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 kabaakaba wrote:

 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

No, floor tiles like space hulk cardboard and just some doors as connectors. Dont need walls at all.

 NAVARRO wrote:

 kabaakaba wrote:

 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

No, floor tiles like space hulk cardboard and just some doors as connectors. Dont need walls at all.

I like walls, space hulk with walls gonna looks better.

This is one of the problems I have with Boarding Actions - I keep trying to make rooms & corridors rather than LoS-blocking things...

The original Space Hulk ended up with rules for fielding Power Armour Marines (swifter, more numerous, but much, much squishier) and Orks. Oh, and Traitor Marines/

There may also have been rules for Imperial Guard, but don’t quote me on that, I may be thinking of Space Crusade.

I wouldn’t say no to a series of Space Hulk Big Boxes. Start with the classic, natch. Give it a Deathwing style expansion or two to flesh out the Astartes and Genestealer Hybrids. Next one? Ork Freebooterz exploring and nicking everything that’s not nailed down on a Chaos Ship. Then Mechanicum Explorator Crew trying to nick everything that isn’t nailed down in a Necron Tomb. Dark Eldar raiding a Craftworld, yes nicking everything (and anyone) that isn’t nailed down.

Imperial Guard got Space Hulk rules in Citadel Journal. As long as the comm link was alive, you could call in a new squad to be haplessly slaughtered by aliens.

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Imperial Guard got Space Hulk rules in Citadel Journal. As long as the comm link was alive, you could call in a new squad to be haplessly slaughtered by aliens.

Well, in one game a single hybrid with lasgun killed my Captain and a heavy weapon terminator. On the other hand I slaughtered PA marines in another game without much sweat.

All of the optional lists were pretty unbalanced. I guess some random hybrids were okay (but without the psychic rules) and the additional weapons for terminators too.

 Insularum wrote:

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

There's no difference between Primaris and Firstborn shouldpads. A new upgrade sprue would be immensely welcome, but there's no scale issue.

 LunarSol wrote:

 Insularum wrote:

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

There's no difference between Primaris and Firstborn shouldpads. A new upgrade sprue would be immensely welcome, but there's no scale issue.

But they literally already got an upgrade for the nuscale Terminators.

So, does anyone know how many officers exist for the Ultramarines now?

Aren't we about to hit the saturation point and run out of named Ultramarines to release?

 Platuan4th wrote:

 LunarSol wrote:

 Insularum wrote:

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

There's no difference between Primaris and Firstborn shouldpads. A new upgrade sprue would be immensely welcome, but there's no scale issue.

But they literally already got an upgrade for the nuscale Terminators.

I'm not sure what the Dark Angel upgrade has to do with anything. The "gravis" sized upgrade pads work fine, this is just an upgrade that has a lot more options in general and the plasma cannon, but doesn't have anything directly to do with Deathwatch.

I'd not expect anything that really support the Deathwatch Terminators any time soon. The faction was supposed to be gone last year with this latest kit just serving as a resculpt for the Agents unit anyone can take. Any change of plans to unsquat the DW probably won't make it through the production pipeline for a couple years at best, if they've even truly decided to unsquat them at all.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
So, does anyone know how many officers exist for the Ultramarines now?

Aren't we about to hit the saturation point and run out of named Ultramarines to release?

Off the top of my head, we have now confirmed in plastic for:

- Varro Tigurius
- Marneus Calgar
- Cato Sicarius
- Uriel Ventris
- Roboute Guilliman
- Lieutenant Titus

Ones that they can still rerelease in plastic are:

- Ortan Cassius, Master of Sanctity (used to have an old metal model, we got an brief plastic version of him but it was back when he was still in the Deathwatch and before his heavy cybernetic modification), I could see him being added in alongside Tyrannic War Vets if GW ever wants to release that as a standalone unit
- Sergeant Telion, Scout Sergeant
- Antaro Chronus (not super likely, might be brought in alongside a new tank, possibly a land raider refresh)

So they still have at least 3 named ones they can bring in at some point, and that's not including GW's willingness to add new Ultra primaris characters either.

Just seen an image leak regarding Damned Legionnaires and Ferrus Manus for 40k.

Unsure if fake or real at this point. DailyDoseOfWarhammer on Instagram has it up can't link rn tho

Does this work?

https://www.instagram.com/dailydoseofwarhammer/p/DO8oGbUjNpE/

Can't wait to see what [word I want to use but can't] lore reason are they going to give for Ferrus getting his head back. Dudes dead. Let him stay dead. Could have bought back Russ, Corax, Vulkan, Dorn or the Khan. Nope. Lets resurrect the dead fella.

 LunarSol wrote:

 Platuan4th wrote:

 LunarSol wrote:

 Insularum wrote:

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

There's no difference between Primaris and Firstborn shouldpads. A new upgrade sprue would be immensely welcome, but there's no scale issue.

But they literally already got an upgrade for the nuscale Terminators.

