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The on page text says something about how it's the magazines that are the differing factor with the bolters so... idk?
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:31 |
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:
You mean the bolt rifle? You slot in the scope/drum mag depending on whether you want stalker or auto.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:31 |
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No, the detached looking piece attached to the body. I was weirded out when I saw that as well though. E: He's talking about the harness, I'm pretty sure
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:32 |
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Pendent posted:No, the detached looking piece attached to the body. I was weirded out when I saw that as well though. ohhh, so its the underslung rifle on that one sculpt
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:34 |
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Pendent posted:No, the detached looking piece attached to the body. I was weirded out when I saw that as well though. Yeah, I'm talking about the sling in the center of the picture. I've never seen an actual gap like that, but it's consistent between both sprues.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:44 |
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Does it look normal if you put a shoulder pad over it?
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:44 |
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Can I use the Primaris bros with scoped bolt rifles as the long-ranged heavy variant? I've noticed that the two Intercessor squads have different styles of bolt rifle
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:52 |
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goose willis posted:Can I use the Primaris bros with scoped bolt rifles as the long-ranged heavy variant? I've noticed that the two Intercessor squads have different styles of bolt rifle That's exactly what they're there for. The box magazine is the Auto Bolt Rifle, the scoped one is the Stalker Bolt Rifle.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:54 |
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I meant the Dark Imperium ones unless that's what you're referring to
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:54 |
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Yeah, I'm talking about the sling in the center of the picture. I've never seen an actual gap like that, but it's consistent between both sprues. It's super weird looking. If you look closely at the end of the piece that's hanging you can see it's slanted in such a way that it would fit flush with the body of the marine
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:56 |
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goose willis posted:I meant the Dark Imperium ones unless that's what you're referring to AFAIK the only difference between the DI guys with regular scoped bolt rifles vs the actual stalker bolter intercessors is a sickle magazine versus a straight one on the stalker, and a slightly different scope design, but no one would really be able to tell.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:57 |
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Is anybody going to throw a hissy fit if I use the scoped ones as the sniper variant
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 02:57 |
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goose willis posted:Is anybody going to throw a hissy fit if I use the scoped ones as the sniper variant I really doubt anyone would care unless you're in a tournament or something. I'm actually building all of mine with the box magazines, partially because I like how they look a bit better and partially because I'm pretty sure Blood Angels will get the ability to advance and charge with our codex, making assault weapons really strong. In the meantime I'm just going to say they're the normal bolt rifles because there's no way anybody I play with would look that closely at the models or care if they noticed the difference.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:04 |
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I'm going to try making an all-Primaris force alongside my Chaos forces because I like the novelty of them and I think they look big and dorky and easy to paint and they don't seem like a very viable solo force which is what makes them more compelling to me
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:17 |
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goose willis posted:I'm going to try making an all-Primaris force alongside my Chaos forces because I like the novelty of them and I think they look big and dorky and easy to paint and they don't seem like a very viable solo force which is what makes them more compelling to me If by "all-Primaris" you mean "no non-Primaris infantry but vehicles are fair game", they are perfectly viable, I think. If you mean literally just primaris marines and nothing else, then yeah they aren't very good.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:26 |
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JoshTheStampede posted:If by "all-Primaris" you mean "no non-Primaris infantry but vehicles are fair game", they are perfectly viable, I think. If you mean literally just primaris marines and nothing else, then yeah they aren't very good. Yeah I definitely agree with that. Vehicles can overcome any shortcomings of a list that has no smallmarines. They compliment each other very well, since nothing in the list is easy to kill with small arms.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:31 |
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Yeah I meant nothing but Primaris boys no vehicles They wouldn't have the volume of fire to take on horde armies effectively but there's just something so cool about hellblaster squads to me
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:34 |
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goose willis posted:Yeah I meant nothing but Primaris boys no vehicles After fighting hellblasters a few time I definitely respect them. And honestly, I overlooked how much of a difference -1 AP made for using bolters to ping the last few wounds off of T7 vehicles.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:44 |
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I find something inherently cool and weird about ancients making hellblasters get back up on a 4+ to fire again after they've had their weapons explode and their bodies turned into molten goop
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:48 |
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goose willis posted:I find something inherently cool and weird about ancients making hellblasters get back up on a 4+ to fire again after they've had their weapons explode and their bodies turned into molten goop And about apothecaries reconstituting that goop back into a dude with a gun.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:51 |
