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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
For anyone who's yet to build them: When doing the Reapers, put both legs on first, then the smaller claws, then the big ones.

It's much easier to fully push the legs into place without the smaller claws preventing you from gripping things properly.

Good call, thanks.

 General Kroll wrote:
Three Gaunts into the Leviathan box, these things go together like a DREAM. Also portioned up into nice 3/4 models to a sprue which gives me an excuse to stop for a cuppa 😂

I've enjoyed building all the little bugs a lot more than I expected. I started with the Neurogaunts (simply because the sprue fit my backpack and I squeezed some in between waiting for new patients) and I started to love the little runts. I have a mental image of a SM kicking one of them out of the way, not bothering with his weapons - I might actually do a little diorama like that.

Compared to the Indomitus Necrons who are mostly still on their sprues and didn't excite me at all the Nids are great. If I could decide which paint scheme I like best I'd be able to run a small army between the starter, some 3rd ed ones I butchered as a kid and 2nd ed plastics and metals I got cheap as chips from ebay years ago.

 Binabik15 wrote:

 General Kroll wrote:
Three Gaunts into the Leviathan box, these things go together like a DREAM. Also portioned up into nice 3/4 models to a sprue which gives me an excuse to stop for a cuppa 😂

I've enjoyed building all the little bugs a lot more than I expected. I started with the Neurogaunts (simply because the sprue fit my backpack and I squeezed some in between waiting for new patients) and I started to love the little runts. I have a mental image of a SM kicking one of them out of the way, not bothering with his weapons - I might actually do a little diorama like that.

Compared to the Indomitus Necrons who are mostly still on their sprues and didn't excite me at all the Nids are great. If I could decide which paint scheme I like best I'd be able to run a small army between the starter, some 3rd ed ones I butchered as a kid and 2nd ed plastics and metals I got cheap as chips from ebay years ago.

Put together two boxes worth of the new nids over the weekend. The only models I had trouble with were the two big boys and that was as simple as cutting off all the pegs.

Do we speculate if that artwork in the latest warcom thumbnail is based off a new model? I’d post it but I’m on my phone

It dont think it’s something from Leviathan, though it sort of looks like a neurotyrant. But it’s not an exact match. Maybe it’s an alternate build for a multipart neurotyrant?

 GaroRobe wrote:
Do we speculate if that artwork in the latest warcom thumbnail is based off a new model? I’d post it but I’m on my phone

It dont think it’s something from Leviathan, though it sort of looks like a neurotyrant. But it’s not an exact match. Maybe it’s an alternate build for a multipart neurotyrant?

It's a page background from the Leviathan book. Was also used on the 40k website.

 GaroRobe wrote:
Do we speculate if that artwork in the latest warcom thumbnail is based off a new model? I’d post it but I’m on my phone

It dont think it’s something from Leviathan, though it sort of looks like a neurotyrant. But it’s not an exact match. Maybe it’s an alternate build for a multipart neurotyrant?

It is from Crusade, and I posted it somewhere in the previous pages. I think it is simply artist's free imagination rather than new unit.

From Reddit - a little nice detail, a skull going through PP.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
From Reddit - a little nice detail, a skull going through PP.

Impressive, but of course there had to be some way to put skulls on Tyranids

Tsagualsa wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
From Reddit - a little nice detail, a skull going through PP.

Impressive, but of course there had to be some way to put skulls on Tyranids

Skulls are proof that model is authentic instead of recast

Apparently their campaign so far is 51% SM to 49% Tyranids - if you're of the persuasion that they actually let the send-ins decide it (which i am not) there's still hope for either side

It's likely just fabricated.

Then again its not like reward is huge change. Oee side gets see stuff day or two earlier. Whopedoo.

This one they might because result is pretty much irrelevant anyway.

 BertBert wrote:
It's likely just fabricated.

In my opinion yes, they learned their lesson from the campaigns back in the day that were actually live (and manipulated to hell as a result) and will just let the faction they want to preview first pull an 'incredibly tight victory' at the end No-one will ever know anyway, essentially with enough send-ins it's bound to be close to 50% anyway.

I fibbed on mine and submitted a nids win, first game of 10th is tonight but it'll be marines v orks but I'd much rather see some new gribblies.

They really think people are so stupid (they are probably right though) to believe that score?

 Shadow Walker wrote:
They really think people are so stupid (they are probably right though) to believe that score?

I don't believe the score but I think if they actually got 75% of people, to pluck a number, saying they want to see the nids, it might send a message back up the food chain.

