The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Major_Gilbear]

Yep, perfect Wights!

I'll be buying these if the others are like this. 

[Duncan McDane]

I don't worry too much about scale creep and scale diiferences; irl people also vary about build and height, up to 20-25%, even within the same population. The main thing is to keep the weaponry roughly of equal size and base them the same ( you can win or loose a few mm's with basing too ).
As said, like the models, snapfit I feel is a pre, will certainly buy this game and hopefully it will be played and enjoyed as much as Silver Tower within Clan McDane  .

[N.C.S.E]

I occasionally wander into this thread for a browse and I haven't seen a single miniature I've looked the look of for a long time until I saw these skeletons just now. Character to skeletons I've never seen before in a wargaming miniature.

[Barbarian]

Except the ones from Rackham in 2003...

[Elbows]

Yep, the Rackham are hard to beat...hell almost anything by old Rackham was hard to beat.

[Hobgoblin]

I don't worry too much about scale creep and scale diiferences; irl people also vary about build and height, up to 20-25%, even within the same population. The main thing is to keep the weaponry roughly of equal size and base them the same ( you can win or loose a few mm's with basing too ).

This is a very good point. People worry far too much about scale differences, I think. Look at the line-up of a national rugby side during the anthems: even though everyone there is well above average size, the "scale differences" are remarkable: between 5'6 and 6'10, for example, and between 80 and perhaps 130 kg. The differences at a low-level club game might not be so pronounced, but you still get a huge variety of "scales". I can't imagine that a Dark Age comitatus (for example) would have been much different in this regard.

I think the new skeletons look terrific. That spearman would make a superb undead hero or champion for just about any game. The somewhat outsize armour actually works well (for once!), because it emphasises the desiccated status of the occupant.

[beefcake]

SW Armageddon is up for preorder now: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NZ/shadowwar-armageddon-sb-eng-2017
Pricey (if bought downunder, used to almost be able to get the box of Necromunda for this price) I may see if I can pick it up from Ebay with a UK stockist.

[Momotaro]

It's £25 here, which is neither unusual nor unreasonable for a 200-page softback rule book.

[The Voivod]

Yeah, pretty good price.
I'll see if I can get it at some discount site, but I somehow doubt it, being that's it's limited 1 per order.

Either way, I'm getting this. First GW must have in years...

[Predatorpt]

And here's the official announcement of the new edition of 40K

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/04/22/the-new-edition-of-warhammer-40000-your-questions-answered/

[Andrew Rae]

Big marines! They look just like that one from a few weeks back...

[Lawful Evil]

The big marines look great. I don't want to have to start my marine army over...but I probably will if they are real.

[Elbows]

That's going to upset a ton of people (and make others quite happy).  I see a lot of 7th ed. players bemoaning the fact that the current books/codices are going to be invalidated.  They "announced" 8th earlier today.  Not a big surprise since they teased it a few months ago.

[Gibby]

True scale marines at last - will be great!

Also:

Why should I trust you?
Come on! This is New Games Workshop™

Seriously though, everything we’re talking about now is just an extension of all the community engagement work we’ve been doing over this last year and a half. We’ve learned a lot from you guys and gals, and we’ve tried really hard to make sure everything you’ve asked for is included. And if we’ve missed something? Drop us a line on the Warhammer 40,000 Facebook page and let us know. We’ll make sure your requests are given proper consideration.

This might be the first time I've seen official acknowledgement that they have intentionally changed for the better (thereby admitting they had been ballsing up for so long).

Quite looking forward to the new 40k. Not really bothered about all the tearing of garments that might happen (usually it's tournament players going apeshit anyway, and who cares about them?  ), they will never please everyone. At least they are nowadays acknowledging their fans are human and not walking wallets.

[stone-cold-lead]

Sounds like 40k has been somewhat AoS'd, at least from a gameplay point of view.