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Dammit, I just got all my bits to build my own yesterday.... lol

I mean, sure I'll buy these anyway, but the timing...

I agree on the helmets. So when I do get them, the helmets won't be used.

I really like that launcher too.

Yeah, I also looked at those helms and thought Noise Marines immediately.

No Horus Heresy Weekender for 2020 is a big bit of disappointing news. I'm not sure I buy their excuse that they're "too busy".

Those Angels Tears are... not beautiful.

What actually distinguishes them from standard Destroyer squads other than the moobs? Just different pistols?

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Those Angels Tears are... not beautiful.

What actually distinguishes them from standard Destroyer squads other than the moobs? Just different pistols?

Visually, nothing but the Helmets really.

Angel's Tears are the BA version of Destroyers, but the only real physical difference is the helmet which is supposed to be an indistinguishable silver helmet.

In my mind, I pictured something more like the current Sanguinary Death Masks without the halo/barbs.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
No Horus Heresy Weekender for 2020 is a big bit of disappointing news. I'm not sure I buy their excuse that they're "too busy".

I read “too busy” to mean internal restructure...

Too busy bringing so much stuff...then when you look at how much it actually takes them to release anything,lol

In last book DA were supposed to be, they were cut out. Then in next dark mechanicum were supposed to be,no? Seem they are out too.
Also, there were supposed to be new AL units in last book, who would have guessed, except some fluff stuff, nothing is in...

 zedmeister wrote:

On principle alone, I want this model. I'd make him my Watch Captain for Deathwatch, but principle is enough.

No Heresy Weekender is sad news. I was planning on taking a trip to UK, to buy more FW cheaper :(

 zedmeister wrote:

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
No Horus Heresy Weekender for 2020 is a big bit of disappointing news. I'm not sure I buy their excuse that they're "too busy".

I read “too busy” to mean internal restructure...

Maybe. Or maybe they're behind on Crusade, which wouldn't be a shocker given the history at that studio with the 30K books. The next AT book should be along before too long, and there should be some new Titans on the way. But if Crusade isn't ready for the event, maybe they're also looking at being light on content to fill a whole weekend.

don't know if this has been mentioned previously but the Fimir inc the noble are marked as sold out :(
Was going to add them to my xmas wishlist.
Maybe they are coming back as a new AoS army?

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
No Horus Heresy Weekender for 2020 is a big bit of disappointing news. I'm not sure I buy their excuse that they're "too busy".

Of course they're busy. Seen how much stuff they're releasing week after week? They put GW proper's release schedule to shame.














That was all sarcasm, for those wondering.

FW are pretty much done at this point, some people are saying FW will be doing whfb because Tony C was in the announcement.

However they say it’s being handled by the studio I personally think that implies that either Tony and the rest are being rolled into the normal GW’s structure or that FW are being divided up yet again to produce a warhammer fantasy studio.

Either of these is likely to result in FW being put out of its misery once the next book is out if we’re lucky or before if we’re unlucky. Basically I expect FW’s future to be short with an announcement by January.

Seeing they just announced more stuff in the pipeline that seems unlikely.

For my taste, another boring week..

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Forge-World-New?N=2187143053+3206404541&Nr=AND%28sku.siteId%3AGB_fw%2Cproduct.locale%3Aen_GB_fw%29&Nrs=collection%28%29%2Frecord%5Bproduct.startDate+%3C%3D+1574416260000+and+product.endDate+%3E%3D+1574416260000%5D

(titanicus weapons)

I hope next week(40k open day) they show interesting things..

tneva82 wrote:
Seeing they just announced more stuff in the pipeline that seems unlikely.

There’s stuff in the pipeline from 2016 that still has not appeared not to mention the previews that never went anywhere for various reasons or the AoS team that lasted a month and a set of heads or the original FW warhammer team that got gak canned after 1 book or the fact the entire current FW team can fit in small car or........

SeanDrake wrote:
FW are pretty much done at this point, some people are saying FW will be doing whfb because Tony C was in the announcement.

However they say it’s being handled by the studio I personally think that implies that either Tony and the rest are being rolled into the normal GW’s structure or that FW are being divided up yet again to produce a warhammer fantasy studio.

Either of these is likely to result in FW being put out of its misery once the next book is out if we’re lucky or before if we’re unlucky. Basically I expect FW’s future to be short with an announcement by January.

I think there is some sort of large restructure going on behind the scenes that we're only getting hints of.

Here's my complete and utter guess at what is happening: The main GW studio will continue with the mass market AoS and 40k lines including sub-brands like Warcry, Killteam, etc. However, Forgeworld itself is being expanded and its remit changed to focus on specialist games. Each specialist game will have its own department with Heresy and Middle Earth being set as a specialist game with a more fixed 3 monthly release cycle. WHFB will also join the stable in a similar vein. There'll be no more FW 40k products as that isn't their responsiblity anymore. The new factory may also give them their own dedicated plastics facility.

That is what they are doing already zedmeister, the restructure to this setup you describe happened a while ago. Except for the resin stuff for specialist games and heresy, which come out more regularly than once a quarter.

They aren't doing models for 40k only anymore, with the exception being if they are called upon to do superheavy vehicles, superheavy fliers or titans. Say for example if there was going to be a model for the Overlord dropship, FW would do it.

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the stuff we see but never gets released is test work from new sculptors who either don't get the job, or get it but leave when it doesn't turn out to be what they expected so there's nobody to push for a release (and in some cases the actual ownership of the sculpt may be in doubt if a test piece was started before a contract was signed)

They are some terribly boring models for BA nothing exciting there at all which is sad, I like my BA to be much more elegant and embellished, these just look very vanilla.

I really, really, really wish they would get around to releasing those Warlord carapace weapons in 28mm scale...surely, it can't be too much longer now!!!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
They are some terribly boring models for BA nothing exciting there at all which is sad, I like my BA to be much more elegant and embellished, these just look very vanilla.

Funnily enough you can make these out of sanguinary guard for far less $, just leave wings off and paint masks silver. Sanguinary guard doesn't exist according to FW, so there is no issue with mistaking units and the SG models look far more like Blood Angels than latest FW offering, for some reason painted red, not purple...

And now for something completely different - Sabre Strike tank - not a bad looking little toy:

Looks pretty good imo. However, i'm not seeing it as the proposed "single marine operator" kind of tank FW are describing it as.

I like it a lot, but I think the paint job is helping it considerably with that check pattern, there are a lot of guns on that tank!

Never forget that space marines cheat: it’s not one marine; it’s one marine plus a machine spirit….

Kdash wrote:
Looks pretty good imo. However, i'm not seeing it as the proposed "single marine operator" kind of tank FW are describing it as.

I can kind of see it, but it needs some better scale shots.

I actually dig it. Might grab one up whenever the 40k rules drop for it. I just pretty much sold off the last of my Horus Heresy stuff that couldn't be used in 40k, with a few little novel exceptions for fun conversions (that aren't valid, but just something to make for fun).

Also, looking at the relative size of those missiles and the Heavy Bolter compared to the hull, that thing is tiny. Like rhino footprint at best, but with the shallower sloped tracks to give it a similar profile to the Sicarian so the volume is even smaller.

One issue I have is too many guns. Way too many. Not 40k level of ridiculous but still looks way too busy