The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Mason]

Well, I like the new Deepkin creatures and will probably get some for conversions at least.
 

[nic-e]

The elf with a cloak that turns into a wave is another case of technical genius. I'm looking at it and thinking "no, can't work, no way that's a plastic kit." but it is.
god damn GW do you kidnap sculptors in the night or something?!


Also like the sound of a website for older models. there are alot of wonderful ,well loved sculpts that are either out sized by current releases or have no use in game, and there isn't a foundry or a ral partha for the moulds to go to.

It's nice to know that GW want to keep their legacy sculpts for fans.It shows a respect to the sculptors and an desire to support the hobby beyond their current output.
who knows, We might even see the brets and tomb kings on there since the steel moulds are most likely still sat around .

[Cubs]

I think they literally jumped the shark on this one.

Exactly the phrase that came to my mind.

[Vanvlak]

Exactly the phrase that came to my mind.

OK, who's going to make a conversion of Fonz the elf leaping over a levitating shark?
Nice models (I really liked the turtle, especially if it lost the stuff it's carrying), but how do they float in the air - or breathe? Does the mage cast 'sharknado'?

[nic-e]

OK, who's going to make a conversion of Fonz the elf leaping over a levitating shark?
Nice models (I really liked the turtle, especially if it lost the stuff it's carrying), but how do they float in the air - or breathe? Does the mage cast 'sharknado'?

Pretty much.

From what we know, The mages of the deepkin cast an enchantment that allows them to move on land as if they were still in the ocean, they can swim through the air.
Imagine you've sent out a patrol to guard the coast , your men are tired, annoyed and cold. The captain shouts down "don't worry lads, These fools can't bring their monsters on land!"
and then out of the deep shoots a giant carnivorous turtle shooting bolts the size of a mans torso, floating on mist and rain and rushing down on them at the front of a tidal wave of cavalry.
You'd be pissed to say the least.

[Gibby]

For the now-wacky theme of the AoS setting, I like the Deepkin a lot. Fun models.

Keen to see what the classic model range website takes the form of. It's a money maker for them if they go whole hog with it.

[Belligerentparrot]

I see wonderful conversion opportunities for bio-mechanical sharks etc. ridden by ace-looking Eldar Exodites. Dunno about a flying shark in AoS, but a bio-mechanical one in the outer regions of 40k sounds alright!

Like the look of the actual sea elves too. Not overtly good- or evil-looking, whereas GW can get a bit too black-and-white on that in the past.

[Cubs]

Like the look of the actual sea elves too. Not overtly good- or evil-looking, whereas GW can get a bit too black-and-white on that in the past.

It seems to hark back to Tolkein's Elves of the Silmarillion, proud and cruel and lacking the wisdom of the surviving races of the later years.

[nic-e]

It seems to hark back to Tolkein's Elves of the Silmarillion, proud and cruel and lacking the wisdom of the surviving races of the later years.

I had a similar thought when i saw the elf with the ocean cloak , It made me think of "for the arising of the King of the Sea was terrible, as a mounting wave that strides to the land, with dark helm foam-crested and raiment of mail shimmering from silver down into shadows of green. The trumpets of Manwë are loud, but Ulmo's voice is deep as the deeps of the ocean which he only has seen.  " and the other descriptions of the elves and the vala, Their Raiment often being described as the ocean, the sky, the earth, the woods ect. a borderline elemental force.

Also look at his armour, It's gorgeously art nouveau, With fish faces melding into scales into cloth into water. it's so elegant!

[Kommando_J]

The new elves remind me of some of Blanches older artwork, can definitely see some conversions in some of the minis.

While its good sob's are getting plastic I reckon many will be disappointed when they come out and the aesthetic doesn't match the older stuff (GW has indicated an anti-'boobplate' stance).

[FramFramson]

The new elves remind me of some of Blanches older artwork, can definitely see some conversions in some of the minis.

While its good sob's are getting plastic I reckon many will be disappointed when they come out and the aesthetic doesn't match the older stuff (GW has indicated an anti-'boobplate' stance).

We shall see. The recent Saint Celestia plastic kit (only plastic sisters in existence to date) may turn out to be a good example of what's to come, or it may end up fairly different. Who knows?

I'm sure we'll start seeing previews in a few months.

[Vanvlak]

Pretty much.

From what we know, The mages of the deepkin cast an enchantment that allows them to move on land as if they were still in the ocean, they can swim through the air.
Imagine you've sent out a patrol to guard the coast , your men are tired, annoyed and cold. The captain shouts down "don't worry lads, These fools can't bring their monsters on land!"
and then out of the deep shoots a giant carnivorous turtle shooting bolts the size of a mans torso, floating on mist and rain and rushing down on them at the front of a tidal wave of cavalry.
You'd be pissed to say the least.

Oh great, now I might actually want to get them 

[beefcake]

The enchantment fails and they are all left wallowing on the battlefield. Now that would be a good spell counter.

[FramFramson]

The enchantment fails and they are all left wallowing on the battlefield. Now that would be a good spell counter.

Imagine sea elves in ornate armour, flopping about on the shore and gasping for breath - literally fish out of water.

[Cubs]

Imagine sea elves in ornate armour, flopping about on the shore and gasping for breath - literally fish out of water.