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Definitely in for a box of these fine chaps. And happy to see the rider sprue is indicative of Outriders to come.

Scimitar b does not outriderish sound.

If outriders come quite likely different riders

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Definitely in for a box of these fine chaps. And happy to see the rider sprue is indicative of Outriders to come.

Not so sure myself ; the FW Outriders still wear their dorsal power plant/backpack, whereas the Scimitar riders do not.

The new plastic riders have a specific rear torso + cabling to link them to their mount.

Nothing including alternative backs on the hypothetical Bike Sprue can’t address.

That would also need new cut of sprue to read outrider b

Hmmm....have the pre-orders gone live yet? I can't find the jetbikes anywhere. Including the gw site. C'mon, give me my jetbikes already.......

They go live at 1pm EST in most cases. So, 5 minutes from now.

Cool. Thanks for that Rhigu.

Now: *finger on the trigger*

 Gadzilla666 wrote:
Hmmm....have the pre-orders gone live yet? I can't find the jetbikes anywhere. Including the gw site. C'mon, give me my jetbikes already.......

They go up at 12:56

“Temporarily out of stock online”…

Sold out on the main site as well. It's like the Deimos Rihno all over again. No matter, I can wait until the bitz sellers get their anyways (just want the riders and their wargear)

tneva82 wrote:
That would also need new cut of sprue to read outrider b

Not at all

The Spartan kit has a sprue labelled Land Raider.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Gadzilla666 wrote:
Hmmm....have the pre-orders gone live yet? I can't find the jetbikes anywhere. Including the gw site. C'mon, give me my jetbikes already.......

They go up at 12:56

Right you are Kan, but only for gw proper, it seems. Took a bit longer for the discounters. But I managed to snag two boxes, and saved $20 by not jumping the gun and going with gw directly. Patience pays off.

Those three Riders on one sprue is a poor decision. Instead of one Rider per sprue with many weapon options we get three 100% identical Riders with only Volkite Pistols and one Chainsword as options.

On the Contemptors: I’m now convinced we’ll either see made-to-order versions of the full contemptors or made-to-order leg and shoulder armor. Either way, it’s stupid to get rid of the full bodies for a downgrade (in terms of total alternative cosmetics) which in turn will most likely cost you more based on my prior math.

On the bikes: We still don’t have pistol, melee and combi-weapon plastic kits so odds are the riders don’t have much in anticipation of those.

the way the frames seem to lack options really suggests there is going to be an upgrade kit thats semi universal for weapons at some point

heck if they can do them for Necromunda

There is a hand flamer on the rider sprue, which completes the "pistol options". As for melee options for the sergeant? Get to kitbashing folks.

That allocation limit on the new Jetbikes is rough (First World Problems, I know!) - hard to imagine how GW whiffed on this one due to the expected popularity and anticipated demand, especially as this is one of the first not-tank/not-dread releases!

TreeStewges wrote:
On the Contemptors: I’m now convinced we’ll either see made-to-order versions of the full contemptors or made-to-order leg and shoulder armor. Either way, it’s stupid to get rid of the full bodies for a downgrade (in terms of total alternative cosmetics) which in turn will most likely cost you more based on my prior math.

I don't think that they will.

The point of GW turning the legion-specific Contemptors into upgrade torsos, presumably, is that you have to buy the complete plastic kit to use it. Plastic kits have a higher return on investment.

I just can't see them doing MTO for the old resin kits once the upgrade torsos are out, and I don't think they will bother with MTO for just the legs and/or shoulder armour

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/02/16/heresy-thursday-get-the-heads-up-on-an-inhuman-assassin-and-new-astartes-faces/

Very nice!

it's ok?


The heads are also nice.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Very nice!

Imho it would look much better if you flipped black&red on the main body.

I’d love that pony tail head (and the one beside it) for white scars, but he’s missing the scarred face that white scars are supposed to have.

Which is fine since it’s a generic head. Unlike the mk6 white scar head, that’s also not scarred…

I guess FW but sellers will have to hook me up so I dont buy expensive heads I’ll never use

The heads are great. Unfortunately I already have so many other good heads that I don't have enough models for...

The heads are really good - much better than most of the plastic bare heads - but my Heresy dudes are all wearing their helmets.

The assassin thing just doesn’t work for me.

 GaroRobe wrote:
I’d love that pony tail head (and the one beside it) for white scars, but he’s missing the scarred face that white scars are supposed to have.

Which is fine since it’s a generic head. Unlike the mk6 white scar head, that’s also not scarred…

I guess FW but sellers will have to hook me up so I dont buy expensive heads I’ll never use

Why guess when article flat out says?

While the marine heads are nice, that demon thing mishmash isn't. It's not tshirt cannon primaris bad but definitely a downgrade from the HH demons and especially the excellent Gal Vorbak.

That heretek assassin, not killing it

Character head packs are dope tho, and will probably sell well. I hope they do a Chapter agnostic beaky head kit next, with various bionics etc. The old plastic beaky variant heads are to large for the 2022 MKVI kit

Rumour engine for the right hand.