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agnosto wrote:To continue my 1970 TV show references, I'll say this.

Holy flames of Hashut batman! The CD references are really making me hope that they're going to release chaos dwarfs again (outside the FW models of course).

I can just hear my evil stunties stirring around in the closet, rattling the confines of their foam enclosures. bwahahahahaha.

Ok, I really need to lay off of the sweet tarts before posting.

Pretty unlikely. GW wouldn't have let them do the army if they were considering doing them as well. Internal competition isn't a good thing.

-Loki- wrote:
Pretty unlikely. GW wouldn't have let them do the army if they were considering doing them as well. Internal competition isn't a good thing.

They've only released elite-ish units and a few arcane warmachines so far, just like for empire. Deep down, I know you're right but a small part of me hopes that they'll make plastics so they're cheaper than $50 per 10 which I'm not willing to pay.

Are the templates all sold out? Can't see them on the GW, Maelstrom or Wayland Games Websites.

agnosto wrote:Wow, I'll be able to use my Great Taurus and Lammasu. To the closet, batman and don't forget the feather duster!

I'm trying to figure out a suitable Counts As for a 1984 Tom Meier Oriental Dragon. Yes, they are GW models

I've worked out though....

For any army? I'll have 2 Black Dragons, 1 Hydra, 2 Carnosaurs, 2 Stegadons, 1 Rhinox, the Oriental Dragon and Somewhere in the Region of 30 Cold Ones to use if I wanted

Watching Paint Dry wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Very disappointed that the plastic characters don't seem to come with any options.

Quite lazy of GW.

The new WD references these as a new offering (single pose, plastic blister). Jervis' article talks about them. I think its great if they offer more of these, and perhaps the solution to the finecast problems.

Rofl, 8 quid for a barebones plastic model. (a tenner after 18 months of price rises)

I remember when people used to laugh at the rip off that was 3 orcs or marines for a fiver, new suckers are born every minute.

fizzelopeguss wrote:

Watching Paint Dry wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Very disappointed that the plastic characters don't seem to come with any options.

Quite lazy of GW.

The new WD references these as a new offering (single pose, plastic blister). Jervis' article talks about them. I think its great if they offer more of these, and perhaps the solution to the finecast problems.

Rofl, 8 quid for a barebones plastic model. (a tenner after 18 months of price rises)

I remember when people used to laugh at the rip off that was 3 orcs or marines for a fiver, new suckers are born every minute.

Look at the sucker buying the hobby item he wants and can afford. What a sucker. He's probably going home to paint it or use it in a game he enjoys. Just like a sucker.

Huh. Dragon with all nines for a statline. Wonder how much THAT thing's going to be spammed as a mount.

Look at the sucker buying the hobby item he wants and can afford. What a sucker. He's probably going home to paint it or use it in a game he enjoys. Just like a sucker.

Some members on Dakka express such enthusiasm and unconditional joy at getting something new for their gaming, that one cannot help feel anything but happiness for them. Even though they will be dropping the equivalent of a month's groceries and more on toy soldiers.

Then there are those that just have no sense of value and worth of anything and buy any sparkly overpriced gewjaw just because they can.

To the former may they long continue to have such blessings, to the latter Loadza Manniezz a pox on their house. May their glue ne'er adhere bolter nor blade; may their blades be a bane and their bones rattle snakes' eyes.

Sweet Jesus that Emperor Chaos Dragon is redonkculous! And it's nice to see other races summoning demons. That's always nice.

I still have no idea what a Fimir or Zoat is.

Noisy_Marine wrote:
I still have no idea what a Fimir or Zoat is.

Fimir:



Zoat:

Zoats are reptilian centaur like creatures.
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Zoat

Does anyone know if the Toad Dragon gets an entry? I really like the actual Toad Dragon model, so any reason to buy one and use it would be awesome.

the caracter models look really cool I will definetly be getting a few of them wonder why they are not in resin could this be anything to do withe the issues they have been having with the quality control ???

Noisy_Marine wrote:

I still have no idea what a Fimir or Zoat is.

As I recall from my WHFRP book Fimir were demonic mist-dwelling rapists.

Zoats were centaur-like forest dwelling nature lovers. I'm pretty sure they ended up in the Tyranid army in 40k because a Citadel sculptor decided one would look cool with a gun and they didn't know what else to do with it.

