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If its 6 max... ugh, that would be annoying with my 'currently not divisible by 6' Guard/Sentinel amount... GW is trying to force those of us with OCD to buy more kits just to get the total number right.

Keep in mind it used to be the same thing with Primaris and Firstborn tech being designed not to interact. Which irl was to justify all new stuff and insetting was a mix of Cawl being petulant and the objective fact he had bulk supplies (rather than actual ability). It might well be that the SWs or GMan can just harass Cawl to modify it or threaten him with being forced to listen to Martian politics for three hours. IRL it can be handwaved and insetting we have no idea to what degree it is just it did not occur to Cawl to not prioritize the gear over the pilot (this is a Martian born during the Crusade + a horde of nutjobs, little ethics or grasp of valuable people as a concept to begin with). That is if he didn't just make a subpattern of Redemptors for actually valuable pilots which ends up getting rolled out as the new Venerable kit, and we have just been seeing 'expendable' patterns so far designed to make use out of the plentiful (but individually not very experienced) Primaris legions (its not like Cawl knew if Guilliman planned to keep Greyshields going, split them into chapters or just roll them out as a blob).

The Captain is fine, good even. But why is there a refusal to allow dynamism on Outrider bikes? Those bikes are just begging for a wheelie, or some level of movement at all to not make them feel like a brick that has been cemented to the ground. The Captain himself is good, the weapons show some fun variation, so do the heads and helms, the armour is cool. I really want to like it, the bike itself is not even ugly, its just so darned static...

I really dig the helm options. Anyone else notice the two half masks? The skull one looks like you can make it more or less have a Machina Opus for a face. Interesting weapon choice on the giant arc rifle, makes me think it is a tank hunter which I thought Destriers could do handily but maybe it does so differently (or my premise is off). Not sure what is going on with the second weapon, maybe I am hallucinating but the two corner pieces of the sprue make me think some kind of industrial press or clamp claw (but they could also be arm components and you use one of the other Destrier weapons on the other arm). Excited for it though.

Just saying, if they release Doomrider T-Posing on the handles of his Daemon bike doing a wheelie, it will sell so fast the system would crash. Not even armed, just T-posing menacingly.

Thats genuinely sad, the pickaxes are cool and the power swords on that unit arent even especially fun-looking power swords. Also have a power club for some reason. I am also the guy that typically despises upgrade kits to represent entire units though. EDIT: squints, wait a minute, acronyms constitute cursing now?

Winged helmets, winged bike heads (I am not a biker and I think I might have just killed one with that descriptor), tabards, emblazoned armour and sick pickaxes (swords are just an option for the dead inside, much like DWK swords)? Thats arguably how alot of units in most ranges are when you get down to it. A Deathwing Knight is arguably a Terminator but with a sick helment, tabard and weapon. A Dire Avenger is also a guardian with a bigger helmet and technologically inflicted multiple personality disorder. Not saying you are wrong mind you about what might happen, but pretending they dont have alot of uniqueness other than the simple fact of riding a bike isn't really fair. I genuinely care very little about the plasma guns, they are fun and powerful but aren't really what makes or breaks it identity by any means to me.

On one hand... yeah... Marines are just getting slaughtered this edition. On the other hand, Sergeant has a sick mustache and can have an axe, so hey! There is something. My insanely uninspired wager is Death Company treatment for Ravenwing and sick bespoke models for Ravenwing Knights (so... Deathwing all over again and that's not a complaint). It'd be nice to be excited about an SM unit this release tbh, and I still have hope for the multi-part Vanguards, but these ain't it.

There is something innately distasteful about someone whose job is to create things just going on endlessly about the past. I don't have a horse in the icky main debate, I would have just rather have seen something fun and interesting. Bladeguard are probably the golden example of 'new and creative' but also 'true to the heart of it'. Shouting about decades past does as little for me as being Kylo Ren about it. I don't know why but my heart can't stop mourning the idea of Gravis marines with Eviscerators or something new and creative period. Instead of the nth iteration of the same baseline unit with the added flair of a desperate call to our honoured ancients which they werent going to like anyway more often than not.

Gonna go ahead and call the Ork win now, these things tend to run predictable. More curious what the detachment will be, Weirdboy on could be fun.

So... some of those are specifically for FW units... The Telemon being called out by a main preview is really interesting because of the baited breath around what is happening with their 30k updated stuff in the coming year. Mentioning it in the edition preview and having stuff specific to it is either a massive bait and switch or an indicator of a surprising shift towards integration.

The copium surged a bit when they were reviewing the termi detachment and said 'we don't quite call them Red Butchers yet'.

First SM preview for the box I feel positive about, GW seems to have a pretty comfortable time putting out good looking Chapies. A bit twitchy about it all relying on the thin smoke column though...

Looking at the Goonhammer model review makes me kind of happy. I recall the announcement thread where everyone thought I was mad in noting two bodytypes in the kit for the different sexes. Low and behold I was correct. Looking forward to digging into these. Mighty concerned with the capes though... I usually hate working on cloth primed metallic whenever I can avoid it but I am not seeing much in the way of choice without risking the fit.

Eh... Space Marines like him and we have more than enough books where a bored apothecary breaks all limitations on biological augmentations on a whim. The Mechanicus also probably see his value and they laugh at mortality. Also the Inquisition's merry trove of nonesense. Or he is feeding off of Ork belief he can't die for peak irony. He is also a theatre level asset at this point between propaganda value and Arm being a lynchpin, so he can afford what I like to call 'congratz on being relevant' tier of Imperial tech. Money matters but BL has beat us over the head that power/relevance is a currency in the Imperium that outstrips any notion of noble wealth after a certain point. And the Old Man seems to be that.