The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Lost Egg]

He looks pretty cool.

Squats are an old faction that I'd happily see return with renewed fluff as I don't think they ever really nailed them down in the past.

[zemjw]

I converted a couple of their AOS dwarfs to more SF ones, which mostly involved removing a lot of rivets and using heads from the Wargames Atlantic box set. It will be nice not to have to do that again

[Lost Egg]

I guess the question is will this just be a Kill Team or a full army...

[Ewart]

I guess the question is will this just be a Kill Team or a full army...

From what Warhammer Community website is saying it’s a brand new faction. With full fluff. I’d suggest it will be a full army.

[Belligerentparrot]

He looks pretty cool.

Squats are an old faction that I'd happily see return with renewed fluff as I don't think they ever really nailed them down in the past.

Agreed. I was once told (no idea if this is true) by an ex-GW guy that the Squats had grown to a full-blown faction due to sales of the early minis rather than any kind of plan. Once GW decided to give complex fluff to the Imperium, Orks, Eldar, and Chaos, the Squats were supposed to be like Ogryns and Beastmen, a sub-faction.
Space Marine 2nd ed. ("Ork and Squat Warlords") tried to reconcile the Dour-Space-Dwarf and Crazy-Biker sides to the Squat fluff but it still wasn't very thought through if I remember correctly.

I don't need a Squat army, but it'll be interesting to see what they do with the fluff.

[Cubs]

They must have their chopper bikes though ... someone reassure me of that.

[Westfalia Chris]

Colour me intrigued! I still have a couple of unpainted squats from ye olden dayes, but these might be interesting, too.

I wonder what their fluff will be. From the looks of arms and armour, those could work well as a Tau Empire "satrapy" force, or be a "human high tech" style force without all those neo-feudal, pseudo-medieval trappings of the imperium.

In any case, I'd be interested in a box at least to hold the fort in the abhuman enclave on Necromunda.

[syrinx0]

Very intrigued.  Probably wouldn't go for an army as I have not been active in 40K for quite awhile but depending on the models it could entice me back in.

[beefcake]

That guy looks great. Squats never interested me before but I really like this aesthetic.

[Vanvlak]

So the Leagues of Votann are appearing, and the April 1 news was a double bluff.
Curious to see how this will pan out. 

[Storm Wolf]

My only problem is that GW will saddle them with one of those stupid modern names like they have for Eldar, Orks and whatever. I wonder what they will get saddled with Asquats, Aminumius or some other such claptrap 

It would be nice to them back though

Glen

[Lost Egg]

My only problem is that GW will saddle them with one of those stupid modern names like they have for Eldar, Orks and whatever. I wonder what they will get saddled with Asquats, Aminumius or some other such claptrap

GW already said...

And while those nasty Necromundans still call them Squats, that’s not at all how they refer to themselves. These warriors have a long and proud martial history, and to those who aren’t on their bad side, they’re known as the Leagues of Votann – though they refer to themselves as Kin.

Sounds ok to me as Squat was only really ever going to be a derogatory term for them. I assume Votann is some ancestor for their founding or some such.

[Cubs]

Not the League of Lollipop?

[Lost Egg]

 

Not the League of Lollipop?

 

[has.been]

Not the League of Lollipop?

Only if they are easily licked!