He's beautiful. I need to get him.
>>46370071
He's qt.
>>46370071
How many millions of dollars does he cost?
30 Gorriollion austalian dollar.
>>46370071
Not as fancy as the 25th anniversary one, but a very cool model.
>>46370161
1-2m britbongillar, maybe more
Who else hoped for a box of plastik M6 beaky mariens?
>>46370071
What kind of weapon is that magnificent gun he's carrying?
>>46370185
Honestly I'd say it's better than the 25th anniversary one because it's way more accurate to the original.
>>46370213
Very old-school bolter, I think.
They used to give us jubilee miniatures for free in the white dwarf. Thanks, Obama,
>>46370231
Well, the 25th anniversary one wasn't supposed to look like the first Space Marines, like this 30th anniversary one is. It was based on the art in pic related.
And what I meant about the fancy was more that he doesn't seem to come with a display base or anything like that.
>>46370294
No, thanks our lord Kirby for that
>>46370296
It's more that the 25th anniversary one took a ton of liberties with the original artwork/miniature of that image.
Didn't even have the distinctive gun arm.
>$30USD
>>46370349
>59 kiwi dollars
I'm sorry lads, but that's just too funny.
Will it be Failcast or Plastic?
Limited edition models being anything but metal is weird to me. Except the FW stuff, I still need a Kroot Bird.
>>46370492
I thought finecast hadn't been used since 2014?
>>46370492
Plastic most likely, as >>46370609 said, Failcaqt is not used anymore, CAD is advanced enough to not need resin unless you want some super details.
>>46370071
>30USD
>>46370204
Beaky (Or womble marines as they were known back when I bought a few) are the only marines worth having.
>>46370071
I'm getting him. I don't even like Space Morons. After CSM get their much-needed update, I'll probably just heretic him up a bit.
>>46370349
This can't be real
>>46370814
It's true. All of it.
>>46370071
wouldn't the melta melt the bayonet, or is it a combi-flamer?
>>46370349
>$35CAN
>>46370071
Honestly, if the standard beekees were like that, instead of two separate eyes lenses, I'd probably live them a lot more.
>>46370213
I think it's a Combi-Melta
>>46371105
>>46373173
IN THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FAR FUTURE, THERE ARE ONLY IMPROBABLE WEAPON DESIGNS
>>46370334
Implying they're not the same reptilian ayyy
>>46373173
Hmmm the big barrel hole would make me think of a combi flamer, meltas don't have huge drilled barrels normally IIRC.
Everybody stand up and replicate the pose of that mini. I guess astartes don't have a spine.
So when/where will this be available
>>46370335
The sculptors just don't care enoug. Or some producer shithead demanded that the figure has to confomr current marine design.
>>46370349
>>46370466
>>46371117
Can we point out the singularity, that precise spot in time, when GW lost contact with reality?
>>46376318
17 October, 1987, at some point during the 1987 GW Games Day Convention.
>>46376318
They were always moving towards it but chapterhouse was the kicker
>>46377040
probably inspired by armour in this style.
>>46377100
>>46370071
>Stalker Bolter
>With a scope, bayonet, and a fucking underbarrel melta
I've seen Deathwatch Raptor PCs less tacticool than this guy
I liked this one more, 25th anniversary miniature
>>46370231
Why is Johnny pretending to be a smurf?
>>46377168
>tfw all we got for WHFB's 35th birthday was The End Times
>>46377237
Not everything blue is a smurf bro.
>>46377251
Ouch. Though that did cause a surge of people to start playing stuff other than 8th edition since they didn't feel they had to stick with the latest stuff out of necessity for getting games.
>>46370071
Supporting $30 clampacks? Shameful, anon.
Remember what day it is tomorrow guys. Nothing to see here.
>>46377486
Sorry, just looks like oldschool smurfs when sometimes their iconography used the check pattern.
I wouldn't pay $30 for the plastic HQs GW puts out but I'm paying $30 for this. Because I'm not poor and I want it.
Not the best use of $30 but it's 30 bucks who gives a shit. Recasters will still charge close to $30 for it because they're greedy faglords who charge more for their limited edition recasts because they know the artificial scarcity increases demand.
