New Space Marines HQ – Captain, Librarian & Chaplain

It is clear by now that the upcoming release of Space Marines miniatures will break with the “pattern” established by the flurry of releases for Warhammer 40K in the first half of 2013.

No large walker. No flyers. Lots of infantry, such as the awesome new Vanguard Veterans.

And… a rather thorough release of plastic HQ sprues, including a new Space Marines Captain, a new Space Marines Librarian and a new Space Marines Chaplain, who may or may not become available only as part of a Reclusiam Command Squad box/package.

Either way, here’s a look at the three!

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#1 – Space Marines Plastic Command

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#2 – Ultramarine Centurions Devastators

There is also a new look at the new Space Marines Centurions in Ultramarines colours.

The Centurions are very obviously the most contentious new Warhammer 40K miniature from this release, if not from the entire year (Riptide, Wraithknight and all). The blue, however, shows them in a slightly more favourable light than the yellow of the Imperial Fists, I believe.

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#3 – Thoughts?

The new Space Marines command seems nice. Having those guys in plastic can never hurt. I am big fan of the Librarian with the little cherub floating above his shoulder. The Chaplain, however, is (in my humble opinion) not quite as good as the Dark Angels Chaplain from the Dark Vengeance box. He is, however, free of the highly distinctive Dark Angels iconography.

What do you think?

How are you looking at the new Space Marines, now that we’ve all had a day or so to digest the first visuals?

Leave a comment!

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