Games Workshop has unveiled a new drop pod kit for the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game. In the updated drop pod model, the developers have removed the storm bolter and the Deathwind launcher, but the doors are now fixed in an open position.
According to the team, the kit is now much easier to assemble and has also received updated reference materials (referring to the Datasheet), which will be available as a free download in the future. Additionally, when assembling the drop pods, hobbyists will be able to add stone fragments and chunks of earth under the doors.
Each box will contain two drop pods, and it is not yet known when this new release will hit the shelves.
Drop pods are launched from low orbit in space, functioning much like escape pods. Inside each armored cocoon of ceramite and plasteel sits a squad of Space Marines.
The descent is so perilous that only genetically enhanced Space Marines can withstand the pressure changes, bone-crushing turbulence, and heightened gravity that accompany the planetfall.
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