>>46378675
>Recasters will still charge close to $30 for it because they're greedy faglords
Who cares? It's just 5-10$ :^)
>>46378827
>yfw people were bitching just as much back when GW HQs were $20 each
Why DID they increase the price by 50%?
>every year on March 31st, 40kids get upset over a new announcement
>>46379009
>every year
>on March 31st
Are you sure it's not every announcement, any time of the year?
>>46370177
You mean dollarydoos?
>>46379045
One statement doesn't necessarily contradict the other.
While 40kids get upset at many points throughout the year, they always get upset on March 31st.
>>46378938
>Why DID they increase the price by 50%?
Because of this >>46378675? Specifically the "I'm paying $30 for this."
Honestly I can't really fault neither, to each of his own
>>46379124
That's a limited model though not a generic HQ. If you don't buy this for $30 now you'll just have to buy it for $85 on eBay. We've already seen it happen with the past 4 exclusive plastic space marines as well as the past 3 exclusive resin ones.
>>46379009
I think "literally a normal space marine with a few different details for 30 dollars" is a pretty legitimate thing to call bullshit anon
>>46379215
>have to
>>46379405
If you're going to buy it. Isn't that kind of obvious?
If you don't want it and aren't going to buy it, why do you give a fuck? People who want it have to get it either at $30 or at even higher prices due to scalpers and gougers. Even chinaman isn't going to sell it cheap.
One doesn't HAVE to do anything, including breath. So maybe you should stop.
>>46379377
>literally a normal space marine
Not really, unless you're of the position that all space marine models are essentially just space marines.
>>46371117
FFFFFFFF
>>46377100
Or you know, astronaut boots.
>>46379215
>That's a limited model though not a generic HQ
And? Being generic doesn't stop people from buying plastic Librarians/assassins for 30$. Sure some judge it to be too much, but enough people buy for GW to ask 30$
>>46371117
You're in luck, because it should be about 40 accounting for current exchange rates.
>30usd
>probably gw will jew us europoors out and set the price to 30 euro
>>46379501
>Even chinaman isn't going to sell it cheap
My chinaman is selling the 25th anniversary model for £5.
It's sounds like you either don't know what you're talking about or your chinaman a shit.
>>46379787
How do I order China?
>>46380100
1.google
2.lurk moar
>>46370349
cult mechanicus dominus is 35 buckaroos.
>>46380229
To be fair, he is pretty huge compared to standard infantry.
>>46377867
>>46380581
Also not a collector's piece
>>46380785
>slap "collectors" on something and it becomes more valuable
>>46380924
You also have to not flood the market with supply, but pretty much.
Use aluminum molds to save massively on the plastic injection costs and reap in the increased profits caused by lower start up cost and overhead and increased revenue due to perceived exclusivity.
>>46371117
not alot of money actual.
>>46370204
are there like recasts of the rtb01 models???? I need them
>>46381147
You can just buy the actual RT models for super cheap you dumb poorfag.
>>46370213
It's a nonsense design after the style of one of the 1st edition artists whose name escapes me.
I would guess a lot of the art in RT was done before the minis were sculpted - and certainly it was a lot more freeform anyways
>>46381184
no, you don't get it, I dont want to get a few squads here and there when they appear on ebay, i want to make an entire chapter using beakies. so I kinda need to buy in bulk.
>>46376318
When they banned Feral Orks from tournaments in 4th desu
>>46377048
That too
FINALLY some new space marines.
>>46381323
They've been coming out with space marines for fucking months now dude
>>46381279
I wish they had turned them into a full codex.
>>46381279
>banned
Banned or simply stopped supporting?
>>46381261
Even an entire chapter of recasts is going to cost a bit. That's like a thousand models man. Minimum.
>>46377867
>mfw people still think this garbage from fanzine was official GW material
>>46381261
You could always learn to recast yourself. It's not all that complicated, doesn't cost that much either.
>>46381842
Your casts must look like shit if you believe that.
>>46381865
Haven't tried it yet myself, but plenty of the home casts I've seen have looked fine.
