Doghouse

I think he dates back to days of them being the Fire Hawks. It was a warp disease originally before they went all mystically flamey. A corpse was recovered in a coffin in space on an advanced state of decay and the coffin number coincided one from the Fire Hawks.

I already have my Green Stuff ready to go for when these guys are released.

What I really like is that this is a converters heaven if the rules are flexible enough to allow you to create completely custom models beyond the archetypes shown. Venators have always been my favourite faction in Necromunda for this reason. I think the other positive is that this could potentially go beyond Necromunda and you could set your games on any world in the Imperium with the GM coming up with rules for Xenos such as Eldar pirates or even big boss Ambulls, you could even go full on Firefly and represent a crew of a small ship. This has a lot of potential if the rules work.

I think they are great as a base for conversions which is something I have felt is lacking in recent years. Been a long time since I have seen a kit come out that has fired up the conversion potential ideas. It's great to see a decent MK 7 model for sure, I'll probably skip the Kill Team release and wait for the individual boxes to be honest though, they will come out eventually and I don't need to be the Emperor to foresee the coming frustrations of scalping on this set.

These could be the first modern space marines I've bought in years. Not a fan of the flames but I know I can resculpt those areas quite easily.

I quite like the look of the Necromunda Roleplay, some nice models in there.

It'd be nice if they Legion of the Damned were older marks but I think they will be manifested in the newer Tacticus armour I think and probably ruined with loads of unnecessary three dimensional flames and warp effects rather than just cover them in bones and stuff. Wouldn't surprise me if the scarab was more Prospero stuff.

I took a break from 40k and dabbled in another rising game system from Warlord as a palette cleanser which has been fun but have now settled on a 4th Ed Dark Angels army along with a Word Bearers Chaos Space Marine army. Captain/Company Master is coming along nicely. Ideally I'd like to do Orks as well but starting a fresh army these days is stupidly expensive. The other beauty of 4th edition is that vehicle design rules means I can include the likes of knights and anything I fancy so conversions opportunities are abundant. I think it helps to try something else for a bit to clean out the cobwebs. The plastic Hersey marines feel massive now but I have spent an enjoyable evening hand painting back banners for the Dark Angels. I even used my old paints from the dawn of time.

All I have to do to set the plate from time to time and occasionally clean it. I am a bit sad I can no longer really afford the new stuff though, I'd love to make an Ork army with the new sculpts or finish fleshing out my Eldar.

Mostly in terms of construction. Kits used to be to intuitive to construct but to me feel more like vanity products on behalf of the sculptors. I do see some exceptions of late with stuff like the new Orks though which is encouraging.

I think it's great. Took fifteen minutes to put together without looking at the instructions once. Completely intuitive design and construction with zero gap filling and one of the best kits I have put together in years. I'd be happy if GW returned to this kind of kit.

Managed to get this new in the box for my 4th Edition Word Bearers for a sane price. Big fan of this kit and so much easier to convert than the current overly complicated model. I do have the new one but...ugh!

Without significant changes I can't really see the point of the Intercessors. One thing if GW ever read this, please add an alternative slot in leg without the standing on the rock. So many times I look at a kit and think yeah I will get that to find that I am hamstrung when it comes to basing and be a simple way to mix things up. Failing that have the rock a separate piece so we can swap it out for pipes or something.

Might look better scaled in Heresy games I guess?

I'm not so sure on this one. I quite like the cockpit and the wing in the air but other than the cockpit it doesn't scream downed Thunderhawk and only the wing really blocks line of sight that much, it all feels rather flat.