New Repulsor Tank + Primaris Space Marine Apothecary & Chaplain Hit
July 29, 2017 by brennon
Games Workshop continues their release of new Primaris Space Marine models with the Repulsor Tank taking the lead for this week's collection of pre-orders in Warhammer 40,000.
The Primaris Repulsor is the new floating tank coming your way for those looking to expand their Space Marine force with some actual Primaris level vehicles.
"The Repulsor armoured transport is a deadly combination of manoeuvrability and raw brute force. Due to the turbine array at its rear, it has tremendous motive power, held aloft by powerful anti-gravitic generators. The Repulsor is so heavily armed and armoured that is doesn’t skim over the landscape but instead crushes the ground below it.
The tank grinds forward with a deep bass thrum, reducing rock to gravel and fallen bodies to smears of gore and powdered bone."
The vehicle is certainly going to take some getting used to in its design. You can actually download the PDF points and power for this particular behemoth HERE and this extends to the new models you'll see below too.
A lot of people who have seen this tank in the flesh have said that it is decidedly more impressive than you might first imagine. So, I reckon head down to your local store and see if it wins you over.
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Matching the tank we also have two new characters for the Primaris with their version of the Apothecary...
...and the Primaris Chaplain too. Each of these models does really hit the nail on the head for me, especially the Chaplain who looks as dangerous and scary as ever!
Chaplains have always been a big part of the Space Marine image and something I've always looked at as a key influence for building armies. Of course, those who collection Blood Angels might like a few of these but all Chapters could find these sprinkled in there.
What do you think of the new models?
"A lot of people who have seen this tank in the flesh have said that it is decidedly more impressive than you might first imagine..."
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Those are very nice. I really like that tank. Not only it looks good but it also makes more sense than origin of Primaris Marines.
Have to say that the repulsor is growing on me, unlike the AA rhino’s (stryker and hunter) which have always looked rubbish in my opinion, makes me wonder what other varients we will see of the “flyno” now, as thats the razor back load out, would like to see a vindy or whirlwind version, or even a predator varient, something very appealing about a floating battery of lascannon….
Model is fine, but I’m a huge fan of Space Marines (and Imperial Guard) being very ‘grounded’ with their armour choices.
I guess I’ve come to love tracks lol
Having recently finished Master of Mankind and thoroughly enjoyed the scenes of Arkhan Land’s personal Land Raider, fully kitted out with repulsur fields instead of tracks, I’m coming round to this beasty.
Agreed. That was part of the grim-dark not so techy estethics.
They have somewhat moved away from that with the primaris. The primaris are taller, less clutter, more round edges. First ultramarine primaris looked almost as ariadna (infinity) heavy infantery. With that direction skimmers are no surprise.
I totally know what you mean @warzan but I think that GW is doing a big shift, call me crazy but I think it maybe two to three years that primarus marines are now just marines, because a lot of people call them true scale marines, and that is how marines are meant to be in scale wise compared to normal people. I would say this a part of a whole redesign. I was talking with someone and basically, they said that there is no reason we would ever use treads if we had access to anti grav tech with… Read more »
Yup primaris are the replacement for old marines 🙂
And I get you on grab, it makes perfect sense… but will be an asthetic loss to me personally 🙂
Didn’t say aesthetically looks good ha ha 😛
But yeah I think that is more about a bussiness plan, but at least they tried their hardest to have it fit the new marine look 🙂
I don’t call them true scale marines as to me those are not that. Besides even if GW did overhaul entire Space Marine range and anger lot of customers with it least I won’t be replacing my existing Space Marines that I have used so much time and money during all these years with new shiny ones.
Not wild about the Repulsor at all, though I do quite like the sculpt on the Chaplin, not enough to buy one, but I do like the look they have gone for.
£22.50 for the character models!!!!!!
I wonder what the sales figures will reach (or if GW have jumped the shark on this one), they’ll probably get it (but not from me alas).
Sooo glad I’d didn’t get sucked back into 40K again. The minis are REALLY tempting…but the price!!!!!
The Stormcast and Khorne character models in AoS were around the same price when released. Now you can find them in loads of different boxed sets for a lot cheaper. Patience seems like a virtue when it comes to GW Character models.
I wonder if its intentional marketing. Shops like PC World/Currys ramp up the price on a product a few months before announcing “BIG SALE 33% OFF RRP”. So the intention isn’t to sell the major sales at these individual prices, but rather in a set (where we then go on to congratulate GW for dropping prices, and rave about how much money we can save).
