicion that it might just be the bundled up Apocrypha Necromunda PDFs from the WarCom website.

It does say "out of print" though, so they might include some of the dramatis personae from Gangs of the Underhive, and The Book of Peril/Ruin/Judgement that are out of print. I might buy it anyway, just to have them all in one place.

Maybe even the rules for the Delaque gang vehicle.

 SgtEeveell wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Oooh, book!

Very nice.

I have a suspicion that it might just be the bundled up Apocrypha Necromunda PDFs from the WarCom website.

It does say "out of print" though, so they might include some of the dramatis personae from Gangs of the Underhive, and The Book of Peril/Ruin/Judgement that are out of print. I might buy it anyway, just to have them all in one place.

Maybe even the rules for the Delaque gang vehicle.

I wouldn't be surprised if this book does contain a lot of the pdfs that are currently free to download. It does mention "brand-new rules" though so we'll see if that makes it worth buying.

 SgtEeveell wrote:


Yeah, that's an autocannon, not a heavy stubber.

They're heavy stubbers.

The barrels are too thin for autocannons.

It also sounds like with a 2 week delay and then a 3 week preorder window; that GW is shutting part of itself down over Christmas (in contrast to a few previous years where they've run almost as normal right through).

This might be GW both tackling increased demand over the holiday season and also sorting out their warehousing issues. Hopefully the shut down of lots of new things going out will give them a chance to clean house and get things running a bit smoother.

SamusDrake wrote:
"New from G.I.Joe is the Ferret Attack Vehicle! Read to take the fight to Venom! Figures included! Ts&Cs apply..."

GI Joe/MASK crossover?

 SgtEeveell wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Oooh, book!

Very nice.

I have a suspicion that it might just be the bundled up Apocrypha Necromunda PDFs from the WarCom website.

It does say "out of print" though, so they might include some of the dramatis personae from Gangs of the Underhive, and The Book of Peril/Ruin/Judgement that are out of print. I might buy it anyway, just to have them all in one place.

Maybe even the rules for the Delaque gang vehicle.

Well I’m a slag for all things Necromunda, so will be getting it all the same.

As for the Ferret? That was a Cobra vehicle, essential a Quadbike with missiles, a cannon and twin diddy guns on the faring. Also repurposed as the Tiger Paw for Tiger Force, when it became wheels for the Joes.

I love the Taurus, can't wait to see the sprues.

Very versatile model by the looks of it. I can see this used by Orks, Genestealer Cults, Guard, Marine Scouts etc. Those wheels might be big enough to be used for Taurox and Chimera conversions and you get lots of them. The turret looks very easy to convert to other weapons. Very neutral look overall makes customization easier.

 Ohman wrote:
I love the Taurus, can't wait to see the sprues.

Fingers crossed the crew & turret are on a separate sprue - I'd love to see them return for Guard!



And I've just seen this on Lexicanum - Chaos Tauros Venator from Dark Millennium concept art:

 Overread wrote:
It also sounds like with a 2 week delay and then a 3 week preorder window; that GW is shutting part of itself down over Christmas (in contrast to a few previous years where they've run almost as normal right through).

This might be GW both tackling increased demand over the holiday season and also sorting out their warehousing issues. Hopefully the shut down of lots of new things going out will give them a chance to clean house and get things running a bit smoother.

I hope it is a few weeks of slowed releases to allow their backlog of out of stock models to be caught up at their manufacturing plants and allow distribution to catch up. Numerous items have been delatyed to Australia in the last few months.

El Torro wrote:

 SgtEeveell wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Oooh, book!

Very nice.

I have a suspicion that it might just be the bundled up Apocrypha Necromunda PDFs from the WarCom website.

It does say "out of print" though, so they might include some of the dramatis personae from Gangs of the Underhive, and The Book of Peril/Ruin/Judgement that are out of print. I might buy it anyway, just to have them all in one place.

Maybe even the rules for the Delaque gang vehicle.

I wouldn't be surprised if this book does contain a lot of the pdfs that are currently free to download. It does mention "brand-new rules" though so we'll see if that makes it worth buying.

I think they’re pretty clearly saying it’s mostly the PDFs, but that’s still probably a purchase from me, just to have them nicely bound.

beast_gts wrote:

And I've just seen this on Lexicanum - Chaos Tauros Venator from Dark Millennium concept art:

Spoiler:

Looks like it was designed to stop homeless chaos warriors from sleeping on it.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

beast_gts wrote:

And I've just seen this on Lexicanum - Chaos Tauros Venator from Dark Millennium concept art:

Spoiler:

Looks like it was designed to stop homeless chaos warriors from sleeping on it.

Isn’t that basically all chaos… well, everything? Except it doesn’t work on Slaaneshi cultists of course… and only intermittently on Nurgle ones… and Tzeentchi dudes probably don’t sleep, not while there’s scheming to be done anyway.

beast_gts wrote:



And I've just seen this on Lexicanum - Chaos Tauros Venator from Dark Millennium concept art:

Spoiler:

Put some goliath on there and have them chase Mad Max.

Book is £30 and Tauros £35 (GBP), according to trade sheet.

So a smidgen more expensive than other gang vehicles, but was to be expected as it's 2 different sprues rather than 2 copies of 1.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 SgtEeveell wrote:


Yeah, that's an autocannon, not a heavy stubber.

They're heavy stubbers.

The barrels are too thin for autocannons.

They are heavy stubbers because GW says they are.

Stubber barrels are usually only slightly thinner than autocannon barrels, unless the autocannon have the large, probably-water cooled barrel shroud (like on the plastic Exterminator turret). It is close enough that I wouldn't want to judge based on a picture of an unreleased model.

I think the length of the weapons is more telling- autocannon are typically longer. The only autocannon this short are the Sentinel autocannons.



Basically, if GW had said the Tauros weapons were autocannon, I doubt many people would have argued.

Does feel like a missed opportunity though- Tauros Venators can carry twin heavy weapons, like lascannons or multilasers. Autocannons would match this. Heavy stubbers are more in the "special weapon" weight class and there is precedent for quad stubbers as equivalent to twin heavy weapons. A quad stubber would have looked ace.