I have yet to record my score...I played Nids while my buddy played Marines. I am a SoB and Necron player, he is a CSM player, and we both usually play 30K...

While the Tyranids did win our first game, I can claim no credit for playing well...and neither can John. We kept misreading rules and I flat out forgot to attack with the Screamer-Killer one round. And he forgot that the Biologis can do more than just sit in the deployment zone...

Round 2 is tomorrow evening...hopefully we both suck less this time around.

Dudeface wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
They really think people are so stupid (they are probably right though) to believe that score?

I don't believe the score but I think if they actually got 75% of people, to pluck a number, saying they want to see the nids, it might send a message back up the food chain.

Possible, unless they already had a defined schedule that (insert reasons) cannot be ever changed, and we will see faction X (read SM) no matter what people hopes (backed by what they sent) are.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

Dudeface wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
They really think people are so stupid (they are probably right though) to believe that score?

I don't believe the score but I think if they actually got 75% of people, to pluck a number, saying they want to see the nids, it might send a message back up the food chain.

Possible, unless they already had a defined schedule that (insert reasons) cannot be ever changed, and we will see faction X (read SM) no matter what people hopes (backed by what they sent) are.

That's exactly what I think is currently happening, but they might not be so quick to just marine spam if the data suggests otherwise for next time.

FWIW I think the marine reveals will be really dull. There's the Agustus units to come out standalone unless I slept through that, likely vanguard vets, jump pack primaris assault intercessors, apparently a primaris command squad, jump chaplain, terminator chaplain and logically something that build suppressors. Add on multi-part terminators and sternguard you're already at: 3+ characters (if they sneak in a jump captain), 8 units. I can't see there being much more than that.

 BertBert wrote:
It's likely just fabricated.

Corrected your post.

Dudeface wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

Dudeface wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
They really think people are so stupid (they are probably right though) to believe that score?

I don't believe the score but I think if they actually got 75% of people, to pluck a number, saying they want to see the nids, it might send a message back up the food chain.

Possible, unless they already had a defined schedule that (insert reasons) cannot be ever changed, and we will see faction X (read SM) no matter what people hopes (backed by what they sent) are.

That's exactly what I think is currently happening, but they might not be so quick to just marine spam if the data suggests otherwise for next time.

FWIW I think the marine reveals will be really dull. There's the Agustus units to come out standalone unless I slept through that, likely vanguard vets, jump pack primaris assault intercessors, apparently a primaris command squad, jump chaplain, terminator chaplain and logically something that build suppressors. Add on multi-part terminators and sternguard you're already at: 3+ characters (if they sneak in a jump captain), 8 units. I can't see there being much more than that.

Yeah, basically Primaris versions of what is left of Firstborn. I would add Primaris Scouts (unless they left them for KT) to that list. Probably that is why there was a Deathleaper shown, to sweet up our waiting a bit.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

Dudeface wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

Dudeface wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
They really think people are so stupid (they are probably right though) to believe that score?

I don't believe the score but I think if they actually got 75% of people, to pluck a number, saying they want to see the nids, it might send a message back up the food chain.

Possible, unless they already had a defined schedule that (insert reasons) cannot be ever changed, and we will see faction X (read SM) no matter what people hopes (backed by what they sent) are.

That's exactly what I think is currently happening, but they might not be so quick to just marine spam if the data suggests otherwise for next time.

FWIW I think the marine reveals will be really dull. There's the Agustus units to come out standalone unless I slept through that, likely vanguard vets, jump pack primaris assault intercessors, apparently a primaris command squad, jump chaplain, terminator chaplain and logically something that build suppressors. Add on multi-part terminators and sternguard you're already at: 3+ characters (if they sneak in a jump captain), 8 units. I can't see there being much more than that.

Yeah, basically Primaris versions of what is left of Firstborn. I would add Primaris Scouts (unless they left them for KT) to that list. Probably that is why there was a Deathleaper shown, to sweet up our waiting a bit.

Yeah, we have a pretty good idea what will be coming for Marines, there's probably also another centerpiece/large model in it somewhere, a Not-Landraider Cawlatus Ultra with too many guns and side-guns on them, but other than that we know of so many kits already that there can't be that much else, even with Marine bonus...

Tsagualsa wrote:
Yeah, we have a pretty good idea what will be coming for Marines, there's probably also another centerpiece/large model in it somewhere, a Not-Landraider Cawlatus Ultra with too many guns and side-guns on them, but other than that we know of so many kits already that there can't be that much else, even with Marine bonus...

