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Multiple bikes on a stand will take a bit of getting used to!

These little speeders give me hope that we will also be seeing them in plastic for 28mil some time in the future

EDIT: Looks like the speeders have two weapon options, one with multimelta and flamer, one with HB and plasma

It seems like the bikes and jetbikes are on what looks to be 32's, first thing we've seen other than flyers not on a 25mm base. The javelins looks a bit weird with their guns underslung, odd change.

 tauist wrote:
These little speeders give me hope that we will also be seeing them in plastic for 28mil some time in the future

EDIT: Looks like the speeders have two weapon options, one with multimelta and flamer, one with HB and plasma

yes, will have to see if that matters in the game or not though, given it appears you get two of each type, or if it does matter if there are any options or its fixed as 2+2 as the box has that.

three bikes on a stand makes a change to the two on a stand last time I played, though everyone I played against put one on a stand and used that, made painting easier as well

Loving those. Means they have CAD models for HH fast attack so we might see them in full size too.

Loving those little babies. Didn't think we'd get javelins and real Land Speeders. Makes me wonder what's next. Spartan box and it's variants? Shadowsword/Stormblade box of Auxilia? What a time to be alive!

Fantastic looking. Can't wait to get my hands on these...

Pleasantly surprised that the old-school "Proteus" Land Speeder is included.

Here's hoping that the OG Mole Mortar will also be making an appearance.

Old-Four-Arms wrote:

Pleasantly surprised that the old-school "Proteus" Land Speeder is included.

Here's hoping that the OG Mole Mortar will also be making an appearance.

Seems so.



https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/20/heresy-thursday-tiny-fire-support-incoming-for-legions-imperialis/

Really glad to see so much support for LI. GW seems to be taking out all the stops with tons of options.

Anyone notice that we have gotten no stats or rules with the last few previews? Very disappointing. I wish they would reveal more rules and things useful for list building.


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leopard wrote:

 tauist wrote:
These little speeders give me hope that we will also be seeing them in plastic for 28mil some time in the future

EDIT: Looks like the speeders have two weapon options, one with multimelta and flamer, one with HB and plasma

yes, will have to see if that matters in the game or not though, given it appears you get two of each type, or if it does matter if there are any options or its fixed as 2+2 as the box has that.

three bikes on a stand makes a change to the two on a stand last time I played, though everyone I played against put one on a stand and used that, made painting easier as well

Based on previous statements, A. It will have game play effect. Different weapon loads seem supported.
2. So far when there are options shown, they include enough to make the whole kit that way. So I suspect you can arm your units with any combinations you want. Not sure how to magnetize such little things however.

The models look fantastic. My only issue is that the 'best model making company in the world' insists on having a flying stand that glues onto a pre-textured terrain base. Just awful.
A drilled hole into the base and a clear straight old fashioned flying stand stalk would look far better. I guess if the box is affordable, that will be something for me to do.

 vadersson wrote:
Really glad to see so much support for LI. GW seems to be taking out all the stops with tons of options.

Anyone notice that we have gotten no stats or rules with the last few previews? Very disappointing. I wish they would reveal more rules and things useful for list building.

They are probably saving up any rules article for launch as they will need to generate some hype again.

After the delay they turned back the LI reveals for a while but with last weeks drop-pod, this week fast attack and a confirmation that next week will be another LI reveal it feels to me like we are getting close to the possible launch now. Will be interesting to see when they start up other articles like rules and fluff again

 Matrindur wrote:

They are probably saving up any rules article for launch as they will need to generate some hype again.

After the delay they turned back the LI reveals for a while but with last weeks drop-pod, this week fast attack and a confirmation that next week will be another LI reveal it feels to me like we are getting close to the possible launch now. Will be interesting to see when they start up other articles like rules and fluff again

Yeah this certainly feels like the hype train is building up steam again. Wonder if we'll get the preorder announcement this Sunday with another two-week period, and product in stores on Oct 28th?

II think this delay in printing will be to their benefit at this point.

Having all these extra marines + whatever else they reveal ready from the get go means you immediately theme your Marine armies how you want. Fast stuff in one box? White Scars. Siege units? Iron Warriors or Death Guard.

It is a shame HH isn't like this!

No way, I thought about White Scars but I thought it would take a while for the all flying things to show up.

 Alpharius wrote:
Multiple bikes on a stand will take a bit of getting used to!

Uhhh… that’s how it’s always been for epic…?

Sorry - I wasn't clear - I was meaning the updated 'shrunk down' "Modern HH" designs!

It does look very good in terms of models, compared to HH2, this time almost every Legion can be represented on the tabletop early on. All I'm personally missing at this stage are Land Raiders and Whirlwinds, and my bingo card is all set!

Kind of funny that I might be able to complete my Epic scale IXth Legion builds before my 28mm version of the same army

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Loving those. Means they have CAD models for HH fast attack so we might see them in full size too.

I feel like theres been enough WarCom interviews where the designers have stated that they need to do pretty significant amounts of digital resculpting to translate standard scale to epic scale that we should know better than assume that "having CAD models" means something is imminent, etc.

That being said, we already have the scimitar jetbikes in plastic, and the original javelin landspeeders from forgworld were done in CAD, as well as the Proteus, so theres no real new information here except maybe the Outrider bikes which I'm pretty sure were CAD from forgeworld but not 100%. Converting the files to be workable as a plastic kit instead of resin probably takes as much work as converting them from standard size to epic size.

