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 Irbis wrote:

 Lord Damocles wrote:
I don't understand why so many of the Legion-specific MkVI helmets don't look like MkVI.

But it does? This is literally Mk VI helmet with 'hounskull' part replaced with flat respirator grill like in several other legion upgrades (funnily enough, defeating whole point as the missing bit is full of sensors and filtration elements not to mention angled armor deflecting hits away from face making it better than other SM helmets, but that's what you get when inept legion designers care more about looks than functionality).

"It does look like MK VI helmet"

Proceeds to list exactly the reasons why it doesn't look like a MK VI helmet

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

 Irbis wrote:

 Lord Damocles wrote:
I don't understand why so many of the Legion-specific MkVI helmets don't look like MkVI.

But it does? This is literally Mk VI helmet with 'hounskull' part replaced with flat respirator grill like in several other legion upgrades (funnily enough, defeating whole point as the missing bit is full of sensors and filtration elements not to mention angled armor deflecting hits away from face making it better than other SM helmets, but that's what you get when inept legion designers care more about looks than functionality).

"It does look like MK VI helmet"

Proceeds to list exactly the reasons why it doesn't look like a MK VI helmet

But good on Irbis for defending... something... I guess.

Regarding FW’s boring looking assault marines, I’d much rather have them than a marine dancing on a flying stand, legs akimbo.

Look at the differences in Tactical Intercessors and Assault Intercessors both only have 5 poses. This would kinda indicate what direction (Sprue-wise) at least that the breacher, assault, despoiler, etc.

Fairly neutral poses, as in the mkvi marines work better for duplication than overly dramatic poses repeated. Also easier to convert a neutral pose to dramatic than the reverse.

Please GW no flight stands or jumping off rocks for assault marines!

Well, these seem unambiguously great to me. They knocked it out of the park on this one. Might make me do Death Guard to be honest.

At a minimum I'd hope any mk VI assaults would be as dynamic as the 2nd version of the FW MK VI's

RazorEdge wrote:
Too bad that those Helmets are FW Resin.

Is that really that big a problem when it's one piece/single part helmets and shoulder pads?

I hate resin as much as the next guy, and would prefer plastic any time, but... they're just helmets.

I have zero issues with Helmets, paulrons, torsos etc being resin....most of my primaris have mkiii/iv FW pauldron.

Large chunks like storm eagle(hybrid) kit make me want to run into a wall...face first without benefit of PCP(not that Elephant tranquilizer is a benefiit)!

 Irbis wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
I don't particularly want to see close combat marine variants handled with an upgrade sprue for MkVI. The MkVI poses in the tactical set are too passively posed for a CC variant.

Yup, look at all these dynamic and totally not passive poses of previous Forge World CC units

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 ImAGeek wrote:
Yeah, and there’s only 5 poses already.

As opposed to resin that often had 2-3 poses in 5 men squads?

I never said I was a big fan of the existing resins one, lol. At least there's 2 walking stances instead of only 1 as in the tac marine set I guess. Interestingly the MkIV Despoiler squad has a set of running legs that didn't make it into the Assault squad.

But yeah, not the biggest fan of the FW MkIV assault marines, the MkV is a bit more dynamic but still not my favourite kit in the world.

To me, the logical thing would be to make a Despoiler squad, then just have an upgrade sprue with jump packs that you can buy separately.


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 H.B.M.C. wrote:

RazorEdge wrote:
Too bad that those Helmets are FW Resin.

Is that really that big a problem when it's one piece/single part helmets and shoulder pads?

I hate resin as much as the next guy, and would prefer plastic any time, but... they're just helmets.

It's mainly the price, $3AUD per head is a bit much.

If we’re wishlisting id love to see some 30k terrain. Specifically pre-theocracy Imperial architecture, possibly not even ruined.

Non-ruined buildings? That really is Heresy...

The Fronteris stuff is both not ruined and not covered in skulls

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Irbis wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
I don't particularly want to see close combat marine variants handled with an upgrade sprue for MkVI. The MkVI poses in the tactical set are too passively posed for a CC variant.

