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20-model boxes.

Lord Castellan wrote:
20-model boxes.

Excellent joke. You should expect 5-man boxes for the price of 20-man boxes and an assortment of unnecessary bling for your soldiers.

 Strg Alt wrote:

Lord Castellan wrote:
20-model boxes.

Excellent joke. You should expect 5-man boxes for the price of 20-man boxes and an assortment of unnecessary bling for your soldiers.

10 model Reiver box says "Sup".

5 man minimum squad, a full squad comes out to 10. It includes parts to make multiple Sergeants as well.

 Future War Cultist wrote:
How do people feel about the power cables on hotshot lasguns? I've never been 100% on them. They look like they'd get caught on gak.

I don't mind the power cables, but I do mind the extended barrels on what are essentially carbines. I cut the midsection out of my Scion's HSLGs and I think they look way better, more like special forces weapons. I also remove the thigh plates from their breast plates, and again I think it really improves their look. Even though their armor is still baroque, they don't look like they belong on the battle of Agincourt anymore.

What I'm really tempted to do though, is start switching out their chest pieces for normal cadian chests, and use their fancy armor torso for rough riders. Then they'd just need plumed helms and they'd be set to go as Cuirassiers. But then I can't make up my mind as to whether rough riders should be on bikes or horses, either.

I don't mind the big barrels, fits with the equally large scope, cutting down the barrel just makes them ridiculously too large.

I wish they'd just sell us bits.

Here's an amusing idea for a new fast-attack option: a Chimera Gun Carrier.

The idea is pretty much based on the Stryker mobile gun system. Take an APC/IFV, rip out the passenger seats, and cram a tank cannon into it. It's a Chimera chassis that can use LRBT turret weapons and fire them on the move to act as a light tank. Give it the option to take a twin missile launcher too, because why not.

argonak wrote:

 Future War Cultist wrote:
How do people feel about the power cables on hotshot lasguns? I've never been 100% on them. They look like they'd get caught on gak.

I don't mind the power cables, but I do mind the extended barrels on what are essentially carbines. I cut the midsection out of my Scion's HSLGs and I think they look way better, more like special forces weapons. I also remove the thigh plates from their breast plates, and again I think it really improves their look. Even though their armor is still baroque, they don't look like they belong on the battle of Agincourt anymore.

What I'm really tempted to do though, is start switching out their chest pieces for normal cadian chests, and use their fancy armor torso for rough riders. Then they'd just need plumed helms and they'd be set to go as Cuirassiers. But then I can't make up my mind as to whether rough riders should be on bikes or horses, either.

Stormtroopers with ordinary Cadian bits works out pretty well.


I'd also like to see the towed artillery available to everyone, the return of Medusa Siege Guns and Griffon Mortars, and Macharius Tanks as heavy support options.

Personally, I would like some new toys that I don't have to pay an arm and a leg for. Guardsmen on bikes anyone?

Somewhat silly idea: quad heavy stubber turret. Yes, you can still take a pintle heavy stubber.

 ross-128 wrote:
Here's an amusing idea for a new fast-attack option: a Chimera Gun Carrier.

The idea is pretty much based on the Stryker mobile gun system. Take an APC/IFV, rip out the passenger seats, and cram a tank cannon into it. It's a Chimera chassis that can use LRBT turret weapons and fire them on the move to act as a light tank. Give it the option to take a twin missile launcher too, because why not.

I'd love this so much. Give us some nice new toys. Heck, re purposing existing models with new options would be a great idea, on top of being cheap for GW, because you know, why invest money in something not SPACE MARRREEEENNNNNZZZZZZ.

I would like to see either one or a couple of the old metal regiments updated in plastic (Aspecialy Vostroyans and Steel Legion), Or a compleately new regiment. Just.. Plastic Guardsmen who arent Cadians or Catachans please.

 ross-128 wrote:
Here's an amusing idea for a new fast-attack option: a Chimera Gun Carrier.

The idea is pretty much based on the Stryker mobile gun system. Take an APC/IFV, rip out the passenger seats, and cram a tank cannon into it. It's a Chimera chassis that can use LRBT turret weapons and fire them on the move to act as a light tank. Give it the option to take a twin missile launcher too, because why not.

This was actually a thing in the past: the Chimedon was a Chimera with a battle cannon, while the Chimerro was a Chimera with loadsa missiles. Like this:

Left is the Chimedon and the middle is the Chimerro.

The Chimedon as a fast attack option with a hellhounds speed and all the regular Russ turret weapons (maybe even the siege versions too) sounds good to me! Also the version with the autocannons was called a chimerax, but the hydra would probably do its job better.

Personally I'd love to see the vulture become mainstream too. The Valkyrie makes a good transporter in the guise of a black hawk, but we could always use an apache.

Heavy support wise we're in good shape. If they just created a new balisilk kit that could also be assembled as a medusa (or medusa like vehicle) then I'd be fully content. Five seperate HS choice kits is good enough for me.

Well, about the DKoK Grenadiers:

Thank you for contacting us about DKK Grenadier Squad. As you've seen, we have recently removed several product from the Forge World web store that have been out of stock for some time. All of these products will need substantial work for us to be able to produce them again.
We hope to have many of these products back on sale in the future. Unfortunately we don't yet have a timescale for this work.

Compare this to the answer I got when asking about alternative HWT:

Thank you for your email. After carrying out a range review, the alternate DKK Heavy Weapons teams were discontinued and removed from the web store once the last of the stock of them had sold out. The reason we did this was that they just did not sell over a period of several years, and we only have a finite space in our warehouse for better selling and for new kits we release.

