Terminator Captain Release

[Harrowmaster]

Does anyone know if the multipart terminator captain is due to release this edition or if it has already done so?

 

I could have sworn that it was announced and was available on the webstore but after looking today there is no sign of it. 

 

Is this just my imagination or did it go on sale and then get pulled silently? 

[Lord_Ikka]

It was announced as a kit, but has yet to have been released. 

[Harrowmaster]

1 hour ago, Lord_Ikka said:

It was announced as a kit, but has yet to have been released. 

Thanks, I knew I saw something about it but thought it was odd given that everything else is out already. 

[DemonGSides]

Yeah there's a lot of chatter around why it might be that it hasn't released, but nothing concrete has ever been stated.

I'm hoping it means a soon to be released Assault Terminator kit since they want to include weapons for everything in the captain kit that it can be included with.  That's my hope, it's a thin one :P

 

[Lord_Ikka]

That's not a terrible hope, maybe they'll release it with one of the SM supplements that may not get a lot of other model support besides a single character, like Deathwatch or Black Templars. 

[painting.for.my.sanity]

It's just shown up in this week's Sunday preview, so preorder next Saturday.

[Harrowmaster]

Thanks all.

 

It would have to be announced just after I ask

[TwinOcted]

Hmm, he's a really nice model, but he doesn't look like a captain to me.  I think it's the lack of a cloak that does it.  If there were rules for a Terminator Lieutenant he'd be perfect, not that this will stop me getting him at some point. 

[Lord Nord in Gravis Armour]

The lack of cloak is a similar design aesthetic to the Terminator Librarian and Chaplain, both of which are missing the standard cloak or robe that the Tacticus versions have. Call it a concession to the limitations of teleport technology, where the less superfluous accessories you're asking the machine to track and properly disintegrate and re-integrate, the better. I agree it makes the model look a little less command-y, but at the same time from a narrative standpoint I prefer it to the Leviathan model.

[DemonGSides]

Capes rule, Edna be damned.

[Tonius]

This mini is cool and customizable, I like cloackless captains, that's why I like the Messinius mini: he's got a short cloack.

I was too lazy to remove the cloack of my Leviathan Terminator captain.

 

I tend to prefer helmeted and cloackless leaders 

[Nephaston]

Nice, finally a terminator character with a somewhat full choice of combi-weapons. Just in time for the edition where it doesn't matter. Now you get a choice between combi-weapon (anti-infantry), combi-weapon (anti-infantry), combi-weapon (anti-infantry), OR an actual ok gun in the storm bolter.

 

 

Of course the trade-off seems to be a decrease in melee weapons. only sword or fist for this one, no chain-fist or hammer of any kind. Also no sprue pics so far.

[Sir Clausel]

3 hours ago, Nephaston said:

Of course the trade-off seems to be a decrease in melee weapons. only sword or fist for this one, no chain-fist or hammer of any kind. Also no sprue pics so far.

Yeah that really bugs me that they have 3 "different" weapons which are all the same this edition rather than the iconic hammer and shield combo. 

[LSM]

There seems to have been a definite disconnect between the model designers and the rule team when it comes to combi-weapons.

 

(Of course, the Leviathan quick-rules having distinct combi-weapons suggests that the change to what we have now happened very late in the rules writing process.)

[Nephaston]

5 hours ago, LSM said:

There seems to have been a definite disconnect between the model designers and the rule team when it comes to combi-weapons.

 

(Of course, the Leviathan quick-rules having distinct combi-weapons suggests that the change to what we have now happened very late in the rules writing process.)

I wouldn't be surprised if they came to the conclusion that 2 shots at BS 3+ AP-1, devastating wounds, and anti of every flavour was too strong, so in typical games workshop fashion instead of nerfing shots, BS, AP, OR amount of Anti they nerfed shots, BS, AP, AND amount of Anti. No nuance, only nerf.