The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Tactalvanic]

An ex of mine broke up with me and, in the final row he ranted about my "childish hobbies that you don't even have the decency to be ashamed of". He was a proper idiot.

But even I think Age of Sigmar is a bit too OTT for me.

Very accurate.

Although I suspect he still is a proper idiot. That rarely gets better.

[Momotaro]

Reading Phil Sabin's Simulating War at the moment, and he points out that all three of the words "Miniature", "War" and "Game" have negative connotations to a wide range of people.

Sod 'em, frankly.  I'm 47 and I've been to a One Direction gig too

[Tactalvanic]

Still all that aside, and the OTT of the current offering of GW branded Fantasy, its really no more OTT than a lot of the 40K stuff has been for a long time - bigger, bigger weapons, bigger, bigger etc,

Such as  things that cost a lot of pounds each and float about on tendrils of energy..  etc. Nothing much new there. Necron whatsits etc

I am kind of happy to have the base box set of AOS, as I can think of some alternative uses of the Sigma's,  mainly because they are OTT and good for an Angelic hosts/avatars of Gods thing, and if someone want's its there to come off the shelf for a game or two over drinks or something.

I won't be likely to be spending more on the range, but respect to some of the output of other  LAF members, there are some nicely painted up ones being shown here.

 

[Too Bo Coo]

Very accurate.

Although I suspect he still is a proper idiot. That rarely gets better.

I married a psychiatrist.  She's no gamer but I can get her to play the occasional board game and she is able to rationalize and support my hobbies....even if she still looks at my piles and piles of lead with shock and disbelief as how much I actually have.  I love that meme saying, "When I die I hope my wife does not sell my collection for what i told her I paid for it!" LOL

[beefcake]

I married a psychiatrist.  She's no gamer but I can get her to play the occasional board game and she is able to rationalize and support my hobbies....even if she still looks at my piles and piles of lead with shock and disbelief as how much I actually have.  I love that meme saying, "When I die I hope my wife does not sell my collection for what i told her I paid for it!" LOL

[Vanvlak]

I have to admit I rather like the new Tau model, the Stormsurge.
Too big for gaming, too expensive, over the top, but it's an anime beauty. I can see all those rockets and missiles streaking away simultaneously on impossible trajectories trailing streams of smoke.

[zemjw]

I clicked on the newsletter link, saw £270 pounds, went "what the..." then noticed that was for the mobile assault force and it's "only" £90 for a single model

Wonder if they did that on purpose, to make it seem less outrageous when you realise the real price (just kidding by the way, in case any fanbois are frothing at the mouth at my audacity and gw hateyness ). I do like the model, but way too big and waaay toooo expensive. I don't actually see a size, but it's on a 170mm oval base, so looks to be at least 200mm tall.

Also so far beyond my vehicle modelling skills that it's just not funny 

link - http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/KV128-Stormsurge

[grant]

GW's become so bonkers nothing surprises me any longer. 

I only have one GW model left in my entire hobby room: a Cave Troll with which I won a painting award many years ago. I have no books, no models, nothing GW.

[FramFramson]

To be honest the spindly feet and ankles on Tau mechs always drive em crazy, though I get that they're supposed to be a scaled up version of a regular Tau person.

If I were building a Tau army and needed heavy mechs, I would probably just buy a bunch of actual Japanese mecha kits and kitbash 'em a bit to get a Tau look.

[Argonor]

£90.... I just purchased a small town for that amount (Sarissa Old West range).

Well, it's an impressive model, but how often will you get it on the table?

[beefcake]

Yeah its a cool model. I quite like the look of having the drivers in the open cockpit (although impractical when you think about it) But I'd have more fun doing what Fram said and kitbashing from a dozen mecha kits and making a few with bits to spare.

[Major_Gilbear]

Excellent - 40k clearly needs more game-breaking large models. 

[Gibby]

I have to be honest... I think it's an awesome model! Totally useless as a gaming piece, but man, if I had the talent to paint it well enough I'd buy one to have on display! Maybe GW's current frontpage and its spinning animation are making it look extra cool to me, but still, it's good!

[Knightofspades]

It looks really cool. But then again I am a sucker for mechs that dont have arms but missile battries instead. Very nice details as well.
And its a Tau so the only game is going to break is the game of the wallet. What an price . You could buy an ok bicycle for that price.. Insane.

[grant]

What an price . You could buy an ok bicycle for that price.. Insane.

 
That puts it into perspective eh?