http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCatsLarge.jsp?catId=cat440160a&rootCatGameStyle=wh40k

Are they different sculpts than the DV ones?

Do NOT buy the cultists...they are ridiculously overpriced. Please use count-as models if you can :/

Why 'while stocks last' on the Imerial defence network? The pricing for it itsn't too bad, but GW could make alot more money if it wasn't limited.

good grief

6 for £6 ?

that must be a misprint even for a single piece plastic figure?

 Breotan wrote:
Are they different sculpts than the DV ones?

No, just three with Auto-Gun and two with close combat weapons.




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 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
good grief

6 for £6 ?

that must be a misprint even for a single piece plastic figure?

No, just five.

I think these are sort of those 'little boxes' you get, before they release an actual multipart plastic kit, like the 5 gaunts, 3 space marines, 5 IG Cadians, those little ones they new people buy, or people get to test paint schemes.

I'm hoping this is the case, at least, or I'm going to be seriously pissed off.

 Sigvatr wrote:
Do NOT buy the cultists...they are ridiculously overpriced. Please use count-as models if you can :/

£6 for 5 models is pretty much giving them away by GW standards

Yeah, all they are are 5 of the snap-fits from DV. Pretty sure you can find the whole squads from the starter set on ebay for 10-15 bucks still.

If I didn't already have a pretty awesome trench set, that new set would be tempting.

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:
Do NOT buy the cultists...they are ridiculously overpriced. Please use count-as models if you can :/

£6 for 5 models is pretty much giving them away by GW standards

Yeah, no kidding. He must have been trolling.

I am actually kind of impressed by the "Northern Wastes" basing kit.

Icicles and a sheet of frosted plastic is kinda neat.

Wow, am I the only one that thinks that Wall of Martyrs looks awful?

I may pick up the necron one, there is nothing in it I can't use.

 Darth Bob wrote:
Wow, am I the only one that thinks that Wall of Martyrs looks awful?

Hey, the Wall of Dead Cadian's ain't that bad.

Compare that at 160 to this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wargames-Terrain-The-Ultimate-Battlefield-Trench-Warfare-Playset-PRO-Painted-/261117956183?pt=Games_US&hash=item3ccbd7d057

It's why I don't buy GW terrain, as a rule

 blood reaper wrote:

 Darth Bob wrote:
Wow, am I the only one that thinks that Wall of Martyrs looks awful?

Hey, the Wall of Dead Cadian's ain't that bad.

no wraiths in the cron one......how dissapointing :/

 MetalOxide wrote:
Why 'while stocks last' on the Imerial defence network? The pricing for it itsn't too bad, but GW could make alot more money if it wasn't limited.

My FLGS guy told me he was told that while Imperial Defense box is limited is only limited in size, after its gone GW will break it down into
smaller box sets like they did with the City stuff.

BigJon

 DPBellathrom wrote:
no wraiths in the cron one......how dissapointing :/

As would I, I don't think the Doomsday Ark was needed.


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 BigJon wrote:

 MetalOxide wrote:
Why 'while stocks last' on the Imerial defence network? The pricing for it itsn't too bad, but GW could make alot more money if it wasn't limited.

My FLGS guy told me he was told that while Imperial Defense box is limited is only limited in size, after its gone GW will break it down into
smaller box sets like they did with the City stuff.

BigJon

Maybe it will be a corporate Christmas thing, like the Fortress of Redemption which became an all year kit.

£6 for 5?!? I may pick up a box or two and I don't even play 40k.

Just noticed the wall of martyrs says while stocks last.. does that mean they're gonna release it then cancel it for good? Or is just the big box limited and they'll release a smaller set later?

are the army sets direct only? Can seem to find them on pre-order anywhere else

If they put a death/night scythe plus an HQ in there that Necron force actually may have been worth buying.

Thinking of doing necrons of chaos space marines as just getting back into the game really..


This has kind of decided it for me, plus even cheaper due to get tax off of it!

Necrons here i come

The Cultists are exactly what I expected, they have chosen great models too. I think its very handy for both Chaos and Necromunda players. Also, Im glad it costs the standard minibox price.

The fortification system looks pretty good, though I think I'll wait for the single pieces... Dont want to turn my whole table into a huge defense line.

So the defence network is £100. I'll be honest here, I like it, but if I could get rid of the skulls and all I'd be a whole lot happier. I'd quicker get the Imperial Strongpoint which has plenty of aegis defence lines and bastions that actually have a use in the game, and it is cheaper.

