How broke are you going to be in June?

[Reldn]

I'm not sure yet, to be honest. It may not be that bad. I realized that I still have 40+ Mk.III & IV Marines. So, depending on the price I may pass on the box and just pick up the three books, some weapon packs, and the Kratos.

[Doghouse]

I'm the same, poised to buy it but may wait and just pick up individual boxes. I am expecting to see a lot of stuff popping up on Ebay, especially the Spartan. It's a nice kit but a heck of a points sink, if you have people breaking down boxes I can see them maybe going a bit cheaper.

[BitsHammer]

So many awesome new releases! With more coming, apparently! How bad do you all think the damage will be to your wallets?!?!

 

Personally I have not been spending too much this Spring, and am looking forward to getting maybe 2 starter boxes, one of each new tank, and some of the weapon boxes to start my first legion with the new plastics!

I think my plans to do conversions for every model to ensure they look appropriately "Night Lords" will keep me from going broke right away. Adding skin and/or body parts to every model should keep me from rushing to get too much at the same time.

[Gaius Atticus]

Not too bad.

 

This is the first time I have been interested a GW game not set in a hive, in about 5 years. 40k requiring loads of new books and sets of cards every few weeks just put me off the game completely unfortunately, but I am optimistic that this game will be a bit more user friendly in terms of what is required to play.

 

I want Iron Hands, and I have a few Mk III boxes and a contemptor I purchased on the cheap when these leaks first came out. I'll probably add an Ironfather, another box of Mk III, a couple of weapon boxes, a rhino, and another dread.

 

The big cost will be if I and my mates enjoy the game enough to build up beyond starter armies, as I'll add Ferrus and a bunch of Gorgons in a Spartan. Plus more dreads.

[Uprising]

I decided to get one box set and one of each weapon pack.  I have amassed some FW Alpha legion upgrades and set aside one squad of Mark 3 and mark 4 armor to mix in.  Also donating a xiphon to the mix.  Once I get those all done, then some more contemptors and terminators.  I have a raven guard army with all beakies (resin) already, and Alpha is a foil to the raven.  

[Petitioner's City]

I sometimes think I'll *just* get the books - but that's still going to be £40 for both Libers probably (so £32 with discount), and then maybe £30 off ebay for the rulebook. That feels a lot already 

 

One could potentially get the box and the two books; and sell everything in the box bar the paper bits - maybe you sell the infantry at  20 a squad (so up to £80), the termies at £20 a sprue (so £40), the praetors at 10 each, the spartan for something decent (40ish?), etc. You'd soon make your money back and maybe keep what you want, or sell it all and recoup everything for the books? 

 

Decisions!

[WARMASTER_]

 

If they preview a leviathan tomorrow….. Very ….. very broke

Leviathan and/or plastic Dreadnought Drop Pod (unlikely I reckon as they "recently" redesigned it) or Dreadclaw (though off the top of my head they can't take Dreadclaws, Contemptors can though!).

Nah they’ll definitely have the leviathan design good to go and soon or they wouldn’t have taken it off the forge world site the 4 most popular kits in the heresy are the leviathan the Spartan the Sicarian and the Contemptor they’re core to the range and as it’s a relaunch we’ll see it soon :)

 

 

Dreadclaw in plastic though….. YES PLEASE

Edited May 23, 2022 by BladeOfVengeance

[Spagunk]

Since pre-orders are likely not going to be mentioned until about June ish, it's hard to really gauge my own broke-ness.

 

As it stands, I have vested at least 450 USD so far and possibly another 300 USD by the end of the month. My hope is to get a big box, all the new vehicles they'll have and a couple of the special weapons kits plus any legion specific goodies. I am hoping that all fits within my budget.

For context, I have been saving this for about a year in prep for the big box (a bit before we got the potato cam image) so that's why it seems like I have a fair amount of cash invested.

Edited May 23, 2022 by Spagunk

[Marshal Mittens]

I think at release we will have the following:

 

The launch box

The special/heavy weapons

MKIII/IV 20 man boxes

Reboxed monopose Contemptor

Reboxed tartaros termies

Special characters for Burning of Prospero

Kratos

Rhino

Sicarian

WE/BA/IF/SoH upgrades in resin

 

I think the second wave will probably have the following:

Leviathan

Predator

Breachers or Jump troops

Javelin

Saber?

[derLumpi]

Why would they release the old monopose Contemptor?

[infyrana]

Mittens, I think you are too optimistic

 

 

*Edit: derLumpi - so people can get ahold of the Kheres gun, which really should have been included in the new kit since it's such a popular Heresy thing.  But as lots of people like to run them single and paired, I suspect they'll keep its access to a second model or the resin with the bendy barrels.

