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 Talys wrote:

 -Shrike- wrote:

 warboss wrote:
So is the Sanguinary Guard style jump pack now the official jump pack of the HH?

No...? It's the MkIV jump pack, there is a different version for MkII and MkIII.

I am a big fan of the Mk II / V jump packs (the ones with the turbines at the top). I think they look so much cooler than modern day jump packs (Mk6/7 with rectangular vent facing forwward).

I am debating building all my assault marines with upper torso and jump pack from the MkV kit from FW. The only thing really holding me back is that I love the MKV legs in the FW kit, but I hate the poses of 3 of them (at least for assault squad), and I don't think the 5 posed miniatures look good together. At GBP34, I would like to get more than 5 jump packs

I have many old metal jump packs with the turbines, but the problem is, they are not nearly as good as the new resin ones :(

MaxMini does a bunch of awesome turbine jet packs.

http://maxmini.eu/conversion-bits/torsos-and-arms/Bronze-Pattern-Jump-Packs

http://maxmini.eu/conversion-bits/torsos-and-arms/iron-pattern-jump-pack-bits

 Ratius wrote:

Keep in mind End Times: Glottkin was a rehash of FW's master plan for Tamhurkan, which GeeDubs forced them to scrap (allegedly).

It might be hesitance to do anything that might immediately be scrapped and rehashed by the main branch.

Accepted. However, the old world is dead. As in, dead. So why not fluff write-in a few lines for the old monsters.

Dread Saurian - still says he dwells in Lustria etc.

Lustria is not coming back

I honestly think FW got burned with Warhammer Forge so many times (presumably poor sales, main branch stealing/rejecting their projects etc.) they're only really still doing this because GeeDubs is making them.


It's a shame too. I would have loved a Fimir overhaul that saw the removal of all the really creepy gak that got them buried in the first place. The three models they did make were gorgeous (I'm halfway tempted to use them as Beasts of Nurgle.)

I honestly think FW got burned with Warhammer Forge so many times (presumably poor sales, main branch stealing/rejecting their projects etc.) they're only really still doing this because GeeDubs is making them.

I kinda want to believe that. But I recall in another old thread, someone saying FW is based in the same building as GW, same ideas, same culture.

Now, I argued otherwise becauses I work in a Company that has 5 distinct BU's. And yes they talk and yes there is an overrall "theme" but each is so so so different.

Im not so sure anymore about FW - anyway - the website still reeks of laziness. For us Euro peeps, you cant even convert each kit......

 Ratius wrote:

I honestly think FW got burned with Warhammer Forge so many times (presumably poor sales, main branch stealing/rejecting their projects etc.) they're only really still doing this because GeeDubs is making them.

I kinda want to believe that. But I recall in another old thread, someone saying FW is based in the same building as GW, same ideas, same culture.

Now, I argued otherwise becauses I work in a Company that has 5 distinct BU's. And yes they talk and yes there is an overrall "theme" but each is so so so different.

Im not so sure anymore about FW - anyway - the website still reeks of laziness. For us Euro peeps, you cant even convert each kit......

It's clearly not the same culture. Maybe the same mission but not the same culture. They sell very different products with a drastically different mentality compared to GeeDubs main. This website is lazy but honestly I don't think I've seen a website redesign that wasn't.

It's clearly not the same culture. Maybe the same mission but not the same culture. They sell very different products with a drastically different mentality compared to GeeDubs main. This website is lazy but honestly I don't think I've seen a website redesign that wasn't.

Agreed. But for an "EU" citizen - the exchange rate + shippping + basic cost should give us a bit more....

Anyway, Im off to bed!
Nice debate though

Oh fiddle dee dee. I was going to actually buy a Dread Saurion this weekend, in person, so I didn't order online.
But after seeing them put the price up by £12 (10%!) midweek, no. I was just peeking over the fence to begin with, but I can live without now. Cheeky fethers.
Magma dragon it is.

Have they ever brought back a large model like that toad dragon before? makes me wonder (and worry) what else may come back.

MacMuckles wrote:

 Talys wrote:

 -Shrike- wrote:

 warboss wrote:
So is the Sanguinary Guard style jump pack now the official jump pack of the HH?

