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He’s beautiful

Not huge on the sword but everything else is great


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 Shadow Walker wrote:
Not a fan of a helmet but otherwise a really nice model.

Well if you ever get him, I’ll buy it off you

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
The bare head is absolutely fantastic!

The armour is cool too, a nice mid-point between loyal Astartes and full-blown CSM.

The pose lets it down, it lacks soul, for lack of a better term.

I don't mind the pose, but I think a scenic base or... cough... tactical rock would have complemented the level of detail of the rest of the model.

Pose looks like he is leaning in for a shield bash. I think it works.

My issue with the pose is it’s very similar to Ashurhaddon, a character for the same legion who didn’t come out that long ago.

 ImAGeek wrote:
My issue with the pose is it’s very similar to Ashurhaddon, a character for the same legion who didn’t come out that long ago.

You meant: IT is the same pose on the body.

 GaroRobe wrote:

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 Shadow Walker wrote:
Not a fan of a helmet but otherwise a really nice model.

Well if you ever get him, I’ll buy it off you

Ha ha, deal!

Remember how the Astartes Battle Group got spoiled by the box art being in Siege of Cthonia?



This is also probably a spoiler



That's what I can find at a cursory glance but I'm no expert on the existing range.

Do you mean the art for the Rapier? If so, I noticed the design is different to the FW model, which does suggest it's been re-done.

The art just looks like normal Mk 6 with BA helmet and despoiler arm upgrades.

Color plates of rapiers is more hopeful. It looks like they were redesigned from the FW models when they made the LI scale version, hoping for a full size release.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

Color plates of rapiers is more hopeful. It looks like they were redesigned from the FW models when they made the LI scale version, hoping for a full size release.

Yeah they are the exact same new design as the LI models just with more details, so pretty likely I would say

Took a decent look at Beta Garmon rules just now

1) Shattered Legions, bookkeeping aside, has a handful potentially fun legion combinations and a few terrible ones and a lot of meh in between, I wouldn't worry about min/maxing in the slightest, the power level will never match the good vanilla legions. Power and characterful-ness of course varies just as widely as in the vanilla Legions. DG majority, for example, grants the core of their legion trait (always stationary for shooting) while some are barely worth writing down. For all the doom and gloom on Goonhammer I can't find any other instance where rules straight up break down besides single model Night Lords units (Dreadnoughts!) being completely unable to ever declare a charge.

2) Blackshields, meh with a side of meh. One standout vow option is you can't take HQs, but all unit champions get buffed to near Centurion level stats for free. Dual wielding Imperial Guard small arms might also be fun, 4 strength 3 shots per model ain't nothing and they can be shotguns. The other vows are mostly bad Fabius Bile type genetic sidegrades and minor leadership shenanigans. I can't see the strongest Blackshields measuring up to the weakest Legion.

3) Company Command squad, costs the same as Legion Command Squad and loses artificer armour and chainswords, so pretty gak, but has a few extra wargear options that could be interesting for certain legions (oops all alchem hand flamers)

4) Legion Auxilia is the neatest part of the book, straight up free minor buffs for Aux taken as allies with Marines and often very characterful, for example Salamanders Marines give a 4+ cover save to Salamanders Auxilia behind them. The only section of the book that is done just right.

There's also a 40 point Marine HQ who's like a budget Delegatus, a Centurion who lets you take 3 Aux Lasrifle sections or Militia Infantry squads, and of course the 3 new Aux sentinels that we've already seen as pdf, and new special characters who can pull double duty in Shattered Legions or their home Legion.

Overall the book has a commendable amount of content, but most of it is aggressively mediocre, although nothing is remotely as bad as the dumpster fire of Legiones Hereticus (Emperor's Children)

Aggressively mediocre is a good way to put it.

The shattered legions rules could have been implemented in a more simplified manner to eliminate the bookkeeping while retaining the flavor. The NL Dreadnought situation could have also been avoided with a single extra sentence too.

