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I gotta say, outside the Space Wolves (which I don't HATE but definitely don't LIKE), the HH team has been knocking these Mk6 helmets out of the park.

Hmmm. I get more eagle/vulture vibes out of those helmets than lizard/dragon.

Swap to different colors and they feel like they fit more of a 'Raptor' chapter (or tzeentch, given some of the art direction there).

I quite taken with those helmets. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I really like them.

 ScarletRose wrote:
It's... okay. I'm not really feeling putting together another rhino chassis with it's funky baseplate right now.

I hear you. I did okay with the first 2, but when I built the Predator the baseplate just would not fit properly. I got there eventually, but it was just too much work. It is a real disincentive to getting more Rhino-based models.

 Snrub wrote:
I quite taken with those helmets. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I really like them.

Perhaps cause they have a bit of a gasmask feel? Like you'd imagine a flame thrower equipped ww2 soldier to wear. Helps deal with all the ash and smoke so it makes sense for the crimson eyed blokes.

 Snord wrote:

 ScarletRose wrote:
It's... okay. I'm not really feeling putting together another rhino chassis with it's funky baseplate right now.

I hear you. I did okay with the first 2, but when I built the Predator the baseplate just would not fit properly. I got there eventually, but it was just too much work. It is a real disincentive to getting more Rhino-based models.

If you shave the top down on the back tab on each side they slide into the gap a lot easier.

These Salamander helms have that Kevin O'Neill vibe going on. Digging it. Would make for great generic "traitor beakie" head for most CSM armies, maybe shave those rivets down tho, they poke out a bit much..

RazorEdge wrote:
Just release Close Combat Infantry Stuff.

THIS.

No more endless tanks, or assassins that 3 people will use in their lists. Give us the troops we need to finish our armies!

And the Typhon, as that’s disappeared from the FW Store. And sometimes, subtlety just isn’t needed.

cody.d. wrote:

 Snrub wrote:
I quite taken with those helmets. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I really like them.

Perhaps cause they have a bit of a gasmask feel? Like you'd imagine a flame thrower equipped ww2 soldier to wear. Helps deal with all the ash and smoke so it makes sense for the crimson eyed blokes.

I thought they'd make good helmets for a destroyer unit for that reason.

 Moopy wrote:

RazorEdge wrote:
Just release Close Combat Infantry Stuff.

THIS.

No more endless tanks, or assassins that 3 people will use in their lists. Give us the troops we need to finish our armies!

To be fair, resin assassins have no impact on how many and which plastic kits they make for Horus Heresy. The continuing absence of close quarters infantry is still bogus, of course.

So - there was an announcement on FB about a Liber Imperium FAQ, but nothing appeared on the WarCom site and it's now been deleted...

 Moopy wrote:

RazorEdge wrote:
Just release Close Combat Infantry Stuff.

THIS.

No more endless tanks, or assassins that 3 people will use in their lists. Give us the troops we need to finish our armies!

This.

Literally had my HH project shelved for months. As someone who's making a WE berzerker assault horde, I can't do jack until I get my hands on some bloody bolt pistols and melee arms.

beast_gts wrote:
So - there was an announcement on FB about a Liber Imperium FAQ, but nothing appeared on the WarCom site and it's now been deleted...

And it's live now: Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Updated FAQs and Free Rules for Classic Solar Auxilia

PDF Link


EDIT: They've also updated the other FAQs!

That is a very nice Legacies PDF. It makes me wonder if the initial intention behind HH 2 Solar Aux was to fold Cults and Militia into just the one ruleset alongside Solar Aux.

The Black Adder wrote:

cody.d. wrote:

 Snrub wrote:
I quite taken with those helmets. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I really like them.

Perhaps cause they have a bit of a gasmask feel? Like you'd imagine a flame thrower equipped ww2 soldier to wear. Helps deal with all the ash and smoke so it makes sense for the crimson eyed blokes.

