A First Look at The New Black Templar Marshal Weapon Options and Sprue

 Hey all! Pretty interesting news today over on reddit.

After mishap with their Hexfire order, Reddit user u/jazzhandskreiger accidentally received the unreleased Black Templar Marshal model, fresh on it's sprue, in place of the recently-released Castellan Crowe model.

The reddit post also gives us a good look at what the sprue will look like for the new Black Templar Marshal, as well as giving insight into possible weapon and wargear options!

The wargear options I can discern from this sprue are as follows:

• Power Sword
• Power Axe
• Combi-flamer
• Plasma Pistol

I'm hopeful that this will be the first Primaris* Character we've had in a while that actually has flexibility in it's loadout options, allowing more of a mix-and-match, as opposed to set loadout variants. 

One thing I am confused to see is a complete lack of closed-off helmet options, with the sprue appearing to only contain open helmets and empty heads. I will probably be putting a helmet/alternate head from my bits box on here, especially if it coincides more with Marshal Reinhardt.

This guy may just be the spiritual successor to the Black Templar Marshal of old. It's always great to see older models reimagined. 

It's refreshing to see some actual wargear options on what is presumably a monopose kit. I'm looking forward to magnetising this guy or, alternatively, having some extra power weapon bits complete with chained wrists for my bits box. 

Just a short post to quickly jump on this news! See you in the next one!

Cheers, 

Ryan.

*Yes, technically he could still be firstborn. Especially since Primaris would not be caught dead with a combi-weapon but hey...

Games Workshop Celebrates A Million Online Customers with Exclusive Sergeant Castus Miniature

 Games Worshop seems to be squeezing the most out of October's Black Templar releases by releasing an exclusive miniature for orders over the low price of £150 ($205). They recently announced this massive milestone in a Warhammer Community post along with a short promotional video.

The model itself appears to be an Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Chainsword and Plasma Pistol, featuring an awesome-looking 40mm scenic base. As someone who will be throwing money at GW come October, I'm looking forward to grabbing this guy. My only issue is the game legality, similar to sergeant Jovan, Castus comes on a 40mm base which, while legal since its the one he comes with, is irritatingly inconsistent. But of course, he's a display model so I'm nit-picking.

The mind boggles at what HQs this chap could be converted to with that 40mm base and cool-ass pose. Sergeant Castus will be available to grab for free with orders of at least £150 from now until the 28th of October. 

What about you guys? Do you like this limited-time model? Hit me up in the comments or over on Instagram (@fistful of beans).

I've got very little going on today so I hope you guys are enjoying an afternoon full of small posts :)

Cheers, 
Ryan.

Shots fired at Wahapedia

 Hey all! It would appear that Games Workshop's legal team is going after Wahapedia now, not that any of us are really too shocked. Wahapedia stands as the main source of datasheets, missions, and codex content. The main thing that separates it from the books themselves is it's utilitarian site design and no-fluff content deliverance, lacking most art and lore. This makes the codices, at least in my opinion, still worth the purchase.  This is summed up well in Wahapedia's own 'Legal' notice (below).

In a post over on Wahapedia's Patreon, it was revealed that GW have allowed 14 days for all the site's info to be taken down, or face further legal action.

While the first few statements declared by the email outline what GW and Warhammer are, the email quickly gets down to brass tacks, making the obvious statement that Games Workshop's data and text are not Wahapedia's to distribute. It additionally points out that the site and it's owner(s) are profiting from it, and that is obviously a no go. 

Games Workshop have officially given Wahapedia, and those who run it, 14 days to remove any "significant" infringement of their content, along with any quoted text or data from their books. 

This does not bode well for other data sites such as BattleScribe and it's community-sourced 40K Repos, especially since Games Workshop would probably prefer that you use their app to write your lists. I nearly threw up in my mouth typing that last bit. 

Either way, in his patreon post, Vyacheslav of Wahapedia seems to be taking the whole thing very well, stating no ill-will to GW and even asking the community to find the fun in the situation and create memes. All in all, a good sport.

What do you think of Wahapedia's takedown? Corporate seal-clubbing or justified infringement-removal? 

More stuff on the way soon.

Cheers, 

Ryan.