>>46381952
It's not as easy as you're making it sound. Just like painting isn't. Remember when you read how to thin paints and apply them carefully? Then you went "lol sounds easy I bet I can make my stuff look like 'Eavy Metal". How well did that turn out?
>>46381991
I said it wasn't all that complicated, not easy. It isn't as simple as stuffing chewed bubblegum into a Playdoh mould, but it's not rocket science either.
>>46382104
moldmaking is a pretty advanced skill mate
>>46382133
I read through a bunch of guides when I was looking into trying it and didn't find it too intimidating. If you've tried it yourself I'll have to take your word for it, but it didn't look overly complex to me.
>>46381615
Banned, they never supported them apart from republishing the codex in one or two Chapter Approved compilations. Of course at the time they still did bitz order so you could mix and match all the fantasy orcs and 2nd edition snakebites you needed.
Hell, when I made my feral orks, there was an old, undeleted entry on the webstore for individual orc boarboyz at half the cost of boarboyz by the box that you could find with the search.
But yeah they banned them, because Feral Ork Madboyz were six points each, about half what regular Boyz cost at the time, and even though they had a random behavior table you could build Feral Ork lists that were way more powerful than regular Orks, so tourney players spammed madboyz. Of course not long after that the next Ork codex came out and all Boyz were 6 points. So it goes.
>>46382250
Watching a good painter paint also looks easy. Seeing isn't doing.
>>46377040
They're not too weird. I've seen a few models with them, like Astorath the Grim, and some chaplain or whatever.
>>46370349
>>46370814
>>46370696
>>46370859
>SM HQs and similar sized models have been that price for at least a year.
>Act surprised when that remains consistent.
It's also free if you spend enough money.
>>46374845
Next Saturday
>>46378938
Production method and/or needing to get more out of such sales.
>>46380924
Pretty much
See Square Enix charging $270 for the collector's edition of FFXV, the contents of which are arguably the same as you'd find in a $100-150 collector's edition for a game.
>>46382554
The BA models do rock that style now, guess it's supposed to represent muscle tissue or something.
>>46382554
Kinda loookq like Solar Auxilia boots to me, diver suit look alike.
>>46370349
where are you getting a price?
>>46382573
Oh I'm in the UK, price is fine for me.
>>46378938
15 is the most you can ask fro a hero on foot before it get's stupid, 20 is already silly.
I miss these. The old multi part plastic HQ and Hero kits were fucking amazing, the empire commander, the elf wizards, goddamn.
>>46382530
Yah, but it isn't all that difficult to learn either, just time consuming. I don't know why we're splitting hairs like this, can we just agree to disagree here?
>>46382671
Yeah, I was very disappointed by the Interrogator-Chaplain. When I first heard the leaks of its release, I was excited, because I figured it'd be a cool thing to assemble, paint, maybe some kitbashing. I don't even play Dark Angels, I just wanted the model.
Then it released, and the bastard is not only $30, but monopose as fuck. It looks cool, but it'd be a pain in the ass to kitbash with that power fist, and not nearly cool enough to justify paying as much as 5- or 10-model kits.
>>46382671
Problem is, it's very generic now. I mean sure it's not like monopose kits are going to help, but the new HQ kits are generally really discernable from standard marines.
>>46382711
No, you're just straight wrong. Some cluelesss newbie is going to try to cast his own things with LEGO and a DIY resin kit, and he's going to mix the resin improperly, or wait too little or too long, or slip a mold somewhere and then come here crying about how /tg/ said it was supposed to be easy, when nobody says that except you.
Notice how nobody says painting is easy or simple.
>>46382755
Why would you want to change him though? As a DA player, that Chaplain's loadout is fucking perfect, as is the model's sculpt. The only difference I might want is to put him on a bike, but obviously I'd just kitbash a black knight.
>>46382808
>/tg/ said it was supposed to be easy
Stop putting words in my mouth.
>Notice how nobody says painting is easy or simple
No one says it's impossible to learn either. I didn't tell the guy to grab some resin and trying winging it, I implied it was something he should consider looking into.
