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 happygolucky wrote:

 Blacksails wrote:
Maybe a kit with Draigo on a chariot pulled by some daemons he's enslaved.

Sniffing warp dust with Mortorian impaled on "holy" spikes as a trophy rack..

I'm throwing money at my monitor for all of these but its not working

 WrentheFaceless wrote:

 happygolucky wrote:

 Blacksails wrote:
Maybe a kit with Draigo on a chariot pulled by some daemons he's enslaved.

Sniffing warp dust with Mortorian impaled on "holy" spikes as a trophy rack..

I'm throwing money at my monitor for all of these but its not working

We really should stop giving Matt Ward ideas..

For as much flack as Matt Ward gets for his fluff, at least his codexes actually have good rules

If GW is going to go down the "let's copy Privateer Press" route and make Santa Grimnar as rumored (epic casters), then I want royalties on eDraigo....

 WrentheFaceless wrote:
For as much flack as Matt Ward gets for his fluff, at least his codexes actually have good rules

True, but against other codices NOT written by him they're broke as **** (Notice how in 5e the top codices were GK, Crons, SW, and BA, all written by him)

40k would actually be fun as hell (with terrible fluff) if Ward was its only author, but alas....

 TheKbob wrote:
If GW is going to go down the "let's copy Privateer Press" route and make Santa Grimnar as rumored (epic casters), then I want royalties on eDraigo....

You're aware that GW was doing things like that long before Privateer Press had their whole "epic casters" thing, right?

 Kanluwen wrote:

 TheKbob wrote:
If GW is going to go down the "let's copy Privateer Press" route and make Santa Grimnar as rumored (epic casters), then I want royalties on eDraigo....

You're aware that GW was doing things like that long before Privateer Press had their whole "epic casters" thing, right?

GW did it first.

PP does it better...

 Kanluwen wrote:

 TheKbob wrote:
If GW is going to go down the "let's copy Privateer Press" route and make Santa Grimnar as rumored (epic casters), then I want royalties on eDraigo....

You're aware that GW was doing things like that long before Privateer Press had their whole "epic casters" thing, right?

They were?

Please expand, as many of the special characters are still 2nd Edition or their original sculpts, and I'm struggling to think of anyone who got given a pimped up ride in an update...

 Kanluwen wrote:

 TheKbob wrote:
If GW is going to go down the "let's copy Privateer Press" route and make Santa Grimnar as rumored (epic casters), then I want royalties on eDraigo....

You're aware that GW was doing things like that long before Privateer Press had their whole "epic casters" thing, right?

Really? When did they advance the story line and have a character "Go Epic?" This would be great news. Or do you mean shoe horning in some character "in the past". The Blood Angels captain comes to mind, but I wouldn't call that planned out intelligently.

Perception is reality. Even if they did it long ago, its the MO of Privateer Press now and nothing but the grognards and long beards will care to correct. PP has been putting out large base Casters for a bit now. If GW starts, it looks like copying to the lay crowd.

 Azreal13 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 TheKbob wrote:
If GW is going to go down the "let's copy Privateer Press" route and make Santa Grimnar as rumored (epic casters), then I want royalties on eDraigo....

You're aware that GW was doing things like that long before Privateer Press had their whole "epic casters" thing, right?

They were?

Please expand, as many of the special characters are still 2nd Edition or their original sculpts, and I'm struggling to think of anyone who got given a pimped up ride in an update...

I was meaning less of the "pimped out sculpts" and more the "alternate variants of the same character"...which were more in Fantasy than 40k. Things like Malekith having a unique chariot or characters like Karl Franz who in their profile had multiple mounts.

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Notice how in 5e the top codices were GK, Crons, SW, and BA, all written by him)

Actually Phil Kelly wrote Space Wolves 5E. And it's heaps better than Matt Ward's gak.

Jokes aside, going epic (or 3 in some cases) is a bit more involved than the model getting a horse or chariot. Its the narrative of the character advancing and its skill set and combat abilities changing to reflect them maturing.

It's not Karl on foot vs. Karl on a giant bird thing that likes to eat cannons.

 Bull0 wrote:

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Notice how in 5e the top codices were GK, Crons, SW, and BA, all written by him)

Actually Phil Kelly wrote Space Wolves 5E. And it's heaps better than Matt Ward's gak.

