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Post by: insaniak
No idea how long this has been out, but it's a new one to me: http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=Individual&code=9947029901009&orignav=9No shoving, I'm sure there are plenty to go around...
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Post by: Arioc
...
Perhaps it's a familiar?
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Post by: Clang
60p? Eeee, in my day, rocks were tuppence ha'penny...
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Post by: Zubbiefish
I've always been troubled by the use of non-GW rocks in GW games. Now there are no excuses for not using official (and WYSIWYG) rocks.
Good for you GW!
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Post by: nyarlathotep667
Think of all the armies that will have to be rebased using the Official GW Rock!?! I'm glad I don't play in GT's or GW stores and can get away with having non-GW rocks in my army, so nyah!
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Post by: Arioc
How long will it be before someone asks for a greenstuff molding tutorial to create more of these "official" rocks? 
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Post by: Zubbiefish
Less than two minuites.
Does anyone have a tutorial so that I can make the rocks out of greenstuff?
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Post by: Elusive71
I prefer using Rackham rocks. They cost a bit more when you order them as bits (£.70) and you can't use them in any official GW events, but the sculpts are of a much higher quality, so to me it's worth it.
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Post by: Arioc
You are far wiser than I. I ordered 2,000 Rocks before it occurred to me that they might not be Chapter Approved...
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Post by: Dice Monkey
Around Christmas "Boulder" will be released for 10 pounds, then a pile of pebbles for 6.
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Post by: Veht
Hey now... I bet a lot of work went into sculpting that rock. The artist should be proud.
And £.60? It's a steal for such an amazing mini. You all should be thankful that GW is producing these rocks.
>.>
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Post by: Zubbiefish
That boulder rumour going around is a complete fabrication. I heard that from a redshirt.
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Post by: Arioc
I await with bated breath the two page preview spread in next month's White Dwarf!
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Post by: Vengis
Posted By Arioc on 07/18/2006 1:17 AM
I await with bated breath the two page preview spread in next month's White Dwarf!
Two page review? My friend, this will be a fold out.
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Post by: warhammerlol
Is it a Jess goodwin or a Mark Bedford? Hard to tell in that photo, anyone post a painted pic or a photoshop please?
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Post by: Veht
Here's my rock guys.  C&C appreciated.
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Post by: Arioc
A redshirt's brother's cousin says he saw the codex entry at Games Day. Supposedly, it costs 105 points and counts as a follower.
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WS: 0
BS: 0
S: 0
T: 4(5)
W: 2
I: 0
A: 0
Ld: 10
Sv: 2+
Special Rules: Blessing of Phaines (as Daemonic Essence, extra wound included in profile); Slow & Purposeful; Tzuks
This item may only be taken in a Thousand Sons Chaos Space Marines army.
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Post by: Osbad
I heard they were bringing it out in plastic - having scanned the old metal RockTM with the new CAD system. It will come in a box with extra LichenTM sprues and be fully customiseable with 2 optional faces...
And it will still cost the same as the original metal RockTM.
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Post by: Khaines_Chosen
The rock was acctually for the Warhammer Siege supplement's Siege Equiptment blister.
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Post by: stonefox
I remember seeing an ebay auction where the guy made an ogre kingdom army made entirely from rocks. I wonder how long 'til GW goes after him.
Hopefully the rock tutorial will include a section on how to make moss. Everyone needs some moss on their rock and I for one can't be bothered to use Woodland Scenics moss because it won't be GW-approved.
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Post by: midnight
Yes, but if that rock rolls forward into battle, it would gather no moss...
I'm desperately trying not to laugh my *donkey*off at all this...
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Post by: syr8766
Damn it, another Morley sculpt. Gawd, why can't he get the dimensions right!
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Post by: Zubbiefish
He's obviously never studied geology.
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Post by: Maximillion1
Yes!!!!! A Rock!!!! I'm gonna put some grot legs on that bad boy. He can be the grot version of an 'ard boyz.
