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You might be thinking of the Varnishes. Lahmian Medium came in a similar pot in white, but was a varnish.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 tjnorwoo wrote:
Specialist games finally removed. GW lost its pulse.

BFG was my first real love for the 40k world...

Good thing I downloaded all of their PDF content. They did right by us by at least providing all of it free. Ive got tons of binders for all the old games.

Specialist games have been pretty dead since Epic, Necromunda, and Mordhiem were pulled from the site like two years ago now. This is just confirmation that they aren't going back (I suspect the fact that Dreadfleet didn't sell basically told GW that the community didn't want the Specialist Games anymore).

Which is silly, because no one asked for Dreadfleet; they wanted BFG.
GW's logic is backwards.

 Azazelx wrote:
It's really only good for the shopper.

Probably why they announced it as a "webstore" then.

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
You might be thinking of the Varnishes. Lahmian Medium came in a similar pot in white, but was a varnish.

Not a varnish; it's an undercoat like Imperial Primer, but white instead of black. Like what you'd use in a spray can (and what Skull White was used for pre-revamp)

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 tjnorwoo wrote:
Specialist games finally removed. GW lost its pulse.

BFG was my first real love for the 40k world...

Good thing I downloaded all of their PDF content. They did right by us by at least providing all of it free. Ive got tons of binders for all the old games.

Specialist games have been pretty dead since Epic, Necromunda, and Mordhiem were pulled from the site like two years ago now. This is just confirmation that they aren't going back (I suspect the fact that Dreadfleet didn't sell basically told GW that the community didn't want the Specialist Games anymore).

Which is silly, because no one asked for Dreadfleet; they wanted BFG.
GW's logic is backwards.

And BFG was still for sale for years and was hardly moving. They tried bring out something new and the public basically told them to take a walk with "new" stuff and they probably did a cost analysis on something like BFG and decided that it wasn't worth the money at the time to bring back or update since it wasn't really selling and the people who were playing it already had everything they needed to play it.

Remember this is the same company that almost canned Sisters in 3rd because the bean counters said they didn't sell that well in 2nd.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Ok, my memory might be faulty, but was there a white technical paint? I only see black Imperial Primer in the paint section. Is this a glitch?

There's a white "Base" colour (Ceramite White) ,it might be what you're thinking about

 B0B MaRlEy wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Ok, my memory might be faulty, but was there a white technical paint? I only see black Imperial Primer in the paint section. Is this a glitch?

There's a white "Base" colour (Ceramite White) ,it might be what you're thinking about

Can that be used effectively as an undercoat? I'm not too familiar with the new paints. I still have a stock pile of the old ones to go through.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 B0B MaRlEy wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Ok, my memory might be faulty, but was there a white technical paint? I only see black Imperial Primer in the paint section. Is this a glitch?

There's a white "Base" colour (Ceramite White) ,it might be what you're thinking about

Can that be used effectively as an undercoat? I'm not too familiar with the new paints. I still have a stock pile of the old ones to go through.

If you've primed the model, yes. Just thin it a bit because the base paints can be kind of "chunky" if they're not thinned.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Ok, my memory might be faulty, but was there a white technical paint? I only see black Imperial Primer in the paint section. Is this a glitch?

There was Smelly Primer, but that was the last range.

Ah, so it has to be primed black now? Well, that's a bummer.

Before I would just undercoat my skinks skull white on bare plastic and coat them in blue ink to get all of the recesses. Now there's another step.
Ah well, hardly really matters.

Does white cover black more effectively at least? I found that Skull White had a nasty tendency to let darker colors through.

You could simply spray them white, touch them up so you can ink them

I live in an apartment with no balcony, so spraying isn't an option, sadly. It would certainly be more convenient, but it's safer doing it the long way by hand.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
I live in an apartment with no balcony, so spraying isn't an option, sadly. It would certainly be more convenient, but it's safer doing it the long way by hand.

Don't quite see how this thread got diverted into a P+M thread, but still!

Don't restrict yourself to Citadel. Vallejo do a range of primers in various colours, not just black, white and grey, which while formulated for airbrush application, brush on just fine.

Ok fair enough. I will try to find some vallejo then.

I was just wondering if the web team left something out.

4chan was saying that the disturbing claim of "over 1000 webstore-exclusive products" might mean that they would actually restrict FLGS access to most products (they theorized that only troop choices/plastic kits would be available), leaving people with no choice but to order via GW.

ANY THOUGHTS?!

 Colpicklejar wrote:
4chan was saying that the disturbing claim of "over 1000 webstore-exclusive products" might mean that they would actually restrict FLGS access to most products (they theorized that only troop choices/plastic kits would be available), leaving people with no choice but to order via GW.

ANY THOUGHTS?!

Don't listen to 4chan?

 Colpicklejar wrote:
4chan was saying that the disturbing claim of "over 1000 webstore-exclusive products" might mean that they would actually restrict FLGS access to most products (they theorized that only troop choices/plastic kits would be available), leaving people with no choice but to order via GW.

ANY THOUGHTS?!

Direct only stuff (like the entire Finecast range) isn't prohibited from being ordered, but stores are paying up to 75% shelf price on it which basically keeps them from wanting to order it unless there is an unusally high demand for it or it's a special order for their customers.

