Vanguard Veteran

[Lord Marshal]

Just the one today.

 

 

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Edited 21 hours ago by Lord Marshal

[Dudley Nightshade]

That seems like a lot of webbing / body glove / whatever the flexible layer is called visible betwixt the legs. Did he forget his codpiece?

[Mazer Rackham]

It's a tabard/loincloth. Painting it black was not the best choice IMHO.

 

Edited 21 hours ago by Mazer Rackham

[mecanojavi99]

Cool I guess, but it's really just an Assault Intercessor with some extra bling and no leg webbing, I'm more interested in the chaplain and land speeder.

[VanDutch]

It’s too similar to the jump pack Intercessors. I get making standard marines unique is hard, but GW could have at least made the jump pack more interesting. The current vanguards have a bit of bling on theirs.

[Galron]

Not too impressed. Looks exactly like an JAI with a sword. Hopefully there will be some weapon options at some point. So far the ork side is looking far more interesting.

[Indy Techwisp]

I hope they retain the option for TH&SS for their main kit.

Otherwise they kinda are just JPAI with a tabard and slightly more decorated Armour.

[Ayatollah_of_Rock_n_Rolla]

I keep forgetting that currently everybody in the 1st company has Crux Terminatus.

[MoriyaSchism]

Looks good. I'm happy to see the Aquila chest plate and awards featured on the shin armour. Not a huge fan of the jump Assault Intercessor poses or the extra leg thrusters, but I can work with this. The line about the "same powerful jump pack as the Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs" is amusing. Is the ugly Primaris jump pack supposed to be more powerful than other models? 

 

 

 

 

[DemonGSides]

1 minute ago, MoriyaSchism said:

Looks good. I'm happy to see the Aquila chest plate and awards featured on the shin armour. Not a huge fan of the jump Assault Intercessor poses or the extra leg thrusters, but I can work with this. The line about the "same powerful jump pack as the Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs" is amusing. Is the ugly Primaris jump pack supposed to be more powerful than other models? 

 

 

 

 

 

I think in the sense that any new car is the safest and the most powerful one they've ever made. It's marketing speak. WHC shouldn't be anyone's go to for Lore. 

Edited 21 hours ago by DemonGSides

[Lord Marshal]

It has those flappy bits above the vents, that's how you know it's more powerful.

 

Like how racing stripes are proven to reduce drag (probably).

 

 

Edited 21 hours ago by Lord Marshal

[MoriyaSchism]

6 minutes ago, VanDutch said:

I get making standard marines unique is hard

Is it really that hard? They have four "modern" marks of armour (VI, VII, VIII and X) and tons of gear patterns to work with. Surely their designers could have some imagination. 

[No Foes Remain]

Gonna be honest, he doesn't look very 'veterany' to me aside from the paint job. Crux on the helmet, shoulder pad and knee with a little detail.... and that's it? The old vanguard veterans ooozed with detail, showing you that they were battleworn and honoured astartes of hundreds of battles and campaigns. This guy ooozes 'we have vanguard veterans at home' vibes.

[darkhorse0607]

A bit plain to be honest. Like if you just told me this was the Sergeant from the regular jump box I'd believe you 

 

Hopefully the multipart box is better

[Lysimachus]

It's not bad, by any means, but again (just like the Intercessor, really) it doesn't go as far as I would like.

 

The old Stern/Vanguard really felt like the various honour bits were individual and personal, like a Marine had served for hundreds of years. This guy looks like he's literally just joined the 1st Co...

 

[Captain Idaho]

His high heels suck.

 

His blandness doesn't look like a veteran at all which sucks.

 

Ultimately I just feel the newest Marines look like clumsy hodpodges of models:

 

MK7 helm

Mk8 gorget 

Mk10 lower legs

[LittlePlasticHomies]

Small haggle but I’m having trouble mapping “gold being veterancy” across the Blood Angels. Sternguard had red pauldrons and now both vanguard and bladeguard have gold.

 

I’d prefer standardization across the BA veteran scheme.

[Sergeant Centurion]

I feel this marines reveals really bland, i barely see that concept of put older mark armours parts on them to keep the fight. So i made the most cheap photoshop edit of what i was expecting instead when the romours comes months ago.

Edited 21 hours ago by Sergeant Centurion

[Indy Techwisp]

4 minutes ago, Sergeant Centurion said:

I feel this marines reveals really bland, i barely see that concept of put older mark armours parts on them to keep the fight. So i made the most cheap photoshop edit of what i was expect istead when the romurs come months ago.

 

We're only seeing 1 model of each marine unit. While the core box is likely gonna be pushfit as usual there's probably going to be more options in the boxes proper.

[Xirix]

Not nearly different enough compared to a Jump Intercessor (which I don't really care for much myself), I guess bling is scarce in the attrition war going on too.

[MoriyaSchism]

9 minutes ago, Captain Idaho said:

His high heels suck.

 

His blandness doesn't look like a veteran at all which sucks.

 

Ultimately I just feel the newest Marines look like clumsy hodpodges of models:

 

MK7 helm

Mk8 gorget 

Mk10 lower legs

It's funny because they have shown before they could make good looking veterans with the Ultramarine Honour Guard and Captain Centos miniatures. I feel that Centos minus the captain accessories should be the pattern moving forward for generic line marines. 

[Moonstalker]

6 minutes ago, LittlePlasticHomies said:

Small haggle but I’m having trouble mapping “gold being veterancy” across the Blood Angels. Sternguard had red pauldrons and now both vanguard and bladeguard have gold.

 

I’d prefer standardization across the BA veteran scheme.

 

Bangles do it by helmet color.  Gold for command and veterans, red for battle line, yellow for close support, blue for fire support.

[Flaherty]

Subtle. Fine. I wish it had one more pass through the bling factory, but it's a nice addition. 

Manifesting – I wish GW would design the models with more customizable panels. There are so many cool variations of chest plates – the Raven skull for the RG, for example – and it's a shame they're only seen on rare custom units.

[Indy Techwisp]

I feel they're not showing off the flashier, more "kitbashed" looking Marine models because these ones are what got painted first.

Also they're doing them all as Blood Angels and imo the Blood Angels colour scheme makes some things harder to "pop" as it were (like this guy's Tabard).

Edited 20 hours ago by Indy Techwisp

[LittlePlasticHomies]

1 minute ago, Moonstalker said:

 

Bangles do it by helmet color.  Gold for command and veterans, red for battle line, yellow for close support, blue for fire support.

That’s my point - pauldron trim has historically been red across the line and now they’re doing gold with veterancy.