Hihohe posted:

A Shadow of War game only its Orks.

Zasze posted:

Kinda weird that they have been totally silent on kill team, are there any events that they could preview it at after all the AOS 2nd edition stuff is done?

Zasze posted:

Kinda weird that they have been totally silent on kill team, are there any events that they could preview it at after all the AOS 2nd edition stuff is done?

PantsOptional posted:

When is AoS2 expected to be done? Origins is coming up in the middle of June.

Zasze posted:

Kinda weird that they have been totally silent on kill team, are there any events that they could preview it at after all the AOS 2nd edition stuff is done?

BigRed0427 posted:

Seriously, more 40K games where the Imperium, especially the Space Marines, are not the central focus.

I want a dim game where your managing a Ork warband.

Schadenboner posted:

What would the closest equivelent be for the Gravis Captain from the starting box in Deathwatch terms? Maybe a termi with a power fist (bolt storm gauntlet)?

Zuul the Cat posted:

I really hate that they stopped the momentum of 8th Edition 40k to do this huge AoS push.

A local manager was telling me that when they had their big managers meeting in texas a few months back, AoS sales dropped something like 80% and they weren't expecting it at all. They want to keep the sales up for both systems at the same time, which seems nigh impossible.

Corrode posted:

Got a couple of Death Company with thunder hammers/hammer Captains done:

Corrode posted:

What momentum did they stop? They've pushed out 3 books in 3 weeks and the Knights release is big and exciting with a bunch of new plastic kits and a great box deal, then there'll be a few weeks of AoS stuff which will hopefully reinvigorate that game, and then we'll have the last 3 40k books + Kill Team + Rogue Trader all going off at once. To be honest I'm glad it's slowed down a little - there's so many good releases at once that it's hard to keep on top of.

xpost from the painting thread:

dexefiend posted:

Gravis Captain -> Terminator Watch Captain with Relic Blade and Storm Bolter

That is how i would use them.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

As a 1:1 replacement that totally works. For me; replace the power sword with a spear and rock a Watch Master.

Zuul the Cat posted:

I didn't expect it to take over a year for all the armies to transition into Codices. I don't particularly care, because my armies have actual books, but it must suck for Ork players and I know my friend who plays Space Wolves is pretty bummed about it.

Perhaps momentum stopping was the wrong phrasing, but it certainly feels slowed to me. Right out of the gate of 8th last year felt like an avalanche, and now it feels like a slow roll.

I get the desire to want to keep sales up for AoS, but a rise in one will see a dip in the other.

bonds0097 posted:

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

theres only so much cash you can milk out of a ham before their wallet needs a break

bonds0097 posted:

First DW Intercessor done:




Brother Justus, like many of the Ulltima Founding, served in the Indomitus Crusade prior to being seconded to the Deathwatch. While the primary focus of the Crusade was retaking Imperial worlds from the hands of Chaos forces, this is not to say there weren't Xenos to kill. Justus proved himself quite capable and passionate about murdering non-human sentient life and so it was not long after the Crusade disbanded that he was seconded to the Deathwatch and assigned to Fort Prescience, neighboring Rynn's World and incursions of Hive Fleet Leviathan. Like many Primaris Marines, Justus fought in battle alongside sons of Dorn and Sanguinus and all the other Primarchs as part of the Indomitus Crusade, and so he has fit in naturally in a Fortis Kill Team that includes members of many chapters. He is depicted here in mid-battle shortly after some foul Xenos has knocked his bolt pistol out of his hand, forcing him to resort to his trusty Gladius (aka combat knife) for some hand-to-hand action. Of course, his on-board wrist computer did not react well to being disconnected so suddenly from his bolt pistol's telemetry, and machine spirits being what they are, the computer is suffering a classic error from ages past.



Pretty happy with how this dude came out, though I'm an idiot and didn't realize the shoulder placements were such that the backpack would not fit normally until way too late. The black also looks more interesting in real life as he is not in fact painted black. I may also bright the highlights on the bolter casing as they are pretty blown out in the picture and probs won't be particularly visible at tabletop distance either.

Also... gently caress eyes.

