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Pretty sure Ephrael Stern is coming with Pariah, not War of the Spider.
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Improbable Lobster posted:Nah it was unlisted even before then, which loving sucks because it's a classic and they're never gonna do a new one for smolmarines It was removed very quickly after the Primaris upgrades dropped. huh, Tech-Priest Manipulus is now on sale by himself, and there's a new AM start collecting box with the Skitarii troops, basic tech-priest, and the hover Higgins. Neat Mouse Business posted:Pretty sure Ephrael Stern is coming with Pariah, not War of the Spider. Correct, Spider is Fab Bile, and pariah has Stern, the Inquisitor, and the named Necron cryptek I won't spell.
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May 25, 2020 10:53
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Stephenls posted:That was an ancient metal kit; they probably cut production on it years ago. It wouldn't surprise me if it was only still listed on the website because they'd never run out of stock, and then last summer Iron Hands were really overwhelmingly popular for a few months and it finally sold out. They had updated it to be resin, but I guess it's a goner
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May 25, 2020 11:12
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having bought the GSC codex I do not like that cults inevitably end in mass panic as the Tyranids arrive and the faithful realise they've been tricked. Feels more appropriate (and more realistic) that they'd welcome their assimilation into the hive with open arms
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May 25, 2020 11:30
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peer posted:having bought the GSC codex I do not like that cults inevitably end in mass panic as the Tyranids arrive and the faithful realise they've been tricked. Feels more appropriate (and more realistic) that they'd welcome their assimilation into the hive with open arms Isn't that so some of them flee the planet though and then start the cult on other planets? Aka it was all part of their plan?
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Kitchner posted:Isn't that so some of them flee the planet though and then start the cult on other planets? Aka it was all part of their plan? Yeah, it's also more Cthulhu cult themed. Like most of them don't realize what absolute alien horror they've been worshiping until they see it, I personally love that part of it.
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May 25, 2020 12:36
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Kitchner posted:Isn't that so some of them flee the planet though and then start the cult on other planets? Aka it was all part of their plan? Maybe? I don't think that's stated in the codex (it's implied every single cultist is killed) but perhaps it's expanded upon somewhere else? Revelation 2-13 posted:Yeah, it's also more Cthulhu cult themed. Like most of them don't realize what absolute alien horror they've been worshiping until they see it, I personally love that part of it. I suppose. To me, "the star gods merely require your flesh, and you'll live eternal as part of the gene-pool" is a more compelling end to the cult than Surprise, It Was Aliens All Along, but maybe I'm in the minority
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peer posted:having bought the GSC codex I do not like that cults inevitably end in mass panic as the Tyranids arrive and the faithful realise they've been tricked. Feels more appropriate (and more realistic) that they'd welcome their assimilation into the hive with open arms Some do welcome it right until the end. The whole Genestealer cult thing is like an epic MLM scheme carried out across generations and it's very on brand with grimdark 40k to have the victims realise their mistake only when it's far too late. This is my favourite piece of fluff GW have done in recent years:  Kitchner posted:Isn't that so some of them flee the planet though and then start the cult on other planets? Aka it was all part of their plan? IIRC it's mostly purestrains that 'flee' during the panic in order to start new cults. The actual line members tend to stick around waiting for their gods to reward them for their hard work.
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May 25, 2020 12:48
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There's an old "unofficial" Citadel Journal named character Magus who had serial-infected worlds because he was terrified of re-absorbtion but couldn't resist the biological imperative to make a cult. It's a more complicated villain motive than what you typically see in 40k, which is probably why it stuck with me. The same article also had a named hybrid, who was an extremely pious Imperial Cult adherent who wouldn't accept that he was xenos-tainted. He chopped off his extra arms as they grew, but they kept coming back.
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I'm very confused at this Tzaangor kit, there's like a few things in here that make no sense, 2 are of like a head that's split in 2 but I can't make it fit anywhere, another is a spare axe head that doesn't go anyway, one has an arm with a hand that should be holding something but nothing's there and then also a fur but that I can't find what it attaches to. The handbook to help put stuff together doesn't even acknowledge these pieces or numbers? I am very confused, what. EDIT: ah ha worked out the "mutant" head, it looks cool Spudd fucked around with this message at 14:06 on May 25, 2020 |
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May 25, 2020 13:44
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Cool, seems the Necrons are getting a massive update to their entire range, including a bunch of wild looking new units! *looks sheepishly at Eldar models last updated in the 1970s*
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May 25, 2020 15:19
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Mordja posted:*looks sheepishly at Eldar models last updated in the 1970s* This is why xenos can't get nice things, you're never happy!
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May 25, 2020 15:48
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moths posted:This is why xenos can't get nice things, you're never happy! Orktober is just around the corner and I hear we are getting new buggies(again)!
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May 25, 2020 15:56
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xtothez posted:
Kelly's too, their entire role is infiltration and protection until the purestrain can evolve.
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May 25, 2020 16:20
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Mordja posted:Cool, seems the Necrons are getting a massive update to their entire range, including a bunch of wild looking new units! To be fair, as much as I dream about new plastic Aspects, the Eldar range by and large still looks really good.
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Lord_Hambrose posted:To be fair, as much as I dream about new plastic Aspects, the Eldar range by and large still looks really good. For that matter, as the rest of the range has gotten larger and larger while the Eldar remained the same, it actually accents the inhuman litheness of the Eldar compared to the increasingly bulky human miniatures. Well it would until the few new models for Eldar they have made wrecked the scaling again. 
