By now we've all seen some fuzzy pictures about the new board game GW's about to launch. But very recently some new pictures, and with better quality, have emerged... feast your eyes on these!
A note about all the pictures that you're about to see:
It’s hot today Heresy fans! The latest images are in of the upcoming plastic Mk.IV Maximus Astartes & Officers and also crystal clear pics of the plastic Cataphractii Terminators and Contemptor Dread sprues are here – Get in here!
OK, you get 30 of these guys – that’s a ton. These look like fully detailed multipose models, not starter box quick assembly dudes. I think that is more fuel for the theory that GW has big plans for these kits outside of this boxed game. I see all the little gubbins like grenades, knives and such. So far I’ve spotted: retro missile launcher, heavy bolter, plasma gun, meltagun, plasma pistol, powerfist, chainsword and a boatload of bolters.
The officer sprue is very nice and while we saw it earlier this summer, it looks spectacular here in full detail. The 4-winged staff combined with the decal sheet leads me to believe that one of those may be a Chaplain (or perhaps a Dark Apostle in the case of the Word Bearers). All those script blocks on the decal sheet will be wonderful to cut up for use all over a Word Bearers army.
As you can see the Cataphractii have ball and socket waists, and I think the arms attach flush with the torso, but can be rotated as desired snugly under the barrel shoulderpads before being glued in place. That should provide good posing options for hobbyists. There are over 20 arms for the 5 models, so there are tons of build options including lightning claws, heavy flamer, powersword, powerfists and chainfists in addition to the combi-bolters. Most importantly we get all the shoulder and groin pteruges we expect from our Cataphractii.
The Contemptor is a great deal with solid weapon options. It gives you out of the box options for CCW/AC, CCW/MM, and even AC/MM builds with some simple conversion work. Better yet, swap weapons with a friend for the AC/AC, MM/MM, CCW/CCW loadouts. You won’t get the full “action figure” posing options the resin Forgeworld Contemptor gets, but there has to an up-sell option after all.
Come see all the juicy new repacted Lizardmen Seraphon models, plus new Tau and Eldar release pictures as well from the upcoming WD issue 92.
Game close up from the back of the box
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The Box Contents:
- 30x Tactical marines MK IV Plate
- 5x Catapharctii Terminators
- 1x Contemptor with Lascannon, Melta, Assault Cannon and CCW
- 1x Captain Aethon
- 1x Kurtha Sedd
- 12 Dice
- Command Decks
- 42 playing cards
- 4-piece hex-board
- 49pp rulebook
It’s hot today Heresy fans! The latest images are in of the upcoming plastic Mk.IV Maximus Astartes & Officers and also crystal clear pics of the plastic Cataphractii Terminators and Contemptor Dread sprues are here – Get in here!
Officers in power armor & Cataphractii armor
SO MANY Mk.IV Maximus Marines!
OK, you get 30 of these guys – that’s a ton. These look like fully detailed multipose models, not starter box quick assembly dudes. I think that is more fuel for the theory that GW has big plans for these kits outside of this boxed game. I see all the little gubbins like grenades, knives and such. So far I’ve spotted: retro missile launcher, heavy bolter, plasma gun, meltagun, plasma pistol, powerfist, chainsword and a boatload of bolters.
One Calth themed decal sheet with all the Ultramarines and Word Bearers logos you would need!
The officer sprue is very nice and while we saw it earlier this summer, it looks spectacular here in full detail. The 4-winged staff combined with the decal sheet leads me to believe that one of those may be a Chaplain (or perhaps a Dark Apostle in the case of the Word Bearers). All those script blocks on the decal sheet will be wonderful to cut up for use all over a Word Bearers army.
5 Gorgeous Cataphractii Terminators! So Sweet!
Plastic Contemptor with Kheres Assault Cannon, Multi-melta & Powerfist
As you can see the Cataphractii have ball and socket waists, and I think the arms attach flush with the torso, but can be rotated as desired snugly under the barrel shoulderpads before being glued in place. That should provide good posing options for hobbyists. There are over 20 arms for the 5 models, so there are tons of build options including lightning claws, heavy flamer, powersword, powerfists and chainfists in addition to the combi-bolters. Most importantly we get all the shoulder and groin pteruges we expect from our Cataphractii.
The Contemptor is a great deal with solid weapon options. It gives you out of the box options for CCW/AC, CCW/MM, and even AC/MM builds with some simple conversion work. Better yet, swap weapons with a friend for the AC/AC, MM/MM, CCW/CCW loadouts. You won’t get the full “action figure” posing options the resin Forgeworld Contemptor gets, but there has to an up-sell option after all.
Ouch!!
So right off the bat, note the 2014 copyright on the sprues. GW have been planning on rolling out 30K for a long while. Also let’s be brutally honest here. There is NO WAY NO HOW Games Workshop would invest the hard cash to make plastic Cataphractii Terminators and a Contemptor Dread on plastic sprues just to (just) promote a boxed boardgame. They have bigger plans for this range.
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