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Post by: darkprincewilson
Isn't that a new squat model?
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Post by: deitpike
I love this post, simply because there is so much "positive" in put coming back.
it's a rock.
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Post by: winterman
That rocks!
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Post by: magine
Woah now my orks can have pet rocks to keep the squigs company. I will buy one and pet him and love him and call him george.
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Post by: Drake_Marcus
Hey Insanik- credit FU: UK when you steal one of their GW-bash topics!
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Post by: Kid_Kyoto
I prefer Magnificent Ego's Wall of stone myself.  It's $6 but you have to pay for the better sculpting.
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Post by: Arioc
Now that is a rock.
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Post by: chris_valera
Posted By Khaines_Chosen on 07/18/2006 6:32 AM
The rock was acctually for the Warhammer Siege supplement's Siege Equiptment blister.
So it's not usable in normal games of Warhammer then? Damn!--Chris www.chrisvalera.com
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Post by: Jester
Pete Haines told me that an army with two rocks has a lot going for it...
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Post by: Jester
Pete Haines told me that an army with two rocks has a lot going for it...
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Post by: Born Again
Obviously intended to flick across the table when firing rock lobbas.
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Post by: Hellfury
Posted By Veht on 07/18/2006 2:39 AMHere's my rock guys. C&C appreciated.
I think this paint job has a lot going for it. Sadly, it lacks the depth of the second edition red. Perhaps you could add a wash to it to make the crevices really stand out? As it is, I can barely make out the chips in the subpar second edition blood red rock. I dont blame you, as it is hard to squeeze blood red out of stone. That, and this is very obviously a trish morrison sculpt, which dont help matters any.
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Post by: nyarlathotep667
Posted By Hellfury on 07/19/2006 2:48 AMPosted" by="" veht="" on="" 07/18/2006="" 2:39="" am=""> Here's my rock guys. C&C appreciated.
I think this paint job has a lot going for it. Sadly, it lacks the depth of the second edition red. Perhaps you could add a wash to it to make the crevices really stand out? As it is, I can barely make out the chips in the subpar second edition blood red rock. I dont blame you, as it is hard to squeeze blood red out of stone. That, and this is very obviously a trish morrison sculpt, which dont help matters any.
It also needs some highlighting. As is, whatever highlighting you've done, if any, is too subtle. Or, worse, is it dipped? That might explain the sloppy uninspiring paint job. And, no, you can't see any of my rocks, I haven't painted them yet.
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Post by: magine
I wonder if they called it a stone the comments we would be seeing then. Oh wait maybe that's the next big release codex:stone
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Post by: The plant pot of doom
All this time i have been picking them up from the garden when this one looks so much more real, wow do i feel stupid now!
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Post by: stonefox
The red rock is not magnified enough. I can't tell if you even have a highlight on that thing. Anyway, I think that blending and layering 50 layers on it would be a good start to a golden demon. You could even get a few more rocks and, like a good modern artist, attempt to symbolize something with your abstract piece. Anyway, go with an NMM "ore" piece. I think that might win. You can even freehand a symbol on it. Now that I think about it, I am seriously contemplating submitting a rock piece for next year's GD.
KK: Sorry but that's not a rock. That's a boulder. Way out of this league. You're comparing a terminator to a gobbo! Of course one's going to cost more and I'd pay more for the better sculpt too.
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Post by: Osbad
But where are its stats? I'm confused!
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Post by: Archaeo
Still waiting for paper and scissors myself.  Instead of rolling a dice just rock, paper, scissors a rules dispute.
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Post by: Breotan
I have a question... is this rock compatible with the Modelling Gravel? I was told that the rock was for 40k while the gravel was Epic scale and thus not compatible. Anyone have any experience with this?
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Post by: Zubbiefish
No, but the problem that I encountered was that it seems to be natural field stone and is incompatible with the Urban Basing Kit. It's too natrural and sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Post by: Blackmoor
Is it from Lord of the Rings?
