Horus Heresy / 30K N&R

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**Lord Damocles**

beast_gts wrote:
and the old drop pod is back!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/v5kqzgnr/strike-from-the-skies-with-new-and-improved-space-marine-drop-pods/ wrote:The newest incarnation of the Drop Pod has a few major changes to better suit its role in-game. The storm bolter and deathwind launcher normally mounted above the passengers – which, let’s face it, was a colossal safety hazard – has been removed, while the endlessly fiddly doors that spawned a thousand arguments about vehicle footprints are now fastened firmly in their open position.

The kit is significantly easier to build and will have a new Datasheet which clarifies exactly where everything gets measured from – leaving little room for creative rules interpretations.

'Psych! You Heresy players will still buy it though.'
- Literally GW

**Mr_Rose**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Actually, tell a lie. Two sets of the alternative shooters for the Saturnine Dread, depending on convenience of magnetising,

It is allegedly super easy to magnetise, though I’ve not started on mine yet.

Also those dice look proper nice and high contrast.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Need to have a look at the Sprues and instructions. Got them right next to me, but need to nip to the shop first.

**tauist**

So GW are again basically telling us we should ignore the "no mixing and matching between 40K & HH" and just keep using the models which just look cooler? Sure, I can do that..

Oh and one of those Saturnine Praetors for me please! I think it would make for a bitchin' Inquisitor conversion/kitbash..

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

It’s not like anyone was going to come after your kneecaps with a hammer in the first place.

Saturnine Dread weapons do look to be easy to magnetise. Just trying to work out the right size.

1mm thick seems right, but the diameter I’m struggling with. Would help if my existing magnets had their dimensions on the packets, but….no.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
However, Goonhammer suggests 5mm x 1mm for the Main guns, and 3mm x 1mm for the nipple cannons.

**Fayric**

tauist wrote:

Oh and one of those Saturnine Praetors for me please! I think it would make for a bitchin' Inquisitor conversion/kitbash..

An inquisitor in a huge foam cosplay suit?

**Arschbombe**

Lord Damocles wrote:
beast_gts wrote:
and the old drop pod is back!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/v5kqzgnr/strike-from-the-skies-with-new-and-improved-space-marine-drop-pods/ wrote:The newest incarnation of the Drop Pod has a few major changes to better suit its role in-game. The storm bolter and deathwind launcher normally mounted above the passengers – which, let’s face it, was a colossal safety hazard – has been removed, while the endlessly fiddly doors that spawned a thousand arguments about vehicle footprints are now fastened firmly in their open position.

The kit is significantly easier to build and will have a new Datasheet which clarifies exactly where everything gets measured from – leaving little room for creative rules interpretations.

'Psych! You Heresy players will still buy it though.'
- Literally GW

So in 3 years when HH 4.0 comes out, they'll switch to the smaller table size and then HH will need the new smaller footprint drop pods too.

**SamusDrake**

Fayric wrote:
tauist wrote:

Oh and one of those Saturnine Praetors for me please! I think it would make for a bitchin' Inquisitor conversion/kitbash..

An inquisitor in a huge foam cosplay suit?

Find the heretic at the ComicCon held at the Emperor's Palace...LOVE IT!

**Gert**

Saturnine come in squads of 3-6.

Sold in boxes of 4.

Classic GW.

**Altruizine**

Fayric wrote:
Of all the things and designs to complain about, I dont think the HH basic marines are on the list for me.
Sure they could ad more options and stuff, but I simply dont see the need for it, and would honestly prefer if they kept it simple and didnt try to overdesign them.
And you know GW always say "if it aint broken, dont try to fix it".

Never realized til today that some HH players consider themselves exempt from the "GW makes too many Space Marines" paradigm, but here we are. Three sprues for every armour mark going forward!

beast_gts wrote:
Sunday Preview – Reinforce your Horus Heresy army with standalone Saturnine kits
That didn't take long - and the old drop pod is back!

Does it usually take longer?

Cuz this would be the one time out of one hundred that I might believe the 'ol conspiracy theory that they opened up an unpopular product to cycle the sprues into another product.

**Gert**

Pod needs to stay in main production to keep the Dreadclaw going. That's it, that's the reason.

