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Whoever decided that the best paintjob to show of these kits was beige and teal guys on light-gray bases needs to get an appointment at the eye doctor

 GaroRobe wrote:

 Scottywan82 wrote:
So if the rest of this is moving to plastic, I guess that means the Solar Auxilia aren't far behind?

I hope they're the mystery army introduced next year. At the very least, every fake rumor monger will include them in "leaks"

It's supposed to be this year for mystery army.

Plastic weapons for Warhounds confirmed. Which is nice.

Tsagualsa wrote:
Not a single-box game, additional boxes confirmed, 'almost everything from the Horus Heresy'.

Ohh be cool to have some Ad Mech, Custodes and Sisters of Silence - Marines- meh - have plenty of them

Lots of nice new plastic weapons for Warhound

 Scottywan82 wrote:
And, as expected, it's all just marines on marines.

If you think that's marine vs marine recommend looking again. Without even titans there's non-marines.

Let it be known that Epic got plastic Assault Marines before HH did.

I will say, those Sentinels are cool. More excited about the plastic Knights though, especially the Castigator.

"Not a 40k preview".

Still ended on god damn space marines. Oh well, the manticore still wins this by far.

It wasn't a 40k preview. They didn't preview any 40k things.

I have no idea how successful Aeronautica and Titanicus are but if they are not, I would bet that Legions Imperialis will be their excuse to silently scrap both, as models can be used in LI.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
It wasn't a 40k preview. They didn't preview any 40k things.

If you want to split hairs, the plastic Knights were specifically mentioned as being useable in 40k

So wait, it's new Epic, except it's HH so it's 90% marines?

That's incredibly boring.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Some of the Steelhelms look like hobbits.

My first impression was children, with the relatively large heads, slim bodies and thin legs, but Hobbits aren't far.

Dunno, something about the Crusade range seems... off somehow. Except the manticore, that one's great.

But the Plague Monks are cool, that one Krule Boy that walked right off of an Ian Miller illustration is fantastic, and Epic is epic, regardless of name. All in all, great preview.

"If you've got heresy-era stuff like Thunderhawks for Aeronautica you can use them in-"

*buys two thunderhawks*

If I take Horus Heresy as precedent, I'll get Mk.III Marines a year after initial release. See you in 2024, I guess.

Good thing they're doing a version of Epic again. Not so great there's no Xenos, but I suppose we knew that was going to happen. Still looking forward to what we get exactly.

Not even a brief mention of how it may play. Wonder if it's even been written yet.

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
Not even a brief mention of how it may play. Wonder if it's even been written yet.

Lmao they showed a giant rulebook and it's supposed to release this year. All that stuff's been complete for probably a year already.

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
Not even a brief mention of how it may play. Wonder if it's even been written yet.

Of course it hasn’t. I mean, the last thing you do is write the rules, yeah. Even settling on the rulebook cover art comes before actually writing anything.

Looking at the Warcry warband again - monkeys and the drummer are great, the rest could not exist for all I care.

ERJAK wrote:
So wait, it's new Epic, except it's HH so it's 90% marines?

That's incredibly boring.

It'll probably be less than 90% Marines. They put axe murderers in carapace armor in the launch box when they could have filled it with more Marines like Horus Heresy. It's way easier to have other factions in plastic at this scale. Which makes the whole Horus Heresy setting baffling.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
Not even a brief mention of how it may play. Wonder if it's even been written yet.

Of course it hasn’t. I mean, the last thing you do is write the rules, yeah. Even settling on the rulebook cover art comes before actually writing anything.

Yeah they will do the rules and all the playtesting over lunch.

The warcry band really feels like an Underworld band repurposed for Warcry because of too many miniatures. It feels weird to have a band of 7 miniatures with Kruleboyz. Except the boss, the rest looks weak, not elite. I really don't like it.

 Prometheum5 wrote:

Lmao they showed a giant rulebook and it's supposed to release this year. All that stuff's been complete for probably a year already.

When did they edit the now clearly Epic base from a titan photo? A year ago?

ERJAK wrote:
So wait, it's new Epic, except it's HH so it's 90% marines?

That's incredibly boring.

I saw 40k gatherings with that...

I'm not interested in playing marines at all, but with Mechanicum and Solar Auxillia I might start with that game. Those Malcador tanks and the Sentinels look great.

 His Master's Voice wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:

Lmao they showed a giant rulebook and it's supposed to release this year. All that stuff's been complete for probably a year already.

When did the edit the now clearly Epic base from a titan photo? A year ago?

I'd have to go back and check but it probably has been a year at this point.

 Dryaktylus wrote:

ERJAK wrote:
So wait, it's new Epic, except it's HH so it's 90% marines?

That's incredibly boring.

I saw 40k gatherings with that...

I'm not interested in playing marines at all, but with Mechanicum and Solar Auxillia I might start with that game. Those Malcador tanks and the Sentinels look great.

It’s just going back to its roots. The original epic was 100% marines, and it diversified massively. There will be so much pressure on Gw to go through all the relevant armies from 40k as well. Even more so than Titanicus.

There is also such a big market in the 3D printing realm that can brewed rules for the other factions will be along shortly.

So who is the looser of today's reveal? My vote goes for the Old World.

 His Master's Voice wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:

Lmao they showed a giant rulebook and it's supposed to release this year. All that stuff's been complete for probably a year already.

When did they edit the now clearly Epic base from a titan photo? A year ago?

March this year.

Specifically March 14th: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/11730/716640.page#11503783

 Shadow Walker wrote:
So who is the looser of today's reveal? My vote goes for the Old World.

Definitely.