Goatboy right here trying on the GW 40K previews, and what these Vespids and Tempestor Aquilons imply for the sport’s future.
Fortunately we bought previews to tide us over as we look ahead to Blood Angels to lastly come out. Nicely not all of the previews we wish because it was simply Kill Group but it surely does give us some thought on what we’ll see sooner or later.
The GW Preview was for the brand new Kill Group Hivestorm set with two new “models” for the respective armies. One among them was an replace to a military with a full codex and the opposite is one thing I count on will probably be ready some time for. Let’s speak in regards to the T’au Empire replace and what it actually means if you have a look at it and the way forward for different historical fashions.
The Vespids replace is a reasonably neat one, because it is among the first occasions we noticed an outdated resin unit get reprinted in a brand new codex. I knew an up to date equipment was coming as a result of why waste the printed area for such an outdated unit. This offers me some hope for a few of 40K’s different historical models, and perhaps a manner to take a look at issues that might get rebuilt and up to date.
Hiya Vespid Stingwings!
Trying on the Vespids we see a very up to date equipment with new weapons, totally different loadouts, and a complete shift of their general look. I’m a giant fan of the design because it seems extra wasp-like which is a cool factor. It’s a fairly distinctive look within the 40K universe and I’m glad the one unit is tweaked with a brand new equipment. I don’t assume we want an analogous Kroot overhaul for this feature however having a cool bounce pack equal unit for a military designed round “cooperation” between races is a neat factor.
What About Aeldari?
The place does this lead into future stuff? We’ll it in all probability means we’ll truly get to see two new up to date “bounce” fashion models for the Aeldari. I do marvel if we nonetheless received’t see a Warp Spider till subsequent yr however on the very least we should always see Swooping Hawks as they presently match this yr’s theme of Kill Group and multi-layered video games. It additionally provides me hope we’ll see among the different Leap kits get updates like Raptors for Chaos House Marines and Stormboyz for Orks.
Tempestor Aquilons
On the opposite aspect of the Kill Group field we’ve got some new Scion Tempestor Aquilons with bounce packs and I believe they give the impression of being fairly distinctive. They match the general theme of the Scion fashion for the Astra Militarum, however they’re tweaked to suit the brand new “sizes” of Cadians. They’re slight stretched out, which makes them really feel much more distinctive trying in comparison with among the different bounce stuff that finally ends up feeling sort of chubby. My solely actual challenge with them is that they virtually really feel over designed with all of the straps on them which could make them a little bit of a ache painting-wise.
Additionally, Terrain!
Lastly the opposite attention-grabbing bit in all of that is the Killteam terrain within the field seems like a great deal of partitions and different bits which brings a ton of worth to anybody wanting to construct up their 40K terrain. With the push to make use of flat areas to “base” how the terrain sits on the desk you may simply see how simply having a ton extra partitions and different mechanic bits will probably be useful in making a scene to play on. Plus all of the constructing bits look fairly cool.
I don’t know if this launch means will see a fast Codex for Astra Militarum however we’ll simply should see. I count on that ebook to have a complete launch replace like among the House Marine complement armies with a slew of “new” fashions to cowl a few of their lacking items. Actually the thrilling bit from this replace is the actual fact the Kill Group Terrain within the boxed set seems very helpful, and it is perhaps simple to get a batch of it to make just a few cool non-mdf lined tables sooner or later.
Are you group Vespids, or Aquilons?
Thomas Reidy, aka Goatboy, the ever-evil member of BoLS. I do arts, play 40k, and even paint a whole lot of stuff. I’ve been taking part in Warhammer 40K because the Nineties, and have received a number of nationwide occasions together with Adepticon and GW GTs. I have been writing for BoLS for 15 years. Take a look at my Instagram to see what I’m engaged on – or engaged on for somebody. I’m all the time doing one thing pastime associated.
