The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[ErikB]

I got a magazine kinda like the Conquest one with one easy-build intercessor attached.

My 5-year-old little boy went nuts.  He is dreaming up his own chapter, wants to paint them orange or yellow (can't decide, yet), and wants to call them Airborne Marines.  Despite that being a little oxymoronic, he's delighted and we're having fun together.

He is just adorable (sorry, proud daddy I am....)

He assembled his first marine in just a few minutes and did a find job with the knife trimming off the little bits.  I'm impressed.

[boneio]

I got a magazine kinda like the Conquest one with one easy-build intercessor attached.

My 5-year-old little boy went nuts.  He is dreaming up his own chapter, wants to paint them orange or yellow (can't decide, yet), and wants to call them Airborne Marines.  Despite that being a little oxymoronic, he's delighted and we're having fun together.

He is just adorable (sorry, proud daddy I am....)

He assembled his first marine in just a few minutes and did a find job with the knife trimming off the little bits.  I'm impressed.

This made me smile  My (nearly) 4 year old daughter really enjoyed a recent Warhammer World open day so I'm trying to gradually encourage her interest.

[nic-e]

I took a family friends 8 year old son around warhammer world about a month ago. He has discovered warhammer through a friend at school and spent the entire day in the exhibition hall marvelling at everything, explaining what it all was to me (These are robots, these are warhammer!) and at the end he went straight into the store, got an easy to build box of tyranids and built them right there and then.
(tyranids because ,in his own words "they were killing those robots and they were covered in lava and woosh."

[Lawful Evil]

If there any way to make the Conquest magazine thing worthwhile if you're not in the UK?
Even after currency conversion, it seems like a good deal.
EDIT: Does anyone have a good (read: cheap!) UK package forwarding service they can recommend?

[Duncan McDane]

Is it not for sale in GW shops worldwide?
Would like to pick up the odd issue, but I'm not shelling out 32 UKpounds a month for mags I don't need when buying the White Dwarf at the same time.

[zemjw]

And how dare they launch a new magazine at £8 a month that gives you a new kit each issue and allows younger players to get into the hobby! The gouging bastards!

http://www.warhammer40000conquest.com/

(this looks awesome and i will be buying it. The LOTR partwork series got me into this hobby so anyone that calls this a bad move can suck the lead out of my dusty frodo.)

£8.00 a month wouldn't be too bad, but it's £8.00 a week for 80 weeks, which comes in at £640.

Assuming I can find it I'll likely pick up an issue or two, but issue 4 looks like the first one I'll aim for

[majorsmith]

Is this new mag out yet? Where can you get it? It's worth it for the paints

[nic-e]

Is this new mag out yet? Where can you get it? It's worth it for the paints

Not yet. I checked on the w h smiths store system the other day and we don't have a releasedate for it. The first four issues are listed as "warhammer partworks test 1-2-3-4." which might be a bit revealing. They ran a pre order system for the books partworks before that came out, but perhaps this is a test for future partworks magazines.

[Predatorpt]

It seems they are doing something right 

https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/03/fantasy-miniatures-bring-roaring-success-to-uks-games-workshop

...The shares have risen more than 160% in the past year, giving the company a market value of £770m, more than breakdown specialist AA – one of the companies booted outed of the 250 index in the reshuffle – and the retailers Card Factory and Jacamo owner N Brown. Its current share price of £22.95 compares with £5 two years ago.

“Games Workshop fans act very much like those of Lego, as almost a cult following,” says GlobalRetail analyst Zoe Mills. “It is not cheap however, with great craftsmanship in its range, this is a hobby consumers are willing to invest in. It appeals to an older demographic than Lego, with detailed painting involved in the process. This is not for young children...”

[nic-e]

It seems they are doing something right 

https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/03/fantasy-miniatures-bring-roaring-success-to-uks-games-workshop

They were one of  the top company in terms of growth on the uk stock exchange towards the end of 2017.
I find the comparison with Lego interesting, as it's a really obvious one that i'd never thought of.
(But my god i wish the guardian would change their warhammer stock image! I see that same picture from the battle for macragge on every article about GW.That was 3 editions ago!)

[AWu]

GW is releasing first starter box without marines!! World is going to an end.. thats official..

[stone-cold-lead]

GW is releasing first starter box without marines!! World is going to an end.. thats official..

You tease! 

What is it? Link?

[FionaWhite]

You tease! 

What is it? Link?

Faeit212 has some pictures at least, seems to be a set called ForgeBane with Mechanicus vs Necrons.

[Duncan McDane]

Now that is interesting... 

[stone-cold-lead]

Faeit212 has some pictures at least, seems to be a set called ForgeBane with Mechanicus vs Necrons.

What's Faeit212?

Anyway, Mechanicus stuff might make sense of one of the rumor engine pics recently (part of a terrain piece).