Back in the day my first mins was Space marines, Dark angles to be specific but back in the 90's painting Deathwing was a chore and a half. I always wanted to build a Deathwing army but decided not to. Cause I would rather be tortured by an interrogator chaplain!!! However with contrast it seems much more doable so preordered the set from GW because the 3rd party sites were destroyed and my cart kept on being reset and being logged out. Even got booted out of the GW queue once, was in the queue and was at the front to access then turned 10am then the queue was reset and had to wait additional 20min on top of the initial 10mins.
damn that sounds like a huge pain in the rear. I hope you can see your vision become a reality. Fielding a huge Deathwing army is (I'm sure) every Dark Angel players dream!
To be honest I am ok with the Deathwing Terminators losing a kit. They lose options which is a shame, and the command squad loss is simply not a good desicion, but I have the old guys and the leg armour was a little ugly and dated looking to me. I like the frame with plasma gun and if I were to get more I'd add on some feather bits and tilting shields to the terminator kits. I like simple, striking designs more than overdetailed ones for the most part, and with Terminators less is better. Same as the maces. People forget maces aren't all spiky but mostly club-like.
Not sure who would buy this box given the leaked codex and all the nerfs to Deathwing and DA? Command squad and Strikemaster gone, weapons loadout restricted. Inncer Circle companions are worse than bladeguard...
I'm not sure everyone that gets their hands on this boxset will see it that way. Many love the models and they were going to pick this one up regardless. Value is always perception.
If all you care about is the bleeding edge meta, you probably should already own everything. Or never enjoy anything while waiting for the next update.
Belial returns with a whole whack tonne of terminators and the new Deathwing Knights!
Thanks for posting this awesome box opening, Kris! I've been hooked on these guys ever since the 1993 Space Hulk PC game!
Glad you enjoyed!
Slightly tempted by this but I don't think I need quite that many guys - probably gonna pick up a box of Knights and an upgrade frame at some point
I think me and many others would appreciate a deathwing bone armor tutorial. Perhaps with different techniques
Great idea! I will see what I can do!
Thanks for this. I am so happy I was able to cancel my preorder for this disaster box.
Thanks for the unboxing, the box is great but I was sad that the Codex did not bring more details about the companies and banners 😢
Good point!
Awesome unboxing buddy!!!
Thanks for the visit
Weird question but how heavy is the box? Had to get my box from overseas and they ship by weight
it has substantial weight. Whack tonne of frames and a book.
Back in the day my first mins was Space marines, Dark angles to be specific but back in the 90's painting Deathwing was a chore and a half. I always wanted to build a Deathwing army but decided not to. Cause I would rather be tortured by an interrogator chaplain!!! However with contrast it seems much more doable so preordered the set from GW because the 3rd party sites were destroyed and my cart kept on being reset and being logged out. Even got booted out of the GW queue once, was in the queue and was at the front to access then turned 10am then the queue was reset and had to wait additional 20min on top of the initial 10mins.
damn that sounds like a huge pain in the rear. I hope you can see your vision become a reality. Fielding a huge Deathwing army is (I'm sure) every Dark Angel players dream!
Wait... Chaos termies with thunder hammers?! 😳
To be honest I am ok with the Deathwing Terminators losing a kit. They lose options which is a shame, and the command squad loss is simply not a good desicion, but I have the old guys and the leg armour was a little ugly and dated looking to me. I like the frame with plasma gun and if I were to get more I'd add on some feather bits and tilting shields to the terminator kits. I like simple, striking designs more than overdetailed ones for the most part, and with Terminators less is better.
Same as the maces. People forget maces aren't all spiky but mostly club-like.
You paid for plastic scraps? GW nerf them so much … 😳
Not sure who would buy this box given the leaked codex and all the nerfs to Deathwing and DA? Command squad and Strikemaster gone, weapons loadout restricted. Inncer Circle companions are worse than bladeguard...
For me it’s just for cool looking models. I clearly don’t play too much
I'm not sure everyone that gets their hands on this boxset will see it that way. Many love the models and they were going to pick this one up regardless. Value is always perception.
If all you care about is the bleeding edge meta, you probably should already own everything. Or never enjoy anything while waiting for the next update.
I just paint, so lots of termites for me to. Paint on. Never played 40k
Rules are always temporary. Sometimes very temporary. "Rule of cool" Trumps everything.
Btw, this is coming from somebody not buying this box.
I was excited for this but after seeing the codex, I've shelved my DAs. Absolute garbage.
Currently in the queue 😅
And got it :)
Would be nicer if they ACTUALLY had enough boxes to not run out…
New combat patrol looks to be a serious downgrade :-(. Character, 10 intercessors(?), 5 hellblasters and 3 blade guard.
Sadly I won’t be buying this garbage