New Drop Pod

[Lord Marshal]

Commander Boreale, what's this maneuver called?

 

 

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The newest incarnation of the Drop Pod has a few major changes to better suit its role in-game. The storm bolter and deathwind launcher normally mounted above the passengers – which, let’s face it, was a colossal safety hazard – has been removed, while the endlessly fiddly doors that spawned a thousand arguments about vehicle footprints are now fastened firmly in their open position.

 

The kit is significantly easier to build and will have a new Datasheet which clarifies exactly where everything gets measured from – leaving little room for creative rules interpretations. That new Datasheet will be available via free download when it’s released.

 

Each box will contain two complete Drop Pods – an excellent proposition for those who lack the natural Deep Strike capability of Terminators and Jump Pack Intercessors.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 01:06 PM by Lord Marshal

[ZeroWolf]

Hmm i can imagine several people not being happy that they've fixed the doors to permanently open  As far as my opinion goes (not very far admittedly) it's fine. The admission that we're getting a free datasheet for it to download is fairly interesting mind.

 

Good thing Valrak is on holibobs, otherwise we'd get a certain gif for sure.

[Casual Heresy]

Didn’t think I could be excited if the tumour turned out to be true, but I am and I’m not mad about it. 
 

Think it’s the impact crater bits that do it for me. And I appreciate the anti-gameplay shenanigans approach to updating the design. 
 

I am honestly surprised they’re doing two in a box. Make me wonder and cringe at the potential price. 

[redmapa]

Not complaining but

 

WHAT IN THE HECK?

 

This came out of nowhere, seems like it might be the first step in whatever the vanilla supplements are going to update. I got three and I would totally buy 3 more of these because they aren't that different, I hope the rules are good because Drop Pods are classic!

 

[SvenIronhand]

That sure is a Drop Pod.

[Sir Clausel]

2 minutes ago, redmapa said:

 This came out of nowhere

Well.. Thats kinda what a drop pod does :)

[TheWarmaster]

Not a fan of this funnily enough. 
The doors being locked open is strange, they’re gonna be a pain in the ass to transport around. 
 

I had 14 of them back in 7th when playing Ragnar Blackmane’s great company, when all squads could take a pod for free. It would’ve been even more of a pain to transport them then if I couldn’t close the doors to pack them away. 
 

I never had an issue with the kits. They all went together really well and the doors all clicked closed nicely. I’ve never understood what people are moaning about with the old kits. 
 

I really don’t see the point in this update, but never mind. It just feels like a terrain piece now, especially with no weapons on them. 

Edited 4 hours ago by TheWarmaster

[Sergeant Centurion]

Maybe its a easy to build kit? Its the impression it gives to me. I dont like the lack of storm bolters, but i have platy of them to put it if i wish.

[StrangerOrders]

I wonder what the scale of the thing is... been a while since I dig mine out but that Intercessor is looking mighty tiny...

 

Very pleased with this though, nice to see an update to a classic vehicle.

 

Also making me eye putting money down for the Landraider avoiding hover tech in its eventual refresh...

[The4thHorseman]

Its very strange.

Like the Model doesn't have any weapons anymore, it NOW has the doors Permanently affixed Open, and It has a specific footprint, so whats the difference between this and a Template or Token marking the same thing? A 2D token would be easier to transport then this thing now.

 

Also, it will be interesting to see how this affects Horus Hersey.

Edited yesterday at 01:17 PM by The4thHorseman

[darkhorse0607]

"while the endlessly fiddly doors that spawned a thousand arguments about vehicle footprints are now fastened firmly in their open position"

 

Great. A monopose drop pod that doesn't even have guns anymore

 

While I get it from a gameplay perspective (I'd like to remind GW there's a fair amount of people that just collect and paint), it is a downgrade for me

 

 

[Prot]

One of the very, very few things I despise about this edition is that most tables look horrible. A bunch of mini-shoe boxes, strewn about in an unrealistic pattern of segmented mini-malls. Especially tournament tables, but due to various reasons it's become necessary. 