I want to be able to use it for 40k. I guess because of the contract they signed, I can't use any Lord of the Rings rocks for Warhammer rocks, nor I can use them at any official GW events.
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Post by: TheGreatAvatar
What I want to know is when can I bitz it? I only need the left side, not the whole rock.
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Post by: Vengis
Has Forgeworld announced the release of their rock yet?
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Post by: SirNotInThisFilm
I'll wait for the limited edition rock in the new battleforce.
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Post by: Hellfury
Posted By stonefox on 07/19/2006 8:21 AM
Now that I think about it, I am seriously contemplating submitting a rock piece for next year's GD.
Someone already did that this year. I think it was titled something like "Frodo and Samwise using a cloak of elvenkind." Or something like that.
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Post by: supabeast
Posted By SirNotInThisFilm on 07/19/2006 4:47 PM
I'll wait for the limited edition rock in the new battleforce.
I want the special collector's edition rock from the Gotrik and Felix novels. But I'll never take it out of the mylar package so it can appreciate beyond the $29.95 retail price, at least until it gets nerfed in the next edition and I buy it on eBay for $9.95.
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Post by: Symbio Joe
I think I'll do a conversion of a rolling rock by giving him a much more dynamic pose.
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Post by: alarmingrick
how much is the FW version going to run?!?!
you have to admit it does look hard!
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Post by: Rygoth
Yeah, but you know how brittle the FW stuff is. I want the original.
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Post by: Kilkrazy
There was a board wargame years that used scissors/paper/stone as its combat resolution mechanism. Can anyone remember what it was called? It wasn't Panzer Pranks, was it?
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Post by: spork
There was a dungeon crawl game that used rock/paper/sissors as the combat mechanism. They made rock do points of damage instead just 1 to add "strategy" to the game.  I totally forget what that was called too but its dungeon tile thingies wound up being bases.
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Post by: WickedClown57
3:30 in the morning in Germany. I found this thread and giggle maniacly in the corner.
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Post by: ProtoClone
Ok, got a question about the rock. What type of rock is it exactly because according to the fluff certain rocks are harder then others so that would make a difference on the T. I mean it wouldn't make sense for a sandstone to be just as tough as a Carborundum, right? Also, if I painted it to look like a garnet but called it a ruby could I still use the rules for lapis lazuli? I can't wait to covert that to fight against The Emperors Pointy Sticks. I will call my army "Chaos Rocks!"   
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Post by: bugswarm
I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's fine for you to have fewer than three rocks in your army, but if you do, you are just begging to lose, and so I am happy to help you with your wish. Don't start whining when I have the prime number of rocks in my army and roll right over you. Long live rock I need it ev-uh-ry night ....
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Post by: Blank
After the rock has been released, my life has changed, I rebased my 150 man guard army, just to use the new GW rocks! Oh man and don't get me started on how excited I am abouttheir net release, official GW twigs, ohh boy they will fit right in with my new rocks!
P.S. Does anyone want to join in on my pyramid scam, I promise I won't take more money from you than GW already has...
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Post by: blue loki
Posted By Archaeo on 07/19/2006 10:35 AM Still waiting for paper and scissors myself. Instead of rolling a dice just rock, paper, scissors a rules dispute.
DONE! Rock  Paper  Scissors  Of course, the rules for paper are only in IA, so they may not always be allowed in tournaments. Hence the abundance of scissors armies in competitive play.
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Post by: fullheadofhair
Posted By stonefox on 07/19/2006 8:21 AM
The red rock is not magnified enough. I can't tell if you even have a highlight on that thing. Anyway, I think that blending and layering 50 layers on it would be a good start to a golden demon. You could even get a few more rocks and, like a good modern artist, attempt to symbolize something with your abstract piece. Anyway, go with an NMM "ore" piece. I think that might win. You can even freehand a symbol on it. Now that I think about it, I am seriously contemplating submitting a rock piece for next year's GD.