Edited May 23, 2022 by infyrana

[derLumpi]

Do we really know that? That just doesn't make any sense.

I know GW's decisions sometines seem like that. But why wouldn't they offer a weapon sprue with the missing ones?

[Marshal Mittens]

Why would they release the old monopose Contemptor?

No idea; it's on the box sheet with pictures of models for the Heresy. I think it will be available at release, maybe ETB as a cheaper option.

[Iron Hands Fanatic]

 

Why would they release the old monopose Contemptor?

No idea; it's on the box sheet with pictures of models for the Heresy. I think it will be available at release, maybe ETB as a cheaper option.

 

 

The contemptor on the sheet isn't actually the monopose one - the detailing on the torso & head is different, and it has the full kneepads of the poseable version - I suspect it's just the one that comes in the new box with an additional sprue containing the absent weapons, an alternate torso plate & head

 

[infyrana]

 

 

Why would they release the old monopose Contemptor?

No idea; it's on the box sheet with pictures of models for the Heresy. I think it will be available at release, maybe ETB as a cheaper option.

 

 

The contemptor on the sheet isn't actually the monopose one - the detailing on the torso & head is different, and it has the full kneepads of the poseable version - I suspect it's just the one that comes in the new box with an additional sprue containing the absent weapons, an alternate torso plate & head

 

 

A sprue with alternative carapace / head options and the Kheres etc, that could be very interesting - especially if it contains the rather good looking Death Guard version with the bonding studs.  I won't hold my breath, but I shall keep two fingers crossed for something like this.

[Marshal Mittens]

Maybe it will be an ETB version like we had with the redemptor then?

[WrathOfTheLion]

Yeah, the BaC one has a bunch of trim on it, which that one clearly doesn't have.

 

Edit: And as I mentioned in N&R, if these are supposed to be kits you can buy on top of the box, then looks like Termies are getting reboxed into 10s instead of 5s.

Edited May 23, 2022 by WrathOfTheLion

[Iron Hands Fanatic]

Maybe it will be an ETB version like we had with the redemptor then?

 

given the resin contemptor arms are no longer available and you need them to use any of the FW legion-specific dreads, I suspect that it's just an extra weapon sprue that'll be packaged with the weapon sprue on the new plastic contemptor for separate release

[Marshal Mittens]

 

 

Maybe it will be an ETB version like we had with the redemptor then?

given the resin contemptor arms are no longer available and you need them to use any of the FW legion-specific dreads, I suspect that it's just an extra weapon sprue that'll be packaged with the weapon sprue on the new plastic contemptor for separate release

That would probably be an incentive to buy the Dread separately from the AoD box.

[WARMASTER_]

I’m actually happily surprised that it’s an upgrade kit for the Contemptor

 

Give me more hope we’ll see veteran upgrade kits etc

[Iron Hands Fanatic]

I just spotted something interesting on the new tacticals' wargear sprue - none of the parts are mark-specific, and given phobos bolters are the pattern typically paired with Mk2 & have a different design of chain-bayonet compared to the umbra ones on the Mk6 frame, it would make sense that they designed the wargear sprue to also be boxed with a hypothetical Mk2 kit

[BitsHammer]

I just spotted something interesting on the new tacticals' wargear sprue - none of the parts are mark-specific, and given phobos bolters are the pattern typically paired with Mk2 & have a different design of chain-bayonet compared to the umbra ones on the Mk6 frame, it would make sense that they designed the wargear sprue to also be boxed with a hypothetical Mk2 kit

*snipped image*

Makes me wonder if they might put it into the MkIII and MkIV boxes as well to ensure they have enough bayonets and equipment to go around in those 20 man boxes as well, unless I've missed something about those older boxes.

[Gorgoff]

I just spotted something interesting on the new tacticals' wargear sprue - none of the parts are mark-specific, and given phobos bolters are the pattern typically paired with Mk2 & have a different design of chain-bayonet compared to the umbra ones on the Mk6 frame, it would make sense that they designed the wargear sprue to also be boxed with a hypothetical Mk2 kit

 

Damn, don't give me hope.

[WARMASTER_]

I just spotted something interesting on the new tacticals' wargear sprue - none of the parts are mark-specific, and given phobos bolters are the pattern typically paired with Mk2 & have a different design of chain-bayonet compared to the umbra ones on the Mk6 frame, it would make sense that they designed the wargear sprue to also be boxed with a hypothetical Mk2 kit

 

Great spot! The only thing that’s make specific is the Power fist / Lighting claws hand though, even with the older MKIII/MKIV kits they were quite distinctive

 

It’s very possible though