Thoughts on NOVA Open 2023 marine reveals

[redmapa]

Scouts and Terminators look amazing, kind of odd they havent shown Assault Terminators so maybe they are holding them off to coincide with BA/DA/SW release or something still they look top tier. Scouts finally look like they are functional human beings and as stylish as they look in the artwork as opposed to malformed primates. Overall I think its a beautiful set of kits, I know I'll start a Scout detachment with these new kits. 

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

Some amazing kits. I personally really like the Jump Pack Captain and the new Scouts. Good to see the Astartes finally get some attention after all this faffing about with silly xenos critters. 

 

 

[Karhedron]

I am interested in the Heroes of the Company but I want to see how they work as I have several questions. 

 

Can they join characters other than a Captain? I am looking for a bodyguard unit for Mephiston.

 

Can other Characters join the squad? I am thinking Apothecary specifically here.

 

Can the squad be attached to other squads in the same way as Calgar and his Victrix guard to create a larger blob?

[Cpt_Reaper]

While I am disappointed the Hellfury squad still doesn't exist, and most of the kits shown off are as Idaho said a "yeah, sure" moment. However...Captains taking Neo-Volkite pistols is the best thing of the whole stream, and that has nothing to do with my own custom Captain being armed with one and is now legal.

[Blindhamster]

5 hours ago, Karhedron said:

I am interested in the Heroes of the Company but I want to see how they work as I have several questions. 

 

Can they join characters other than a Captain? I am looking for a bodyguard unit for Mephiston.

 

Can other Characters join the squad? I am thinking Apothecary specifically here.

 

Can the squad be attached to other squads in the same way as Calgar and his Victrix guard to create a larger blob?

Yeah these are good questions, I really love the look of the unit so it's very tempting for me.

That said, I just forked out for a new graphics card so will probably be unable to buy more than a single unit from the new lineup till next month (I have vouchers from my wife from our anniversary). If I'm buying a single unit, it'll be the jump intercessors to go with Dante.

[Forté]

Only thing that really jumped out to me was the TDA Cyclone.

 

Hopefully, they'll drop a couple of Gravis Lt. One with CC options and the other for range.

[jaxom]

7 hours ago, Cpt_Reaper said:

While I am disappointed the Hellfury squad still doesn't exist, and most of the kits shown off are as Idaho said a "yeah, sure" moment. However...Captains taking Neo-Volkite pistols is the best thing of the whole stream, and that has nothing to do with my own custom Captain being armed with one and is now legal.

I thought Eradicators were Hellfuries, but got renamed?

[Helias_Tancred]

On 8/31/2023 at 11:51 PM, Tacitus said:

The scout reveal is a head scratcher.  Why remove them in the first place for a new kit?  Will they retain the option for all snipers, or was the implication of snipers switching to a HB/ML or single sniper more intended than I think? 

 

The Command squad is somewhat the same thing - why remove the old one for a new kit? Give it the Sternguard treatment, and be done.  Especially don't remove the Apothecary from the mix.   Make em 6, 2 Vets, Champ, Ancient, and Apothecary around a Captain. 

 

Agreed but let me raise you here, in the command squad make them able to be paired with a captain, chaplain, or librarian.

 

3 hours ago, Blindhamster said:

Yeah these are good questions, I really love the look of the unit so it's very tempting for me.

That said, I just forked out for a new graphics card so will probably be unable to buy more than a single unit from the new lineup till next month (I have vouchers from my wife from our anniversary). If I'm buying a single unit, it'll be the jump intercessors to go with Dante.

 

I'm working on my Dark Angels right now, while my BA are shelved, and the jump intercessors are my priority now too! With the Dark Angel rehash coming, I don't want to plop down two big piles of money until I know exactly what I have to work with? Because I love to kit bash DA and BA specific bits onto generic marine models!

Edited September 2, 2023 by Eilio Tiberius

[Paladin777]

To anyone looking to buy jump packs to put on regular assault intercessors: they're going like hotcakes on eBay. Every listing had the notice of multiple people having ordered them in the last 24 hours. I just bought 5 myself. 
 

even if they don't run out, I'd imagine the prices are going to hike. They were $18USD with free shipping for the 5 I ordered, and that was the best price.
 

just thought you'd all appreciate knowing. 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Paladin777

[Blindhamster]

They’re literally on the official store for less than that

 

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Space-Marine-Jump-Packs

 

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Space-Marine-Jump-Packs

[Paladin777]

I didn't expect them to be in stock. Nothing else is. 
 

also, with shipping it would have been 20$

[Blindhamster]

1 hour ago, Paladin777 said:

I didn't expect them to be in stock. Nothing else is. 
 

also, with shipping it would have been 20$

Fair, I assume you aren’t near a store, as then shipping is free.

 

just pointing it out as it’s a better option for anyone that can get to a store

[Paladin777]

I'm at least an hour from the nearest GW store. 

[Blindhamster]

7 minutes ago, Paladin777 said:

I'm at least an hour from the nearest GW store. 

about the same as me :)

[Dracos]

Half my friends drive about an hour to work everyday of the week. Maybe it’s a Midwest thing but yeah I’ll drive about that on a weekly basis myself to get games in for a Crusade or escalation league. 
 

Even though I’m focused on mastering an all Gravis army this edition, I'm definitely going to order some jump packs and turn my Indomitus Intercessors into the Assault variety 

[Paladin777]

I'll do that for a game, but not to save 8$ on a handful of bits. 
 

for what it's worth, my first 10th game wasn't all gravis, but it was all gravis, terminator, and dreadnaught. It was fun!

Edited September 4, 2023 by Paladin777

[MaximusTL]

i think the new jump pack intercessors (a real mouthful right there) are really good, and 95% there. i am absolutely picking some up, but i think the one step they would've required to be perfect would've been the armored straps across the chest that the old assault marines had. small, of course, but it ould have given a tiny bit more bulk and made the new jump pack feel more cohesive to the rest of the armor.