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 Scottywan82 wrote:
Damn, literally just need a Terminator Apothecary to have the entire 1st Company in Terminator Armor. That looks awesome.

Could arguably do with a Techmarine too, and you have to imagine they would have Lieutenants nowadays, but yes, very nearly.

I'll give them credit for actually giving options to equip the whole squad with the same weapon. If it was Chaos or Xenos you'd have 2 with claws, 2 with Hammer and 1 with weapon you never heard of that gets OP rules for the next two years.

Sgt. Cortez wrote:
I'll give them credit for actually giving options to equip the whole squad with the same weapon. If it was Chaos or Xenos you'd have 2 with claws, 2 with Hammer and 1 with weapon you never heard of that gets OP rules for the next two years.

I know I’m in the minority, but I always preferred to field my assault terminators with a mix of weapons. You could always take casualties from the side less useful in your current battle, but having a little bit of both prevented them from not having the tools to deal with threats.

But that’s my TAC Ultramarine talking, not the min/maxer who mathhammers out the best pic and spams it.

I hope we will still be able to field mixed squads. We can now, so I don’t think it would change, but sometimes GW does silly things.

 kabaakaba wrote:
Box looks nice, at least for whom have not any terminators, but common, when they stop add barehead options? What a point in TDA if your face is open

It looks cool, nothing in 40K is practical. And they come with enough helmets that you can give each model one if you so wish.


And the models look excellent. I wish there were more of those crotch plates the sergeant has, I think it looks good and adds to the solid-brickness of the armour. I wish terminators had better rules though, I hope they improve them in the next codex.

The standard bearer is fine too, though I really wish they'd stop doing these chunky sculpted banners. It looks weird, and you need to painstakingly sand and smooth it if you want some other picture in it.

The box looks very tempting, but probably too pricey for me. And I'm not sure I need that many terminators.

 Crimson wrote:
[I wish there were more of those crotch plates the sergeant has, I think it looks good and adds to the solid-brickness of the armour.

Yeah, it's a small detail, but it really enhances the silhouette. I'll just model plasticard facsimiles onto all my Termies if there's not enough of those parts in the kit.

These guys are screaming to me in my head, "You don't need food! You don't need to sleep inside! We would make excellent units for a Deathwing army! You always wanted a Deathwing army! Buy us... convert us!"

Very nice looking updates, kind of looks like the Ancient has an alternate weapon option they chose not to show off (in the close ups of the alternate heads he clearly has a different right arm attached).

 PenitentJake wrote:
Those were some funny looking Drukhari to post about during Drukhari preorder week.

Not that I expect everything to be Drukhari- especially since they'll need some left over to hype between preorder and release. But with my slide into seasonal depression, I think the last thing I need is to hear about marines right now.

Every non-Dark Eldar release is just another plaything for the Drukhari.

I definitely understand the frustration of yet more marines.

I'm also a little disappointed the termie box only has 5 shooty termies. I guess the intention is that this will stack with the combat patrols that also have 5, but it feels like cheaping out.

 ScarletRose wrote:
I definitely understand the frustration of yet more marines.

I'm also a little disappointed the termie box only has 5 shooty termies. I guess the intention is that this will stack with the combat patrols that also have 5, but it feels like cheaping out.

If they put 10 of each, the price point would probably be ugly.

And I’d rather see 10 of the new guys in the launch box bundle.

Plenty of the shooty ones out there already.

The duplicated poses between the two assault Terminator units shown is really not doing them any favours.

Ahh, finally the Assault Terminators get revealed. Splendid. This kit looks to have a lot of synergy with the existing multipart plastic Terminator kit. We get new aquila style chestplates, and new waist poses to kitbash with. I am only disappointed they didnt give us any of the alternate Indomi Termie suit marks, like were featured on some of the Space Marine Heroes miniatures.

Looks like we dont have to wait long for the individual kits either, judging by the article. They will probably go to preorder a week or two after the big box, which I am certainly not getting. I just need one Assault Termie kit and one Ancient, and I'll have everything in place.

 Nevelon wrote:

 ScarletRose wrote:
I definitely understand the frustration of yet more marines.

I'm also a little disappointed the termie box only has 5 shooty termies. I guess the intention is that this will stack with the combat patrols that also have 5, but it feels like cheaping out.

If they put 10 of each, the price point would probably be ugly.

And I’d rather see 10 of the new guys in the launch box bundle.

Plenty of the shooty ones out there already.

I'd have preferred five of each at a lower price point.

