m_r_parker Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 So it looks like we get re-vamped Legion Armour types compatible with Betrayl at Calth and the newly re-done weapon packs, including Legion MkV and MkVI for the first time: All packs are £24 each Mk II http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99550101508_LegionMK2CrusadeArmour01.jpg Mk III http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99550101509_LegionMK3IronArmour01.jpg Mk IV http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99550101510_LegionMk4MaximusArmour01.jpg Mk V http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99550101511_LegionMK5HeresyArmour01.jpg Mk VI http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99550101512_LegionMK6CorvusArmour01.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandwen Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I really like the posing and looks of the mk V. I also really want to make horribly inappropriate jokes about it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Semper Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 MkV FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthamal Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Holy :cuss :cuss they've finally done Legion MKV. What a day. What a lovely day. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athrawes Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Best part of this? The trim for all mark shoulder pads now matches the thickness of legion specific pads. Which have always been thicker than the non-moulded shoulder pads. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_r_parker Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 Having taken a closer look at the photos, I think I'm impressed. The ridges of the Mk II - IV shoulder pads are more pronounced, and much more in line with the later Legion shoulder pads. Also they'll be much easier to snip off without damaging the rims (a bane of my hobby for some of the older kits). I love MkV, it's my favorite armour type (it's all about the bonding studs), and those chest pieces look so crisp and elegant. But there's something about the thigh straps on some of the models that seem out of place. Maybe they're part of the older sculpt and haven't been refreshed? The Legion MkVI are glorious, finally more than two different leg poses! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halandaar Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 The MKIV poses are much nicer than their plastic counterparts but given the price difference I can't imagine they'll be all that popular. MKV and MKVI poses are also very good; I can see myself adding a squad of MKV to my Minotaurs as the basis of some Siege Mantlet Tacticals Edit: I'd been holding off on a FW order in the hope that the Alpha Legion Headhunter kit was going to be this week's release, so in that respect I'm a little disappointed, but these kits certainly make up for it! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 YEESSSS!! My prayers have been heard! Finally a new MK V and VI! Thank you all mighty Forge World! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Holy balls! MKII looks absolutely brutal. I may even prefer it to MKIII now! 5/6 also looks aces. Ahh! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Now release Legion MK VI shoulder pads for every Legion please FW. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 oH man, I had not even noticed that they have made the trim of the MK IV thicker. Awesom. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyner Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Oh sweet Jesus I need those MK5 and MK6 sets. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 The models are nice, but isn't 24 GBP more money for fewer hands? I thought they were 23 GBP previously. Sounds like Legion Tartaros Terminators/Taratros Terminators all over again. Interstingly the painted MK IV marine looks like he still has the old shoulder pads. Aquilas on every MK II belt buckle? That looks weird for pre heresy armour. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Legion Mk V and VI? http://i.imgur.com/H7bMTCA.gif Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Aquilas on every MK II belt buckle? That looks weird for pre heresy armour. The older version also had aquilas on the belt buckles. But aquilas aren't that weird in the pre-heresy, unless you use them for traitors. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfroCampbell Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 This is the best heresy release in so long simply because it makes all our base troops so so so so much more pleasurable to make and paint!!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lay Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I've only ever glanced at Heresy stuff. What's the difference between the Legion-version of the MK V and MK VI suits and the old ones? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 How are the new kits more pleasurable to make and paint than the old ones? They look pretty similar to me. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomus Sardauk Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Ah but you forget GrandMagnus, the traitors were fighting the Emperor and his loyalists, not the Imperium itself, they wanted to rule the empire they helped build, not destroy it. That came after their defeat and 10 millennia of warp-fuelled bitterness set in, so it isn't out of place for heresy-era traitors to still wear the Aquila, they still believe they're fighting for the Imperium, that they're saving it from the clutches of an uncaring tyrant and putting the more-deserving Warmaster on the throne. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halandaar Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I've only ever glanced at Heresy stuff. What's the difference between the Legion-version of the MK V and MK VI suits and the old ones? Looks to me like they're new sculpts, as the posing is dfifferent. (Obviously they lack right hands now too, to be compatible with the new weapon packs) Compare: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Eamxpfey1tE/UKK_7U8LEMI/AAAAAAAAJwU/n_daUdReh0c/s1600/mkv-10.jpghttp://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/920x950/99550101511_LegionMK5HeresyArmour01.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishagu Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 The new MKV is spectacular. I really want a set or two, but I'm not sure what I'll use them as... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Ah but you forget GrandMagnus, the traitors were fighting the Emperor and his loyalists, not the Imperium itself, they wanted to rule the empire they helped build, not destroy it. That came after their defeat and 10 millennia of warp-fuelled bitterness set in, so it isn't out of place for heresy-era traitors to still wear the Aquila, they still believe they're fighting for the Imperium, that they're saving it from the clutches of an uncaring tyrant and putting the more-deserving Warmaster on the throne. Ah, fair enough. Although I would have thought the symbol of this new Imperium under Horus would be the eye of Horus. But since I have seen versions of the eye of horus surrounded by wings and the like, i guess you are right. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfroCampbell Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Because the mk iv often previously came with broken mis-moulded shoulder pads that were too thin and flaked. Now a bit thicker might be better Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Semper Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'm already visualizing a Mk2 & Mk5 Dark Angels Force... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Because the mk iv often previously came with broken mis-moulded shoulder pads that were too thin and flaked. Now a bit thicker might be better Indeed. I actually had the that problem with the previous MK V / VI soulder pads, too thin and often full of air-pockets. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318414-forgeworld-new-releases-220116-new-legion-armour/#findComment-4281678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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