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 ImAGeek wrote:

Charax wrote:
So the info on the inductii was cool, post-istvaan recruits that have issues either culturally, genetically or logistically due to their rushed indoctrination into the Legions. I don't think those were a thing in HH1 were they? it'll be interesting to see how they're represented

They were a thing in the background, and I think the World Eaters had some rules around them?

Yes, they could pump Inductii up with a special character that did medical experiments on them. Inductii as a concept are pretty neat, they're basically the mirror-image inside a Legion to what the Blackshields are outside of one, but i think they lend themselves more to small-scale games or even RPGs. If they play up the 'genetic mistake' thing, their role on the tabletop could be akin to loyalist Possessed-style shock troops.

Oof, a YEAR before Assault Squads....

Not that I'm complaining, but I wonder why the Mk 3s are getting updated before MK 4s? Both do need to be updated into a new scale, but MK 4s came out first (Betrayal at Calth came out years before Assault on Prospero).

Better load up on those Mk 3 helmets and the sheathed chainswords now though. I guess we have 18 weeks of good Mk 3 Legion Upgrade previews to look forward to as well

 tauist wrote:
There were some rumours about a new HH box with assault marines and a new plastic dread some time ago but those rumours were never considered all that credible

I am wondering if that art piece is cover art for a box.

Marines, Land Raider and Dedero.

I think it’s MkII?


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 TalonZahn wrote:
Oof, a YEAR before Assault Squads....

Six to nine months?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I think it’s MkII?


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 TalonZahn wrote:
Oof, a YEAR before Assault Squads....

Six to nine months?

Depends on your definition of Winter. Meteorological it's from December 22 to March 20, so 8-10 months, but you could also read 'Winter' as Q4, in which case you would be correct,

Still plenty of time to be loading the cash cannon.

Reckon I’m gonna want 2 x 20 strong squads with Jump Packs.

Hopefully the melee weapons, on the (not necessarily safe) assumption they’re plastic, like the MkVI weapon upgrades.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I think it’s MkII?


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 TalonZahn wrote:
Oof, a YEAR before Assault Squads....

Six to nine months?

I'm old and age differently.

Although I also paint more marines in a year than any one human should.

On the reveals? I would like to have seen more new models.

But. What we’re told is coming? That is pleasing unto Nuggan. Deredeo is a must have for me (I’m Dreadnought daft!), want assault marines as stated, and just….just….more.

Positives
+ SoH character is a nice model. I need a Delegatus for an allied detachment and that would be a nice base. (I do find it quite funny that it has about 10 different Eye of Horus symbols just in case you weren't sure he is a Son of Horus)
+ More plastic kits in the pipeline including what is probably the Dorito Dread.
+ Cerastus babeeey. Can't wait for the flamer one to inevitably come out. Also, the whiplash when the article talks about the Lancer being almost 10 years old hurt my soul because it does not feel like it.
+ Primarch !?! Interested to see what that's about.

Improvements
- Assault Marines and Melee weapons are a while off. Not an issue for me because I am swimming in Bolt Pistols and Chainswords but disappointing overall.
- I don't really like what looks to be the updated MkIII kit. Just feels a bit iffy.

Other
~ I don't really care about Epic. I'm sure some people do, I just don't.

 Gert wrote:
Positives
+ SoH character is a nice model. I need a Delegatus for an allied detachment and that would be a nice base. (I do find it quite funny that it has about 10 different Eye of Horus symbols just in case you weren't sure he is a Son of Horus)

With their 'True OG gang member' background for the particular faction that dude is from, i'd imagine it's like one of the south-american hyperviolent gangs that go really overboard with facial tattoos and such.

 GaroRobe wrote:
Not that I'm complaining, but I wonder why the Mk 3s are getting updated before MK 4s? Both do need to be updated into a new scale, but MK 4s came out first (Betrayal at Calth came out years before Assault on Prospero).

Likely just a matter of GW making the decision based on the sales numbers of the current kits.

Mk III is more visually distinct from Primaris than Mk IV is. Mk III would also make a better base kit for a breacher squad.

Mystery Lords of War is almost certainly the Cerastus Acheron and Castigator. One sprue to swap out arms, head, and maybe shoulders. Very unlikely to be Felblade, or they would have teased it.

