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 tyrannosaurus wrote:
Total Wargamer £59.50, not bad...


Has anybody used these guys before? Are they ok as that's a bargain ?
   
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So those with the WD, what rules do we get?

Just the Knight stats or rules to field Knights as an army by themselves? Allies?

I'm assuming by the blurb on the GW site it's only going to be Imperial Armies, which makes sense.

   
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 Medium of Death wrote:
So those with the WD, what rules do we get?

Just the Knight stats or rules to field Knights as an army by themselves? Allies?

I'm assuming by the blurb on the GW site it's only going to be Imperial Armies, which makes sense.


You see the exact same thing has the leaks we saw for the past 6 days.

Profil, points, rules for the SHield, the special rules he have for been a Super heavy.

And the bit that says that you can take up to 3 as an ally detachement, or field them has a Primary detachement with 3 to 6 Knights.

No mention of the armies that they can be allied with or not, no mention of any need of the escalation book or that they take a Lord of War slot.

No mention in the Dwarf about a Knight codex coming soon or on preorder or anything in that Jazz.

Fluff contains bits about Freeblades that gets chased from their Households and roam in the galaxy selling their services to the highest bidder, because they love to fight in their machines, also some bits about Knights joining Horus during the heresy.

So since there is no clarification of who can and cannot take them as allies, everyone can take one as Ally!

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 Sirius42 wrote:

Has anybody used these guys before? Are they ok as that's a bargain ?


Yes, yes I have. And no, they are not ok - In my personal opinion.

And many of these other people too.

In short, Total Wargamer left me hanging for literally months on trying to get an Eldar codex that I preordered. They then marked it as dispatched, but never bothered to send it. Then, when I asked for a refund, claimed they did it, never bothered and I then found out the mention of the codex mysteriously 'disappeared' from my orders page. - Fortunately, I had a print out. After a snotty email from them saying 'refunds sometimes take a while' (it was over 2 weeks by that time), I opened a dispute with my bank and claimed my money back that way.
   
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bladeiai wrote:
 NoseGoblin wrote:
 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I suspect the Knight is only 8'' tall if you pick the chainsword and have it pointing straight up in the air


Sooo what is the truth 6" or 8" or somewhere in between?

I do not own any GW kits atm and I am assuming that is a riptide in the pic with the knight? how tall is a riptide?

inquiring minds want to know



It's pretty weird, from the pictures looks like 6-7" max but per the GW website it is 8" tall...

I hope the website is right as that would but it right in line with a fantastic proxy kit...


Yeah, I think there is some misinformation floating out there.... I am coming up with 6 to 6.5"

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 Compel wrote:
 Sirius42 wrote:

Has anybody used these guys before? Are they ok as that's a bargain ?


Yes, yes I have. And no, they are not ok - In my personal opinion.

And many of these other people too.

In short, Total Wargamer left me hanging for literally months on trying to get an Eldar codex that I preordered. They then marked it as dispatched, but never bothered to send it. Then, when I asked for a refund, claimed they did it, never bothered and I then found out the mention of the codex mysteriously 'disappeared' from my orders page. - Fortunately, I had a print out. After a snotty email from them saying 'refunds sometimes take a while' (it was over 2 weeks by that time), I opened a dispute with my bank and claimed my money back that way.


Woah thanks for the heads up, dodged a bullet there.
   
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 NoseGoblin wrote:
bladeiai wrote:
 NoseGoblin wrote:
 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I suspect the Knight is only 8'' tall if you pick the chainsword and have it pointing straight up in the air


Sooo what is the truth 6" or 8" or somewhere in between?

I do not own any GW kits atm and I am assuming that is a riptide in the pic with the knight? how tall is a riptide?

inquiring minds want to know



It's pretty weird, from the pictures looks like 6-7" max but per the GW website it is 8" tall...

I hope the website is right as that would but it right in line with a fantastic proxy kit...


Yeah, I think there is some misinformation floating out there.... I am coming up with 6 to 6.5"



Also if that is a standard large oval base I don't see how it could be 8"... bummer.

 
   
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Do we think the other variants will make an appearance at a later date?

Forge World will probably make some add-ons like they did for the Riptide.

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So where is the cheapest anybody in the uk has found? So far I have waylandgames at £72 (with free shipping), giftsforgeeks at £63 (with £3.90 shipping) total wargamer has already been mentioned at £59, and dark sphere £63.75 (but with a whopping £9.80 postage)
   
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Take Wayland, it might not be the cheapest, but you will be sure that your package will arrive in top condition and on due date.

