Blindhamster Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 47 minutes ago, Karhedron said: While this is true, I personally find the existing Primaris DC models pretty insipid and uninspiring. I would like a few parts with some saltires and extra skulls. A few extra weapon options would be nice but I am not holding my breath too hard there. I am not expecting something as rich and detailed as the Firstborn DC but I would hope to see something better than the current Primaris DC offering based on the 8th ed upgrade sprue. im the opposite, i hate the sculpted saltires and the would much prefer a more detailed blood angel upgrade sprue that can work for either death company or other. Noserenda, Inquisitor_Lensoven, Kryczek and 3 others 2 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokugawa Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Blindhamster said: im the opposite, i hate the sculpted saltires and the would much prefer a more detailed blood angel upgrade sprue that can work for either death company or other. The total size of the upgrade sprue would be similar to BT and DA ones, it's not very big. Putting DC arms/front chest plate bits in it may cause less or no chance to get "Death company brutalis dreadnought" or "Baal gladiator". Which possibility do you prefer? Edited March 17 by Tokugawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alternis Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 8 hours ago, Karhedron said: While this is true, I personally find the existing Primaris DC models pretty insipid and uninspiring. I would like a few parts with some saltires and extra skulls. A few extra weapon options would be nice but I am not holding my breath too hard there. I am not expecting something as rich and detailed as the Firstborn DC but I would hope to see something better than the current Primaris DC offering based on the 8th ed upgrade sprue. I mean no one expected all the extra hooded head options, and extra bits we got on the DA upgrade sprue it’s a possibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephaston Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I managed to find a picture of the sprue after searching for a bit since GW didn't bother to put some in the shop. So I spent countless Eons in MSpaint to line out: The common stuff like shoulder and heads, as well as the lone power armour weapon arm which will almost guaranteed appear in a similar or maybe slightly lower quantity as well as the non-bike vehicle emblems in Red. The gubbins and other small add-ons that might be in whatever number in Yellow. The bike stuff which will almost certainly be replaced by something of equal space requirements in Blue. The Terminator stuff, which includes the Watcher, which absolutely guaranteed will be used for something spacious in Green. Judging by this masterly act of artistry we can deduce that most of one whole sprue, if not all of it and a bit more is used for bikes and terminators, which should be ample space for various Blood Angel gear. Hell we can even keep the same number of heads for 5 pretty bois and 5 snarling vampy bois. Meaning we can wishlist ad absurdum and it would actually remain reasonable for a while. HolyPestilience, skylerboodie, Aarik and 4 others 5 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 11 hours ago, Tokugawa said: The total size of the upgrade sprue would be similar to BT and DA ones, it's not very big. Putting DC arms/front chest plate bits in it may cause less or no chance to get "Death company brutalis dreadnought" or "Baal gladiator". Which possibility do you prefer? I’d actually prefer an upgrade sprue didn’t waste space on dreadnought parts, we will get far far fewer useful parts for an army if it has dreadnought bits on there LSM, Kryczek and divad8 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonGSides Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Yeah a bespoke dreadnought kit that has its own specialty upgrade sprue would be better than having to share with the power armor upgrade sprue. Karhedron 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapterMasterGodfrey Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I think getting a vehicle upgrade kit is more likely. Dreadnought bits including bits to make a libby dread plus flamestorm weapons for a gladiator. Tokugawa and DemonGSides 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryczek Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Thanks for the sprue breakdown @Nephaston that's handy to know. So I could see red and yellow just swapped to BA. Green swapped for TH/SS, terminator ancient arm and banner, Karlaen style head and bolter swap bits. Blue becomes a winged jump pack and a torso. I agree with @Blindhamster in that I don't ideally want to see vehicle bits on it but I think they might throw in furioso chest wings and/or winged blood drops of varying sizes for vehicles. When it comes to the boxset I think we'll get 2 of these and 2 jump intercessor boxes, a Brutalis and a character. I'm hoping for a primaris Astorath. As for the codex I think a lot of folk are going to be upset. I can potentially see Lemartes and Tycho going legends along with the 1st born DC, DC dread, furioso