KhorneHunter57x

Not applicable for my Black Templars, but for both my Ultramarines and Star Phantoms, it's the Fifth Company. Though not the company typically in the spotlight, they're still a Battle Company. And the black Company markings look the best and go well with any color scheme.

True but that is pretty much the leman russ/guard shtick is it not (and even then its turret only - having that on something like the icarus array would be insane) If you let an onager have the capabilty to shoot twice your gonna have to add a load of points to it (it already ignores movement penalties) Leman Russ, Fire Prism, and Repulsor Executioner. With the Executioner, however, it was a part of its rules from the start, rather than applied later on to an existing vehicle. In the Fire Prism's case, I do not believe the points went up significantly, if at all...but its firepower was pitiful before it could shoot twice.

Fair enough. I guess my initial intent was "here's why a Tactical Marine at 12ppm is cheaper than a Harlequin at 11ppm", but I suppose I went off in a different direction.

Personally, I wouldn't consider a Titan, DKoK, or any other Forge World product in the same comparison as mainstream GW. Note that the age of a kit also makes a difference in price, with the older ones tending to be cheaper - likely because GW has already recovered the cost of that mold, so it makes more sense for them to keep making miniatures from it as long as they can instead of paying to replace it unnecessarily. Plastic injection molds are relatively expensive, especially at the quality that GW produces. Since the cost of new molds for a new kit needs to be recovered for the mold to be worth it, this is also probably why Space Marines are relatively cheaper and newer than the other ranges. The mold and plastic for Space Marine LT #27 costs the same as that of a Phoenix Lord, but the Space Marine will sell more, thereby guaranteeing that GW recovers the cost of the mold much more quickly. I doubt that the points cost of a model/unit plays much part in the price of the kit. I have a tiny bit of insight (I took a class on this sort of thing a while back), and yes, the molds do wear out. The crispness and quality of the product goes down, and the mold halves can become misaligned, causing the halves of the product to shift slightly along the seam.

Oooh, pretty! Always good to see House Vyronii Knights.

I'd like to see the Hydra's guns get some sort of damage and/or AP boost against targets with Fly, to represent the flak rounds those are spitting out.

At least they're unbuilt. I have a bunch of assembled Astartes (with Ultramarine-specific bits) that I'm agonizing about doing as: - Ultramarines - Salamanders - Black Templars - Star Phantoms or some combination of the above (or something else entirely!). *sigh* So I'm working on a different army while I debate.

They retain the right to wear the silver arm and pauldron, and in past fluff they have also retained a supply of specialist ammunition (and a compatible boltgun if necessary). Should a battle-brother survive and return to his home Chapter, then although the details of his deeds may be secret, it is still known that he served in the Deathwatch and his wisdom and experiences are respected when dealing with xenos enemies.

We already have them to a degree - Sicarians are Primaris Skitarii, and Kataphrons are Primaris Servitors. Yes, it was some Inquisitor I think (Kryptman? No idea if that's right) who gambled that it would be better to make them fight each other than to fight them both, with the implication that there will be hell to pay once a super-duper souped up Victor emerges. Furor Shield, a Watch Fortress of the Deathwatch, is monitoring the situation and is prepared to intervene once a victor emerges.

Skitarii. Love the look, hate the mold lines - and they're time-consuming to build, as each pair of legs goes with a specific torso which goes with a specific backpack and arms...

I won't lie - it bugs me a little bit. And this is (part of) why I take a lot of Thunder Hammers.

The good ol' Castraferrum Dreadnought. Back when I started 40k, the 'box-naut' was the only Dreadnought you could buy, and I hated the look of it. Over the years, though, it has grown on me, and I prefer it over the others that have been released more recently - and over many other 40k minis, too. Looks-wise, it pretty much defines the Imperium to me - bulky, top-heavy, and inefficient, but at the same time solid and well-armed.

That they filmed this just before noon? Where the other two look temporary, the Sisters clock looks like it's their permanent office wall clock.

When one of your FLGSes has a sale on old/used Codexes, and you pick up not one, but two copies of Codex: Black Templars for $4 each.