>>46382808
>No, you're just straight wrong. Some cluelesss newbie is going to try to cast his own things with LEGO and a DIY resin kit, and he's going to mix the resin improperly, or wait too little or too long, or slip a mold somewhere and then come here crying about how /tg/ said it was supposed to be easy, when nobody says that except you.
Not that poster but I definitely fucked up the first couple tries. With casting it's pretty clear exactly how you fucked up and you can use that to get it right the next try. Clueless newbies should not expect to get everything right, not because that wouldn't be good, but because that's not what newbie means.
>>46382853
dude you must be a shill
>>46380229
That's why they give him away for free on the get started skitarii box.
>>46382853
Because I don't like power fists, partly. They look stupid as hell in most cases.
>>46382755
It wasn't fun to put him on a bike that is for sure but I love the model and am most certainly a Dark Angels player. Also I was able to get him for $20 so I didn't feel bad cutting him at the waist.
It was my first attempt at green stuff as well so his cloak in the back looks crappy, I should have gotten a bike with robed legs already.
>>46383064
I agree, if I could've (without ruining it with my novice skill) gotten rid of the power fist. I definitely wanted the mace so he lets The Emperor take the handlebars through sheer force of faith.
>>46370071
It sucks, why gw players doesn't cgange to games with better rules and superior models like warmachine, the shittiest warmachine model is miles better than this trash.
>>46382773
Well now that you have a billion on the board I guess that needs to be the case
>>46383208
0/10. Try replacing "warmachine" with infinity or something that's not literal eye diarrhea if you want to sound believable.
>>46382934
>>46383064
Fucking how? Power fists are fantastic melee weapons when coupled with a higher initiative weapon like is Crozius and the model is one of the best looking space marines put out in years by GW. The only thing that sucks about the new Interrogator Chaplain is the price. Otherwise he's great for a heavy hitting Dark Angel HQ that's dirt cheap but efficient.
>>46383208
Try better bait next time mate.
>>46383304
The guy said he wasn't a DA fan, so what he was really looking for was looks, not what would run best for his game. And if he doesn't like the look of power fists, that's his choice.
Besides, it's a powerfist and a crozius. Too much melee.
>>46381644
thanks for the concern man, but i have the money for that
While we're at it, seeing this model "update", which very old RT model would you like you see updated as well?
Spitballing this in /hhg/ - I feel this would be a good base for an Exodus model, if you added a cloak and some Alpha Legion symbols.
>>46383741
Funnily enough, some guy said exactly the same thing on ADB publication, with ADB's approval.
>30 amerishekels
guess it's cat food again this month
>>46383707
I'd rather see a certain army of 2nd edition models be updated.
>>46383381
You can never have enough melee on a chaplain. Put that bitch in a terminator squad.
>>46383802
Lol look at this poorfag eating his dry catfood.
ONLY FANCY FEAST FOR ME, MM MM SO DELICIOUS
I have 12 complete sprues of RT plastic beakies (2 marines per sprue)
>>46383288
Maybe that was the troll?
>>46383954
>>46383898
Let it go man, just let it go.
>>46383800
You wanna hook me up with a link? I'm plum interested in that there shit.
>>46383898
>>46384174
IS IT SISTERS OF BATTLE?
>>46381439
>dots ter choke
>numbnuts
>>46384191
Litteraly ADB's facebook pahe last publication. Can't be arsed to make the link work because of the spam system.
>>46384439
Works for me, cool!
>>46384392
I think it was a double joke anon
hence the stormcast
>>46370071
>look closely
>unremarkable SM top
>on fantasy knight legs
>wielding a lasgun
>A FUCKING LASGUN
>lolguitar string
>US$30
Fuck.
No.
Anyone in my club with a decent bits box could bash one of these together in @5min - and so could virtually everyone reading this. Plus, OP's fig would seem pricey to me at $10. Don't do this, /tg/.
Don't let shills and gushing fanboys make us seem like enablers for this kind of marketing bullshit. Don't make it THIS EASY on the new boss.
>>46384703
I doubt you could do a job that looked that good without wasting time greenstuffing and sculpting.