 Tyranid Horde wrote:
II think this delay in printing will be to their benefit at this point.
Having all these extra marines + whatever else they reveal ready from the get go means you immediately theme your Marine armies how you want. Fast stuff in one box? White Scars. Siege units? Iron Warriors or Death Guard.
It is a shame HH isn't like this!

It will also benefit them in terms of dissuading people from 3D printing stuff that hasn't released yet. Theres the segment of people that have already printed up full armie, but then theres the segment of people who are willing to buy the real thing, but really want unit xyz and aren't patient enough to wait months wondering if/when GW might release a certain unit, etc. Showcasing that these units will be supported and featured eliminates that uncertainty and makes it less likely they will go down the unofficial route.

The fast attack box comes with 32 bases.

In the case that the box costs 40€, it does not seem expensive...

In total the Legiones Astartes Fast Attack box contains 32 epic-scale plastic miniatures

miniatures, not bases

SU-152 wrote:
The fast attack box comes with 32 bases.

In the case that the box costs 40€, it does not seem expensive...

32 MODELS isnt it? Like there are several models to a base?

Yeah, the contents are exactly what was shown in the photos.
4x Javelin speeder.
4x Proteus speeder.
4x bases of bikes (3 minis on each).
6x bases of jet bikes (2 minis on each).

Old-Four-Arms wrote:
Pleasantly surprised that the old-school "Proteus" Land Speeder is included.

I'm glad you like those. I, on the other hand, do not and shall not be using them.



Seriously, I hate the Proteus more than I hate the Invader ATV.

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
The models look fantastic. My only issue is that the 'best model making company in the world' insists on having a flying stand that glues onto a pre-textured terrain base. Just awful.

Yeah, agreed on this point.

But the hobbyist in me thinks I would have changed it anyway to vary the height, etc.

Well, substituting the flight stand with a pin is way easier than the other way around. So I am fine with the flight stands the models come with.

On another note, with so many plastic kits previewed already, what‘s left?

For Marines the obivous omissions are:
Land Raider and its variants
Artillery like the Whirlwind
Assault Infantry, at least I hope there is a sprue with more than a single Assault Marine and Terminator stand each
Legion specific stuff will likely be in resin as they alluded to in one of the early articles.
However, a sprue with a primarch and his honor guard could be an option.

I am not familiar with Solar Auxilia.
So what do you think is on the table for them?
Baneblade variants?
APCs?

Seelenhaendler wrote:
Well, substituting the flight stand with a pin is way easier than the other way around. So I am fine with the flight stands the models come with.

On another note, with so many plastic kits previewed already, what‘s left?

For Marines the obivous omissions are:
Land Raider and its variants
Artillery like the Whirlwind
Assault Infantry, at least I hope there is a sprue with more than a single Assault Marine and Terminator stand each
Legion specific stuff will likely be in resin as they alluded to in one of the early articles.
However, a sprue with a primarch and his honor guard could be an option.

I am not familiar with Solar Auxilia.
So what do you think is on the table for them?
Baneblade variants?
APCs?

Compared to 32mm HH for marines infantry there are Despoiler, Destroyer, Breacher, Reconnaissance and Scout Squads

For Tanks we have the Sabre, Vindicator, Scorpius, Arquitor, Spartan and Proteus. And then different Super-Heavies like Cerberus/Typhon, Glaive/Fellblade/Falchion, Stormbird and Mastodon.

We might also see a few different leader options like a Terminator Praetor squad but unlikely to be anytime soon

With this choice of words: "Join us again next week for another Heresy Thursday, which the Warhammer Community reconnaissance squad tells us is more miniatures for the hotly awaited Legions Imperialis." I would expect the Reconnaissance and probably scout squads next week, however I don't think they would have a sprue on their own but I have no idea what else they could be paired with

Same for the Despoiler, Destroyer and Breacher Squads. They don't really fit together as a theme but also have nothing else left to match with.

For the tanks its easier. There will probably be an artillary box with the Vindicator, Scorpius and Arquitor, a Land Raider Box with Spartan, Proteus and maybe the Cerberus/Typhon. But the Sabre again doesn't really fit anything here.
The Glaive/Fellblade/Falchion could be a single box or at least the Glaive and Fellblade would be with the Falchion maybe being a resin upgrade? Stormbird and Mastodon would be solo boxes.

But I wouldn't expect any of the Super heavies with the exception of the Cerberus/Typhon anytime soon.

For Solar Auxilia just going by the HH Liber Imperium so not counting any Legacies model which we already got some from in the form of the Baneblade we still need a Transport box with Dracosans and Auroxes but other than that there are just Super Heavies and the Valdor Tank Destroyer left. But of course we could also see completely new stuff like the new Sentinels and then all the Legacies stuff

 Breotan wrote:

Old-Four-Arms wrote:
Pleasantly surprised that the old-school "Proteus" Land Speeder is included.

I'm glad you like those. I, on the other hand, do not and shall not be using them.



Seriously, I hate the Proteus more than I hate the Invader ATV.

I'll take however many of those you don't want . I do like the old "jet engine with seats strapped on" design.

 Albertorius wrote:

 Breotan wrote:

Old-Four-Arms wrote:
Pleasantly surprised that the old-school "Proteus" Land Speeder is included.

I'm glad you like those. I, on the other hand, do not and shall not be using them.



Seriously, I hate the Proteus more than I hate the Invader ATV.

I'll take however many of those you don't want . I do like the old "jet engine with seats strapped on" design.

Amen

I give about a zero percent chance of them not doing land raiders. Hell, tiny Mk2b land raiders was one of the big selling points of epic 40K back in the day; got their own white dwarf article and everything.