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it looks nice, but i still would like to see the mystery army...
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lord_blackfang wrote: HH has reveals on the 17th and even that feels way early for the mystery army if it's coming out 3 months after the Battle Group
I wouldn't expect them to reveal much about the mystery army at this preview. If they even talk about it I wouldn't expect more than a little teaser or a maximum of one kit. The rest will likely be drip-feed through the HH Thursday articles.
I'm quite sure they'll look exactly the same as in Legion Imperialis, just in 28mil. For me, the biggest question will be, 5 or 10 poses? And what weapon options are coming with the kit?
I've already expressed my distaste for the plain looking chest pieces. I will be converting mine, I have a bunch of vintage Assault Squad chestpieces reserved for it, even though they rescaled the Marines, the chestpieces as still the same size as they always were
Probably going to be just 5 poses duplicated tho
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The core marine kit that makes Tactical squads, support squads, heavy squads, and despoilers is 5 poses (even with 2 armour marks now it’s still 5 poses). I’d be incredibly surprised if the Assault squad had 10.
ImAGeek wrote: The core marine kit that makes Tactical squads, support squads, heavy squads, and despoilers is 5 poses (even with 2 armour marks now it’s still 5 poses). I’d be incredibly surprised if the Assault squad had 10.
I'm already happy that the couple of Assault Marines we've seen so far are not leaping off some tactical rock/girder..
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ImAGeek wrote: The core marine kit that makes Tactical squads, support squads, heavy squads, and despoilers is 5 poses (even with 2 armour marks now it’s still 5 poses). I’d be incredibly surprised if the Assault squad had 10.
I don't think we will get more than 5 body poses but different arm sets or at least combinations should be possible. After all they aren't carrying their weapons with both arms like the tactical squads so you can combine any two arms together and on the render we can already see one of them having a shield instead of a pistol so options should be in too
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lord_blackfang wrote: We should count ourselves lucky if assault squad is 5 new poses and not a 3x4" upgrade sprue for the walking Mk6
We know the torsos are different. Poses look different as well.
I'm curious if the split will be bodies and arms on one kit, with jump packs on a second, or if they will future proof and allow for despoilers by putting the bodies and jetpack on one sprue, and all the melee weapons, pistols, arms, and extras on the upgrade sprue. Also curious if it will be a 20 man box like the infantry squads and maybe priced higher or a 10 man box but priced lower.
Mystery army they could get by with revealing the full sized SA baneblade and possibly the Infantry Tercio. Also hoping they show off some more upgrades, like another round of legion heads and shoulders to go with the new mk III kits.
Now that I've assembled a few, those renders are looking like copypastes in the leg dept from the tacticals.. only the upper body is new.. I sure hope we get new leg poses and these were early WIPs!
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tauist wrote: Now that I've assembled a few, those renders are looking like copypastes in the leg dept from the tacticals.. only the upper body is new.. I sure hope we get new leg poses and these were early WIPs!
I'm comparing them to the build instructions of the MK.VI in the starter box (which is the same sprue as the normal tac squad, of course) and I can't for the life of me see how. In fact I'm 100% sure they are not, in fact, even close to any of the five leg poses in that squad. The running legs in the tac squad aren't nearly as dynamic (as well as having the toes on the lifted foot touch the ground), and there's no pose leaning as far to the side as the other pose as far as I can see.
Now at some point all power armour legs are going to look a bit same-ish (only so much posing you can do within the laws of physics and anatomy, after all!) but I'm pretty confident this looks like all-new poses.
I can't work out whether whoever chose to pose them just has no idea how those wielding weapons would stand or if the arms are designed in such a way that you'll need to hack them apart and repose to get something that doesn't look stupid.
As ever, this style of mk.VI is nothing but a disappointment. The additional armour on the chest looks like a bib for messy eaters.
sockwithaticket wrote: I can't work out whether whoever chose to pose them just has no idea how those wielding weapons would stand or if the arms are designed in such a way that you'll need to hack them apart and repose to get something that doesn't look stupid.
As ever, this style of mk.VI is nothing but a disappointment. The additional armour on the chest looks like a bib for messy eaters.
From a reddit post analyzing the minis, it appears the hands and arms are separate, but like tacs there's only 5 bodies
That’s not too surprising. The mk 3s also had only five bodies and also recycled the command sprue. At least the attachable vambraces means we have access to melee mk 3s, though a melee upgrade set is due next quarter
sockwithaticket wrote: The additional armour on the chest looks like a bib for messy eaters.
Glad they're here finally. Not going to get any myself as they don't fit my armies theme, but i'll be interested to see what sort of options they come with weapons wise. I am a fan of the mini breacher shields though.
sockwithaticket wrote: I can't work out whether whoever chose to pose them just has no idea how those wielding weapons would stand or if the arms are designed in such a way that you'll need to hack them apart and repose to get something that doesn't look stupid.
As ever, this style of mk.VI is nothing but a disappointment. The additional armour on the chest looks like a bib for messy eaters.
From a reddit post analyzing the minis, it appears the hands and arms are separate, but like tacs there's only 5 bodies
Oh I expected that, I was more getting at will the arms need to be cut at elbows or elsewhere to reposition them into something more realistic. I feel like ever iteration of an assault squad down the years mostly has arms that require such work.
Not a fan of the poses, but they'll make for more variety for standard tacs/devs/breachers. Those backpacks will be swapped out for MKVI resin jump packs for sure. What is nice however is the new helmet designs, namely that classic RT book coverart styled one, finally we get it in modern scale (ie slightly smaller than the old plastic version)
When I saw that they had the peaked intakes in the early renders I was really hoping these would integrate more of the late 3rd edition raptor look... These are just bulkier and stubbier than I like beakies. Too bad, I was ready to integrate a unit into my existing assault units and maybe make a character, but these are just so chunky and slow looking...
Maybe the sprues will prove me wrong, but all I'm seeing in the video/pictures are chainswords, bolt pistols, a combat shield and the
same (atrocious IMO) power fist/lightning claw from the Tactical squad. So no options at all (hand flamer, volkite serpenta) ?
