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Some running models with plenty of pistols and chainswords (possibly both sheathed and in the hand) would be awesome. It's a bit of a pain to scrounge through my bitsbox to kit out units. The torsos having options for belted and unbelted or no belts would be nice too. So they can be used for both the foot and jump mounted assault units.

I've always wondered. The jump packs are meant to be disposable once you drop down, assuming by the quick release on the chest. How does the armour receive it's normal power then? Batteries that need to be replenished after a short period of deployment perhaps?

The bare head is pretty cool.

cody.d. wrote:
Some running models with plenty of pistols and chainswords (possibly both sheathed and in the hand) would be awesome. It's a bit of a pain to scrounge through my bitsbox to kit out units. The torsos having options for belted and unbelted or no belts would be nice too. So they can be used for both the foot and jump mounted assault units.

I've always wondered. The jump packs are meant to be disposable once you drop down, assuming by the quick release on the chest. How does the armour receive it's normal power then? Batteries that need to be replenished after a short period of deployment perhaps?

No you are mistaken. Space marines keep using the jump packs throughout a battle, they aren't one use.

You may confusing them with Grav Chutes, like elysian drop troopers use. They are one use.

As an Iron Hands player - the heads aren't bad but they're not very Iron Hands-y (except for the bare & crested ones).

I'm a loyal 10th Legion appreciator but these don't excite me, oh well.

Weird, I kinda love those.

I think it's the sorta "Fallout Power Armor" vibe they have for me that is drawing me in.

I dunno if I'd use an entire squad of them, but I think they work as Sergeant heads, and the bare/crested ones are really nice for characters.

I rather like these. Not particularly a fan of the sergeant's crest (its a bit too ostentatious), but I could see picking a pack of each, particularly just using helmet and pad for squad sergeants.

(I like the idea of the IH going even more unadorned in whatever mark of armor post-massacre. They just don't have the time, resources or vanity for that).

Want sure what to expect for iron hands mkvi heads. These aren't bad, even if not what I envisioned.

The bare head is fantastic though. I feel like that would be a perfect kardan Stronos head--i seem to recall he's missing his mouth and has at least one bionic eye.

They actually kinda give me Space Wolves vibes. With some knot work or wolf iconography maybe they could have passed for that.

Those heads are great. I don't have much more to add.

These are neat. Not as good as the space wolf heads, but still pretty nice. So far these sets have been okay, I just wish they'd get them out quicker.

beast_gts wrote:

Finally at last! My beloved Iron Hands!

I think I'll grab a set of those heads to chuck on some primaris marines. Whilst billed as mk6 (I had to double check I hadn't misread the Roman numerals) they don't have the typical pronounced snout so I think they'll work for mk4 or primaris. They remind me of the primaris techmarine helm which is one of my favourite space marine helm designs.

So the AoD box has 40 SM grunts? I will finally build two blobs of 20 men each with one using the upgrade bits to quickly differentiate the squads at first glance. Need a second Spartan though to transport the second squad as IH don´t like to hike.

Weird mk 6 upgrades. The helmets are not beakies and the shoulderpads have raised trim.
Somehow i strongly feel like that is cheating.

 Strg Alt wrote:
So the AoD box has 40 SM grunts? I will finally build two blobs of 20 men each with one using the upgrade bits to quickly differentiate the squads at first glance. Need a second Spartan though to transport the second squad as IH don´t like to hike.

Spartan is amazing, can't understate that at all. But the Proteus Kit is flipping a dream. Easily the most fun I've had building a model kit from GW in AGES and it looks stellar, even in grey plastic. Can't wait to get it painted up and see it on the table top!

Looks more like an upgrade for Mk4...

RazorEdge wrote:
Looks more like an upgrade for Mk4...

Don't let Irbis see you saying that!

Pretty nice helmets and not tied so strongly to Iron Hands that they couldn't fit elsewhere. I think I'll pick up a set to use when building techmarines for my Dark Angels.

The helmets are far superior to the older jankier IH offerings from FW. My Heresy force is UM, but a set of these heads will be great for tank crew techmarines.

The bare head would work well on a kakophoni.

Those are the second worst head, just after the SW ones. They don't look IH and they aren't even MKVI
Is this some kind of weird, competition, the sculptors actively trying to outdo each other but in a bad way ?

The only non-MkVI part is the changed beak. It very much is a MkVI helmet.

Yeah, I think they look like MKVI heads as well. I dont love them, they are ok, but that sergeant head does it for me, it has that admech marshal vibe going on!

 Gert wrote:
The only non-MkVI part is the changed beak. It very much is a MkVI helmet.

You might argue that the beak is the last thing you should remove from the armor mark that got its nickname from it.

I suppose the designers didn't feel like the rest of the helmet provides an opportunity for 18 different designs, but it's still a dodgy choice. Maybe they should have made alternate chest plates instead of helmets.

 Gert wrote:
The only non-MkVI part is the changed beak. It very much is a MkVI helmet.

Well, seeing as the beak IS the featuring part of a MKVI where the additional / improved sensors are located, taking it off pretty much negates the main feature of a MKVI, visually and in universe, but ok

 Geifer wrote:

 Gert wrote:
The only non-MkVI part is the changed beak. It very much is a MkVI helmet.

You might argue that the beak is the last thing you should remove from the armor mark that got its nickname from it.

I suppose the designers didn't feel like the rest of the helmet provides an opportunity for 18 different designs, but it's still a dodgy choice. Maybe they should have made alternate chest plates instead of helmets.

With the new way the bodies are cut, chest plates would be quite limited in use. Heads and shoulders are basically universal across the marine range.