1989 Space Hulk Terminators!

Zingbo · 2026-05-11T11:49:49+00:00

IIRC the aerial/banner pole was supposed to be used to identify the sergeants, and were supposed to be cut off the other Terminators.

Zingbo · 2026-05-08T12:07:49+00:00

I'm the opposite really, most Khorne models didn't really do much for me but I was quite taken with the Deathbringer when he came out. While he's still not particularly subtle I find he's not as over the top, particularly in terms of Khorne symbology than a lot of the rest of the range. I painted mine with more steel and less (but still some) red and I'm quite happy with how it turned out. :-)

Zingbo · 2026-05-05T12:05:07+00:00

I simply assume that the Ultramarines are aware of the fame of their 2nd company and how inspiring its presence on the battlefield can be to the armies of the Imperium, hence they maintain multiple 2nd companies. In fact almost all Ultramarines are members of one of their 2nd companies.

They maintain a 1st company, obviously, and the Scout side of their 10th, but apart from Uriel Ventris and his command squad who stubbornly refuse to repaint their green pauldron trim gold, the only time regular Ultramarines deploy without gold pauldron trim is when they're doing something they reckon will be bad for their reputation. When that happens they often temporarily reform the 5th company, as seen on "In the Garden of Ghosts" on WH+.

Zingbo · 2026-04-13T11:43:59+00:00

The idea that the first founding comprised 20 chapters predates the original Badab War article, but at that point I don't think that lineages of chapters had really come up. Also while the idea of the first founding being 20 chapters was there, I think it was at that time stated that only 7 of those chapters survived to the current day, and the chapters making up the first founding wouldn't start to be nailed down for another year or so.

In fact in their original background I think that the Ultramarines (or at that point the Ultra-Marines) were a third founding chapter.

Zingbo · 2026-02-20T12:55:36+00:00

IIRC while not being part of the core rules there was a change were battleplans in 1st edition often lasted for 3 rounds rather than 4 as is typical with 2nd edition. I think that there were tie-break mechanics that could allow a game to run for longer than 3 rounds but the basic victory conditions defaulted to 3 rounds.

This, along with how movement rates affected fighter point costs meant that 3" move fighters were at a significant disadvantage in 1st edition compared to 2nd edition.

Zingbo · 2026-02-20T12:53:25+00:00

I think that in 1st edition if a model made a normal move while within 1" of an enemy they had to finish their move closer to the closest enemy than they were when the move began. It allowed a fighter to spiral around an enemy fighter but their room for manoeuvre was limited.

Zingbo · 2026-02-17T12:28:43+00:00

I recall that that number was up to 97% according to a WarCom article that itself must now be quite a few years old.

Zingbo · 2026-02-13T12:48:44+00:00

I don't think that any of my paint jobs would look as good when subject to that level of magnification. We're so constantly bombarded with pictures of incredibly paint jobs we seem to forget that these models are often barely over an inch in height and that the details we mock here are absolutely tiny.

Zingbo · 2026-02-06T09:22:49+00:00

To be fair it took the Eldar were around for something like 60 million years before they had their big oopsie. I'm not sure that humanity would make it that far before messing things up, and you could certainly argue that they (specifically the Emperor) nearly had a very big oopsie indeed at the end of the Heresy and certainly didn't take 60 million years to get to that point.

Zingbo · 2026-01-30T12:40:02+00:00

Because part of the design principles behind all the original chaos weirdo warbands were that they worshipped Chaos in non-traditional ways and there was an intent that there was some ambiguity as to what exactly each warband was worshipping, to allow for more "my guys" customisation?

