*Furyou Miko Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/KaguraHakubi/Forum%20Comments/MikoUnimpressed-1.png Another reason to like the FW version is that you don't get idiot tournament players trying to tell you that your arc of fire is pointing directly up from the tank. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3966862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendal1989 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 the pic in the codex seems to imply that the missiles come from the organ tubes....(the image below is the same one used on the exorcist page of the current ebook codex, minus the witch hunters emblem of course)http://img0.joyreactor.cc/pics/comment/full/%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C-921310.jpeg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3967419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlutterPie Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I just use a Whirlwind with Forgeworld front plate and doors. I too prefer a more "militarized" look. Most of my vehicles across all my armies are done up in minimalist style with as little exposed crew and add ons and stuff as possible. Even my rhinos and Immolators don't have any extra bling from the sob accessory spure beyond the fleurs de lis on the side doors. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3967535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 the pic in the codex seems to imply that the missiles come from the organ tubes....(the image below is the same one used on the exorcist page of the current ebook codex, minus the witch hunters emblem of course)http://img0.joyreactor.cc/pics/comment/full/%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C-921310.jpeg   Artistic license?  I'll bet a dollar that the artist has never seen down inside the pit of the actual model!  Besides, if that is missile fire, not steam or whatever, then it's not the inner ring of organ tubes that launch missiles, but all of them...actually, primarily the outer ring!  In any case, random bits of art are not automatically canon...they often contradict not only one another, but also the written fluff...so, it's a nice picture, but it's only a picture. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3967586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Pete Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Actually, I rather like the idea of a Sister's vehicle that goes into battle playing "In A Gadda Da Vida" :) After all, this IS 40K. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3967684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mince on toast Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 i like the weird church organ exorcist , its not ment to make sense its 40k the FW & converted whirlwind exos look more "realistic" if you like that style but are rather boring to me , they dont scream xenophobic gothic imperium like the organ tank  anyways all i can think of when shooting with the tank is the sound effects from the exorcist on soulstorm Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3967843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naminé Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015  Artistic license?  I'll bet a dollar that the artist has never seen down inside the pit of the actual model!  Besides, if that is missile fire, not steam or whatever, then it's not the inner ring of organ tubes that launch missiles, but all of them...actually, primarily the outer ring!  In any case, random bits of art are not automatically canon...they often contradict not only one another, but also the written fluff...so, it's a nice picture, but it's only a picture.   Considering though that the picture and the 6th edition FAQ both depict/state the missiles fire from the organ pipes, and that these are the only representations of the weapon firing GW have revealed, the evidence points to the fact that the picture IS accurate. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3968261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 6th edition FAQ both depict/state pics or it didn't happen Anyway, as far as the illustration goes, the artist probably did intend that the steam/smoke coming from the tubes should represent missile launches...but I don't see a missile exiting the pipe, so there's room for alternative analyses. And I've never accepted artwork as canon. So for the FAQ, if it does say that, it's easily possible that the FAQ writer wasn't familiar with the actual model and relied on crowd-sourcing his ruling "Well, 'everyone knows' the missiles come out of the organ, what a stupid question..." It's also possible that the ruling is made in the full knowledge that it's wrong, but neccessary, since technically, the LOS measured from the actual missile tubes (or loading mechanism, it that's what it is) is completely obstructed by the hull of the vehicle. Using the organ pipes as the "weapon" may fix (it could still be argued that the organ pipes point straight up, and you get a 45 degree cone pointed up) that LOS issue, but introduces a new one, since the organ pipes are not ruled to be a turret. You can hide the exorcist completely out of sight except for the top of the pipes and shoot without taking return fire, since only turrets and hulls are legal targets. My biggest problem with the idea that the pipes are the launch tubes (the tubes I have identified do also make sense as loading tubes, if you ignore the idiotic complexity that having one servitor manually feed those three tubes from an external rack of missiles to serve 6 or more firing tubes introduces) is that it would preclude actually playing music. For gaming purposes, I just treat the organ tank as functionally equivalent to the FW version. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3970713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitsHammer Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Actually, I rather like the idea of a Sister's vehicle that goes into battle playing "In A Gadda Da Vida" After all, this IS 40K. I always assumed it was the 1812 Overture. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3971082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Nah, Ode to Joy. When someone's about to get royally fethed, it has to be Ode to Joy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3971235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitsHammer Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Nah, Ode to Joy. When someone's about to get royally fethed, it has to be Ode to Joy. Nah, I'm still partial to the 1812 Overture since it was written to be played employing cannons. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3971330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Ode to Joy is good, but for sisters? Â Gregorian Chant! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3971652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Furyou Miko: I don't think 'Ode to Joy' has any intimidation value outside of 'Neon Genesis Evangelion'. How about something from 'The Phantom of the Opera', Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3971895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitsHammer Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 The Anvil Chorus perhaps? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3971975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Heh. It's loud, rhythmic and bombastic. Perfect for covering the sound of staccato missile barrages. Â How about Fugue and Tocatta in D minor? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3972027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Danse Macabre Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Well this has taken a strangly theatrical change of direction. Makes me wonder, would it be overkill to build a mini speaker into an exorcist using the rhino base troop compartment for the wiring and power supply to play certain tracks?... Â Thinking I may have too much free time. lol Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3972273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 People have put LEDs into entire armies of Necron Warriors. A mini-mp3 in an Exorcist sounds downright reasonable to me. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3972277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Raziel Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I recently scratch - built an Exorcist turret for a friend by taking 6 of the old hunter killer launchers, gluing them together, and mounting them on a Land Raider heavy bolter mount baseplate I had kicking around. Â I think a militarized - look Exorcist is more like the missile - launching tank destroying vehicles armies were using in the 80's, and not so much like the M.L.R.S. like the Whirlwind is. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3973435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazryonh Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Wow, I didn't expect this thread to get the response it did.  It seems we're about evenly split between those who like the baroque style of the GW and the more realistic FW version. In my view I like the FW better because it's an actual turret (even though how it's reloaded is anyone's guess).  And why would the FW version be unable to put out motivational music/hymns/messages or the like? I always thought that the organ on the GW version wasn't intended to act as a real instrument, just a mock-up that people can rally around, with the actual music being piped through external loudspeakers (maybe a laud hailer?).  Would the Exorcist be better if it had two firing modes instead of just one? There's few things the Adeptus Sororitas like more to see than watching Heretics and Xenos burn, so perhaps an incendiary missile load (still with a random number of shots) that ignores cover could be useful as well. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3976465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvih Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Could easily have some sort of blast mode for example, but frankly it's already so damn good for its points as it is. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3976723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazryonh Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Could easily have some sort of blast mode for example, but frankly it's already so damn good for its points as it is.  The Sororitas don't have a large unit selection (some of us were expecting more Troop choices such as Inquisitorial Stormtroopers or Frateris Militia) so making each unit more versatile is another way to cover the gaps. Incendiary missiles for the Exorcist would be both fluffy and effective--the SM Whirlwind has dual firing modes as well, just not an anti-armour one. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3976837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Pete Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Actually, I would settle for a skyfire option. S8, AP1, 1d6 shots at BS4 at flyers. What's not to like? It would be nice if Sisters could get a dedicated ADA option in our codex. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3976876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvih Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Meh, never mind what I originally wrote in case someone already read it.... suffice to say I reckon I'll soon be ordering two Exorcists and perhaps and Immolator, maybe a few infantry to go with it. Been a long time coming with the Exos. Could use the Whirlwind turrets like I did for a few games, but just seems wrong :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/304060-does-anyone-here-miss-the-fw-exorcist/page/2/#findComment-3977018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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