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The Ultramarines preator appears to be the same general size as the cataphracttii in the deathguard range.  Bigger but not as big as that IF guy. He'll prolly come to just above the start of a Primarch's shoulder pad like that greyknight guy does in the artwork with Guilliman. 

 

 

It’s weird, I’m not a fan of it, but hey it worked for World Of Warcraft for years.

 

I think that's more to do with the logistics of a 40 man raid party trying to target a single boss rather than Wrynn actually being 15 foot tall. 

During cinematics, the faction leaders and human sized bad guys are sized appropriately. 

They're up for pre-order, and Argel Tarl has a rules download which, to me at least, confirms that the next Black Book (or whatever they replace them with potentially) with feature Word Bearers and Shadow Crusade...

 

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/argel-tal-the-crimson-lord-2021 

 

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/ultramarines-legion-terminator-praetor-2021

 

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/ultramarines-legion-praetor-2021

Argel Tal is pretty good, but in the good way where it expands options without being the clearly best choice (like what happened to sevatar).

 

That being said, while skipping the troop tax is all good, gal vorbak still don't score, so you need reinvest that ~250 points into more scoring units. They also don't quite get as much value as larger sized units from stuff like the chaplain or psychic powers or all that.

Argel Tal is pretty good, but in the good way where it expands options without being the clearly best choice (like what happened to sevatar).

 

That being said, while skipping the troop tax is all good, gal vorbak still don't score, so you need reinvest that ~250 points into more scoring units. They also don't quite get as much value as larger sized units from stuff like the chaplain or psychic powers or all that.

 

I think there will be a Damned-only rite of war which changes win conditions.

 

Argel Tal is pretty good, but in the good way where it expands options without being the clearly best choice (like what happened to sevatar).

 

That being said, while skipping the troop tax is all good, gal vorbak still don't score, so you need reinvest that ~250 points into more scoring units. They also don't quite get as much value as larger sized units from stuff like the chaplain or psychic powers or all that.

 

I think there will be a Damned-only rite of war which changes win conditions.

 

 

They'd just need to tweak 'Last of the Serrated Sun' tbh

 

 

Argel Tal is pretty good, but in the good way where it expands options without being the clearly best choice (like what happened to sevatar).

 

That being said, while skipping the troop tax is all good, gal vorbak still don't score, so you need reinvest that ~250 points into more scoring units. They also don't quite get as much value as larger sized units from stuff like the chaplain or psychic powers or all that.

I think there will be a Damned-only rite of war which changes win conditions.

I hope not. The most anti-fun part of playing against daemons of the ruinstorm is how they can just play kill points while you have to play on the objectives.

 

 

 

It’s weird, I’m not a fan of it, but hey it worked for World Of Warcraft for years.

 

I think that's more to do with the logistics of a 40 man raid party trying to target a single boss rather than Wrynn actually being 15 foot tall. 

During cinematics, the faction leaders and human sized bad guys are sized appropriately. 

 

There really was no issue with targeting major characters early on when raids were relatively simple given that major characters weren’t in any of the raids, and yet they were still huge just standing around in major cities. Why bother doing that?

Because they were “important”, but frankly none of that really matters. 

 

This is something I’m not really a fan of but I have a feeling its the route FW/GW are going down with this latest set of releases. It is what it is. At least the Heresy train is on the move again!

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I'm going to assume that was an error.

 

Because otherwise we're looking at potentially remodelling all the Primarchs (barring the Khan as he's yet to receive one).

 

However to give myself options based on how the new plastics (and potentially the range) turn out I've just ordered a pack of MkIII Despoilers for the nice details and the Legion Praetor Pack as those are fantastic models and I'd hate to miss out on them if they do pull them.

 

If the new stuff doesn't grab me I'm sure I'll manage with what I've got and some people will undoubtedly sell to move if there is significant scale difference.

Yeah nothing on the banner but if I were GW and about to relaunch Heresy then I might want to make it a real surprise.

I am not even close to believing that's the case but I always like to keep a little bit of hope.

Yeah nothing on the banner but if I were GW and about to relaunch Heresy then I might want to make it a real surprise.

I am not even close to believing that's the case but I always like to keep a little bit of hope.

 

I'm the same my "hope" is they'll have copies of the new set at the warhammer world event 9/10th of October and that's when they'll announce it properly for order the week after. If not then unfortunately i can see it being next year which would suck. But if they keep giving us Praetors and new rules every month until then it'll be better than nothing.

 

Yeah nothing on the banner but if I were GW and about to relaunch Heresy then I might want to make it a real surprise.

I am not even close to believing that's the case but I always like to keep a little bit of hope.

 

I'm the same my "hope" is they'll have copies of the new set at the warhammer world event 9/10th of October and that's when they'll announce it properly for order the week after. If not then unfortunately i can see it being next year which would suck. But if they keep giving us Praetors and new rules every month until then it'll be better than nothing.

 

My hope is, that there is a set at all.

I'm pretty sure there are at least the models coming, otherwise someone has spent considerable time on that Spartan interior as well as other stuff.

 

And would waiting for a new set hurt GW/FW's sales? People putting aside cash that could be otherwise spent on parts of the hobby that exist?

 

Seems a bit weird for FW/GW to completely ignore the leaks, delete posts about it rather than just say: "Glad people are excited about the Heresy but this is nothing to do with us, however why not pick up X/Y/Z today?"

I'm pretty sure there are at least the models coming, otherwise someone has spent considerable time on that Spartan interior as well as other stuff.

 

And would waiting for a new set hurt GW/FW's sales? People putting aside cash that could be otherwise spent on parts of the hobby that exist?

 

Seems a bit weird for FW/GW to completely ignore the leaks, delete posts about it rather than just say: "Glad people are excited about the Heresy but this is nothing to do with us, however why not pick up X/Y/Z today?"

 

 

It is weird, until you think about the history with GW engaging with fans online and how staff/writers ended up getting endless streams of abuse & their social media feeds were flooded with negative comments and trolling. From a professional social media perceptive, I absolutely understand why GW delete comments so frequently and don't allow public comments on things like YouTube. Almost no benefit for them and just a platform for negativity that ends up associated with their brand and directing abuse towards their staff.

 

It sucks, but that is just how it is I guess...

I've had an unwelcome thought, what if they've binned the box set and will just release the models seperate at a later date. Would that be viable for them?

 

Among some of the rumours were that the box set was meant to be out a year or two ago (would that have matched up with the Siege books?) so perhaps as they've had to delay it again and again maybe they've cut their losses and moved on.

 

I hope I'm wrong, I really do.

Given that GW is currently running a regular monthly Heresy update, with regular new models and literally last week a new digital campaign pack and rules, I think that is extraordinarily unlikely. 

 

I know that several years of uncertainty and poor communication around Heresy have made most of us quick skeptical about future releases, but things really are looking positive now!

I think Heresy looks set to be in a great place, its just a question of when now. There's too many rumours of re-done plastic armour mks II - VI of which many rumour mongers are confident are true. Valrak seemed certain on his stream last night and said it came from one of his trusted guys and he seems reliable. all i need to know now is when the releases start and whether forgeworld/GW will re scale the legion specific units and all the tanks to go with the new plastics!

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