The mono eye beakie alone is already impossible to kitbash.
It's fine if you don't like it but don't try to pretend it's nothing special.
>>46384915
Depends on how you define special.
"A single tactical marine with slightly different details" doesn't really hit that radar for me. Especially not for 30 fucking dollars.
>>46384703
>Unremarkable SM top
It literally is the only plastic SM to have an old school beakie helmet with the mono visor.
>On fantasy knight legs
You mean a direct remake of the original Rogue Trader models that have little resemblance in size or design to Reiksguard knights?
>wielding a lasgun
Nigga that's a bolter.
2/10 newfag. You can't bash that guy together at all as he's practically a photocopy of the old RT models.
>>46383707
Some of the other Marks of armor that they still sell are cool - Forge World hasn't exactly made Thunder Warriors yet.
And this. It is bitchin'.
>>46385018
>practically a photocopy of the old RT models.
pic very related
>>46382755
>monopose as fuck.
Are you fucking kidding me? He's convertible as hell. It wouldn't even be hard to cut his power fist arm off his torso.
Even a newbie with no converting skill what so ever wouldn't have trouble mixing things up with this model.
>>46385272
> Are you fucking kidding me? He's convertible as hell
Compared to any plastics pre 6th edition, no
>>46384958
Being generic is this model's strong point. You can't use the 25th anniversary model unless you play IF or a successor. This model can go in any marine army. It's why I like it so much. I don't need fancy blinged out models.
>>46385544
Aside from the aforementioned Space Marine commander (which is an awesome kit, no denying it) What other plastic multipart "hero" kits where there?
>>46385544
I sure wish they'd stop making mono pose plastic kits. I guess it saves on costs or something to not have to inject so many multiple parts.
The most useless models are the ones that require cutting to do arm, weapon, or shoulder swaps. Like, seriously?
>>46385677
I'm having a lot of fun converting the DV models, even if the results are shit
>>46384915
>wasting time greenstuffing and sculpting
>making your dude a sweet, one of a kind model
>a waste of time
You picked the wrong hobby.
>>46370071
WHERE DO I GED IT
>>46386111
Stores on the 16th of april.
>>46385663
fantasy had an assload
>>46386464
Oh ok. I have almost zero knowledge of the fantasy range.
Do they still make any of them?
>>46386241
Store only or will he be available online as well?
>>46385935
>greenstuffing and scratch building is mandatory
>if you don't scratch build every single marine you're doing it wrong
No you're just a poorfag and an autist. 99% of the hobbyists just stop at part swapping.
>>46386464
Late fantasy characters were all monopose man, quite a few even had feet attached to modelled bases.
>>46385663
Hive tyrant
Chaos lord
Mek
Autarch
IG command
Battlesuit commander
It seriously looked like everyone was going to get one. IIRC there was a sighting of a warboss sprue that they cancelled for some reason but I might be misremembering.
>>46386762
(nvm not autarch)
>>46386727
>No you're just a poorfag and an autist
Nah, I just like cool minis. Unlike you apparently.
>>46384915
>The mono eye beakie
>>46386643
That I do not know I'm afraid.
>>46370071
>40 canadian dinars
>>46380229
Well he does come in the Getting Started box, so why buy solo at all?
>>46386737
No shit the late ones were, we're lamenting the loss of that type of kit
>>46386727
most people who actually do the modelling bit of the hobby use some sort of putty.
If's borderline impossible to make a good looking scratch build without it, which unless you're the kind of guy who just wants to do a head swap every now and then, or are new to the hobby side of things you're probably doing for at least the characters.
Calling someone autistic because they think "why would I pay 30 dollars for one tactical marine that has some slightly irregular parts I could just do myself" is just you being mean spirited for no damn reason.
>>46387465
>most people who actually do the modelling bit of the hobby use some sort of putty.
I think what was meant to be said was that most of the hobbyists don't "model" at all then. They just build things and maybe swap custom parts around.
Greenstuff and sculpting tools is NOT the norm even among veterans. Most people only ever have it just for magnetizing and filling gaps. Even basic shit like tabards and cloaks gets people asking "blue and yellow putty wat do".
