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YAY!!!

Do they still do reveals through White Dwarf? Looking forward to a new mag that has a special feature on LI.

They'll no doubt have a WD dedicated to the launch of Legions.

Sprue Pics!



Designer Interview:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/24/legions-imperialis-designer-interview-just-how-did-they-make-these-tanks-so-small/

Looks to be 3 Predators on a single sprue.

Looks to be a Rhino in one of the pics, Iron Hands (I think), with a marine in the cupola. Obviously not a surprise that they're coming, but think this is the first time we've seen one.

And an interesting looking flying stand on the Thunderhawk, looks like part of the stem is moulded into the base?

So as I expected the Contemptors are on the infantry sprue but the Sicarans and Predators actually have their own sprues

Kind of strange how they used the sprues as the article image but then don't show them in the actual article.
At this point there shouldn't be any more secrets we would learn if we saw them fully?

Tavis75 wrote:
Looks to be a Rhino in one of the pics, Iron Hands (I think), with a marine in the cupola. Obviously not a surprise that they're coming, but think this is the first time we've seen one.

Very nicely spotted, bottom of the third pic

Tavis75 wrote:
Looks to be a Rhino in one of the pics, Iron Hands (I think), with a marine in the cupola. Obviously not a surprise that they're coming, but think this is the first time we've seen one.

Good spot:

Sprues look well suited to painting before clipping. Which is pleasing unto Nuggan.

Also first look at the new Flyer bases

Much nicer. However, I reckon the thunderhawk is a bit of an odd one as it comes with that extension part in the kit. Shame they don't make longer clear stems...

Infantry sprue looks very nice, and a logical combination of things on there. I can see quite a few of those things doing the rounds..

Good spot on the Rhino Tavis75.

So who are the Loyalist Legion in the studio paintjob, is it Iron Hands?

 Pacific wrote:


So who are the Loyalist Legion in the studio paintjob, is it Iron Hands?

Yep, Iron Hands. I assume based on dreads having bare metal fist.

I can count 11 sprues on that pile.
SM has 2 Infantry and 1 each for the tanks for four
SA has at least 2 for Sentinels/Ogryns and Malcadors with very likely also 2 for Infantry and another for the Leman Russes unless they are on the same sprue as the Malcadors which is unlikely as the Predators/Sicarans are also on different sprues. So 5 sprues in total
The Warhound had two body sprues and one weapon sprue.
Total would be 12 sprues in total. As there is probably one sprue hidden under that pile that makes sense but its unlikely there is another you cant see on the image so the box very likely doesn't include the old Warhound weapon sprue

 zedmeister wrote:
Much nicer. However, I reckon the thunderhawk is a bit of an odd one as it comes with that extension part in the kit. Shame they don't make longer clear stems...

As an experiment, I've just ordered some cheap 4mm clear acrylic rods to rebase my Epic aircraft like my 40k Harridan. They're long enough to keep flyers away from any buildings or titans.

Wow, those sprues look like they were intentionally trying to fit the least amount of minis on them as possible.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Wow, those sprues look like they were intentionally trying to fit the least amount of minis on them as possible.

Haha, kind of my first thought too ^^ (mine was more in the line of "wow that looks like a lot of of sprue in that sprue").

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Wow, those sprues look like they were intentionally trying to fit the least amount of minis on them as possible.

I was going to say something similar

By comparison to the older sprues, that provided perfectly adequate detail on even smaller infantry models, there is an awful lot of sprue frame going on here.

 Albertorius wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Wow, those sprues look like they were intentionally trying to fit the least amount of minis on them as possible.

Haha, kind of my first thought too ^^ (mine was more in the line of "wow that looks like a lot of of sprue in that sprue").

My first thought was "with only 3 predators on a sprue this is going to be a mighty expensive game"

 Flinty wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Wow, those sprues look like they were intentionally trying to fit the least amount of minis on them as possible.

I was going to say something similar

By comparison to the older sprues, that provided perfectly adequate detail on even smaller infantry models, there is an awful lot of sprue frame going on here.

It might be my imagination and poor eyesight, but it looks like the infantry sprues are very wide, but also noticeably flatter than the tank sprues. If so, that might be down to some technicalities of the casting process.

Seems they decided they want to give you no more than (example) 60 infantry per box, and decided that two sprues of 30 will make them look less greedy than one sprue of 60.

So what are the odds that the first (and possibly only) option to get hold of rhinos early on is going to be a box with two of those infantry sprues plus 4-8 transports?

Tsagualsa wrote:

 Flinty wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Wow, those sprues look like they were intentionally trying to fit the least amount of minis on them as possible.

I was going to say something similar

By comparison to the older sprues, that provided perfectly adequate detail on even smaller infantry models, there is an awful lot of sprue frame going on here.

It might be my imagination and poor eyesight, but it looks like the infantry sprues are very wide, but also noticeably flatter than the tank sprues. If so, that might be down to some technicalities of the casting process.

That seems likely. If you look at most recent kits they do a similar thing with the sprue frame for all but the tiniest of components. I'd guess it's a way to ensure there's always an easy channel for liquid plastic to flow through, and avoid miscasts.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Wow, those sprues look like they were intentionally trying to fit the least amount of minis on them as possible.

Haha, kind of my first thought too ^^ (mine was more in the line of "wow that looks like a lot of of sprue in that sprue").

My first thought was "with only 3 predators on a sprue this is going to be a mighty expensive game"

I kind of already thought it was a given, with what we knew of the launch box's contents. Only question is if they'll sell boxes with one or two sprues ^^

 xttz wrote:
So what are the odds that the first (and possibly only) option to get hold of rhinos early on is going to be a box with two of those infantry sprues plus 4-8 transports?

If we're lucky-ish they may set it up as some sort of 'motor pool' box with a variety of transports, but without the infantry. That's probably the smarter way to do it, seeing that they more or less stated that legion-specific stuff and such is going to come in resin. There needs to be some way to add transports to that. A box that can build Rhinos or Razorbacks, for example, would be quite nice, while Land Raiders and variants are probably better off as their own box. I feel like barebone Rhinos, as well as barebones Tac Squads, being available for relatively cheap is one of the things that are going to make or break this system, and i hope GW does understand this.

Is it just me and my eyes being wonky, or does it look like the Missile Launchers are separate parts to the Marines?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Is it just me and my eyes being wonky, or does it look like the Missile Launchers are separate parts to the Marines?

Methinks these are Contemptor parts, if you mean the uppermost row(s).

Nah, down the left hand side. Clearly the shark missile launchers, but they attach to the sprue by the top of the magazine, and I’m not seeing a marine on them?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Is it just me and my eyes being wonky, or does it look like the Missile Launchers are separate parts to the Marines?

I think you're right

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Nah, down the left hand side. Clearly the shark missile launchers, but they attach to the sprue by the top of the magazine, and I’m not seeing a marine on them?

I think you're right. Probably because the ML would stand practically orthogonal to the main body of the marine, can't be easy to cast that in one piece without getting blobby.

That may slightly complicate my plan to spray and paint on the sprue.

Hopefully there’ll be enough space around the wielder for me to attach the mission launchers first.