They look like terminators!

Great day for Blood Angels, huh?

Shields are just not what i expect on a termi unit.
I know they are faithful to the originals, but the originals were bad looking and still are.

But i guess bladeguard already got the nice shield design and it could not be duplicated

I've always kind of hated the Termi shields but I honestly kind of like them here. Not exactly sure why, maybe just that the posing makes better use of the kind of shield it is, but I kind of like them.

New Terminators? That means

New Spacehulk WHEN!?

 Lord Damocles wrote:
The duplicated poses between the two assault Terminator units shown is really not doing them any favours.

GW always fall into that hole as they are a bit allergic to kitbashing. There are 15 new scale vanilla terminator bodies once these guys are released (easy build, multi part and assault terminators), swapping the arms over to get some variety is easy enough. And there are 20 pairs of assault terminator weapons in the big launch box - build all 15 terminators in the box as assault terminators if it suits you.

New scale Deathwatch shoulder pads would do them some favours though.

 Overread wrote:
New Terminators? That means

New Spacehulk WHEN!?

Soon!

 Insularum wrote:

 Lord Damocles wrote:
The duplicated poses between the two assault Terminator units shown is really not doing them any favours.

GW always fall into that hole as they are a bit allergic to kitbashing. There are 15 new scale vanilla terminator bodies once these guys are released (easy build, multi part and assault terminators), swapping the arms over to get some variety is easy enough. And there are 20 pairs of assault terminator weapons in the big launch box - build all 15 terminators in the box as assault terminators if it suits you.

New scale Deathwatch shoulder pads would do them some favours though.

While they don’t officially advertise it as such, that could be part of the reason they threw the 5 shooty terminators in there - gives you the option of 3 units of assault terminators with different sets of bodies between the two units with the same weapons.

Though I’m probably thinking too highly of the there.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
Solid work. They didn’t need to go wild, and they didn’t. Just a solid upgrade of an old kit.

TDA ancient is cool.

I’ll need to see the price point on that box. I don’t really need more reg terminators, actively don’t want the chaplain, and already have a TDA captain I like, even if he’s a little short.

Importantly, for me at least? The Lightning Claws aren’t the Knuckle Duster style. I’ve always preferred the built into the glove look.

Agreed. They look to me more like the 2nd ed designs than the plastic updates. GW really mining their nostalgia.

I'm wondering if I should get the battleforce and Lysander, and paint them as Fists, or Calgar, and paint them as Ultras. Decisions, Decisions. I wonder if they might be coming out with a new Belial. That would be a real sweet indecision loop to get caught in.

Sgt. Cortez wrote:
...1 with weapon you never heard of that gets OP rules for the next two years.

Nah, only until June. That's when 11E drops and the unit is consolidated to just have 'Terminator Melee Weapons'.

SamusDrake wrote:

 Overread wrote:
New Terminators? That means

New Spacehulk WHEN!?

Soon!

Soon™

Not to be that guy, but do we really need yet another space hulk?

Dudeface wrote:
Not to be that guy, but do we really need yet another space hulk?

Well its a good chance to reintroduce the best Blood angels terminator kits and funky limited edition stealers... yes!

Dudeface wrote:
Not to be that guy, but do we really need yet another space hulk?

The fact that Space Hulk isn't the next Warhammer Quest with a really chunky core boxed set and several expansions is baffling!!!


Plus the nature of it means that you could have other factions join in too. It's hulks floating in space, everyone can get involved (and should). Sure have the core box with Genestealers and Terminators and then - EXPAND!

 Overread wrote:

Dudeface wrote:
Not to be that guy, but do we really need yet another space hulk?

The fact that Space Hulk isn't the next Warhammer Quest with a really chunky core boxed set and several expansions is baffling!!!


Plus the nature of it means that you could have other factions join in too. It's hulks floating in space, everyone can get involved (and should). Sure have the core box with Genestealers and Terminators and then - EXPAND!

Yep and also plastic corridor floor tiles!

 NAVARRO wrote:

 Overread wrote:

Dudeface wrote:
Not to be that guy, but do we really need yet another space hulk?

The fact that Space Hulk isn't the next Warhammer Quest with a really chunky core boxed set and several expansions is baffling!!!


Plus the nature of it means that you could have other factions join in too. It's hulks floating in space, everyone can get involved (and should). Sure have the core box with Genestealers and Terminators and then - EXPAND!

Yep and also plastic corridor floor tiles!

So we want boarding actions with plastic floor... Sounds good