Zuul the Cat posted:

I didn't expect it to take over a year for all the armies to transition into Codices. I don't particularly care, because my armies have actual books, but it must suck for Ork players and I know my friend who plays Space Wolves is pretty bummed about it.

Perhaps momentum stopping was the wrong phrasing, but it certainly feels slowed to me. Right out of the gate of 8th last year felt like an avalanche, and now it feels like a slow roll.

I get the desire to want to keep sales up for AoS, but a rise in one will see a dip in the other.

bonds0097 posted:

First DW Intercessor done:




Brother Justus, like many of the Ulltima Founding, served in the Indomitus Crusade prior to being seconded to the Deathwatch. While the primary focus of the Crusade was retaking Imperial worlds from the hands of Chaos forces, this is not to say there weren't Xenos to kill. Justus proved himself quite capable and passionate about murdering non-human sentient life and so it was not long after the Crusade disbanded that he was seconded to the Deathwatch and assigned to Fort Prescience, neighboring Rynn's World and incursions of Hive Fleet Leviathan. Like many Primaris Marines, Justus fought in battle alongside sons of Dorn and Sanguinus and all the other Primarchs as part of the Indomitus Crusade, and so he has fit in naturally in a Fortis Kill Team that includes members of many chapters. He is depicted here in mid-battle shortly after some foul Xenos has knocked his bolt pistol out of his hand, forcing him to resort to his trusty Gladius (aka combat knife) for some hand-to-hand action. Of course, his on-board wrist computer did not react well to being disconnected so suddenly from his bolt pistol's telemetry, and machine spirits being what they are, the computer is suffering a classic error from ages past.



Pretty happy with how this dude came out, though I'm an idiot and didn't realize the shoulder placements were such that the backpack would not fit normally until way too late. The black also looks more interesting in real life as he is not in fact painted black. I may also bright the highlights on the bolter casing as they are pretty blown out in the picture and probs won't be particularly visible at tabletop distance either.

Also... gently caress eyes.

Strobe posted:

Watch Masters are on 32 mm bases, though, and Gravis Captains are on 40s.

Corrode posted:

At this point in previous editions we'd have had like 2 books released and Ork players would have been whining because their codex was a decade old. I know it's rough for single-faction guys without a codex when everyone else is running around with awesome toys and well-designed books and they're like "cool, 2 units in my lovely pamphlet are even usable" but it's honestly insane to me that a year out from a new edition people are complaining they haven't released a codex for every single faction.

Zuul the Cat posted:

Why is that insane? I'm not surprised they aren't done yet, but I can certainly understand where that camp is coming from. There are 25ish codices for 40k. I expected their average release schedule to be closer to 2 a month, since that's what it was on the outset, but it's 1.5.

Strobe posted:

Watch Masters are on 32 mm bases, though, and Gravis Captains are on 40s.

I love the conversion, but it does technically need to be on a smaller base.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

I guess I will just need to get my opponent's permission. Hopefully NOVA won't care.

General Olloth posted:

Between GW rebasing most infantry a size up and no longer even printing any rule in the book about base size I don't really forsee any issues there from all but the most anal people.

bonds0097 posted:

Well, the problem with basing up an HQ is you're effectively extending their aura. Whether 8mm really matter is certainly debatable and I am personally all about basing models in the way that makes them look coolest. But in a competitive environment, it may be an issue.

Corrode posted:

VECT SAYS NO

Schadenboner posted:

I wish GW would start listing base size on datasheets.

Zuul the Cat posted:

I really hate that they stopped the momentum of 8th Edition 40k to do this huge AoS push.

xtothez posted:

And generate a facebook autism storm from angry grogs who can't use their square-based early 90's Eldar Avatar? Who would risk that?


I don't think it's a loss of momentum so much as we don't know what's coming next for the first time in a while. Since last summer we've known the next 2-3 codexes at all times, but now Knights looks like a dead-end.

Hopefully they'll say something concrete on the next codexes tomoro.

fashionly snort posted:

Is anything from the new Knight codex going to apply to Renegade knights? I want to dedicate a cool FW lancer to the appropriate god.