Panzer Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Volt wins the thread. Just sayin' Well Terminators are technically Dreadnoughts when using their other name so I guess that's right. Never enough Dreadnoughts! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Ferrum Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Volt wins the thread. Just sayin' Well Terminators are technically Dreadnoughts when using their other name so I guess that's right. Never enough Dreadnoughts! :P This...this right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracos Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 As someone who is sticking with the a Primaris (minus a few forge world purchases) ... I dreadfully miss my boxy Castraferrum boys :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morngrym Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 This has been my problem since Primaris dropped last year. I much prefer the design and aesthetics of the older armour marks, but the size difference just gets me and I've lost a lot of motivation with the hobby because of it. The proportions for Primaris are what Marines should look like in my eyes, but I find the armour itself less pleasing to look at than the heresy-era armour. I've just decided to attempt to upscale and remake of all my 30K infantry using plasticard and greenstuff with the heresy era armour whilst I also work on a 40K DIY Primaris marine chapter. Hopefully running two projects at the same time will stop me getting burnt out just wholly focusing on a single project, but then again it is doomed to failure because I have hobby butterfly syndrome. This is where I am as well. I like the Primaris proportions, but the armor is kind of plain. I've bought several kits though. However, I've always been drawn to the heresy-era armor styles (i.e. more baroque and old-looking) , so I continue to buy heresy stuff. I think I will always like that style best and I'm really happy with how they look when painted. Hopefully Forgeworld will continue with those for a long time. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishagu Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Interestingly Jez Goodwin said that future Primaris releases will have more decorated armour, especially on Veteran style units. I actually prefer the cleaner look but I'll be happy as long as they don't repeat the bling levels on some of the classic kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deafbok Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I'm strongly considering a few units of company veterans - Combi-plasmas and storm shields across the board as faux-hellblasters in another slot. Even have a fluff blurb starting to form about them being oldmarine survivors-turned-veterans in my DiY chapter, the elite remainder of the old units that now have access to a greater pool of recovered wargear as their fallen brothers are replaced by Primaris. Also functions as a lead-in to my current thinking around army construction, with oldmarines taking specialist elite and support slots whilst the Primaris become the line troops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Old marines specifically? No. I have more than enough and they are all getting stripped and rebuilt to truescale where possible the mixed and mashed with primaris. Essentially I'm truescaling all my marine armies. I won't just hide my old marines in a box, but I will only buy primaris from now on except when I need specific bits for conversions. Like just this past week I finished a primarisized emperor's champion that used the arms and head from the actual EC model... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Plain armour shouldn't be too much of a problem. It's very easy to add tons of bling to it with the extensive range of Marine kits we already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishagu Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I just bought a Forgeworld techmarine lol And various bits to convert him so he's holding the Primarch's Wrath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I can now field a whole Chapter and an odd 2 companies . So yes going for 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverson Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Haven’t bought any space marines or Primaris Marines since primaris came out. Not bought space Marines because it’s appears to me they have a short lifespan and not bought primaris because of their fluff. Eventually I’ll either be proven wrong about space marines or need to buy primaris to stay relevant but until then I’ll keep playing with the models I own and save some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 No I wont buy any older models now either. I just sold all my old BA models and have replaced with Primaris Marines ready to build and paint in 2019. I will take my time and pick up any BA specific releases moving forwards. Sold my old Chaos models and rebuilt my death guard this year when the new models came out also. My son plays UM and has a few old models but is pretty much Primaris now and he recently sold his Grey Knight army and has purchased a new Tau army ready to build and paint in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevak Dal Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Interestingly Jez Goodwin said that future Primaris releases will have more decorated armour, especially on Veteran style units. Noooooooooo! I prefer clean cut, no frocks or frills or ornamentation super Soldiers, not "yo dawg, I heard you like eagles, so we put eagles on yo eagles, and Bangles on your ropes" Vets with a different helmet, pack and pad color with no extra foolery for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 While I still have some Terminators and quite a bit of Ravenwing to buy, I won't be buying any new "classic" Marines (Tacs, Assault, or Devs) unless GW abandons this daft Pokémon style collecting for Heroes series 1 and just sells them to me as a box. I have enough basic Marines in the form of Mks III - VIII to finish out my Stoneburners as well as the forces of Angels Encarmine and Drakeslayers that I have planned otherwise. No real need to buy any more "classic" Marines for those forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Interestingly Jez Goodwin said that future Primaris releases will have more decorated armour, especially on Veteran style units. Noooooooooo! I prefer clean cut, no frocks or frills or ornamentation super Soldiers, not "yo dawg, I heard you like eagles, so we put eagles on yo eagles, and Bangles on your ropes" Vets with a different helmet, pack and pad color with no extra foolery for me. You are always free to just use the non-decorated kits to build your Veterans ... and here people say kitbashing is dead with Primaris lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Who said that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Kit bashing is dead with Primaris. They have no wargear or unit variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Who said that? Kit bashing is dead with Primaris. They have no wargear or unit variety. I think Marshal Rohr was one of the people who said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevak Dal Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 You got the different bolt rifles to swap out if you really want to magnetize them, but they are excellent fodder for conversion (that I've seen). I love the idea of smoothed out reaver helmets...they look Spartan-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Kit bashing is just something that will require the range to expand before it can be done with any real variety. Kit bashing classic marines is easy because there are dozens of units to pick and choose from in the marine range alone, let alone other kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 But the thing is you can still use many bitz from old Marines. Pauldrons, helmets, trinkets, melee weapons for Sergeants.Nothing stopping you from using those. I myself am using Sanguinary Guard masks, GK Paladin helmets, the small shoulder shields and other trinkets for my Primaris and if I'd go for a different look I'd give my Reivers chainswords as well.. With more Primaris units we'll get more options and also probably more things we can re-use from old Marines as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbienw Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I’ve been doing the opposite and have used some Primaris bits on classic marines, namely bare heads from several sources, the sword and accessory bits from the DA Primaris sprue, and the sword and head from the DA lieutenant:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Actually I don't want the discussion. Edited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Yeah the parts are pretty interchangeable which is great for everyone. The regular marine arms look a little scrawnier they are subtly different in size and shape but not enough to be obvious, the same is true in the opposite direction too. I've used a varied selection of classic marine bits on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbienw Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Old marine arms actually look all right on Primaris if both arms are old marines ones. Makes their arms a bit smaller looking like in the art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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