Any word on fortification rules for the Wall of Martyrs?

 MetalOxide wrote:
Why 'while stocks last' on the Imerial defence network? The pricing for it itsn't too bad, but GW could make alot more money if it wasn't limited.

It costs 130,- Euro... that is God awful Imo.

And GW being GW the basing kits feature a price raise also, of course, which seems to follow the trend of "when a new variant of something we already have comes out let's add 3,- to it and hope they don't notice".

The current basing kits are 23,-. The new ones 26,- all of a sudden. I doubt there is more stuff in these new ones than there is in the old ones.

Really liking the defense lines (the bunker is great and the overall size) but have to agree.
I saw them on the video and then clicked onto the price.

I am far from a GW white knight but not a hater either.
However, €130, woooooah! I was agog tbh.

You could get

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440312a&prodId=prod40002a

+ (nearly)

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440312a&prodId=prod20006a

for that (and trust me, I have both - you can make a very cool defense line/bunker/min bunker combo with those kits).

Not sure where the pricing came from :(

 Ratius wrote:
Really liking the defense lines (the bunker is great and the overall size) but have to agree.
I saw them on the video and then clicked onto the price.

I am far from a GW white knight but not a hater either.
However, €130, woooooah! I was agog tbh.

You could get

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440312a&prodId=prod40002a

+ (nearly)

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440312a&prodId=prod20006a

for that (and trust me, I have both - you can make a very cool defense line/bunker/min bunker combo with those kits).

Not sure where the pricing came from :(

You're overlooking the six boxes of Cadians you'd have to cut up for the bodies...

While I do tend to like terrain, not positive I want to go in for it with my budget for models tied up with DFG and Mantic KickStarters. I might to support the FLGS, but if they don't get one I'll almost certainly pass.

 Harriticus wrote:
If they put a death/night scythe plus an HQ in there that Necron force actually may have been worth buying.

There's at least an HQ in there because you get the Annihilation Barge which has a plastic Overlord.

battleforces, cultists, and wall-- meh

ice bases-- pretty awesome

under empire- pretty cool, nice rocks, like the dual uses of the green crystals (which also look nice)

death world and badlands bases, disappointingly specific... I was really excited about the potential of some nice ash waste/badlands bases, instead of tombkings & skulls

 Ratius wrote:

Not sure where the pricing came from :(

They pulled it out of the same place they are trying to give it to us.

$33 on those basing kits seems like highway robbery. I could make a ton of mushrooms out of green stuff for "Underempire" bases for probably less than $10. Not terribly impressed by the other kits either.

You're overlooking the six boxes of Cadians you'd have to cut up for the bodies...

Bah, I'll chain some of my extra Ork arms/legs to them so!

But yeah 130 is excessive imho. Anyone going to get one out of interest? Any views?

Sigmundr wrote:

Compare that at 160 to this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wargames-Terrain-The-Ultimate-Battlefield-Trench-Warfare-Playset-PRO-Painted-/261117956183?pt=Games_US&hash=item3ccbd7d057

It's why I don't buy GW terrain, as a rule

OMG... That's all the more reason TO buy the GW terrain.
There's no comparison in quality. That stuff isn't bad for someone's basement, but there's no way it's even half the quality of GW.

Eric

Unless you're being sarcastic; in which case, "Well done, sir. You got me."

Kinda agree with MM, quality sometimes does dictate price, however, the GW kit is still.....

$40 for rocks and a few chunks of resin? Jesus christ...

 Ravenous D wrote:
$40 for rocks and a few chunks of resin? Jesus christ...

Excuse me, good sir. It does come packaged in a plastic organizer.

Sigmundr wrote:

Compare that at 160 to this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wargames-Terrain-The-Ultimate-Battlefield-Trench-Warfare-Playset-PRO-Painted-/261117956183?pt=Games_US&hash=item3ccbd7d057

It's why I don't buy GW terrain, as a rule

While I applaud the "value" of the ebay set, and think that it is not bad - it is light years away in detail quality and workmanship from the gw wall.

I won't be getting the wall, and if I did not make my own terrain (which is about the same quality as the ebay set) I would think they are both priced fine for what they are.

My god the horribad photoshop work on the 3rd image for the fortification just makes me wonder why stupid people get work and I can't.

