The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Momotaro]

Those £100 deals weren't looking too bad, then I changed it to "deliver to New Zealand" I thought the Southern Hemisphere markup wouldn't make it excessive as $200 is the equivalent of £100. These cost $320! That's an extra £60/$120. Still, getting off a northern hemisphere mate on LAF would make it a lot cheaper or ordering through one of those shipping forwarding companies.

 

[Major_Gilbear]

8th does look very good, but I lack big armies to use it yet.

If you are happy to make a few 40x40mm and 40x60mm unit fillers (generic ones like fallen masonry, etc), you can plop them into your existing regiments to bulk them up to the correct footprint. Cheap, quick, and they can double up as objectives or what have you in smaller/other games.

I mean, I'll paint 20 models for a regiment, but I'm sure as hell not buying/painting 40 models (given that past a certain point, they are basically  *just* wound markers).

Anyway, that's the quick way to get from 4th/5th/6th up to 8th. 

[nic-e]

Forgeworld gets what people want
 Also a bunch of admech knights that my computer wont download.

Pre heresy imperial army.



ROBOTS!!


ad mech robo throne thing.

[OSHIROmodels]

Love the robots, not keen on the imperial army and the rest is a bit meh 

I'm sure the detail is great and the vast majority of the pre heresy stuff is rather good I'm wondering if they're taking it a bit too far.

cheers

James

[nic-e]

Better pic of the solar auxilla.
I really like these, think they'd work for inq28 pretty well.

[eilif]

I really like the look of the Solar Auxillia, but do I see it and kind of think to myself  "Didn't Alternative Armies already do this in the 90's?"

[Major_Gilbear]

I do like the Solar Auxilia (and yes, FW does seem to 'get' what GW customers want even if GW proper don't), but I dunno... Collecting any FW Imperial Guard* infantry just seems to require a second mortgage, and so these will just be relegated to the "looks nice, but-" list of items that I like but will never buy.
 
 
 
 
*...Can we still call them that? 

[Tactalvanic]

The robots are great, really resonate with some of the original artwork I remember from so long ago.

The Auxilia - Nice ish, but I agree - Alternative armies, some of  classic spacelord stuff thats still available and more being made available again - EM4 (thats so so tempting - but not yet, have to earn more money first)  they show similarities..

But as mentioned already by Major_Gilbear - the price will kill any temptation to get some of the Foundry stuff...

The mechanical throne thing... well...  It has skulls and tentacles so tick those boxes, but I think it needs some wolves or something similar to pull it along?

[Modhail]

Those solar auxilia would do quite nicely for, say, Inq28 or Necromunda. They look like either space-suited boarding parties or Guilders/Enforcers alternatives. Wouldn't need that many that way either...

Major Gilbear, be careful, it is said that if you say "Imperial Guard" three times in a row in a GW topic, you will summon the Dark Lord of GW Legal Himself... 

[Too Bo Coo]

I just dont like all that fine detail for gaming figs in resin.  Resin is a great material for large objects like super heavies and titans where the downsides of resin are forgiven by the size of the pieces.  But with things this small, all that beautiful detail just looks like its begging to be snapped off....  At this scale, resin is much better for display pieces, not for gaming use.
Of course, the worst resin I've seen is that FineCrap.

[matthais-mouse]

Better pic of the solar auxilla.
I really like these, think they'd work for inq28 pretty well.

In this photo the flamer pipe is infact broken....

[von Lucky]

And this was just shared with me, new version of Space Hulk (which I still don't own...):

[Major_Gilbear]

...If that is a new version of SH, will it be "Limited Edition" again? 

[Modhail]

...And if it is, will they once again spontaneously find dozens of extra copies in a corner of the warehouse once they sell out the initial batch? 

[Major_Gilbear]

...And if it is, will they once again spontaneously find dozens thousands of extra copies in a corner of the warehouse once they sell out the initial batch? 

Fixed that for you!


(...And yes, I think they will!)