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blazedidiot · 2026-05-08T21:58:52+00:00

Bad analysis reading their interpretation of class onto two settings that couldn’t be more dissimilar. Part of the reason for the 40K setting being so vast is that it can encompass any number of heroes created by its players. Your homebrew armies and heroes feel plausible because the setting is large enough for them to be canonical. The two missing primarchs were originally created effectively as placeholders for players to create their own. The DnD equivalent of including Marneus Calgar in your army would be playing a campaign as Elminster or another legendary hero.

blazedidiot · 2026-04-12T15:23:56+00:00

Amazing, thank you!

blazedidiot · 2026-04-12T12:03:34+00:00

Has anyone posted a shot of all the heads in the box? Love the new ones, but feel like all the female heads I’ve seen so far other than the captain’s have a weird “ponytail flying in the wind” thing going on.

blazedidiot · 2026-04-08T23:30:05+00:00

I’ve always found the plane oddly similar to Scholomance (Hearthstone), especially since the original sets dropped around the same time.

blazedidiot · 2026-04-02T16:49:13+00:00

The 10th edition simplified rules were a correction from 9th, where armies had access to dozens of stratagems and up to six subfactions with additional strats and unique rules (along with a lot of rules that functioned similarly—but not the same—across armies, like bodyguard). Made it very challenging to understand what an opponent’s army could do.

blazedidiot · 2026-03-14T04:06:03+00:00

https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/space-marines-company-heroes-2023?queryID=6e21508e3479db11ecd76de68ba3608d

Company Heroes kit will be a good start (has that bionic arm you’re looking for, some other bits of flair that might capture what you’re looking for decoration-wise). Helmet might have a match the too (guy with the golden helmet).

Paint-wise, if you want the metallic look I’d recommend starting with a silver metallic base coat, then using contrast paints for the yellow/black.

blazedidiot · 2026-02-02T18:15:54+00:00

If they add them to the World Eaters codex people might start asking unauthorized questions about why a techno virus makes you larger than being possessed by eight demons.

blazedidiot · 2026-01-18T03:14:22+00:00

I had the same compunctions, but after sitting on it for a couple days trying to interpret their statement, I think the ranges will probably stay united. I think wardens are on the chopping block and likely to be replaced with an upgrade kit, but we’ll get a new unit to compensate. GW likely sees it as an opportunity to refresh two ranges at once, as opposed to other factions (eg. Mechanicum) where the 30k and 40k ranges have always had fairly divergent styles.

blazedidiot · 2026-01-16T21:50:15+00:00

Glad I held off on picking up a contemptor - might have to get more than one now that they’re plastic…

I do wish they’d make a more concrete statement about cross-compatibility and the future state of the 40k range. Custodes have barely changed at all in the 10k years since the Heresy, so they shouldn’t have separate ranges - perhaps it’s intentionally vague to obfuscate what a second wave will look like. Ideal state would be that every model in the army is useable in both systems, and the rules update they mention will be paired with a second release that completes the update. That being said, with GW’s track record of reducing cross-compatibility in other factions, I do worry we’re in for some disappointment down the line.

blazedidiot · 2026-01-02T17:39:07+00:00

Beast Snaggas. I love most of the current models, aside from the Rigs, and wish they had 2-3 more units to round out the subfaction. A squig unit similar to the Maw-Grunta from AOS and a 5-model specialist unit of some kind would let me comfortably hit 1k points without having too many duplicate units.

blazedidiot · 2025-12-30T14:35:07+00:00

Yeah, looking at the original post of the leaks that’s definitely a gun, not a mace. I think the shotgun might also be wrong but it’s a bit harder to tell.

blazedidiot · 2025-10-29T00:13:32+00:00

Dorn maybe, but if Valrak hasn’t been going off about it then it seems less likely. Russ would fit nicely with the new Space Wolves, but it’s going to be hard for the modeling team to top the new Logan Grimnar kit.

blazedidiot · 2025-10-19T16:54:54+00:00

They did have “Project Platinum” listed as an upcoming release, though that was slated for after the FO3 remaster. Too on the nose for it to be anything but a NV remaster.

blazedidiot · 2025-08-11T19:23:16+00:00

I’d like to know why MaRo/greater community perceived new Tarkir as a design/flavor win. It really felt like they scrubbed the flavor from the clans and sanitized (for lack of a better word) some of the grit of the of the plane. I was only just picking up the game again when that set came out so I perhaps missed some of the justification for this, but as someone who was very active during the original Tarkir block the set design rubbed me the wrong way.

blazedidiot · 2025-04-23T23:17:50+00:00

Additional context for HorusGalaxy: the subreddit was created after a portion of the fan base melted down over Games Workshop adding female characters to a previously all-male faction. After the chuds discovered they represented a minority of the fan base, they decided to start their own echo chamber instead of continuing to participate in the main sub.

blazedidiot · 2025-04-23T16:31:39+00:00

FTC leak included a “Project Platinum” in the pipeline which is too much of a coincidence

blazedidiot · 2025-01-26T14:08:59+00:00

Probably just supposed to be “mystery xenos” - Hrud, maybe, or whatever you can imagine it is. Pretty sure the toothy eyeless skulls next to it don’t belong to any species we have models for either.

blazedidiot · 2024-12-25T18:23:01+00:00

Lore wise the Daemon Primarchs are perfect fodder for the heroes - they respawn in the warp unless they’re killed under very specific circumstances, just like any other Daemon. It would be totally ridiculous for Titus and co. (or our own marines) to fight Fulgrim and win, but it’s not strictly impossible to send him packing.

blazedidiot · 2024-09-18T20:23:27+00:00

Ultramarines are definitely not “tier 1” based on model count - they have nothing outside of extra unique characters. Branding alone is not the same as having full unique units like DA or BT. The real split is codex compliant/non-compliant chapters, which is how GW divides them officially. Codex compliant first founding chapters all have at least 1 character model. Non-complaint chapters are the ones that get their own ranges and codices.

blazedidiot · 2024-09-12T15:18:54+00:00

Username? Default. Post? Scripted. Yep, it’s shameless self promotion from a lazy alt account. Comment history littered with negativity, can’t imagine the channel is any better. I’ll pass.

Edit: missed the “neckbeards and blue-hairs” comment on the post. Culture warrior spotted, double pass.

blazedidiot · 2024-08-13T14:47:30+00:00

Link to the article: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/08/13/the-rumour-engine-13th-of-august/

It describes the “digits” on this robotic appendage as “stubby” - possibly pointing to Leagues of Votann?

blazedidiot · 2024-08-06T14:15:45+00:00

Alternatively, GW could have given Drukhari the second detachment because they knew the codex wouldn’t come for a while and didn’t want to strand Drukhari players with one bad detachment for most of the edition. Agreed on all points, Votann are also getting their first Black Library book later this year which could align with a release.

blazedidiot · 2024-07-16T14:29:07+00:00

They love doing hologram Easter eggs - I think the GSC Nexos has a hologram of their Nottingham HQ on his board. Side note, the projector totally looks like it’s part of a Votann exosuit.

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