Legions Imperialis Legions Imperialis

[Raven1]

On 7/20/2023 at 2:16 PM, FarvegNugan said:

There will be no blast markers, the rumoured stat lines are likely true. Its an improv

On 7/20/2023 at 2:16 PM, FarvegNugan said:
There will be no blast markers, the rumoured stat lines are likely true. Its an improved epic space marine. Which is good because thiigh space marine lasted nine years epic 40k was a flop till warlord games turned it almost word for word in to bolt action. 28 mm system deserves a 28mm game. 

        Whole battle groupd don't get pinned.elements do. They take casualties until they become combat Inneffective.kind of like epic space marine 2e. 

   It's why epic 40k and epic Armageddon are such a great 28mm game now.

ed epic space marine. Which is good because thiigh space marine lasted nine years epic 40k was a flop till warlord games turned it almost word for word in to bolt action. 28 mm system deserves a 28mm game. 

 

        Whole battle groupd don't get pinned.elements do. They take casualties until they become combat Inneffective.kind of like epic space marine 2e. 

 

   It's why epic 40k and epic Armageddon are such a great 28mm game now.

No blast markers? What about these?

[Beaky Brigade]

37 minutes ago, Raven1 said:

No blast markers? What about these?

 

It's been mentioned a few times already in the thread, but in old epic language blast markers =/= blast templates (small, large, flame etc).

Blast markers were more like small tokens that recorded hits on a formation of troops, it would be better to think of them as blast tokens to be honest, though if they are not included in this edition then this piece of trivia will be irrelevant for most players.

Edited July 22, 2023 by Beaky Brigade

[Raven1]

22 minutes ago, Beaky Brigade said:

 

It's been mentioned a few times already in the thread, but in old epic language blast markers =/= blast templates (small, large, flame etc).

Blast markers were more like small tokens that recorded hits on a formation of troops, it would be better to think of them as blast tokens to be honest, though if they are not included in this edition then this piece of trivia will be irrelevant for most players.

 

Oh OK that makes since. I didn't play epic and I'm just getting into AT. Waiting for delivery on the boxset. 

[Matcap86]

So I've still got my fingers crossed for preorder next week and release first week of August... Will I be disappointed? Probably, hope is the first step on the road... Etc. But what a glorious holiday time it would be.

[Matrindur]

23 minutes ago, matcap86 said:

So I've still got my fingers crossed for preorder next week and release first week of August... Will I be disappointed? Probably, hope is the first step on the road... Etc. But what a glorious holiday time it would be.

While I don't think we will have to wait until the end of August there is no way the preorder will be next week. We still know next to nothing about how it actually works and while detailed rules articles will probably only come in the week before preorder, I expect some general articles sooner.

[Matcap86]

7 hours ago, Matrindur said:

While I don't think we will have to wait until the end of August there is no way the preorder will be next week. We still know next to nothing about how it actually works and while detailed rules articles will probably only come in the week before preorder, I expect some general articles sooner.

I miss the usage of the sad reply emoticon.

 

Though to keep the hope alive: launch on the first week of august is still 2 more weeks of articles. With 3ish articles each week that's plenty of time to show off a transport support or heavy support box and some rules stuff.

 

Edit:

Edited July 23, 2023 by matcap86

[Scribe]

7 hours ago, matcap86 said:

 

Yup.

[Fire Golem]

When GW say something is coming in a certain month, they usually (I believe always but it’s GW so I’m sure they’ve done it differently at some point) mean the preorder date rather than the release date. So the preorder date was very unlikely to be in July. 

[Lord Marshal]

Another article and video, this time about designing the minis.

 

Also confirmation we'll be seeing something for Solar Auxilia on Thursday, maybe their equivalent of the Support Box?

 

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Lord Marshal

[WrathOfTheLion]

It makes me wonder if that mystery release for 28mm is Solar Auxilia, given their not-so-subtle emphasis that you have to design it at the larger scale first.

