Dr Mathias  | 15 May 2008 8:07 p.m. PST |
Howdy,
I've been out of the 40K scene for a few years. I was wondering if GW ever produced a seprate shoulder pad that has studs all over it, like the old metal and plastic beaky armor had. Also, has there ever been a terminator honor shoulder pad?
Thanks! |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 15 May 2008 8:34 p.m. PST |
No on studded shoulder pads, yes on terminator honor ones (in both pewter and plastic). |
| crewchiefmodels | 15 May 2008 9:46 p.m. PST |
I remember some for Ultra Marines about 10 years ago. |
| Dr Mathias | 15 May 2008 10:06 p.m. PST |
Hmm, thanks for the info…
Also, I feel like I saw a competitor, that is to say non-GW company, that made a bunch of different shoulder pads as well. Anyone recall the company? |
| CATenWolde | 15 May 2008 10:43 p.m. PST |
There is a single spikey shoulder pad included for each of the new plastic squads – so two per box of 10 figures. I'm pretty sure that TheWarStore.com sells bags of the spikey shoulder pads as loose parts. Same goes for the beaked helmet. |
| Logopolis | 16 May 2008 2:24 a.m. PST |
Black Ork games does the shoulder pads you're thinking of. link |
| Brother Tiberius | 16 May 2008 3:42 a.m. PST |
Yes to both, in the newer plastic sets. Definitely Terminator Honors in the command squad plastic box and the studded ones in the tactical squad box. |
| blackscribe | 16 May 2008 7:18 a.m. PST |
The greatest shoulder pad mystery I know of is the lack of one with normal tactical squad markings. |
| Parmenion | 16 May 2008 9:53 a.m. PST |
They've definitely done metal terminator honours pads, I've got a bunch of them. The only studded pads I know of are the original RT ones and the later plastic ones that CATenWolde mentioned – no metal ones, so far as I'm aaware. blackscribe, I'm confused by your comment about a lack of tactical markings. What's wrong with the tactical pads shown on this page? link |
| Parmenion | 16 May 2008 9:53 a.m. PST |
PS – that link also shows the terminator honours pads! |
| Dr Mathias | 16 May 2008 10:08 a.m. PST |
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| blackscribe | 16 May 2008 10:33 a.m. PST |
*None* of those are the standard codex tactical marking. It's a filled-in arrow. That way you can put the squad number on it. |
| Parmenion | 16 May 2008 10:37 a.m. PST |
Isn't tactical pad 1 a solid double-headed arrow? There used to be a third variant available, I can't remember how that looked. They've definitely done at least one version with a solid arrow, either vertical or a horizontal double-headed arrow. Forgive me if I don't know what the 'standard' codex marking is these days – I've been with 40k since Rogue Trader, and the 'standard' has changed many times since then!  |
| blackscribe | 16 May 2008 12:58 p.m. PST |
The double-headed arrow is the type used by the Dark Angels. There is indeed a filled-in one of those. However, the most common type of pad in the Imperium (Codex tactical) is not one of the ones available. |