 MetalOxide wrote:
Why 'while stocks last' on the Imerial defence network? The pricing for it itsn't too bad, but GW could make alot more money if it wasn't limited.

They made the same with Space Hulk. They see it as a success to only have stock for a few days, don't ask.

Better place to get basing and terrain supplies...

http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/

Woah $470 here for the necron one, $450 for marines, think I will pass and get last years dark eldar one for $410. The wall is well priced though.

I imagine it's more of the "sustainable sales" game they're playing with investors. Sell too many sets at once, you can't keep the money coming and the market gets cranky. Do "limited stocks" for a while, and you get a nice spike in your holiday numbers, then the following summer release the parts and trickle in more money.

Are they leaving money on the table that way? Undoubtedly, but that's not what GW is after really. Their primary focus is keeping investors happy, which counter-intuitively can mean going for less money from a strategic point of view.

Anyone recognize the Lizardman mini on the death world kit? I'm not sure if it's just a conversion or a new model coming out?

Malcontent wrote:
Anyone recognize the Lizardman mini on the death world kit? I'm not sure if it's just a conversion or a new model coming out?

It's the plastic Temple Guard leader.

As for the "Defense Line"...
They did this with the Cities of Death "Imperial Sector" and the Planetstrike "Imperial Strongpoint". It's just a huge bundle of stuff in a big box.

As for me...I think I'm gonna pick up that Northern Wastes set for basing my Vampire Counts stuff. Those icicles would look pretty great dangling from the underbelly of the Zombie Dragon, I think.

 Kanluwen wrote:

It's the plastic Temple Guard leader.

Ah, I assumed it was a hero or lord rather than a unit champion.

 Kroothawk wrote:

 MetalOxide wrote:
Why 'while stocks last' on the Imerial defence network? The pricing for it itsn't too bad, but GW could make alot more money if it wasn't limited.

They made the same with Space Hulk. They see it as a success to only have stock for a few days, don't ask.

I suppose the idea is that it looks good..."Oh my god, we sold out in like two days!"...but it's not so impressive when you purposely print a limited number and all but ensure that they'll sell out quickly.

Nothing here is really all that interesting. I would have liked the defense line if it wasn't covered in irremovable corpses.

 winnertakesall wrote:
I think these are sort of those 'little boxes' you get, before they release an actual multipart plastic kit, like the 5 gaunts, 3 space marines, 5 IG Cadians, those little ones they new people buy, or people get to test paint schemes.

I'm hoping this is the case, at least, or I'm going to be seriously pissed off.

Robin Cruddace say they make models then they make rules for models. The CSM codex contains no options for cultists that don't appear on the models in the starter set. So we can reasonably conclude the rules were made for the snap-fit models, not an upcoming multi-part plastic kit (unless said hypothetical multi-part plastic kit has the fewest options of any multi-part plastic kit released in the past 10 years). The only question then is this - when 7th edition comes out and Dark Vengeance goes away, will cultists go the way of the LatD of old? The cultist five pack makes it a little less likely, but not much IMHO.

Anyone know if these mega deals will be available to any retailer outside of GW? From GW it's not worth it I think but from a discount seller it might be.

 MadCowCrazy wrote:
Anyone know if these mega deals will be available to any retailer outside of GW? From GW it's not worth it I think but from a discount seller it might be.

Yep, the regular discount of 20-30%, making it ~$US190 would be very enticing compared to the $AU450 GW retail in Australia.

What's the retail on the Necrons? If someone knows. On my phone so it is hard to price.

$357.50 GW Retail for components
$250.00 GW Necron Mega Force Price
$187.50 MiniatureMarket discount price

This means that if you pick up the mega force from GW, you're getting a 30% discount (huge for GW). Picking it up from an online discounter like MiniatureMarket gives you a total 48% discount off retail. That's a pretty sweet deal if you don't care that retail price is obscenely high in the first place.

Nvm.

Would the Necron Megaforce be a good way to start a Necron army? I wasn't gonna start a cron army until well after the new DA codex came out but seeing the megaforce it looks like a good deal...

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
The only question then is this - when 7th edition comes out and Dark Vengeance goes away, will cultists go the way of the LatD of old?

I'd say so.

1-and-done.

Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Would the Necron Megaforce be a good way to start a Necron army? I wasn't gonna start a cron army until well after the new DA codex came out but seeing the megaforce it looks like a good deal...

