Warhammer30k Astartes MKVI Assault Marines

[Halandaar]

I think the sprue layout will be very interesting; with both the MKIII and MKVI Tactical Marines they've managed to squeeze the bodies, heads, shoulder pads, backpacks, arms and bolters all onto a single A5 sized frame, and designed both sets to conform essentially to the same poses so that the special and heavy weapon frames can be used on both.

 

I wonder if the Assault Marines have been designed similarly, i.e. the bodies, heads, arms and shoulders are on one frame, and the jump packs and weapons are on another. That would allow them to release single-frame MKIII assault marine bodies in the future that are compatible with these jump packs. I know in the resin versions the jump pack variants were specific to each armour mark but I would love for them to have been designed to be interchangeable with different armour marks and jump pack styles in the future.

Edited November 27, 2023 by Halandaar

[Noserenda]

The old jump packs were fully interchangeable weren't they? I hope they don't reuse these though, worst jump pack design yet :(

[01RTB01]

Are there mkiii assault marines? Was mkiii not too heavy? Could be wrong but no worries either way.

 

I've just looked at the standard 5 man modern assault squad was £35.

 

I appreciate for heresy you'd want/ need more proportionately than 40k but the costing on the mkvi isn't horrific.

[Nagashsnee]

4 hours ago, Marshal Rohr said:

What are you trying to say?

That the 40k assault marine kit which was already a hard sell looks even worse compared to this.

[Xirix]

1 hour ago, 01RTB01 said:

Are there mkiii assault marines? Was mkiii not too heavy? Could be wrong but no worries either way.

 

I've just looked at the standard 5 man modern assault squad was £35.

 

I appreciate for heresy you'd want/ need more proportionately than 40k but the costing on the mkvi isn't horrific.

I believe MKIII was too heavy for Jump Packs. MKII and others were fine though.

[Noserenda]

Mk3 is fine for jump packs, the only reason that rumour even came about was a FW bod trying to cover why they didnt do a Mk3 set, which was only because they didnt have another jump pack design lying around. You can mount a jump pack on a dreadnought or primarch :cuss: :D 

[lansalt]

Technically FW did have a jump pack design lying around: the same as MkII assault squads, since MkIII is just the former with extra armour. But the only examples that I know of are WB Ashen Circle marines and Dominion Zephon in Master of Mankind before the BA arrived to Terra.

[Doghouse]

The original reasoning behind not using Mk III in universe for assault troops was that the armour being thicker on the front meant it was weaker on the back which wasn't ideal for melee where a quicker opponent could get behind you. It was originally a boarding suit so you'd be in corridors or tunnels front facing the enemy head on. I believe it was heavier and drew more power as well as being harder to move in and prone to overheating meaning that if the user wanted to go full power it meant putting up with a lot of heat inside the suit.

 

[MegaVolt87]

On 11/27/2023 at 4:58 AM, Lord Marshal said:

Pre-order next week. Quicker turnaround than I expected.

 

Also, a new generic transfer sheet.

 

 

Terrible rendition of legion markings. There should be the double triangle tac squad markings, the triple line heavy markings. Those symbols are more era iconic. Also not enough eagle and lightning bolt symbols or regular eagle head symbols. No gold command symbols either. Why wasn't this in standard unit and vehicle boxes ? Why would I buy theses separately, when they will either cost the same or just pay a bit more to get the better legion specific transfer sheet that is perfect for your legion? 

[Marshal Rohr]

Transfers are no longer coming next week

[Sky Potato]

1 hour ago, Marshal Rohr said:

Transfers are no longer coming next week

Embarrassing.

[OttoVonAwesome]

On 11/27/2023 at 9:07 AM, Noserenda said:

The old jump packs were fully interchangeable weren't they? I hope they don't reuse these though, worst jump pack design yet :(

I wouldn't worry mark 6 packs and mark 3 aren't plug and play if you want a mark 3 wearing a mark 6 pack you need to chop the lower cable off also mark 3 pads aren't as compatible with that harness set up either and I highly doubt future assault squads would all just share the same jump pack it's no fun for the designers. I doubt even the jump packs will be all that compatible between marks given it looks like the pack connects midway down the harness and it would be weird to keep reusing that cable design.

[Lord Marshal]

Assault Marines painted by the Horus Heresy Studio. Some pretty nice ones in there.

 

But like with the MKIII, apparently none there likes Death Guard. :(

 

[Waaagh?]

Well the images pretty much confirm other than the extra lightning claw we aren't getting any other new power weapons chucked in......just need them to hurry up with the plastic close combat weapons box now. 

Edited November 29, 2023 by Waaagh?

[SkimaskMohawk]

Surprising absolutely no one, most legions simply look better without the mk6/snouted heads. I really like both takes of the iron warriors (and oddly the mk3 kinda more of the two), the blood angels with the mk4 style upgrade head, etc...

 

Edit: I looked at the pictures again on my PC instead of my phone. And nope, not helping my opinion; the mk 6 just look too tiny in the middle of the pads, extra chest armour and jump pack.  The non-mk6 are larger and fit in that space better. The unhelmeted seargents really show off the phenomenon. The bare head can look dwarfed by the surrounding armour because it's...not armoured. The beaks being so close to the gorget on a number of builds also doesn't help.

 

Edited November 29, 2023 by SkimaskMohawk

[Tichinde]

36 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said:

Assault Marines painted by the Horus Heresy Studio. Some pretty nice ones in there.

 

But like with the MKIII, apparently none there likes Death Guard. :(

 

 

 

 

Or Thousand Sons....

 

 

[Urauloth]

Magnificent, but I'm shocked two people built Dark Angels without giving them shields.

[01RTB01]

3 hours ago, Lord Marshal said:

Assault Marines painted by the Horus Heresy Studio. Some pretty nice ones in there.

 

But like with the MKIII, apparently none there likes Death Guard. :(

 

I'm assuming one person is running them as palatines as they've all got phoenix spears...

[MoriyaSchism]

6 hours ago, Lord Marshal said:

 

I really like the look of the Sargeant's helmet. Can't wait to see rear of the jump pack.

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

They look great, especially in Imperial Fists colours. Naturally everything looks better in Imperial Fists colours. I actually like the poses. I can understand why some people might find them too static but I think they look quite fluid myself. 

[Urauloth]

I normally don't like Mk VI helmets at all, but some of the designs in this kit are winning me over. The ones with the circular vents have a medieval look that's really appealing. I think a mix of those and the resin DA heads will look great.

[lansalt]

1 hour ago, MoriyaSchism said:

I really like the look of the Sargeant's helmet.

I see it as more fitting for a Master of Signals with all those sensors.

 

1 hour ago, MoriyaSchism said:

Can't wait to see rear of the jump pack.

 

Here you go, a brightened capture from their announcement video:

[OttoVonAwesome]

The Word Bearer procurators are interesting... Either buddy looted a kit that isn't out yet or those are 3d printed bits on that apothecary.

[Urauloth]

I think that might just be the shield holding arm without the shield, and a bunch of bits from the old command squad apothecary?

[WrathOfTheLion]

The apothecary vials are from the Ravenwing Command Squad kit, they likely used a few bits from that. The arm isn't from that, so they must've grabbed that from another old Apothecary kit.

 

It does look like they looted existing kits though.

Edited November 29, 2023 by WrathOfTheLion