KK: Sorry but that's not a rock. That's a boulder. Way out of this league. You're comparing a terminator to a gobbo! Of course one's going to cost more and I'd pay more for the better sculpt too.
Have you seen the Victor Hardy version? It is mainlining heroin, and if you turn it upside down you can see richard and the twins next to an upright smile and he has named it "Sesuj". When it got DQ, he whined about the 50,000 hours and 25% of his remaining life force that he had put into the miniature and how no-one appreciates his free hand skill, and in no way was he trying to court contoversey. The name was just a coincidence and people read way to much into things.
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Post by: deitpike
Have you seen the Victor Hardy version? It is mainlining heroin, and if you turn it upside down you can see richard and the twins next to an upright smile and he has named it "Sesuj". When it got DQ, he whined about the 50,000 hours and 25% of his remaining life force that he had put into the miniature and how no-one appreciates his free hand skill, and in no way was he trying to court contoversey. The name was just a coincidence and people read way to much into things. how do I quote this??? see, that is my honest opinion of the guy, not just a joke about the rock! 
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Post by: Elusive71
Four pages for the rock! Posted By fullheadofhair on 07/21/2006 3:55 PM
Have you seen the Victor Hardy version? It is mainlining heroin, and if you turn it upside down you can see richard and the twins next to an upright smile and he has named it "Sesuj". When it got DQ, he whined about the 50,000 hours and 25% of his remaining life force that he had put into the miniature and how no-one appreciates his free hand skill, and in no way was he trying to court contoversey. The name was just a coincidence and people read way to much into things.
Perfect!
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Post by: Zubbiefish
It is the greatest item GW has ever made available. It desreves all of the attention we can give it. I say we go for 10 pages of praise for the rock. That would be a fine start.
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Post by: stonefox
Fullhead- That's great! I can't wait 'til a well-painted rock is put up on ebay. I'm sure it'll sell well.
I'm still wondering why they're selling such a great sculpt at such a cheap price. Normally stuff this good costs $15.
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Post by: deitpike
I'm going to order one
then, in 3 weeks when I get it, I will paint it, base it, and put it up on e-bay!
keep this thread alive!
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Post by: fullheadofhair
Posted By deitpike on 07/23/2006 10:43 PM
I'm going to order one
then, in 3 weeks when I get it, I will paint it, base it, and put it up on e-bay!
keep this thread alive!
well I hope it is painted as well as this one. It was entered into a GD.
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Post by: magine
how did it place in the GD? I think it wins based on originality, humor, and have yo useen a better pained rock?
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Post by: KiMonarrez
Honestly? Yes.
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Post by: deitpike
ooohhhh......I wasn't planning on spending that much to base it!
=Þ
stiff competition!
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Post by: warlordty
Someone enter it into the UK GD this year. Open catagory, it's a citidel miniature, what's the problem?
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Post by: fullheadofhair
Posted By warlordty on 07/24/2006 5:10 AM
Someone enter it into the UK GD this year. Open catagory, it's a citidel miniature, what's the problem?
Actually, even though it is an open category you still have to have a large %age of your model made of citedal stuff or sculpted by yourself. The new GW rocks aren't as big and this was made by mother nature so the entrant is in fact a dirty cheat. I believe that they should now be banned from all GW shops and GW run tournements - oh wait, that's not a punishment.
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Post by: fullheadofhair
Posted By deitpike on 07/24/2006 3:06 AM
ooohhhh......I wasn't planning on spending that much to base it!
=Þ
stiff competition!
ahhhh I see. So what your saying is your not dedicated enough to the hobby to make the effort. Despicable. If you look at the Rackham scenery you with see their rocks have 50 levels of highlights (after 20 glazes and an inking or two), though at least two of your friends will bore you for an least an hour telling you how crap NMM looks on rocks and you should just drybrush it.
