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 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Why the 2-handed Staff, and an axe?

dual-wielding is cool

Is that supposed to be Mk5 Heresy Armor?

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
He doesn't seem to fit in the HH esthetic. He looks like the missing link between HH and 40k.

The Space Wolves have always been that, from the beginning. Ever since the concept of the codex astartes was intrroduced, the wolves have been stated to have stuck with the ways Russ taught them to fight. Hence the odd structure of Grey Hunters and Long Fangs in 40k which are closer to the way tactical and support squads in HH work than to contemporary Tactical and Devastator squads, and having their initiates in power armour while their recon troops are veterans.

Decent enough sculpt, I like the pauldrons. Just happy to see the return of consuls to heresy thursday

Skidlid is reminding me of the Carcharadon’s special character’s bonce.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Is that supposed to be Mk5 Heresy Armor?

It is, yeah. I really like this model.

Well at least it's an actual release, for the actual Horus Heresy game!

His choice of weapons is a bit weird. And he’s holding his axe way too delicately. I don’t think he’s over-ornamented, and he follows the aesthetic of the other SW characters they’ve done. The head is awesome - I wish there were more SW heads as good as that one. Overall, I prefer my own conversion, but I might buy him.

 Snord wrote:
His choice of weapons is a bit weird. And he’s holding his axe way too delicately. I don’t think he’s over-ornamented, and he follows the aesthetic of the other SW characters they’ve done. The head is awesome - I wish there were more SW heads as good as that one. Overall, I prefer my own conversion, but I might buy him.

GW have used that kind of carry several times now, also on Fuegan recently revealed. It's a carry rather than a wield of the axe, with the hand closer to the head. Unlike a sword, where the hand is usually always on the handle and so they always look like they are wielding it, an axe haft can be gripped anywhere along it and the fulcrum is reduced the closer to the head, so if you're just carrying it you would usually hold it more like that.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Why the 2-handed Staff, and an axe?

I do like the bare headed version better.

I don't think a force staff has two handed. So you get an extra attack if you use the high initiative of the staff or the slow AP2 of the axe.

New Warsmith model for Iron Warriors.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/pg6rmzvk/reduce-the-mightiest-fortifications-to-piles-of-rubble-with-these-iron-warriors-warsmiths/

 Gert wrote:
New Warsmith model for Iron Warriors.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/pg6rmzvk/reduce-the-mightiest-fortifications-to-piles-of-rubble-with-these-iron-warriors-warsmiths/

Finally!!!

I like it a lot. Pass on the bare head, but that's not a problem. Graviton crusher is nice and chonk.

And there’s a WHW Exclusive variant.

Thankfully, we all know a large, bearded hero of the people that had the foresight to create a Loot Sharing Group on FB that can help you avoid the scalper

Rejoice! Iron Warriors get their warsmith and/or praetor! What a miniature...

That's a cool model. Quite unfortunate I prefer the WHW variant to the normal one, but I don't need him in any foreseeable timeframe... so until I do I might even make a trip to that strange island where they sell him.

I’ll be visiting WHW next year, would be happy to grab a few for Dakka Distribution, as I appreciate not every has, or wants, a FB account.

Nice models. I like the regular one better than the limited one. Convenient if I had an interest in the second best siege specialists.

Also my first thought was that he has a rokkit hammer.

Yea the bare head doesn't give off enough resentful genius vibes, otherwise a really cool dude.

Wonder why the article says he will be released with a new datasheet to represent his arsenal. Everything on the model represents something that can already be taken under the Warsmith's current rules as is.

 Rihgu wrote:
Wonder why the article says he will be released with a new datasheet to represent his arsenal. Everything on the model represents something that can already be taken under the Warsmith's current rules as is.

Combi-grav is new I think.

It really shows how much FW models have improved over the years. I wish the Iron Father model for IH looked close to this good.

Bare head is really nice for a helmetless, if not the most Iron Warrior feeling. More like Fallout Brotherhood of Steel. Still quite nice.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Rihgu wrote:
Wonder why the article says he will be released with a new datasheet to represent his arsenal. Everything on the model represents something that can already be taken under the Warsmith's current rules as is.

Combi-grav is new I think.

Ohhhh, for some reason I thought it was already a magna combi-weapon option. I guess it can't be, because I would have had a squad of Seekers with it if it were. And probably put it on all my rhinos. D'oh! Should have actually verified before I posted.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:


Bare head is really nice for a helmetless, if not the most Iron Warrior feeling. More like Fallout Brotherhood of Steel. Still quite nice.

Yeah BoS is a really good way of putting it! I'll find a use for it definitely, just not on an Iron Warrior!


Also, I can't quite figure out whats going on with the part circled here - is it part of the combi-grav? Or maybe some kind of mechadendrite, though bit random? There's the cabling which looks to feed into the gun, but that comes in on the outside part of it, so the bit behind seems a bit random to me and we don't get a good look at it from another angle. Any ideas?

The Warsmith was very specific in feeling the need to reinforce the armour on his right thigh.

Piousservant wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:


Bare head is really nice for a helmetless, if not the most Iron Warrior feeling. More like Fallout Brotherhood of Steel. Still quite nice.

Yeah BoS is a really good way of putting it! I'll find a use for it definitely, just not on an Iron Warrior!


Also, I can't quite figure out whats going on with the part circled here - is it part of the combi-grav? Or maybe some kind of mechadendrite, though bit random? There's the cabling which looks to feed into the gun, but that comes in on the outside part of it, so the bit behind seems a bit random to me and we don't get a good look at it from another angle. Any ideas?

It looks like it might be a second servo arm/mechadendrite reloading the combi-grav, seeing as his other hand is occupied

The weird bit behind the gun must be a separate mechadendrite I think. But then it should be visible on the WHW only model?

Bare head reminds me of Man-at-arms, so thats cool.

the bare head is so funny to me. that's not an indomitable and mighty space marine, it's some guy with a podcast

I do like the idea that marines wear some kind of arming cap or head cover under their helmet. It feels like the appropriate archaic way of doing things to put a helmet of advanced electronics, sensors and eye motion controls over a leather cap.

The exclusive sculpt with the two handed grip on the hammer is the better pose IMO.

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
the bare head is so funny to me. that's not an indomitable and mighty space marine, it's some guy with a podcast

Looks like the caps worn by the pilots of the SAFS suits from Maschinen Krieger.

Disappointed the variant I like is WHW specific, but love the model

I'm guessing the weird bit in the back is a mechadendrite doing something highly specific like reloading the grav cartridge on the gun.