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I have to agree with others saying that the proportions of 40k models could definitely be better. An example would be my sniper drone spotter and normal fire warrior. The crouching spotter is much larger than the fire warrior model if it were to be stood up which always bugged me. I thought it was a flawed model at first but it turned out they were all like that.

I think the move is more on wanting to try new things than anything. Warmahordes is growing fast and has good mechanics, balanced armies, and a fun new system compared to 40k with things such as magic and hit points.

You guys seem like hardcore veterans so it seems reasonable that some players would like a hiatus from 40k.

Me personally. I'm definitely a noob at 40k only having played around 4 games and swearing not to play another until i get my army painted (local shop is also pretty terrible). But at the same time with little experience at 40k i am also getting a 15 point trollblood army because it looks interesting and is a game i can play quickly with only 13 models being needed to paint. Their models are also damn smexy

Anyone defending the Warp Wolf Extreme is guzzling the Privateer kool-aid. Don't get me wrong, I love their game and the majority of their models, but the Warp Wolf Extreme was not well-received by the majority of their fans either.

That said, Wolf/Cat/whatever, we're basically taking about a giant mutating were-creature, so it can look like whatever.

withershadow wrote:
That said, Wolf/Cat/whatever, we're basically taking about a giant mutating were-creature, so it can look like whatever.

This was my point. Not necessarily defending it(although I like the model), just stating that you can't really use it as an example of wrong proportions since Warpwolves don't have any set or correct proportions as they can literally alter their bodies at will.

I think the new sculpts are pretty awesome looking personally, the new GK terminators look great alongside the old metal ones, and those were the best sculpts overall imo.

I also like 5th edition much better than 4th, and I certainly don't think the new codicies are broken. Some may be easier to play, and/or have more builds than others, but there isn't anything wrong with that. I also think the gameplay is quite tactical at certain point levels, obviously dinner plate size templates in Apoc aren't quite so, but we usually don't use those weapons in our Apoc games.

I can't really see myself playing a different tabletop system, it would take a lot to get me to switch. MtG is entertaining, but I don't want to try and keep up with the releases. I have my 4 land raiders, tons of PA SM and terminator SM, and other stuff, and I can make quite a few builds out of that. Also, my bookshelf is packed with 40k books. Also I play DoW2 quite a bit, and am really looking forward to Space Marine.

I'd say I'm invested in 40k, to say the least.

Other units that look good:

Death Company
Trygon
SW Terminators
DP (plastic)