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I am very tempted by the heavy weapon in the classic 2nd edition "boombox on my shoulder" pose.

I find it hilarious that of all of them to mount like that, they chose the Heavy Flamer.

Just here to echo the overall positivity. It's great to see GW filling out the gaps in the range and attempting to bring the new gangs up to the same level of completion as the main six. It wasn't clear that would happen.

JimmyWolf87 wrote:
Looks a good addition. Here's hoping that some of the other non-House Gangs get the same treatment with a full book. Enforcers and the various Cults could do with a refresh and re-structure to bring them in line with the more recent rules.

I agree about the Cults, but Enforcers aren't in a terrible spot. They effectively got their "specialist troopers" box before any other gang did, and they have a faction-identified vehicle and brute.

edit: updated rules for them would be totally, but since rules updates are usually tied to model releases I wouldn't want the Enforcers to be a priority.

With these news squats it seens fairly likely that Corpse Grinders could get some future attention. Helots/GSC I'm not so sure about... they really need new rules, but since they never got new kits GW might not consider them real gangs. The new corrupted GSC complicate that a bit.

And then there are the poor Ogryn gangs lol

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:
Love Squats but do not tempt me Frodo! I must resist the impulse purchases at all costs!

You need 12 squats, a psyker and a Ratling sniper.

13 squats, surely?

I may be tempted by the book for the background.

Ooh, new weapons sprue. I guess it's good that I didn't get around to assembling my Squats yet. Looks like the weapons sprue was the next thing, not Land Trains.

I guess it is nice to have rules for all their characters & vehicles all in one place for people who don't have them yet. But I already do have them. I'll bet that the trikes will be wargear, not a vehicle.

Two new fighters? One will probably be the Exo-kyn, but for the other, maybe a Prospect?

Hmm. Wondering how the special weapons are held?

We can see one hand, but also a top handle with no hand?

An arm from the main kit :(

Guessing all the upper right arms come from the main kit. There's two different upper left arms here, probably for the double handed power weapon and one special weapon, which seems to imply to me you can only build 1 of the 3 (per sprue)

I have been wrong before, but a full Corpse Grinder sourcebook feels like a bit of a stretch. They are, shall we say, somewhat lacking in thematic depth.

But we might be able to get a "Book of the Cult", or something, for all the various Cult-y bits.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

You need 12 squats, a psyker and a Ratling sniper.

Please! I'm already crumbling!

twoseventwo wrote:
I have been wrong before, but a full Corpse Grinder sourcebook feels like a bit of a stretch. They are, shall we say, somewhat lacking in thematic depth.

Are you kidding? They could grind any number of corpses. 30 corpses, 32 corpses, you name it. 31.

 Shakalooloo wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:
Love Squats but do not tempt me Frodo! I must resist the impulse purchases at all costs!

You need 12 squats, a psyker and a Ratling sniper.

13 squats, surely?

Was it? I thought Gandalf was #13 requiring the addition of Bilbo to prevent bad luck. I could be misremembering though. Let's try listing them off:

Thorin
Kili
Nori
Flint
Ori
Doc
Dori
Sleepy
Dopey
Grumpy
Gimli
Sneezy
Bashful

So it is 13, I forgot Bashful, everyone forgets Bashful.

 Dysartes wrote:
But we might be able to get a "Book of the Cult", or something, for all the various Cult-y bits.

That's basically what the Book of Ruin already is, but a second edition of that would seem very timely and a good place to give the CGC their Meat Delivery Wagon or whatever. And maybe give another god a time to shine on Necromunda.

The Squats dug too deep, and awoke something in the dark.

A Balrog in Necromunda? Now that would be lethal to my wallet!

But seriously one of those new Ratlings could pass for "Space Bilbo", although...they have that Tropic Thunder vibe to them. "I'm the Ratling playing the Ratling who's disguised as another Ratling!"

 Dysartes wrote:
But we might be able to get a "Book of the Cult", or something, for all the various Cult-y bits.