Interesting view point.
2 static character models (although nice models) for basically the same price as a big primaris tank is rnough to repulse my buy lust
You don’t need the special characters – you get 22 in the space marine half of the starter box – if you can get that for £50 the models are £2.27 a piece
Well, the repulsor is certainly living up to its name… Wouldn’t open my wallet for that lol
Hmm. It does kind of look like a looted land raider.
We might see them built a little differently (maybe the black parts at the black and other parts being left off or repositioned for example) as people start tackling the kit..
The Repulsor seems to look a bit better from this slightly different angle, but it’s still a flying brick., ain’t it? Reminds me more and more of the He-Man Attak Trak, or the Thundertank or something equally cartoony and unlikely. Weirdly, I LIKE the heresy artwork of most of the hover Rhinos and stuff – not sure why they didn’t go toward the more “Nebuchadnezzar” suspension fields (from the Matrix) that those tanks had – they looked kinda boxy, but these solid AG plates look like they weigh more than the tank IMHO. Characters are nice, but suffer from the… Read more »
I like these characters a lot more than the previous duo.
They at least look a bit more interesting.
However I do hope the other races get some new stuff soon, because all this Primaris only stuff is getting boring.
Primaris. The new name for Stormcast.
And the comparison comes full-circle.
Bloody Spacecast. Grumble grumble. 😛
@lunchbox *Genuine laugh* 😀 Thanks
I believe it has been said (maybe it was GW) that this year would concentrate its releases and story mostly on Imperium vs Chaos, and next year, GW would be looking at Xenos, especially those that have been neglected. If I had to take a stab in the dark at which Xenos that includes, I’d pick a) Orks, because the Boyz boxed set is ages old, and I imagine GW are also keen to add some bigger Ork models like the Brutes from the Ironjawz b) Craftworld Eldar; again due to a significant amount of the range being old, as… Read more »
Interesting bit on the Primaris Apothecaries according to the download :
” Primaris Apothecaries cannot be from the Space
Wolves Chapter. … “
@limburger stands to reason, as wolf priests kinda straddle both chaplain and apothecary role, fairly sure apothecaries dont exist for space wolves period.
I hope GW does change the text a bit, because as is it suggests they can be used (“This product can be used in Space Marines, Blood Angels, Deathwatch, Space Wolves and Dark Angels armies.”) and they don’t exist within that chapter.
I guess this means that they could be part of an army that has space wolves, but they can’t be ‘space wolves’ themselves.
It’s a bit confusing to a newbie like me, but it does makes sense now that I know that they’ve got a different character that plays the roles of a chaplain & apothecary.
I can exclusively reveal that I’m not bored of them yet. 🙂
the model’s don’t look bad but when did they get the tec to hover? liking the marines.
Hover Tec was around in the Heresy or even before, Landspeeders still use this tec, but it’s not as common as it was (in the HH Marines had jetbikes) but as the Primaris are all new and awesome Papa Smurf probably dug out some old tech or talked to the mechanicus to build new ones or open their vaults or something.
yes its just strange they suddenly found the technology to move larger vehicles, the inquisition should investigate heretical activity hording technical advances?
Don’t you think Roboute stands above or is even the boss of the Inquisition now? Beeing one of the Emperors loyal sons and all.
no one is beyond the inquisition even the emperor after Horus.
The Emperor himself is exempt from the gaze of the Inquisition, however he’s been sat I the throne room since the battle with Horus.
The Inquisition request help as required by the Astartes or the Mechanicus – they don’t attempt to boss them about.
Any Inquisitor that attempted to investigate Robute would likely be vaporised by the first Ultramarine (or Successor) that he encountered.
The apothecary is nice. The Repulsor is okay, I like the commander’s gatling gun. The chaplain is a missed opportunity. Really dislike those robes. For some reason, plastic robes look exactly like…plastic robes. Almost as bad as the librarian. And robed marines are daft in themselves.
The price is a definite showstopper.
Nothing quite shows your respect for your fellow team mates as having your boot on his carcass.
Well I think he has the geneseed, the thing with the cord but why does it have a cord attached to it, and that is what matters do him, it’s his fallen brothers legacy.
But did it say anywhere in the lore what Marines do with their fallen? Apothecaries harvest the geneseed and Techmarines probably recover armour and weapons but what do thy do with the corpse? Bury it?
