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Offline Argonor

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8280 on: April 19, 2018, 05:13:42 PM »
Warhammer records (that was a thing?!)

Definitely. I recall an album by Man'O'War on the Warhammer label.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8281 on: April 19, 2018, 05:26:24 PM »
Definitely. I recall an album by Man'O'War on the Warhammer label.

I think the most successful band on the label were probably the nightly Bolt Thrower, who are still very good. Their album Realm of Chaos is a british death metal classic and it’s all 40k.

I also remember a band called Laaz Rokkit.

Nowadays they can’t use the original artwork though because they basically lifted it from existing GW sources.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8282 on: April 19, 2018, 08:05:39 PM »
Unfortunately they disbanded a couple of years ago, after their drummer passed away  :(

back to the underwater stuff: that shipwreck seems to be a glorified piece of aquarium decoration
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8283 on: April 19, 2018, 08:54:36 PM »
Unfortunately they disbanded a couple of years ago, after their drummer passed away  :(

back to the underwater stuff: that shipwreck seems to be a glorified piece of aquarium decoration

but given the size it's probably cheaper . the cheapest one on pets at home is £30 .
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8284 on: April 20, 2018, 03:39:27 AM »
Ali express

$12 AUD

24cm long


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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8285 on: April 20, 2018, 10:21:41 AM »
Ali express

$12 AUD

24cm long

But £20-40 shipping if I want it this month. Also while nice, it looks like more of a 15mm scale ship looking at the details. Could be useful for a small pirate project though.

Offline Kommando_J

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8286 on: April 24, 2018, 08:23:59 AM »
Van saar next week, apparently at least one brute(the ambot) gets rules plus pets on top of armory/van saar rules.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/04/22/coming-next-week-the-isharann-doom-lords-and-van-saar/

Also orlock special character soon.





Offline Juxt

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8287 on: April 24, 2018, 09:44:22 AM »
Damn! That's one of the best looking cyber-hounds I've seen.  Pity I don't play sci-fi games that often anymore  :-[

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8288 on: April 24, 2018, 09:51:16 AM »
Well, I've bought into AoS with Khorne Bloodbound. I think with a different paint scheme they can fit into a Japanese-esque gothic dark fantasy setting (ala Berserk), whilst still being useable for AoS.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8289 on: April 28, 2018, 08:56:14 AM »
New necromunda stuff up for pre order at Forgeworld https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-JP/searchResults?N=926345243+995043222

Multi part resin £18 to £20 per figure

Van Saar up as well https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Necromunda-Van-Saar-Gang-2018

£25 for the gang, out 5th May. I've been looking forward to these guys, got a birthday voucher to spend  :D

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Offline MachinaMandala

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8290 on: April 28, 2018, 05:02:23 PM »
Played some Shadespire last night. Actually a really good game, and I enjoyed it.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8291 on: April 28, 2018, 06:39:22 PM »
I had a look at the van sarr sprue pictures. I like bits, But i looked at it for a long time before syaing "well...that's certainly a sprue of bits!"

I was also thinking, for the price, I can't think of a way to get ten figures of comparable quality in any material. The closest comparison i could think of would be infinity minis in terms of style and detail, But you'd still be looking at double that price for ten , and the same for that many malifaux figures.
It just struck me as curious that where GW has pushed plastic figures to insane new levels, Alot of companies have caught up with them in price.


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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8292 on: April 28, 2018, 07:21:34 PM »
I noticed torso and legs separately on the sprue, rather than the 3/4 of a figure they've been pushing recently. I'm hoping they are as generic as they look and the parts aren't keyed together.

However, given that there are only five poses and the duplicate poses look to have the same legs and torsos, I suspect I'm going to be disappointed :'(

The weird ponytails will be the first things to go, but other than that, I get a corporate hit squad vibe from them. I'm not sure I would field them as a single unit, but sprinkled in amongst some other groups they could make good leaders/specialists.

I appreciate that kind of breaks the whole Necromundan gang thing they have going, but I'm thinking of them for use with other rules...

Pricewise the new sets are good value, especially when compared to £18 per Necromundan hero from Forge World announced today.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8293 on: April 28, 2018, 07:52:16 PM »
The weird ponytails will be the first things to go, but other than that, I get a corporate hit squad vibe from them. I'm not sure I would field them as a single unit, but sprinkled in amongst some other groups they could make good leaders/specialists.
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Agree with the above and i am probably going to get some but those tecno-tails have got to go!

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Offline Coenus Scaldingus

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #8294 on: April 28, 2018, 08:11:47 PM »
I also wonder how versatile they will be to assemble, and was pleased by the seemingly flexible layout from looking at the sprue. Although plastic is obviously the easiest material for conversions anyway, I too am quite disappointed with the trend of very much mulitpart but hardly multipose plastics. When weapon X can only be used with body Y, pretty much all gangs just end up looking the same, which I found quite striking with the Goliath and Escher gangs I've seen.

Quite like the Van Saar aesthetic too by the way. When it comes to Necromunda and Bloodbowl, I think they have generally done a pretty fantastic job reimagining the various teams/gangs, retaining the core elements of their design, but making them so much more modern looking.
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