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The relic standard that makes you do it on a 3+ and also lets you automatically pass leadership is probably the best relic in the book if you're running Hellblasters - and have no doubts, the Hellblasters do work. There's really no target they won't mangle in a shooting phase.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:54 |
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raverrn posted:The relic standard that makes you do it on a 3+ and also lets you automatically pass leadership is probably the best relic in the book if you're running Hellblasters - and have no doubts, the Hellblasters do work. There's really no target they won't mangle in a shooting phase. Yeah, but they do need to get close to do work though. If they're out of rapid fire range they'll pepper stuff with shots but won't get the critical mass of fire you need. If you use the assault guns then they won't threaten T8 stuff much. Though even then, 5 hellblasters with the S7 assault overcharge shots will put about 4 wounds a turn onto something like a leman russ. That's not bad. chutche2 fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Aug 16, 2017 |
# ? Aug 16, 2017 03:57 |
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I didn't realize this till I got a better look at the models but the Inceptor plasma shield faceplates are part of the Gravis armor that fluff-wise open and closes over their normal helmets. That's neat.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:02 |
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BULBASAUR posted:
LOL. The best part is Cuck2 refuses to acknowledge that this is a thing.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:12 |
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JoshTheStampede posted:If by "all-Primaris" you mean "no non-Primaris infantry but vehicles are fair game", they are perfectly viable, I think. If you mean literally just primaris marines and nothing else, then yeah they aren't very good. Sure, but it's clearly an investment in the future to be painting primaris now. I'm jonesing for the Death Guard codex. I GOT THE SHAKES
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:28 |
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Stanyer89 posted:LOL. Ettin change stanyer89's username to cuck2
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:33 |
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TTerrible posted:SRM are you coming to the Las Vegas Open?
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:34 |
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panascope posted:Ettin change stanyer89's username to cuck2 Lol can it be "Cuck Mk.II"?
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:37 |
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Food for thought. Doesn't overly bother me.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:49 |
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It seems all miniatures companies have issues with scale creep. Also isn't House Escher supposed to be basically the underhive equivalent of Amazons?
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:51 |
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Floppychop posted:It seems all miniatures companies have issues with scale creep. Yeah basically. They are warrior women. Like, I have a bunch of metal Eschers - and I love them - only a minor bummer that side by side they will look a little odd. But in a game, Spread out on terrain it'll be alright.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:55 |
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Gotta take into account stances as well, those cultists would be a lot taller if they were standing straight. See also: Deathwatch marines striding forwards rather than Power Squatting™.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:58 |
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Yeah it's not so much scale creep as just changing the scale of the game for the relaunch. If all the new models get uniformly bigger then it's not really creep.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 04:58 |
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SRM posted:If you don't vote Space Marine you can turn in your 40k Fuckboi Fuckbadge and your Badcast Badbois Badbadge, you're off the force. And don't let the door hit you on the rear end on your way out! JoshTheStampede posted:Hey Sex Cannon I'm team Nightfight Narrative at Nova, how do I make sure I'm on your team of dudes? If you have the option to choose a faction, choose humanity (always). If not, then we'll probably do like last year and assign Nightfighters night of, so just remind me on Thursday. I think I remember your face, though, so it'll all be gravy.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 05:02 |
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SteelMentor posted:Gotta take into account stances as well, those cultists would be a lot taller if they were standing straight. Yeah, the difference in the second picture is the pose. Both of those cultists are standing with legs spread wide, and the one with the autogun is hunched over as I recall. All modern 25mm humans make the metal Necromundans look short. And Goliaths being... well, goliaths is a good distinction. I was undercoating a Primaris, some new Death Guard, a Plaguebearer, and a Poxwalker earlier and the differences in size were noticeable, but because the scale is the same it just made them that much more interesting when stood together. I like this variety GW have introduced. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Aug 16, 2017 |
# ? Aug 16, 2017 05:19 |
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DC spergs, I stopped by the Springfield GW store and the guy said they plan on doing their "anniversary" sometime in October. Figured I would let folks know for anyone who wants that Captain.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 05:28 |
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Stanyer89 posted:LOL. Holy hell who bought you that ahahahahaha
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 05:29 |
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Anyone have a preference for which Primaris bolter is ideal? I plan on using the Rapid Fire one but I figured I would ask. And if someone can figure out why a Primaris Sergeant can carry a bolter and a power sword but a drat Lieutenant can't please let me know. And while you're at it figure out why a Captain can't carry a standard bolt rifle.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 05:30 |
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goose willis posted:Yeah I meant nothing but Primaris boys no vehicles I plan on doing something similar but with the caveat that it's going to rain Tarantulas because that seems fun. Now if only FW sold one with assault cannons.
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 05:32 |
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Anyone have a preference for which Primaris bolter is ideal? I plan on using the Rapid Fire one but I figured I would ask. The bolt rifle is the most generally useful and will probably be what most squads take. The other two options are much more specialized and will only be taken when their specific niche needs to be filled
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# ? Aug 16, 2017 05:34 |