Horus Heresy Space Wolves Power Armour Praetor + New MKVI Upgrades

[Lord Marshal]

It's been 84 years...

 

 

And you know what that means Thousand Sons players.

 

Edited September 21, 2023 by Lord Marshal

[gaurdian31]

Really like the praetor, helmet is awesome. New Mk VI helms aren't bad, better than the last set for sure.

[jaxom]

Looks like someone learned from their mistakes for the upgrades.

 

I really like the Praetor. I imagine that if folks want more bling, they can paint the recessed designs like inlay.

[WrathOfTheLion]

The Praetor looks pretty good, definitely a step up from pretty much all the other 30k Space Wolves miniatures, which are are all pretty bad besides the Deathsworn and Geigor Fell-hand. I'll probably pick this one up.

 

The new helmets are pretty good as well, a lot better to just do embellished MK VI helmets than what they were doing before.

 

I really like the helmet on the Preator, with what looks like some Anglo-Saxon stylization.

Edited September 21, 2023 by WrathOfTheLion

[darkhorse0607]

Praetor isn't bad, I'd switch the helmet but not bad.

 

I love that the internet bullied them into changing the MKVI helmets though, that's funny

[Lord Marshal]

1 minute ago, darkhorse0607 said:

I love that the internet bullied them into changing the MKVI helmets though, that's funny

 

If I had a nickel for every time FW pulled Space Wolf models to redesign them I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[Wormwoods]

1 minute ago, darkhorse0607 said:

I love that the internet bullied them into changing the MKVI helmets though, that's funny

 

They should have dug their heels in, made them goofier. 

[Fire Golem]

They’re so much better haha, and I quite like the Praetor too!

[Guest Triszin]

It wasnt the internet bullying the helms

It was the fact they sold almost none.

 

 

Also.

Aww yiiiiisssssss

Edited September 21, 2023 by Triszin

[betrayer41]

I actually love this lol

[Etruscan]

Gorgeous model and a proper long beard at last. Not 100% on the helm but it’s minor as the rest of the model is fab.

[Hræsvelgr]

I really do like the Praetors Helmet Design in particular. Etsy had a lot of proxy-designs for MKIII and MKIV ( for a while ) that did go towards e.g. the Sutton Hoo-Helmet and still didnt look out of place being a part of a Suit of MKIII / MK IV Armour, i always wondered why GW wasnt able to just go in that direction for SW-Upgrades, design wise.

Edited September 21, 2023 by Hræsvelgr
minor typing mistake

[Jukkiz]

Wait, the praetor wasn´t the famous wolfi-wolf lord?!

Jokes aside, the gems are nice touch with wolves, thought they look pretty similar to thousand sons helmet designs

[Orion]

7 minutes ago, Wormwoods said:

 

They should have dug their heels in, made them goofier. 

Yeah. Make them out of fur.

 

The new ones look pretty great though. Praetor I'm indifferent on, but not SW fan in the first place.

[BeatTheBeat]

Haha this is hilarious, but I also seriously 100% support them listening to feedback and not being too proud to backpedal a bad design. Big cred to GW for this!

Edited September 21, 2023 by BeatTheBeat

[Astartes Consul]

Oh yeah, that is lovely. I really like the bulk of him, the overlapping plates on the legs and that helmet. The whole thing is ace.

 

It's also nice to see GW see sense and replace the previous helmet upgrades...

 

 

[Gorgoff]

What a wonderful model and I even like the new helmets.

Well done FW.

[Varyn]

I agree with Wrathofthelion; quite a few of the FW space wolf models are poor, so this is a great return to form. The fur sculpting is good, I like the shield on his back and the armour detailing is befitting for an HQ choice. 

 

It's rather amusing the way that the article mentions: a new  selection for the VIth to replace the previous wolf-style heads.

 

This is a bit like when FW replaced the IF praetor, "here is a new model!"....but they don't tell us why it's replacing the old one :D 

 

EDIT: and the praetor has a bolt pistol! they must have run out of volkite serpentas

Edited September 21, 2023 by Varyn

[Vazzy]

Where’s the range consistency? The fur isn’t bananas! 
 

jokes aside I love both of those bareheads, will need to pick those up 

[Doobles57]

Sold and sold. Helmets are amongst the better examples we've seen and 1000x better than the wolf ones. And that Praetor is just bang on. Love it love it love it.

[son of the forest]

I'll be getting both of these!

[Captain Idaho]

It's good that GW have listened to feedback (or more likely noticed the lack of sales of the awful helms) and U-turned this. They look great.

 

The wolf helms were just awful. An embarrassing lack in quality and theme for a company supposedly top of the industry.

 

Maybe this means we have new quality control or project managers to address this sort of thing? Another good thing.

[StrangerOrders]

Well.... Guess I can have another Legion....

 

Gotta reward them when they don't make the VIth ridiculous for once!

 

Good news for TS as has been mentioned, there is hope for a PA Praetor! Although I personally take issue with it if it goes MKIII...

 

Guessing this bodes well for IW, IH, WE and Sallies since all tend to go MKIII.

 

Not sure about RG though lol.

[Redcomet]

Those look a lot better than previous space puppy releases for HH

[The4thHorseman]

I don't know why, but this model is really giving 3rd party vibes.

 

I mean scibor miniatures in particular.