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 Nevelon wrote:

Full sniper looks to be a thing of the past. There is a small hope we might get an alternative build/pose, but one/5 models looks to be the way forward.

A 5 man kit is usually 2 sprues, so you actually get more sprue space to hopefully build more sniper scouts than a standard 3 sprues 10 man kit. Unless GW cheap out on the kit and make it 3 half size sprues like Eldar Aspect Warrior.

I'd expect to see a FW upgrade for snipers rather than full snipers in a box where it's a special upgrade.

I'm puzzled by the debate.

Previews have already said scouts are hard locked to 1 per 5 models. There are no sniper scout squads, period. (Reinforced by the 1.4 points)
Times being what they are, alternate poses (out of the box with no extra work) aren't going to happen.

Yeah, I've been wondering how the scouts would work for HH, if they are intended to be a cross-compatible kit for both systems or if we should expect a separate HH scout kit in the future.

HH also seems less bothered about NMNR and rules=what the box can build. They might just let it slide and leave it to the players to sort it out.

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:
We didn't get a look at the scout sprues as of yet right?

Not yet. They seem to be boxes of 10 though.

Aye... that seems clear since it's a KT and those are always in the ballpark of 10 models.

That said, i have my concerns about the weapons loadouts... which i hope to include atleast full bolter, full cqc pistol and full sniperrifle support... that would make me buy a lot for my AL HH army.

Full sniper looks to be a thing of the past. There is a small hope we might get an alternative build/pose, but one/5 models looks to be the way forward.

It's not as small as it could be, since HH has scouts as a regular unit for all legions and one of the options in that is a full set of Sniperrifles.

So maybee GW is smart and "generous" (for GW standards ) and has a full set of them in the kit.

If kit had sniper for every model codex would allow full sniper units.

Also 40k sniper rifles are laser based while 30k are bolter based

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Also 40k sniper rifles are laser based while 30k are bolter based

Well, that kind-of depends on what sniper rifle and what bit of fluff you are reading. In the 40K setting there have been mentions of both. I believe the Assassin has been mentions to use kinetic rounds. I know there was once a bit of fluff about marine scouts racking a round into the chamber.

 cuda1179 wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Also 40k sniper rifles are laser based while 30k are bolter based

Well, that kind-of depends on what sniper rifle and what bit of fluff you are reading. In the 40K setting there have been mentions of both. I believe the Assassin has been mentions to use kinetic rounds. I know there was once a bit of fluff about marine scouts racking a round into the chamber.

Needle sniper rifles used to be both - a beam of laser to penetrate armour, followed by the actual solid round through the hole.

 cuda1179 wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Also 40k sniper rifles are laser based while 30k are bolter based

Well, that kind-of depends on what sniper rifle and what bit of fluff you are reading. In the 40K setting there have been mentions of both. I believe the Assassin has been mentions to use kinetic rounds. I know there was once a bit of fluff about marine scouts racking a round into the chamber.

Well I'm looking at that one rifle in the new scout box and it's absolutely not a Nemesis Bolter, which is what scouts in 30k have. Thus crushing any dreams of a multi purpose kit.

I've only just noticed that the Necron lord on the cover of the new codex has a Rod of Covenant.

I assume that the artist just doesn't know that it's not a Staff of Light..?

Those Striking Scorpions are uninspired. They kept the 4th edition aesthetic like they did for the Reapers and Banshees which is appreciated, but those static poses are rather lame. The 2006 versions aren't particularly dynamic. The old guardians weren't either. And yet the new guardians kit is so much better than this. Why couldn't they include some of those dynamic poses for the elite melee infantry?

The Banshee were also a fantastic kit and their Exarch leader also really helped them stand out.

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