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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11115 on: May 23, 2020, 03:57:48 PM »
Link to the blog of the events pretty much as they're happening is here

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11116 on: May 23, 2020, 06:43:56 PM »
It seems like they're taking eighth ed and mostly keeping the good parts while actually fixing a lot of things people had complaints about?

Man, who knows how long it will last, but it sure is nice to see a major game company being run well for a change, instead of the seeming default state of constantly fighting their customers for imbecilic reasons (which is faaaarrrr from being purely an "Old GW" issue). 


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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11117 on: May 23, 2020, 09:11:42 PM »
Looks like you can keep the codices too which seems a nice step.


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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11118 on: May 23, 2020, 09:38:15 PM »
Yeah, having watched the twitch stream, it looks like they have been heavily play-testing with a select group of players rather than just in house.

It would also appear that they have put some emphasis into narrative campaigns again - called Crusades, and into smaller games with Combat Patrols that can be played in 1hr.

This has my attention as whilst I like what they have been doing miniatures wise for the last few years, I haven't been sold on the rules for quite some time. 8th made terrain quite bland and boring. I'm on the committee of my local gaming club and when I was tasked with finding out what the 40kers were wanting from terrain it was actually quite limited.

Personally, I can also see this being "end times" for the traditional marines - or 1st born as they are now called.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11119 on: May 25, 2020, 07:29:53 PM »
I don't think this has been shown here, apologies if it has.

Designing vehicles for the Imperium - link

Channeling their inner Lexx o_o It's a shame, as there's almost a nice vehicle there  :(


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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11120 on: May 26, 2020, 07:38:02 AM »
I actually kind of like that aircraft. I like a lot of the Adeptus Mechanicus stuff even if I am not a fan of much of the current 40k stuff. The mechanical horses did not do much for me but I love the look of the Skitarii and Rust Stalkers. They are all too expensive for me from new though so I am always scouring EBay for a deal instead. I managed to get some Skitarii but no luck on Rust Stalkers yet.

As for 9th Edition... I have lost track of the editions to be honest. I played Rogue Trader back in the 80's. It is mindboggling to see how the game and universe has evolved over the years. Despite liking the aesthetics of some of the newer Adeptus Mechanicus, the only factions I find interesting are the Tyranids and Tau. The 9th Edition reveal trailer just reminds me how little I like the Imperium of Man and Necrons.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11121 on: May 26, 2020, 09:30:53 AM »
I like its look but … it's very Steampunk and all that, very Dick Dastardly (from 'Wacky Races' and 'Catch the Pigeon' … no? just me?) … but is it 40K? We're talking about a level of technological achievement that transports forces to warzones using interstellar flight but then puts them in flappy bat machines?

But hey, 40K left me behind a long time ago, so who cares about the limits of my belief suspension.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11122 on: May 26, 2020, 12:25:08 PM »
I am with Cubs on this one....does not really work in 40K for me, but I can certainly see it fitting in my own colony world but maybe not with those wings.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11123 on: May 26, 2020, 03:26:57 PM »
Maybe a Tech Priest accidentally uploaded an ancient Wacky Races DVD to an STC machine...
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11124 on: May 26, 2020, 05:32:21 PM »
Perhaps that was an attempt to show the wings were retractable for storage on a carrier vessel and not flappy wings?  Still a bit weird for 40K.  I do dislike the fixed ball side guns sticking out parallel to the vehicle that they have on all their tanks. Seems rather unwieldy and prone to damage
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11125 on: May 26, 2020, 06:27:07 PM »
I believe that was a spoiled a few weeks back in this thread, and the comments were that while it was an odd choice for 40k (and yet people seem to think the Skitarii cavalry are fine...), it was excellent conversion fodder or ripe for use for other things.

So, it's not a bad thing that the model exists.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11126 on: May 26, 2020, 07:01:42 PM »
So, it's not a bad thing that the model exists.

Absolutely.
I can certainly use it and save the wings for something else.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11127 on: May 26, 2020, 08:00:32 PM »
Absolutely.
I can certainly use it and save the wings for something else.
 ;)
yeah using the wings and body for separate projects seems to be the general opionion.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11128 on: May 27, 2020, 03:20:26 AM »
...and yet people seem to think the Skitarii cavalry are fine...

So, it's not a bad thing that the model exists.

Funny you should mention that.  I kind of like the cavalry  :)   They seem at least as useful as the weird flyers every one is getting.  I might get a few of those to go with my other Skitarii units I have collected to paint.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #11129 on: May 27, 2020, 04:44:57 PM »
The cav are a bit too 'hell-bent-for-leather' in their poses for my taste, I suspect the poses will be limited. I could use a few that aren't full gallop. GW doesn't seem to do the open modular thing anymore.

I like the dorky looking flyer myself, might be nice for the Dune project. I just completed the Ramshackle Games ornithopter, so not sure I need one of them though :)
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