dread and baal predator. Sanguinary priests including Corbulo are on a shaky peg as well. If there is a grail on the upgrade sprue we may find they become just an enhancement for an apothecary. The only other potential survivor would be the libby dread as there is nothing close to it elsewhere. If the compensation for losing the above is a character and an upgrade sprue then they'll have some unhappy campers. This is why I think we'll get a new Sanguinor with the codex. To soften the blow. If we get the SG as well then our collection is finished and I can't see them doing that. So SG will get kept ala ravenwing. A tease for the future. Just my tuppence worth. Karhedron 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 The latest rumours from Valrak mention a new Lemartes. Whilst the fluff for him crossing the Rubicon would be shaky, maybe he will be like the BT Castellan who still looks Firstborn. I also have a hunch we will keep our specialised Dreadnoughts. Like the DA Speeders, they are still fairly new and there are no direct replacements for these so I think they might survive another edition. Sanguinary Priest is the big unknown at this point. Corbulo feels too important to simply be written out of the lore and the current model is also fairly current. I hope that they will be sticking around although I suspect that Tycho will finally be getting retired. DemonGSides and ZeroWolf 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephaston Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 22 minutes ago, Kryczek said: Green swapped for TH/SS, terminator ancient arm and banner Ideally I would hope for Assault Terminators and Terminator Ancients to receive a standalone release, instead of those option being tied to the BA Upgrade. In the case of Termie Ancients perhaps a Terminator Company Heroes kit, but that's just me wishlisting. Rather instead of Terminator gear I can see them repeating the pattern of bits for Death Company; A melee weapon for the Sergeant, maybe a pistol of sorts, and maybe maybe a big weapon for one in five of the maniacs like an eviscerator or a Spear of not-quite-Telesto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 3/14/2024 at 6:35 PM, Jolemai said: Folks, if we can keep this on the topic of the rumoured boxset, that would be great. If you want to talk about anything else BA, well, we have a sub-forum for that. Just a reminder folks. Dezron and Chapter Master Valrak 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittlePlasticHomies Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Do these boxsets ever provide a discount off the aggregate MSRP of the individual kits within? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonGSides Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 34 minutes ago, LittlePlasticHomies said: Do these boxsets ever provide a discount off the aggregate MSRP of the individual kits within? Depends. Battleforce boxes almost always have savings. If you're talking about these army boxes like the DA one and the Kroot one, then depends on what you think constitutes value; usually you break even on models, and then make the savings up with either the codex or the datacards or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 37 minutes ago, LittlePlasticHomies said: Do these boxsets ever provide a discount off the aggregate MSRP of the individual kits within? The DA box was a pretty big saving but only if you wanted all the units. The regular Terminators diluted the value to som extent as people has already got plenty of these cheaply with Leviathan. But if you are going strictly by discount against buying the same individually, I think that the discount was somewhere around 30%. ZeroWolf and ChapterMasterGodfrey 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapterMasterGodfrey Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 12 hours ago, LittlePlasticHomies said: Do these boxsets ever provide a discount off the aggregate MSRP of the individual kits within? Just reposting my earlier comment for your benefit: Kroot Box and Deathwing box were both £135. If this box is the following, I think it sounds like a great box: Limited Ed. Codex: £20 Upgrade sprue x 2: £42 Lemartes (going off dante price): £27.50 Jump Pack Intercessors x2: £70 Brutalis: £47.50 Total £207 for £135 sounds great. All specualtion of course but just my preliminary thoughts. DemonGSides, LittlePlasticHomies, HolyPestilience and 1 other 3 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittlePlasticHomies Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 11 hours ago, ChapterMasterGodfrey said: Just reposting my earlier comment for your benefit: Kroot Box and Deathwing box were both £135. If this box is the following, I think it sounds like a great box: Limited Ed. Codex: £20 Upgrade sprue x 2: £42 Lemartes (going off dante price): £27.50 Jump Pack Intercessors x2: £70 Brutalis: £47.50 Total £207 for £135 sounds great. All specualtion of course but just my preliminary thoughts. Thanks! I wasn’t sure if the only benefit was early access or if there was a financial gain to the launch box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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