The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[thenamelessdead]

2nd ed really was ace. My army was Orks, which meant I pretty much always lost but could have fun while doing so. Even taking full advantage of the allies rules and taking a Chaos Lord in terminator armour, Chaos dreadnought and Lord of Change (with Orks remember!) didn't help much against Space Muhrines. People could build truly silly characters. My friend would take a Tech Priest, give him a jet pack and graviton gun and use him to assassinate Ghazghkull and it worked virtually every bloody time!

[Dr Mathias]

2nd ed really was ace. My army was Orks, which meant I pretty much always lost but could have fun while doing so. Even taking full advantage of the allies rules and taking a Chaos Lord in terminator armour, Chaos dreadnought and Lord of Change (with Orks remember!) didn't help much against Space Muhrines. People could build truly silly characters. My friend would take a Tech Priest, give him a jet pack and graviton gun and use him to assassinate Ghazghkull and it worked virtually every bloody time!

I played orks and was virtually unstoppable- until Warp Spiders came along! Loved 2nd and 3rd edition greenskins

[beefcake]

, I hear you. I had tyranids, 2nd ed tyranids was so awesome because it also had the genestealer cults army list, which I pawed through religiously but never managed to get any cult minis. They never stocked them where I was. I still have my 2nd ed tyranid army too. My brother had eldar and those damn warp spiders. Killed my Hive tyrant way too easily. Then they just jumped away again.

[Elbows]

I think it's an eye opener when you look at the size/content and quality of 2nd ed. codices compared to many which followed.  I have a break down of all of the codices on that blog and it's mind-boggling how huge some of the army lists are - the Chaos Codex being shockingly notable in its size/scope.  It's one of the things which left a terrible taste in my mouth going into 3rd.  Oh, that huge wealth of knowledge tome?  Here's a small booklet with half of your army missing...

[von Lucky]

Yeah - looking at my Chaos Codices now - they really went on a diet.

And another Ork player (first army), I loved the mantra "Orkses never lose a battle, if we win we win, if we die we die fightin' so it don't count, if we runs for it we don't die either, cos we come back for annuva go, see!"

[beefcake]

WFB Chaos Army list came in a freaking boxed set! 

[Ray Rivers]

I'm really liking the new Tzeentch miniatures.

Thankfully they are on pre-order. I am resolute in not adding to my lead/plastic pile so until I get some other stuff done, they will have to wait.

So right now I'm working on a unit of Judicators, a Knight-Azyros, 5 Sisters of Battle (using the new paint scheme to see how they turn out), a unit of Bloodreavers, a Daemon Prince and the khorgorath.

So once I finish all that... Tzeentch here we come...

[Elbows]

While I've no interest in building/gathering a Tzeentch force I just think it's neat to see them finally be supported on the level you normally see Khorne/Nurgle (which are arguably the most popular/common/etc.).

If they do this kind of release for each god over the next say 2-3 years...Chaos players will be in a darned good place.  I also hope they keep with the older armour - I've never understood why they weren't modeled in more older heresy stuff anyway.

[Charlie_]

I think it's an eye opener when you look at the size/content and quality of 2nd ed. codices compared to many which followed.  I have a break down of all of the codices on that blog and it's mind-boggling how huge some of the army lists are - the Chaos Codex being shockingly notable in its size/scope.  It's one of the things which left a terrible taste in my mouth going into 3rd.  Oh, that huge wealth of knowledge tome?  Here's a small booklet with half of your army missing...

It was the same in WFB going from 5th edition to 6th.

My own army (High Elves) didn't really lose any units (unless you count special characters (the Everqueen got her own Maiden Guard unit that went with her), and the 'bound monsters' that every army had access to), but it was definitely a much slimmer tome. The 4th and 5th edition High Elf books had a very extensive history of the race - the Chronicles of the Phoenix Kings I think it was called. That wasn't in the 6th edition book, which instead had a much more slimmed-down summary. I was very disappointed at the time, all the 6th edition books were like this.

Though the 6th edition rulebook itself was fantastic and was jam-packed full of incredible new artwork, which I think made up for it.

But yeah some other armies surely lost a lot of units moving over editions. The Empire, off the top of my head, lost Kislev Winged Lancers, Kislev Horse Archers, War Wagons, Reiksguard Foot Knights, Halflings, Ogres....

[Momotaro]

Love the new Tzeentch units.  The Tzaangors are especially beautiful.  I shall be resolute for the moment, although a Start Collecting box would see my will crumble...

The thing I like most about them is that they're the first models, for me, that really fit the theme of the AoS game - "war in heaven comes to the lands of mortals".  Magical and weird and great minis too.  Stormcast and Gorechunderers (or whatever they're called) never really did it for me.

There are about half a dozen things I could buy from GW right now, and the LotR Iron Hills Ram Riders may well tip me over the edge.  I've not felt like that about them in, well, decades.

[Elbows]

Well the new character models for the 2nd Fall of Cadia book (?) are out...aaaand...blech.







I don't even know where to start...other than there's now increasingly less likelihood I'd try 8th edition when it comes out.  The Age of Sigmar approach to the styling is not a good sign...and quasi-good-bad-wtf Eldar?  (soon to be renamed Aeldari...because GW).  No thanks.

[nic-e]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/01/22/gathering-storm-ii-first-look/


Eldar godhead? Eldar godhead!

[Elbows]

REPOSTING - because this was at the bottom of the last page:

Well the new character models for the 2nd Fall of Cadia book (?) are out...aaaand...blech.







I don't even know where to start...other than there's now increasingly less likelihood I'd try 8th edition when it comes out.  The Age of Sigmar approach to the styling is not a good sign...and quasi-good-bad-wtf Eldar?  (soon to be renamed Aeldari...because GW).  No thanks.

[nic-e]

aeldari is thought to be their ancient name for themselves. Bare in mind Eldar is only what the imperium calls them.

The models are meant to be the court of a new eldar god, so of course they look different, they're a rebirth of the old eldar ways.

besides which the eldar models have never matched the levels of detail and arcane styling that their artwork gave them, at least now they do.

[stone-cold-lead]

I like the third model.