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 RiTides wrote:
I can't imagine they're going to risk mucking up 40k. I want to actually get games in, so the latest ruleset is the way to go for me. Fingers crossed that Rountree continues his positive trend and they do a good job of it!

And thanks, sir kronk

Nobody imagined their response to temporarily lacklustre sales largely brought on by their own questionable business decisions would be to rip up and throw away 30+ years of work, yet here we are. They've evidently learned from the End Times/AoS launch debacle that it's better to heat up the frog slowly than try and chuck him into already boiling water, but just because this time around they're unlikely to go completely berserk doesn't mean the rules for 8th won't be a radical enough departure to split the community, and like I say if that does happen and it's going to be more difficult to find a game with someone you agree on everything with anyway I'd rather have the rules in a format that can be easily worked backward to earlier 40K editions.

It's not as if they wouldn't be putting out updated rules on their site/in WD if the changes to 40K do end up being more on the radical end of the spectrum, so you'd still get them for whatever it ends up as.

To be fair I really couldn't care less about another thunderhawk.

The custodes dreadnought however, that's a different matter.
Have 2 of them sat here now still waiting on the rules.
Kind of impulse purchased a lot of custode stuff but it's collecting dust until the rules are shown.

Willing to donate a kidney if needed for the rules :p

If you want a Thunderhawk as a display piece then I can see the attraction, but as a gaming model it sucks as it takes up so much of the table. I've used mine a handful of times, by comparison I use my Reaver an order of magnitude more. I'd save your money and get something else if you want more than a display piece.

I was convinced that the new IA book was coming at the weekender but now I think they'll save it for the next open day. Looking at Warhammer World's calendar I see the first weekend in April is blocked off, is that for an open day or something else?

Pretty much everything above Land Raider size is completely impractical as a 28mm scale game piece, but for some reason lots of people seem to love buying them. If I had unlimited hobby funds I might be tempted to get a Thunderhawk just to use as a terrain piece/objective/special scenario deployment thingy, but alas some of us have to buy models that actually have some possibility of regular use.

The Thunderhawk/Stormbird/Manta are far worse than anything else I own due to the size of their horizontal footprint being far larger.

My Reaver takes up approx 7" * 9" on a table with space between its legs while my Thunderhawk takes about 18" * 19". If you play with a decent amount of scenery then I normally only have to remove one or two bits to navigate the Reaver around the table as it has space between its legs as well. I have never had a problem playing with my Titan Maniaple, we frequently play Imperial Titan vs. Eldar Titan LoW.

The same is not true for the Thunderhawk, it needs nearly a square foot of clear space, if I want to move it then all the tiles have to be clear or cleared, not fun.

As a static model the Mastodon makes more sense, it is the perfect semi mobile bunker and has a much smaller footprint as it doesn't have wings.

While I enjoyed building and painting my Thunderhawk, it has not been good value as a gaming piece, and that is at the old release price.

Yeah, we played an Apoc game on Sunday and the Manta was a real hassle to get on the table as it just took up so much space. The Warhound, Reaver, Warlord, Revenant and Phantom combined weren't as much trouble.

If there is a new Thunderhawk, I will be happy for the 143 people that actually buy one. I have no use for one. As Yodhrin mentioned, above a certain size, you're not going to carry that gak to the local GW or other gaming spot.

Also, thinking about my house, where would I put it? There is room in the Beach Room and the Living room, but the wife would veto that. The kitchen and dining room are out. My basement doesn't have flat surfaces that aren't in use: Table is for board games and RPG and gets heavy use, NOTHING goes on the bar that doesn't contain alcohol, the desk is for surfing the web one-handed and painting minis, and the book cases are too narrow (and too tall! Calamity!) to hold it.

It would be in the way. Like putting milk in the wine fridge.

I vote "No Plastic Thunderhawk" because I can't store one.

I'm lucky enough to have an office at home that doubles as my hobby room, but eventually everybody runs out of space. I need to get a bigger bookcase for display in my office. Smaller stuff is in a display cabinet in my living room, and that is full as well.

 Looky Likey wrote:
I'm lucky enough to have an office at home that doubles as my hobby room, but eventually everybody runs out of space. I need to get a bigger bookcase for display in my office. Smaller stuff is in a display cabinet in my living room, and that is full as well.

No warlord? Pffft, cheapskate.

 RiTides wrote:
I can't imagine they're going to risk mucking up 40k. I want to actually get games in, so the latest ruleset is the way to go for me. Fingers crossed that Rountree continues his positive trend and they do a good job of it!

And thanks, sir kronk

Total opposite for me. The latest ruleset is impossible to get games in! Takes entirely too long to play. Fingers crossed they change almost everything and get it back to being a 90min game.

Cosmic Schwung wrote:

 Looky Likey wrote:
I'm lucky enough to have an office at home that doubles as my hobby room, but eventually everybody runs out of space. I need to get a bigger bookcase for display in my office. Smaller stuff is in a display cabinet in my living room, and that is full as well.

