The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[zemjw]

Vermin Lord is up for pre-order. Yours for the give away price of £55.

But, hey - you get enough parts to build one of give variants, so just think of how may bits you're getting for your bits box. It's a steal at twice the price, I tell you

[Tactalvanic]

So £55 for Raction man.

Army "centre piece" as GW put it in the blurb

Is that why the latest hobbit/dwarfs in a box is for £118 - they are meant to be centre pieces for your army?

Now I begin to understand all the latest releases - they are going for the army centre piece/collectors market.

Soon all the limited edition GW prices will reflect this for all their products! Everything will be a centre piece for our armies/skirmish/apocolypsosomthing bands.

No more left flank, right flank, front and rear nonsense, everything will be in the centre.

That aside, one of five possible combinations sure, but, but, there don't seem to be many skulz on it?

[Diakon]

Quite a fan of the old Vermin Lord that seems to have been around since the early nineties. Don't like this new one much at all. I bet it's massive too. Something else that puts me off.

[Vermis]

Well it fits in with the Nagash theme: Huge torso, tiny little head and arms, enormous weight-toppling headpiece.

And it still doesn't offend me as much as the knowledge that GW fanboys will squeal themselves hoarse over it. (I mean, hurrah for subjectivity and all that, but this is what's overhyping GW into it's grave)

[Tactalvanic]

Quite a fan of the old Vermin Lord that seems to have been around since the early nineties. Don't like this new one much at all. I bet it's massive too. Something else that puts me off.

Yup Me to. nice, big enough but not too big, and still miles better than their later attempt, and the latest to.

Well it fits in with the Nagash theme: Huge torso, tiny little head and arms, enormous weight-toppling headpiece.

And it still doesn't offend me as much as the knowledge that GW fanboys will squeal themselves hoarse over it. (I mean, hurrah for subjectivity and all that, but this is what's overhyping GW into it's grave)

True.

[Gibby]

That new Verminlord is a big bag of shite. It looks like a little ratty goldilocks. Well, not little. This new action figure Warcrafty aesthetic they go for now has really nailed the coffin shut for me.

[Vermis]

Yup Me to. nice, big enough but not too big, and still miles better than their later attempt, and the latest to.

Agreed. It's showing it's age a bit, IMO, but it's reasonably well-balanced, detailed, and proportioned. Not like the forgeworld one that looked like a wet sack of turnips with legs sticking out awkwardly, or this one that looks like the concept sketch was drawn by an overexcited crayon.

[beefcake]

Not a fan of the overdone fur on the back of it. The hooves look weird as well. How many of those tails will break the first time used on a gaming board? (Multiply answer by two as its a double tail.)

[FramFramson]

I'm just sick of all the BIG McLARGE-HUGE stuff in general. Seems the only arm of GW coming out with interesting regular 28mm minis is Forge World and they're the one outfit that can be guaranteed to have even more screamingly insane prices than GW proper.

[Vermis]

I'm just sick of all the BIG McLARGE-HUGE stuff in general.

They keep trying to supersize your order even though you didn't ask for it.

I'll get me coat.

Seems the only arm of GW coming out with interesting regular 28mm minis is Forge World and they're the one outfit that can be guaranteed to have even more screamingly insane prices than GW proper.

Strangely, I've been seeing some GW fans - with novelty quickly wearing off - say that standard GW prices are rapidly approaching FW level, and the quality of the latter now makes it better value.

[Cubs]

Why can't Skaven just be small scuttling, sewer-dwellers again? When did someone decide they were better off being man-sized monsters towing enormous monuments around with them?

Waste of a great idea.

[Modhail]

Because someone(s) in charge at GW thinks Wagner is too subtle and restrained and Rococo is to austere and lacking in detail...

[Tactalvanic]

I always liked them as the sneaky vile little bad guys.

Never really knowing when they would beat up the other army or just mess all their rolls and kick the living daylights out of themselves.

When they work they are brilliant, when it all hits the fan they are still brilliant - you end up laughing and having a great battle even though you loose.

This latest outing looks more like nagash shrunken head giant vs Raction man shrunken head giant, see which ones bits break off the quickest.

Guess there will shortly be shrunken head giant leader for Empire and others, maybe not elves as it looks like they are getting sunk beneath the waves..?

I get the feeling the GW WHB Apocalypso is more about reducing the model range to generic races - one of each, Men/Elves/Greenthings/Undead/Rats/Chaos...?

Bit boring really, and sad if that's what is going to be GW Fantasy offerings for 2015 - especially as the prices will of course be  

[beefcake]

Yeah, next for the empire it will be Sigmar reincarnated. Possibly just a Thrud style miniature.

[FramFramson]

Because someone(s) in charge at GW thinks Wagner is too subtle and restrained and Rococo is to austere and lacking in detail...