Get the latest Cry Havoc. They do a 10 page spread explaining how they did, using phrases like "insist the hightlights" and other badly translated impenetrable phrases. If, whilst reading it, you listen really closely you can hear a frenchman laughing and saying "lets see those stupid Americans try and copy this with these instructions".
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Post by: Hans
Personally, I'm waiting for the Forge World "Rock Update Set", as it's rumored to include 4 sharps, a half dozen blunts, and a packet of pebbles.
-Hans
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Post by: magine
After the forge world rock update set I hear there is a dirt update set in the works, but that is just a rumor I heard from a red shirt.
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Post by: Hans
I guess dirt would be cool too, but would that be covered in an existing Codex? or the next Imperial Armor book?
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Post by: magine
It would be covered in the new codex, either that or is dirt covered by the now chaos possesed?
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Post by: Shrewsgod
Just wondering if it would be OK to proxy my rock until it arrives. It kicks-mule!
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Post by: Task and Purpose
Well Im gonna do a tru-scale rock or pre-Heresey...I just need to pick a side metamorphic or non?
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Post by: stonefox
I agree with fullhead. I love the Rackham quality of painting that puts 'Eavy Metal to shame. It's also pretty funny how those who can't do NMM complain about it - envy I guess. (I'm working on my highlighting skill via feathering and wet-dry and hopefully I too can do a 500-layer mini someday. Someday...)
Anyone who's waiting on Forgeworld are just setting themselves up for disappointment. The "super rock 5000's" rules made by forgeworld and costing 10x as much will only kill 0.5 MEqs/turn, rather than the original rock which can kill 2.5MEqs/turn.
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Post by: Vengis
I hear the new Igneous Rock will be coming out for the Medusa campaigne soon.
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Post by: stonefox
I hear the new Igneous Rock will be coming out for the Medusa campaigne soon.
Is it a splash release like the urban basing kit?
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Post by: fullheadofhair
Posted By stonefox on 07/24/2006 3:15 PMI hear the new Igneous Rock will be coming out for the Medusa campaigne soon.
Is it a splash release like the urban basing kit?
It is a mini specefically for the campaign codex but it won't be available until part way through the campaign.
Four months later, 2 people in the whole wide world (or universe) who made powerful (x2) rock armies will be heard to whine ad nausem because their highly converted one trick pony army has been banned from GT's. There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth as they complain that they won't be able to use their army ever again in their whole life. 1,000,000 extra people join Dakka to say how this has personally affected them (x4) and never post again. One of those poster will say one of his friends knows some-one who played against some whose sister was married to a man who actually had a rock army and if we don't join a petition "it could be your army next". At least 10 people will respond saying the army isn't hard to play against and that they have never ever lost a game of 40k ever in their whole life and other people's tactics suck. Someone will then say that RAW makes that list totally illegal, and their will be a 4 page heated (x5) debate over the word "rock" and whether or not it can be also armed with a pebble. Accurate? 
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Post by: Kid_Kyoto
5 pages for the rock.
Gawd.
Some of you guys must be seriously stoned.
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Post by: Hans
LOL and here I saw that Kid Kyoto posted on this thread, and I expected a preview for Codex: Box of Rocks
but yeah, we pretty much must be on something at this point.
-Hans
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Post by: nyarlathotep667
Dude, lay off my rock! It's my constitutional right brah!
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Post by: Kid_Kyoto
Posted By Hans on 07/24/2006 4:58 PM
LOL and here I saw that Kid Kyoto posted on this thread, and I expected a preview for Codex: Box of Rocks
but yeah, we pretty much must be on something at this point.
-Hans
And WHOOSH!
About the only thing worse than my pun was not getting it.
