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nou wrote:
It's a clear hint on 40K reimagined Twelve Monkeys.

Jokaero Duodecim specialist game?

I'm in!

Oh FFS, I already have a backlog of unpainted minis long enough to last me until retirement.

Looking forward to some plastic hive gangers. And if they only do a limited number of plastic kits, then hopefully they'll also do Resin upgrade kits to customize and add variety like they're doing with Bloodbowl.

Chaos would never use the Aquila as part of their symbology.

I think the Hive World classification is more on the right track.

Someone in the rumor engine thread pointed out that when the coordinates are read backward, it reads "30/9/87", and WD features a section on 30 years of 40k.

terry wrote:
Necromunda video or something else.

Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Lord Kragan wrote:

terry wrote:
Necromunda video or something else.

Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Squats return to 40k .

I'm already jazzed for the potential return of Necromunda. Not so much for new figs (I've got several large finished gangs) but for a potential influx of new players.

 Theophony wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:

terry wrote:
[

Spoiler:

url=https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/03/incoming-transmission-b50-ap78903mh-aug-3gw-homepage-post-4/]Necromunda video[/url] or something else.

Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Squats return to 40k .

I'm not holding out hope for Squats as I have an army I've been slowly building for years with no expectation of any kind of reintroduction, but it'd sure be nice. I've been out of 40k for several editions now but if Squats came back, I would be completely unable to resist playing 40k again.

 Eilif wrote:
I'm already jazzed for the potential return of Necromunda. Not so much for new figs (I've got several large finished gangs) but for a potential influx of new players.

 Theophony wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:

terry wrote:
[

Spoiler:

url=https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/03/incoming-transmission-b50-ap78903mh-aug-3gw-homepage-post-4/]Necromunda video[/url] or something else.

Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Squats return to 40k .

I'm not holding out hope for Squats as I have an army I've been slowly building for years with no expectation of any kind of reintroduction, but it'd sure be nice. I've been out of 40k for several editions now but if Squats came back, I would be completely unable to resist playing 40k again.

Well with the scale increase in models over the last few years you could field old marines as squats soon

 Theophony wrote:


Well with the scale increase in models over the last few years you could field old marines as squats soon

Ha! I'll stick with my 60+ vintage squats. It does make one think though. if new ones were the same ridiculous size as those GW steampunk dwarves perhaps I'll have to run mine as Space Gnomes?

 Eilif wrote:

 Theophony wrote:


Well with the scale increase in models over the last few years you could field old marines as squats soon

Ha! I'll stick with my 60+ vintage squats. It does make one think though. if new ones were the same ridiculous size as those GW steampunk dwarves perhaps I'll have to run mine as Space Gnomes?

Put static grass on their feet and make them space hobbits .

Play them using Andy Serkis voice

Lord Kragan wrote:

Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Is that true, or a windup?

*edit* Can't find any evidence to support that. http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Squat_-_Collectors_Guide

Bringing back Squats as the 30th anniversary of 40k thing would be fething mental. It'd fit with the industrial thing with the banging and the sparks, too. I'm sold

And it wouldn't be too hard with the Kharadron kits they already have for infantry types. Out-Mantic Mantic.

Hmm, yeah. I get that they're a big touchstone for some folk, but for my part I'd really rather they didn't bring back Squats. They've always seemed faintly ridiculous to me even by the standards of 40K.

Short crystalline Xenos guys? Yeah OK Demiurg I could get behind, but the "WHFB Dwarfs, except in 40K and also bikers for some reason" version just makes me cringe. They're the Dad Jokes of 40K armies.

I doubt they'd be a straight redo of the 80s version. Look at Genestealer cults, they did a decent update there with the mining gear rather than limousines. We're talking about bringing back Squats though so I mean, I probably shouldn't be trying to defend it.

 Bull0 wrote:
I doubt they'd be a straight redo of the 80s version. Look at Genestealer cults, they did a decent update there with the mining gear rather than limousines. We're talking about bringing back Squats though so I mean, I probably shouldn't be trying to defend it.

That's true, but overall, the genestealer cults are actually rather consistent (albeit with style and size updates and no limos) with the look and fluff of the original Genestealers.

I personally doubt we'll see squats, though I'll continue to run them as IG in Shadow War.

