Legions Imperialis & Epic hobby chat!

[Interrogator Stobz]

If my failing memory serves, one of the articles released by GW, maybe on WHC, someone said everything in HH will be released in Smol.

^not a quote 

 

Grain of salt of course.

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

18 hours ago, Noserenda said:

Except there totally were Chapter specific units and characters in Space marine/Titan legions? I definitely recall the Space Wolves and Yarrik/Ghazkull, pretty sure there was death company and possibly others too.

Id be interested to see if/when they do Legion units because most of them differ very little from the standard versions at this scale, that said they do like going a bit too granular :D  

I meant in model form.

 

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

On 6/17/2024 at 12:04 AM, Sherrypie said:

1.5k of Legions. The Word Bearers attempt a sneaky beach landing on Death Guard's islands, but have to slink back into the red tides after getting a thoroughly bloodied nose on the now wreckage-filled and burning sands.

 

@Pacific81 how about some island paradises in that hypothetical Epic heaven of yours, too :D ? Can't be *just* sand all the time, it's coarse and irritating and gets everywhere...

 

 

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Now nobody can claim anymore that the Death Guard live in a radioactive hellhole.

[Interrogator Stobz]

Got the Malcador Variants done this week, my boy is stoked.

Malcadors and Valdors can fit in this post:

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 21 by Interrogator Stobz

[Interrogator Stobz]

Infernus and Dracosans:

 

 

 

 

[Pacific81]

21 hours ago, Deus_Ex_Machina said:

I meant in model form.

 

Yes nothing in model form from what I can remember.

 

Although Legions is a larger scale and the miniatures are less abstract, so it could be a possibility. I wonder if they might do some sort of loyalist or traitor kit/sprue - one with some notable units from each Legion: EC noise marines, world eater berserkers etc.

You have to think of everything in terms of how they will sell it on a sprue and also keep the SKU/release volumes down, I think if it's possible to accommodate both of those things in a release then we may get it.

 

+Edit+ as an example of how abstract old Epic used to be when it was first released, and few minis available, we used to stick little banner poles onto bases of guardians or Orks to denote aspect warriors, Nobz etc

Edited June 21 by Pacific81

[LameBeard]

I guess they had a bit more freedom working in metal: hence the daemon primarchs.
 

 If scale is the challenge then the most promising candidates might be the Ghal Vorbak and the Marha Ghal dreadnought for Word Bearers. Could be released as part of a “daemons and possessed” sprue, possibly with the rules allowing other traitor legions to have possessed marines as we move closer to the siege.

 

 

[Valkyrion]

I could maybe see forgeworld dipping their toes into the epic water with legion uniques, and I can certainly imagine the primarchs coming in FW resin, but I'd be gobsmacked if any legion uniques are released in plastic. 

 

[apologist]

I think Legion-specific plastic sprues are unlikely, but not impossible. If we do see them, I think it's likely they'd be blister-sized, rather than boxes. Something like the Questoris Knight upgrade sprue, perhaps:

 

 

That would allow space for fifteen or so infantry, and a couple of other things – perhaps a Legion-specific command squad, special Dreadnought etc. A blister with two such sprues and a transfer sheet would give you enough to create a minimum detachment (like the box model they're following), and fit with the Chapter upgrades sprues for 40k.

 

 

Given we've got Tallarn coming up, a theoretical Iron Warriors sprue like this could consist of:

• 2 x Iron Circle 
• 10 x Iron Havocs
• 5 x Iron Warriors command models

...and an Imperial Fists one:

• 10 x Templar Brethren
• 10 x Phalanx Warders
• 5 x Imperial Fist command models

 

Anyway, pure supposition. Given how minimal the visual differences are at this scale, I'm inclined to disbelieve the idea – but then the rules are weirdly granular, with individual Rhinos having different loadouts, so what do I know?

[Noserenda]

Id definitely expect resin myself, if the game had flown off the shelves maybe we might have gotten plastic upgrade sprues but we dont even get them for AoD as is.

