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SamusDrake wrote:
Can anyone shed light on when the Destrier is going up for pre-order?

Pre-orders starting March 21st, so this coming Sunday will preview them - together with the EoT book and Iron Warriors.

Yay!!!

I think he looks pretty cool, and I'm not mad at a bit of reproportioning.

The ork physique was getting far too charicature-y, with ridiculously large hands and heads.

The only thing I'll say is that his shoulders seem too wide for the rest of him, but maybe that's the armour.


has anyone seen what hte new apocalypse rules are going to be? Super keen to see how they work.

Article: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/sklouxc3/new-animation-the-saviour-of-armageddon-returns/

I think he's quite nice, but I much prefer the previous version.

The head, specifically, is a step back. As good as GW's modern plastic tech is these days they can still struggle with the detail required for a top, top mini

Time to finish off my Armageddon Ork Hunters...

That’s a really nice new mini!

I do still and will forever miss the crab claw style, but this is solid.

Is GW doing something not in the current timeline? But dialing it back a few years?

Nice model. I’m not impressed over the last version, but new plastics are generally a good thing?

It's ya boy

And he's not even a dreadnought or whatever the rumour was

Just an old man who's still more angry than tired

Looks like the speculation of that power klaw being Yarrick's is spot on. Cool to see the old man is back!

Looks like there’s an armature from the Klaw to the backpack, which is a cool addition. Helps explain how a weedy ‘Umie can wield such a brute lump.

 Nevelon wrote:
Is GW doing something not in the current timeline? But dialing it back a few years?

Nice model. I’m not impressed over the last version, but new plastics are generally a good thing?

They explicitly call out that they've aged his face more in the article, so I imagine not and it's just going to be a "rumours of my death were greatly exaggerated" thing.

Odd question for the hivemind: I keep seeing videos about how the new ork warboss that got leaked confirms something about the 11th edition starter. Any idea why those things are related? Is there something about the packaging that looks different or something?

Since GW said on stream, "he's dead, there was a body" I never want to hear anybody say, "BuT tHe LoRe!" ever again.

Not a bad model but the older one was a bit better I think.

As with the case for Ghaz, the character of Yarrick is a bit lost since the early 90s. I didn't even care for Orks nor Imperial Guard at the time, but I immediately admired both characters and their awesome models, and wish I had the pocket money to buy both and their vehicles.

The powerclaw on the original Yarrick looks like all it would have done is snipped the poor soul's arm clean off, but the modern one looks like it would have crushed his entire upper body. Then there was the ****ing cool skeleton and bayonet on his gun and now its just a vanilla stormbolter borrowed off of a Marine Terminator.

Don't get me wrong as it's definitely an improvement over the previous sculpt, but I was hoping to see at least some return to the original design. At least with Yarrick he's still recognisable as Yarrick, whereas Ghaz just looks like any ordinary Ork brute in a monsterous mech suit.

Nice to see GW can still hold on to fun parts of the setting on occasion.

New Old Man is a straight upgrade from the waist up, but the coat should be reinforcing the established motion, not flapping around in the imaginary wind so that the leg reinforcements are visible. Nothing some Tamiya won't fix.

 Scottywan82 wrote:
Odd question for the hivemind: I keep seeing videos about how the new ork warboss that got leaked confirms something about the 11th edition starter. Any idea why those things are related? Is there something about the packaging that looks different or something?

Short answer? We don’t know.

Longer and more detailed but still largely speculative answer?

Valrak, who has a solid track record is reporting Orks as the baddies in the 11th Ed Big Box. Warboss shown off last week was initially assumed to be part of said big box.

However, the original “leak” was of individual character packaging, specifically the cardboard box. Whilst the contents of the Big Box are usually parted out a bit further down the track, it seems odd we’d get that packaging before any other “leaks”. Plus, we know the kit is coming with various options, such as shoota parts, choppy or klaw, Squig or no Squig, shoulder pads and belt buckles. The character models in the Big Boxes tend to be mono-build. So it seems the Warboss model shown off last week is an Ork release for a big End of Edition Armageddon book.

But, still largely speculation. I’m not nailing my colour on to this one.

 BorderCountess wrote:
Since GW said on stream, "he's dead, there was a body" I never want to hear anybody say, "BuT tHe LoRe!" ever again.

In a universe of clones, warp copies, decoys and body doubles, death is about a permanent as it is in the X-Men.

Could GW stop? I've just picked up Nagash to start undead for AoS, and now this? Please, a small break from stuff I want, I beg of you...

Yay, he's back!
Looks like he has had a couple of knee replacemends and I would imagine hips too.
We just need to see the new Steel Legion figs now. I hope they will fit in with my old metal ones.

 BorderCountess wrote:
Since GW said on stream, "he's dead, there was a body" I never want to hear anybody say, "BuT tHe LoRe!" ever again.

As though a little thing like death was ever going to keep Yarrick down. Like, that’s his whole thing; getting back up from mortal wounds.
Besides, in a universe with cloning, even leaving a body requires an answer to the question “but was it the right body?”
I just wish they’d brought him back as a dreadnought.

 BorderCountess wrote:
Since GW said on stream, "he's dead, there was a body" I never want to hear anybody say, "BuT tHe LoRe!" ever again.

It's canon if it's printed. Was always thus.

Death means literally nothing anymore.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 BorderCountess wrote:
Since GW said on stream, "he's dead, there was a body" I never want to hear anybody say, "BuT tHe LoRe!" ever again.

As though a little thing like death was ever going to keep Yarrick down. Like, that’s his whole thing; getting back up from mortal wounds.
Besides, in a universe with cloning, even leaving a body requires an answer to the question “but was it the right body?”
I just wish they’d brought him back as a dreadnought.

It was Von Strab's body! Some Reichenbach Falls nonsense, right?

just goes to show how lifelike a servitor can be if you spend the big bucks

Could have been worse, right? Not bad actually, but need more hat! The former model is smaller, but have bigger hat.
If the do steel legion or armageddon ork hunters I would sure get some.

GW apparently has no interest in doing Steel Legion per Valrak, which explains why his buddies are nowhere to be seen.

I definitely want them to do some Krieg minis as Steel Legion though, nothing stopping people doing that.


Great model I think, reasonable update.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
just goes to show how lifelike a servitor can be if you spend the big bucks

I'd love some twist on this, particularly after that animation. A literal puppetted corpse forcing the Guard to throw their lives away at a cause that was lost before they were born. GW doesn't go for that anymore, but it would be kind of glorious.

While I'm not super fond of the Orks warp reality bit (its more fun as an Imperial superstition to me) you could also go with the idea that they've effectively undone his death so they can keep fighting him and so the Imperial forces will be lead by someone that will keep the battle going forever.