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 Alpharius wrote:

nudibranch wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
I think the Space Marine statue is still at WHW but in a different place.

Yep, forgotten under a set of stairs behind a giant Age of Sigmarines BUY BUY BUY display. Not kidding.

Yep...

Spoiler:

He looks like he's plotting his revenge...

That picture - so awesome!

Looks like it could be used for a few Memes, yes?

Gw corporate now officially has a company wide special rule...And they shall know no shame. Poor astartes hiding under the stairs like a grot at a nob party. :(

 warboss wrote:
And they shall know no shame

Thats a company wide special rule when using Kirby at... sorry, AS your HQ

nudibranch wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
I think the Space Marine statue is still at WHW but in a different place.

Yep, forgotten under a set of stairs behind a giant Age of Sigmarines BUY BUY BUY display. Not kidding.

Yep...

Spoiler:

He looks like he's plotting his revenge...

Please tell me this is shopped. If not, it is one of the most hilariously symbolic things GW has ever done. The "man" who singlehandedly put bread on the table for thousands of employees over the years, replaced by a golden idol, gathering dust under the stairs, and hidden behind a sales display for what may be the last, biggest throw of the dice to save the company.

Well now AoS will fail miserably in some sort of "Golden calf" type scenario once Bob the space marine "comes down from the mountain top."

I have nothing against Age of Sigmar, I like the models, but that seems very sad to see the big marine shoved under the stairs and I just made myself laugh imaging him falling forwards right through that display.

 the_Armyman wrote:

nudibranch wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
I think the Space Marine statue is still at WHW but in a different place.

Yep, forgotten under a set of stairs behind a giant Age of Sigmarines BUY BUY BUY display. Not kidding.

Yep...

Spoiler:

He looks like he's plotting his revenge...

Please tell me this is shopped. If not, it is one of the most hilariously symbolic things GW has ever done. The "man" who singlehandedly put bread on the table for thousands of employees over the years, replaced by a golden idol, gathering dust under the stairs, and hidden behind a sales display for what may be the last, biggest throw of the dice to save the company.

It doesn't look big enough to be it - that thing was huge. The one in the picture might have been one of the pre-renovation marines that sat inside the hallways of WHW.

 the_Armyman wrote:
Please tell me this is shopped. If not, it is one of the most hilariously symbolic things GW has ever done. The "man" who singlehandedly put bread on the table for thousands of employees over the years, replaced by a golden idol, gathering dust under the stairs, and hidden behind a sales display for what may be the last, biggest throw of the dice to save the company.

Beautiful.

I swear, everything about Age of Sigmar is unintentionally hilarious.

 reds8n wrote:

Looks pretty good, the only thing it's missing is a bird-cage in his hand.

I like his head, all that cabling looks cool.

 the_Armyman wrote:
Please tell me this is shopped. If not, it is one of the most hilariously symbolic things GW has ever done. The "man" who singlehandedly put bread on the table for thousands of employees over the years, replaced by a golden idol, gathering dust under the stairs, and hidden behind a sales display for what may be the last, biggest throw of the dice to save the company.

It couldn't be more poetic.

FW Bulletin #68 feat. Rapier Weapons Platform and Techmarine plus some entries from the painting competition ...

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/FORGE_WORLD_BULLETIN_68.html

That Techmarine does look rather nice.

Techmarine looks nice, but also very similar to the Iron Father ...

What sort of price point is expected for the quad launcher Rapier?

If it is anywhere close to a Thunderfire then into the shopping basket it goes.

 Koppo wrote:
What sort of price point is expected for the quad launcher Rapier?

If it is anywhere close to a Thunderfire then into the shopping basket it goes.

That is the thunderfire as the quad launcher is already out: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/Solar_Auxilia/SOLAR_AUXILIA_RAPIER_QUAD_MORTAR.html

It should be £30 each as that is how much all the other launchers are with crew, although this one might be more otherwise it impacts GWs version.

Really like the techmarine, just hope he is seperate bits rather than a fixed leg/torso combo as per the apocatheries.

Can't wait for that thunderfire rapier. Looks much better than the GW one.

