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Possibly a contentions opinion, but the Scorpions have truly terrible poses with zero movement, they all look exactly like cosplayers holding a pose to have their picture taken. And half of them are going 4 different ways, with the legs, each arm, and gaze each going off in a different direction.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Possibly a contentions opinion, but the Scorpions have truly terrible poses with zero movement, they all look exactly like cosplayers holding a pose to have their picture taken. And half of them are going 4 different ways, with the legs, each arm, and gaze each going off in a different direction.

They did mention hat the models are flexible in which arms can go with which body, so they're showing off the 'non-monopose' stylings by going wild with the poses.

Think I’m gonna get some Striking Scorpions, but probably not the Kill Team box.

When I get round to it, I'm going to convert up the admech sniper to have three or four legs which will look much better.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Possibly a contentions opinion, but the Scorpions have truly terrible poses with zero movement, they all look exactly like cosplayers holding a pose to have their picture taken. And half of them are going 4 different ways, with the legs, each arm, and gaze each going off in a different direction.

If you can't say anything nice etc - but they are doing nothing for me.
Not sure why, and I may change my mind, but there just seems something off about them. The unmasked faces especially seem bad to me.

Tyel wrote:
The unmasked faces especially seem bad to me.

I am told by my Eldar buddy that unmasked Aspect Warriors are also complete nonsense as far as lore goes.

To say something nice... I really like the Scouts, and the new Stormcast guy is the coolest model in his faction by a wiiiide margin.

The war-mask, to my limited understanding, is metaphorical?

un-helmeted aspect warriors are Ynnari, that's in the lore.

Not wearing helmets is a Ynarri thing. Banshees and Reapers both have the option and it's the way for people to model Ynarri rather than just having a different paint job.
Probably has to do with wanting to get shot in the face so they can empower Ynnead or something.

I think it's already been "confirmed" by the skitarii character and Imotekh rumors being true, but Imotekh and Orikan are both sold out online

I shall pass this knowledge onto my Eldar buddy

I kinda like the unique terrain sprue in the Kill Team box but that's paywalled with two teams I don't need. The same system worked out for me in Warcry but not this time.

I didn’t see the live stream, but the article suggests the Terrain is a separate boxed set?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I didn’t see the live stream, but the article suggests the Terrain is a separate boxed set?

Yes, the hosts mention that everyone must have lots of kill zones by now, so no need to 'force' people to buy more with every release, but leave the option there.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I didn’t see the live stream, but the article suggests the Terrain is a separate boxed set?

Sold separatedly like WC from now on. The reason (or excuse for a price hike ) is that " oh people complained they got too many terrains! So we sold you new box with none from now on"

I am tempted by the stumpy terrain.

But.

I rarely if ever play. And I own a lot (no, more than that. Closer…there you go!) Sector Mechanicus already. So it wouldn’t be a wise investment.

This is paywalled in the box with the teams, the platforms are in their own box.


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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I rarely if ever play. And I own a lot (no, more than that. Closer…there you go!) Sector Mechanicus already. So it wouldn’t be a wise investment.

Half height platforms are a pretty good expansion (should also line up with the tops of Zone Mortalis!), just shame there's no connecting half high stairs or ladders.

The huge amounts of terrain put me off buying previous sets, as it takes a lot of effort and space to build, paint and store. I wish they just released the teams by themselves sooner too, but I'm glad they've moved to smaller box sets, hopefully they'll be a bit cheaper too

For pricing, look at the latest Warcry sets

 lord_blackfang wrote:
For pricing, look at the latest Warcry sets

I'd actually advise against that. The Mawpit is frigging huge.

The individual Gallowdark sets were $35, $50, and $60.

2 striking scorpion is already 120 USD separatedly, not sure about the 130 usd prediction price tag.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
For pricing, look at the latest Warcry sets

Easier to reply to this bit.

Fair point on the Fancy Gubbins being box locked!

Chopstick wrote:
2 striking scorpion is already 120 USD separatedly, not sure about the 130 usd prediction price tag.

Gorgers and Wildercorps are going to be $60 each, not seeing a huge issue there. The Mawpit would be at least $50-$60.

Warcry has been priced at a power price point than kill team for the past year. In general AoS is slightly cheaper than 40k.

 Kanluwen wrote:

Chopstick wrote:
2 striking scorpion is already 120 USD separatedly, not sure about the 130 usd prediction price tag.

Gorgers and Wildercorps are going to be $60 each, not seeing a huge issue there. The Mawpit would be at least $50-$60.

The WC bands are single box. The one from the new KT are 2 Striking Scorpions (5 man each) and 2 scout (5 man). Not sure about new scout pricing but Eldar aspect warrior has always been 60 for 5.

Ahhhh!

AaaaaAhhhhHhhhHhn

AcTuAlLy the plastic Dire Avengers used to be a box of 10. Back when 10 man squads were around £20 or £25ish?

Can’t remember the exact pricing, or how crap the 5 man price was originally.

But….actually the actually important thing here is AcTuAlLy, I think you’ll find, actually.

Chopstick wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

Chopstick wrote:
2 striking scorpion is already 120 USD separatedly, not sure about the 130 usd prediction price tag.

Gorgers and Wildercorps are going to be $60 each, not seeing a huge issue there. The Mawpit would be at least $50-$60.

The WC bands are single box. The one from the new KT are 2 Striking Scorpions (5 man each) and 2 scout (5 man). Not sure about new scout pricing but Eldar aspect warrior has always been 60 for 5.

They said that it's a squad of 10 for Scouts, just FYI. No mention of it being "2 boxes" like they did with Scorpions.

The Nova Open bit also has them shown in the video in a set of 10, rather than 5 like they would for a product video.

It might be a different case when we finally see the box, but I'm going off them being 10s for now.

The Admech sniper looks horrible.

Ok, the Scorps will probably come out in a box of 5 like the rest of the Aspect Warriors. We know Scouts will be in boxes of 10.

Low-balling it, given that they're slight, that puts 5 Scorps at AUD$97 (rather than the new improved price of AUD$105, which is what Reapers are). So 10 of them would be AUD$194.

The cheaper (LOL!) of the two 10-man modern Marine kits are the Assault Intercessors at AUD$98 (Hellblasters, Incursors, etc. being AUD$103).

So, together we're looking at AUD$292 worth of minis ($234 after discounts).

Even putting aside the KT terrain in the box, if this new KT box comes out at even AUD$250, it's a saving.

Chopstick wrote:
Boring killteam reveal, but for people who want to collect Eldar, it's probably better than buying 2 boxes of 5 men Scorpion for 120 USD when it's sold separatedly.

Other was meh to me, Sniper not having an aiming pose is huge L. Look like the stock is longer than the sniper's forearm.

He probably has telescoping arms too.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Ok, the Scorps will probably come out in a box of 5 like the rest of the Aspect Warriors. We know Scouts will be in boxes of 10.

Low-balling it, given that they're slight, that puts 5 Scorps at AUD$97 (rather than the new improved price of AUD$105, which is what Reapers are). So 10 of them would be AUD$194.

The cheaper (LOL!) of the two 10-man modern Marine kits are the Assault Intercessors at AUD$98 (Hellblasters, Incursors, etc. being AUD$103).

So, together we're looking at AUD$292 worth of minis ($234 after discounts).

Even putting aside the KT terrain in the box, if this new KT box comes out at even AUD$250, it's a saving.

When the Killteam Starter is $120 AUS and includes 2 x 10 man teams, terrain, tokens, rules etc, this box would be insane coming in anywhere near $250 AUS.