Since these stumpy, carapace-armoured human troopers are the backbone of the vast majority of Guard armies on the 40K tabletop, with most army lists fielding at least 30 – and up to 90 – of them, Astra Militarum players have had to paint scores of the same ten goofy faces for years. If the sprues have loads of alternate faces, gun options and accessories, some will complain it costs too much, and is stuffed with bits they won’t use.Īstra Militarum players have painted the same ten goofy faces for yearsĪnd, on the other hand, in all that time, the standard Cadians box has only included two of the five special weapons available to a standard infantry squad (grenade launcher and flamer), with the other three (plasma gun, melta gun and sniper rifle) only available in the separate Command Squad kit.
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For in-game mechanical reasons, they’ll still see extensive use in tabletop battles, but they’ll look increasingly rubbish, and out of place among their newer, snazzier counterparts.Īnd, second: any kit with multiple construction options will inevitably annoy some people because of the numbers of certain components it does, or doesn’t, include. When you’ve been releasing as many different boxed plastic model kits as GW has, for as long as GW has – and especially if you improved your manufacturing technology halfway through, to produce far more detailed and dynamic-looking models – you end up with quite a long queue of ‘ugly ducklings’.
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#WARHAMMER 40K IMPERIAL GUARD MODELS UPDATE#
Anyone who’s dipped more than half a toe into the Warhammer fandom (whether Warhammer 40K or Warhammer Age of Sigmar) comes to learn at least two fundamental laws of this particular nerdiverse, and both are highly relevant to 40K’s new-and-improved Cadian Shock Troops kit.įirst: whatever stupendous new sculpted-plastic glories Games Workshop makes, there will always be several tribes of fans for whom all their troubled heart desires is an update to some poor, forgotten units in their army of choice, instead.