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Post by: magine
heh heh heh he said stoned, heh heh heh heh. Uhhhh shut up butt wipe
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Post by: Kid_Kyoto
y'see the joke is that I said stoned in a thread about a rock and uh...
wow...
did you ever look at your hands? I mean REALLY look at your hands? They're all like... wow.
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Post by: Jester
Charlie Brown got a rock. He also got herpes from Peppermint Patty, but that isn't relevant to this topic.
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Post by: deitpike
I tried to order it today, and it is not available as a bit in Canada!
NOOOOOOOOO!
what do I do?
Can someone in the UK send me one?
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Post by: nyarlathotep667
Posted By Kid_Kyoto on 07/24/2006 10:10 PM
y'see the joke is that I said stoned in a thread about a rock and uh...
wow...
did you ever look at your hands? I mean REALLY look at your hands? They're all like... wow.
Brah, like I totally know what you're talking about dude. Like far OUT, brah. People need to, like, stop hassling me about my rocks, ya know?
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Post by: magine
I looked at my hands and wonder why the call them fingers. I've never seen them fing.......oh wait there they go.
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Post by: stonefox
Wow. My handle might be "stonefox" or "fox of stone" if you'd prefer, but I'm nowhere near as stony as these guys. Well, all's good. It's only 0.50c for the rock and if people get so much joy from it I support that.*  *Didn't you know? Buying rocks at 0.50c a piece and terminators at $10 a piece is much cheaper than harder recreational activities! GW is a cheap and caring company. Surely they'd never think of charging a box of warriors as much as an ounce of rock - they only charge 0.50c for theirs, after all.
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Post by: ironkodiak
I was going to tell you all how bad it is that this topic has carried on for so long, but I better not rock the boat..........
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Post by: Darkchild
People, you're missing the point. Rock is merely another name for crack, and 50c is a damn good price for a rock that big!
Or maybe the design team are just smoking too much of it to realise how dumb this is.
Darkchild
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Post by: magine
they will sell rock at this price get us all hooked and jack up the price in their "price adjustments"
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Post by: nyarlathotep667
I hear they're going to put out a huge marketing campaign, and then, just as demand starts in, pull it from the independant retailers and make it a direct order only item!
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Post by: stonefox
If any of you have ever had to deal with rocks and their kind, you know that you usually start out with a pebble before "graduating" to the rock. One's easier to paint and drybrush after all. I think they're possibly missing a larger fanbase by not having a starter-pebble kit.
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Post by: deitpike
Posted By ironkodiak on 07/25/2006 11:48 AMI was going to tell you all how bad it is that this topic has carried on for so long, but I better not rock the boat.......... THAT was awful!
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Post by: magine
let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Does this mean GW think they are perfect??
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Post by: Vengis
Posted By magine on 07/25/2006 11:33 PM
let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Does this mean GW think they are perfect??
Woah, woah, woah. Don't throw stones in a glass house.
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Post by: Hellfury
The GW rocks are almost better than these! 
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Post by: fullheadofhair
Better than what - I am just getting hung up?
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Post by: Mithrax
6 pages already? Man this thread ain't gathering no moss....
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Post by: Zubbiefish
We don't want to get black an blue at a beggar's banquet. We don't want to get stripped at a voodoo lounge. If we let it bleed at her satanic majesties request we're just falling into the aftermath of some girls.
There's no security between the buttons if you eat goats head soup and get sticky fingers.
Let's cross the bridges to Babylon and get yer ya ya's out.
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Post by: magine
I think a thread like this is needed. A thread to make us laugh when there are so many people being loud and starting arguments over stupid stuff and certain companies "adjusting prices" all the time, this is a great relief. Kepp it going for as long as possible.
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Post by: Hans
Magine, let's not go digging for a deeper meaning here, nothing has a deeper meaning than granite! I'm just glad that I can now order pre-separated rocks direct, instead of having to buy sprues of the ruined building and converting that rock pile into individual stones.
-Hans
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Post by: magine
or taking sprue and putting through a meat grinde?
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