Love that techmarine. Will likely swap the servo arm for something to make it into a conversion beamer.
Also would love to get 3 of those thunderfire rapiers to run a full battery.

Techmarine is hot.

I agree. I'm going to buy a couple.

The only thing I'm not sure I like about the techmarine is his gun. It looks too small for a boltgun, too big for a pistol and too squared compared to his armor, all just personal preference I guess.

And weapon swaps wouldn't be hard.

Lovely Techmarine. About time the Techmarine Covenant had some decent 30k era resins.

That Space Marine hidden by the stand image, talk about being cast off

Also, apologies, but it had to be done...



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 Theophony wrote:
The only thing I'm not sure I like about the techmarine is his gun. It looks too small for a boltgun, too big for a pistol and too squared compared to his armor, all just personal preference I guess.

And weapon swaps wouldn't be hard.

It'll be a Phobos pattern bolt pistol. They are very chunky.

So what I've learned from the last few pages is that FW, and hence GW, have managed to sell 91 Warlord Titans at 1200 pounds each. That's a nice chunk of change.

At least 91 Warlord Titans...

Well our resident Blackadder over in P&M blog land bought 7.......that's right as in more than six . It was a computer error though and he got it straightened out, but just think what the wife would say to you if she saw a bill like that hit the credit card/bank account

 Theophony wrote:
Well our resident Blackadder over in P&M blog land bought 7.......that's right as in more than six . It was a computer error though and he got it straightened out, but just think what the wife would say to you if she saw a bill like that hit the credit card/bank account

... He did what? O.o

For a moment there I was really impressed as I thought they'd intentionally brought seven warlords!

Friend of mine owns five (used to be eight) Reavers and a few Warhounds, but those are from "alternate" sources so not so impressive.

I guess the success of the Warlord means more super sized kits, which is great for me.

 Looky Likey wrote:
For a moment there I was really impressed as I thought they'd intentionally brought seven warlords!

Friend of mine owns five (used to be eight) Reavers and a few Warhounds, but those are from "alternate" sources so not so impressive.

I guess the success of the Warlord means more super sized kits, which is great for me.

I'm wondering where they point is they hit profit from the kit. From the sound of it they invested a LOT of time and effort into the design meaning a lot of salary.

 warboss wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

nudibranch wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
I think the Space Marine statue is still at WHW but in a different place.

Yep, forgotten under a set of stairs behind a giant Age of Sigmarines BUY BUY BUY display. Not kidding.

Yep...

Spoiler:

He looks like he's plotting his revenge...

That picture - so awesome!

Looks like it could be used for a few Memes, yes?

Gw corporate now officially has a company wide special rule...And they shall know no shame. Poor astartes hiding under the stairs like a grot at a nob party. :(

Symbolism is loss on GW, even they have to see something metaphoric after this.

 Zuul wrote:

 Looky Likey wrote:
For a moment there I was really impressed as I thought they'd intentionally brought seven warlords!

Friend of mine owns five (used to be eight) Reavers and a few Warhounds, but those are from "alternate" sources so not so impressive.

I guess the success of the Warlord means more super sized kits, which is great for me.

I'm wondering where they point is they hit profit from the kit. From the sound of it they invested a LOT of time and effort into the design meaning a lot of salary.

That's a set of numbers I'd be keen on seeing as well, but assuming it was two people working full time for a year (guessing from conversations I've had with the guys building it), at a cost to the company of around £50k each, plus costs for the moulds, test models, painting (this was 1 week for the one they photographed and a day for the one on the display stand, again from conversations I've had with the team), photography/video production, development of the instructions (it comes with a full colour booklet), I'd put that at around £200k total, so they are a good way along to paying back a kit that will last years.

Stormbird will be the next big kit, I'm most interested in how they will handle the flight stand for it as the Thunderhawk is a right pain, mine has a huge base and three of the clear plastic flight stands going into the landing feet.

Doing a lot of tidying up/sorting stuff lately, and I found the certificate for my Chaos Warhound. #304, and that was bought over a decade ago. I wonder what they're up to at this point.

No idea what my ebay purchased Lucius Warhound number would be, though, and I'll never know that.