 Aenarian wrote:
Thank you for your email. After carrying out a range review, the alternate DKK Heavy Weapons teams were discontinued and removed from the web store once the last of the stock of them had sold out. The reason we did this was that they just did not sell over a period of several years, and we only have a finite space in our warehouse for better selling and for new kits we release.

And I'm sure it's no coincidence that the HWTs were one of FW's experiments with "we swear it's not finecast, really, even though it's exactly like finecast" and seemed to still have casting problems from the finecast molds even once FW went back to doing them in real resin. No coincidence at all that it's one of the cases where the recasters are making a superior product, it must be lack of demand for a range of kits that are pretty essential in doing a DKoK army.

Edit: or not? Most of the HWTs still seem to be there, and it's only the ones that were modeled towing or assembling the guns that have been removed? In that case I can believe that there was pretty low demand for them, as even if you like the pose it's going to be kind of awkward to fit into the rest of your army or do multiple copies of it.

These alternative HWTs. Are they a certain weapon like the twin heavy stubbed or a certain pose like the running forward with weapon team? Sorry if this question is kinda vague.

 Future War Cultist wrote:
These alternative HWTs. Are they a certain weapon like the twin heavy stubbed or a certain pose like the running forward with weapon team? Sorry if this question is kinda vague.

Apparently the running/towing ones, as the conventional AC/LC/etc ones are still there. Hopefully this means they're still in normal stock, and FW hasn't discontinued them as well.

Ah I see. Pity, I liked those, but if they aren't selling well...business is business. Thank you for replying.

Yeah, I was talking about the alternative poses. Mind you, the HWT question was answered 7th of June, so if they were to be discontinued, they might have done so by now, which apparently is not the case. It's probably just a case of "We have 3 variants of the same thing, and 2 of them aren't selling at all. Let's remove them and keep the 1."

I would like to see old Regiments in plastic. I always loved Steel Legion and Vostroyans, and I'd consider getting at least a bunch of one of those if they were all-new high quality plastic ranges. Death Korps of Krieg in plastic would be awesome, too.

I also want to see a second troop box, and maybe commisar/command boxes with female soldiers. The lore makes it pretty clear that everyone gets conscripted (makes sense in a galactic total war) who can aim a gun, so it makes no sense that the Imperial Guard, unlike various alien factions, doesn't have female soldiers. I want to see them in a second box so people could choose freely - all male, all female or mixed - the current boxes for, say, Dark Eldar are mixed, but that makes it harder for some people who just want one thing (I knew a girl who only wanted DE Scourges with feather wings, for example).

I've been thinking, and I'd love to have a unit of scions with jump packs. It could replace their option for deep striking (so they'd have jump pack insertion just like marines), and be a fast moving unit for IG. They could also go into the fast attack slot, something IG is rather weak on.

People to stop whining about Conscripts. Seriously, stop it. I know they are tough to wipe out in a single turn, but what else did you expect 50 bodies to do?
Oh wait, the whiners are SM/Eldar/Tau players whom got too used to the concept of deleting entire armies in a couple of turns.

Sorry, I know that this is not the place for it. Just the whiners in the other thread are really getting to me. It feels like we are being persecuted for daring to be equals to their factions.

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Anyway, chalk me down for some new infantry that do not look like gorillas in uniform or army of Rambo, and make them affordable at that. £20 for ten bods is ridiculous.
And a new tank. something like a Medum tank. Faster and more mobile than the Russ but not as tough.
Some carriage based artillery would be nice too.
Getting rid of the Taurox would also suit me

 master of ordinance wrote:
People to stop whining about Conscripts. Seriously, stop it. I know they are tough to wipe out in a single turn, but what else did you expect 50 bodies to do?
Oh wait, the whiners are SM/Eldar/Tau players whom got too used to the concept of deleting entire armies in a couple of turns.

Sorry, I know that this is not the place for it. Just the whiners in the other thread are really getting to me. It feels like we are being persecuted for daring to be equals to their factions.

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Anyway, chalk me down for some new infantry that do not look like gorillas in uniform or army of Rambo, and make them affordable at that. £20 for ten bods is ridiculous.
And a new tank. something like a Medum tank. Faster and more mobile than the Russ but not as tough.
Some carriage based artillery would be nice too.
Getting rid of the Taurox would also suit me

Hey I like my Taurox. I put Victoria miniature wheels on them and they look awesome now. I need to get a pic, although its only basecoated so far.

Also, dude. Conscript thread, -------> that way.

Also, just stop engaging them. It'll make you feel a lot better. This isn't a hill you need to die on, you're not actually in the IG.

Plastic greatcoat soldiers. Plastic rough riders, preferably with bits to make horses with masks or chem-implants. Parts easily interchangable with the Skitarii and Neophytes and hopefully all other upcoming "humans" kits - at least scale if not joints. Maybe plastic scout tanks like Cain's favourite Salamander.

PS: And yes, 20 men boxes back. And reduce Sentinels from their bonkers price point.

A part of me thinks that vahallans should definitely be made into plastic on account of them being the first regiment GW created (apparently). I wonder if it's possible, with a few tweaks to their design, to make one kit that could be assembled as both Valhallans and Steel Legion. Both are great coat wearing regiments, and their helmets aren't too far off each other either.

The gasmask might be a bit of an issue, since its usually linked to the torso.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I guess not then.

I guess you could have heads and torso in one piece, with the legs being shared, but that's about it.

 argonak wrote:
I've been thinking, and I'd love to have a unit of scions with jump packs. It could replace their option for deep striking (so they'd have jump pack insertion just like marines), and be a fast moving unit for IG. They could also go into the fast attack slot, something IG is rather weak on.

I'd be in favour of this. Right now the only infantry we've got in FA is Rough Riders, so it would be nice to have some more non-vehicles there as well.

I'd also like to see a second infantry option in Heavy Support.