IronBeagle Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I think they're really cool. The old kroothound model looked like a vaguely dog-shaped skinny weird rock with a Trapinch's mouth. Now that looks more like an actual muscular dog ready to bite on your leg and maim you to death. Hope the Kroot get other new models and maybe even their own codex (well a man's allowed to dream isn't he ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remain_Indoors Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 As someone with a full Kroot army, I’m overjoyed to see new hounds. Vast improvement on the originals. Bev'an 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapter master 454 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 If I were to dream to give kroot something, a Gnarloc with howdah (with option between a transport heavy one and one with a hunting gun on it) would just finish it. Have a big awesome battle between Beast Snaggas on Kill/hunta rigs vs. the kroot. skylerboodie, MithrilForge, CL_Mission and 2 others 4 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokugawa Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 3 hours ago, Indy Techwisp said: Not sure if Longstrike is Resin or not but he's still in the Index and cycles in-and-out of availability on the webstore. GW retired both Pask and Cronos. Not sure if Longstrike still in the codex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecanojavi99 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 30 minutes ago, Tokugawa said: GW retired both Pask and Cronos. Not sure if Longstrike still in the codex. Pask was killed during the Fall of Cadia and hasn't been a thing for the last 2 editions. No idea what's Chronos current Lore, but he always seemed like a character that didn't really do much if at all, just there in the Codex, so I'm not gonna cry his departure, I'm even glad that GW is trimming some SM characters, now if they could do the same with the Space Wolfs and Tycho... Longstrike was in the last codex, so until proven otherwise we have no real reason to believe his going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokugawa Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 12 minutes ago, mecanojavi99 said: Pask was killed during the Fall of Cadia and hasn't been a thing for the last 2 editions. No idea what's Chronos current Lore, but he always seemed like a character that didn't really do much if at all, just there in the Codex, so I'm not gonna cry his departure, I'm even glad that GW is trimming some SM characters, now if they could do the same with the Space Wolfs and Tycho... Longstrike was in the last codex, so until proven otherwise we have no real reason to believe his going anywhere. IG received their 9th codex very late, so Pask was available 100% time of 8th edition and more than 85% time of 9th edition. What's your definition of "hasn't been a thing"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecanojavi99 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 25 minutes ago, Tokugawa said: IG received their 9th codex very late, so Pask was available 100% time of 8th edition and more than 85% time of 9th edition. What's your definition of "hasn't been a thing"? He was killed at the start of 8th and didn't receive rules in the 9th Codex and won't be getting in 10th, that is 2 editions he has already been out. Noserenda 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noserenda Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Except Pask had rule right up to the end of 9th? Thats exactly the point? Characters being alive is entirely irrelevant to them getting rules, there have been plenty of special characters over the years who were dead the whole time :D It does feel like they are clearing house on Tank commander special characters though, they can be a bit awkward mechanically apparently and at least one rules writer (albeit a while ago now) had an absolute hatred of them, especially the ones that could be in multiple different tanks chassis, we might well be seeing the fallout of decisions made a long while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Techwisp Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 While I do understand that as a pretty lore-thin Tank character, Longstrike is in danger of going away, I feel it'd be quite a kick in the teeth for T'au to have not gotten an actual new T'au unit since 7th and the first change to the T'au units they have is to lose a named character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenitentOne Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) 1 hour ago, Indy Techwisp said: While I do understand that as a pretty lore-thin Tank character, Longstrike is in danger of going away, I feel it'd be quite a kick in the teeth for T'au to have not gotten an actual new T'au unit since 7th and the first change to the T'au units they have is to lose a named character. Maybe I'm missing something: Do you not consider Shadowsun to be a Tau unit? Because that was 8th. Do you not consider Darkstrider to be a Tau unit? Because that was 9th. Pathfinders also got a glow-up via the Kill team sprue in 9th, which made Darkstrider a good fit. Edited February 6 by ThePenitentOne Indy Techwisp, sitnam, Aeternus and 2 others 1 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Not sure how I feel about these guys. They're interesting, but they just feel a little too much like Kroot who ate Catachan Jungle Fighters, rather than Kroot who ate dogs. As much as the sculpt has improved, they've really lost that mangy