New Emperors children look great

[Brother Monty]

The video was released only a bit ago but the new Emps children look insane. I’d be down to start an army based off Lucius’s model alone.

 

 

[Special Officer Doofy]

I'm lucky I didn't like them more than I did, I don't need to start another army any time soon! Lucius, Fulgrim and the Noise Marines look amazing. The regular marines to me are too bland and could have just been noise marines with different load outs, like how plague marines have so many different wargear options. The sword guys are not my cup of tea. Not into coneheads and tank tops. Possessed or not possessed, they look like eightbound without the steroids.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

As a longtime (well, since 2017) EC painter and player, I have mixed feelings about them.  I do think, for the most part, that they are pretty good.  While I prefer 30K Fulgrim (particularly the wings and scaled tail/body), the 40K model is fine and much better as an actual playing piece (and likely 2/3 the price).  Lucius is gloriously hideous, and the noise marines are a very nice update and bulked up version of the 3rd ed mixed metal/plastic models.  The two legionaires equivalents are fine (though I don't like the move from chainswords to normal swords for the melee squad), but its nice having them as two seperate units as it allows them each their own special rule rather than having one build side lined by not working well with the unit rule, like we get with bolter legionaires.  The sword specialist "six-bound" fit well with the army, though I'm personally not a fan of the cone heads some have or their ab-showing armour - that said, I like how it looks like you can get at least 6 distinctive models out of 2x3 man kits.  The non-named HQ models seems fine if unexciting (also don't like the cone heads some of the builds have), though the noise marine boss one is a bit strange.  Overall, I think GW did a pretty good job of straddling the line between the various mental images that people have of EC and putting out models that have something in them for everyone.

 

That said, I think my own reservations stem from them having a different look from the regular CSM line - which, as far as it goes, is fine - as a different army, it makes sense they have their own visual asthetic.  Its just I think I prefer the CSM look, though the new EC look may grow on me.

 

What may happen is that rather than continuing my current EC CSM army as an EC army, I may shift it away from EC fully into CSM, and then collect the new EC armies as their own separate thing.  I just don't know how I feel about that yet.  I would then have to decide whether to keep my new EC in the paint scheme of my current army, or do something else.  One option, if my demons do get folded into my EC as seems to be expected, would be to paint my EC more in line with my demons - so, a very similar pallet of pinks a purples, but probably with dark purple replacing the medium purple I currently use as my main colour - so, more like my defiler.  Anyway, we'll have to see.

Edited 4 hours ago by Dr_Ruminahui

[Special Officer Doofy]

@Dr_Ruminahui the only issue I see with keeping your guys as chaos space marines depends on how they treat chaos daemons. If they get rid of the daemons codex and put Slaanesh in with EC, you would have to run EC to use them. The water is very muddy right now. Luckily it looks like we will find out within a few months as the cult Legions come out what is really going to happen. Either way I'm sure you'll find a way to make it work.

 

I like the new Fulgrim, even more than the forge world one, but Lucius stole the show for me. Hell of a model.

Edited 4 hours ago by Special Officer Doofy

[LSM]

2 hours ago, Special Officer Doofy said:

@Dr_Ruminahui the only issue I see with keeping your guys as chaos space marines depends on how they treat chaos daemons. If they get rid of the daemons codex and put Slaanesh in with EC, you would have to run EC to use them. The water is very muddy right now...

 

My guess would be that Daemonic Allies would still be available to CSM - they'd just have to word it such that the points limit covered all the Cult Legions' daemons at once.