[Lord Marshal]

3 minutes ago, WrathOfTheLion said:

It makes me wonder if that mystery release for 28mm is Solar Auxilia, given their not-so-subtle emphasis that you have to design it at the larger scale first.

 

I'm keeping any possible hype firmly in check about plastic SA. We've yet to see a 28mm plastic Thunderbolt, Xiphon or Lightning despite being in AI for years. 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Lord Marshal

[WrathOfTheLion]

Just now, Lord Marshal said:

 

I'm keeping any possibly hype firmly in check. We've yet to see a 28mm plastic Thunderbolt, Xiphon or Lightning despite being in AI for years. 

Well they either had an existing artifact to reproduce and then scale down, or they may have designed some of it off of CAD for resin. Here we have something completely new with that sentinel, which is interesting. Anyways, that's a side thought, we'll know soon enough :D

[Matcap86]

Also nice to see the new flyer base for that thunderhawk. Cool that they created bases specifically to cater to flyers, instead of just chucking regular bases in and calling it a day. 

[Dezron]

Sneak peak (?) of Epic sprues:

[BolterZorro]

the 2 interesting informatios are kinda outside this article: the (probable) new plane base (in the thunderhwak picture) and the sprues shown in the topic link. (image in the above post).

We can clearly see how tanks are spread in several parts for chassis and armament.

In addition to this, the lilly soldiers are one piece each and easy to paint on sprue!

[CL_Mission]

8 minutes ago, Dezron said:

Sneak peak (?) of Epic sprues:

Is the sprue in the back a regular scale sprue?

[Matrindur]

Confirmed that Contemptors are in the infantry sprue and Sicarans and Predators have their own sprues.

Also sneaky rhino here

[BolterZorro]

I really like this paint job, way better than what we already seen. I know now what will be my paint scheme for auxilia. And it fits with black/red that I'm doing for my titans. And by border effect, I know now the colors of my SM: blue and white. (probably a different blue than ultrasmurf)

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by BolterZorro

[Matrindur]

I can count 11 sprues on that pile.
SM has 2 Infantry and 1 each for the tanks for four
SA has at least 2 for Sentinels/Ogryns and Malcadors with very likely also 2 for Infantry and another for the Leman Russes unless they are on the same sprue as the Malcadors which is unlikely as the Predators/Sicarans are also on different sprues. So 5 sprues in total
The Warhound had two body sprues and one weapon sprue.
Total would be 12 sprues in total. Its likely that one sprue is completely hidden in that image but its unlikely to be the case for two so the box doesn't seem to include the old Warhound weapon sprue. Not a big surprise but would have still been nice

[Lord Marshal]

22 minutes ago, CL_Mission said:

Is the sprue in the back a regular scale sprue?

 

Just Ogryns apparently, as was pointed out once I made a arse of myself thinking they were 28mm Lasrifles.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Lord Marshal

[Matcap86]

27 minutes ago, CL_Mission said:

Is the sprue in the back a regular scale sprue?

Think those might be the SA ogryns. 

Edit: Can't really call it Ninja'ed when I didn't refresh the page for 10 minutes.

Edited July 24, 2023 by matcap86

[Valkyrion]

Can I see 6 terminators on that sprue?

[BolterZorro]

12 minutes ago, Valkyrion said:

Can I see 6 terminators on that sprue?

I see 4 for sure, the others seem more likely to be assault.

Edited July 24, 2023 by BolterZorro

[Valkyrion]

[apologist]

I think you're right; there are six Terminators on the sprue – and I suspect that's for two reasons. Firstly, for variety – together with placement on the base, having even a single extra variant will create visual interest and variety; and secondly, to allow you to create a base without a sergeant.

 

It looks to be carried across to the other units, too – it looks to me that there are at least twenty boltgun-armed Legionaries, which means you can assemble stands without vexillas, sergeants and the like, should you wish.

 

If that's right, it's very welcome news, as it means we'll end up with a few spare marines for conversions, basing, terrain – or simply saving up and squeezing a couple more stands into the army. :)

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by apologist