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 Desubot wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
must be time for a cat girl abhuman.

I truly hope its a human head on a cat body so i can see the internet have a collective brain aneurysm.

Some memes should die in a fire.

Very stoked on some of those FW models. I think I may be sending money their way in the not too distant future.

 Desubot wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
must be time for a cat girl abhuman.

I truly hope its a human head on a cat body so i can see the internet have a collective brain aneurysm.

Works for me!

I like the pets, I can't wait to see what they cook up for Delaque maybe something large and arachnid. The Orlock guy w the powerhammer is badass

I'd think that Delaque would get something flying, like a Raven/Vulture-like spy creature.

And wow. DD went a whole post without schilling for KD.

One minor but intriguing thing about the new-look Escher:

According to Warhammer Community (and maybe this thread somewhere a few pages back?), the Escher now have both a Queen and a Huntress. Or Huntresses, presumably.

Combined with their new 'feathery' aesthetic, I'm getting distinct Lustrian Amazons vibes from this. The 80s Warhammer Amazons had a Queen, and they allegedly also had Huntresses. (I say 'allegedly' because my only source for the latter is an RPGnet thread, not a primary source, so it could have been a fanmade thing.)

Now since Goliaths also have a King, and 'Huntress' is a fairly generic title, it could be a coincidence.

But... Andy Hoare did a lot of work on Lustria back in the day for 6th and 7th ed WFB: the Lustria supplement, various White Dwarf articles and the 7th ed Lizzies book. Amazons references abounded. He brought back a lot of the old Halliwell fluff from 1st edition, like the fact that they have superscience raygun weapons. (For those unaware, 1st ed WFB was a lot more science-fantasy than later editions. The Amazons inherited a lot of ancient technology in Leela-of-the-Sevateem style--such as bolt pistols and power swords, among other things.)

The original Necromunda Escher from the 90s have always seemed like spiritual successors to the Halliwell Amazons to me. Recycled concepts, more or less. So I can't help feeling that the Queen and Huntress, along with the new aesthetic--which looks kinda Mesoamerican to me, now that I think about it--might be a call-back to their 80s Fantasy foremothers.

Not exactly a big deal, but still. Warms me heart it does.

The huntresses probably are high-ranking Escher tasked with putting down those that affronted the House. I wouldn't be surprised if other gangs also got some type of fancy enforcer or the like.

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zamerion wrote:
On the 17th of February these amazing models go on to our Made to Order service!!

Just those three?

I'd've hoped with the release of GW2 and the rules for Bounty Hunters/Scum that the classic BH's and Scum would be released.

Tempted by Mad Donna. But given KJ and Scabs are awful sculpts, will leave them.


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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I'd think that Delaque would get something flying, like a Raven/Vulture-like spy creature.

And wow. DD went a whole post without schilling for KD.

Surely Delaque should get everyone else's pets via a direct cloning kit which builds in recorders and transmitters.

Nobody ever suspected Mr Tiddles.

 BrookM wrote:
The huntresses probably are high-ranking Escher tasked with putting down those that affronted the House. I wouldn't be surprised if other gangs also got some type of fancy enforcer or the like.

I was imagining she was an Escher Bounty Hunter (like the Goliath one they showed a render of).

Also hope there's more than those 3 for made to order, I've got Mad Donna and the other two aren't great sculpts. Some of the ridiculously rare bounty hunters or Spyrer king/queens would be great!

Well, the value of my Mad Donna is about to take a hit. But it's good to see them re-release some old stuff. I wish they'd make more than just those available...

Zenithfleet wrote:


According to Warhammer Community (and maybe this thread somewhere a few pages back?), the Escher now have both a Queen and a Huntress. Or Huntresses, presumably.

Now since Goliaths also have a King, and 'Huntress' is a fairly generic title, it could be a coincidence.

They are all in the Underhive rulebook, House Escher have Queen (currently Queen Adina)

for Goliath it is the Over-tyrant (currently Gor Iron Eye)

mistake.

zamerion wrote:


its this picture fake or true? : /

http://boards.4chan.org/tg/thread/57828510#p57828510

Real its from the end times books, although I dont remember him standing infront of that pic.

Either way Settra will be back in AOS, they left a very obvious and very easy opening for him to return, as what, who knows

Hmm, that Kal Jericho sculpt could be a decent one if it had a different head. The head is terrible. Good for conversion fodder I suppose? My biggest issue with it is it really doesn't look like something that should be in the Underhive. It looks more fitting as a retinue member for a Rogue trader or Inquisitor, or the base of a conversion for either.

I hope we see more options for the made to order, it would be somewhat pathetic to only have 3 old sculpts available. I feel there must be others when comparing to past waves of made to order. What are some of these old bounty hunters and scum people are hoping for?