I'm not sure what the Dark Angel upgrade has to do with anything. The "gravis" sized upgrade pads work fine, this is just an upgrade that has a lot more options in general and the plasma cannon, but doesn't have anything directly to do with Deathwatch.

Whoops, my mind read that as Deathwing.

That seems pretty easy to fake, really doubt it's real personally.Even if they're doing legion of the damned, I could see their centerpiece model being more of a "ferrus" inspired character but not explicitly named as him.

 Platuan4th wrote:

Whoops, my mind read that as Deathwing.

Ah, that makes WAY more sense


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 Grimskul wrote:
That seems pretty easy to fake, really doubt it's real personally.Even if they're doing legion of the damned, I could see their centerpiece model being more of a "ferrus" inspired character but not explicitly named as him.

LD 1+ seems like a giveaway unless the plan is for 11th edition to make battleshock a 1D6 roll.

Lady Malys should keep the veil on

 Grimskul wrote:
That seems pretty easy to fake, really doubt it's real personally.Even if they're doing legion of the damned, I could see their centerpiece model being more of a "ferrus" inspired character but not explicitly named as him.

Well...if we take the idea that the Emperor is essentially more of a Chaos God by now (Order God?, no, Chaos seems right) then he naturally would have demons and greater demons. The Damned definitely qualify as demons (insubstantial, appear in areas where psychic instability seems high...such as a vital engagement going very badly), so that checks off the small fry. And since the Living Saints (Celestine, Anais, Sabbat, and others) are essentially named demons, they would qualify as Greater Demons.

So why not Ferrus Manus? I mean, likely his head would just be something ablaze with holy fire...or he would now sport a LoD helmet. Perhaps the helmet would float a few inches above his neck?

I'd be good with that.

 Sacredroach wrote:

So why not Ferrus Manus? I mean, likely his head would just be something ablaze with holy fire...or he would now sport a LoD helmet. Perhaps the helmet would float a few inches above his neck?

Damn Now I sort of do want GW to make a Ghost Manus riding a Hellcycle (or would that be Holycycle?) leading the Legion of the Damned!

 Snrub wrote:
Does this work?

https://www.instagram.com/dailydoseofwarhammer/p/DO8oGbUjNpE/

Can't wait to see what [word I want to use but can't] lore reason are they going to give for Ferrus getting his head back. Dudes dead. Let him stay dead. Could have bought back Russ, Corax, Vulkan, Dorn or the Khan. Nope. Lets resurrect the dead fella.

Not An Expert Nor Claiming To Be Disclaimer?

I think that’s fake. Most of the text isn’t in proper focus, except for the unit names. Especially the Legionaires.

Hells bells I hope that's a crappy fake. What a load of pap if it's true. If they want all the primarchs that's what 30k is for.

I call it fake. Fake!

Iracundus wrote:
Lady Malys should keep the veil on

In the context of Malys above.

Whining about GW's weird turn on art has been done before, and may be redundant since they are probably only a few years away from going "eh, just get AI to do it".

But I can't work out who thought it was "good". I guess if they are phoning stuff in because "eh, its New Marines this week, that'll do" it sort of makes sense - but it seems a bit bizarre in the context that all of this is marketing.

I guess its subjective all the way down, but I feel there's been an awful lot of "misses" from about 2016 onwards.

 ikeulhu wrote:

 Sacredroach wrote:

So why not Ferrus Manus? I mean, likely his head would just be something ablaze with holy fire...or he would now sport a LoD helmet. Perhaps the helmet would float a few inches above his neck?

Damn Now I sort of do want GW to make a Ghost Manus riding a Hellcycle (or would that be Holycycle?) leading the Legion of the Damned!

No! That privilege belongs to DOOMRIDER!!! alone!

 Sotahullu wrote:
I call it fake. Fake!

Am I the only person that remembers Ferrus coming back and fighting Daemons at the behest of the Emperor?

 Shakalooloo wrote:

No! That privilege belongs to DOOMRIDER!!! alone!

Fair, I too would much rather see them bring back a gloriously awesome DOOMRIDER over introducing Ghost Manus!

I would prefer all the primarchs who died on-screen to stay dead.

I would also some LotD sculpted to modern standards.

 ikeulhu wrote:

 Shakalooloo wrote:

No! That privilege belongs to DOOMRIDER!!! alone!

Fair, I too would much rather see them bring back a gloriously awesome DOOMRIDER over introducing Ghost Manus!

Why not both?

Sounds like a great setup for a big box: Ghost Manus and some LotD (mounted or otherwise) vs. Doomrider and new chaos bikers.

Tyel wrote:
I guess its subjective all the way down, but I feel there's been an awful lot of "misses" from about 2016 onwards.

It might be a rare miss for Dainton as far as the face is concerned (unless GW thinks Malys should look like Jared Leto crossed with Marilyn Manson), but the overall composition and chiaroscuro is strong here.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
So, does anyone know how many officers exist for the Ultramarines now?

Aren't we about to hit the saturation point and run out of named Ultramarines to release?

There are roughly 1,000 Ultramarines. Clearly, each one is a great hero deserving of his own model and rules.