Archmagos Terminus Thulia Ghuld + Hastarii (40k)

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9 hours ago, Lord Nord in Gravis Armour said:

The Hastarii are presumably the units originally referred to as "Hephaestons" (Haephestons?) in the excerpts from Jes Goodwin's sketchbook.

 

The ones that said "Skitarii Terminator Equivalent" next to them, supposedly, in the section on what units Duneriders should transport? I'm pretty sure they are. I wonder if they will use the "Hephaeston" name for a choppy variant? Maybe those big guys with the quad buzzsaw arms that the Night Lords were fighting in the ADB books.

[Bouargh]

6 hours ago, Orange Knight said:

I imagine the new Heavy Skitarii can be run as a squad of 10? The weapon options look interesting.

I'd be a bit scared equipping the squad such a short time before the new edition drops. GW love changing the efficacy of weapons with each update, and whatever weapon has the more compelling rules now might be the less optimal choice in 6 months time...

 

It is an understandable position. But on the other hand, shall we decide to believe the rumours, the next edition isn't it supposed to be more a kind of cleaning rather than a full reset? If no or little changes are expected, then it might be considered that the current state of the rules will remian largely untouched. But your point is as much valid as any other overoptimistic counterview...

 

Anyway, getting some new models for AdMech is a kind of reassurance that the army is no going to drift slowly toward the closet and remain part of the core range. And we might even consider that, seeing the rhythm of release, this update is a relative big release. All that stuff with these campaign books is btw a bif release: lots of models for a end of cycle milestone. And much more to come apparently. it makes me wonder about the rhythm of future codice update, after the new Ed. Shall we expect a rather late update of AdMech? this is my main issue atm. or rather main question mark.

[Mmmmm Napalm]

7 hours ago, Marshal Rohr said:

What on earth possessed them to go back to horrible hunch squat posing!?

I believe its to convey the heft of their backpack generators, as mentioned in the article. I highly doubt it is indicative of a trend.