 Albino Squirrel wrote:
Unless you don't know what the word "egalitarian" means, you can't possibly think the Imperium of Man is more egalitarian than modern day Earth.

In fact, you bizarrely note that the military wing of the church is all female in the SAME SENTENCE where you claim they don't discriminate based on sex.

In a general sense, the IoM is only non-egalitarian in class- it has many strict class-based societies where wealth, power, tradition and reputation are everything. Generally speaking, male or female biases are uncommon and localised, and probably even out on the whole. The issue, and part of the reason the IoM is so grimdark, is that the class-related differences are huge, with the lower ranks having basically no civil freedoms on many worlds as a result. So you cannot call the IoM egalitarian in general, but it is on the majority of the issues in modern day society.

 Haighus wrote:
My biggest issue with it is it really doesn't look like something that should be in the Underhive. It looks more fitting as a retinue member for a Rogue trader or Inquisitor, or the base of a conversion for either.

Then you don't want to see his mother...

All the figs--including the gangs--from that period are awful by today's standards.Yes, Escher man-faces, I talking about you! I'd prefer to see them resculpt some of the classic characters rather than recast relics from a less elegant time.

I sense another rule # 2 warning coming in the near future.

Chairman Aeon wrote:

 Haighus wrote:
My biggest issue with it is it really doesn't look like something that should be in the Underhive. It looks more fitting as a retinue member for a Rogue trader or Inquisitor, or the base of a conversion for either.

Then you don't want to see his mother...

All the figs--including the gangs--from that period are awful by today's standards.Yes, Escher man-faces, I talking about you! I'd prefer to see them resculpt some of the classic characters rather than recast relics from a less elegant time.

Yeah, this is true, although I feel in the case of KJ, the face is worse than the rest of the model in quality. There are other sculpts of that era that do still hold up ok today, they are just infrequent (and often helmeted to be fair...). I can see the appeal of made to order (I picked up some Kasrkins with it myself), and I don't think it is going to really divert resources from anywhere else, so I think it is a good way for GW to generate some revenue from nostalgia to invest in things I do care about.

As I said, my biggest issue with the model is that it doesn't fit the theme of Necromunda so well in my opinion.

EnTyme wrote:I sense another rule # 2 warning coming in the near future.

I know, it is why I am resisting replying again, and bundled my first reply with another comment. Not sure if I can be bothered to make a new thread for it though, I think it could go toxic very quick. I think we will have to drop the conversation here.

Racerguy180 wrote:
I like the pets, I can't wait to see what they cook up for Delaque maybe something large and arachnid.

I wouldn't think sssssssso...

What a great addition to the range. My only issue is the release and the delay in the expansion. Going to pick up the add ons, but will probably bundle the FW at a later date.

Has the preorder skews gone up for any of this munda stuff?

im curious if they snuck in sleeves yet.

From the book of Faces:

 EnTyme wrote:
I sense another rule # 2 warning coming in the near future.

Correct!

Many Off Topic Posts deleted - WAY too many.

This thread is for discussing Necromunda News and Rumors - that's it.

ANYTHING else can go in a separate thread in one of the many fine sub-forums we have here.

There have already been enough warnings about this in here - next one to choose to continue to ignore the warning is going to be getting a break.

Edit - posted right after the warning about going off-topic, sorry.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Swords and Chainswords! Happy days!

Chainswords with Rending...

T

 BrookM wrote:
From the book of Faces:

Spoiler:

Those Orlock autoguns are a thing of beauty. Pity there is only two per sprue! The combat shotguns and heavy stubber are also very nice. What is the long barreled pistol? Is it a stub pistol, just not a stub revolver?

Apparently its a sawnoff shotgun.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Apparently its a sawnoff shotgun.

Ahhh, I see. That makes a lot of sense actually. I didn't expect it to be quite so short though! It should count as a pistol at that size!

Looking at it closely, it does look like a cut-down version of the combat shotgun, without the drum mag. Interesting.

 Haighus wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Apparently its a sawnoff shotgun.

Ahhh, I see. That makes a lot of sense actually. I didn't expect it to be quite so short though! It should count as a pistol at that size!

Looking at it closely, it does look like a cut-down version of the combat shotgun, without the drum mag. Interesting.

The barrel length doesn't matter, but the powder charge does. I mean, you can try to use a sawn off one handed, like Caleb does in Blood, but it will really hurt your wrist.

I found a video that might demonstrate this




The Orlocks do use it one handed though, because cosplaying as Mad Max is more important than broken wrists
Would explain why you can't duel wield one though like a pistol in game.