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I managed to get the WD, and these rules and missions look quite fun to play. I wonder if allowing FLY units in would break the system. It would allow more armies to be involved at least, I think every faction has FLY units.

It would be great to see Lokhust show up, if they don't arrive with a Destroyer-led campaign entry I'll be curious to see where GW thinks that release should go. There's a tin-foil hat wearing part of me that thinks community designers were a little too close to what GW had planned for the last green-rod using models in the line. There was a few -really good- Destroyer and Lord proxies made using the updated Heavy design when it was released. My hilariously untrue thought is that GW was too embarrassed to release what they designed and have had to push the release back due to IP-protectable redesign.

You know, I gave the same advice to a Death Guard player once when they complained about the comical face on a hooded character. They drilled out the face and it ended up looking pretty cool painted up.

I'm not entirely sure really. There have been many images shared across the board that are similar in nature, but the line is somewhat blurry to me. I'd gladly accept some pics in a message if you're willing to share. I briefly saw a video of someone flipping through the pages but no content was truly viewable.

This is cool looking. My Necron Lokhust models add up to 480, so presumably I could add an enhancement or two. I'll have a look at my lgs to see if issue 517 is in stock, though I haven't had luck with that in the past. Otherwise I'm at the mercy of people posting pictures of the relevant pages or GW putting the rules out in their app. Even with that I'm hard pressed to get anyone around me to play anything but matched play 2k games but a guy can hope. I hear hope works well in the grimdark future

Ooo you could try opening up the model in meshmixer or something and make some rough adjustments, then physically sculpt over the weird bits with GS after printing. At least that's what I'd have to do. I'm a butcher digitally but can work decently enough with my hands.

You could always put a weight in the base to help with the balance. This model is significantly larger than the half metal models of yesteryear but that also means the base is larger and can hold something of substance underneath. I agree with the extravagance of 3rd party sculpts. Once the current model is discontinued there will likely be faithful options posted, if I want a scaled up Newbringer I'd be tempted to print the old one at 200% and pop it on a pedestal of old scarabs and the new base size. It's one of my favourite GW models anyway and I don't really click with the new design touches.

A housekeeping article from GW on the captaincy of the 2nd Company over the years: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/2uwxtd2k/500-worlds-how-did-titus-become-captain-of-the-second-company-again/

My gut says this would be an extravagant conversion if you were to try and modify this model to be face-forward and rotated. The head turn would likely require the existing hood to be totally cut away and the face separated with a full hood resculpt. The difficulty would be based on your experience, though a hood may be more forgiving than something more symmetrical. The rotation I think would destabilize the model and require something strong to maintain balance. The new hunched forward look might be more Quasimodo than menacing, but that's open to the final angles and onlookers interpretation. Now I'm curious to see the sprues. That will really let you know how much work there may be involved. Have you considered third party options? Personally I haven't seen many I vibe with but there's a fair few out there from various digital sculptors, and I imagine that selection will grow once the model is released.

More likely I'd guess some stabby Canoptek option. We've seen a rise of them since plasmacytes, and they're what we got in the recent Kill Team box as ancillary units. I have no idea the turnaround for game production, but I imagine both GW and Saber would be very interested in making more money. Add in all the licenced merch, Warhammer + content, and the deal with Amazon, and you may just be left with a big ol' company with a variety of income avenues tying it all together around their most (?) popular (see also: well known to the masses) character for better brand awareness. I'm currently listening to Godblight and Guilliman remarks something along the lines of "I never rely on a single outcome". I don't find it hard to believe that GW would plan for a variety of possibilities so that they have a model or two sculpted and ready to go, to be released to capitalize on popularity or to be shoehorned in for one of those random character releases we get with Codex or Campaign books.

There has been so much extra content for that game since its release it isn't hard to imagine there's already work done on the announced third installment. Plenty of Tomb World assets to use too, it really wouldn't be a stretch for them to make Necrons the next main antagonist. I don't think it's beyond GW to try and capitalize on the popularity of their videogames by playing the long game like this at all.

Well that's a salient bit of info. I figured we'd see something happen with Cawl, Guilliman, and the Attilan Gate in that book. Glad to see that something, at least, gets mentioned. I've been curious about how the timeline retcon impacts the arrival of the fleet at Baal and the sparse happenings we've been shown from Imperium Nihilus.

Forgot the 7th! Is Karlaen still the Captain of the 1st Company? He used to have a model and datasheet. I know he's in Devastation at the end but don't have the newest Supplement which likely lists the Captains.

He was, but only in passing as Dante wondered what he'd do with the amassed force of Death Company. He was off at Diamor with the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Companies fighting Chaos.

Don't get me wrong, GW will change what they want and have already, but the Nightbringer wasn't broken into Shards until 9 years after the Nightbringer (Ventris) book when the 5th edition Codex was released. As per the lore from 2002 to 2011, that was THE Nightbringer he was after. Even if retconned to be a Shard now there's still an existing history that could (have been or is yet to be) explored between the C'Tan and Ventris. If I recall correctly from The Silent King (DoF book 9) Ventris was treated as having the most experience fighting Necrons and the Imperium had been largely kept in the dark about the Necron threat until the end (?) of the Indomitus Crusade. I'm quite curious to see how this all is explored with the new campaign books. Seeing a Destroyer Lord trying to unite all the Nightbringer Shards could be a variation of a dream come true for fans of older Necron lore.