Its not a bad start, but no flyers if you wanted to go that route....

Then order a flier or two when you order the Mega Force. Problem solved.

Uhhhhhhh.....anybody else seeing crazy weird price fluctuations. Like, I just checked the Necron Megaforce and it was not listed as $400, then I went back 10 mins later and the price had raised to $400.

Same thing with some of the Battalion boxes. I was looking at the Skaven Army box then went back to look at the battalion box and the price had jumped to$170 whereas it's normally around $120. What's going on?


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Weird, it looks like I'm now seeing it with everything. Skaven Stormvermin are usually $40 and now they're priced at $83. Is this normal around Christmas?

Grimnoc wrote:
Uhhhhhhh.....anybody else seeing crazy weird price fluctuations. Like, I just checked the Necron Megaforce and it was not listed as $400, then I went back 10 mins later and the price had raised to $400.

Same thing with some of the Battalion boxes. I was looking at the Skaven Army box then went back to look at the battalion box and the price had jumped to$170 whereas it's normally around $120. What's going on?

Sounds like you're on the Australian GW site, you need to change the little flag in the bottom right hand corner to the US to see your regular non-ridiculous GW prices.

Sigmundr wrote:

Compare that at 160 to this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wargames-Terrain-The-Ultimate-Battlefield-Trench-Warfare-Playset-PRO-Painted-/261117956183?pt=Games_US&hash=item3ccbd7d057

It's why I don't buy GW terrain, as a rule

I'm sorry but that terrain is really ugly.

Mr Gutsy wrote:
Sounds like you're on the Australian GW site, you need to change the little flag in the bottom right hand corner to the US to see your regular non-ridiculous GW prices.

You're a genius (or I'm an idiot!)

I thought that was a possibility but I quickly glanced around and didn't see anything. Ugh, what a nightmare!

You're flipping to the Australian site most likely.

Hey since this was in my email (the same one I got about Megaforces and what nots) does it mean anything as far as being a re-release of Man-O-War or nay?

If I didn't already have multiples of everything in the Necron Megaforce, I'd go for it in a heartbeat.

Keep in mind, that all of those that are Dual Kits, are likely still dual kits in the Megaforce.

Means you can have a Ghost Ark or DD Ark, or a CCB/Abarge.

Not a bad deal at all, gets you everything you need to get started, with several options.

 leetbeef wrote:
Hey since this was in my email (the same one I got about Megaforces and what nots) does it mean anything as far as being a re-release of Man-O-War or nay?

These are 28mm from an existing super diorama sadly. Guess they just mean: "Malekith wishes you a Merry Xmas!"

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Dreadfleet!

Ugh, the stupidness of the way those cultists are divided is beyond me. It also looks worrying for cultist fans because GW took the seaguard from the Warhammer Fantasy box and made them available separately and they still havent released multi part kits for any of the HIgh elf stuff. Instead of beating the bits sellers at their own game, this would make me more likely to use a bits seller so that I could get more variety.

I like some of the bits of the wall of martyrs but It's to big for me to justify buying the whole thing. I find the timing curious as it's Remembrance Day in the UK tomorrow.

 Kroothawk wrote:

 leetbeef wrote:
Hey since this was in my email (the same one I got about Megaforces and what nots) does it mean anything as far as being a re-release of Man-O-War or nay?

These are 28mm from an existing super diorama sadly. Guess they just mean: "Malekith wishes you a Merry Xmas!"

Or if you could actually look at the image in the context of the email... Considering it is above the information about "Shipping You Can Trust"...

 Mr. Grey wrote:
$33 on those basing kits seems like highway robbery. I could make a ton of mushrooms out of green stuff for "Underempire" bases for probably less than $10. Not terribly impressed by the other kits either.

For me it's "Are those chunks of green plastic for the crystals worth $33?" Since that's the best reason to buy them, IMO. If I can find an alternative elsewhere, I'll do it. GF9's crystals are great, but even the small ones are only good for vehicle bases, not soldiers.

 Nagashek wrote:

 Mr. Grey wrote:
$33 on those basing kits seems like highway robbery. I could make a ton of mushrooms out of green stuff for "Underempire" bases for probably less than $10. Not terribly impressed by the other kits either.

For me it's "Are those chunks of green plastic for the crystals worth $33?" Since that's the best reason to buy them, IMO. If I can find an alternative elsewhere, I'll do it. GF9's crystals are great, but even the small ones are only good for vehicle bases, not soldiers.

