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Did anyone else catch that Deredeo is apparently pronounced "Dorito"? It wasn't just me... right?

What were the reveals for Heresy? I missed out on them.

Snake Fulgrim looks fething awesome though.

No mention of the mark 6 assault marines in the preview stream but they are explicitly mentioned in the end of the article on warcom, makes me wonder if they will be a heresy tuesday soon.

Snrub: mark 3 armour and deredeo dreadnought oh and daemon fulgrim.

I have to say, as someone who has just finished assembling a SoH army using the current Mk III Marines, the new ones are actually a lot better. And they are compatible with the assault and heavy weapon sets.

As someone with a ton of MKIII marines, I like the new ones but I feel like MKII & V woulda been a better release.

Fulgrim on the other hand, that's one beautiful model!!!

Maybe it's the paint scheme but I'm not really feeling the new Mk III. Something about them seems more subdued, less rivet-y

I'll take the deredeo though, that looks great.

Yeah, I feel the paint scheme isn't doing it any favours. That plus some of the helms without the grille look weird.

Fulgrim really stole the show though for HH. Looks soooo much better than his non-DP version.

40k is going to have a tough time beating that when he inevitably shows up as a plastic kit for EC.

Sorry not going to touch that Fulgrim model with a ten foot pole, those wings will snap like biscuits.

Got baited by Fulgrim so hard. Thought he was 40K until they showed the HH logo.

 Rolsheen wrote:
Sorry not going to touch that Fulgrim model with a ten foot pole, those wings will snap like biscuits.

He's probably been designed just for HH like this so they can eventually release a smaller version for Epic too.

Looking forward to seeing the other daemon primarchs get updated too

Those assault marines wer..... oh. Wait. : /

We really REALLY don't need a 4th box of tac squad! Yea yea, it replaces the existing one, but still... come on...

I actually really like the new MkIII armour. I’m not sure about the grill-less helmets but the half grill one is very cool.

I’m surprised by Daemon Fulgrim, I’m hoping 40k Emperors Children aren’t many years away, and I don’t see the plastic Fulgrim looking this good. Genuinely incredible model. Dread the price though.

 ImAGeek wrote:
I actually really like the new MkIII armour.

I like them except for the helmets and shoulder pads- I prefer the old styles there.

Just really hard getting together a jump pack heavy army without having to pay a lot for 5 resin dudes at a time.

Deredeo is a fine looking kit but is unsurprisigly only half a kit. There will no doubt have a 2nd ones sooner or later that includes the Falconet, the Lascannon battery and the Boreas missiles. and maybe even the Atomanic Pavaise




Anyway, still not super enthusiastic about the new MkIII. They just don't look right. Will of course reserve absolute final judgement for once i've seen the sprues, but if they're anything like the MkVI ones it'll be a mild disappointment.
Also not sure if it's been mentioned yet or not, but it looks like "upgrades" frame from the MkVI is just a generic fit-all for any future power armour kits. As they use the same power fist, bare heads, vox and vexilla on these new models. Hooray, we've compromised the aesthetic integrity of the heresy power armour Mk's for ease of kit reuseability.
As it is, i'll probably skip this kit and try and get my hands on a few more of the BoP kits.



New battle group box is nice way of expanding your force though. It combined with the AoD box gives you upwards of 2500pts depending on what upgrades you take. A solid start to any Heresy force.

I wouldn't call Sergeant arms and a few bare heads "compromising aesthetic integrity".
Headswaps are the most common conversion out there and nobody cares what arms a model uses.

 Platuan4th wrote:
MkIII confirmed to use the existing weapon kits. Called it.

Also, a number of rivetless bolter hands in the kit.

Battlegroup box with 30 MkIII, Proteus, Dorito, and Special Weapons sprue.

Are they... the same five poses as they had for the Corvuses? Hm.

Fulgrim looks cool. He also looks like they converted Morathi and called it a day. And yeah, those wings are not gonna stay unbroken for more than a hot minute.

I actually like the MKIII quite a bit, to the point where I'm contemplating on getting a box of them and kitbashing with the old MKIIi box bitz (using the old accessories, heads and shoulderpads on the new bodies, something like that?)

Disappointed by the Deredeo plastic version, it doesn't look like a 1:1 port of the resin one, but I'll get some anyway for the posability, maybe bash the best resin bitz on the plastic frame to get the best of both worlds

 Gert wrote:
I wouldn't call Sergeant arms and a few bare heads "compromising aesthetic integrity".

I would. Now all (and I'm preemptively assuming any MkII and redone MkIV kit will be the same) Mk's of power armour will have the same style of power fist. Same style of power sword. Same style of Lightning Claw. Same strange arm with a big knobbly elbow joint that has never been a thing previously. Where as before each Mk was distinct (less so Mk's II and III as they purposefully had shared elements.) in it's style.

Headswaps are the most common conversion out there and nobody cares what arms a model uses.

People will care. It's a noticeable thing.

You care. Meanwhile arms and heads been swapped decades

Fulgrim bloody rocks!

Honestly I'd have preferred some Mk2 but I don't think that's going to return.
It was never going to be Mk5 though. Waaaaaaay to many studs. People must give up on that dream.

That new box really gives the vibe of the Great Crusade.

Really keen for the Deredeo. Not personally fussed for MkIII as I’ve plenty MkVI I’m perfectly happy with. But it is good for the overall aesthetic of the game. Choice is good, even if I choose not to.

Fulgrim is gorgeous. Resin, yes, so not something I’ll ever buy. But a gorgeous model all the same.

Hopefully it won’t be long before the 40K version comes along,

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

Fulgrim is gorgeous. Resin, yes, so not something I’ll ever buy. But a gorgeous model all the same.

Hopefully it won’t be long before the 40K version comes along,

I bet on the end of this edition with some Arcs like pointless books.

I’ve quite enjoyed the Ark and Psychic Awakening books myself.

If you’re going to have an advancing narrative (and we do, and even back around 2001 I was telling Portent “be careful what you wish for” there) then having the main story plod forward in dedicated command books, rather than stashed away in Codexes, including armies you don’t play, seems the better way.

But this is the Heresy thread so I’ll arrest my wibbling there!

Good stuff today

I'll probably pick up two of those boxes, I specifically avoided getting the plastic Proteus because it was on the speculated box cover and it paid off.

Genuinely surprised they're giving up on the knuckle rivets for the sake of special/heavy weapon cross compatibility, but it's better than the next 4 releases being marginally retooled upgrade sprues. Sad that the core Mk3 sprues are as barebones as Mk6 tho.

Yeah the box is mighty tempting. Wonder what price point it’ll come in at.

Oh, a thought... those Primaris Scouts will probably be too tall, right? Cause HH could use some Scouts...

Still don't understand why they are redoing mkiii instead of giving us plastic mkii or mkv. And the posing being the same limited 5 poses of the mkvi is another disapointment.

Still need three of the deredeo's. I also haven't picked up the new land raider yet so might just get that new box set.

Because MK III is more popular than II and easier to cast than V? Making the new poses match the MK VI also means the modular special weapons be reused.

I do wonder if there will be a MK III arm sprue for heavy weapons, and if the melee weapons coming out next year will be the same format of weapons sprue plus separate arm sprue.