The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Lost Egg]

Here ya go...

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/12/24/warriors-from-a-bygone-age-return-for-christmas-day-pre-orders/

Its a set with 10 marines & a landspeeder plus 20 Dark Eldar Warriors.

[Major_Gilbear]

Yep, and just one day's notice, to preorder for a very short unspecified amount of time, for an unspecified amount of money.

Holy bat-announcements, er, Batman!    

As my friend said when I told him: "Why...? I am so confused.  "

[Mammoth miniatures]

I'm sure someone wants a bunch of lanky 90's video game style eldar and some stumpy marines, but it ain't me.

[Tactalvanic]

+1 Why?

available to pre-order from Christmas day?

Please tell me they have "sold out" already?

[Belligerentparrot]

I'm bamboozled too. Those Dark Eldar are horrible sculpts compared to the current range. Why would anyone want this?

Hopefully 2022 brings Necromunda plastic Scavvies though!

Merry Xmas all!

[Major_Gilbear]

I'm bamboozled too. Those Dark Eldar are horrible sculpts compared to the current range. Why would anyone want this?

Well, if it was the full box with the scenery and the rulebook in some form, I could understand. But just the models on their own...? Even with a tenuous link to the Black Templars on the starter box cover, it does seem a bit strange to suddenly spring on people at Christmas. The minis inside were even officially painted as Ultramarines, so it's a feeble link at best. 

Hopefully 2022 brings Necromunda plastic Scavvies though!

Doubt it; they got rolled into the current version of Cawdor. 

Please tell me they have "sold out" already?

 

[swiftnick]

Here ya go...

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/12/24/warriors-from-a-bygone-age-return-for-christmas-day-pre-orders/

Its a set with 10 marines & a landspeeder plus 20 Dark Eldar Warriors.

Thanks for that

[Belligerentparrot]

Doubt it; they got rolled into the current version of Cawdor. 

I'm sure concept sketches were shown at a GW event years ago (the design team does seem to be years ahead of the actual release). But now that I think about it, they were maybe Ash Waste Nomads instead. Anyway, the sketches looked pretty promising, and pretty scavvy-esque.

[Diablo Jon]

Always loved the original Dark Eldar, I had a big army of them back in 3rd, they were easy to paint becuase they were very clean and had next to no extra crap on the miniatures. The original incubi are still, imo, nicer than the new ones. Having said that if I wanted a bunch of old dark eldar it's hardly difficult to buy 2nd hands one for no doubt far less than GW would want for new ones.

[Lost Egg]

I guess it's interesting that GW are offering up old plastic minis for sale again...who knows maybe they will bring back some old plastic minis for the new WFB.

But yeah, it seems a really naff idea to me.

[majorsmith]

Wish they had done the 2nd edition!

[jetengine]

Sixty quid for that is an absolute bloody joke. Utter madness.

Meanwhile the Thorins Company is actually...reasonably priced? Compared to its original release which was 4 packs £30 each.

[Lost Egg]

I can see the new jetbike Rangers as a good basis for Exodite conversions.

[Diablo Jon]

I can see the new jetbike Rangers as a good basis for Exodite conversions.

I rather like the new Eldar miniatures can't say the same for the chaos ones which are rather uninspiring imo not awful just a bit boring

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/12/25/new-asuryani-clash-with-chaos-space-marines-in-the-next-warhammer-40000-battlebox/

[Major_Gilbear]

Sixty quid for that is an absolute bloody joke.

Well, I laughed out loud when I saw the price, so I guess that counts? 

Wish they had done the 2nd edition!

Eh, 2E was around for a long time (4 year re-sets for editions was post 3E afterall, not counting the unpopular 6E that got just 2 years...), so there are lots of the old models floating about for fair prices still. Plus, it's models only remember!

I guess it's interesting that GW are offering up old plastic minis for sale again...who knows maybe they will bring back some old plastic minis for the new WFB.

We'll have to see I guess. I can see them perhaps bringing back Dark Vengeance, or maybe Battle for Macragge (bit pointless without the scenery though...), but I doubt we'll see Assault on Black Reach as the Deff Koptas would only eat into the sales of the new models. Of all the starters though, that one would interest me the most (assuming models only).

I wonder if they'll do any of the WHFB starters? The 6E one (Empire and Orcs) was great, as was 7E (Dwarfs and Night Goblins). 8E was re-released for AoS already (as "Spire of Dawn"), so I doubt we'll see it again, but you never know.

I rather like the new Eldar miniatures can't say the same for the chaos ones which are rather uninspiring imo not awful just a bit boring

They're all lovely models IMO, but their release feels a bit too late - Eldar should have had more plastic kits to replace their metal/finecast units looong before now, so "new" releases at this point are bound to feel a bit uninspired. However, personally, I'd still rather just have the kits in plastic without anything "new".
Chaos are fine, but again their Chosen and Warpsmith should really have been released last edition when the CSM range was redone (as they were an obvious omission). I think they're fine, but I'm not in a rush to get any.

I can see the new jetbike Rangers as a good basis for Exodite conversions.

That's actually an amazing idea! I found them rather "blah", but making them into Exodites actually has me interested in them now... Hmm, dangerous.