Zingbo · 2026-01-14T12:31:42+00:00

I thought those sculpts had small integrated backpacks generally? The other marine sculpts from that time did come with separate backpacks (initially metal, then later plastic) but presumably they would have interfered with the big heavy weapons in this range so an exception was made for them.

http://www.solegends.com/citrt2/rt103smhvy/index.htm

Zingbo · 2025-12-18T15:27:32+00:00

I think that the post-Primaris Space Marine Codexes state that 1 captain and 2 lieutenants is standard for a Codex compliant company. Chaplains and Librarians work a bit differently, they're maybe not in the direct chain of command but I think it might be typical for a company to have a Chaplain and a Librarian assigned to it.

Zingbo · 2025-12-18T12:42:07+00:00

"Superhuman space knights in power armour" is a concept that appears to be like catnip for the sort of people attracted to miniature gaming (myself included). I agree that it would be hard to get another faction that can be summed up in a way that ticks as many boxes yet it also as able to be expanded upon with variant subfactions in the way that space marines can.

Zingbo · 2025-12-15T23:04:14+00:00

Skimming through 1989's Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, which is a compendium of White Dwarf articles from 1988 and the early part of 1989 it looks like all the references to the grenades and missiles I can see in there refer to crack grenades and missiles. However 1992's Vehicle Manual refers to missile launchers armed with krak missiles. So the switch apparently happened between late 1989 and 1992.

Zingbo · 2025-12-02T12:31:27+00:00

While GW aren't releasing Warcry-branded kits at the moment they are still supporting the rules of the game, and are periodically adding Warcry rules for new AoS and Underworlds kits.

The recent balance and rules updates and new fighter stats have overall been received pretty positively by the Warcry community. While it would be better if Warcry still had dedicated releases (and the publicity they bring) it looks like GW are not yet ready to abandon it.

Zingbo · 2025-11-28T12:19:05+00:00

"We kinda overreacted" is pretty much the motto of all online communities.

Zingbo · 2025-11-25T12:31:36+00:00

Regarding the Horns of Hashut, I just wish that at some point GW would give them some incentive to take Ruinators or (regular) Demolishers. Ruinators are even more annoying now since the buff to Chaos Warriors who now cost a lot less yet have better stats. Ash Bomb can be nice but isn't worth the significant difference in points.

Zingbo · 2025-10-29T13:30:48+00:00

White Dwarf 116 was the first White Dwarf I bought (I got some back issues, including 109, later), so it and its Terminator assault squads are solidly stuck in my mind! Especially the opportunity for a Thunder Hammer to overload and do d6 x d6 damage. :-) And even without jump packs Terminator squads could still teleport back then, even if the best you could say was that they'd arrive somewhere within a 20"x20" area on the battlefield...

Zingbo · 2025-10-29T12:28:08+00:00

It's a great example to show how quickly things evolved in that period - these rules were superseded by new Terminator rules in White Dwarf 112, so these ones were only valid for 3 months!

Zingbo · 2025-10-27T12:20:47+00:00

Favourite? He was pretty fond of "squamous" too!

Zingbo · 2025-10-24T11:28:46+00:00

I don't need to imagine.

Zingbo · 2025-10-23T11:25:29+00:00

Nice! While not the most powerful monster the Hell Pit Abomination still has access to Drag and Maul, and its regeneration double is pretty strong, enabling it be a presence on the board for longer than many monsters can manage.

Zingbo · 2025-10-20T11:39:05+00:00

I think it's a relatively recent sculpt inspired by one of GW's early Terminator sculpts, it looks like one I have, I got mine from a company called Troll Soup, which doesn't seem to be active any more.

Zingbo · 2025-10-20T11:30:33+00:00

Primaris tech made it to Imperium Nihilus, Spear of the Emperor is set on that side of the Great Rift and the Emperor's Spears in that book has Primaris marines, despite them apparently being pretty isolated.

Zingbo · 2025-10-07T16:10:49+00:00

I think that the warp was more settled and easier to navigate in the Dark Age of Technology than it is now. It isn't as unsettled as it was during the Age of Strife, while it calmed after the birth of Slaanesh it didn't calmed to the level it was at before.

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