Have a look at the Anarchy Models crystals, they do small stuff for bases as well as larger bits (and they're nice and clear unlike the gale force 9 stuff)

http://www.anarchymodels.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1

(You can get them from Wayland games if you don't want to buy from a small supplier, but roll them into a large order instead)

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:

 Nagashek wrote:

 Mr. Grey wrote:
$33 on those basing kits seems like highway robbery. I could make a ton of mushrooms out of green stuff for "Underempire" bases for probably less than $10. Not terribly impressed by the other kits either.

For me it's "Are those chunks of green plastic for the crystals worth $33?" Since that's the best reason to buy them, IMO. If I can find an alternative elsewhere, I'll do it. GF9's crystals are great, but even the small ones are only good for vehicle bases, not soldiers.

Have a look at the Anarchy Models crystals, they do small stuff for bases as well as larger bits (and they're nice and clear unlike the gale force 9 stuff)

http://www.anarchymodels.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1

(You can get them from Wayland games if you don't want to buy from a small supplier, but roll them into a large order instead)

Sweet! That's perfect thanks!

 Sidstyler wrote:

 Kroothawk wrote:

 MetalOxide wrote:
Why 'while stocks last' on the Imerial defence network? The pricing for it itsn't too bad, but GW could make alot more money if it wasn't limited.

They made the same with Space Hulk. They see it as a success to only have stock for a few days, don't ask.

I suppose the idea is that it looks good..."Oh my god, we sold out in like two days!"...but it's not so impressive when you purposely print a limited number and all but ensure that they'll sell out quickly.

Nothing here is really all that interesting. I would have liked the defense line if it wasn't covered in irremovable corpses.

Its to make "fake hype" same reason they cut the number of white dwarf magazines in half (or less), "Oh shiz guys it sold out guess you should have gotten a sub" is what I hear from the sell-bots at GW.

 Breotan wrote:
$357.50 GW Retail for components
$250.00 GW Necron Mega Force Price
$187.50 MiniatureMarket discount price

This means that if you pick up the mega force from GW, you're getting a 30% discount (huge for GW). Picking it up from an online discounter like MiniatureMarket gives you a total 48% discount off retail. That's a pretty sweet deal if you don't care that retail price is obscenely high in the first place.

it looks like GW is not letting online retailers sell it... does anyone know of any online retailers that do have it available for purchase?

Direct Only items generally have lesser discounts for retails, etc so on. That's probably why those folks don't have it.

From what I understand, Miniature Market was not allocated any for sale (my friend just texted me and said "Yeah just called mini market and they said GW did not want them to have it and they didn't get any allocated to them, same with all the big box sets including the paint set")

Does anyone know any retailers that are getting the sets? Or are they all direct order only?

Still a good discount either way .. for the necrons anyway, if you buy everything separate it's like $360 or so, so you're saving $110, better than the usual online shop doing 20% off. Get it from your FLGS if you can

I'm really tempted to go for the necron force, it's just about all the models I've been wanting to add to the Battleforce I got a while back. Just hesitant because I know how little time I have now, I'll never finish painting everything :( But I still wants it...

The Space Marine Mega Force is an excellent discount and includes many core units. Were I starting a Space Marine army, I'd buy this one.

Ok GW, $10 for 5 chaos cultists is good value. But what I am supposed to do with three ranged guys and two cc guys? I mean really!?
So lets say I had money to burn I could drop $100 and get 30 ranged guys and 20 cc guys. $100 to get two incomplete cultists squads (don't want the cc ones anyway)! Really?! On the plus side the 2 part snap fit cultists will be easy to mold and copy (not endorsing, just stating the obvious).

Grimnoc wrote:

Mr Gutsy wrote:
Sounds like you're on the Australian GW site, you need to change the little flag in the bottom right hand corner to the US to see your regular non-ridiculous GW prices.

You're a genius (or I'm an idiot!)

I thought that was a possibility but I quickly glanced around and didn't see anything. Ugh, what a nightmare!

Welcome t the wonderful world of "Oh God why do I live in this country that charges 40% extra on everything ever?"

You think paying 40% extra on toy soldiers is devastating (which is rightly is), try paying 40% extra on a simple motor vehicle

Interesting. MiniatureMarket got Mega Forces last year. I'm not sure why they didn't get any this year. Must be GW trying to stop the deep discounting. :(

Pity. I'd have bought a mega paint set from MiniatureMarket. It isn't worthwhile to buy it from GW.

