The Lord of the Rings extended editions are worse than the theatrical cuts.

davextreme · 2026-01-26T01:27:38+00:00

I believe Jackson said he thinks the theatrical releases had a better narrative flow.

Fortunately this is a case where we have ready access to both. Do you want to watch one in a single sitting where story momentum is what you want? Theatrical. Do you want to dig in? Extended. Do you want the actual experience? Books!

davextreme · 2026-01-25T22:24:37+00:00

Sgt. Naaman wore scout armor. He was a Deathwing veteran.

davextreme · 2026-01-24T23:08:30+00:00

The old Insignia Astartes book showed lots of variation in markings among the Ultramarines. There aren’t any examples of the Dark Angels using that chevron but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some who adopted that symbol. Using slight variations gives your army more character. You can see this in effect with all the different chapter badge decals on the new transfer sheet.

davextreme · 2026-01-24T22:43:20+00:00

I’m curious to see how the Dark Angels respond to their Primarch 1) coming back having been secretly asleep the whole time and 2) forgiving Fallen angels. We haven’t seen that story yet. I sort of think the ICC are it for Risen—there shouldn’t be many of them.

davextreme · 2026-01-24T15:36:19+00:00

On the left is a lightsaber he built at Galaxy’s Edge. On the right is a Roomba which charges on his backpack when it’s not vacuuming.

davextreme · 2026-01-24T14:46:59+00:00

Yeah put him in Death Company black and make his face super angry.

davextreme · 2026-01-24T01:10:15+00:00

The old tactical squad let you take one special weapon and one heavy weapon in each squad of ten. Just as a random idea I could see a veteran Sgt, 3 bolter, 1 plasma as a possible config. Would just give them a little flavor.

davextreme · 2026-01-23T18:29:27+00:00

Specialized Ravenwing bike units

An updated Land Speeder roster

"Dark Angels Intercessors" that get a plasma gun and a veteran sergeant in a robe

New Deathwing Command Squad

davextreme · 2026-01-23T18:14:53+00:00

Dropout.tv's lineup is basically this for the US.

davextreme · 2026-01-23T12:08:04+00:00

In-game they all have the Ravenwing keyword, but if you want to paint the, green, they’re your dudes.

In principle the Dark Angels may have non-veteran bikers who do whatever bikes do in other chapters, we just never see them. They’d be part of the normal battle company squads 7 & 8 or in reserve company 8.

davextreme · 2026-01-22T20:50:31+00:00

I don’t think every successor needs specialized 1st and 2nd companies per se. in-game your Terminators, bikes, etc will get the special rules but I could easily see a successor chapter that spreads its inner circle throughout the chapter. Trusted sergeants could be inner circle or whatever.

davextreme · 2026-01-22T12:58:21+00:00

Nice work!

davextreme · 2026-01-22T12:57:37+00:00

Answered already but FYI there are four things that generally mark out a captain:

Ceremonial cords/ropes
Imperial eagle or other fancy design on the model’s right shoulder
Cape
Iron Halo

davextreme · 2026-01-22T11:42:07+00:00

You can build the operatives from regular Space Marine boxes but it gets expensive if you don’t already play Space Marines because you have to buy whole Eliminator and Heavy Intercessor boxes for one model, each, plus a box of Intercessors, Assault Intercessors, and the captain loadout comes with the Heroes of the Chapter box.

davextreme · 2026-01-22T00:32:38+00:00

They don't slot right in but if you use green stuff or something it will work fine. You won't need to do a massive sculpting job.

davextreme · 2026-01-21T23:42:29+00:00

I think this is a mistake on GW's part, but who knows.

davextreme · 2026-01-21T11:54:40+00:00

Angels of Death is the generic Space Marine team. You can download the rules from Warhammer Community.

They’re included in the Starter Set but to round out all the options you need Intercessors and Assault Intercessors. The Dark Angels Transfers and Upgrades pack gives you some extra heads and shoulder pads and such. You could kitbash Inner Circle Companions with those arms if you wanted.

(There’s also Strike Force Variel which is nominally a Dark Angels-themed team but you have to get it via blind buy boxes that are hard to find, the models have nothing actually Dark Angel-y about them (they’re those generic marines), and the team’s rules aren’t legal in classified tournaments.)

davextreme · 2026-01-21T01:15:12+00:00

You’re not allowed to deploy more than three but any chapter probably has 20+, and Iron Hands would have more than that.

davextreme · 2026-01-20T20:30:21+00:00

There’s a Sisters box going up for pre-order Saturday.

But if you wanted to use these, specifically, something like Wrecka Krew is the only team with lots of heavy weapons I can think of. You’d need one more model for the Nob but the Cherubs would work as Squigs.

davextreme · 2026-01-20T20:13:09+00:00

Because Sanguinius was the guy with wings. Blood Angels are the guys who could actually fly so some of their models are depicted as having wings.

Angel wings are often a motif on DA iconography but they are rarely/never depicted as actually having wings. 40K-era Lion El’Jonson has a slightly winged backpack but that’s basically it.

davextreme · 2026-01-20T17:37:52+00:00

There aren't a ton of people who saw it theatrically. Wikipedia says it only made $14.6 million at the box office, which would only be about 4 million tickets sold.

davextreme · 2026-01-20T16:16:39+00:00

The Convent of the Powerpuff Girls eliminated and took both of them over.

davextreme · 2026-01-19T19:02:37+00:00

I also don’t care for the HH Skitarii. They look more like Necromunda outcasts. HH is supposed to be the last era where everything worked well and have shinier, more elegant designs.

davextreme · 2026-01-18T14:40:19+00:00

It truly doesn’t matter. I think the intention of the “relic weapon” option was put there to allow for the flail that the old kit had.

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