   
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my guess is once they are thoroughly convinced that everyone that is going to has bought several of these, they will release something slightly better, whether a new kit or some forgeworld modifier.

 
   
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 Sirius42 wrote:
 Compel wrote:
 Sirius42 wrote:

Has anybody used these guys before? Are they ok as that's a bargain ?


Yes, yes I have. And no, they are not ok - In my personal opinion.

And many of these other people too.

In short, Total Wargamer left me hanging for literally months on trying to get an Eldar codex that I preordered. They then marked it as dispatched, but never bothered to send it. Then, when I asked for a refund, claimed they did it, never bothered and I then found out the mention of the codex mysteriously 'disappeared' from my orders page. - Fortunately, I had a print out. After a snotty email from them saying 'refunds sometimes take a while' (it was over 2 weeks by that time), I opened a dispute with my bank and claimed my money back that way.


Woah thanks for the heads up, dodged a bullet there.


Haven't had anything quite that bad with them. Though both orders we placed with them last year were significantly delayed. I've been weighing up the pros and cons of ordering Knights from them. On one hand they have the lowest price (including £4 shipping) on the other they're not the fastest to dispatch orders. Though Element Games has the Knight at £68 and postage is ~£3. If you're after getting your Knight(s) fairly soon after release I'd recommend going to Element and paying the extra £7 to save the hassle. If you can wait / don't mind a bit of hassle then it comes down to howmuch you want to save that extra £7.

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AllSeeingSkink wrote:
I think you missed my points.


Nah, I think we just disagree on how much of a price discrepancy makes importing worthwhile.



Primary point: Most the newer releases haven't been a rip off compared to US prices. Though the Dwarfs aren't great, I wonder if that is because the exchange rate has fallen recently, GW might not have wanted to gamble on it.

The Basti is the worst of the Lizardmen new releases. GW is not consistent, some things are still crap, but for the most part I think among newer releases, they've been equalising the prices between the US and Australia. The Lizardmen, only the Basti was really skewed, everything else is not all that bad, with several things being cheaper at the current exchange rate. I don't know all the recent releases, but I see the Riptide, the Sunshark, the Wraithknight, the Crimson Hunter, Wraithguard. I didn't cherry pick those, they are just the first things that came to mind and all are very similar price in Australia to the US, some things cheaper, some things more expensive. Nothing worth importing.


Bear in mind of course, that a lot/most of that stuff was before the dollar dropped significantly again, and so at the time of release, the GW price (when normalised) was rather worse than it is now. I had actually hoped they would normalise the prices - if they did, I would have bought my Sternguard and Vanguard (4 boxes of each) locally, but that didn't happen. (And I was the one to mention Wraithguard as a local buy).




Secondary point: You don't get the exchange rate that you see when you type in "1 usd to aud" in google. If you do, I'd love to know who you bank with, lol. The best I've gotten is about 1-2c worse, and that was not going through my bank, it was sending several thousand dollars through an exchange broker. The best my bank will give me is typically 3-4c worse, so it's not $46.8USD for a Basti = $52AUD + shipping, realistically it's more like $54 + shipping. IMO, once you include the increased shipping time and the annoyance if you get damaged parts, I'd be flipping a coin whether to bother getting it from the US.


Given that I've been buying stuff from overseas on a weekly basis solidly for the past 7 years (at least), I'm pretty sure I know how the exchange rates work. I'm certainly not paying 3-4 cents on the dollar, either. If I wanted to pay that much, I'd let PayPal do the exchange rather than my bank. Still, if you want to niggle about $2-3 variance on a $20 saving from a $80 kit, more power to you.



Tertiary point which was a while back and kind of gotten lost now: I'm interested to see the Australian price given the exchange rate has now fallen since the Lizardmen/Tau/Eldar, all of which weren't terribly skewed against Oz.


I think we're in agreement on this one, at least.



Whether or not it's overall worth buying from the US was never one of my points I have bought stuff from the states, I was living over there for a while and bought a lot of stuff back with me (along with clothes, shoes and a car ), I'm very tempted to do a big IG order before they come out as they are MASSIVELY cheaper in the US. However the discussion originated from speculation on what the Knight price would be, lol, and that's really the only part relevant to this thread.


Probably a good idea, before they cut the guardsmen squad box into two for the same price like they did Dire Avengers....

