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Yggdrasil wrote:Hasn't anyone thought of the most horrible possible outcome?!?

Could it be a GW game with Pre-painted minis, much like Rackham did with AT-43?!?

That would be the end of everything....

I hope that I'm wrong...

GW workers supposedly received a letter telling them to schedule time to paint in the weeks prior to the september release, so that would implicate it's not pre-painted.

Possibly a stupid question, but if they are pre-painted can't you just strip them and paint them yourself...?

Imagine 10 high-quality (posable) Terminators, a handful of genestealers (or some equivalent opposition - maybe some Dark Eldar for all of us dying out there) and plastic scenery that looked good for $70.

We can all dream. That's probably one of mine. What magic that would be.

aka_mythos wrote:http://spacehulk.beckerf.de/assets/images/SH_Term06.jpg

Black Templars with upside down Ultramarine symbols

Yggdrasil wrote:
Hasn't anyone thought of the most horrible possible outcome?!?

Could it be a GW game with Pre-painted minis, much like Rackham did with AT-43?!?

That would be the end of everything....

I hope that I'm wrong...

Looking at how well all the pre-painted stuff is doing, I can't see anyone thinking it's a good thing. GW has always had a very negative veiw of prepaints. There would have to be a 180 degree turn in attitude towards prepaints, flying in the face of lots of evidence that it wouldn't go over well and make money.

I think we can all agree that GW likes money.

Hmm, I like it too, come to think of it. I'm looking forward to my sales reps face when I place my order for my 'Mystery Boxes" on monday.

I think at this point, I don't really care what it is, I'm going to do my best to get one. If it's DH, super; if it's Space Hulk, I might pee my pants in happiness.

Either way, GW is going to walk away with more of my money. They're scarily, upsettingly good at that.

I think the only way GW will ever do a pre-painted miniature set is if its an entirely separate IP property to 40k or Fantasy. Something that if it tanked wouldn't hurt their corporate identity. Something like LotR, if they had really wanted to when they first got the rights.

It's funny that Rackham justified their move to pre-painted plastic by claiming that their marketing research told them gamers would prefer it.

Of course that is a much better story than "if we don't do it we will go out of business for sure".

I have been told from a source that I trust 100% that the staff in GW's stores have gotten a deadline when they are supposed to have painted the contents of the mystery box. So pre-painted seems to be out of the question.

Furthermore, the same guy stated that it is a complete game. Which ties into the reason behind the tight painting schedule. GW wants each and every store to have the game painted, up and running ASAP after the launch, to tie into gaming seminars in their stores.

So - a complete game straight out of the box. Not pre-painted

I apologize if I'm just reiterating what has already been stated previously in this thread. It had become a bit too long of a thread that I would bother check it thoroughly before posting.

Man i REALLY want to know what this is!!!

Space Hulk - Vengeance of the Spase Wooofs

TBD wrote:It's funny that Rackham justified their move to pre-painted plastic by claiming that their marketing research told them gamers would prefer it.

Of course that is a much better story than "if we don't do it we will go out of business for sure".

Let me just show you this. And might i remind you , this is poll from warhammer where the game supposedly to be heavily hobby oriented as well.
even that , the figure speaks different doesnt it.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/245996.page

aka_mythos wrote:I think the only way GW will ever do a pre-painted miniature set is if its an entirely separate IP property to 40k or Fantasy. Something that if it tanked wouldn't hurt their corporate identity. Something like LotR, if they had really wanted to when they first got the rights.

Which they did, sort of. Sabertooth games did the LOTR 30mm scale game with prepaints on hex bases. GW liscensed it to them, then later bought Sabertooth. It went through totally different channels of distribution than regular GW product.

GW will never do pre paint. Why? because
how will they push their whole hobby section if the
customers no longer have the incentive?

Luna, I wouldn't say never. GW just has to believe that prepainted minis would make them more money than model kits and all the peripheral supplies. I think the biggest thing against that (un)likelyhood is that they do charge so much and can already get away large prices without additional services.

GW will create their own Painting Service like everyone here on Dakka!

aka_mythos wrote:Luna, I wouldn't say never. GW just has to believe that prepainted minis would make them more money than model kits and all the peripheral supplies. I think the biggest thing against that (un)likelyhood is that they do charge so much and can already get away large prices without additional services.

Ah i should be specific , i meant never as in the 40k / Fantasy line.

Space Hulk could be pre painted ( would be possible ) and i can picture seeing it in walmart

LunaHound wrote:

aka_mythos wrote:Luna, I wouldn't say never. GW just has to believe that prepainted minis would make them more money than model kits and all the peripheral supplies. I think the biggest thing against that (un)likelyhood is that they do charge so much and can already get away large prices without additional services.

Ah i should be specific , i meant never as in the 40k / Fantasy line.

Space Hulk could be pre painted ( would be possible ) and i can picture seeing it in walmart

If it's going to be prepainted, I think you'd be less likely to find a lot of it in stores already dedicated to 40K, and in somewhere big chain superstore. Prepainting would just be a way to try to nab new players who just want to start playing now, and consider building/painting later, which is when they'd go to the dedicated stores.

I dont think GW will ever do Pre painted sets because... How would they ever sell there ever so expensive spray paints, and citidel paints or the foundation paints? lol


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I dont think GW will ever do Pre painted sets because... How would they ever sell there ever so expensive spray paints, and citidel paints or the foundation paints? lol

gunner762 wrote:I dont think GW will ever do Pre painted sets because... How would they ever sell there ever so expensive spray paints, and citidel paints or the foundation paints? lol


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I dont think GW will ever do Pre painted sets because... How would they ever sell there ever so expensive spray paints, and citidel paints or the foundation paints? lol

Easy. You sell a line of re-primer for pre-painted miniatures, and it's like printing money.

Ah, you know GW will ALWAYS do what will make them money. Just like they do with fluff, they'll change it to what they need to hear to do it.

Just ask the Squats . . .

If it hasn't been said.

It's a box that you can put your money in.

And then you give it back to GW.

I still have a few of those plastic SH Termies laying about collecting dust. I'm emberassed to see them. In comparison - AoBR Terminators are leaps and bounds ahead.
And hell, 10 more Termies in the collection? AoBR or not - I'm one step closer to an Apoc formation!

I really don't see why 10 AoBR-style Termies, 20 Battle for Macragge-style Stealers and a bunch of card tiles would be such a bad thing. Both previous editions of Space Hulk were like that, were both fine games, and the Terminators (especially in 1st Ed) were worse.

If they are of the quality and diversity as the AOBR models (not just the termies), put me down for two boxes!

Its fething space hulk.

Here is the current time in Germany if anyone wants to keep track of when Gamesday starts.

Hollismason wrote:Its fething space hulk.

You wouldn't happen to post at SomethingAwful and EternityofWar under a similar pseudonym, eh?

It's almost 7AM! Sweet - we shall know:

Space Hulk - Wolves Style

Uriels_Flame wrote:It's almost 7AM! Sweet - we shall know:

Space Hulk - Wolves Style

ahh its 9:53 PM for me, I hope I get to see some stuff within the next 4 hours....or at least hear things

I saw someone mention the SW dex cover, what does it look like? Sorry for the off topicness.


Oh and I still think it could be a Time war game.