Blackshields are on the cusp of being great, on the wrong side of mid. A couple of the vows are kinda OK, most are pretty meh. They are not nearly as good as the Imperialis Militia provenances in terms of the level of customizability or thematic flavor offered.

Not sure I understand why we needed a company command squad vs a legion command squads or what it brings to the table for us. Seems a redundant choice.

Auxilia rules are generally pretty great, though the new lifeguards unit seems kinda pricey.

Blood Angels bits up for pre-order next weekend:

Sunday Preview – Green or Gold?

Hmmmm....Necromunda guns?

So Heresy MK V confirmed?

Yeah, one of the Blackshields rules is that they get to take stuff like Lasguns and Autoguns. Very cursed but also very funny.

Not seeing how mkv is confirmed?

chaos0xomega wrote:
Not seeing how mkv is confirmed?

There is MKV apothecary written (yellow) on that pic so it could suggest (or not) MKV.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Not seeing how mkv is confirmed?

There is MKV apothecary written (yellow) on that pic so it could suggest (or not) MKV.

Unfortunately, it's these guys (FW resin):

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/12/21/patch-up-your-battered-legions-with-this-pair-of-surgical-space-marines/

Old-Four-Arms wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Not seeing how mkv is confirmed?

There is MKV apothecary written (yellow) on that pic so it could suggest (or not) MKV.

Unfortunately, it's these guys (FW resin):

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/12/21/patch-up-your-battered-legions-with-this-pair-of-surgical-space-marines/

I recognize my failing and will be sure to correct it

 Shadow Walker wrote:
I recognize my failing and will be sure to correct it

Fifty lashings with a wet noodle! Report to the commissar for discipline.

 Scottywan82 wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
I recognize my failing and will be sure to correct it

Fifty lashings with a wet noodle! Report to the commissar for discipline.

Yeah, I deserve all of it. No mercy

chaos0xomega wrote:
Auxilia rules are generally pretty great, though the new lifeguards unit seems kinda pricey.

...are water features enough of a thing on Heresy tables that the IG-equivalent need lifeguards?

 Dysartes wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Auxilia rules are generally pretty great, though the new lifeguards unit seems kinda pricey.

...are water features enough of a thing on Heresy tables that the IG-equivalent need lifeguards?

Life Guards in the British/European military sense.

Ooh, I like that! Autoguns and lasguns on Astartes, just like in the RT days. If we end up getting plastics for all armour marks, blackshield squads will be rad

That BA resin bling set will be mine!

 RaptorusRex wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Auxilia rules are generally pretty great, though the new lifeguards unit seems kinda pricey.

...are water features enough of a thing on Heresy tables that the IG-equivalent need lifeguards?

Life Guards in the British/European military sense.

Newest mini....
Commissar Hasselhoff & Swimsuit retinue

 RaptorusRex wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Auxilia rules are generally pretty great, though the new lifeguards unit seems kinda pricey.

...are water features enough of a thing on Heresy tables that the IG-equivalent need lifeguards?

Life Guards in the British/European military sense.

It's a bodyguard unit called Lifewards. Easy mix-up.

 RaptorusRex wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Auxilia rules are generally pretty great, though the new lifeguards unit seems kinda pricey.

...are water features enough of a thing on Heresy tables that the IG-equivalent need lifeguards?

Life Guards in the British/European military sense.

They can be both. Why do you think there is art of bare chested custodes?

 Kanluwen wrote:

 RaptorusRex wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Auxilia rules are generally pretty great, though the new lifeguards unit seems kinda pricey.

...are water features enough of a thing on Heresy tables that the IG-equivalent need lifeguards?

Life Guards in the British/European military sense.

It's a bodyguard unit called Lifewards. Easy mix-up.

Especially easy given that is the original military role of Life Guards units historically.

 Gert wrote:
Yeah, one of the Blackshields rules is that they get to take stuff like Lasguns and Autoguns. Very cursed but also very funny.

Haven't got my book yet, but are autocannons included in that? If so, then we have the perfect representation of outlaw chapters, IMHO.