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via the Oldhammer page on FB

got a call from GW today, they will do a cast on demand this saturday in their Onlineshop for IMPERIAL GUARD.
They told me metal models and that retailers can also order the products. It will take about 4 weeks to fulfill the orders.
So if anyone is interested in Imerial Guard Metal models have a look at GW Onlineshop this saturday or talk to your FLGS.

Hmm, what do I want/need atm...

That Vic doesn't already do better?

Tough one.

 reds8n wrote:
via the Oldhammer page on FB

got a call from GW today, they will do a cast on demand this saturday in their Onlineshop for IMPERIAL GUARD.
They told me metal models and that retailers can also order the products. It will take about 4 weeks to fulfill the orders.
So if anyone is interested in Imerial Guard Metal models have a look at GW Onlineshop this saturday or talk to your FLGS.

Be interesting to see if this is available to all countries, and if so, do the orders ship from the country they're cast in at huge shipping cost.

Metal Imperial Guard you say. Well I'll be making an order on Saturday.

If it includes Praetorians, well the mortgage doesn't have to be paid every month right?

Whew

Wallet dodges this one

But what about the next time?

What about next time?

Wait. Kasrkin?! I don't even play Guard and I want some.

That list is a bit underwhelming, to be honest, since it omits quite a few special- and heavy weapons.

I'm glad my wallet won't have to suffer so soon again, its still recovering from the genestealer cult and the shock of plastic sisters

I was really hoping for the old 2ed metal fat cadian officer with shotgun.

Oh well I might grab a Steel Legion Commissar if the price is reasonable.

To me, this very much indicates a move to a "living codex" like AoS has. Not saying they'll do to the rules what they did to AoS - that won't happen. But I would not be surprised to see these "made to order" dudes have pdfs of their rules put up for free on the site when 8th comes up.

OK, fine. I'll get Jes' Techpriests, which I probably should have gotten ages ago.

Gonna stay strong on the Tallarn, tho. I can't rightfully add more of those to the pile.

I just want rules for the Marbo model I bought a week before the 6th edition Guard codex nullified him.

Rough Riders ..nope.... phew ....

Puts 20 away for hopes of sisters

S.Y.

If "Astra Militarum Crew" are those old Basilisk crewmen, I kinda want a set of them. Same with Valhallan comms, special weapons and an autocannon team,if the price is right.

What do you think, will these be one casting run only, or an expanding collectors' range of metals?

 MrFlutterPie wrote:
I was really hoping for the old 2ed metal fat cadian officer with shotgun.

Oh well I might grab a Steel Legion Commissar if the price is reasonable.

With the benefits of hindsight, I came to consider that Cadian Officer model to be a younger Creed.

 Verviedi wrote:
Wait. Kasrkin?! I don't even play Guard and I want some.

You get away from my Kasrkin!


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 Agamemnon2 wrote:
If "Astra Militarum Crew" are those old Basilisk crewmen, I kinda want a set of them.

I would be very surprised if they are, I'm fairly certain the old Basilisk crewmen were FW sculpts.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Wait. Kasrkin?! I don't even play Guard and I want some.

You get away from my Kasrkin!


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 Agamemnon2 wrote:
If "Astra Militarum Crew" are those old Basilisk crewmen, I kinda want a set of them.

I would be very surprised if they are, I'm fairly certain the old Basilisk crewmen were FW sculpts.

There were Basilisk loaders and then they released two figures who were carrying a wrench and a heavy stubber barrel (along those lines anyway).
Maybe it's those figures up for order.

I think it more likely to be the wrench and heavy stubber ones; especially since those ones were called Astra Militarum Crewmen.

Once apon a time the regular GW basilisk came with a little plastic flip-top box containing two metal crewen (and some shells and other bits I think)

EDIT-
These ones:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
OK, fine. I'll get Jes' Techpriests, which I probably should have gotten ages ago.

Gonna stay strong on the Tallarn, tho. I can't rightfully add more of those to the pile.

I love that Enginseer sculpt. One of my favorite figures.

 Prometheum5 wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
OK, fine. I'll get Jes' Techpriests, which I probably should have gotten ages ago.

Gonna stay strong on the Tallarn, tho. I can't rightfully add more of those to the pile.

I love that Enginseer sculpt. One of my favorite figures.

Which one? There's two...and they actually were still available until last month or so.

 Zywus wrote:
Once apon a time the regular GW basilisk came with a little plastic flip-top box containing two metal crewen (and some shells and other bits I think)

EDIT-
These ones:

I think that was an attempt to boost tank sales when the 3rd ed IG codex came out. The Chimera version at the time had two Valhallan tank riders and the then new Exterminator had a metal tank commander and a Catachan tank rider included. The LemanRuss had the peaked cap Commander model.

 Zywus wrote:
Once apon a time the regular GW basilisk came with a little plastic flip-top box containing two metal crewen (and some shells and other bits I think)

EDIT-
These ones:

Yeah, those were who I was thinking of. As it happens my Griffon actually has that gunner, though his hand was so badly miscast I replaced it with a bionic one holding some kind of dataslate (which I think was a garage cast by someone who also made female Cadians, I got it from a guy in the UK). But I quite like those models, since they're not wearing armor and have a cool uniform with a hat.


These guys were a "Collectors' Range" only release from five(?) years ago, and they're probably what the list refers to, alas.

 Kanluwen wrote:
I think it more likely to be the wrench and heavy stubber ones; especially since those ones were called Astra Militarum Crewmen.

I'm having time lapse issues. Were they originally IG crew or did they come out when Astra Militarum became a term?

I thought they were older than that.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
OK, fine. I'll get Jes' Techpriests, which I probably should have gotten ages ago.

Gonna stay strong on the Tallarn, tho. I can't rightfully add more of those to the pile.

I love that Enginseer sculpt. One of my favorite figures.

Which one? There's two...and they actually were still available until last month or so.

Oh, huh. The one I like is still available on the GW site, in metal no less! How does that work, is it just really old stock that they haven't sold through? I have one already, but for $11 maybe I should grab a spare.

alphaecho wrote:

 MrFlutterPie wrote:
I was really hoping for the old 2ed metal fat cadian officer with shotgun.

Oh well I might grab a Steel Legion Commissar if the price is reasonable.

With the benefits of hindsight, I came to consider that Cadian Officer model to be a younger Creed.

Huh I never thought of that. That's hilarious!

I want to use the model as a custodian for my penal legion troops for my Arbite army.

He reminds me of a U.S styled prison guard.

 Prometheum5 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
OK, fine. I'll get Jes' Techpriests, which I probably should have gotten ages ago.

Gonna stay strong on the Tallarn, tho. I can't rightfully add more of those to the pile.

I love that Enginseer sculpt. One of my favorite figures.

Which one? There's two...and they actually were still available until last month or so.

Oh, huh. The one I like is still available on the GW site, in metal no less! How does that work, is it just really old stock that they haven't sold through? I have one already, but for $11 maybe I should grab a spare.

That is precisely what it is. Stock that never sold through.

M-m-m-m-macharius? :O