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 TalonZahn wrote:
I can't stop looking at his bicep wing arm....

Overall, I think it looks pretty good, but that bicep wing arm....

Can't. Stop. Looking.

Yeah, this

Nice little zinger at the end

We’ll have more to come from Angron and his World Eaters over the coming months, so stay tuned to Warhammer-Community.com if you prefer your previews at a respectable resolution…

Still... hrm. Distaste for special characters aside, hate the tail (too carnifex) and the swollen muscles on the wing-limbs, and undecided about all the bling. Its right on the edge of 'too much,' but they did a good job painting it (I love the corroded WE icon on the shoulder).

Wish they had put this much care into bloodthirster model (and not made it tap-dancing)

I saw the new warcom article first and thought, hmm, there must have been a leak. Then I come to dakka and yep, leak!

He's neat, but I like the idea of new berzerkers and cadians more. And whoever the other guys are.

Why do the wings have to be pointed upwards? Not a good look.

It's definitely a model that I think we need to see in person.

I really want to build this model. Not own it or paint it, just build it.

jullevi wrote:
That was quick:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/07/08/tremble-before-the-rage-of-angron-daemon-primarch-of-khorne/

Last sentence in the article is pretty funny imo

"We’ll have more to come from Angron and his World Eaters over the coming months, so stay tuned to Warhammer-Community.com if you prefer your previews at a respectable resolution…"

I love the model and am looking forward to painting him. I don't get why there is a power armour port on the wing arm though. Would they not have developed during the ascent to deamonhood?

Bob Lorgar wrote:
Why do the wings have to be pointed upwards? Not a good look.

To interfere with positioning around other models as little as possible?

 vim_the_good wrote:
I love the model and am looking forward to painting him. I don't get why there is a power armour port on the wing arm though. Would they not have developed during the ascent to deamonhood?

Melding of flesh and armour.

Good article

But yeah that swole wing arm

Every square mm of Angron is covered in detail but he still ends up being just another boring rage demon imho.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Good article

But yeah that swole wing arm

How else do you get that much muscle and armor off the ground?

I like the Angron quite a bit, but can we talk about the really awesome news? New Berserkers and New Cadians, two of the oldest kits in the 40k range! Pretty amazing. Both kits really needed it.

EviscerationPlague wrote:
It's definitely a model that I think we need to see in person.

Agree 100%. This is one that will look different in three dimensions. I'm not getting my head around it well in these 2-d pics.

 Laughing Man wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Good article

But yeah that swole wing arm

How else do you get that much muscle and armor off the ground?

...larger wings?

I like Angron. About what I would've expected.

Sad thing is, it really reminds me of Creature Caster's King of Rage, which came out a few years ago and sad to say, may end up being a cheaper alternative!

caladancid wrote:
So much hand wringing about people on the internet saying mean things.

Stop apologizing for GW’s truly astonishing level of controlling behavior re schedules and new stuff, which leads to people harboring grudges. GW isn’t your friend, makes bad decisions all on its own, and most importantly doesn’t care about your help.

What's truly astonishing is people who have no concept of marketing schedules, product release plans that are all completely normal in many large businesses and attribute it as some sort of anomaly to GW.

Very few companies broadcast their future products far in advance. No clothing company is showcasing a Winter collection in Summer. Car companies aren't showing new product releases until they are in full production and ready to be reviewed by industry journalists to drive up hype.

There are literally entire industries built around marketing new products and exactly how those are rolled out and communicated. I've seen these first hand for very large companies, and all of them have strict NDAs and confidentiality clauses. And this is just for basic consumer goods, nothing exactly proprietary.

GW saying a new range will be shown "in the coming months" and then doing exactly that is neither unusual or controlling. It's normal business practice.

The fact that people would hold grudges over it says a lot more about them and their level of maturity than it does about GW as a business.

No one here is trying to "help" GW. Mostly people seem to be pushing back on demonstrably false assertions made by people looking for a reason to be upset. Calling that out is less a defense of GW and more just a reality check to some folks that seem to be way too heavily invested in a hobby of toy soldiers.

On topic:

Angron looks suitably Angrony.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the range. Hopefully we get some sort of Kill Team option with the Berserkers and cultist dudes.

 Laughing Man wrote:
How else do you get that much muscle and armor off the ground?

Not with that attitude, certainly.

Are the 8 figures at the very back of the leaked image, beast men?

 vim_the_good wrote:
Are the 8 figures at the very back of the leaked image, beast men?

Nobody is quite sure due to crap image quality. But it is a possibility. Possibly dog headed.

Love the model, I am very excited for the army.

Every Daemon Primarch model has leaked early at this point. I remember the video they put when Magnus leaked, and they were diving in trashcans to pull out sprues. Was pretty hilarious.

I think he’s pretty good. The face looks better from the side than the front, and I’m not 100% on the structure of the wings (the thumb/hand part), but other than that I like.

Looking at the video, they’ve actually done a pretty good job (arguably better than Cyclops and Fartarse) in tying it to the Heresy model for Angry Ron. You can see how the armour and stuff warped and shifted to a better degree.

You will need to watch the video as it’s not as apparent in the stills.

 Sasori wrote:
Love the model, I am very excited for the army.

Every Daemon Primarch model has leaked early at this point. I remember the video they put when Magnus leaked, and they were diving in trashcans to pull out sprues. Was pretty hilarious.

... of course?

They're icons of the setting that have been around for over two decades. So yeah, people are going to leak them.

Johnny (or Jenny) Made-up-for-this-Book just don't have the same pull. Some have been out for years now, and I still don't remember the names of the IF, IH and DA primaris Named Characters. For some of the loyalist supplements, I don't remember if they even got one.

Anyone care to speculate on rules? Or suggest rules you feel Angron is worthy of?

I’d like to see him able to properly slaughter infantry, preventing anyone bogging him down with chaffe. Perhaps some kind of Special Rule where he gets AoS damage distribution - so if I hit a unit of W1 models, with 6 Damage 3 hits, the total 18 wounds are distributed amongst the whole unit? Proper murderous sweeping strikes. Mass decapitations.

Any word on how many points of articulation he has?

Two weapons, one will probably be "one-shot a tank" while the other will be "roll 3 hits for every attack", 4++ Invuln, attacks go up as he loses wounds, standard auras to World Eater units. I love the model but I'm wondering how they'll make him stand out from a regular Bloodthirster/Knight Gallant rules-wise.

The arm thing driving me nuts is probably just an angle issue with the photo.

GW wants their "Golden Angle" in the photo of his face, doesn't realize that bicep is catching ALL the light...

Need some different viewpoints.

I'd turn the model about 30 degrees left or light more from the right.

BICEP!

Seeing some old art, the model is spot on.
But if i look on to it, i woundt know it was Angron.

Mmmm, it's okay. I don't love it, there's too much going on such that no one part of the model draws the eye, it's just a mess of random detail.

Maybe in person or with a different paint job I'll start to like it more, dunno.