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May 25, 2020 17:54
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As we know, one faction getting an update means another can't ever get an update. It's the law of equivalent hamstange.
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May 25, 2020 18:59
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Stephenls posted:I mean, I have one. I picked it up as part of the old Iron Hands Tactical Squad box about a year and a half ago from a dusty unused shelf at the back of a game store because I saw it and went "Oh, cybernetic marines, I want those bits!" Oh for sure! I'd just absolutely love an updated version of the kit and I know it ain't coming
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May 25, 2020 19:58
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How long does it take to actually produce new kits? From "GW leadership approves [new kit] to be produced" to "customers can acquire [new kit]"? It seems like it's a better business model to (relatively) slow drip new kits rather than release a bunch at once.
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May 25, 2020 20:14
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I think they mentioned at some point it takes around 3 years or so.
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Cooked Auto posted:I think they mentioned at some point it takes around 3 years or so. I really, really doubt it is that long. Unless you're counting time of artist sketches sitting on a desk doing nothing. I'd bet it is more like 9-15 months. Drip feeding some stuff can be a good idea. But when you're releasing a new flagship product, you really do need to come out with a critical mass all at once. You want people to see a bunch of new boxes and make big purchases when you have this level of campaign behind it. Also, they're way behind schedule due to Covid and probably looking for ways to catch up.
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May 25, 2020 21:03
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It really is that long.
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May 25, 2020 21:22
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Experimented with a new scheme for my Drukhari  
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May 25, 2020 21:42
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Deified Data posted:Experimented with a new scheme for my Drukhari I love that palette choice. What greens did you use?
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May 25, 2020 21:45
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Just warpstone glow recess washed with biel-tan and highlighted with moot green
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Was it just me or were there previews for some Ynnari melee looking dudes a milion years ago? Also, out of all the things, I think getting Exodites would be radical. Hihohe fucked around with this message at 21:51 on May 25, 2020 |
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Deified Data posted:Experimented with a new scheme for my Drukhari This looks great. Mordja posted:*looks sheepishly at Eldar models last updated in the 1970s* new plastic noise marines when Baku fucked around with this message at 21:57 on May 25, 2020 |
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Deified Data posted:Experimented with a new scheme for my Drukhari thanks doc my New Imperial Guard Model Wish List: Likely: Fresh Cadian sculpt with more reasonable arm size, some female options, more head variety in general, etc. like just an updated model Possible: Some kind of lightly armored or flak-less unit that still wear fatigues; old-school stormtroopers or kasrkin in plastic Unlikely: getting new sculpts at all lol Babe Magnet fucked around with this message at 22:59 on May 25, 2020 |
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May 25, 2020 22:55
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My wish is a kit for any regiment other than Cadian
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Mugaaz posted:I really, really doubt it is that long. From 'We're going to make a new unit of X' to 'Preorders for X is this weekend' Is on average, 3 years.
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Strelok604 posted:My wish is a kit for any regiment other than Cadian let me rep my boys from Jopall, GW, you cowards
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Yeast posted:From 'We're going to make a new unit of X' Yeah, I imagine waiting for an opportunity to slide a new model into the manufacturing chain can be a big delay.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Yeah, I imagine waiting for an opportunity to slide a new model into the manufacturing chain can be a big delay. Yeah, at this point releases until Holiday 2023 are already developed and scheduled. If you wanted to make a change or add something, you’d be looking at 2024 before it was available. This doesn’t even go into models that are done and then for whatever reason held back. Eldar Jetbikes were accidentally included in an army photo years before they were released, so they were made and then shelved for almost 6 years before release. It’s a long, long time line.
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Deified Data posted:Experimented with a new scheme for my Drukhari Fantastic looking dudes.
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Mugaaz posted:I really, really doubt it is that long. Unless you're counting time of artist sketches sitting on a desk doing nothing. I'd bet it is more like 9-15 months. They posted pictures of painted Blackstone Fortress & Speedfreeks models on the rumour engine ~18 months before they finally came out. The release schedule is subject to change up until 3-4 months to go. Some products get held back for months or years depending on what else is going out, or might be heavily revised. Adeptus Titanicus was 'done' to the point of being included in the 'next month in White Dwarf' preview in 2017. But they changed it to all-plastic models and delayed everything by over a year.
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I really wish the WarCom site had an easier way to access the Rumor Engine because it'd be interesting so see how many of those teases have been revealed by this point.
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Mugaaz posted:I really, really doubt it is that long. Unless you're counting time of artist sketches sitting on a desk doing nothing. I'd bet it is more like 9-15 months. Initial layout of the brief. Sculptor's concept artwork. Concept revision. Concept approval. Initial sculpt. Sculpt revision. Sculpt approval. Rules writing & testing. Fluff development. Sprue layout design. Sprue approval. Instructions layout. Mould production. Box art design and approval.. Release schedule window approval. Model production. Distribution. It averages three years. Oh, and sometimes they just forget they left a prototype sculpt in a draw for half a decade.
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Cooked Auto posted:I think they mentioned at some point it takes around 3 years or so. As others have pointed out, I'm pretty sure this is accurate. I think I heard on Voxcast that all the studios work on material / models 3 years ahead of what we see released.
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They probably leave a buffer in case of issues as well, so it might be 3 years of dev then a few months just in case if it is a scheduled release.
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