The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Westfalia Chris]

(...) Not sure what is going on with all the gaps in his cape? Are they intended to be there? Especially where the cape covers lackeys it looks like parts were not perfectly matching but similar thing seems to be going on cape's back as well?

To me, it looks like the sculptor was going for the "cobbled-together-from scraps" look that was popular with the "evil armies" back in the day, e.g. Heinrich Kemmler, but it looks as if they forgot the stitching holding the parts together.

Bit of a pity, that. Always thinking about doing some more fantasy stuff in my old age, but then I see the minis they put out and I go 'meh'.

[Duncan McDane]

I bought into them adain after a 15+ year hiatus ( Kill team, Necromunda, Underworlds and Warcry especially ) but I really don't like sprue cleaning and cutting, filling gaps etc before I even can start priming. And all that time and effort even for simple rank and file models...  So yeah, played a couple of those new games and really enjoyed it but those models, nope. And they are getting worse and worse again, more and more just simple cut @ paste digital dollies with detail on a seperate sprue to stick onto them. And with those prices and Fomo-policy of theirs I'm out and this time forever.

Good there are new oldstyle models being released almost daily and Osprey/Northstar keep on releasing nice quick games and good and affordable mini's so I still won't get stuck with some leftover money 

[Kanto]

The big goat-rat thing isn't my cup of tea at all, though: I can't imagine he'd be much fun to paint, and he looks way too big to work in most skirmish games.

It feels like GW is really pushing the term 'miniature' with those big plastics. I remember being gobsmacked when GW released the plastic giant sometime in 00s and thinking it was unnecessarily big, but these new centerpiece creations absolutely dwarf it.
And Fat Rat is very unique sculpt, I give it that. Lackeys 'cowering' under their lord's cape is a funny detail. I noticed his fancy sword too, it looks like something straight from Confrontation.

To me, it looks like the sculptor was going for the "cobbled-together-from scraps" look that was popular with the "evil armies" back in the day, e.g. Heinrich Kemmler, but it looks as if they forgot the stitching holding the parts together.

I think you're right, detail like that goes unnoticed much easier than a huge, unintended gap between parts. Hopefully it didn't cost sculptor their job.

[beefcake]

I like the new vespids. They were an interesting race that never really had a good model count.

[dickiegranthum]

I like the new vespids. They were an interesting race that never really had a good model count.

Very good new take on them, I like it.

[majorsmith]

Love the new skaven , those vespids are really nice though a vast improvement on the old ones!

[matthais-mouse]

An odd question, but why do GW exclude the UK from their smaller board games?
Like space marine adventure, warhammer quest lost relic and such?

As a solo gamer, things like this would be good for me, yet I can t buy them anywhere here.

[Mammoth miniatures]

An odd question, but why do GW exclude the UK from their smaller board games?
Like space marine adventure, warhammer quest lost relic and such?

As a solo gamer, things like this would be good for me, yet I can t buy them anywhere here.

I'm not sure but I always assumed it was because they have pretty solid market saturation in the UK. I know I would have bought combat patrol if they'd sold it in the UK.

[Kanto]

I'm not sure but I always assumed it was because they have pretty solid market saturation in the UK.

That would be my guess too. Are/were those games exclusively sold at Barnes & Noble, Walmart or what have you? If so, GW must have seen the deal they got with them worth it. Guessing grand plan here was indeed to bring more people aware of Warhammer in general.

[dickiegranthum]

That would be my guess too. Are/were those games exclusively sold at Barnes & Noble, Walmart or what have you? If so, GW must have seen the deal they got with them worth it. Guessing grand plan here was indeed to bring more people aware of Warhammer in general.

Not in Canada. Must be a U.S. market thing.

[Mammoth miniatures]

That would be my guess too. Are/were those games exclusively sold at Barnes & Noble, Walmart or what have you? If so, GW must have seen the deal they got with them worth it. Guessing grand plan here was indeed to bring more people aware of Warhammer in general.

Barnes and nobles/target last I saw.

The early games like space marine adventures eventually saw UK release through GAME - and ended up being avaliable quite cheaply as a result.

[Onebigriver]

Reference the Hachette Partwork for Combat Patrol, it turns out the trial is regional

https://www.fauxhammer.com/news/warhammer-40000-combat-patrol-announcement/#How_Does_a_Trial_Work

So this is finally out across the UK. Saw the ad on telly today!

https://frontlinegaming.org/2024/08/28/dive-into-combat-patrol-with-this-new-magazine-from-gw/

[dickiegranthum]

So this is finally out across the UK. Saw the ad on telly today!

https://frontlinegaming.org/2024/08/28/dive-into-combat-patrol-with-this-new-magazine-from-gw/

On TV! Neat.

I don’t know anyone who has TV anymore in Canada. We’re all streaming only, it feels like.

[Mammoth miniatures]

New announcements from the nova open - I like the new stormcast cavalry and the big bird wearing an executioners hood.

[beefcake]

Lucky buggers. We don't get any magazines like that here. I'd probably sign up.