The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Elbows]

Who would've thought when this thread was started that we'd be discussing the return of Necromunda on its 500th page? Wonder if Epic is next 

You're aware that an 8mm version of Adeptus Titanicus is coming in 2018 right? 

[Vanvlak]

You're aware that an 8mm version of Adeptus Titanicus is coming in 2018 right? 

Aware yes, in 2018 no.
WOnder if they'll extend to a Space Marine style game too.

[Mason]

You're aware that an 8mm version of Adeptus Titanicus is coming in 2018 right? 

With 15mm Space Maureens, right?

[Elbows]

Nah, this is where you use your normal non-Primaris marines.

[3 fingers]

Getting silly now,won't be long before it's 54 mm one on one gaming 

[Westfalia Chris]

Getting silly now,won't be long before it's 54 mm one on one gaming 

They tried that once, mind...

[3 fingers]

They tried that once, mind...

Did they I wouldn't have took any notice of that scale would just assumed they were fancy bookends 

[Captain Blood]

500 pages of discussion on Games Workshop... 

Gosh, we really do love to talk about them, don't we... ?

[Hupp n at em]

where the old miniatures and artwork were examples of refinement and realism not seen since Bernini, Of course.

I'm 25, my first GW exposure was Battlemasters and a smattering of late 90's Warhammer.  Not sure why my critique has to come from a place of nostalgia. 

[stone-cold-lead]

Anyone would think scale creep had never happened before! Remember when we all played with 25mm miniatures?! 

[3 fingers]

I have an old House Delaque gang that are going to be midgets by the looks of it - Hobbits of the Underhive
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That's got me thinking, I've been messing around with fireforge and hail Caesar miniatures with anvil bolt pistols as bolters for 28mm sci fi ,they could be made into a squat mining gang as their only 3/4 size of current GW 40k stuff 

[Hupp n at em]

I've probably done more 54mm gaming than most on here, and I realize scale creep in terms of height is not a GW thing.  That actually does not overly bother me, aside from the annoyance of older figures gradually looking weirder and more out of place next to newer stuff.  Just not a fan of figures who make The Hulk look well-proportioned. 

[Westfalia Chris]

They tried that once, mind...

Did they I wouldn't have took any notice of that scale would just assumed they were fancy bookends  [/quote]

For a moment or seriousness, Inquisitor, back in 2001 or 2002. Essentially "heroic" 54mm figures, but it never quite took off, although some folks have done amazing things with it.

500 pages of discussion on Games Workshop... 

Gosh, we really do love to talk about them, don't we... ?

Now think of all the threads I would have had to nuke if it wasn't for this grimdark cesspool of scum, villainy (and only war).

[Timbor]

Yes, 500 pages is pretty impressive. Hopefully we don't crash the server with such a large thread 

Here is a question that has been nagging me for a while... you often hear reference to brutes such as the goliaths as having/being 'slabs of vat-grown muscle'... is there any actual explanation for what that is? Is the muscle grown in vats and grafted on? Are they just given hormones (possibly developed in vats)? Or maybe they just live in vats and it has a beneficial effect on skeletal muscle development? 

[Dr Mathias]

Here is a question that has been nagging me for a while... you often hear reference to brutes such as the goliaths as having/being 'slabs of vat-grown muscle'... is there any actual explanation for what that is? Is the muscle grown in vats and grafted on? Are they just given hormones (possibly developed in vats)? Or maybe they just live in vats and it has a beneficial effect on skeletal muscle development?  

Probably a combination of vat-grown muscle grafted on, steroids, lifting weights, and straight up hard work. It was in the fluff that House Goliath was situated in a particularly harsh area of the hive. Id say that the overwhelming majority of the members of any house are pretty much menial labor or factory workers for the Imperial war machine.