What no Megaforces through Miniature Market? Damn that sucks. I'll give them a call tomorrow to confirm. I was gonna say that I wished they'd done mega forces for all (as many as they could) of the armies. It's not that hard to throw sprues in a box. Only addressing two armies out of 16 is way lazy.

"We G Dub. We hate you!"

They've only ever done four armies for the holidays. Two for 40k and two for Fantasy.

 Kanluwen wrote:
I am actually kind of impressed by the "Northern Wastes" basing kit.

Icicles and a sheet of frosted plastic is kinda neat.

It is, but the price is a joke. You can get the icicles and the frosted plastic elsewhere for a fraction of the price*. There will even be articles on how to do it for less.


*You could probably get a 6'x4'** sheet of frosted plastic for the price of the basing kit. No joke.

** Well, 500mm x 1000mm (so 2'4"x4'8") for £17 : http://sheetplastics.co.uk/Acrylic_Perspex_Sheet/Frosted_Acrylic_Sheet/Clear_Frosted_Perspex_Sheet/3mm_Clear_Frosted_Perspex_Sheet?product_id=1911 after about 20 seconds on google.

Is there any validity to the statement that the Wall of Martyrs terrain set is sold out from GW?

I was in a GW store last night and the employee stated that they had sold out of the set online. Looking at the GW US site it is still listed as "While Supplies Last" so it left me scratching my head.

You can still buy it online afaik. I'd get one but I'm really uninterested in it.

*sigh*

You win this round Games Workshop.

*hits submit on order for two Wall of Martyrs*

How about adding some 'ablative' cadian armour to your Guard vehicals too ?

Plenty of modeling possibilities there, and if you use enough you should be able to blag a cover save!

If they bust up the terrain into separate kits like they did with the CoD stuff, I might pick up the bunker. Piles of dead Cadians really don't fit my table well, but I think Apoxie Sculpt and some effort can turn those details into rock formations pretty easily.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
How about adding some 'ablative' cadian armour to your Guard vehicals too ?

Plenty of modeling possibilities there, and if you use enough you should be able to blag a cover save!

I'll make it a vehicle upgrade in the next Only War book: "Ablative Cadians".

 leetbeef wrote:
Hey since this was in my email (the same one I got about Megaforces and what nots) does it mean anything as far as being a re-release of Man-O-War or nay?

Consensus is this is a pun/joke --- "shipping" see ?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
*sigh*

You win this round Games Workshop.

*hits submit on order for two Wall of Martyrs*

Really? I thought you didn't like the look of them.

Let me know how they are in person. I really like the look of it but without rules I'm passing for now.

I was drooling over the trenches, but decided to jump in and get a necron megaforce that I'll probably never have time to finish painting.

 pretre wrote:
Really? I thought you didn't like the look of them.

Let me know how they are in person. I really like the look of it but without rules I'm passing for now.

I am perfectly capable of both mocking the absurdity of the pile'O'Cadian corpses and liking the terrain at the same time.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I am perfectly capable of both mocking the absurdity of the pile'O'Cadian corpses and liking the terrain at the same time.

Do your talents know no bounds????

Well, the Wall of Martyrs is no longer available on the GW US site as of 3:30 PM PST. Guess I should have bought one this morning. Oh well.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:
Well, the Wall of Martyrs is no longer available on the GW US site as of 3:30 PM PST. Guess I should have bought one this morning. Oh well.

Money saved is money earned in this case.

Wow. Not available at the US store. That sold out quick.

Wait... that means there will be a spike in profits? The shareholders are going to lose their gak!

Quickly GW – double... no... triple the price of everything (quintuple for Australia, naturally). That ought to slow down sales enough to keep the shareholders in line.

I am sure GW will sell the pieces individually. Probably be released a few weeks before Christmas.

 Lt. Coldfire wrote:

Money saved is money earned in this case.

Too true!

 TheLionOfTheForest wrote:
I am sure GW will sell the pieces individually. Probably be released a few weeks before Christmas.

That would be nice. Being able to pick up some of the trench pieces down the road after the holidays have settled down would make me a happy camper.

