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Post by jenburdoo on Jan 18, 2011 18:49:32 GMT -5
I'd love to see a plastic Marauder Destroyer... Behold!  Oh....wait, did you mean you wanted to see one that GW would charge $150 for?  Reds As someone who briefly worked next door to the B-26 Marauder Archives in Tucson, Arizona, I'd like to point out that that is NOT a Marauder. It's a Mitchell.  This is a plastic Marauder Destroyer:  The extra forward guns are visible below and behind the cockpit. You can use whatever you like, of course, and the Forgeworld Destroyer, with its twin tail, does resemble the Mitchell more. Both (and the Boston/Havoc) were widely converted for ground attack, and the A-26 Invader (easily mistaken for a Marauder) was designed from the ground up as an attack aircraft to replace all three. Some Mitchells in the Pacific were armed with 75mm tank guns, powerful enough to hack up small ships. Did I mention I'm a military aviation freak? |
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Post by Laughing Man on Jan 18, 2011 18:49:55 GMT -5
Me too. I wanted 3 hydras now, but it's so much cheaper to get a chimera with a dozer blade and a LR eradicator for the same points and a lot less cash. I've got 4 spare MRPs i'm planning to build a rack for them in pairs and use them to represent the pairs of auto cannons with small SAM pods instead. |
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Post by jenburdoo on Jan 18, 2011 19:11:19 GMT -5
I used a quad-autocannon from the Planetstrike terrain kit. It fits perfectly on the Chimera turret ring, and doubles as a Chimerax variant with opponent permission.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jan 18, 2011 20:03:17 GMT -5
I'm with Trickstick. I don't see why a model of a fictional craft gets so much hate. Fiction! GW fiction! There are no laws of phsyics to break, only laws of 'looks cool to the designer.' There's also the "Looks cool to the general public" if they want anyone to purchase it. Yes, it doesn't have to be designed to fly. It also doesn't have to look like the designer was inspired when he saw someone accidentally drop a Thunderhawk in a garbage compacter. jenburdoo: Fair enough. I was eyeballing that Mitchell for a conversion a while back (as you said, the tail is similar, and the sheer volume of guns fits the Destroyer), so I figured I'd suggest it as an alternate. I do so love the Mitchell... Reds |
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Jan 18, 2011 22:58:40 GMT -5
Usually, GW can rest assured that 'cool to the designer' and 'cool to the general public' are more or less the same. Just look at those sexy DE minis. Look how the designs of pretty much everything they've rereleased has improved. (I'm looking at you, every marine vehicle, ever.)
I think the most ironic part of all this is that the leak was several months early.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jan 19, 2011 0:09:16 GMT -5
Usually, GW can rest assured that 'cool to the designer' and 'cool to the general public' are more or less the same. Just look at those sexy DE minis. Look how the designs of pretty much everything they've rereleased has improved. (I'm looking at you, every marine vehicle, ever.) I agree, that's why it's so unfortunate they decided it was okay for the Stormraven to have the same aesthetics as a smashed buttock. It makes me suspect there's someone on the design team with spectacularly poor judgment, probably the same man who finished designing the Sanguinary Guard, stood back and said "You know what these models need? Nipples." I only hope someone can stop him before he starts working on Battle Sister models. Reds |
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Post by magg on Jan 19, 2011 3:57:05 GMT -5
Found new pictures of the Stormraven right here. Now, I only want to see how the dreadnought will be attached, but all in all I like it how it looks, which does not mean that I will buy one ... my SpaceMarine army is big enough ... at least I hope so  Cheers! -Magg |
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Post by Laughing Man on Jan 19, 2011 4:23:56 GMT -5
I still think the Stormraven comes from SM players and Matt Ward being jealous of the Valkyrie and of course a guard toy can never surpass a marine vehicle with the obvious exception of the rest of our armour, but then marine fanatics are never known for their intelligence.