Ha! A comedian. Or should I say A wolf claw comedian riding a thunderwolf with a wolf talisman and Jaws of the world wolf?

.... Dreadknights in centurion armour.....






Generally I'm a bit skeptical; While GK enjoyed a brief surge of popularity before 6th, afterwards that seemed to wane pretty fast.

And, as has allready been stated, I don't see GW doing a bigger release (like a codex) without models to accompany it. What I could see, would be a bloodangels style remake of the codex.

 TheKbob wrote:
Jokes aside, going epic (or 3 in some cases) is a bit more involved than the model getting a horse or chariot. Its the narrative of the character advancing and its skill set and combat abilities changing to reflect them maturing.

It's not Karl on foot vs. Karl on a giant bird thing that likes to eat cannons.

The one I can think of off the top of my head is Lysander. He started as a scout then a sergeant now captain, future chapter master ahoy!

That's fair. It seems like if GW is doing it, its retroactive changes. Unless they write a story that pushes the clock an iota forward and Lysander goes CM (but don't his stats already reflect that?).

Its not the crux of the mythos, though. Most of GW heroes are static cardboard cut out in terms of character growth. Or they just mysteriously disappeared...

PapaSoul wrote:

 Bull0 wrote:

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Notice how in 5e the top codices were GK, Crons, SW, and BA, all written by him)

Actually Phil Kelly wrote Space Wolves 5E. And it's heaps better than Matt Ward's gak.

Ha! A comedian. Or should I say A wolf claw comedian riding a thunderwolf with a wolf talisman and Jaws of the world wolf?

I guess I should clarify that I like the good bits, of which Matt Ward's books have none. Wait... why should I have to clarify that, that should be fething obvious

Is he still employed by GW?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Clang wrote:
A new codex with no new models? I doubt it.

Exactly. This "rumour" is nonsense.

Agreed. LoW had a couple good rumors to start but they are heading downhill.

I think since the dreadknight has the babby carrier which holds a guy in power armor, you should be able to disembark from it. That would be pretty cool.

 WrentheFaceless wrote:
Is he still employed by GW?

I heard he came up with Battle Focus......

 pretre wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Clang wrote:
A new codex with no new models? I doubt it.

Exactly. This "rumour" is nonsense.

Agreed. LoW had a couple good rumors to start but they are heading downhill.

not true, he was the first to say we were getting SW and not BA. He was right on this

he was also the one who first revealed the RoB board

actually he's been right pretty much all the time as he post very few rumors...

 pretre wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Clang wrote:
A new codex with no new models? I doubt it.

Exactly. This "rumour" is nonsense.

Agreed. LoW had a couple good rumors to start but they are heading downhill.

Why do you say that?

Lords of Wargaming - Total rumors: (5 TRUE) / (0 FALSE) / (0 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE) - NO RUMORS PENDING

I have also been told that they have the same source as 40k radio (but cannot confrim this so it is what it is).

40kradio - Total rumors: (60 TRUE) / (5 FALSE) / (3 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)

The only reason I am even taking these rumors seriously is their track record. They are frankly the only non 'White Dwarf leak' source of rumors at the moment that is legit.

Mine was projection off some of the other stuff. I may hae confused them with 40kradio though.

 Thorgrim Bloodcrow wrote:
Blood Angels are gonna be mad....

Why no new models though? I'm not huge on what GK need or want but surely they're lacking a couple bits and pieces?

Yeah angry blood angel here!!! I want my codex!!!

 WrentheFaceless wrote:
For as much flack as Matt Ward gets for his fluff, at least his codexes actually have good rules

I feel the same. I always hope he updates armies I play. His rules have stood the test of time (5th space marines, Necrons), his fluff is wonky and likes crazy names, but damn does he write good codexes.

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
So the (plastic) SOB will be a part of the GK release?

Yes.

As basing materials.

Or as a pot of red tinged highlight paint?

 Alpharius wrote:
Or as a pot of red tinged highlight paint?

HEY-OH!



They stopped making Blood for the Blood God, so maybe a limited edition release of that crossed out and say "Holy Armor Anointment Oil (Totally not Sisters Blood)?"

Yet another 40k release...I'm happy that all these armies are getting new stuff as I play 40k but fantasy just hasn't been getting any attention. Brettonians in late June...moved to early July...moved to middle august...moved to...never? Haha

Would be cool to have a grey knights and demons box set tho, just hope its not as limited as storm claw