 

My main group prefers a look that is more aesthetically pleasing and I'm glad for that, but I look at the potential size of this beast and wonder where the heck you'd put it ?

[Valkyrion]

I don't think 40k really needs a drop pod model at all. Just pay the pod points to give a unit deep strike. 

Epic does, and there's an argument to made that 30k needs them given the usually larger army sizes, table sizes and rites of war, but not necessarily 40k. 

 

[Dagoth Ur]

Talk about the definition of a double edged sword. Transporting pods will be a lot more annoying however it does mean that the assembly process will be far less fiddly.

 

Does make me wonder what implications this will have for the Horus Heresy Dreadclaw kit though, given that it needs a closed pod to build on.

[Lysimachus]

Interesting that it says that the terrain underneath is modular/optional.

 

I wonder, if you didn't add the craters, would it be very hard to pin the doors so that they could open and close?

 

[01RTB01]

Looking at it, it looks to fit 5 marines in. Wonder if that's why they come in pairs? That way you can pod a 10 man squad.

 

Plastic dreadclaws would be nice to see too...

[Tokugawa]

Less "exquisite" than previous version, but no customer should pay £40 to buy a one-use roadblock. A cheaper ETB kit is the way to go.

[ChapterMasterGodfrey]

Very curious to see what this things datasheet will actually have on it beyond "Grants Deep Strike". With it losing its weapons, do you think we'll be allowed to drop it actually on enemy squads? that would be fun.

[Dagoth Ur]

Just now, 01RTB01 said:

Looking at it, it looks to fit 5 marines in. Wonder if that's why they come in pairs? That way you can pod a 10 man squad.

 

Plastic dreadclaws would be nice to see too...

The way it looks to me is that each harness mount is actually two harnesses stapled together back to back i.e. its two occupants per door so that would still fit 10 guys.

[Orange Knight]

Big surprise. Hopefully I can assemble them with the doors shut - I just don't want to paint the inside lol.

 

They appear to still hold 10 models.

 

Edit: Never mind. They are open only. Hmmm... will be a bit of a paint to transport and store.

 

Edited yesterday at 01:31 PM by Orange Knight

[Dark Shepherd]

My guess is the doors and tactical rock (plural) just count as terrain and you measure for deployment/disembarkation from the hull

 

I hope the spent pods dont count as an enemy model for deepstriking screening

[Valkyrion]

It also like like pretty grainy 3d print. I know they've used 3d prints in the past, but this is quite stark on the bottom of the fins. Unless that's not what I'm seeing and it's just brush marks, but that'd be even more unusual. 

[DemonGSides]

15 minutes ago, The4thHorseman said:

Its very strange.

Like the Model doesn't have any weapons anymore, it NOW has the doors Permanently affixed Open, and It has a specific footprint, so whats the difference between this and a Template or Token marking the same thing? A 2D token would be easier to transport then this thing now.

 

That's true for literally every single model in the hobby.  Very possible to play "Token Hammer".  Much easier to transport your army when it fits inside a manila folder.

Just now, Valkyrion said:

It also like like pretty grainy 3d print. I know they've used 3d prints in the past, but this is quite stark on the bottom of the fins. Unless that's not what I'm seeing and it's just brush marks, but that'd be even more unusual. 

 

Most promo shots are done with 3d printed models, not actual plastic printed stuff.  That's why there's sometimes some slight variations between promo shots and released models.

[phandaal]

6 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Interesting that it says that the terrain underneath is modular/optional.

 

I wonder, if you didn't add the craters, would it be very hard to pin the doors so that they could open and close?

 

 

The doors may be featureless on the underside since this is a "monopose" drop pod. If that is the case, you would be better off getting some printed or 3rd-party door bits. Someone will make them, no doubt.

[Wormwoods]

30 minutes ago, redmapa said:

This came out of nowhere

No, it came from orbit.

 

At speed.