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Hello geeks & gamers,

Rumour mill says that there is a new faction for 40K on the horizon. Reason for this is said to be the all-encompassing stunted growth of the world's economy. So the suits at Nottingham hatched a plan to introduce a faction which would be available for just a small amount of money.

They aim for those models to become so popular that they will experience the most short-lived shelf life when compared to other products. As a result of this it will expected for the hobbyist to paint them with very little effort. One fact which will make painting fun is the amount of minuscule muscles sculpted on the figurines. This means even people with short attention spans would then be able to finish them without a fuss.

All in all this is great news as even members of the community with lower income will have access to awesome new stuff.

2/10

You get points for having used spell check at least

You're a day early brother.

 KingGarland wrote:
You're a day early brother.

Depends on the country. It's 11am here in roo land.

At least Kid's are creative.

And they say Germans don't have a sense of humor.....

I still have hopes that the Umbra will be introduced to 40k.

Eh. Too much snarky commentary, not enough on the faction/models.

Would have aimed at revamp of something classic but largely forgotten, like Slann, and built it up as a release like GSC, Harlies or Ad Mech.

Given the timing of the announcement, I think it's a composite faciton made from Slann, Squats, an entirely-new, ultra-cool race and it'll introduced both via normal 40k as well as being a pack-in force for a new version of Epic.

The Pan Fo will be reviled yet!

I hope they’re as exciting as Wargames Atlantic’s upcoming Sci fi tribal frogmen.

Is this supposed to be real or an April fools thing ? As the thought of GW giving two gaks about peoples finances just doesn't sound at all like them.

I'm going to assume this is a joke post. You scamp you.

Edit: To be clear I'm saying GW putting out cheap things is much akin to superman loving on some kryptonite.

 TalonZahn wrote:
And they say Germans don't have a sense of humor.....

If this is anything to go by, they’re right.

I mean, GW could make another two space marine supplements if Cawl brings back the two forgotten legions.

Plus all the nonsensical space marine units that they’ll have traditionally had 11k+ Years prior

No, it's totally true!

The army will consist solely of $300 models that are created via the new and exciting FineCreation(tm) methodology, wherein a Games Workshop(tm) brand Tynaess Bawl(tm) is slathered in superglue and rolled through a bin of clipped-off Space Marine bits.

 Strg Alt wrote:
So the suits at Nottingham hatched a plan to introduce a faction which would be available for just a small amount of money.

Well, I guess it's already April 1st in some parts of the world.

Well I enjoyed that

If you're gonna use that many short jokes, you might as well just come out and say, "Squats".

 Manfred von Drakken wrote:
If you're gonna use that many short jokes, you might as well just come out and say, "Squats".

Good sir, you were apparently too smart for GW's new advertisement campaign.

I mean, it was obviously an April Fools joke from the title so already losing points there but wow, that was nonsensical. 2/10 is right.

I was chatting with the local store manager and he said it was going to be an army of single piece mono-pose dinosaur warriors pre-painted in three colors. To save on packaging they will be sold in cellophane bags.

I'm looking forward to the influx of toddlers into the hobby! Gotta get um young!

I'm boycotting any new faction that doesn't include those dakka classic farting jump infantry xenos.

The Pan Fo will be reviled.

I like how the description given reads like a horoscope.

 Strg Alt wrote:


All in all this is great news as even members of the community with lower income will have access to awesome new stuff.

GW don't care about the poors

That is how it didn't catch anyone off guard, saying GW care about the poor is like saying fish love the desert. It couldn't be farther from the truth and I'd say there are few they revile more than those who don't have the buff wallets to handle their perpetual milking.


Edit: Let me also say april fools is one of the worst days ever imagined. The one time of the year everyone tries to be a a joker. A good idea would be to practice all year round if you want to knock it out of the part on April 1st folks. Practice makes perfect.

Also, I saw some plastic thunderhawks fly by earlier today, was very amazing so they should be up for order any day now.

chaos0xomega wrote:
The Pan Fo will be reviled.

Happy accident or on purpose pun?

I couldn't remember the name so thank you. I'm glad someone understood my detailed reference.

IIRC that was how the kid misspelled the word "revealed" in his original posts

Lol, you have a much better memory than I do in that case!