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beast_gts wrote:
"Lady Haera, 13th Daughter of Lord Helmawr" is up for pre-order next weekend

Spoiler:

Personally, I find this miniature so utterly gorgeous, I will savour every minute of building and painting her … even though I don’t play Necromunda.

Savour getting those weapons to stay straight...

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Savour getting those weapons to stay straight...

All part of the “fun” of working with resin

 Dryaktylus wrote:

Yes, the model is kinda blanchesque, but his works are one of the major influences for 40k design. So it's not unexpected to see something like this here and there. Look at it this way: I prefer the Vostroyans over the Cadians, but I'm glad that the latter are the 'normal' troopers. Having only the weirdness would be a freak show, but without it the setting would be just bland.

Fair enough. On that we can agree. I have (despite what my post might indicate) appreciation for his art in its original format as well as it's importance to the origins of 40k (and more specifically what it ultimately led to in miniature in 2nd edition and beyond).

Dryaktylus wrote:

 RedSarge wrote:
Is that fur on the Daughter of Helmawr? I think I have some 1980's metals goblins that can do better...

Does GW not have any fur sculptors anymore to do some meatspace sculpting before the final mould?

Looks like fleece to me, not fur.

That makes sense. Wormy fleece.

Overread wrote:Yeah I think its fleece not fur. I've also noted that GW don't do as much fur these days. It's either a style change or a product of them going for more fancy poses whilst also dealing with the limitations of plastic casting over metal or resin. Fur creates a lot of undercuts and it might be that complex poses plus fur just results in far too much parting for the plastic models.

And that's why moving everything to plastic is actual a downgrade from the hybrid kits of before. It's like DoW1 -> to 2 -> then -]+[-redacted-]+[-

Apocrypha Necromunda – Exotic Archeotech Comes to the Black Market in This Free Scenario

Vortex grenades in Necromunda...

Thats a great great model

beast_gts wrote:
Apocrypha Necromunda – Exotic Archeotech Comes to the Black Market in This Free Scenario

Vortex grenades in Necromunda...

And suitably expensive and hard to get. I just wish they’d given some thought to it scattering off a platform. Like does the vortex just hang out there, in mid air?

For the other stuff; is the chameleon elixir a supply or a one and done?

 Overread wrote:
Yeah I think its fleece not fur. I've also noted that GW don't do as much fur these days. It's either a style change or a product of them going for more fancy poses whilst also dealing with the limitations of plastic casting over metal or resin. Fur creates a lot of undercuts and it might be that complex poses plus fur just results in far too much parting for the plastic models.

It looks like fleece on the model, but its definitely fur in the artwork.

Has this been posted yet, seems it should be.

Does that walking stick even end

Nope. She pole vaults from rooftop to rooftop around the upper hive…

Lots of pre-orders next week,







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Well that's your traitor Rough Riders sorted

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


Don't forget the time the Enforcers had to transport vaccines for the zombie virus to Hive Secundus across the Ash Wastes using a Land Raider.

This is totally my head canon now.

But yeah, I want ash wastes squad cars!

Spoiler:

Besides the ones I already made that is...

That's the same squad car I have. But only one, and I haven't painted it yet.
I did lightly convert a couple of Space Marine Scout Bikers into Enforcer Bikers, but they're also not painted yet.

Here's something unusual I've been told:

The Enforcer Robotic Justice Twin-Pack ‘Sanctioner’ Pattern Automata is a direct-only item, even upon release, which in turn affects the discounts stores can give (or not give). How strange for a new release.

Either way, my beloved Cawdor Scrapwalkers are here. They are easily my fav Necromunda kit in recent memory, even moreso than the previous two sets of terrain.

More than terrain, HBMC? High praise indeed!

I just realised something about the Ridge Walkers...




They are the Rogue Trader era Sentinels.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Here's something unusual I've been told:

The Enforcer Robotic Justice Twin-Pack ‘Sanctioner’ Pattern Automata is a direct-only item, even upon release, which in turn affects the discounts stores can give (or not give). How strange for a new release.

Well, that explains why they're not on the trade price list. I was just going to double-check they were out this weekend...