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Post by Trickstick on Jan 19, 2011 4:59:47 GMT -5
It makes me suspect there's someone on the design team with spectacularly poor judgment, probably the same man who finished designing the Sanguinary Guard, stood back and said "You know what these models need? Nipples." See I actually think that the nipples were a good design decision; it fits with the arty feel that the blood angels are all about in their fluff. Sort of like if Michelangelo had gone mad with nerdrage and started drinking blood and impaling people with a chainsaw. I think that they were trying to make connections to classical sculpture, such as the statue of david. At least they didn't go one further and have penises on all the models. I can see why people don't like them but it seems a bit "hur hur, nipples" to me. What is the reason you don't like them? |
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Jan 19, 2011 8:22:28 GMT -5
So the Blood Angels' advance orders are up, and I was looking over the Space Guppy, and the damn thing costs $66! *Vomits* No way will I be buying this model. I've said it before, I know, but it bears repeating.  The new Dreadnought, though, looks quite interesting... |
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Jan 19, 2011 8:22:50 GMT -5
The SG look exactly like old-school Roman armor, with a smattering of Incan head dress.
As for the storm raven, I stand by my previous statement that it will look much better in person. And by corollary, I wish I could take the pictures of the minis for GW.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jan 19, 2011 9:44:15 GMT -5
Trickstick: I understand why they did it, but I was never a fan of nipples on classic roman centurion armour. That's just me, though. You also have to remember not everyone who plays GW is exactly mature... Reds
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Post by Walrus on Jan 19, 2011 9:44:22 GMT -5
There is a picture of it in the Email GW has sent out to announce the beginning of pre ordering..
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Post by NobleSeven on Jan 19, 2011 10:42:49 GMT -5
Walrus is correct. Blood Angels preorders have just hit the site. This includes the Stormraven, New Dreadnaughts and a BA Battleforce box.
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Post by Trickstick on Jan 19, 2011 10:47:44 GMT -5
One little thing: I see that the hurricane bolters go where the side doors are. Does that mean you lose the doors if you take them? Strikes me as a bit odd, they have never had you loose access points before; the landraider does let you choose which doors to use though.
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Jan 19, 2011 11:32:35 GMT -5
Which is basically the old box with Death Company. Not exactly something that should have taken this long to show up... |
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Post by Dedrier on Jan 19, 2011 12:21:55 GMT -5
New and improved! And now for ONLY $10 more.
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Jan 22, 2011 18:05:54 GMT -5
One little thing: I see that the hurricane bolters go where the side doors are. Does that mean you lose the doors if you take them? Strikes me as a bit odd, they have never had you loose access points before; the landraider does let you choose which doors to use though. It also appears that if they are pointed straight ahead, the lower guns from the hurricane bolter array will shoot a protruding part of the Stormraven Space Guppy's fuselage... Just another reason why I don't want anything to do with this model. |
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Post by Gabriel Lupus on Jan 24, 2011 9:23:11 GMT -5
... the same man who finished designing the Sanguinary Guard, stood back and said "You know what these models need? Nipples." Reds *tears of laughter roll down Lupus' cheek. Eventually he manages to calm down. Then begins laughing again after re-reading this and falls off his stool.* I only hope someone can stop him before he starts working on Battle Sister models. Reds Yes... other wise we may end up with Slaanesh sisters... |
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Post by Dedrier on Jan 24, 2011 12:14:28 GMT -5
Blech, the only thing that should change about the Battle Sisters is the fact that they are metal. Make them multi-posable plastic miniatures and everybody will want to pick up a couple squads. They did that with the Dark Eldar and they quickly became a flavor of the month codex.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jan 24, 2011 12:32:47 GMT -5
I dunno, I'd like it to look more like they're wearing proper armour and not "very *friendly* person plate", but that's just me. I suppose they look okay now if you paint the corset like metal.
Edit: Well played autocensor, well played.
Reds
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Post by Dedrier on Jan 24, 2011 19:28:19 GMT -5
Well, I think they have character. |
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Post by twerd on Jan 27, 2011 8:32:52 GMT -5
i think the dreadnought is suppose to hang off the back with he's little dreadnoght feet hanging off, seen the model RL and it's quite impressive the details and btw there's a front assault ramp what other acess ports do blood angles need |
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Post by cheminhaler on Jan 27, 2011 11:52:19 GMT -5
WD 374, back cover :  |
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Jan 27, 2011 12:04:49 GMT -5
Yeah. look at how the lower guns in the Hurricane bolter array will shoot the protruding pod that houses the forward vector thrust jets... *Gags* |
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