Maybe a new flier? Something bulky that can fit Aggressors/Terminators?

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

Tsagualsa wrote:
Yeah, we have a pretty good idea what will be coming for Marines, there's probably also another centerpiece/large model in it somewhere, a Not-Landraider Cawlatus Ultra with too many guns and side-guns on them, but other than that we know of so many kits already that there can't be that much else, even with Marine bonus...

Maybe a new flier? Something bulky that can fit Aggressors/Terminators?

Primaris Big Drop pod... AKA Kinder eggs for Tyranids.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

Dudeface wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
They really think people are so stupid (they are probably right though) to believe that score?

I don't believe the score but I think if they actually got 75% of people, to pluck a number, saying they want to see the nids, it might send a message back up the food chain.

Possible, unless they already had a defined schedule that (insert reasons) cannot be ever changed, and we will see faction X (read SM) no matter what people hopes (backed by what they sent) are.

So seeing one side day or two earlier big deal?

Note both will be shown anyway...neither side misses anything.

Say nids shown monday and marines tuesday or otherway around. What is big deal? It's not like either gets more stuff or even sees more stuff before release...

It's a campaign on a previously non-existent planet that isn't even attributed any particular value unlike Not!Cadia Vigilus. No stakes. No impact. No nothing. World falls, who cares? World is saved, who cares? You can write any possible result of the campaign any way you like, give people their win and not feel like you have unwanted alterations to the setting. It's the perfect setup to actually let submissions decide how it goes.

The only reason to fake the result is a burning desire for GW to be at its GWiest. I guess that's possible, but you know. If they want to preview Marines first, they'll just do that openly. Nobody's going to be surprised.

tneva82 wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

Dudeface wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
They really think people are so stupid (they are probably right though) to believe that score?

I don't believe the score but I think if they actually got 75% of people, to pluck a number, saying they want to see the nids, it might send a message back up the food chain.

Possible, unless they already had a defined schedule that (insert reasons) cannot be ever changed, and we will see faction X (read SM) no matter what people hopes (backed by what they sent) are.

So seeing one side day or two earlier big deal?

Note both will be shown anyway...neither side misses anything.

Say nids shown monday and marines tuesday or otherway around. What is big deal? It's not like either gets more stuff or even sees more stuff before release...

No big deal unless it will not be a day of difference but a month or more, until a codex hits?

 Geifer wrote:
It's a campaign on a previously non-existent planet that isn't even attributed any particular value unlike Not!Cadia Vigilus. No stakes. No impact. No nothing. World falls, who cares? World is saved, who cares? You can write any possible result of the campaign any way you like, give people their win and not feel like you have unwanted alterations to the setting. It's the perfect setup to actually let submissions decide how it goes.

The only reason to fake the result is a burning desire for GW to be at its GWiest. I guess that's possible, but you know. If they want to preview Marines first, they'll just do that openly. Nobody's going to be surprised.

I actually think they'll let the Tyranids win for storyline purposes and to play up the 'Things have never been so grim for the Imperium' angle, and also because they want to give them their spotlight early, and of course because they damn well know that Space Marines will get their hype just by being Space Marines anyway. Either way it does not matter too much for me

Chances are they will keep the pols fairly evenly matched so that everyone submits and doesn't feel like they have to "vote for the winner" which people often do to be on the winning side; nor discourage others from taking part if they felt their side had already lost.

But since their is a prize attached to it GW can't fake the end results least they risk the wrath of prize government officials.


As noted above, this is an unknown world in an unknown area of space. The win results are winning some models off production and previewing models earlier than the other faction - it doesn't matter which wins it won't "change" anything meaningful that requires a huge investment.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

Dudeface wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
They really think people are so stupid (they are probably right though) to believe that score?

I don't believe the score but I think if they actually got 75% of people, to pluck a number, saying they want to see the nids, it might send a message back up the food chain.

Possible, unless they already had a defined schedule that (insert reasons) cannot be ever changed, and we will see faction X (read SM) no matter what people hopes (backed by what they sent) are.

So seeing one side day or two earlier big deal?

Note both will be shown anyway...neither side misses anything.

Say nids shown monday and marines tuesday or otherway around. What is big deal? It's not like either gets more stuff or even sees more stuff before release...

No big deal unless it will not be a day of difference but a month or more, until a codex hits?

They won't wait until codex hits to hype new releases...

You might think gw loves burning money but money is all they care. They won't weaken sales of either army.