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I'm a big fan of the idea of marine armies getting smaller and more elite, but 11th is already feeling like GW are going to inevitably go way too far with stat/codex creep. Guess time will tell. But it's good to see they've learned from the farce that was CSM's nearly 20 month wait for their second wound back in 9th.

Yeah I could see Khan on bike appearing in a White Scars legion-specific journal, and we know they want to do those, but with the resin character series seemingly dead and the pace of journal releases being what it is I'm not holding my breath for legion journals anytime soon.

I really love him! Even if I don't expand my Orks beyond the Armageddon box I think I'll pick him up. Hope they redo the Megannobz to accompany him

The sculptors have really knocked it out of the park with every Ork kit. Terrific stuff

I'm really happy to see another upgrade pack, for a range of armour sets that has been designed around modularity we've had disappointingly few upgrade sets over the last 4 years (though it has thankfully sped up a little since 3rd dropped). I like the shotguns. Hopefully we're not waiting too long to see more, I'd be very keen for a Recon/Seeker sprue

These are fine but pretty dull. No issues with them, but hope the Orks win next week so we get something more interesting

Disappointed there was nothing for heresy to capitalise off the new Mark IV (e.g. Destroyers, Recon, Seekers), there are still a lot of things the legion list needs in plastic. A solid preview overall though Old World comfortably stole the show for me

I know it's a 'new angle' on Prospero but I'd really prefer to see them swing these journals at battles we haven't seen... An explicitly Tzeentch-themed daemons list is interesting and potentially a pretty sizeable shift from the Ruinstorm though if this is what they're planning to do for the other deities in the future.

Hoping that the new Mark IV for heresy was rapidly pushed out so they could announce some infantry kits built off it. Gimme some Destroyers

Unsure whether to get a second box as I don't want a vanilla Sicaran and have more Contemptors than I'll ever use, but definitely excited to get my hands on Mark IV.

Pleasant surprise and I expect this will sell really well. The Mark IV refresh is overall very solid, I'd have liked to see some more of the variant helmets that we saw in the various original resin kits, and the jump pack being a reused Mark VI is disappointing, but otherwise it basically looks exactly as I'd expected. Will look glorious in purple and it's nice to see such an important pattern refreshed and back in plastic. The jumbo box having a Sicaran and a Contemptor in it is a bit 'eh' as at this point I have Contemptors than I reasonably know what to do with, and I would have preferred a new Sicaran variant. But for a value box it's still quite nice. Unsure whether this is going to break into my near-term plans, there's just so much going on, but I'll pick up some Mark IV sooner or later. Hopefully there's a lot more to come for heresy later this year, I'd love to see things like Destroyers, Recon Marines etc hit plastic and refreshed Tartaros as well.

Pretty keen to see Nazdreg, he's a fun character. Would be a disappointment if they didn't end up using this opportunity to refresh the Meganobz kit too.

What a cool surprise - awesome little cinematic, really enjoyed it. Nice to see CSM appear as well

Full faith in GW to do a tasteful update of the classic LR kit/tracked vehicles, I think they'll smash it out of the park. I'll just add a +1 to the "please no heavy stubber"

Well that's a bit disappointing (though at least we have what I think is the coolest detachment in the game with Coterie, so it's not the end of the world). In an army with such a tiny roster (and now with 9-10 detachments, depending on whether Court sticks around), they've managed to tick off nearly every unit theme we have except the most iconic one. Comments across social media and forums have been very consistent in asking for a Noise Marine detachment as a reaction to this, so hopefully they actually get the message. In terms of the actual detachments: The Terminator one is fine, though it'd be a lot better if we actually had our own unique Terminators. Interesting that there is an upgrade to give them Sustained when they can get it from the Lord Kakophonist; I'd have preferred to see something that gives LK's deep strike just for a point of interest. Frenzied Host is solid, +1S can be pretty useful for Infractors. As cool as the imagery of the 'Howling Plate' is, I can't really see that enhancement seeing any use because nobody wants to take Tormentor blobs and attach your lethal close combat character to them, but any sonic themed enhancements are a win in my book. Spectacle of Slaughter looks like the best of the three to me. Fights first isn't what it used to be but being able to turbocharge the speed of an already speedy combat unit sounds good if priced appropriately. edit: There's an enhancement in the video not shown in the article which stops enemies from snap shooting at Flawless Blades - nice. The best news for EC players today was probably the changes to Fly shown in the Land Speeder article and not anything shown in our own faction focus.