The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Momotaro]

Not for me really, but a lovely model.  Reminds me a little of the description of Rumour in the Aeneid:

Rumour, compared with whom no other is as swift.
She flourishes by speed, and gains strength as she goes:
first limited by fear, she soon reaches into the sky,
walks on the ground, and hides her head in the clouds.
Earth, incited to anger against the gods, so they say,
bore her last, a monster, vast and terrible, fleet-winged
and swift-footed, sister to Coeus and Enceladus,
who for every feather on her body has as many
watchful eyes below (marvellous to tell), as many
tongues speaking, as many listening ears.
She flies, screeching, by night through the shadows
between earth and sky, never closing her eyelids
in sweet sleep: by day she sits on guard on tall roof-tops
or high towers, and scares great cities, as tenacious
of lies and evil, as she is messenger of truth.

Very Tzeentch!

[Hobgoblin]

Not for me really, but a lovely model.  Reminds me a little of the description of Rumour in the Aeneid:

Rumour, compared with whom no other is as swift.
She flourishes by speed, and gains strength as she goes:
first limited by fear, she soon reaches into the sky,
walks on the ground, and hides her head in the clouds.
Earth, incited to anger against the gods, so they say,
bore her last, a monster, vast and terrible, fleet-winged
and swift-footed, sister to Coeus and Enceladus,
who for every feather on her body has as many
watchful eyes below (marvellous to tell), as many
tongues speaking, as many listening ears.
She flies, screeching, by night through the shadows
between earth and sky, never closing her eyelids
in sweet sleep: by day she sits on guard on tall roof-tops
or high towers, and scares great cities, as tenacious
of lies and evil, as she is messenger of truth.

Very Tzeentch!

Great comparison! (And it brings Higher Latin screeching back from the past ...)

[Momotaro]

It's true!  Book IV was the set text for my Higher in 1985!

I'm sure whoever first designed the Lord of Change at GW knew their legends  

[Hobgoblin]

Yup, Book IV. Mine was 1990 ...

[matthais-mouse]

What are people's thoughts on the new gangs of commorah game?

I'm not sure if I can link to it here, it is from the official warhammer community site you see...

[Dr Mathias]

What are people's thoughts on the new gangs of commorah game?

The consensus is that the card terrain is very lame, but the models included might be a 'relatively to GW standards' good value, depending on price.
If the rules are neat I may make spires that go down to the ground and create a plexiglas surface that sits on them so it feels like they're up high. I'm hoping it's fun.

[Elbows]

Despite being a life-long Eldar player I've never liked anything Dark Eldar related so I just click away when I see it mentioned.  Is it just a $60 mini-game like Lost Patrol, etc?

[nic-e]

I think it looks like GWs attempt to get in on the X wing style manoeuvre template game market.
They're playing to their strengths by using a part of their universe that fits and by having narrative campaigns rather than the lack of narrative leagues that X-wing works on.

I can see them using this as a rules feedback game for later skirmish games like the rereleased necromunda or mordheim equivalent.

I'll probably buy it because
A) I like the models.
B) I like games in the 40k universe that don't take an age to play
And C) staff discount so why the hell not?

The terrain is awful but I'm sure something that won't matter when i proxy in my own terrain.

All these little boxed games to seem to me to be the design teams way of testing the water and the new CEO's way of offering discounts without "cheapening the brand" which was always their line when it came to their prices.
It's a good thing I say.

It's a small release with a niche appeal, but that's awesome, it means we can expect alot more of these kind of tie on board games from GW in the future.

[Duncan McDane]

Have to see the contents of the box first. The setting sounds good to me, I probably will play it a few times but buy it myself is the next chapter ( not really a 40K fan, although I enjoyed Necromunda a lot ).

[6milPhil]

Games Workshop has battled back from a tough 2015 to post much-improved figures for the second half of last year, with revenues soaring and pre-tax profit more than doubling.

The Nottingham-based company, which is known for its model figures, saw profit before tax leap to £13.8m in the six months to November 27, compared to £6.3m for the same period in 2015.

Games Workshop also saw revenues jump 28.2pc from £55.3m to £70.9m, with chief executive Kevin Rountree saying the business and the hobby is in “good shape”.

The company’s share price climbed nearly 5pc in early trading on Tuesday morning.

The retailer, which specialises in figurines of fantasy creatures such as aliens and goblins, exports to countries including Australia, Japan and the US.
Games Workshop revenues jumped from £55.3m to £70.9m
Games Workshop revenues jumped from £55.3m to £70.9m

After opening 17 stores (including relocations) and closing eight in the six-month period, it now has 460 shops across the world, including new stores in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

The half-year results come after a challenging 2015, when it was hit by disappointing Christmas sales and a slowdown on the high street.

But the company announced in October that sales had been boosted by the weakening of the pound.

“Our business and hobby are in good shape,” said Mr Rountree. “We are pleased to report sales and profit growth in the period across all channels. The improvement was built on a considerable team effort across the business.”

He added: “The key priority in the period reported has been to give our store managers the appropriate product and sales support to help them recruit new customers, retain our existing customers and re-recruit lapsed customers. Recruiting new store managers remains a key area of focus.”

Games Workshop also sells its intellectual property to video game developers. Royalties from these sales more than doubled in the half year compared to the same period in 2015, from £1.5m to £3.3m.


via: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/10/profits-soar-games-workshop-fantasy-model-retailer-battles-back/

[beefcake]

Games Workshop also sells its intellectual property to video game developers. Royalties from these sales more than doubled in the half year compared to the same period in 2015, from £1.5m to £3.3m.


via: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/10/profits-soar-games-workshop-fantasy-model-retailer-battles-back/

Well that is nice money for free for them (Yes, I know they had to develop a fan base originally, among other things, for this to happen so not technically free)

[thenamelessdead]

The LoC is too busy but pretty decent. I still love the originals - time poring over the catalogue pages thinking about the head and body combinations was time well spent! I still have all except the KoS, which was 'borrowed' and never returned.

As for GW's financial performance - they have missed out on this for years for the simple fact that they were making nowhere near enough of their creative potential.

[Dr Mathias]

As for GW's financial performance - they have missed out on this for years for the simple fact that they were making nowhere near enough of their creative potential.

That's it right there, in my opinion.

[Ray Rivers]

Well... I have finished my first Khorne figure, an Exalted Death Bringer and he looks great. I love the miniature.

Now I've started on the Knight-Azyros miniature:



Like the Death Bringer I modified the miniature a bit by lopping off the wings on the lantern thingy. On the Death Bringer I lopped off the hanging skulls under his axe.

Nevertheless, I am really amazed at how they design and sprue these miniatures. He is, at least to me, an absolutely fantastic miniature and I can't wait to put paint on him. The way they got him into the air and the design of those wings is just amazimg.. at least to me.

Which brings me to another topic.

It had been quite awhile since I have bought anything, miniatures wise, from GW. When Age of Sigmar came out, I not only bought the starter box, but also the starter paint set. The metallic paints are, IMO, absolutely first rate. I used the gold for my Stormcast and the Bronze for the Khorne dudes. The washes are also really nice. In fact, I never used pre-made washes before, but after watching Duncan and trying them out, I found they made a great deal of difference to my painting.

GW has, on numerous occasions, helped me bring my painting up a notch. I'm glad they are hanging in there and still able to teach an old dog like me a new thing or two.

[Dr Mathias]

Looks like GW is going to release a Gyrinx miniature (from the olden days of Rogue Trader). 

I'm liking their direction lately.