>>46387465
>being mean spirited for no damn reason.
Welcome to the online 40k community. And I suppose the original post sperging out about GW and prices was just delightful and refreshingly uplifting?
>>46386807
>FIRTY DOLLERS?! HECK, I'LL JUST BUILD IT MESELF
>DUMB OL' GW HYUCK HYUCK HYUCK
Do it. I bet it'll look like shit in comparison.
>>46388055
And I bet you'll still be a faggot when I'm done.
>>46381237
Oh he enacted his freedom. In a lot of...ways
>>46385052
That's the point
>>46383596
The next scene is where he guts her crotch to chin and smears his armor with her bloody corpse.
>>46383596
Are you shure you want to recast the old RTB-01 models. I have two... they look really shitty
>>46370071
That looks fucking badass
>>46381439
Those crossbows look like bolters with wings on them.
>>46388733
They're genuinely called boltstorm crossbows and have a special rule called rapid fire.
>>46388959
I think you're reading a bit much into into. bolts are what crossbows shoot.
>>46389469
How many storm bolters are there tho?
>>46378675
>>46379501
lolwut
Recasters will charge 7$ and call it a day. Don't badmouth our beloved chinamen.
>>46381648
Where was it originally published? And by whom?
>>46370177
That's like 5 real dollars.
>>46371117
The CAN is weak as fuck in 2016 weed lmao
>>46389569
>Where was it originally published?
Dragon magazine, IIRC. During the 80s, when they published stuff other than TSR games. And were still a magazine...
>>46370071
would be even more retro-cool if they gave him a fuller monolens like pic related, if I had this model I'd probably knife/file it down as such
>>46390534
What they should do is make it competently cannon to the existing lore.
Say its a prototype or its a variant.
>>46370204
you can already get proper beaky marines from FW anon
>>46386571
They dont even make fantasy anymore
>>46379771
Euro is quite low compared with dollar. It's not like when they did the 1:1 conversion when it was at almost 1,60 dollars/euro.
>>46390534
Uh, so basically an MkII visor on a beekee.
>>46390639
In resin. With guns and options costing extra.
>>46377237
>Why is Johnny pretending to be a smurf?
Uh, y'know ...
>>46377486
>Not everything blue is a smurf bro.
Johnny did actually take a turn that that. Pic related.
>>46388551
Where were you when you noticed the relief on the 4th edition cover was made from this?
>>46385020
That's a conversion.
Very old bloodletter body, very old minotaur head and very old carrion rider kitbash.
>>46377486
I just realized that the logo is the one from the old LEGO space program.
Good stuff.
>>46370071
While this looks like a fantastic model I was hoping for a updated johnny.
We all have names what, also sexy model is sexy
Am I the only one who preferes the mark 3 helms?
>>46394968
>Tonya Cunninham
Why would you do this to me 4chan?
>>46395046
Yes, yes you are.
>>46394968
Which MkIII would that be? I hate the FW one, but love the one without horns from the old IW upgrade kit. Lucky for me I happen to have a few that I plan on recasting for my MkIIIs once GW decides to get their heads out of their asses and make that HH game with plastic MkIIIs.
>>46394968
I like the bolted down mk2 helmets. Not sure about the poseable version FW put out.
>>46388524
>>46388055
I want to see this guys, I want to see people scratchbuilding and kitbashing this marine just to prove a point. Let's see if we can make one that looks the same.
Heck, I might even dig some of my old Sm parts and try this
>>46393466
Hory shet
Well this looks cool, I might just get thi..
>>46370349
>30 USD
Nope.jpg
>>46389569
Look at how much a void shield generator costs from china
>>46370204
I would pay 30 for 5 beaky rouge trader remakes, not one desu
>>46370071
Plastic ICs are redicules.
>i have talked about it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdnC5BLdzmQ&index=44&list=PLy55WVLwDMPlyr7qFDehv8aCI9wnuDvZd
i dont see how this NON character marine is worth it at all.
