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I think that’s a reasonable expectation to be honest.
Of course, between now and end of the year? There’s time for a second Heresy Custards wave. Such as, I would hope, a weapons box for variant Pokey Sticks and that.
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Disappointed we didn't get the Fire Raptor/Storm Eagle kit I was hoping for, absolutely stoked with all the new plastic custards especially the dreads.
Ashiraya wrote: Good lord. 30k absolutely dunking on 40k here.
Bigtime, seeing those two kits on the shelves near each other is going to be a laugh.
Never really been a fan of the Custodians but tempted by the new models and the value box, that's easily over 1000 points. Fantastic stuff from the designers.
Hard to see the logic for even retaining separate 30k/40k ranges in this case, now the resin is on the way out. It's not like the design language is much different.
Maybe (probably?) they find a reason next time the 40k range is due a major update, but maybe they decide that there is long-standing precedent (daemons) for sharing models between systems, so why not?
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: The joy of better proportions. 40K model is fine detail wise, but seems disproportionately wide.
All 40K Custodes have always looked like fat people to me. Which is why I never liked em. HH Custodes have always felt "right" somehow in comparison. YMMV
"The larger point though, is that as players, we have more control over what the game looks and feels like than most of us are willing to use in order to solve our own problems"
I got my hands on the new Skitarii Battle Group and made an unboxing for my blog. I still think that the Battle-Pilgryms look super cool in a John Blanche grimdark way, but unfortunately, the kit is very limited and has some seam line issues. You can check the high-res sprue images and assembly options for all the models in the box over on my blog: https://taleofpainters.com/2026/01/review-mechanicum-skitarii-battle-group/
Gael Knight wrote: That's certainly a convenient excuse for a major oversight.
Yes, the models must’ve got all the way through to production with no one noticing the triggers had been forgotten, rather than a conscious decision to change the way they’re fired. Must be that.
twoseventwo wrote: Hard to see the logic for even retaining separate 30k/40k ranges in this case, now the resin is on the way out. It's not like the design language is much different.
Maybe (probably?) they find a reason next time the 40k range is due a major update, but maybe they decide that there is long-standing precedent (daemons) for sharing models between systems, so why not?
It might take another year or three, but replacing the 40k range with these at least seems plausible. However to keep a little consistency, GW may well wait until HH gets around to updating things like Allarus terminators & jetbikes before encouraging wholesale replacement.
At some point I expect they'll also cut the legacy kits like marine contemptors & land raiders from the 40k roster, and tell people to buy the new Galatus & Corunus instead.
Gael Knight wrote: That's certainly a convenient excuse for a major oversight.
I'm pretty sure they still have Bluetooth in the 41st millenium.
Gael Knight wrote: That's certainly a convenient excuse for a major oversight.
Yes, the models must’ve got all the way through to production with no one noticing the triggers had been forgotten, rather than a conscious decision to change the way they’re fired. Must be that.
GW famously never has had any quality control problems.
Interesting bits:
Skitarii list includes all the big tanks
And a unit of mechanicum cargo cultists that come in units of 10-30 at 5ppm, conversion guide says use Cawdor bodies with Tech-thrall arms.
The old meta is dead and the new meta struggles to be born. Now is the time of munchkins.
That's an interestingly bold statement considering its not something "modern GW management" likes to encourage in books. Normally hobby guides but books they've been less and less focused on "counts as conversions" and much more hard line on separating model lines and having only listings that have actual models in the books.
So do the TOW journals. It seems like a conscious choice for niche units.
Also, the entire Imperialis Militia army list is just "make an army themed around your favourite kitbash."
"Three months? I'm going to go crazy …and I'm taking you with me!"
— Vala Mal Doran
yeah, this is something new as with until now there was "illegal" to use the models from a different GW game and now it is officially recommended.
guess someone figured out how stupid that idea was
The split isn't between individual games, it's between the main studio and specialist games one. Necromunda is part of specialist games so there's no problem crossing over those models with the Heresy. If they had been recommending to use the Krieg models from 40k instead for example, then that would have indicated a huge change in policy.
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