The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Predatorpt]

Just saw a review of the terrain for Shadow War and it looks great 

[Elbows]

The terrain is definitely the highlight.  Sadly you'd need perhaps three boxes to get a decent table covered, but it's a nice design - cool to see modular stuff.  I like the included bits which would allow you to match other terrain to the aesthetic.

[Andrew May]

Am I the only one that doesn't like the terrain? The colour scheme might be putting me off as much as anything but it doesn't look very in keeping with GW imperial aesthetic. If it's 40k I want my factories to have gothic arches and millions of skulls tbh, this isn't doing it for me. The castellated gantry bits are weirdest imho, looks almost Orky?

[Major_Gilbear]

The terrain isn't really quite what I'd hoped for (given the original Necromunda terrain aesthetic, anyway), but seems to fit in reasonably well with the other Imperial stuff they've released previously. That is, not just the Cities of Death, but the Promethium Pipes, the Power Plant, etc.

Looks like I won't be buying it regardless of my feelings though, so... <shrug>.

[Ray Rivers]

I think the terrain is very awesome. Not much interested in the game, per se.

My feeling is that it works for just about any SciFi game you want to play with it.

Add in already available terrain such as the Void Shied Generator, Haemotrope Reactor, Promethium Relay Pipes, containers and accessories and you can really pack out a gaming board very easily.

[Andrew May]

Looks nice painted imho

[horridperson]

@Andrew May

I agree.  Viewing it as a fantasy sculpt rather than historically accurate depiction of armour it looks very sharp with such a nice paint job.  The form may be stylized but she hasn't been turned into cheesecake reduced to sporting a chainmail bikini.  There are some really bad miniatures out there so I'm surprised this one took as much heat as it has here.

[beefcake]

How long has this been up. Old school BB minis in METAL!

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NZ/Boxed-Games?N=3139375953+1894043718&_requestid=8903262

[Andrew May]

What a time to be alive!

[Hobgoblin]

@Andrew May

I agree.  Viewing it as a fantasy sculpt rather than historically accurate depiction of armour it looks very sharp with such a nice paint job.  The form may be stylized but she hasn't been turned into cheesecake reduced to sporting a chainmail bikini.  There are some really bad miniatures out there so I'm surprised this one took as much heat as it has here.

For me, the most glaring thing that's wrong with it is the size of the hammer. It just reads wrong - as it does for the original batch of Sigmarines. The size of the head suggests that it's a Larp weapon wrought of ... foam. It upsets the balance of the figure, and I'm sure it violates some principle of sculpture. For it to make any visual sense, the weapon-head has to be virtually weightless.

A conventional, small, sharp warhammer head that finishes where the current one starts would look far better, I think - and would actually make the figure look more heroic/angelic/god-like.

I thought the recent Sigmar cavalry with smaller, pierced axe-heads looked much better than the infantry in this respect. Less, as so often, is more.

Having just watched a documentary on the Towton skeletons, which showed the wounds that the relatively small heads of real warhammers inflicted, I can't fathom why anyone would think that making a warhammer bigger makes it look more menacing.

[Gibby]

Probably because she'll be fighting giant monsters, obscenely muscly warriors enfused with evil magic, and generally existing in a universe where there's a magic metal for every purpose. Not to mention the Stormcasts are 7-8 foot tall superbeings who probably use normal, realistic sized hammers as tooth picks. The whole AoS look is always going to be absurb in terms of proportions - not least the insane weaponry on offer.

[Mason]

Probably because she'll be fighting giant monsters, obscenely muscly warriors enfused with evil magic, and generally existing in a universe where there's a magic metal for every purpose. Not to mention the Stormcasts are 7-8 foot tall superbeings who probably use normal, realistic sized hammers as tooth picks. The whole AoS look is always going to be absurb in terms of proportions - not least the insane weaponry on offer.

That is because GW is just sooooo Money-Supermarket.....

[Andrew Rae]

I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think Hobgoblin likes oversized weapons.

[Momotaro]

That is because GW is just sooooo Money-Supermarket.....

Now I have a mental image of Duncan in hotpants and stilettos.  You bastard

[thenamelessdead]

That is because GW is just sooooo Money-Supermarket.....

I think they are more confused.com...

Nice to see some old skool BB minis but from what I have seen they don't even remotely scale with the new ones. And some of it is well priced while some is ludicrous - two bull centaurs are worth the same as an entire Chaos Dwarf team apparently!