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It's probably an overreaction, but throughout the entire video, the complete lack of Armaggedon Steel Legion pre-occupied me far more than Yarrick's re-emergence.

Yarrick: "This is our world! OUR CITY!"

Cadians and Krieg: "With all due respect sir, it really isn't"

It's disappointing that with all the potential and rich history of various Guard regiments, GW artworks and animation are focussing exclusively on those two. It makes the universe look smaller than it ought to.

Because those are the two regiments GW is currently selling, and they are the regiments GW is interested in selling for the foreseeable future.

The video is an ad. You won't see a laundry detergent ad on TV for a bottle the company isn't actually selling.

I'd also prefer some more variety, but this is just an ad being an ad.

I took "our" to mean "Humanity/The Imperium". After all, Yarrick isn't from Armageddon either.

Still wish they'd bring back the giant crab claw

Can't buy this. :( I'm spending all my GW money on Lady Custodes.

Severely tempted.

I know painting Krieg up as Steel Legion isn't the same, but it does take me back.

I prefer the previous model, the added motion in this one somehow makes it worse. I especially hate how the great coat is open.

I really should paint my steel legion army at some point.

The old pose is better, the old facial expression is better. The new one's fine I guess but I'm happy with the previous.

It bugs me the amount of praise GW is getting for rehashing the same storyline, with the same character, yet again.

I'm sure it'll be a case that the old man is indeed now getting on for 400 but gains 2 wounds, 3 attacks, hits on 2s and rerolls the table or some such turd to boot.

I'm just glad Old Man Yarrick is back. I'm more a fan of 40K as a setting than 40K as a narrative. Like I was fine with Solar Macharius having rules in 3E despite being referred to in past tense

Any predictions for Adepticon next week?

Got the original model, and a few of the last ones.

This one is not enough of a glow up to warrant buying.

Will be interesting if the models has received the 'Embigification' that other GW models have been getting over the last 10 years.

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

It would be hysterical if they suggest you paint Krieg mustard, since Krieg were originally Steel Legion painted grey.


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 LunarSol wrote:

 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.

There was a series of short stories (based on an old Battle Report where Yarrick was captured) that heavily implied Ghaz let him escape to keep the war going. Basically it recast them as Ahab and Moby Dick, except that Moby Dick wants to keep Ahab around.

So yeah, reanimated puppet corpse or forbidden Ork technology, both work for me.

New Yarrick looks mostly inoffensive. Nothing but an uninspiring, lifeless rehash of the last version. I suppose in a post-Cotaez world that qualifies as praise.

The hat is a complete disgrace, though. Look at it. A Commissar who wears a diminutive hat like that has less than zero authority.

He needs the back banner again

Its a cool model with plenty of different bits to challenge the painters, metal claw, cloth and expressive face.
What I really dont like, and is the same with Votann characters, is the new very annoying way to base the model with both feet in rocks at different angles. This is freakish annoying to set on a flat base with different themes.

I like how they kept his RT era insane weapon list. Power claw, storm bolter, power sword and bolt pistol AND laser eye. Probably has webber solvent and a blind grenades too.

I like him well enough. A solid homage to the previous model, although nothing groundbreaking in terms of sculpt. Agreed on the point of his hat not being big enough. No self respecting commissar has headwear that small. What he's wearing is a standard officers cap. Not a commissar grade beacon of discipline and steadfastness that soldiers all over the battlefield can home in on in times of need. Getting his old banner back would have been ace, although with the magic of 3d printing, that's not that hard a hard hurdle to jump these days.

Nice enough sculpt, but not nice enough for me to run out and buy it on release. And once again, the tactical masonry is fething gak. They really need to stop it.

I'm pretty keen for some plastic Steel Legion though. Hopefully soon.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
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.

The previous model also had some armature to support the big feck off klaw, it just wasn't as pronounced as it appears to be on the new model.

Cool design, but he should have stayed dead alongside Ursakar and Tycho. I see Lukas, Cassius, Verydian(since she's now canon), Vect or even the Aun'Va as better options. If we're doing Armageddon, at least finally give Sly some reason to become canon.

*either a robot, a newly elected(in secret) Ethereal(as a duplicate).

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

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

It would be hysterical if they suggest you paint Krieg mustard, since Krieg were originally Steel Legion painted grey.

Tut tut tut, the Death Korps predates the Steel Legion as a concept by a year. But it is true they used Steel Legionnaires before Forgeworld got involved.

Shouldn't they be from the same concept? At least I remember Krieg only as alternative colour scheme for Steel Legion from the Armageddon Campaign

For the first models, yes, but the Death Korps existed in the IG codex that preceded the Armageddon Campaign/Book

The one with that image, it also names the Krieg's Rough Riders as Death Riders and their tanks as Panzer, so it had some sketch of what the Death Korps would be.

I love that old codex image as well as the Kopinski color images of Cadians.

 xttz wrote:
He needs the back banner again

Nobody needs a back banner - they all look silly.

That's certainly a meltabomb of a take.

I can respect it.

 BorderCountess wrote:

 xttz wrote:
He needs the back banner again

Nobody needs a back banner - they all look silly.

This opinion is the basest of all heresies.

 parakuribo wrote:
Cool design, but he should have stayed dead alongside Ursakar and Tycho.

Problem there being that while Kell died, Creed got Pokeballed by Trazyn (I think - I get some of the Necron SC names the wrong way around). Can't stay dead if ye didnae die.

I quite like the new Yarrick. The previous version is a classic - one of GW's best from that period - but this one seems fine. The head has a slightly undead look to it, although that might just be the painting. I agree that his hat is underwhelming, however.

Yarrick's return just accentuates how little anything actually changes in the WH40k sandbox.

Cap definitely too small. Midhammer Yarrick FTW.

I don't mind going back to the old stories, new ones doesn't stick with me at all.

Dudeface wrote:
It bugs me the amount of praise GW is getting for rehashing the same storyline, with the same character, yet again.

Personally I agree, I think it's a bit daft and they should take an opportunity to create new characters/ new regiments to turn the focus on different worlds.

However, in the defence of GW the amount of whinging because Yarrick wasn't there was considerable. So I see why they went down this route.

GW creates new heroes all the time; some catch the attention of fans and some don't. There are loads who appear in stories who never just "click" With the fan base or whom GW uplifts to character status.