The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Daeothar]

Ah well; rally and touring race cars all have the roll cage on the inside, so I'll roll with it... 

[Belligerentparrot]

The new Imperial navy miniatures don't really do it for me - they'll be kinda useful for conversions, but feel like variations on an overdone theme to me - but the Kroot... the Kroot are lovely, aren't they?

[zemjw]

They are, lots more movement than the current boxed set 

However, I'm not crazy on anything else in this Kill Team release, so I should be able to hold out for the year it will take them to be released in their own box.

Checks watch... Is it time yet

However, the budgie on the rifle blade has to go

[Gibby]

I've always really liked the Kroot. These are excellent.

[Belligerentparrot]

They are, lots more movement than the current boxed set 

However, I'm not crazy on anything else in this Kill Team release, so I should be able to hold out for the year it will take them to be released in their own box.

Checks watch... Is it time yet

However, the budgie on the rifle blade has to go

Agree with all of that!

Most of the silly bits (I include the 4-eyed budgie) will be easy to remove, too. That silly bow thing for example - two snips and it is an ace looking needle rifle or something like that.

[has.been]

I agree with the above (Kroot) comments.
I too will wait until the price for THEM drops.

[beefcake]

Me too. Big Kroot Fan. I've got a Tau army and am really wanting to expand the kroot a lot further. Like the look of the heavy weapon in there.

[YPU]

Big kroot fan as well, and I love the sculpts overall but something about the weapons isn't doing it for me. They remind me a LOT of the conversions everyone was doing for the kroot mercenary army list ages ago. And I dunno, "looks like a conversion I did from spare parts 15 years ago" just isn't a huge compliment is it?  Some of them are more divergent designs and they aren't really that great to me either, very knock of wookie. Still, I havn't been this tempted by GW stuff in ages.

[Mammoth miniatures]

Big kroot fan as well, and I love the sculpts overall but something about the weapons isn't doing it for me. They remind me a LOT of the conversions everyone was doing for the kroot mercenary army list ages ago. And I dunno, "looks like a conversion I did from spare parts 15 years ago" just isn't a huge compliment is it?  Some of them are more divergent designs and they aren't really that great to me either, very knock of wookie. Still, I havn't been this tempted by GW stuff in ages.

You've just pinpointed why they aren't doing it for me, despite wanting to like them. In all honesty it feels like alot of 40k stuff lately has had that kind of vibe.

[Cubs]

That silly bow thing for example - two snips and it is an ace looking needle rifle or something like that.

Turn it through 90 degrees and you have a bowcaster!

[Grumpy Gnome]

Much as GW and 40K often puts me off, I have to admit I really like the Kroot and this set looks great… except for the bow weapon. I will likely end up trying to justify the costs of these as a holiday present request.

[Patrice]

The GW - Hachette new edition is now available in bookshops in France.

I don't (and will not) play WH40K, but I bought the first issue (€ 1.99) by curiosity. 



https://www.hachette-collections.com/fr-fr/collection-warhammer-imperium/

[FramFramson]

Those Kroot look siiiiiiiiiick. Makes me actually not mind that I never bought much of the older versions.

[Daeothar]

I waited patiently for ages to get my hands on a couple of Kroot Hounds for use as camp animals for my Tusken Raider force (as per the first couple of episodes of The Book of Boba Fett), and finally blagged a couple for a reasonable price a couple of weeks ago, and now they release plastics that will be widely available for cheap through box-splitters... 

[zemjw]

I waited patiently for ages to get my hands on a couple of Kroot Hounds for use as camp animals for my Tusken Raider force (as per the first couple of episodes of The Book of Boba Fett), and finally blagged a couple for a reasonable price a couple of weeks ago, and now they release plastics that will be widely available for cheap through box-splitters... 

I wouldn't be too sure about that. I've just built some of the Kill Team Octarius Orks and the parts for them were spread randomly across three sprues. Not just the parts for an individual figure, but part 1 was next to part 80, which was next to part 23 etc. There were also parts that just seemed to be there to increase the complexity of the layout, eg a grappling hook type thing where one of the prongs was a separate part.

I have read in the past that GW do this to make splitting boxes difficult, and it definitely felt like that was their goal with the Orks. Any splitter trying to sell off individual figures from these kits will have their work cut out, and will charge accordingly.