Hmm, I guess I won't be buying the Enforcer robots then?

I wonder what the thinking is, I mean, do they think that they won't sell enough to make it worth creating box art for them?

It must come down to money in some way.

It might be a blessing in disguise for me, as I really like the Ambots and this gives me a chance to get converting the ones that I already own.

 Shakalooloo wrote:
Does that walking stick even end

Maybe it's a white cane (just black, because grimdark)?

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Hmm, I guess I won't be buying the Enforcer robots then?

I wonder what the thinking is, I mean, do they think that they won't sell enough to make it worth creating box art for them?

It must come down to money in some way.

It might be a blessing in disguise for me, as I really like the Ambots and this gives me a chance to get converting the ones that I already own.

I still maintain that they have some sort of trouble with cardstock/cardboard products in some way, that's the unifying factor that links a lot of their seemingly hare-brained business decisions around extremely limited runs of popular products and total failures like CC.

Tsagualsa wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Hmm, I guess I won't be buying the Enforcer robots then?

I wonder what the thinking is, I mean, do they think that they won't sell enough to make it worth creating box art for them?

It must come down to money in some way.

It might be a blessing in disguise for me, as I really like the Ambots and this gives me a chance to get converting the ones that I already own.

I still maintain that they have some sort of trouble with cardstock/cardboard products in some way, that's the unifying factor that links a lot of their seemingly hare-brained business decisions around extremely limited runs of popular products and total failures like CC.

I would certainly explain a lot of things, but not why it specifically affects the Enforcer robots and not say, the Cawdor walkers?

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:

Tsagualsa wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Hmm, I guess I won't be buying the Enforcer robots then?

I wonder what the thinking is, I mean, do they think that they won't sell enough to make it worth creating box art for them?

It must come down to money in some way.

It might be a blessing in disguise for me, as I really like the Ambots and this gives me a chance to get converting the ones that I already own.

I still maintain that they have some sort of trouble with cardstock/cardboard products in some way, that's the unifying factor that links a lot of their seemingly hare-brained business decisions around extremely limited runs of popular products and total failures like CC.

I would certainly explain a lot of things, but not why it specifically affects the Enforcer robots and not say, the Cawdor walkers?

The robots are plastic while the walkers are resin, right? That would imply a completely different handling queue, the sprues would probably be machine-packed while the resin stuff would be processed mostly by hand if i'm not mistaken.

Both kits are GW plastic. It might be they've had the walkers ready to go for a while but are waiting for boxes for the robots, but who knows?

beast_gts wrote:
Both kits are GW plastic.

Ah okay, did not catch that about the walkers. Then it remains a mystery

Sales projection for the Cawdor set has to be far higher than the robots. With four walkers in a box, I would not be surprised if you couldn't have an entire gang of them, like the Escher Cutter. Likewise, if the robots are a brute that you can maybe get two of, but more likely one, not exactly a prime seller.

Maybe projected sales, maybe lack of boxes, maybe lack of shelf space at GW stores (most barely carry Necro at all). Who can say?

 SgtEeveell wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


Don't forget the time the Enforcers had to transport vaccines for the zombie virus to Hive Secundus across the Ash Wastes using a Land Raider.

This is totally my head canon now.

But yeah, I want ash wastes squad cars!

Spoiler:

Besides the ones I already made that is...

That's the same squad car I have. But only one, and I haven't painted it yet.
I did lightly convert a couple of Space Marine Scout Bikers into Enforcer Bikers, but they're also not painted yet.

I bought this car at a con on the weekend:

https://ibb.co/album/XX360h

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Hmm, I guess I won't be buying the Enforcer robots then?

I wonder what the thinking is, I mean, do they think that they won't sell enough to make it worth creating box art for them?

It must come down to money in some way.

It might be a blessing in disguise for me, as I really like the Ambots and this gives me a chance to get converting the ones that I already own.

Maybe it'll be like the ogryns and scum, who came in larger model-count boxes before being re-released with fewer, and this time GW don't want to waste time making a double-pack box that will be discontinued very soon.