No...? It's the MkIV jump pack, there is a different version for MkII and MkIII.

I am a big fan of the Mk II / V jump packs (the ones with the turbines at the top). I think they look so much cooler than modern day jump packs (Mk6/7 with rectangular vent facing forwward).

I am debating building all my assault marines with upper torso and jump pack from the MkV kit from FW. The only thing really holding me back is that I love the MKV legs in the FW kit, but I hate the poses of 3 of them (at least for assault squad), and I don't think the 5 posed miniatures look good together. At GBP34, I would like to get more than 5 jump packs

I have many old metal jump packs with the turbines, but the problem is, they are not nearly as good as the new resin ones :(

MaxMini does a bunch of awesome turbine jet packs.

http://maxmini.eu/conversion-bits/torsos-and-arms/Bronze-Pattern-Jump-Packs

http://maxmini.eu/conversion-bits/torsos-and-arms/iron-pattern-jump-pack-bits

Yeah, I have seen those. However, at 7 Euro each (plus shipping to Canada? Not sure) I might as well buy FW assault marines at 7GBP. And use or not use the other parts :(

It's €7 for a pack of 5.


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GW has conditioned your price sensitivity admirably.

I might be misreading you, Talys, but those are packs of five jump packs for the price.

Yes, they are 5 for seven euros

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
makes me wonder (and worry) what else may come back.

I personally want some of the 40K scenery back, like Imperial bunker entrances. They looked so awesome but I was in school when FW was selling them and couldn't afford them.
Anphelion Base would be good too.

 Azreal13 wrote:
It's €7 for a pack of 5.


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GW has conditioned your price sensitivity admirably.

That was my first thought. You're too used to GW prices Talys! Most things are much more reasonable.

For amazing third party jump packs, I'd take a look at http://bitsofwar.com/home/365-legionary-jump-pack.html

 Azreal13 wrote:
It's €7 for a pack of 5.


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GW has conditioned your price sensitivity admirably.

Ahhh thank you! I did not realize this!

 Bronzefists42 wrote:

It's a shame too. I would have loved a Fimir overhaul that saw the removal of all the really creepy gak that got them buried in the first place. The three models they did make were gorgeous (I'm halfway tempted to use them as Beasts of Nurgle.)

Really? Honestly at this point I'd prefer GW just left their old material alone, I don't trust them with it. I mean sure, it's possible to abstract the, as you say, "creepy" aspect of their reproduction, to make it a dark blood ritual that steals & corrupts a "pure" soul in order to overcome the infertility of the Meargh or somesuch instead of the original "yeah they rape wee girls" thing, but given they seem determined to write the background in a very Little Timmy's Christian Mum-friendly way these days I doubt they'd be permitted to retain even that much of an edge to them.

At this stage, there are only two ways Realhammer is going to come back; first AoS has to be a total disaster, and we don't yet know that it is, and then either A; GW will realise their mistake(ahaha) and do a Heresy-style "test the waters" through FW before pulling a full-on "New Coke", or B; GW will be bought out by someone else and, assuming they want to continue in the same business rather than just plunder the IP for media products, they'll seek to reinforce their "under new management" status by bringing back Realhammer "for the fans". Neither is particularly likely, so honestly I hope they take AoS in such a radically different direction that it bears no resemblance at all to Realhammer after a couple of years, that way third-parties can dive into all the "abandonware" aspects of the Fantasy IP with less worry that GW will try to sue them out of existence, and we might start seeing new high-quality models for Realhammer and Oldhammer factions.

That helmet is bad ass! I wish they were a little less expensive though...

Not the most exciting revelation, but FW have now moved to circular bases for their WHFB monsters.

I now have a ridiculously huge circular base for my Magma Dragon. It's side plate sized.

"Look! Circular base!"
"My god, why did you do this to me?"
"These are new, you can't buy them elsewhere yet."
"I'm not sure how I feel."

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Not the most exciting revelation, but FW have now moved to circular bases for their WHFB monsters.

They hired that photographer on contract for a year to take all new photos, remember? I guess, if you're gonna shoot new pics, you might as well rebase 'em

New FW Bulletin feat. Raven Guard

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-DE/blog/blog.jsp?_requestid=9002537

The NEW one is here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/660641.page#8061907