>>46403875
Not a bad vid - camera's shaky, but you do more than some people with half as many views, and it's good to know there are flaws with the stiff sculpt. I feel like you could go more in depth if you wanted to, though - you don't really address many other ICs, or compare them to better models.
>>46382912
But clueless people don't know enough to know how clueless they are, they think they're competent
>>46405582
Basically Socrates' old saying.
The smartest know he knows jackshit, while the dumbest in convinced he's brilliant.
>>46405715
Not being an idiot sucks because then you're constantly being pissed off by everyone acting like a retard.
>>46405770
"The good thing about being smart is that you're able to act retarded. The contrary is much harder." Can't remember who said that.
>>46393466
I was here in this thread today.
>>46380100
Get yourself a free Tibet and trade it back to China.
>>46386643
Supposedly available online as well.
>>46393466
That's pretty cool
>>46405941
That was me, you owe me a tenner now.
>>46402106
A void shield generator is big (complex mold) and needs a lot of resin.
An individual miniature doesnt.
For god's sake, I can buy eldar autarchs for 5£.
>>46409309
Eldar Autarchs aren't limited edition.
>>46377867
Rogue Trader marines could be considered a different faction idea unto themselves at this point; they have more in common with the IG than they do with their modern counterparts!
>>46385052
Columbo motherfucker up in this bitch.
>>46385677
Do you really prefer the generic space marine commander to kits like the Dark Angels chaplain or the new Space Wolves characters?
>>46409399
You're comparing a 3E sculpt to 7E sculpts. I would absolutely fucking prefer a 7E space marine HQ kit that was just a generic multi part commander. Instead, we get Cresty McGrav for $30.
>>46409399
I could see liking them better if what is important to you is ease in which you can give them whatever weapons you'd like. That to me seems to be the biggest drawback of the current clampacks.
>>46409446
I think the problem likely is that it's expensive to do such a kit and the current sales don't justify it.
By making the SM range so compatible, GW has sort of made it pointless to create a Captain or Chapter Master clampack since you can create something somewhat suitable out of the bits from various kits.
>>46409446
What, you don't play ultramarines?
>>46409309
>>46409334
Uh, fucked up there. I meant Bonesingers for 5£. Which were a quite limited thing.
>>46409493
That's true, but at the same time, that compatibility is useless for the current HQs as they aren't compatible with anything except for head and backpack swaps.
A lot of people did buy the HQ pack just for the bits. I guess the new chapter upgrade packs are a good replacement but only a few chapters have them.
Monopose works on ICs who always have the same setup, but what's the point of giving a captain the entire armory if he's always going to hold whatever weapon the sculpt is in, and they only ever release one sculpt? Even when they released multiple sculpts he always had something stupid like a power sword and plasma pistol. It basically meant you HAD to build your own captain, often out of plain, less blinged up parts. Captains that should've looked like the official HQs ended up looking like a tactical marine rolled around in sternguard bits. Or even worse, just a tactical marine painted with some gold on it.
>>46409520
>It basically meant you HAD to build your own captain, often out of plain, less blinged up parts. Captains that should've looked like the official HQs ended up looking like a tactical marine rolled around in sternguard bits. Or even worse, just a tactical marine painted with some gold on it.
This is what I was getting at, the fact that this option exists also possibly impacts sales of clampacks.
It's seemingly easier to kitbash a Chapter Master or Captain than it is a Librarian, Chaplain, or Techmarine.
>>46384703
But that beakie though
30bucks.... and my chinaman has gone dark. fuck me.
>>46409577
>It's seemingly easier to kitbash a Chapter Master or Captain than it is a Librarian, Chaplain, or Techmarine.
Because at the end of the day, a Captain or Chapter Master is a blinged-up Marine with fancy weaponry. There's an awful lot of bling and high-end weaponry spread out across the range that's all entirely compatible which makes kitbashing one a doddle.
Librarians, Chaplains and Techmarines on the other hand all use very specialised and unique gear that's only ever found on monopose IC models. If you want to make your own you need some proper converting chops because you're going to have to make everything yourself of hack apart various metal and resin models to make it all fit properly.
>>46387198
I think the Admech had the best starter pack.