**Dudeface**

Arschbombe wrote:
Lord Damocles wrote:
beast_gts wrote:
and the old drop pod is back!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/v5kqzgnr/strike-from-the-skies-with-new-and-improved-space-marine-drop-pods/ wrote:The newest incarnation of the Drop Pod has a few major changes to better suit its role in-game. The storm bolter and deathwind launcher normally mounted above the passengers – which, let’s face it, was a colossal safety hazard – has been removed, while the endlessly fiddly doors that spawned a thousand arguments about vehicle footprints are now fastened firmly in their open position.

The kit is significantly easier to build and will have a new Datasheet which clarifies exactly where everything gets measured from – leaving little room for creative rules interpretations.

'Psych! You Heresy players will still buy it though.'
- Literally GW

So in 3 years when HH 4.0 comes out, they'll switch to the smaller table size and then HH will need the new smaller footprint drop pods too.

Bingo

**Gadzilla666**

Gert wrote:
Saturnine come in squads of 3-6.

Sold in boxes of 4.

Classic GW.

Are you surprised? I'm not. I doubt that you are.

**Lathe Biosas**

Gadzilla666 wrote:
Gert wrote:
Saturnine come in squads of 3-6.

Sold in boxes of 4.

Classic GW.

Are you surprised? I'm not. I doubt that you are.

I swear GW was inspired by the packaging of hot dogs and hot dog buns.

**Arschbombe**

But they've also done things like put War Walkers in units of 2 and have 2 in the box. Warlocks are now 2 in a box and can be taken in units of up to 4. So why did they not do that for this saturnine stuff?

**Snord**

Courtesy of Goonhammer, someone has already done something very cool with the Saturnine dread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/1m7q0l2/crusade_eternal_grimaldus_dreadnaught_bt/#lightbox

**Matrindur**

Gadzilla666 wrote:
Gert wrote:
Saturnine come in squads of 3-6.

Sold in boxes of 4.

Classic GW.

Are you surprised? I'm not. I doubt that you are.

I would have expected it to be 6 for an accordingly expensive price

**Snrub**

Snord wrote:
Courtesy of Goonhammer, someone has already done something very cool with the Saturnine dread:

Saw this one earlier on /tg/, thought it was a pretty good use of the kit.

**Ahtman**

Pete the Wargamer posted a short doing something pretty cool with the Saturnine Dread, and you don't need to do a 4chan verification to see it.

I also learned the YouTube tags don't work with their shorts.

**JWBS**

There's a full vid of that.

**kodos**

using the Saturnine as GreyKnights is the most useful thing I have seen so far
it got the size and the look to be an alternative baby carrier and the Saturnine infantry would also make a good base for GK Termis

**Snrub**

Ahtman wrote:
and you don't need to do a 4chan verification to see it.

What are you talking about? 4chan doesn't require verification.

**warl0rdb0b**

Snrub wrote:
Ahtman wrote:
and you don't need to do a 4chan verification to see it.
What are you talking about? 4chan doesn't require verification.

It does in UK, part of the crackdown on kids being able to access adult content.

**JWBS**

oi mate you got yer intanet liosence? It's just to protect the kids innit.

**Snrub**

Oh. I hadn't heard about that. How long's that been a thing for now?

**NAVARRO**

I want to convert one now. Is it bigger than a redemptor?

**Overread**

Snrub wrote:
Oh. I hadn't heard about that. How long's that been a thing for now?

Started on Friday so pretty new

**Albertorius**

NAVARRO wrote:
I want to convert one now. Is it bigger than a redemptor?

Yes, quite a bit:

**lord_blackfang**

Snrub wrote:
Snord wrote:
Courtesy of Goonhammer, someone has already done something very cool with the Saturnine dread:
Saw this one earlier on /tg/, thought it was a pretty good use of the kit.

Whoa yea I can see this being the new default fix for the baby carrier

(for the few people who still care about looks and dare to change a model's silhouette)

**Snrub**

Overread wrote:
Started on Friday so pretty new

Ah ok. I acknowledge that I can be a bit slow on the up take with some of these things, but I wasn't sure how something like that had slipped past me.

But if it's only a new thing, then that doesn't surprise me that I'd missed it.