The thing on the cord is an open container that he’s about to put the progenoid gland he’s holding in his hand into…
He probably needed to pull that stuff from his body with all of his strenght …
but I’d agree it’s not exactly a pose I’d associate with ‘kindness’ and respect.
The Repulsor is alright, it needs to lose all those wacky missile mail boxes.
That Chaplain, yikes! This is what it’s come to? Instead of a beautiful hand sculpted character that GW can show makes them the best miniatures company in the world.. we get a plain CAD sculpt with details that might as well be textures!? The Chaplains right leg is straight from a Sigmarine, his torso has very poor detail as do the chains and trinkets… will not care for that.
The Apothecary is good for a truescale army conversion.
I love all of it so far actually.
Although there’s a bit much redundancy of the Repulsor’s Krakstorm launchers, apparently one on each side can be switched for Storm Bolters, so that should look better I think.
Struggling to understand GW International pricing model on AU web store for their new range. AUD $140 for the ”Replusor” = GBP £85.20 versus GBP £50.00 list on UK site AUD $84 for the ”SM Codex” = GBP £51.10 versus GBP £30.00 list on UK site AUD $60 for a single ”Primaris Character” = GBP £36.50 versus £22.50 list on the UK site Even allowing for monthly currency hedging and commonwealth import taxes etc the delta is way to high. This is super expensive even for GW which has always been high on price point and I fail to see… Read more »
The Outer Circle did math on his Youtube channel and turned out that price increase in AUS should be when including tax 10% at most but for some reason it’s 40%. And it has nothing to do with currency rates either because even with difference between value of pound and value of AUD difference in prices between two countries should not be as large as it is.
Because direct comparisons with currency and taxes are only one part. You have to look at distribution models, population density and areas where your markets are located.
It does seem out line with the UK – I don’t think I would buy these if I lived over there.
Think I’ll have to wait for the BoW unboxing before deciding about the Repulsor! Loving the character models but not the price. I’ll probably get the chaplain eventually as I’m collecting a Dark Angel successor chapter so the more robes the better! Nothing says 40k like monk-knights in space! I think it’ll help painting the robes a different colour than black, probably a dark green like the DA interrogator chaplain.
I’m really liking the new Primaris Marines – I probably won’t ever start collecting them but to me they’re what Marines should be, towering over regular humans. The two new heroes are no exception to that.
The tank? Not so much. I’m not opposed to the idea of a grav/repulsor tank but I don’t like the way it just looks like a floating land raider.
I like the look of it, but the weapon load-out is a bit OTT Still, easy enough to convert and turn into sci-fi for other systems.
I’d drop the pintle-mount straight away. I think they clutter tanks, especially when they’re manned. (I’m having to scrape them off all my old Dark Angel tanks as I repaint them. My teenage self deserves a slap.)
The random assortment of missile pods would go too. I’d leave the sets over the side doors as I like the idea that they’re some kind of frag barrage to clear the way before troops disembark.
Wow…now here’s a conversation I don’t get to have often. Thank you @irredeemable. 🙂 IMO, I think a pintle mount is essential. It gives a vehicle a 360 degree close support weapon, as the .50 cal does on most western tanks today. I’d be happier if it had a gun shield, but having said that, I’ll take whatever pintle weapons you’re getting rid of. 😉 I agree: the whole missile thing can go, but I also like the idea that you need something for close support, maybe so troops can dismount. For instance, U.S. cav units in Vietnam would strap… Read more »
Sorry… irredeemable 🙂
@irredeemable ! 🙂
I reckon it would look great minus the hull mounted lascannons, some of the missile pods and the co-axial stubber in the turret. I like the turret mounted main gun and the pintle gun. A few close defence pods (as you say, more akin to claymores than missiles) are a nice little detail.
I think my issue with the pintle-mounts was when crewed, it really highlighted the disparity in the scales of the models. You’re looking at a Marine’s upper torso thinking “There’s ten of you and a driver in there?” I much prefer them on the Imperial Guard tanks. And the idea of optional loadouts in the dischargers would be cool. Depending what they’re about to get dumped into (or are fending off!) they could choose what to fire. And the anti-grav works for me too. I know it’s getting a lot of flak from some quarters but I think it looks… Read more »
I like the tank a lot, looks modern but still brutish. Depending on options can look a little overgunned.
Characters are the best yet, apothecary is the stand out to me. Chaplin is solid, not a fan of the pimp cane. Would look very reaperesque with a second postol. Apothecary kit might actually make that a fairly simple conversion.