The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Timbor]

There's some interesting rumors about an official (that is to say GW proper, not Forge World) Adeptus Mechanicus release- there are leaked photos of a White Dwarf with 'All Hail Mars' written in binary.

Might get me buying...

I found some leaked photos of the release set for the 27th of March circulating the internets.  From the tiny pictures, I would say this release looks to be on par with the latest wood elf release, which IMO, was stellar (all notions of price aside...)

[Vermis]

Skitarii look fine... I guess we know where Chaos got the defilers from... The dragoons/ironstriders I'm not sure about. I think John Blanche's ideas work better if someone reins them in ever so slightly. As it is, for big mechanised gun/combat platforms, I would've preferred praetorians.

[zemjw]

There are some much bigger pictures floating around the web...

WH40K meets Steampunk

[Dr. Zombie]

I actually quite like those. The prizing will probably ensure that I will not fall to temptation though...

[Tactalvanic]

Like. but, no, not that much like.

The pricing though, perhaps its just the 36 hour day I am currently working - its getting longer.. but the price, thats by GW standards - 31 squids for 10 minis almost not bad... if it is indeed correct. are they 15mm? 

sure must need some sleep!

not touching my wallet until I have.

[eilif]

The Mechanicus stuff is pretty cool.  Whereas the recent IG offerings have seemed to move further from the original artwork that was so evocative, the mechanicus offerings look like they could have been ripped from the RT and 2nd edition black and white artwork.

[Modhail]

I need to see more pictures of that "walking fridge" spider walker, but the infantry and those walker mounts look very nice! 

About the "sneak preview" announcements by GW all being done in binary, all I can say is:
"01001101 01111001 00100000 01101000 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01100011 01110010 01100001 01100110 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01100101 01100101 01101100 01110011 00100001"
The idea is nice, but the information that is "hidden" is really not special enough to warrant the effort of decoding it... It seems they know the rumour circuit is more effective information and they're not even trying anymore on their "official" stuff.

[Tactalvanic]

Ok I admit it

Color me tempted.

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40-000?N=102296+4294967072+4294965871&Nu=product.repositoryId&qty=12&sorting=phl&view=table&categoryId=cat440130a-flat

At least by the troops if not the walkers , at 23.50  a box thats shockingly reasonable in GW terms.

Walks not so tempting, and could not care less about the paints as such... but the Skitarii Vanguard/Ranger things hmmm.

[majorsmith]

They look fantastic I have to say

[ErikB]

Is GW copying Micro Art Studios?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/127203-Micro%20Art%20Studio%20Iron%20Brotherhood.html

http://www.gamedistribution.dk/images/image070-12-im.jpg

[Tactalvanic]

no no those are clearly not multipart plastic...

[Dr Mathias]

Never thought I'd see the day that GW released AdMech as a faction.

[Timbor]

I agree, a very nice release.  Those troops are sweet and have tons of bits.    I might just pick up a box to help convert some 40k civilians.

But... a single transfer sheet that costs half as much as the troops box ($24CAD vs $47CAD)

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Skitarii-Transfer-Sheet

[Phyllion]

Never thought I'd see the day that GW released AdMech as a faction.

Agree. I had a fully converted AdMech force once upon a time, but I nevertheless hint they'd do it, well maybe Forge a World.

The strider/Dragoons are kinda cool. Troopers I gave give or take tbh.

[Argonor]

But... a single transfer sheet that costs half as much as the troops box ($24CAD vs $47CAD)

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Skitarii-Transfer-Sheet

Buy it, scan it, and laser-print as many as you need - which is probably what they count on ppl doing, thus the price.