Okay. I lied. I know in my last post, I said I wasn't going to bust open a lot of boxes and start going to town assembling them and painting them. I totally lied. On the plus side, because I'm still here in Albany (http://www.zombie-planet.com/. You should come.), I can't put everything together. But I can still bust open those boxes. Some initial impressions:
I started with the scouts. Because the last time I played this game, scouts only came in metal miniatures, and I was curious to see what they did with the new plastics. Overall, I'm happy with the set, but I'm disappointed in a few things. First of all, the heads look funny. You would think Games Workshop would get the scale down. I was thinking of head swaps between my space marines and scouts, but now I think that may look comical. Also, they molded camo cloaks on the scouts with sniper rifles. I don't want the cloaks. I hate to paint cloaks, nor did I equip my army with them. They could have modeled the damn cloaks separately. I had to buy another box of scouts for conversions (though now that I look at the models, this looks like it'll be a bitch).
Special disappointment is reserved for the decal sheet. I'm not good with painting logos and insignias. I don't have a steady hand. So I rely on the decals. I think that in the 20 years I've been involved in this hobby, GW has never changed the damned decal sheet. I want to use the variant squad markings, but they're red and won't look good with my color scheme. I would prefer them to be in white or black. No. Not an option. Same with the squad numbers. I've always been a fan of the arabic numerals on the sheet, but I don't want them in white. Also, could we have numbers besides 2, 3, 6, and 7?! I would like a 4 and 5, please. (Yes, I know I could apply the decals, then paint over them, using them as a guide. Go back up to the part where I said I don't have a steady hand). Really, GW it would be nice if you updated your decal sheet and provided some more options. I know you can do it because every other army you put out gets a new goddamned decal sheet.
Then I looked at the captain, because, again, I'm used to those being metal. Wow! Mad cool! You get a half dozen shoulder pads, each one different. Three heads (though it appears GW has mold issues, because there's a lot of flash. Same problem with scouts), each really cool. Again, they modeled the damn cape to the miniature, but that's less of a problem here. I can just use the body from a regular space marine. I'll have a lot of them considering the number of tactical squads I bought for conversions. Finally, I like the selection of weapons in the box; I can easily make the captain I want.
Finally, I popped the cherry on the box of terminators. There is a whole lotta love in that box. It looks like the models assemble in a ball-and-joint fashion, meaning I should be able to place them in the poses I want. The details are really cool, too; the shoulder pads, powerfists, and other fiddly bits just make this look like it'll be a whole lot of fun to assemble and paint. I can't wait.
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