Yup, look at all these dynamic and totally not passive poses of previous Forge World CC units

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 ImAGeek wrote:
Yeah, and there’s only 5 poses already.

As opposed to resin that often had 2-3 poses in 5 men squads?

I never said I was a big fan of the existing resins one, lol. At least there's 2 walking stances instead of only 1 as in the tac marine set I guess. Interestingly the MkIV Despoiler squad has a set of running legs that didn't make it into the Assault squad.

But yeah, not the biggest fan of the FW MkIV assault marines, the MkV is a bit more dynamic but still not my favourite kit in the world.

To me, the logical thing would be to make a Despoiler squad, then just have an upgrade sprue with jump packs that you can buy separately.


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 H.B.M.C. wrote:

RazorEdge wrote:
Too bad that those Helmets are FW Resin.

Is that really that big a problem when it's one piece/single part helmets and shoulder pads?

I hate resin as much as the next guy, and would prefer plastic any time, but... they're just helmets.

It's mainly the price, $3AUD per head is a bit much.

For your entire army I agree. But, it’s not too bad to tart up a Veteran squad here and there. Just little touches to help them stand out.

it's probably not financially viable to special helmet up an entire army unless you're capable of taking the official Forgeworld parts and making copies of them, like I did by copying my dark angel praetor head to slap on the bald calth praetor

You can also print them, and the STLs will be out weeks before the official pack.

Mkiii/iv back in stock on the US webstore, with no email notification...way to go GW!

Glad I snagged 2, been waiting....

Yeah I'm so glad I'm into molding and casting. It's opened up so many annoying possibilities. Kit comes with parts to make 20 models if you could just duplicate 5 parts? No problem!

axotl wrote:
Yeah I'm so glad I'm into molding and casting. It's opened up so many annoying possibilities. Kit comes with parts to make 20 models if you could just duplicate 5 parts? No problem!

What is your preferred product? I've looked into this before and when I've found pics/videos of people doing it, it always looks a bit bleh.

Some dudes plagiated the new DG Helmets already in less than 24h and put them online on a 3D Printing Database Site... Looks more like someone leaked the original files and turned them in STLs than self designed...

Mk4 are back on german GW Web Store too.

Copying is easy requiring zero talent.

tneva82 wrote:
Copying is easy requiring zero talent.

You really didn't think this through, did you, given the Death Guard helmets are basically just copied from earlier models

tneva82 wrote:
Copying is easy requiring zero talent.

Sounds like you've found a way to get rich quick, just fire up Blender and crank out a few armies

Racerguy180 wrote:
Mkiii/iv back in stock on the US webstore, with no email notification...way to go GW!

Glad I snagged 2, been waiting....

And MkIV gone again already.

Mark III are still up, at least

I got an email two weeks a go and when i looked on the site they where still out of stock.
So i did click the link in my email and i could order them an they arrived yesterday.

 skeleton wrote:
I got an email two weeks a go and when i looked on the site they where still out of stock.
So i did click the link in my email and i could order them an they arrived yesterday.

The category pages don't always update when things come back in stock - you need to check the individual product page.

In a rare criticism from me?

I really wish GW would sort out their website stock indicators.

1. I know it’s pretty lazy of me, but I don’t want have to, and frankly shouldn’t have to, click through to know what is and isn’t.

2. If it’s temporarily out of stock, the serial “no I don’t know what they get out of it either” whiners won’t get such open goals when something is only sold out and in fact awaiting a new production run.

Duymon wrote:
At a minimum I'd hope any mk VI assaults would be as dynamic as the 2nd version of the FW MK VI's

Maybe it's just me, but I find there's something quite unnatural about those poses. Like the weight of the model isn't in the right spot and the angles of the legs aren't right (the dude with his right leg high in the air looks like a dog lifting it's leg to take a leak). Are the torsos separate on those? Some of them (top right and bottom right) feel like the torsos are twisting too far into an unnatural position.

Part of it is the the feet aren't flush. For most SM models these days, the boot is bent as if its in contact with the ground and as if the foot is flexing.

These are just precariously balanced (though probably blu-tacked) on the base. So they look both floaty and unnaturally stiff.