The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Dr Mathias]

It seems like GW has been influenced by Warzone to me. That vehicle is a straight up non-sequitur for Imperial Guard.

[Dr. The Viking]

Cool!

A bit like the british WW2 quad thing from the desert war.

The troopers are a bit overarmoured perhaps, but nice throwback to the 2nd ed stormies.

[Dr. Zombie]

I like the stormtroopers but the car is horrible. It foresee it as being turned into a lot of ork battle wagons.

[Andym]

The truck is total guff! It looks like an Ork Truk!! It's a pity they've lost that 'real' army look! On the plus side, for the second time on a big model, there is a SEVERE lack of skulls ( for GW anyway)! Just leave out the radiator grill and your sorted! Troops are ok!

[Argonor]

DKK 210 for 5 troopers. As if! 
They are nice enough, but there are so many other nice armoured sci-fi models out there.

The vehicle reminds me in shape a bit of the big IG moving fortress (cannot remember its name) from Epic (1st or 2nd Ed.).

[Cubs]

It definitely has the snub-nosed look of modern British AFVs and APCs to me, as well as the old WW2 Quad Tractor -

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Somehow it does seem to have missed a certain something though. I suspect it could be saved with a half-tidy paintjob. I actually quite like the look of the models (the beret is a nice touch because I loved the old IG Stormtroopers) but as others have said, perhaps a tad too much armour.

Not bad though, I must say.

[Too Bo Coo]

As a kid I didnt know how big it actually was so I wanted either a quad or a kubelwagon as my first car..

[Cubs]

As a kid I didnt know how big it actually was so I wanted either a quad or a kubelwagon as my first car..

Hell, it ain't so far removed from a Humvee and if some Hollywood gimps can have one, so should you. As an amsuing (and slightly tragic) anecdote I was with the missus in a little Cornish village once and saw some (presumably) tourist trying to negotiate a narrow winding hill with cars parked down both sides. Eventually he gave up and just ploughed through, scraping down sides and tearing off wing mirrors before merrily growling off into the distance. The funny bit was seeing about a dozen people reach for their phones and take a picture or make a call to the local coppers. I can't imagine it got too far without being pulled over ...

[Too Bo Coo]

Hell, it ain't so far removed from a Humvee and if some Hollywood gimps can have one, so should you. As an amsuing (and slightly tragic) anecdote I was with the missus in a little Cornish village once and saw some (presumably) tourist trying to negotiate a narrow winding hill with cars parked down both sides. Eventually he gave up and just ploughed through, scraping down sides and tearing off wing mirrors before merrily growling off into the distance. The funny bit was seeing about a dozen people reach for their phones and take a picture or make a call to the local coppers. I can't imagine it got too far without being pulled over ...

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Bloody Americans...

[nic-e]

I really want to give that tank anti grav engines, all diesel punky and dirty. two pods per track space, make it all kinds of punky and do it up as an inter hive troupe of actors with las guns

Maybe take off the back roof and give it a canvas roof with a back stage and sponson stubbers
.....okay yeah, i hates it at first but no i want it with the stortroopers to make my dream of Blanche style punk actors come true.

(may even pick up a kinight and call it "the fat lady" so i can make it sing and end the battle.)

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sorry...i got lost in my head.

[FramFramson]

Hell, it ain't so far removed from a Humvee and if some Hollywood gimps can have one, so should you. As an amsuing (and slightly tragic) anecdote I was with the missus in a little Cornish village once and saw some (presumably) tourist trying to negotiate a narrow winding hill with cars parked down both sides. Eventually he gave up and just ploughed through, scraping down sides and tearing off wing mirrors before merrily growling off into the distance. The funny bit was seeing about a dozen people reach for their phones and take a picture or make a call to the local coppers. I can't imagine it got too far without being pulled over ...

Did the driver look like Kevin Klein? 

[Cubs]

Did the driver look like Kevin Klein? 

Tricky to tell though the back window of a Humvee.

I think I can see what GW were trying to do with the vehicle (light tank? apc?) but it seems a little off target. Seems too high for me and the two banks of tracks on each side look like a gimmick. Stick some big-ass wheels or a single track on each side and it could be a goer.

[pixelgeek]

Yet another in a long line of disappointing vehicle releases. Not sure who is doing their plastic vehicle kits but they have been pretty lacklustre lately.

[Mason]

Yet another in a long line of disappointing vehicle releases. Not sure who is doing their plastic vehicle kits but they have been pretty lacklustre lately.

I have to agree.
The sense of believabilty is disappear further over the horizon with each release.
They appear more toy-like as time goes on, what with this thing and the Dwarf Gyro-thingy looking like new releases from Mattel.....

I think the whole image of the 40k universe has been going in a strange direction over the last few years.
I fear for where it will end up, as I used to see a use for their kits (conversions, of course) but not their latest offerings.

[Too Bo Coo]

I have to agree.
The sense of believabilty is disappear further over the horizon with each release.
They appear more toy-like as time goes on, what with this thing and the Dwarh Gyrothingy looking like new releases from Mattel.....

I think the whole image of the 40k universe has been going in a strange direction over the last few years.
I fear for where it will end up, as I used to see a use for their kits (conversions, of course) but not their latest offerings.

To be honest, I had to look a few tomes to make such it was a GW release and not Mattel.  It looks like cheap soft plastic crap.