Aias

Damn, that looks amazing. I love the dread without the giant shoulders; it looks more barbaric like that than it does with the armor plates up there.

Same here. Been saving for a year and more at this point, so I've got plenty to get the big box plus accoutrements, and maybe even some of these other later releases as well.

Alpha Legion and Blood Angels here, though I'm planning on turning the new box into a Shattered Legions force, loyalist Siege of Terra so more BA, Imperial Fists, and White Scars

Yeah, the font is really similar but is distinct. The Heresy one, in particular, has an "old ink damaged in places" feel to it. But in the small image on Sunday, they are similar enough that it's just another knife twist when combined with the color scheme.

Me, to GW:

Most of what I've seen this week has been mostly expected. They've been talking about the Sisters and Beast Snaggas for a while previously; from what I gather the AOS stuff was fairly pedestrian (I don't follow it, so I'm not as sure there), and the specialist games stuff was if not already known at least not entirely unexpected. We all knew that Marines and Eldar would eventually come to AI (though I am glad that it's the Heresy-era planes that they're using instead of the 40k era ones), and the Necromunda and Underworlds stuff wasn't out of left field either. The only real surprises for me so far have been the Ghosts' sculpts (which are amazing and I'm going to have to buy) and the Cadian upgrades. While less than was needed, it's still nice to see the IG get any love at all. So while I don't have high hopes - or really any hopes - for Saturday's preview, I'm still gonna be watching. If nothing else, they can break my heart again.

They already do that. There's the Mechanicum Taghmata list and the Crusade Imperialis list which cover those groups. Like the Astartes army list, though, they need to be updated.

Hang together, or hang separately?

That's what I assumed, but wanted to ask for more wisdom than my meager ability score would allow. Thank you!

So, this is more a rules question, I guess, but it is definitely Alpha Legion specific. When you steal a unit for Coils from the Thousand Sons (in this particular instance, I've stolen some Khentani Blade Occult), how does their psychic ability work? There's a note on their Brotherhood of Psykers rule that says "generate psychic powers from one of the Thousand Sons disciplines", but I'm not using the Thousand Sons Legiones Astartes rule. So do I just pick a discipline and generate my power? Or am I actually restricted by the Thousand Sons rules?

Is it bad that the first thing I thought of with the Vehicle Design Rules was getting two Repulsors, hacking them together, and building Land's Raider from Master of Mankind? Man, my wallet would kill me.

Today, I forgot to bring my current project with me to work so I couldn't continue on my second Heresy tactical squad, but instead I began the sad yet necessary task of selling my IG. Trying my local group first, then I'll try a little further out, and then eBay, I guess. Would love to keep them, but my resin addiction needs more monies, yo.