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Heresy Thursday – Let the Omnissiah Take the Wheel with the Land Raider Proteus

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beast_gts wrote:
Heresy Thursday – Let the Omnissiah Take the Wheel with the Land Raider Proteus

Spoiler:

It's adorable!

And there we have it. One explorator for me please!

Is it weird that I'm sad we didn't get to see an upgrade kit this seek?

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Do you really expect them to rescale everything when new stuff comes out?

Alternatively they could have just not randomly make one kit 15% taller.

That is a damn fine looking tank.

It has that happy meal toy adorability, but I kinda wish they didn't stick so close to bad 80s sculpts with these things.

GW is making it harder and harder to resist.

I fear the Deimos Predator may put me over the edge.

So that leaves a bunch of Legion Upgrade Packs to be announced (Night Lords, Blood Angels, Iron Hands, Ultramarines, Death Guard, Thousand Sons, Word Bearers, Salamanders, Raven Guard, Alpha Legion); plus the Predator, 2 Heavy Weapon Packs (plasma cannons/heavy flamers/multi-meltas & volkite culverins/lascannons/autocannons) and the announced FW models to be released. Have I missed anything?

it's glorious. Will fit straight in with my 2nd ed army as well so will need multiples.

I love the look of the Explorator but I do not understand its function in the game. What are people going to use it for?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
It has that happy meal toy adorability, but I kinda wish they didn't stick so close to bad 80s sculpts with these things.

As opposed to the much beloved Space Marine tanks of recent years

Personally I think it's great, the vehicles have been the real highlight of the Heresy releases so far for me.

Perfection. I'll have a dozen.

 Prometheum5 wrote:
I love the look of the Explorator but I do not understand its function in the game. What are people going to use it for?

I'd guess most people would just run it as the 'normal' one - it's what I'm doing with my FW Armoured Proteus.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
People really need to get a grip on their scale quibbles. Do you really expect them to rescale everything when new stuff comes out? Scale differences are part of the hobby. Bulk up your bases if it's an issue. Personally I like the slight differences in scale, especially if it's characters and praetors that are larger.

It’s not only about scale, it’s also about the quality of the sculpts. I’d also be fine with characters being larger than troops, buts that’s not the case. If you’re using the new MkVI marines as your troops, it’s more like your basic troops making your elites look like malformed children. Saying scale differences are part of the hobby is basically saying we should accept low standards.

Now I’m not saying that FW should just throw everything away and start again. What I am saying is that a steady refresh, starting with the older releases, would make the range better. It’s no different from main GW refreshing older ranges with better sculpts.

I'm probably the odd one out here, but the Proteus doesn't do anything for me. My first exposure to Land Raiders were the mid 90's Epic Land Raiders that eventually were the pattern for the 40k Land Raider. The 80's Land Raiders always looked too weirdly proportioned, and so for me they've stuck too close to that old design for my likings.

The Spartan stretches things out enough that I quite like it, but the Proteus, yeah, not doing anything for me.

I know with the Proteus they want to appeal to older Fans and therefor keep it close to the original, but... Those tracks could really need a profile instead of being flat, would it have really bothered people if they had made that adjustment?

Glad to see the proteus officially announced. Next week or two will probably be more upgrade kits, then hopefully some currently unknown plastic kits for HH.

Hopefully FW will make side parts to convert it to an Armored Proteus.

The Proteus is an adorable dumpling of a tank. 😍

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Why couldn't they upscale Terminators too, so they'd be in-line with regular Marines?

The Terminators are already upscaled. They're taller than the Mk3 and Mk4 Marines and in line with DW, TS, CSM, Mk6 when they got released.

That's not a new tank.

I've had one of those since the 90's!

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
I'm probably the odd one out here, but the Proteus doesn't do anything for me. My first exposure to Land Raiders were the mid 90's Epic Land Raiders that eventually were the pattern for the 40k Land Raider. The 80's Land Raiders always looked too weirdly proportioned, and so for me they've stuck too close to that old design for my likings.

The Spartan stretches things out enough that I quite like it, but the Proteus, yeah, not doing anything for me.

I’m in the same boat mate. I remember the original Land Raider coming out and I remember not liking it back then. Like you say, the proportions are all wrong. It always looked to me like it would start rolling end over end if it tried to go down too steep a hill. The Spartan fixes everything wrong with the Proteus and looks so much better.

 Prometheum5 wrote:
I love the look of the Explorator but I do not understand its function in the game. What are people going to use it for?

What do you mean? It has its own unit entry, it gives a bonus to reserve rolls and a penalty to enemy reserve rolls.

RazorEdge wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Why couldn't they upscale Terminators too, so they'd be in-line with regular Marines?

The Terminators are already upscaled. They're taller than the Mk3 and Mk4 Marines and in line with DW, TS, CSM, Mk6 when they got released.

Personally, I'd disagree - the plastic terminators are visibly smaller than Mk6, and bordering on comically tiny compared to characters. I'd really like them to feel a bit more big and imposing than they do at the moment.

 Prometheum5 wrote:
I love the look of the Explorator but I do not understand its function in the game. What are people going to use it for?

Uh, as a LR Explorator? Using the profile/unit entry for it?
Am I missing something?

Yeah I'm not big on the Proteus either. Now the MkIIb Land Raider? Thats a sexy armored fighting vehicle.

Always been a bit surprised by the lack of protection GW give the tracks of tanks, considering it's the most vulnerable and easily crippled part of the vehicle. It's particularly obvious on the Proteus as it's so skinny, the thing is about 50% exposed tracks.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:
I love the look of the Explorator but I do not understand its function in the game. What are people going to use it for?

Uh, as a LR Explorator? Using the profile/unit entry for it?
Am I missing something?

I think the question being asked is why use the Land Raider option that doesn't let you assault out of it? Do it's other abilities make up for the lack of an assault ramp?

Does the Explorator not also Scout?