You could always buy one and use as a counts as another type of dragon for your army, Loki.
Would have thought FW models unlikely to be officially included

Zombiesr
Doubt that the Finecast problems would have any bearing on the decision to make the characters in plastic.
The tooling would have had to have been a while back AFAIK

plastictrees wrote:

Noisy_Marine wrote:

I still have no idea what a Fimir or Zoat is.

As I recall from my WHFRP book Fimir were demonic mist-dwelling rapists.

Basically. Fimir could only reproduce with other races. Other than the female shamans that lead them(one per tribe, IIRC), there were only males.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:You could always buy one and use as a counts as another type of dragon for your army, Loki.

I could, but it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. Dragons are fast and flighty. Toad Dragons are slow and lardy.

Give it a jet pack?


hmmm
okay, maybe not

Noisy_Marine wrote:I still have no idea what a Fimir or Zoat is.

Zoats:

Zoats were a mystic druid-like race living deep in the forests of the old world, sometimes appearing in Wood Elf Armies. They were magical and Dragon Ogre strength in combat but were pretty slow. For some unknown reason Lizardmen feared the Zoats. They also appeared in Warhammer 40,000 as a genetically engineered slave race to the Tyranids, but were completely removed from canon in 40K, and until now it was believed they were lost completely from Fantasy too, but apparently not.

Fimir

The Fimir are a cycloptian and half daemon races that live in the swamps of the north west of the Old World, mainly in Albion, based on the legends of the Fomorians. Fimir females are infertile and rare, so the Fimir used to capture females of other races to breed (very much like the Deep Ones from H.P Lovecraft's works), which combined with bad rules and not that many sales was why they were removed as an army originally. They also generated a fog around themselves to shroud them from missile weapons.

It's not 100% confirmed that models of these will be coming out, but there will definitely be rules for them and most likely they will make them given that they've remade the Albion Figures, the Lammasu and Greater Taurus. I love the Zoats and Fimir, both are great races, and would make lovely additions to the game. While there are many things I dislike about GW recently, I am happy with them for re-releasing many of their old discontinued models/rules, Albion Miniatures, Chaos Dwarfs (Both WHF and CF), Zoats, Fimir. Really now I'm just waiting for Kislev returning, maybe even some of the old 40K stuff like Squats or Pretorians

Oh and -Loki- why not buy one and use the Arachnarok rules for it?

Murdock129 wrote:Oh and -Loki- why not buy one and use the Arachnarok rules for it?

I was hoping to not have some way to use it so I didn't go spend $200au on it. That's a good idea. Crap.

And as much as I loved fimir, I hated zoats in equal measure.

lol, maybe it's just because I'm dumber than rocks, but I thought What's New Today was kinda funny...even if it was mostly because of the "aww" factor of the rabbit.

Oh hell, if GW starts taking photos of product next to cute fluffy animals then there really will be no stopping them. "Yeah we know Finecast sucks, but you really want it anyway because BUNNY."

Out this Saturday folks.

Is indeed a very fine looking tome, some of the artwork is gorgeous. There are indeed rules for all manner of beasties, which do indeed include some old blasts from the past.

Nice to see GW remembering AND embracing its past!

Is that a unicorn?

I have never encountered a more terrifying and ferocious beast than the unicorn.

Sidstyler wrote:I have never encountered a more terrifying and ferocious beast than the unicorn.

Maybe not but maybe I can finally realise my long-term ambition of an army of My Little Ponies...

lol
Unicorns should have goats heads iirc
and are flesh eaters!

I am alright though cos I am a virgin.

filbert wrote:
Maybe not but maybe I can finally realise my long-term ambition of an army of My Little Ponies...

I'm still trying to get hold of 10 grey pegasus ponies with blonde manes....

Yes, I am going to be fielding them as replacement cold ones for when I fail stupidity tests on the Derpy Hooves Brigade.

So glad I kept my unit of 12 Fimir. It was a unit of 20, but over the years tails and heads got sent off to various conversions.)

Should have kept my zoats.(

There is a bit of fluff about the zoats in 40k. In the old rules, they had very good communication abilities and were used as go betweens with other races. That doesn't quite fit the Tyranid fluff now. There is an entry about a race of quadraped xenos fleeing from the Tyranids and coming to the Imperials for sanctuary. Subsequently wiped out of course, because you can new trust a dirty xenos.

Now that zoats have traveled from 40k back to WFB, maybe we will see a return of the squats. Probably pretty easy to take squats, strip off the technology, and toss them into the WFB world, maybe as a race of underground, beer drinking engineers.