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Warhammer 40K: Primaris Marines Are Done Now, Right?

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Sep 15 2020
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With the last reveal and codex out in October, the Primaris Space Marine Range is now complete and revealed. Right? RIGHT?!

So back in July, we got our first tease of the upcoming Space Marine codex and we got a listing for all the new units. Well…most of them. We think. It was a little hard to tell but here was the old list:

Unit Listings From Space Marine Codex TOC – Primaris Only

PRIMARIS CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN WITH MASTER CRAFTED HEAVY BOLT RIFLE

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CAPTAIN IN PHOBOS ARMOR

CAPTAIN IN GRAVIS ARMOR

PRIMARIS LIEUTENANT

LIEUTENANT IN REIVER ARMOR

LIEUTENANT IN PHOBOS ARMOR

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PRIMARIS LIBRARIAN

LIBRARIAN IN PHOBOS ARMOR

PRIMARIS CHAPLAIN

PRIMARIS CHAPLAIN ON BIKE

PRIMARIS TECHMARINE

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SERVITORS

INTERCESSOR SQUAD

ASSAULT INTERCESSOR SQUAD

HEAVY INTERCESSOR SQUAD

INFILTRATOR SQUAD

INCURSOR SQUAD

PRIMARIS APOTHECARY

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PRIMARIS ANCIENT

BLADEGUARD ANCIENT

VETERAN INTERCESSOR SQUAD

BLADEGUARD VETERAN  SQUAD

JUDICIAR

REIVERS SQUAD

AGGRESSOR SQUAD

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INVICTOR TACTICAL WARSUIT

REDEMPTOR DREAD

OUTRIDER SQUAD

INVADER ATV SQUAD

SUPPRESSOR SQUAD

INCEPTOR SQUAD

STORM SPEEDER HELLSTRIKE HAILSTRIKE

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STORM SPEEDER ??? (Hammerstrike)

STORM SPEEDER ??? (Thunder Strike)

ERADICATOR SQUAD

HELLBLASTER SQUAD

ELIMINATOR SQUAD

FIRESTORM SERVO-TURRET

GLADIATOR LANCER

GLADIATOR REAPER

GLADIATOR VALIANT

REPULSOR

REPULSOR EXECUTIONER

IMPULSOR

HAMMERFALL BUNKER

The key units there are the ones in RED. Now, after this past weekend, we have seen all of those units.

At this point the Primaris Space Marines are done. Well, according to the Codex TOC – yep! This is the last batch of new units coming. The Storm Speeder is clearly the replacement for the Land Speeder. And the Heavy Intercessors and New Captain are replacements for…I’m not sure? Devastators maybe? Terminators? I dunno.

Look – that’s not the point.  The point is that the Primaris Marines have direct analogs to the old Classic Marines so we’re good now! We just hit peak Primaris and there aren’t any more kits that could possibly be redone at this point, right?

  • Land Raiders -> Repulsors
  • Predators -> Gladiators
  • Rhino/Razorback -> Impulsor
  • Whirlwind/Drop pod -> Hammerfall Bunker
  • Land Speeder -> Storm Speeder
  • Attack Bike -> Invader ATV
  • Bikes -> Outriders
  • Dreadnoughts -> Redemptor Dreadnought
  • Thunderfire Cannon -> Firestorm Servo Turret (kinda)

…etc. You get the idea, I hope. Games Workshop can stop with the Primaris Marine because I think they checked all the boxes. We got the Tanks, Infantry, and Support options covered. It’s not like there is a Primaris unit that is missing from any key category at this point, right?! We can slap them with the rubber stamp and call it done now and move on to other stuff.

Oh Sonuva!!! Flyers! Well crap. The Storm Raven and Storm Talon (and others)! It seems that an entire category of units has escaped the Primaris Protocol. But it’s just one option, so I’m sure that it’s just one final thing GW will save for next edition, right?

Anti-Air! Bah!!! Dedicated Anti-Air tanks like the Stalker and Hunter. Hmm. You could make a case against them due to the fact that Primaris already have a ton of smaller Icarus weapons on many of their existing vehicles. Or maybe GW is going to keep that one in their back pocket for the edition AFTER next when the Space Marines get a new Primaris Flyer and they need something to shoot them out of the skies now.

Are we done with new Primaris Space Marines before the Codex? Probably. Is GW ready to be done with the Primaris Space Marine Range in total? For now

 

So how many editions before we get a new Primaris Flyer? And what do you name it? Storm Hammer Razor Raven Talon?

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Author: Adam Harrison
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