WarriorFish Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 As mentioned in the N&R, to make sure nobody misses it: For one week only people: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/12/23/23rd-dec-coming-your-way-this-christmasgw-homepage-post-1/ Any comrades with the mighty Vostroyan Firstborn as their army should save what they can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranulf Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 "a whole range of them will be available for one week only" A whole range of, or, the whole range of? My money is on the former. I'm assuming finecast? Metal might have piqued my interest, but resin, meh. -Ran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noserenda Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 "a whole range of them will be available for one week only" A whole range of, or, the whole range of? My money is on the former. I'm assuming finecast? Metal might have piqued my interest, but resin, meh. -Ran Same on the Range, material wise most things from POD have been whatever they were last available in. Not sure what that was for Vostroyans but some IG stuff was still metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandwen Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 What models have been limited release and when last available were metal, have been metal. So, to make more sense, they should be metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robofish7591 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 As far as I am aware, the made to order stuff is in whatever material the models were last produced in. So I believe the vostroyans should be metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranulf Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I guess we'll find out tomorrow. -Ran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranulf Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 For those that own both, how do the Vostroyans size up to the old IG metal minis? I'd imagine they're bigger, but is it a huge difference? -Ran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Krash Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 There the same size minus the hats. The whole line was in metal as well. Krash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 Made to Order is a proper run the Vostroyans will be metal, so they'll be good as new :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closet Skeleton Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 There the same size minus the hats. The whole line was in metal as well. Krash Vostroyans don't have those classic super chunky hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Krash Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 There the same size minus the hats. The whole line was in metal as well. Krash Vostroyans don't have those classic super chunky hands. Yep but model wise standing they still are the same size guardsmen Krash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robofish7591 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I don't really think this really needs its own topic, so I am just going to post this here... I'm looking at getting some Vostroyans as I was sad to see them go OOP last time, but I'm having a hard time deciding on what to get now. Right now I'm looking at 3 of the platoon boxes, 3 vostroyan firstborn boxes, 2 sets of snipers, and one of each officer. Does that sound like a decent enough core for an army? I guess I'm just worried I'm going to miss something after they aren't available any more (especially with how high the prices are on ebay!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranulf Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Should do, you've got nine or squads there plus Company Commanders, a bit less if you form up HWS. Once you factor in armour assets for your list, that's a fair sized army. I've ordered a Platoon Box, 4 Infantry Squads (with HB), 2 Lascannon teams and an Officer with Power Fist - a couple of Tanks and plasma conversions and I'm at 1000 points. That said, for me it's a small stand-alone army or allies for another force. -Ran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robofish7591 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Thats kind of what I was thinking, I'm just not sure if I should pick up some more heavy/special weapons or not. I guess I'm getting all my infantry out of the way, and I'll pick up some tanks later once my wallet has recovered ... Speaking of tanks, I also want to get a couple of carnodons at some point, I think they would aesthetically fit the vostroyans really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandwen Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Plasmagunners would be in short supply, so either picking up an extra squad to use for kit bashing in some plasmas or a few extra plasmagunners would probably be helpful in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder_god Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 A lot of my questions have been answered in this thread already. Here’s one more: as some one who has never played Guard before, is the command squad worth getting? I’m trying to figure out how many platoons and other units I need to grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingDeth Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 A lot of my questions have been answered in this thread already. Here’s one more: as some one who has never played Guard before, is the command squad worth getting? I’m trying to figure out how many platoons and other units I need to grab. I'd get the command squad anyways regardless of how useful they are. They look cool, these made to order runs are sporadic so we don't know the next time they'll be available, and if GW decides that in six months they need to be the best unit in the codex you won't be caught with your pants down wishing you'd bought them. I almost caved and spent a pile of money on them that I shouldn't have but held strong. I have so much other stuff to work on (including a guard army based on some historical minis) that I would have no excuse to get them. Maybe just the command squad for a painting project that I'll probably never get to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HallofStovokor Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I'd get the command squad anyways regardless of how useful they are. They look cool, these made to order runs are sporadic so we don't know the next time they'll be available, and if GW decides that in six months they need to be the best unit in the codex you won't be caught with your pants down wishing you'd bought them. I almost caved and spent a pile of money on them that I shouldn't have but held strong. I have so much other stuff to work on (including a guard army based on some historical minis) that I would have no excuse to get them. Maybe just the command squad for a painting project that I'll probably never get to... There's another reason why you might want to buy it. If sales of vostroyans make a lot of money, GW might decide to reissue them with plastic models. I hope that this happens with all of the guard regiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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