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Offline Blackwolf

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10905 on: February 14, 2020, 07:42:47 PM »
Hm. The middle one doesn't look quite finished, missing his arm and his backpack  lol.

He’s mostly ‘armless.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10906 on: February 14, 2020, 10:15:48 PM »
But what are the purple thingies on their chests?

Freeze pop dispensers, looks like  ;D


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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10907 on: February 14, 2020, 11:11:34 PM »
So it looks like they've ALL had their right arm removed, presumably as a way to fit a specific mech arm for a specific job. Maybe the purple things are phials of meds that keep them going, like the Star Trek Jem Hadar and their 'White'.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10908 on: February 14, 2020, 11:15:02 PM »
So it looks like they've ALL had their right arm removed, presumably as a way to fit a specific mech arm for a specific job. Maybe the purple things are phials of meds that keep them going, like the Star Trek Jem Hadar and their 'White'.

Yeah, 'stims' I'd say. I quite like them. They are mutants of sorts so I would expect them to look odd compared to ogres or even mainstream Imp Guard ogrns due to being in the underhive.

Edit: Just seen this on facebook...


Not sure I am overly keen on it. But I suppose it looks messed up enough for what it is.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10909 on: February 15, 2020, 09:04:44 AM »
Slaine!

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10910 on: February 15, 2020, 11:16:56 AM »
Any one seen the new warcry skaven bombadier? Striking the death metal guitar pose  lol
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Skaven-Warlock-Bombardier-2020
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10911 on: February 15, 2020, 01:02:25 PM »
£17.50 for 1 small plastic figure. Fuck me.

Is this pay to win come to figure gaming?

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10912 on: February 15, 2020, 03:30:07 PM »
£17.50 for 1 small plastic figure. Fuck me.

Is this pay to win come to figure gaming?

GW has had that sort of pricing for single command figures for some time.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10913 on: February 15, 2020, 03:36:11 PM »
£17.50 for 1 small plastic figure. Fuck me.

Is this pay to win come to figure gaming?
I like everything about this figure but the price, but what do you expect when the dropped metal figures? Plastic molds are expensive, especially for single figures, but it's not going to dissuade the intoxicated faithful.

At the current exchange rate, £17.50 should be around $23, but I expect it to be priced at $30-$35, 'cause you're a foreigner paying for the privilege!




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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10914 on: February 15, 2020, 04:02:35 PM »
Generic gang tactic cards might be gone (or moved to a specific pack?), as the pre-order only has Goliath cards.


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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10915 on: February 15, 2020, 04:09:34 PM »
The Ogor Mawtribes Warboss is sort of affordable when you compare him to the other ones. 25 euros, that would be about 18 euros through Wayland and the likes. Might be temped...
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10916 on: February 15, 2020, 09:34:57 PM »
Generic gang tactic cards might be gone (or moved to a specific pack?), as the pre-order only has Goliath cards.



They've had issues with the cards, though what is odd is that some cards have become available again after initial release, like the enforcers I believe.

It's all a bit odd as the gang specific cards are actually quite few in number where as the generic ones seem to be numerous.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10917 on: February 16, 2020, 02:46:23 PM »
Necromunda has always been my all times fav, since the early days of confrontation (which produced wonderful minis at the time, some of them i'm only painting now after 30 years catching dust  in boxes).

I've always liked best skirmish games with more narrative into it, and while i stopped playing years ago, i've always went on painting (at a very slow rate caused by lack of time) gangs, or squad sized teams just in case... And when GW dropped Mordheim and Necromunda, I hanged on with INQ 28 to keep motivation.

But this Necromunda V2 they've done is really awesome. Of course there are the usual GW issues everyone dislike for good (and not so good) reasons.

Most of the sculpts are simply awesome (ok except OOTRUM 8-8, still don't understand how they managed to do that one...) and i'm very happy with the content of the books.

And the future seems bright considering the schedule they've issued for the year and a half to come, hopefully at the end of which should bring us the even more interesting part (IMH and very personal O of course...):scavvies, redemptionists, ratskins, outlanders...

Sorry for this sudden and indecent burst of out of place enthousiasm.

But then i thought it was the right place.

Sorry to have written this pointless post.

You can now resume your usual activities.






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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10918 on: February 16, 2020, 03:17:56 PM »
I agree RAD.

I love the direction they are going with Necromunda. It's background allows for old school stuff to still be about in modern 40k so it's a really ace sandpit for nostalgia.

The biggest issue I think GW and Necromunda has is the humble d6. So many different gangs and characters and only six sides of a dice to differentiate them. I think a lot of the balancing issues stem from this in that rules are then needed on top to differentiate. Some odd.

For me, at the moment, the availability of special weapons is an issue. Venators can only access them through their leader and champions. Chaos cultists and house gangs can have as many as they like. Which has lead to the cultist gang in our current campaign having flamers and grenade launchers as well as a couple of heavy stubbers...

Offline Belligerentparrot

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10919 on: February 16, 2020, 05:51:14 PM »
£42 for all four of the slaver/pitslave Goliath allies - that is actually much less than I feared!

 

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