   
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 Sirius42 wrote:
So where is the cheapest anybody in the uk has found? So far I have waylandgames at £72 (with free shipping), giftsforgeeks at £63 (with £3.90 shipping) total wargamer has already been mentioned at £59, and dark sphere £63.75 (but with a whopping £9.80 postage)


Luckily I work not far from Dark Sphere, so I can pay the web price and pick it up in store (as long as the order's over £100 RRP, iirc). Should be easy enough to manage

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 Azazelx wrote:
AllSeeingSkink wrote:
I think you missed my points.


Nah, I think we just disagree on how much of a price discrepancy makes importing worthwhile.
But that was never my main point, lol. The Basti was the ONLY thing in the Lizardmen release that actually would actually give you a significant discount. The next best thing was the Carno that only saved you around $4 before postage differences.

Bear in mind of course, that a lot/most of that stuff was before the dollar dropped significantly again,
...which I myself mentioned already
Given that I've been buying stuff from overseas on a weekly basis solidly for the past 7 years (at least), I'm pretty sure I know how the exchange rates work. I'm certainly not paying 3-4 cents on the dollar, either.
What exchange rate does your bank give you? All the ones I've looked at are all 3-4 cents worse than whatever the spot rate is (what you get when you google the exchange rate). Some of them are only 1-2 cents worse, but also charge you a fee, so end up much the same.

But anyway, the important thing is that the Knight is $155AUD, which at the current exchange rate is pretty much bang on the US price. No point ordering it from the US.
   
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From what I've seen, this actually looks pretty decent. Doesn't seem too over powered or too over costed.


Just patiently waiting for them to release a CSM friendly one.

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I've used Total Wargamer a few times, and, while I wouldn't exactly call delivery fast [I had to chase my orders up a couple of times on Facebook] I found them very responsive to Facebook posts and emails. One time I wanted a model for a weekend game, so let them know, and they rushed it out. Also, they accidentally sent me a Space Wolf codex instead of the Dark Eldar one I ordered - they sent out the Dark Eldar one, no quibbles, and told me to keep the Space Wolf one [which I Ebayed ] So yeah, you might have to chase them up, but they are the cheapest out there, and in my experience, friendly and responsive.

Although, my sympathies to the guy who had loads of problems with them, it's always incredibly frustrating when these things happen.

 
   
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 Sirius42 wrote:
 tyrannosaurus wrote:
Total Wargamer £59.50, not bad...


Has anybody used these guys before? Are they ok as that's a bargain ?


Very unreliable, especially with GW stuff and even moreso with new release GW stuff from the various threads over in the discussions

 
   
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10 page thread here, as previously linked....

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/472563.page

Perhaps the best place to keep the discussion on TWG? This thread has had enough tangents as it is!

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The 2 times I used them I had to ask for a refund - 2 months wait is not funny. Emails went un-noticed etc. Sticking with Gaming Figures, while not the lowest price has the best service I've had - can't recommend them enough.


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Anyone eyeball the shade of green in this chap?

I've been mentally painting all week, and this would work very well with what I'm percolating.

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 NoseGoblin wrote:
Yeah, I think there is some misinformation floating out there.... I am coming up with 6 to 6.5"



You need to go back to perspective school, Mark - your 'measurements' are waaay out.

   
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Why is that?

The pic comes from GW site, with the marine next to it...

So if his measurements are false, its because GW did screw the pic no?

   
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The comment is based in the fact that the Marine is slightly in front of the Knight. Ergo, if you pushed Knight forward a little to line up with the Marine (on the z axis), it would be taller.
   
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 Slayer le boucher wrote:
Why is that?

The pic comes from GW site, with the marine next to it...

So if his measurements are false, its because GW did screw the pic no?


Because his measurements ignore perspective. The 'horizon line' is around the middle of the image, meaning the top of the knight, if it were in line with the front of the base, would be above what we see it as. The marines are also stacked 'wrong' according to the rules of perspective, so wouldn't give that height.

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Yeah so the Knight is not 6.5" tall but 6.8?,its still not 8".

Not a huge difference that it is worth mentioning it imo.

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 azreal13 wrote:


Anyone eyeball the shade of green in this chap?

I've been mentally painting all week, and this would work very well with what I'm percolating.


Might be a mix between Warboss Green/Warpstone glow using GW paints...with maybe a base of Caliban Green... That'd be my guess.

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 Slayer le boucher wrote:
By what? 0.3mm?...

Not worth mentioning imo.


No, it really is. It's a difference of much more than 0.3mm

   
 
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