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Personally I find it to be an improvement over the layered bell-bottoms of traditional Mk II. Though I still like traditional MkII.

And finally a Heresy WS Model other than the Khan himself that actually looks good. I guess the Stormseer is OK, but I had completely forgotten about him.

Hibou with helm looks like a Power Ranger and in the bestest of ways!

 CMLR wrote:
Hibou with helm looks like a Power Ranger and in the bestest of ways!

Truly, it is a very nice hat.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 CMLR wrote:
Hibou with helm looks like a Power Ranger and in the bestest of ways!

Truly, it is a very nice hat.

ITYM, Magnificent Hat!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
So, the last nail in the Mk2 coffin. Rather than the unique and cool overlapping plates, it's regular power armour with 2" gaps carved into it.

Or it’s Artificer Mk3 and you’re winding yourself up over nothing.

 JohnnyHell wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
So, the last nail in the Mk2 coffin. Rather than the unique and cool overlapping plates, it's regular power armour with 2" gaps carved into it.

Or it’s Artificer Mk3 and you’re winding yourself up over nothing.

It’s definitely MkII, it says in the article. The new MkIII doesn’t have overlapping plates now though so I’d assumed a new MkII would be the same when we got it.

 ImAGeek wrote:

It’s definitely MkII, it says in the article. The new MkIII doesn’t have overlapping plates now though so I’d assumed a new MkII would be the same when we got it.

I was holding onto a few % of hope that the back of Mk3 legs was supposed to be straps holding the additional front plate in place.

One of the top tier HH STL sculptors was already commissioned to make old style plates Mk2 and Mk3 in the new scale/proportions anyway, so whatever.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
One of the top tier HH STL sculptors was already commissioned to make old style plates Mk2 and Mk3 in the new scale/proportions anyway, so whatever.

Umm uh... do you have a link per-chance? Proper MkII is something I'd very much like to have access too.

They're not done yet.

Maybe it’s GW s plan to sell more models

Release updated and rescaled plastic HH models that people will buy but have mixed reactions

Then in five years, release rescaled models that look more like the iconic classic models so people will buy them regardless of having the same mk in plastic

Genius

 lord_blackfang wrote:
They're not done yet.

Ah very well very well. Guess I'll keep an eye out on the usual sources then and see what is indeed what.

 GaroRobe wrote:
Maybe it’s GW s plan to sell more models

Release updated and rescaled plastic HH models that people will buy but have mixed reactions

Then in five years, release rescaled models that look more like the iconic classic models so people will buy them regardless of having the same mk in plastic

Genius

That's basically what Hasbro does with Transformers and it seems to work okay.

 Scottywan82 wrote:

 GaroRobe wrote:
Maybe it’s GW s plan to sell more models

Release updated and rescaled plastic HH models that people will buy but have mixed reactions

Then in five years, release rescaled models that look more like the iconic classic models so people will buy them regardless of having the same mk in plastic

Genius

That's basically what Hasbro does with Transformers and it seems to work okay.

Is it, though? Hasbro's been operating at a loss for the past 2-3 years.

 Platuan4th wrote:
Is it, though? Hasbro's been operating at a loss for the past 2-3 years.

Overall, yes, but Transformers have been one of the few portfolios that have turned reliable profit, apparently. (https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/hasbro-says-transformers-is-one-of-the-brightest-spots-for-growth-sales-in-their-entire-toy-portfolio/48054/)

I was mostly being silly in my reply, though. I wouldn't actually recommend GW follow this model.

Man, this just remindsm e how hasbro is bungling my two favorite franchises.
mostly power rangers

What's going on with his tabard?
The red-edged brown ribbon thing on his left seems to run from his shoulder, beneath his 'belt', and then down over the loincloth.
The ribbon thing on his right just seems to end at his hip with a big gap though...

 Lord Damocles wrote:

Spoiler:

 Snrub wrote:
In the wake of the lack-lustre Mechanicum "teaser", here's a White Scars character.

Hibou Khan

What's going on with his tabard?
The red-edged brown ribbon thing on his left seems to run from his shoulder, beneath his 'belt', and then down over the loincloth.
The ribbon thing on his right just seems to end at his hip with a big gap though...

If you zoom in, you can see a burgundy strap continues across the "gap" but without the fancy trim. Presumably to avoid catching on the belt. The ribbing of the power armour joint is obscured there too.

Sprue pics (only the new ones):

LR Assault tank sprue (others are the same as the Strike version)


Malcador (other sprues are the same as the Dracosan and the LR front weapon sprue)


Velataris Storm Section


The Velatari sprues are completely split between bodies on one sprue and weapons on the other which screams Vanguard Section with Rotor cannons and Flamers in the future to me. Also maybe an upgrade sprue for Velataris Command Sections?

Those are right melee hand and left pistol hand, complete opposite of the other SA troops and command, very nice.

Looking great

 Lord Damocles wrote:

Spoiler:

 Snrub wrote:
In the wake of the lack-lustre Mechanicum "teaser", here's a White Scars character.

Hibou Khan

What's going on with his tabard?
The red-edged brown ribbon thing on his left seems to run from his shoulder, beneath his 'belt', and then down over the loincloth.
The ribbon thing on his right just seems to end at his hip with a big gap though...

FWIW, the initial sculptor said he'd originally sculpted the character to be quite stripped down and simple, but that since leaving the sculpting team it must have been handed back to someone else to gussy up, so there might be some incongruity in whatever else was added on

Also, you can see it continue in the close-ups, top left photo, under the golden chest decoration and cord, it just seems like a sloppy mistake to put a big gap in it instead of adjusting the lower length further up

 Tim the Biovore wrote:
[it just seems like a sloppy mistake to put a big gap in it instead of adjusting the lower length further up

Luckily, they're only going to charging a sloppy mistake price for the model...

No blackshields transfers listed…?

 zedmeister wrote:
No blackshields transfers listed…?

No

Vincent Knotley posted a photo of his Veletaris miniatures built with the axes on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/vincentknotley.bsky.social/post/3koe653peet2x)

 zedmeister wrote:
No blackshields transfers listed…?

They show them on the GW email link to the pre-orders, I can only assume that somebody messed up in some way

I can't say I'm a fan of all the colour schemes Vincent has produced, but it is nice to see what the plastic version of the axe version looks like.

And even the schemes I'm not overly keen on are well-executed - as you'd expect when large axes are involved.

That's just what Vince does. All new releases he gets he paints some in regular schemes then goes ham with the rest for fun.

I've always felt he just tries to paint them in as wide a spectrum as possible, less about schemes and more just showing off the look of as many colours he can fit. With the consistency of his output, he can't be planning things out too specifically, or he'd have no time for his personal hobby

I think they look quite a bit better with axes than the guns.