Diddy resin Primarchs would be literally epic though :D 

[Pacific81]

As long as you still get to wheel these little guys out?

 

 

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

On 6/21/2024 at 9:33 PM, Pacific81 said:

As long as you still get to wheel these little guys out?

 

 

Here is mine:

https://ibb.co/album/7QDBBD

 

But I will probably repaint Morty soon and give him a creme cloak and less vibrant wings. The tiny GUO is fine though. 

[Interrogator Stobz]

"Lunacy has found me... Battery!"

 

Fire for effect...

 

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

17 hours ago, Interrogator Stobz said:

"Lunacy has found me... Battery!"

 

Fire for effect...

 

Reminds of the C64 game "Artillery Duel" which I played in the 80s:

 

[Interrogator Stobz]

Wow, I'd forgotten that game, probably one of the only computer games that I ever played. 

[Sherrypie]

Tonks everywhere! Getting somewhere with the first 30+ ol' smokers of the Selenite 4th Home Army. Commissar tanks' flagpoles will get their attachments post-painting.

 

[Interrogator Stobz]

Added a few Baneblades to the mix.

I've been off work for a week sick, and managed to paint up almost 1800 points of tanks. That's worth a few coughing fits and headaches.

[Sherrypie]

Solid motor pool there, @Interrogator Stobz

 

5.5k of EpicAU, IW vs. Mech, 10'x4' table. The IV legion pushed aggressively forwards into the robotic boogaloo, perhaps too deep and too greedily even, as their frontline was raked by endless rain of plasma mortars and their Mortis Warhounds blown apart by the massed Ordinatii beams. After four rounds of white-bled attrition, both sides were in broken tatters but the Mechanicum had held firmer. They had won the skies and retained their biggest guns, leaving the Iron Warriors little choice but to eventually concede the field.

 

 

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Also painted a happy little Minotaur battery for the game.

 

[Interrogator Stobz]

Just saw that on Fb, lovely Terrain and massive collection of most excellent minis Brother. 

How is EpicAU compared with Epic Armageddon, 'scuse my ignorance of the older rules sets.

Edited June 28 by Interrogator Stobz

[Sherrypie]

2 minutes ago, Interrogator Stobz said:

Just saw that on Fb, lovely massive collection Brother. 

How is EpicAU compared with Epic Armageddon, 'scuse my ignorance of the older rules sets.

 

Cheers Stobz, benefits of playing at an active club.

 

EpicAU is a list pack for Epic: Armageddon, just like NetEA, EpicUK, EpicFr and such are. They all use the same game rules, but have small differences in how they approach the armies. They would all be technically interplayable, since they use the same ruleset. EpicAU set out to make very expansive and flexible lists that attempt to translate most things found in the HH black books into E:A, which makes their lists quite powerful since they ignore most of the restrictions that are seen as pretty fundamental in stricter packs like NetEA or EpicUK. On the other hand, the Aussies seem to hate aircraft with a passion so that side is rather tame in comparison and so forth.

[Pacific81]

Yes I know that none of the EpicAU type lists have got clearance for the EpicUK tournament packs.

Which tells you something about the power levels, although I think for non-tournament play it would be absolutely fine and like you say all of the rules line up (if you wanted to do Great Crusade-era, marine Vs Xenos line-ups for example)

[Interrogator Stobz]

I really need to start a progress blog here.

Until I sort that, here's my starting point for Air Cav. 

Astartes will have Air Superiority. 

 

Edited July 10 by Interrogator Stobz
Fat fingers

[Pacific81]

I've finished some support units for the Crusade-era Death Guard I'm painting up for a mate.

The Bombards and orange jumpsuit crew are from Vanguard Miniatures.

 

[malika666]

Nice to see my designs for Vanguard Miniatures in the wild!

[DuskRaider]

I’m close to finishing the remaining Infantry for my Death Guard and I’m not sure if I should move on to the plethora of tanks I have or the plethora of terrain I have (including the AT Realm of Battle board). What do you folks think, tanks or buildings and board?