Yeah, this book is a must buy for me just for the Squat background material...

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Was it? I thought Gandalf was #13 requiring the addition of Bilbo to prevent bad luck. I could be misremembering though. Let's try listing them off:

Thorin
Kili
Nori
Flint
Ori
Doc
Dori
Sleepy
Dopey
Grumpy
Gimli
Sneezy
Bashful

So it is 13, I forgot Bashful, everyone forgets Bashful.

"Flint"? "I haven't heard that name in years

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Was it? I thought Gandalf was #13 requiring the addition of Bilbo to prevent bad luck. I could be misremembering though. Let's try listing them off:

Gandalf wasn't a member of the crew, he was just the fixer. Thirteen dwarves was the unlucky number.

Why is thirteen an unlucky quantity in Middle Earth?

 Skinnereal wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Was it? I thought Gandalf was #13 requiring the addition of Bilbo to prevent bad luck. I could be misremembering though. Let's try listing them off:

Thorin
Kili
Nori
Flint
Ori
Doc
Dori
Sleepy
Dopey
Grumpy
Gimli
Sneezy
Bashful

So it is 13, I forgot Bashful, everyone forgets Bashful.

"Flint"? "I haven't heard that name in years

Good friends with Tasslehoff.

(of all the names on the list you pick out Flint?)


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 Shakalooloo wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Was it? I thought Gandalf was #13 requiring the addition of Bilbo to prevent bad luck. I could be misremembering though. Let's try listing them off:

Gandalf wasn't a member of the crew, he was just the fixer. Thirteen dwarves was the unlucky number.

Why is thirteen an unlucky quantity in Middle Earth?

Aslan was the 13th guest at his last supper.

 Skinnereal wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Was it? I thought Gandalf was #13 requiring the addition of Bilbo to prevent bad luck. I could be misremembering though. Let's try listing them off:

Thorin
Kili
Nori
Flint
Ori
Doc
Dori
Sleepy
Dopey
Grumpy
Gimli
Sneezy
Bashful

So it is 13, I forgot Bashful, everyone forgets Bashful.

"Flint"? "I haven't heard that name in years

Its just weird seeing my name on that list...

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Skinnereal wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Was it? I thought Gandalf was #13 requiring the addition of Bilbo to prevent bad luck. I could be misremembering though. Let's try listing them off:

Thorin
Kili
Nori
Flint
Ori
Doc
Dori
Sleepy
Dopey
Grumpy
Gimli
Sneezy
Bashful

So it is 13, I forgot Bashful, everyone forgets Bashful.

"Flint"? "I haven't heard that name in years

Good friends with Tasslehoff.

(of all the names on the list you pick out Flint?)

Didn't know Marissa Faireborn's dad was a dwarf.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Skinnereal wrote:

"Flint"? "I haven't heard that name in years"

Good friends with Tasslehoff.
(of all the names on the list you pick out Flint?)

Snow White and LoTR come and go, for Dragonlance was Years ago for me.

I swear I'm going to talk myself into doing a Squat band before this is done. Nix Alba and the Seven Deadly Squats?

Heh. The new character lady in her hunter rig as snow white would be awesome.

This is now the version of Snow White we wish that Disney would make. Warhammer+ is our best hope for this.

 Flinty wrote:
Heh. The new character lady in her hunter rig as snow white would be awesome.

I think Estus Jet would be better for that. What with her mysterious past and all.

ETA: Lady Haera is obviously the Wicked Queen.

Wrong thread.

Snow White is an actual Princess, so I think Heara fits better. Also in her chunky suit she’d be even bigger than the squats to really sell the size difference

 Flinty wrote:
Snow White is an actual Princess, so I think Heara fits better. Also in her chunky suit she’d be even bigger than the squats to really sell the size difference

If someone (not me!) were to do this...

This Lady Heara is the only possible choice for the exiled princess Nix Alba.