Karhedron

I know what you mean. When the Attack Bikes went to Legends, I proxied mine as ATVs until I got the real ones from Combat Patrol. Now they are just stuck there. I wonder if the new Landspeeder will be any good. The Stormspeeders suffered from being too pricey to use as support pieces but not killy enough do heavy lifting by themselves.

One thing I have just noticed is that Wazdakka makes Warbikers Battleline (apologies if this has been mentioned before). This was on old mechanic from 4th/5th edition IIRC where particular characters turned certain units into Troops but I don't recall seeing it in 10th edition. The closest I have seen is a few Detachments (like Eldar Wraithhost) that turn units into Battleline but this is the first time in the current edition that I have seen a Character unlock units in this way (unless anyone can think of other examples). I wonder if this is something that we will see more of in 11th edition?

I agree, Speed Freaks look fun, especially in light of this. https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/zd2usx9o/da-speedwaaagh-begins-with-two-new-ork-detachments/

While neither of these units are favourites of mine, the loss of choice is always a sad thing.

The ATV was a classic example of a unit that was too good in one edition paying for its sins in the next. When first released, the ATV had some teeth, despite the unpopular model. The OGC could rip through infantry and the Multimelta was one of the best anti-tank guns in 9th edition. Plus they had the absolutely broken mechanic that they could be brought back to life by an Apothecary (swiftly errata'ed). Then 10th reset everything and the ATV came out poorly. The OGC lost it lustre and was reduced to fishing for 6s to snag Mortal Wounds. Melta weapons got significantly nerfed and needed either numbers or special rules to be reliable (e.g. Eradicators). Marine units rolled a D6 to see how well they handled the move to 10th edition and ATVs just rolled a 1.

I have been in the hobby since 1st edition and I am well familiar with the ebb and flow of motivation. Big events like a bereavement can easily take their toll. Sometimes I find that even the seasons affect my motivation as I struggle paint in the winter when it is dark (a real shame since there is not much else to do). Basically you have the right approach. Hobbies are meant to be fun and there is no shame in parking stuff for a while if you lose your mojo. If you try and force it, chances are you won't enjoy it and won't do as good a job as you would otherwise. Take some time to be kind to yourself and be with the rest of your family. One day you will wake up and feel the urge to pick up the paint brush again.

That is usually the case with the edition box sets. Quite often, multipart kits follow a little while later offering more options and customisability than the ones in the box but at a higher price. This is more common for units than Characters though. My hunch is that Chaplain will probably be widely available as a single sprue, much like the Sword/Shield Lt from Indomitus. Having said that, there was a new multipart Terminator Captain to follow the monopose one from Leviathan so it is possible we will get a multipart Jump Chaplain too. It is too early to guess at this stage.

No, they made a weird dude with a ball-gag and a "hug me" pose and called it Lemartes. I wanted an upscale of this model. The dude in the OP is not perfect but he is a lot closer to what I was hoping for.

Looking at the angle of the foot and the ruin, it might be possible to trim out the smoke and have the foot directly on the ruins in a "leaping" pose. I am not worried about the structural strength as the smoke looks about at thick as the foot anyway. I just don't like the smoke effects in general. Overall it is a really good model. I am actually thinking I might proxy him as Lemartes as I don't actually like the Primaris Lemmy model. This one looks much closer the previous version of the character.

I admire your optimism brother but I will calibrate my expectations. I have to say that I am a bit surprised by the ATV and Firestrike going as they felt like successors to the Attack Bike and TF cannon respectively. The models are not amazing but I feel they were held back by mediocre rules rather than anything inherently wrong with them. Then again, both appeared at bargain prices in the Combat Patrol magazine so maybe GW is happy to cull them after flooding the market.

The original Questoris dates back to 2014 and it was envisaged that most players would have only 1 so the lack of poseability was not really a problem.

We have only seen the preview of the cover rules. Hopefully the rules as written will be clearer.

I disagree. Functionally the Gladiator is exactly a replacement for the Predator, even if it is not explicitly described as such in the lore. Their stats are nearly identical the only reason the Gladiator costs more is the slightly better weapons and rules. Even the "grav" part is now largely cosmetic since they no longer have the FLY keyword.

It is a tough call. Crisis Suits have always been the swiss army knife of the Tau army but that philosophy just doesn't really work with fixed price units. I think we will continue to see different loadouts for the Crisis Suit as different data sheets, otherwise the rule of 2/3 will really make it hard to run suit-heavy lists.

I came here to say exactly the same thing. All the niche designs gave people a reason to buy them. The Impulsor offered something the Rhino couldn't do. Now the Firstborn stuff seems to be going away and we need a Rhino for our Primaris stuff and to replace the 25+ year old model. GW know exactly what they are doing.