The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[The Voivod]

Wow, I am so out of touch with 40k. They got rid of move speeds?

Yes. yes the did...
In 1998   

Don't feel bad. I just pre-ordered a GW product.
What year is this??

[Mason]

Definitely. Think if squats were back in the universe. Squats moving the same speed as harlequins, or hormagaunts.

Maybe this is all because the Squats will be making a return....
 

[Skyven]

Maybe this is all because the Squats will be making a return....
 

I'd love to see squats. And Space Skaven ...

[beefcake]

Yes. yes the did...
In 1998   

Don't feel bad. I just pre-ordered a GW product.
What year is this??

Really. I think I actually was still collecting Tyranids then. I did buy something like 4th ed rules at one stage and now it rings a bell. '98 yeesh.

Maybe this is all because the Squats will be making a return....
 

Well they brought back genestealer cults so you never know.

[Major_Gilbear]

Re: Movement, one thing that became very quickly apparent in 3E with universal movement distances is how much more dynamic the game became. Even with the return of movement values in 8E, I fully expect many units to retain a movement value of around 6", simply because with the old RT/2E typical 4" movement, it takes forever for troops to move on a 6' x 4' board when a game meaningfully lasts about 4-5 turns.

Re: Squats, those are dead and gone. GW confessed quietly on several occasions that they tried to come up with cool ideas for them, and in the end simply felt that they couldn't come up with anything compelling. Therefore, after a long time on ice, they were finally written out of the background as having been wholly consumed by the Tyranids. Of course, GS Cults were recently resurrected as a faction with models, but then they had always remained part of the current background - unlike the Squats.

Re: Space Skaven, I don't think 40k needs more swarm/horde armies really. Orks and Tyranids in particular have a hard enough time already, and I'm struggling to seeing what Space Skaven could bring that's unique besides being man-rats... Most of their schtick is already covered by Orks.

[Vanvlak]

Yes. yes the did...
In 1998   

Don't feel bad. I just pre-ordered a GW product.
What year is this??

THAT long ago? good grief. 

[Mason]

Re: Squats, those are dead and gone. GW confessed quietly on several occasions that they tried to come up with cool ideas for them, and in the end simply felt that they couldn't come up with anything compelling. Therefore, after a long time on ice, they were finally written out of the background as having been wholly consumed by the Tyranids. Of course, GS Cults were recently resurrected as a faction with models, but then they had always remained part of the current background - unlike the Squats.

Not ALL of the Squats were consumed.
Some of them were hiding in Robert Girlyman's stasis casket.
 

[Major_Gilbear]

Fair enough then! 

[Nord]

Maybe this is all because the Squats will be making a return....
 

They are already here. Check out the Kharadron Overlords, in the AOS section.

[horridperson]

There were the Demiurg which were kind of interesting then there was the matter of one Sholto Unwerth's heritage .  I can see them being an awkward edition to 40k lore as an abhuman race.  With the Mechanicus cults appropriating the tinker/wonderbuilder role it left them in a bit of lurch.  When you strip away that and the ancestor worship/veneration for the monotheistic Imperial cult short, stocky humans with facial hair falls short of a compelling faction identity.

[Major_Gilbear]

New White Dwarf model for those that haven't seen it yet:



Showcasing the new Space Marine armour being designed for 8E, but modified in a the usual tongue-in-cheek way for ol' Grombrindal.

Also, despite the lack of gauntlets to paint red, he seems to be painted in a Crimson Fists scheme?

[beefcake]

He looks like a squat 

[Major_Gilbear]

He looks like a squat 

...Hence why I though to post him here!   

[Mason]

He looks like a squat 

Ya see what happens when you spend 10.000 years in Girlyman's stassis casket?
Yer fink yer a Spaace Maureen and not a Squat!
 

[zemjw]

New White Dwarf model for those that haven't seen it yet:

Showcasing the new Space Marine armour being designed for 8E, but modified in a the usual tongue-in-cheek way for ol' Grombrindal.

Also, despite the lack of gauntlets to paint red, he seems to be painted in a Crimson Fists scheme?

Is he in the shop yet? I've just searched for Dwarf, and it was none of the 63 results on the main store or 16 results on forgeworld.

I thought they'd stopped the annual white dwarf figure, as it's been a few years since I've seen one. Any word on material - resin or plastic?