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:

 Colpicklejar wrote:
4chan was saying that the disturbing claim of "over 1000 webstore-exclusive products" might mean that they would actually restrict FLGS access to most products (they theorized that only troop choices/plastic kits would be available), leaving people with no choice but to order via GW.

ANY THOUGHTS?!

Don't listen to 4chan?

Seriously. If 4chan said that the Earth is round, I would assume that it's flat.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Ok fair enough. I will try to find some vallejo then.

I was just wondering if the web team left something out.

Undoubtedly, but this isn't one of them I'm afraid!

On a paint related note...

Anyone else find it really weird that they don't list the, you know, actual names of the paints on the paint collections pot images pages.

All in all, the paint section is worse than the rest of the site, which is saying something!

 Compel wrote:
On a paint related note...

Anyone else find it really weird that they don't list the, you know, actual names of the paints on the paint collections pot images pages.

All in all, the paint section is worse than the rest of the site, which is saying something!

I noticed that too.

I actually like the paint section, btw. I found it much easier and faster to find the pots I'm looking for.

The armies section is a bit clunky though. The price sorting option is nice, but the check boxes are annoying.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Ah, so it has to be primed black now? Well, that's a bummer.

Before I would just undercoat my skinks skull white on bare plastic and coat them in blue ink to get all of the recesses. Now there's another step.
Ah well, hardly really matters.

Does white cover black more effectively at least? I found that Skull White had a nasty tendency to let darker colors through.

If you were priming with skull white, which was not really a primer, then the white base should work about the same.

 Compel wrote:
Anyone else find it really weird that they don't list the, you know, actual names of the paints on the paint collections pot images pages.

Not sure what you mean.
If you put the mouse over a paint, it shows the correct name. If you click it, it shows the correct name next to the correct paint pot.

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
You might be thinking of the Varnishes. Lahmian Medium came in a similar pot in white, but was a varnish.

Lahmian Medium is actually a clear, pigmentless paint and not a varnish.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
I live in an apartment with no balcony, so spraying isn't an option, sadly. It would certainly be more convenient, but it's safer doing it the long way by hand.

Are you under house arrest restricting you to within 20ft of your apartment? If not, you could always just take a box, cut out one side and spray it outside on the street like I used to do. It's more time intensive but spraying IMO gives you a better, thinner coat.

 Kroothawk wrote:

If you put the mouse over a paint, it shows the correct name. If you click it, it shows the correct name next to the correct paint pot.

I was referring to the paint collections mostly.

EG



No paint names. - You need to check the description.

However, for the painting site, I find the random blobs of colour rather confusing and they don't match up to the actual paints as far as I can see.

 Maddermax wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
I count 41.

22 on sword
8 on cape
3 on storm bolter
2 on back pack
1 on halo
1 on leg
1 on fist
1 on chest
2 (one on each shoulder)

Heh, funny. The game is set in the 41st millennium.

I'm only seeing 21 on the Sword, but then you've forgotten the one between his ears, so your count is still accurate

I count 48 skulls...
29 on the sword, they're on both sides + tip of handle
8 on the cape
3 on storm bolter
2 on back pack
1 on iron halo
1 left shoulder guard
1 right shoulder guard
1 chest
1 left knee
1 on power fist

 Compel wrote:

 Kroothawk wrote:

If you put the mouse over a paint, it shows the correct name. If you click it, it shows the correct name next to the correct paint pot.

I was referring to the paint collections mostly.

EG



No paint names. - You need to check the description.

However, for the painting site, I find the random blobs of colour rather confusing and they don't match up to the actual paints as far as I can see.

Wow. That's ...really odd.

 Guildsman wrote:

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:

 Colpicklejar wrote:
4chan was saying that the disturbing claim of "over 1000 webstore-exclusive products" might mean that they would actually restrict FLGS access to most products (they theorized that only troop choices/plastic kits would be available), leaving people with no choice but to order via GW.

ANY THOUGHTS?!

Don't listen to 4chan?

Seriously. If 4chan said that the Earth is round, I would assume that it's flat.

While the conclusion drawn by BlapBlapBlap isn't quite there (though - it would not surprise me if in a few months time we saw things move more and more in that direction) - the claim on 4chan is pretty close.

Under Warhammer, you have 289 web exclusive items.

Under 40K you have 419 web exclusive items.

Under Hobbit you have 181 web exclusive items.

Scenery gives you 4 more (though that is an overlap with fantasy).

Painting gives you another 1 web exclusive item.

That is 890 web exclusive items. While it isn't 1000 - it is a whole lot of items which are not available in general distribution. I haven't bothered to look, but I would guess some of them are pretty important parts of armies.

A quick glance shows it to be large chunks of many armies like Eldar, Necron, Dark Eldar, Orks...so, yeah - even his tin foil hat conclusion isn't too far off. Based on what I recall from playing 40K - it would be difficult to make an army worth playing without buying direct from GW now (Space Marines being a probably exception - though there were a lot of those too).

Seriously, folks, as fascinating a topic as the skull-counting is, I think we can safely leave it at 'lots' and move on.