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Love love love the new MkIII Marines.

Poses are the same as the MkVI Corvus Marines so that the special and heavy weapon packs fit these as well (on the special weapon sprue, each gun is included five times and each fits a specific arm pair from the MkVI sprue, so the arms of the MkIII Marines have to match the exact same positions).

It also seems that the accessories sprue is the same as the one that came with the MkVI kit, as the vexilla, plume on the Sergeant, vox unit, and power fist all look to be the same.

Bit of a bummer, as I'd liked to have some variety, especially on the vexillas, but this means that each mark of armour will only need the production of a single new sprue, which hopefully allows them to crank out redesigns of MkIV and V sooner than later. Would be great to get at least one new mark of armour each year.

Now with MKIII on the table I cannot wait for the updated MKIV thus having both of my favourite HH armour marks updated.

Yay for embiggened Mk.III Marines! I hate the Dorito, but if the discount on the bundle box is good, and it happens to be in stock, I think I might just buy one.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Oh, a thought... those Primaris Scouts will probably be too tall, right? Cause HH could use some Scouts...

Hard to say. The modern HH marines are quite tall. If you have new plastic marines, the new primaris scouts will probably be a better match than the old scouts.

 Fayric wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Oh, a thought... those Primaris Scouts will probably be too tall, right? Cause HH could use some Scouts...

Hard to say. The modern HH marines are quite tall. If you have new plastic marines, the new primaris scouts will probably be a better match than the old scouts.

We already have Primaris Scouts for the Black Templars so I would look there for the size comparison with HH updated Firstborn.

 stahly wrote:
Love love love the new MkIII Marines.

Poses are the same as the MkVI Corvus Marines so that the special and heavy weapon packs fit these as well (on the special weapon sprue, each gun is included five times and each fits a specific arm pair from the MkVI sprue, so the arms of the MkIII Marines have to match the exact same positions).

I mean, then it only means the pose and size of the arms have to be the same, the distance from one side of the torso armour to the other doesn't change no matter what pose the legs are in. The body poses are the exact same (As opposed to similar but clearly different) because it was cheaper. They have disguised it a little by reversing the ratios of squatting to upright poses with uprights being the majority in this kit as opposed to the Mk6 where squatting marines carried the day.

Ascended Fulgrim is, fittingly, absolutely perfect, however I can't help but wonder how both versions of Fulgrim would look if their faces were swapped...it would definitely improve the 'regular' version.

Thank god I stocked up on the older MKIII, while I love the new proportions I'm not a fan of the new helmets at all

I hate that mk.III re-design. It's every bit as bad as the recent plastic mk. VI. I don't understand why they're deviating so much from the established designs.

tneva82 wrote:
You care. Meanwhile arms and heads been swapped decades

I’m someone who cares and I’m trying to break that lol. Especially since it’s not uncommon for marines to have different armor marks, different backpacks, etc. the forge world books are full of examples of ramshackle marines. I wish the chaos marines had less uniformity

The way they've limited everything to the same 5 poses just so the weapon upgrades will work across the 2 armour marks is really frustrating.

Billicus wrote:
The way they've limited everything to the same 5 poses just so the weapon upgrades will work across the 2 armour marks is really frustrating.

Especially since it didn't need to be the same poses. The arm-positions had to be the same so the weapons fit but the body could have been different. Even just having slightly different leg positions would have been fine so they don't just look like MKVI with a MKIII costume on top. But that is probably exactly what happened.

Deredeo : nice to see it make the transition to plastic

MkIII : not a fan of the new look or the "lazy" approach (same leg stances and sarge options as MkVI). I also
note that not a single MkIII has a bayonet, so I wonder if those bits are even included/compatible with the kit).

Best bit of the WarCom article is:

"This boxed set will arrive for pre-order sooner than you think"

So pre order in September possibly then?

Could be this weekend.

Aye, could be as early as announced the 3rd and pre order on the 10th for release on the 17th.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Could be this weekend.

I can quarantee no preorder this weekend but announcement could be. Wouldn't be first time something announced for preorder same week as previews were.

Fulgrim is simply glorious.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Good stuff today

I'll probably pick up two of those boxes, I specifically avoided getting the plastic Proteus because it was on the speculated box cover and it paid off.

Genuinely surprised they're giving up on the knuckle rivets for the sake of special/heavy weapon cross compatibility, but it's better than the next 4 releases being marginally retooled upgrade sprues. Sad that the core Mk3 sprues are as barebones as Mk6 tho.