No warlord? Pffft, cheapskate.

I was waiting for a Chaos one to match my other titans, but I am fed up of asking and being told no immediate plans when I go to the open days. So current plan is to get one for my birthday this year and dremel off the bits that make it look like a loyalist Titan. I think selecting the right head, the power claw, lots of chaos symbol freehand, some chains/appropriate tattered banners and with a matching paint scheme to my others it'll work, or rather it had better work.

 kronk wrote:
If there is a new Thunderhawk, I will be happy for the 143 people that actually buy one. I have no use for one. As Yodhrin mentioned, above a certain size, you're not going to carry that gak to the local GW or other gaming spot.

Also, thinking about my house, where would I put it? There is room in the Beach Room and the Living room, but the wife would veto that. The kitchen and dining room are out. My basement doesn't have flat surfaces that aren't in use: Table is for board games and RPG and gets heavy use, NOTHING goes on the bar that doesn't contain alcohol, the desk is for surfing the web one-handed and painting minis, and the book cases are too narrow (and too tall! Calamity!) to hold it.

It would be in the way. Like putting milk in the wine fridge.

I vote "No Plastic Thunderhawk" because I can't store one.

Hanging upside down from the ceiling on one of those garage bike rack thingies? You could pretend it's mid strafing run and make pew pew kaboom noises each time you pass under it to get to your car.

MOAR GOLD SPACE MARINES.







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Looks like the Coronus does not have an interior after all, otherwise it would've been mentioned in the description no doubt.

No interior is cool, just look at ALL THEM LENSES

It is beautiful.

Absolutely loving the Art Deco aesthetic on these tanks.

 BrookM wrote:
Looks like the Coronus does not have an interior after all, otherwise it would've been mentioned in the description no doubt.

Kind of disappointing, but hey, gives me less temptation to buy one just for painting.

 BrookM wrote:
Looks like the Coronus does not have an interior after all, otherwise it would've been mentioned in the description no doubt.

Ye of little faith:

 Looky Likey wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Looks like the Coronus does not have an interior after all, otherwise it would've been mentioned in the description no doubt.

Ye of little faith:

Oh huh. I was about to edit my post to say that the back door looks like it has a seam where it's a separate part, but you beat me to the more convincing reply.

(Dammit. Now I'm tempted to give my DKoK one.)

 Peregrine wrote:

 Looky Likey wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Looks like the Coronus does not have an interior after all, otherwise it would've been mentioned in the description no doubt.

Ye of little faith:

Oh huh. I was about to edit my post to say that the back door looks like it has a seam where it's a separate part, but you beat me to the more convincing reply.

(Dammit. Now I'm tempted to give my DKoK one.)

I tried to find a good picture when I last mentioned the interior but couldn't find one, got lucky today. I normally don't bother taking many photos when I go to an open day as Battle Bunnies do a much better job than I can, but for some reason they didn't get as many photos this time so I've regretted that. What you can't make out from that picture is the fur rug on the back wall.

Huh, not seeing that carpet though.

I can see I'm going to have to buy one, paint it, photograph it. Then I'm going to make you this.

Steady lad, not denying it or anything.

So how are we approaching the Horus Heresy Weekender tomorrow? Discuss here, or someone make a dedicated thread?

I'm not approaching it at all. I blinked, and missed out on a ticket.

Then took to FB trading groups to throw shade at scalpers trying to double their money. It was fun!

@Brook -

They need a bigger venue for the weekender. They send out a pre sale email to the people who bought the tickets last year, rather than those who actually went, which benefits the scalpers as they get first crack at the tickets. I'd rather they scrap the pre sale and did a lottery system for tickets. If wishes were kisses I'd put the full name and address on the tickets and make the person attending provide recognised ID for that name and address when getting their badge. Oh and if I'm getting unicorns then they should make Warhammerfest the same format.

There is a guy I see at every open day who buys many multiples of each of the new/limited releases (I've been behind him at the tills last three events, bizarrely), I assume he is a scapler (rather than buying in bulk for distant friends) and I wish he would be dealt with by GW but I guess it isn't in their interest.

I'd rather we discussed the weekender in this thread, makes it easier for me to keep track of it and refer back to in the future.

 RiTides wrote:
So how are we approaching the Horus Heresy Weekender tomorrow? Discuss here, or someone make a dedicated thread?

Depends on the amount of news, I guess. IIRC the last event they did didn't have much to talk about and there weren't very many pictures. Not much point in making a whole new thread if there's just one new model to show. But who knows, we could get something interesting this weekend.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It is beautiful.

Absolutely loving the Art Deco aesthetic on these tanks.

of course you like it. They are pod-racers.

Book 7 is meant to be at the weekender.
Alas, I can't bloody go so I'll have to wait longer for it.

Some guy on eBay has a "pre order" copy on eBay for £350 buy it now.
Someone please buy these books out before he gets one.

The weekender starts tonight with the preview of the Adeptus Titanicus rules (with 40k sized titans and knights)