scavenger dog/hyena kinda look. (posing also makes a difference) Even the Killteam Kroot hounds retained that, and I think strike a nice balance. Overall, I don't hate them, but don't love them either. Arum, Sarges, skylerboodie and 3 others 1 1 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinespider Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I'm also not in love with them. The musculature is too pronounced, and the quills along the back look kinda bad imo. They're clearly just one plastic piece, they don't feel like they blend properly into the rest of the model. The Spitehorde, Bouargh, skylerboodie and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daylight Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) It's the XL Krooty version. Edited February 6 by Daylight RolandTHTG and tinpact 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burni Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Can we all at least agree that WHC’s email team knocked it out of the park with the headline ‘Greater Good Boys’? stretch_135, MithrilForge, son of the forest and 14 others 4 1 4 8 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) I think the paint job may be making them look more derpy than they are, I’m sure fraters will paint them up right proper ++EDIT++ maybe these Kroot hounds are in the fat puppy stage... M Edited February 6 by MithrilForge IronBeagle 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 8 minutes ago, MithrilForge said: I think the paint job may be making them look more derpy than they are So you're saying they did eat the Catachans...? MithrilForge 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 They're nice sculpts, but I think I preferred the old ones with the leaner greyhound-esque build. Not bad by any means mind you. Orion 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoatibix Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 They remind me of Thrud the Barbarin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhg033 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 7 hours ago, Orion said: Not sure how I feel about these guys. They're interesting, but they just feel a little too much like Kroot who ate Catachan Jungle Fighters, rather than Kroot who ate dogs. As much as the sculpt has improved, they've really lost that mangy scavenger dog/hyena kinda look. (posing also makes a difference) Even the Killteam Kroot hounds retained that, and I think strike a nice balance. Overall, I don't hate them, but don't love them either. I dont think it helps that you can see what look like the joins of plastic for the head/neck and the two halves of the body along the base of the quills I also am not sure about what looks likes vambraces on a 'dog' I think the more gaunt style with longer limbs seemed more alien for me. The new style seems more terrestrial in proportion. Orion, phandaal, MithrilForge and 2 others 1 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaal Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, lhg033 said: I dont think it helps that you can see what look like the joins of plastic for the head/neck and the two halves of the body along the base of the quills I also am not sure about what looks likes vambraces on a 'dog' I think the more gaunt style with longer limbs seemed more alien for me. The new style seems more terrestrial in proportion. Agreed that the longer limbs are more fitting for an alien. Looks like they were really leaning into the "Kroot on all fours" thing with these guys. You can see the arm wraps and jewelry just like you would see on standard Carnivores. Think some of the odd look may come down to the color scheme GW chose for these guys as well. Makes them look very smooth and soft, which is not what you really want with cannibal dog/chickens. I do like the models, although the first thing that comes to mind are those "why is my Chihuahua so buff" pictures. MithrilForge 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapter master 454 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Personally the new ones actually look good compared to the old ones. The old ones just looked...weird. But here we are, once more do we arrive at "you can't please everyone". DemonGSides, Lazarine and ZeroWolf 1 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hfran Morkai Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I'm incredibly excited to see these drop. I loved the T'au and their Auxiliaries and am glad at least one race is getting a bit of the limelight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I prefer the leaner design of the old ones, but I like these and I'm looking forward to getting a set. Glad they finally made it to plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Techwisp Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) On 2/6/2024 at 2:12 AM, ThePenitentOne said: Maybe I'm missing something: Do you not consider Shadowsun to be a Tau unit? Because that was 8th. Do you not consider Darkstrider to be a Tau unit? Because that was 9th. Pathfinders also got a glow-up via the Kill team sprue in 9th, which made Darkstrider a good fit. You're missing something. All of those were rescuplts. They were new models for existing units, not new units. The only new unit the T'au faction received since then was the Kroot Farstalkers, who are obviously Kroot and not T'au. Edited February 12 by Indy Techwisp Mentioning the only actual new unit since the ghostkeel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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