Davor wrote:
What is Necromunda exactly? A role playing game or just a skirmish game? Never played it but keep reading how a lot of people use to love playing it.

It was a GW game that was fun and didn't break the bank.

It was doomed.

Caliginous wrote:

Davor wrote:
What is Necromunda exactly? A role playing game or just a skirmish game? Never played it but keep reading how a lot of people use to love playing it.

It was a GW game that was fun and didn't break the bank.

It was doomed.

I have not bought any GW to speak of in six years or more - aside from one bottle of liquid greenstuff that I needed for a commission.

But if GW ever wants me back as a customer, all they have to do is release new versions of Necromunda or Mordheim (assuming that it is Mordheim, and not AoS.... If it is AoSified, I will go on ignoring GW....)

I have run and played more Necromunda and Mordheim - each - than all the rest of the GW games put together.

The Auld Grump

Caliginous wrote:

Davor wrote:
What is Necromunda exactly? A role playing game or just a skirmish game? Never played it but keep reading how a lot of people use to love playing it.

It was a GW game that was fun and didn't break the bank.

It was doomed.

Neither does Bloodbowl but they still brought it back.

 Bull0 wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:

Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Is that true, or a windup?

*edit* Can't find any evidence to support that. http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Squat_-_Collectors_Guide

Bringing back Squats as the 30th anniversary of 40k thing would be fething mental. It'd fit with the industrial thing with the banging and the sparks, too. I'm sold

If you want to go deep through the looking glass, that skull/Aquila could represent the Squat affiliation to the Empire combined with the veneration of their ancestors..

 Bull0 wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:

Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Is that true, or a windup?

*edit* Can't find any evidence to support that. http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Squat_-_Collectors_Guide

Bringing back Squats as the 30th anniversary of 40k thing would be fething mental. It'd fit with the industrial thing with the banging and the sparks, too. I'm sold

It's in spanish, and didn't want to translate all the text, but here we go:

https://www.lavozdehorus.com/vuelven-los-squats/

Lord Kragan wrote:


Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Not sure what you mean. The 'weapon sprue' of the old squats was from the Imperial Guard box.

And the numbers don't match anyway -

"78903" vs "1989 0007-03"

similar, sure, but "match" is overstating it

Voss wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:


Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Not sure what you mean. The 'weapon sprue' of the old squats was from the Imperial Guard box.

Was it, though? The sprue shown in the above link had a heavy bolter... I thought the Guard sprue had a lascannon.

 insaniak wrote:

Voss wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:


Just want to point something. The numbers match the weapon sprue of old squats,

Not sure what you mean. The 'weapon sprue' of the old squats was from the Imperial Guard box.

Was it, though? The sprue shown in the above link had a heavy bolter... I thought the Guard sprue had a lascannon.

Pretty sure. It's what my old guardsmen have. Though at one point I converted several into Realm of Chaos mutants, so I can't be 100%.

RTB7 Imperial Guard had a weapon sprue with 5 lasguns, 2 laspistols and a lascannon. RTB10 Space Dwarfs had a sprue with 5 lasguns, 2 laspistols and a heavy bolter.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
RTB7 Imperial Guard had a weapon sprue with 5 lasguns, 2 laspistols and a lascannon. RTB10 Space Dwarfs had a sprue with 5 lasguns, 2 laspistols and a heavy bolter.

I've reassemled alot of squats from various pieces and I think the Squat and human arm sprues are relatively cross compatible. I think my squats have parts from both but I don't know that I ever had both types complete intact sprues to compare.

The weapons sprues are identical except for the included heavy weapon.

Here's some sprue pics, also courtesy of SoL.
Squats


Guard

Ah, well.

Man I miss simple, functional models in boxes of 36.

Wasn't 1989 the point when Necroumda first appeared? I remember an early version of the game being in the first White Dwarf I even bought and that was about then...

 Flashman wrote:
Wasn't 1989 the point when Necroumda first appeared? I remember an early version of the game being in the first White Dwarf I even bought and that was about then...

no

 Flashman wrote:
Wasn't 1989 the point when Necroumda first appeared? I remember an early version of the game being in the first White Dwarf I even bought and that was about then...

Before Necromunda there was Confrontation, which I believe was just some White Dwarf rules and a couple of concept models. That might be what you're thinking of.

The game didn't appear as Necromunda until much later than 1989.