The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[AWu]

I agree.

And good luck - they seem nice fit for Bretonia guys (GW will burn in hell for many things but killing Bretonnia men-at-arm box is special sin - they have so much potential its just sad).

Mine Cawdor would be retinue for tech-barbaric knight on my Patalonia Campaign.

[nic-e]

I agree.

And good luck - they seem nice fit for Bretonia guys (GW will burn in hell for many things but killing Bretonnia men-at-arm box is special sin - they have so much potential its just sad).

Mine Cawdor would be retinue for tech-barbaric knight on my Patalonia Campaign.

I always used to put off buying a box for conversions reasons and then it was gone. I got hold of a bunch from a trade in at work not long after and to be honest , as nice as the torsos are, they don't have as much potential as i always thought. the arm joints make them very difficult to repose since they really were made for ranking up. It's a shame they never got an update, but these chaps will do the job nicely.

[Belgian]

Quite possibly, though the chance to pick up some cheap plastics is not a bad thing.

I am just glad they have gone back to supporting the system and hope it continues.

Great news that they're again supporting the LOTR range and hopefully some new plastics that would be nice!

If not quite happy to grab some cheap reinforcements for my collection.

[3 fingers]

I agree.

And good luck - they seem nice fit for Bretonia guys (GW will burn in hell for many things but killing Bretonnia men-at-arm box is special sin - they have so much potential its just sad).

Mine Cawdor would be retinue for tech-barbaric knight on my Patalonia Campaign.

Ooh got any pics , I am doing feudal guard using fireforge sergeant at arms .

[Lost Egg]

Who else uses them? Custodes! who are they? Why, the holy angelic guardians of the emperor, Legends in themselves, beings of such heroism and might that they are seen as near angels to those that hear of them from the priests of the imperium.

I very much doubt that Hive Gangers would know of the existence of Custodes, let along know how they are armed.

[nic-e]

I very much doubt that Hive Gangers would know of the existence of Custodes, let along know how they are armed.

They'd know them as saints, mythical, biblical figures. Most developed worlds in 40k know of the astartes and the founding legions, but as angels and heroes of legend.

Even if they don't, its a nice visual nod to the extreme ends of faith in the imperium. The golden guardian with spear in hand, and the shabby weirdo with a hook on a stick.

[Lost Egg]

Yeah but there is a big difference between a 'regular' space marine and one of the Emperor's elite bodyguards who until recently have not been seen outside of the Imperial Palace since the Heresy.

[Dr Mathias]

I can easily see the patriarchs of House Cawdor possessing a battered copy of a holy tome from Terra- brought out for the faithful to view on special occasions- containing illuminations of Custodes. Humans emulate all sorts of behaviors they don't understand.

[AWu]

I would think more akin to Biblia pauperum.

Fresco and religious art including them on the right hand of the Emperor as some king of angelic chorus.


No specific custodes stuff (although adeptus could be evocated in religious festival and such)  but angelic iconography,  like peopole for ages didnt know how roman soldiers looked like but they know exactly how flaming sword of the archangel looked.

[Kommando_J]

Also think of Imperial propaganda, no doubt the proceedings of major religious events are recorded on terra and broadcast elsewhere (possibly for money).

[nic-e]

indeed. It could even be that, given the imperiums love of GIANT STATUES! that a few lowly gangers have ventured to the mid/upper hive and seen the statues of great saints and the holy angels of the emperor that line the streets and then modelled themselves as elite warriors "blessed" by their visit to the upper hive.

[pacarat]

I'm a bit disappointed by the Cawdor. The halberd guns are odd. But the main thing is the way the cowls sit around their neck: just not natural at all. They look more like the collar of a space suit than a cloth cowl. For me, this is the first of the necro kits where the original is far better. Pity, as Cawdor is one of my favourite gangs.

Extra heavy starch at the dry cleaners...de rigeur.

[blacksoilbill]

Extra heavy starch at the dry cleaners...de rigeur.

[JamesValentine]

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/searchResults?N=1125463923+995043222

No mention of knights yet?

£100 models don't do anything for me.
Yeah they look nice but... £100...

The two mini knights for £45 is pretty good.
But I'm sure in WD it said these mini knights were made for built up areas and close quarters...so why super long guns???

[Lost Egg]

So they can poke them through windows to gun down people inside