Not that I was going to get the MkIII anyway, but you're right. If they had gone with dedicated upgrade sprues for each armor mark, it would probably mean another 3 or 4 years before all of them get released. This way they are all ready to go right now.

IMNSHO, MkVI is the bestest armor anyway, so I'll just stick with that.

 SgtEeveell wrote:


IMNSHO, MkVI is the bestest armor anyway, so I'll just stick with that.

Absolutely! The original and best. The new mark III bodies look cool though. I’m loving the inset skull at the waist. I’m planning on seeing if I can snag a single sprue from eBay. I really want to see what they look like with MkVI heads and shoulders/arms. See if they give something a bit more like that Wil Rees, chunky, brutal Rogue Trader illustration vibe.

 BertBert wrote:
Fulgrim is simply glorious.

Absolutely. Terrible shame about it being FW resin... I don't expect most of it to survive even light handling.

 Albertorius wrote:

 BertBert wrote:
Fulgrim is simply glorious.

Absolutely. Terrible shame about it being FW resin... I don't expect most of it to survive even light handling.

Yes, Fulgrim looks like an amazing display piece rather than a playing piece. I think it’s interesting that the first demon Primarch for HH is one that doesn’t have a 40K mini. I wonder how this will work for others. Will there be a HH demon Angron that’s different from the 40K one (and how many people will just use the 40K mini anyway)? How will 40K Fulgrim (it’s got to be a when, not an if) differ from this one? More monstrous? More mutated perhaps?

I can hear the Fulgrim model break every time I look at the picture.

I just think GW doesn’t think people actually play with these so makes them display pieces.
Very cool tho!

I think most people who are going to spend the money on centerpiece resin models are the type to take decent care of them, even while gaming. The ones who just 3D print scanned copies won't really care.

 MonkeyBallistic wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:

 BertBert wrote:
Fulgrim is simply glorious.

Absolutely. Terrible shame about it being FW resin... I don't expect most of it to survive even light handling.

Yes, Fulgrim looks like an amazing display piece rather than a playing piece. I think it’s interesting that the first demon Primarch for HH is one that doesn’t have a 40K mini. I wonder how this will work for others. Will there be a HH demon Angron that’s different from the 40K one (and how many people will just use the 40K mini anyway)? How will 40K Fulgrim (it’s got to be a when, not an if) differ from this one? More monstrous? More mutated perhaps?

I think it's notable that he's described as 'Fulgrim Transformed', rather than 'Fulgrim, Daemon Primarch of Slaanesh'. So, I'd expect 'Transformed' versions of the other Traitor Primarchs, as well as an eventual Daemon Primarch (10,000 years later) version of Fulgrim.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I think most people who are going to spend the money on centerpiece resin models are the type to take decent care of them, even while gaming. The ones who just 3D print scanned copies won't really care.

I have buy too much second hand forge world to agree with this.
Got almost all the tau air stuff second hand, and the amount of shoddy work I seen on some is crazy.
Like $1000+ model, person building must have just learned what glue was.

It’s crazy.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/09/01/forge-world-pre-orders-all-aboard-the-arvus-lighter/

Apple fox wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I think most people who are going to spend the money on centerpiece resin models are the type to take decent care of them, even while gaming. The ones who just 3D print scanned copies won't really care.

I have buy too much second hand forge world to agree with this.
Got almost all the tau air stuff second hand, and the amount of shoddy work I seen on some is crazy.
Like $1000+ model, person building must have just learned what glue was.

It’s crazy.

Yeah I’ve seen some of those YouTube model rescue videos. Like I get that everyone starts somewhere; my first ever Airfix Spitfire was a mess… but some people seem to start on expensive super-projects, get frustrated when they’re not instantly at the level of a master with a decade or two of experience under their belt, then just throw it away in n disgust (and/or spread malicious hyperbole about how terrible {thing} is).

 Mr_Rose wrote:
(and/or spread malicious hyperbole about how terrible {thing} is).

To be fair, it is terrible, that's why you need that decade or two of experience, to fix everything that comes fethed up out of the box.

I feel like people are stuck in the past with FW. There's this enduring idea that FW models are rubbish because they're resin when the resin from FW's early days isn't the same resin being used now.

Funnily enough, as mainline GW models have gotten better in quality so have FW ones.

People only complain about the pricing because they have this idea in their heads that FW models will definitely have defects and I can count on one hand the number of defective FW models my entire gaming group has received over the last decade.

I honestly believe that what people are seeing the most these days aren't genuine FW products but recasts.