Unboxing Legiones Astartes Heavy Bolter and Missile Launcher set

Join me as I examine the contents of the Heavy Bolter and Missile Launcher weapon set!
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[@DarkKnightCuron]

Can confirm, from the ye olde days of 4th edition, Missile Launchers and Heavy Bolters rock!

[@atomgrav6861]

WHERES MY SHOULDER MOUNTED HEAVY BOLTER Absolute peak design… it looks like I might be able to kit bash it out of what comes in that box. Only ones out there are Pewter. they make new models ridiculously top heavy.

[@crazysithslave]

That sounds strange... why would the sergeant have a heavy weapon also?

[@DrBanzai]

30K legion squad rules; you can give the sergeant of a heavy weapon squad different weapons, but generally you’re better served leaving him with a heavy weapon he comes with as default EDIT FOR CLARITY

[@johnliller]

It's been awhile since I collected and played, but it seems like they cut the per box number of marines in half and are also selling the once included heavy weapons separately. Am I assessing the situation correctly? Are they also selling the special weapons separately too?

[@DrBanzai]

So yes and no; 40k marines came 10 to a box, with parts for a special weapon, heavy weapon and parts for a sergeant. The new Age of Darkness marines come 20 to a box, with options for up to 2 sergeants, 2 Vexillas (squad banners), Vox casters, all armed with bolters, because the way that squads in Age of Darkness are organized, IE, a tactical squad literally everyone has a bolter and that’s it, with some exceptions, and a heavy weapon squad everyone has the identical heavy weapon, including the sergeant, so you could have a 10 man squad of all missile launchers. So I lament the fact they didn’t include a few special/heavy weapons on the basic marine sprue, I understand because these minis are primarily for age of darkness not 40k.

[@johnliller]

@@DrBanzai Ah, Crusade and Heresy Era rules and minis. Ok. Thought this was just updated armor variant minis for 40K.

[@DrBanzai]

Prior to 10th, you absolutely could have used them; if you play One Page Rules, you can still use them for that game with little problem. Currently a box of 10 “Primaris” (current generation marines for 40K) is about $60 USD; with the Age of Darkness marines, either Mk III or VI, come in boxes of 20 for $80 USD. Combined with a typical 10-15% off you can find places, it’s slightly less painful to build an army.

[@johnliller]

@@DrBanzai I didn't make it past 4th Ed. I bought all the new models, all the box sets I needed to convert my custom rules Space Marine army. $2,000+ of new minis flushed when they dumped the custom chapter rules. Never even got to table the army. Had just finished converting a terminator command squad with standard bearer, apothecary and techmarine. That squad alone was about $300. I rage quit like a 5yo flipping the monopoly board, lol.

[@DrBanzai]

Oh I totally get it. GW has never handled edition transitions well.

[@brunneng38]

The biggest scam of all GW scams.