I thought they'd make good helmets for a destroyer unit for that reason.

That's a really good idea!

Also, the blank helmets look more suited to Raven Guard than Salamanders (or Alpha Legion).

Maybe for...Raven Guard Destroyers?

 Gert wrote:
That is a very nice Legacies PDF. It makes me wonder if the initial intention behind HH 2 Solar Aux was to fold Cults and Militia into just the one ruleset alongside Solar Aux.

Am I missing something? I don’t see cults&militia rules anywhere…

I like that most tanks with the Twin Lascannons in the turret have a Gravis Lascannon, but the Carnadon does not.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 Gert wrote:
That is a very nice Legacies PDF. It makes me wonder if the initial intention behind HH 2 Solar Aux was to fold Cults and Militia into just the one ruleset alongside Solar Aux.

Am I missing something? I don’t see cults&militia rules anywhere…

Well those should be their own thing presumably, not a Legacies for the SA.

Knowing GW they just wont be a thing.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Am I missing something? I don’t see cults&militia rules anywhere…

Solar Auxilia got variant Tercios and army rules that are similar to C&M Provenances. The Legacies PDF adds things like Macharius tanks, static arty, and the Lodge Priest.
It's just a theory I had where C&M were getting dropped in favour of a ruleset that has official models but could easily be used to largely represent most C&M lists as well. Its obviously not true but it was an intriguing idea.

 Gert wrote:

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Am I missing something? I don’t see cults&militia rules anywhere…

Solar Auxilia got variant Tercios and army rules that are similar to C&M Provenances. The Legacies PDF adds things like Macharius tanks, static arty, and the Lodge Priest.
It's just a theory I had where C&M were getting dropped in favour of a ruleset that has official models but could easily be used to largely represent most C&M lists as well. Its obviously not true but it was an intriguing idea.

Ah, right; I was just hoping that the promised C&M pdf had dropped somewhere and I just missed it. The roadmap did include that if I remember correctly.

Road maps are often wrong, especially if they're drawn by a 3yo kid high on skittles...

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Ah, right; I was just hoping that the promised C&M pdf had dropped somewhere and I just missed it. The roadmap did include that if I remember correctly.

Honestly? From what I've seen the Solar Aux list is pretty good IMO. You can still make pretty characterful armies with the rules provided and it has the benefit of actually existing lol.

Is the Solar Auxilia Macharius a bargain at 300 pts rather than 600 it costs as a Legion Lord of War (albeit at -1BS)?

For a 24" range Battle Cannon or 36" Range Vanquisher cannon, probably not.

Yeah, it's hilarious how bad the original pdf was that you can literally cut the price of a unit in half and it's still F-tier trash that will never see the table. GW is treating 30k as a joke rules-wise and I'm not surprised to hear it's bleeding players.

See, that's why I think once the Scorpius and the last Mk 6 update sets (there's still one or two left, right?) are out, they're going to wrap up Heresy Thursdays and let the momentum of the game sputter back to pre-AoD levels.

When did the weapons on the Macharius become so short ranged?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
When did the weapons on the Macharius become so short ranged?

When GW published their 30k legends equivalent, a supplement clearly aimed at saying "SEE WE GAVE YOU RULES FOR THAT NOW SHUT UP AND STOP ASKING" while making them so unappealing, both in fluff and rules, that nobody will ever use them in real games and they can quietly discontinue support entirely in the future. The whole pdf is full of idiocy like 24" range heavy guns and "this tank sucks and everyone hates it when they're desperate enough to use one" for fluff.

I'll take imperfect over non-existent. Weird things like that are better than some of the abuses of HH 1, and if 24" Battlecannons on a Macharius (a unit that was never inculded in an actual HH list) is the price to pay for the game to have better balance and plastic kits then I'm fine with that.

Nah. 24" range battlecannons is stupid.

They wrote bad rules and justified them badly.