Combat Patrol New Chaos Lord & Chaos Lord with Jump Pack (also battleforce sets)

[Doctor Perils]

For the jump lord, how about angling the whole model forward as if he's leaping forward from a rock, a bit more like haarken?

[Nephaston]

Probably very doable. Another thought I had is combining this one with Haarken so you'd have Haarken more upright in the middle of chucking his spear and the regular guy pouncing forward with double claws.

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

On 3/21/2024 at 4:29 PM, Nephaston said:

This one?

 

Seems to be completely new, so my guess is we might see it in the codex down the line.

I can tell you what kind of inspiration was responsible for the Jump Pack Lord:

 

"Smoooooooooke on the waaaaaaaaaater,

and fire in the sky!"

 

 

[Urauloth]

Jump pack lord is nice, but the one on foot might be my fav CSM model so far. Options are really nice too.

[Rain]

New jump Lord, but no new Raptors or Talons. Oof. Those models are awful. 6th was the nadir of Chaos visual design. Still, a Legends unit that should never have been Legended being put back in bodes well. Maybe James Dub will bless World Eaters with a Terminator Lord and Terminator themed detachment. I know they won’t, but maybe?

 

Foot Lord looks great. I might buy one to convert to a MoE. Great update of a classic sculpt. More of that please.

[Wispy]

42 minutes ago, Rain said:

New jump Lord, but no new Raptors or Talons. Oof. Those models are awful. 6th was the nadir of Chaos visual design. Still, a Legends unit that should never have been Legended being put back in bodes well. Maybe James Dub will bless World Eaters with a Terminator Lord and Terminator themed detachment. I know they won’t, but maybe?

 

Foot Lord looks great. I might buy one to convert to a MoE. Great update of a classic sculpt. More of that please.

The Raptors and Talons have aged very well and don't look out of place next to the rest of the Chaos line. Feels like wanting new things for the sake of new.

Edited March 31 by Wispy

[Naryn]

I'd be happy with the exact same designs if they pulled them up in CAD and sized up by ~1.2x or so. My old Raptors from release day are about as big as my buddy's new Cadians if you ignore the tactical rubble. Heck, they weren't much bigger than the old Cadians.

[Castellan Wulfrik]

5 hours ago, Wispy said:

The Raptors and Talons have aged very well and don't look out of place next to the rest of the Chaos line. Feels like wanting new things for the sake of new.

They're literally not raptors, visually they're standard chaos space marines with jump packs and way too many spikes. Raptors are neither spiky nor standard chaos space marines. Personally I don't want new for the sake of new, I want new for the sake of old and interesting, reverting to what was a superior design. I don't even mind chaos marines with jump packs existing alongside raptors, but as has already pointed out there are scale issues with the current kit. 

[Lord Marshal]

Jump Pack Lords peaked with Haarken Worldclaimer, so it was always downhill from there.

[Lord Marshal]

Pre-order next week.

 

Can't remember if we'd seen the Combat Patrol before.

 

Edited May 5 by Lord Marshal

[CL_Mission]

This is pretty interesting. They've cut this guy out from the Cultist of the Abyss set for Blackstone Fortress and seems to be a new character that can be attached to cultist squads. Did he have any rules at all in regular 40k before?

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Even the lowliest rabble of Chaos Cultists needs someone to crack the whip and roast their enemies, and the Cultist Firebrand is the man with the plan. His balefire pike produces D6+3 S5 automatic hits, while his Fiery Faith allows an attached unit of Cultists to reroll Leadership tests. This is the first time this single-pose miniature has been available separately.

 

[phandaal]

1 minute ago, CL_Mission said:

This is pretty interesting. They've cut this guy out from the Cultist of the Abyss set for Blackstone Fortress and seems to be a new character that can be attached to cultist squads. Did he have any rules at all in regular 40k before?

 

 

Blackstone Fortress continues to deliver! Hope we get to see more of their stuff included for other armies. Grekh is prime for a Kroot named character.

[CL_Mission]

Just now, phandaal said:

 

Blackstone Fortress continues to deliver! Hope we get to see more of their stuff included for other armies. Grekh is prime for a Kroot named character.

BRING BACK THE ZOAT!!

[Kaiju Soze]

6 minutes ago, CL_Mission said:

This is pretty interesting. They've cut this guy out from the Cultist of the Abyss set for Blackstone Fortress and seems to be a new character that can be attached to cultist squads. Did he have any rules at all in regular 40k before?

 

Previously he was just a Cultist with flamer. Which rather suggests flamers may not be an option for the squad anymore.

[Guest]

Both Lords locked into different boxes... Can't say I am surprised...

[Indy Techwisp]

5 minutes ago, Kaiju Soze said:

Previously he was just a Cultist with flamer. Which rather suggests flamers may not be an option for the squad anymore.

 

I sincerely hope this isn't the case, since you've been able to take Flamer Cultists even before the BSF Cultists were make.

[Nephaston]

4 minutes ago, Indy Techwisp said:

 

I sincerely hope this isn't the case, since you've been able to take Flamer Cultists even before the BSF Cultists were make.

It might even be worse, since right now the only cultist kit is melee and pistols only. Unless they intend us to use the blooded now for ranged mortal servants, but then it's not clear if the firebrand can lead those. We have to wait and see.

[Kaiju Soze]

9 minutes ago, Indy Techwisp said:

 

I sincerely hope this isn't the case, since you've been able to take Flamer Cultists even before the BSF Cultists were make.

I'd love to be wrong, but with no other miniature available it would fit with recent trends to remove the option. 

Edited May 5 by Kaiju Soze

[Agrest_IW]

25 minutes ago, Kaiju Soze said:

Previously he was just a Cultist with flamer. Which rather suggests flamers may not be an option for the squad anymore.

Dont think Cultists have any options !! look how many options they have in Box :P

[Kaiju Soze]

1 minute ago, Agrest_IW said:

Dont think Cultists have any options !! look how many options they have in Box :P

Unit in Box A, upgrades in Box B is not a great set up, it's true.

[Garrac]

45 minutes ago, CL_Mission said:

This is pretty interesting. They've cut this guy out from the Cultist of the Abyss set for Blackstone Fortress and seems to be a new character that can be attached to cultist squads. Did he have any rules at all in regular 40k before?

 

So, um, are the other cultists going to still be sold some time later down the line? I really slept on the chance of buying them this year, lol

[Nephaston]

 

Am I seeing this right? Are they using images from the previous codex to advertise the new one?

[Ultramarine1999]

3 minutes ago, Nephaston said:

 

Am I seeing this right? Are they using images from the previous codex to advertise the new one?

Wouldn't surprise me , maybe so they can reveal new rules at their own pace?

[Nephaston]

Just now, Ultramarine1999 said:

Wouldn't surprise me , maybe so they can reveal new rules at their own pace?

But I want to needlessly overanalyze the new content page nooooow!!!!1!1

[Urauloth]

Nasty feeling this means the cultist warband box is disappearing and taking all those great sculpts - and the weapon options they represent - with it.