The Future Of The IG Miniature Range

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**Apple Peel**

Ruckdog wrote:
I'd be ok with a revamped Guard line, though I don't think GW has to be in any rush. I have a sizeable Cadian force, and I honestly think they still hold up. The Scions are nice models, but I think I'd go crazy trying to make a full army out of them given the amount of detail that are packed into them! Same with the troops from the Rogue Trader set pictured above, actually. I do notice that with both the traitor guard and the Rogue Traders, the proportions of the limbs are a lot more "realistic" (ie, thinner in profile).

On the other hand, It has been quite a while since the Guard have gotten anything major that is new...I think the Scions, Ogryn/Bullgrn, and Hydra kits were the last releases, and that was 5 or 6 years ago. My personal top 3 wish list would be:

-Great Coat infantry that could be used to represent DKoK and/or Steel Legion.

-Revamped rough rider models.

-A new plastic flyer (preferably a dedicated combat flyer like a Vulture or Thunderbolt)

I’m building an army now. They are very detailed and finicky.

**Olthannon**

AdmiralHalsey wrote:

I mean... Were you asleep for a while? You missed the whole Blackstone Fortress being dropped on it? 13th Black Crusade?

I suggest watching a Let's play of the Prolgue to the new Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 game. That sumerises nicely why there is no Cadia anymore.

11 years or there abouts yeah, it's the small things like entire world's exploding that you apparently miss out on. I thought AoS was the only shock to the system.

Theres stuff they can add to the sprues quite easily like respirators and shoulder guards to make multiple plastic regiments feasible it's just whether they will or not. People have been crying out for this kind of thing for years, I still don't see how GW will decide on it now. They seem to be wanting to change the market and the Imperial guard don't quite fit the bill, I see them giving them a whole new look before they go down a multi regiment box set.

**Melissia**

catbarf wrote:
Brotherjanus wrote:
The IG range is constrained by the codex and fluff.

GW is models first, rules second, fluff last.

As evidence of this: See Primaris Marines, created out of nowhere because they wanted to make better looking Marine models.

They succeeded IMO, I just wish they could ride in transports and had more customization options than they do.

So them coming up with a new "standard guard kit" based on the Cadian armor set is very easy to come up with and, in this new era of 40k, easy to justify as well.

I think this is the route that GW will go for Guard-- a single line, with other lines being relegated to upgrade kits or forgeworld.

**H.B.M.C.**

Melissia wrote:
As evidence of this: See Primaris Marines, created out of nowhere because they wanted to make better looking Marine models.

I'd argue they made Primaris Marines because most of the Marine line was already in plastic and there's only so many times you can re-do Tac/Ass/Dev squads before it starts to get stupid.

Melissia wrote:
They succeeded IMO, I just wish they could ride in transports and had more customization options than they do.

But if they had more customisation then the evil 3rd party bits makers might sell things that drastically undermine GW's IP and silly adjective nounverb names!!!

**queen_annes_revenge**

they should revamp the entire range. Make them much more tactical and modern looking (think the forge world elysians) proper looking body armour, load bearing equipment and helmets, instead of the current cartoon 80s commando film caricatures. The cadian models also are particularly terrible looking. no soldier looks like that at all. the only thing I could see jarring with that is commissar models, but with a bit of work you could keep them too.