Posted: 2026-03-30 11:59:07
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Forum post by Polonius, 36 responses at time of this post.
While commenting on another thread I made a joke about GW's relentless exploitation of its back catalogue, which is funny because I've been in the hobby for about 25 years, right sort of at the nadir of stripping 40k down to the core. This was 3rd edition, which had cut squats and GSC from the game entirely, cut harlequins from Eldar, made psychic powers unit specific abilities, and greatly simplified the game. Some things have changed, as all of those armies and more are back, while others have swung back and forth, as psychic powers exploded back into complexity before once again, in 10th, being datasheet abilities.
Still, what's really, really amazing is that after the last few years, with the return of Old World and Hellsmiths of Heshut, there really isn't much left that GW hasn't brought back. I remember when Kid Kyoto would make his predictions for new starter boxes in past editions "squats vs. GSC" and while that wont' happen, it could happen now, which is wild.
Squats: back, with a full army range.
Genestealer Cult: amazing models, cool play style, full army
Harelequins: really only sat out one edition as they came back in the 4th edition codex, but have been a playable army on their own off and on for a decade
Ad Mech: never really fleshed out in the past, they're a full army now. Stuff only sketched out in Codex Imperialis has plastic kits
Chaos Dwarfs: back!
Brettonians" back
Tomb Kings" back
WFB: back, with new units and a whole new army
Bloodbowl: back with all plastic teams
Necromunda: back, with plastic gangs, terrain, and vehicles
Epic: sort of back
LOTR: still going, with new plastics being released
Warhammer Quest: back many times, including in SPACE
Going through the old 2004 citadel catalog on Stuff of Legends, this is the stuff that's not made or playable now:
Battlefleet Gothic
Mordheim
Warmaster
WFB Dogs of War
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Post continues at https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/818187.page
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Posted: 2026-03-30 10:59:07
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By Nice bits
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Posted: 2026-03-30 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-29 12:59:07
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By BelsariusRex
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Posted: 2026-03-29 11:59:07
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By Wyrmalla
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Posted: 2026-03-29 10:59:07
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By Olthannon
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Posted: 2026-03-29 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-28 11:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-03-28 10:59:07
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Forum post by frwd., 36 responses at time of this post.
Due to the in my opinion tiresome discussion about the Kriegs and the ASL I wondered if the "hobby" aspect of the game is dying out? I started nearly 20 years ago with LoTR and having not much money I build a lot of the terrain myself with scraps my dad would normally throw away. I used the cheapest paints i could find just to get paint onto my miniatures. I even begged my parents to drive me into the next town so I could buy cheap green cloth we would use as a playmat. And we had fun with this poorhammer approach to the game. At the moment I am far more into Turnip28 and Trench Crusade where kitbashing and building your own terrain and fleshing out ideas is essential to the game, which drew me to these two games in particular.
I increasingly get the impression that and increasing number of people in the 40k community no longer care about the hobby itself – kitbashing, terrain building, house rules. They simply want to buy ready-made stuff, jump on the latest meta, and win as many games as possible.
Would love to have some opions on that from the community.
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Posted: 2026-03-28 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-27 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-26 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-25 18:59:07
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Taken with a SAMSUNG PL20,PL21 / VLUU PL20,PL21
By mayajid
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Posted: 2026-03-25 17:59:07
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By Ezki
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Posted: 2026-03-25 16:59:07
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Taken with a Canon EOS REBEL T1i
By silence indigo
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Posted: 2026-03-25 15:59:07
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By Daia T'Nara
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Posted: 2026-03-25 14:59:07
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By Captain Brown
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Posted: 2026-03-25 13:59:07
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Unknown creator
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Posted: 2026-03-25 12:59:07
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Forum post by Sherrypie, 36 responses at time of this post.
In the grim darkness of my teenage years, there was only heavy metal and classic art. Armed thus with a budding love of the baroque and some Italian bangers, I experimented with browns, reds and bone to create a fleet of my own with a naming scheme straight out of Rhapsody of Fire. Now, some 15 years later, it's time to continue the project and attack that mountain of unpainted things. Funnily enough, BFG ships are very zen to paint between all the more conversion-intensive projects.
All began with some new torpedo markers, created in a spur of the moment from AI Ork wingbombs while prepping for a game...
The first proper additions to Autumn Twilight's battlefleet followed soon after. Two Dauntless light cruisers Deadly Omen and Raging Starfire, escorted by Silent Dream, a squadron of Cobra torpedo boats and In Tenebris, a Falchion gunboat. Painted while chatting and helping at a university club's freshman event.
With that spark lit, another batch of BFG happened next week. All painted in a day without too pronounced detailing. Vis Divina and two escort squadrons, Tears of Pain and Winter's Rain.
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Posted: 2026-03-25 11:59:07
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By RAFF
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