Rush, oh foolish mortals

rush to Ebay and almost certainly you will be able to buy the limited edition shiney for only slighly more than it's worth

or perhaps a lot more (maybe)

Given the box lists its contents as:

“... three Imperial Defence Lines, two Imperial Defence Emplacements and one Imperial Bunker...”

... it seems to imply that we’ll soon see separate releases for an ‘Imperial Defence Line’ box, an ‘Imperial Defence Emplacement’ box and an ‘Imperial Bunker’ box. My hope is that there is some level of modularity built into that bunker. I hope the smaller annex can sit on either side.

The beautiful paradox that is life itself, manifest in our very own H.B.M.C.!

Paradox? Nah! If anything I am a veritable wellspring of consistency.

I love terrain. I love building terrain. I love using terrain. I love making themed battlefields and elaborate RPG tables. And I love all the terrain GW makes except for a couple of fantasy pieces (Skull Tower, Castle Greyskull, Overly-Busy Keep), the 40K Action Playset (the thing with the busted Rhino) and the Realm of Lack of Imagination.

I cannot wait for these to show up. Man these would’ve made The Maze from Deathwatch’s Rising Tempest so much easier to stage. I mean, we got by with my... *counts mentally*... 9 sets of Aegis Defence Lines (they made ‘sort of’ trenches), but it would’ve been epic with these.

This is cheaper
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120411525614?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

... and completely different.

Why even post that?

...ooh. it looks kinda neat for the price, though

I didn't say that I don't like it, just that it's nothing like the Wall'O'Cadians.

oh, quite concur. I was just happy with my now latest terrain purchase

 Necros wrote:
I was drooling over the trenches, but decided to jump in and get a necron megaforce that I'll probably never have time to finish painting.

Dude, welcome to my life. I finally just said screw and paid my friend to paint my stuff...

I'd get the Necron Megaforce, but I'm one of those people who hates having spare models, and I don't want/need any more Necron Warriors.

I also think Tomb Blades are one of the dumbest (and most supurfluous) units in the game. They just look absurd. Give me 6 Wraiths in stead...

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
*sigh*

You win this round Games Workshop.

*hits submit on order for two Wall of Martyrs*

Keeping this comment ready for next years price rise thread..

Space Marines get a Megaforce every year... I was really hoping that we would see a Chaos Space Marines or Daemons one. The Necron Megaforce looks pretty cool though.

I actually like the tomb blades a lot I don't need the extra warriors either though, but ya never know, maybe they'll be better when they redo the codex in 2039.

huh? Warriors are pretty damn good now, already. I don't really play them either, but that's just because I pretty much play a necron air force and for scythes, you want immortals.
I've seen Warrior/Ghost Ark armies do scary, scary stuff plenty of times. get two arks with 5 warriors each in them (I believe) to make, then a big blob of twenty with a res orb and perhaps a funky cryptek in it (everyone plays this kind of list with twin overlords on barges anyway) to march up in between those two arks and basically anything within 24" is dead meat - the amount of firepower given off by that combo is insane
also, just try to kill it. yes, you'll plink the arks in the end, but by that time there's still a 20strong (because it heals every turn, from two arks...) warrior unit marching right up to that objective.
I'm not sure I'd have the patience to paint the boatload of, frankly, rather boring warrior models needed but it's a nasty thing alright, if you're looking for a purpose for those warriors

Yeah, I can't paint plain ole metal necrons. Mine are all rusted looking, and I'll be going for a marble look for the vehicles if I can pull it off without it looking dumb. I just have lots of warriors already though, 3 units of 13

I kinda wish one of those bitz maker companies would do new not-gauss rods that match the style of the newer guns instead of the plain ole clear green rods

Yeah, I know. Folks around here using lots of deathmarks and tesla immortals have gotten to cutting the rods out of gauss immortals' weapons (deathmark rods are a little to short, IIRC) but it's a lot of work and only works if you don't just use a bunch of warriors, but lots of tesla immortals too.
(actually, in mixed lists that would often work. Tesla immortals are, IMO, a little better against most opponents if you have plenty of gauss to deal with armour already)

Discount Games Store has released a bunch of extra holiday megaforce packs on their facebook with a steep discount - their necron one by comparison is $20 cheaper than the GW necron megaforce, and has the same models. Tyranid, CSM, Daemons, Empire, Tau with allies etc.

Ordered 2 Necron megaforces from them, but swapped out tomb blades, triarch stalkers and immortals for wraiths, doom scythes and lychgarde.