Halandaar

I said something similar a long while back (probably in response to a previous GW price rise thread). GW putting a few quid on the price of a box of minis is much less of a factor in whether or not I can afford them than the increase in the cost of my household bills. Like I would have to be buying 2 Spearhead boxes a month for GW's price increases to affect me more than how much my council tax went up by.

Snazzy. Does make me wonder what's in the 11th Edition pipeline though, as Assault Terminators felt like a pretty logical inclusion.

Preorder availability updates: Forbidden Planet - Preorders available up to issue #64 (59, 60, 63 all sold out) BuyMagsDirect - Issues 54 & 55 currently available Newsstand - Available to start new subscriptions from issues #54 through #61 The Chief Librarian Tigurius special issue is now available to buy directly from Hachette for non-subscribers. And for those who are interested but missed the news, Hachette has launched the trial phase of its next Warhammer partworks collection: AoS Spearhead, with the main collection expected early next year.

Agree - What's pushed me out of 40K isn't the price of the models, it's the incessant churn of the rules and the costs associated with that. A Combat Patrol's worth of models would still be useable in 10 years time regardless of whether you paid £95, £100 or £105 for it. But you'll have needed 3x ~£42 core rulebooks and 3x ~£37 Codexes to keep those models playable in the current edition of the game over that same timeframe, to say nothing of whatever seasonal Chapter Approved books they put out too. I continue to find value from models, so I continue to buy them, but I don't feel like I get the same value from the game system anymore so I have stepped off the 40K treadmill. It's not like I can't just play a previous edition if I feel like it.

Wracks going to a ten model box is a good change, should see the price come down a little, but also the reboxing hopefully means they'll be available to third party stockists again. They've been direct only for years now so even if the new box is just 5-man box RRP x2, they'll still be cheaper to get than they were before.

I don't really like Tyrannic War Veterans as a unit concept, to be honest. Seems needlessly specific to have a kit based on a single campaign/enemy type, when presumably those veterans fight as part of normal Bladeguard, Sternguard or Vanguard Squads during the normal course of their careers. It would be like giving Black Templars an "Armageddon Veterans" kit. A unit locked into a single role that you are only rarely going to have any use for based on what army your opponent brings? Not a good use of design and manufacturer time for GW you'd think. IMO giving Ultramarine Veteran Squads the option to upgrade their Bladeguard, Sternguard, Vanguard or Terminator squads to Tyrannic War Veterans (for something roughly equivalent to the old Preferred Enemy rule) and then having a new upgrade sprue with a few Tyranid-themed pieces on is a way more effective solution. You can sprinkle the theming of the Tyrannic War through your veteran units and when it's relevant you *can* derive an in-game benefit from it, but you aren't wasting points/real money on a unit that only serves a purpose 1 in every 10 games (or worse)

A few more pics of these guys to prove I didn't just paint the tops

Nice mini. Agree that the storm shield feels like a preview of what we can expect with the inevitable Vanguard Veteran redo kit.

Also, it really is impressive how the Sanguinary Guard are getting worse with every new Marine release.

Can scarcely believe it, but for the first time in several years I've actually finished the vow!

The AoS Deathrattle Skeletons that came out this May replaced a kit that was only four years old. Gravis Calgar will be seven in December.

Same way he always has I guess, since it's been a feature of his loadout since the 2nd Edition mini. The Gravis one was the only version not to feature it.

This miniscule release has reinvigorated my hope that 11th Edition will be a reference to 3rd (Marines Vs Dark Eldar). I was originally thinking they wouldn't do Drukhari as the last book of 10th only to replace it at the very beginning of the next edition but 1.) GW has no shame at double-dipping people so them being late in 10th doesn't rule it out, and 2.) if Drukhari comes out in the next ~6 weeks (which is usual for newly-revealed releases), it's actually nearly a year from the first Codexes of 11th which is nowhere near as bad as it could be.

Malys is fantastic, and the Archon is a solid update. Honestly though my main takeaway is that having been made to wait so long for such a light touch update, they've *got* to be one of the factions slated for a BIG update in the next edition.