Primarch, maybe a Dorn, Castellan of Terra to match the new Horus? Those two legions are the face of the game currently.

Only because I couldn’t see it in the thread (I may just be being thick) here’s the roadmap.

Hopefully OP can add it to the first post

So guesses/hopes which primarch gets redone next?

tneva82 wrote:
So guesses/hopes which primarch gets redone next?

Omegon is technically missing still

I'd hope for a redone Dorn, i.e. 'Dorn, Praetorian of Terra' or something like that.

Fulgrim.

I can’t prove it. But just…think about it. Has no Daemon Primarch model (yet!) in 40K, so nothing beyond his ancient Epic model to set expectations.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Fulgrim.

I can’t prove it. But just…think about it. Has no Daemon Primarch model (yet!) in 40K, so nothing beyond his ancient Epic model to set expectations.

Fulgrim is guaranteed to get a plastic Daemon Primarch model soon-ish, i don't think that FW will double up on the four that get plastics...

When did Lorgar ascend again? It was way after the Siege, right?

Apparently, it's semi-confirmed that it isn't the Khan on his bike.
Angron would be a guess seeing as it's the oldest Primarch model but he becomes a Daemon during the Shadow Crusade. Fulgrim likewise gets Daemonified relatively early on.

Just wondering how much the new C-Lancer kit will cost. It looks substantially larger than even the Dominus at £110, so I'm thinking...about £140?

SamusDrake wrote:
Just wondering how much the new C-Lancer kit will cost. It looks substantially larger than even the Dominus at £110, so I'm thinking...about £140?

Cerastus Knights are a decent amount taller than a questoris/dominus, but the torso is slightly narrower and most the size is due to longer legs. I'd guess closer to £110 to £125

SamusDrake wrote:
Just wondering how much the new C-Lancer kit will cost. It looks substantially larger than even the Dominus at £110, so I'm thinking...about £140?

HH kits do seem to be favourably priced compared to 40K.

Still not cheap by any stretch of the imagination. But so far they have been lower than expected.

I'm just reminded of how much I hate what they've done the the Mk.VI designs. The original HH resin Mk. VI and the bits we have in current plastic kits are all much, much better.

A shame that Mk.III looks like it's undergoing pointless aesthetic changes in addition to biggerising.

Plastic Cerastus was a pleasant surprise.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I think it’s MkII?


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 TalonZahn wrote:
Oof, a YEAR before Assault Squads....

Six to nine months?

It’s mkiii. Smooth leg panels, separate eyes. It’s fairly different to current mkiii, but I quite like it.

I just realized the dead marine the IF character is posing on doesn’t make sense. There’s a very fresh burn mark on it, but the head is a skull implying the marine is long dead. Unless the shot perfectly burnt off the skin but didn’t damage the face

 GaroRobe wrote:
I just realized the dead marine the IF character is posing on doesn’t make sense. There’s a very fresh burn mark on it, but the head is a skull implying the marine is long dead. Unless the shot perfectly burnt off the skin but didn’t damage the face

Volkite is like the Mars Attacks ray guns, so it could have

 GaroRobe wrote:
I just realized the dead marine the IF character is posing on doesn’t make sense. There’s a very fresh burn mark on it, but the head is a skull implying the marine is long dead. Unless the shot perfectly burnt off the skin but didn’t damage the face

I see what you mean.

Could be a torso from a previous battle held up as a shield before the holder snuffed it?

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:
I just realized the dead marine the IF character is posing on doesn’t make sense. There’s a very fresh burn mark on it, but the head is a skull implying the marine is long dead. Unless the shot perfectly burnt off the skin but didn’t damage the face

Volkite is like the Mars Attacks ray guns, so it could have

Yeah, i always imagined Volkite to be basically knockoff Gauss-Flayers they're cobbling together in their martian favela, so boiling off the soft bits in a flash seems like a thing it could do.

Or, being in Terminator Armour and thus of incredible weigh, could be a foe he’s long since killed, then stomped on, and can’t get it off his boot, and it’s only just occurred to him to trying blasting it off?

New MkIII models (or are they some MkII variant after all?) seem to be very much inspired by this artwork: https://twitter.com/SecretlyShiva/status/1652771981534670848