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titanomancy · 3 days
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Gee, I wonder why Emperor's Children characters are being omitted from the new Chaos Space Marines codex.
It's probably because they're being discontinued and will never get new, updated plastic models and a codex of their own.
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titanomancy · 21 days
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While we've been anticipating Legion Command Squads since the Christmas teaser, I don't know that I was expecting them to be an upgrade pack. I'm not opposed in concept, but I'm not one hundred percent sold on this collection of bits; as great as it is to have more shields, breachers should be their own kit and I'm mystified as to why vox and medicae parts aren't included here.
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titanomancy · 29 days
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Seek atonement through violence.
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titanomancy · 29 days
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At least the Necromunda teaser had some miniatures in it, even if they are all obnoxiously silhouetted to obscure their details. Nice use of Zone Mortalis scenery, though.
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titanomancy · 29 days
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The Mechanicum Taghmata "teaser" is almost offensively bad. Given the huge potential for previously discontinued Forge World models to make the jump to plastic, I almost think it would have been better to just not preview anything at all.
There's a finite number of things that could potentially come next so throwing up a still image of Mars and an Opus Machina on YouTube isn't exactly revelatory. Most of the Solar Auxilia range isn't even out yet, maybe just sit on it for another month or two before sucking all the air out of those sales.
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titanomancy · 29 days
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I was actually shocked by how thin on the ground the 40k side of the Adepticon preview turned out to be. Chaos Space Marines as the next codex isn't really that much of a surprise, but my money had been on Votann since they've had a bunch of stuff queued up for some time.
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Turns out they were in the next Kill Team box, along with the return of Genestealer Cult Brood Brothers using the new Cadian Shock Troopers. Not a bad value for its contents, even if it does recycle the original Deathwatch: Overkill cult leaders.
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I like that the Hernkyn Yaegirs demonstrate a bit of design continuity with the Pioneer grav-bike. The heavy overcoat look is striking, but I don't feel that it gelled well with the rest of the army even with the same underlying voidsuit detailing - but between these and the Ironhead Squat Prospectors, there's a diverse enough range to really convey the sense of multiple guilds, unions and professional associations allied under a single league.
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And who doesn't love a bit more terrain?
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titanomancy · 29 days
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The Chaos Space Marine lineup doesn't really need a lot right now, unless you're holding out for a new Defiler or updated tanks, so I'm not at all surprised to see that the forthcoming Codex is launching with an HQ update and not much else.
What did surprise me was that both the lord on foot and lord with jump pack are getting revamps - I would have figured one or the other for a generic CSM character, but it's always nice to have options. Between this and the new Kill Team upgrade sprue, it should be a great time for Night Lords players.
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The battleforce boxes in which they'll first appear have the potential to be a pretty significant savings if you're just getting started with the traitor legions - but it's a lot of models most CSM players probably already have and I worry that it'll struggle to move as a result.
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titanomancy · 1 month
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On the heels of the Great Slaughter's impromptu preview, WarCom formally announced the quarter scale Shadowsword kit and it's got me hopeful. The inclusion of the Stormblade's plasma blaster as a major selling point has got me hopeful that it'll be included in the full-size kit.
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titanomancy · 1 month
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Look at my skull, boy!
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titanomancy · 1 month
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You ever look at a guy's hat and think, "yeah, there's a rat under there puppeteering that guy like Ratatouille." This is that guy.
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titanomancy · 2 months
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This, on the other hand, does appear to be a new Solar Auxilia Shadowsword.
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There had been some wild speculation earlier today about a "new" Solar Auxilia Shadowsword, but I regret to inform you that this just seems to be the discontinued Arkurian-pattern Shadowsword conversion kit from Forge World (possibly this one).
You might think that the clearest giveaway is that it doesn't match the styling of the new Solar Auxilia tanks, but in fact its sister kit the Arkurian-pattern Stormblade is still available - when the plastic Baneblade was released in 2007, the then extant range of resin Baneblade chassis kits became obsolete and were superseded by the Arkurian conversion kits for the casemate hull variants.
These, too, were rendered superfluous when the Shadowsword got its own plastic kit in 2009 - but since the plasma blastgun wasn't included on the sprue, the Arkurian Stormblade remains to fill a niche in the range.
While a new Baneblade chassis kit isn't inconceivable in light of the new Leman Russ, this ain't it. Besides, I think a plastic replacement for the 2015 Stormhammer is more likely.
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titanomancy · 2 months
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It ain't just da orky no-wotz, wot makes a Big Mek so big. It's also da spinny gubbinz and klanky bitz.
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titanomancy · 2 months
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I'd have preferred a plastic dreadnought or grav tanks, but I suppose a new solo character model is consistent with what we've seen for minor codex updates.
Besides, I don't know if they intend to maintain the bright line between the 30k and 40k armies, but I suspect that the majority of the legacy Custodes range from Forge World is being held back until they get their big Age of Darkness release.
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titanomancy · 2 months
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There had been some wild speculation earlier today about a "new" Solar Auxilia Shadowsword, but I regret to inform you that this just seems to be the discontinued Arkurian-pattern Shadowsword conversion kit from Forge World (possibly this one).
You might think that the clearest giveaway is that it doesn't match the styling of the new Solar Auxilia tanks, but in fact its sister kit the Arkurian-pattern Stormblade is still available - when the plastic Baneblade was released in 2007, the then extant range of resin Baneblade chassis kits became obsolete and were superseded by the Arkurian conversion kits for the casemate hull variants.
These, too, were rendered superfluous when the Shadowsword got its own plastic kit in 2009 - but since the plasma blastgun wasn't included on the sprue, the Arkurian Stormblade remains to fill a niche in the range.
While a new Baneblade chassis kit isn't inconceivable in light of the new Leman Russ, this ain't it. Besides, I think a plastic replacement for the 2015 Stormhammer is more likely.
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titanomancy · 2 months
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After more than a week of radio silence, sculptor of extremely on-model Heresy-era Astartes stuff LoggyK revealed that he got got, if you infer the implication, and has purged everything potentially infringing of Games Workshop IP from his Cults page.
While not an entirely unexpected outcome, it is nonetheless a sad day for proxy enthusiasts - so if you're so inclined, consider acquiring this totally original Space Greek.
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titanomancy · 2 months
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Always be sieging.
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titanomancy · 2 months
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There's nothing quite so frustrating as wrapping up a build and discovering that you're missing a single part.
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