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 Azreal13 wrote:


That FW would be a "big client" to a commercial printer, or even GW in its entirety as we don't know the breakdown of what's sourced from where, is a fairly fundamental assumption.

My point is that it's all assumptions. Without them putting out even a basic statement of "This is the best current financial decision" we're left to speculate their vendor relationships and why transfer sheets that were released within the last year are now being discontinued. You can readily find transfer sheets for model cars, airplanes and specialty items that are in multiple colors and can't possibly be sold at a high volume. That is why it's hard for me to accept any of the excuses that are being offered. If they don't have an in house decal printing operation, their inability to find a vendor that could do a limited run on demand is a sign of either laziness or lack of resources to maintain the relationship.

mortar_crew wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:
To be fair, FW has been pretty good about supporting OOP models for a while. Quite a few of the index units are OOP models being given continued support.

I have some looted rhinos which beg to disagree!!

Pretty sure Peregrine didn't feel the need to actually type the implied "Imperial Guard OOP models".

Well, all of it evaporated really quick save the grossly overpriced transfers.

 Peregrine wrote:
To be fair, FW has been pretty good about supporting OOP models for a while. Quite a few of the index units are OOP models being given continued support.

Not really. The GW indexes were actually pretty good in that they covered almost every single model theyve ever made, or made rules for. The FW indexes were rather lacklustre in that regard, loads of stuff didnt have rules, or had incomplete rules. So not getting continued support is a very valid concern, especially at the rate theyre dropping products. At this point, my plans of using FW stuff have pretty much evaporated, beyond the things I already have.

 Platuan4th wrote:
Pretty sure Peregrine didn't feel the need to actually type the implied "Imperial Guard OOP models".

And Tau. And probably some other stuff in there, but I'm not as familiar with those armies.

 Peregrine wrote:

 Platuan4th wrote:
Pretty sure Peregrine didn't feel the need to actually type the implied "Imperial Guard OOP models".

And Tau. And probably some other stuff in there, but I'm not as familiar with those armies.

Marines are still good on that end.

Forge World pages don't seem to be loading today.

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timd wrote:
Forge World pages don't seem to be loading today.

T

The notorious hacker 4chan strikes again?

timd wrote:
Forge World pages don't seem to be loading today.

T

Last chance to browse?

GW site was the same last night, wouldnt load for ages and then after 1 more try it came up with under maintenance page, prob the same reason FW didnt load, it works fine now

OMG! An actual miniature release this week!

Orlock Weapon Set 1


Orlock Weapon Set 2

Hey! Holstered pistols! Finally!

Really liking those wrenches and flamers.

They're very cool sets. Still far too many hand flamers (seriously FW, what is it with you and hand flamers?), but otherwise a good mix of stuff.

It's the reason I have 3 boxes of Orlocks.

Let's see how many hand flamers will be crammed into the upgrade packs for Cawdor 6 months from now.

I didnt know they use NERF Guns as Heavy Weapons ;-) Look at the heavy bolter...

What is the weapon at the top right of the first image? A weird shotgun?

That is the only weapon I don't like in those sets.

 Haighus wrote:
What is the weapon at the top right of the first image? A weird shotgun?

That is the only weapon I don't like in those sets.

Standard shotgun

Yeah, weird design, while fitting in with the rest of the range, not my cuppa:

Double barrelled pump-action shotgun. Where it's magazines are is anyone's guess.

It would've been better if the bottom ejection port and secondary barrel were not present.

It doesn't look like a pumper though, more a semi-auto as the pump has nowhere to go, unless he's mid-action right now.

I think it is a pump action just that the majority of the hand grip area slides over the ejection port; you can see the running lines on the top and bottom over the ejection ports.

Buy them, before they are on last chance to buy!

 Overread wrote:
I think it is a pump action just that the majority of the hand grip area slides over the ejection port; you can see the running lines on the top and bottom over the ejection ports.

That's what bothers me about the design. The moment you rack the slide, you block off both ejection ports and block the gun.

 BrookM wrote:

 Overread wrote:
I think it is a pump action just that the majority of the hand grip area slides over the ejection port; you can see the running lines on the top and bottom over the ejection ports.

That's what bothers me about the design. The moment you rack the slide, you block off both ejection ports and block the gun.

True - clearly the internal mechanics must somehow release the cartridge when the slider move back out; perhaps the action and pressure is on the forward push instead of the pull.

Sometimes there's neat logical reasons why things appear illogical just tht we never see the design process that results in them;

Somehow I doubt that the FW designers put that much thought into this, considering what they did to those SW weapons...

I guess its also a bit of a throwback to the classic Mars pattern boomstick:

 BrookM wrote:
I guess its also a bit of a throwback to the classic Mars pattern boomstick:

Nevermind, I forgot the Mars was the over under.

 Overread wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

 Overread wrote:
I think it is a pump action just that the majority of the hand grip area slides over the ejection port; you can see the running lines on the top and bottom over the ejection ports.

That's what bothers me about the design. The moment you rack the slide, you block off both ejection ports and block the gun.

True - clearly the internal mechanics must somehow release the cartridge when the slider move back out; perhaps the action and pressure is on the forward push instead of the pull.

Sometimes there's neat logical reasons why things appear illogical just tht we never see the design process that results in them;

That still doesn't clear up where the slugs are kept. If both those barrels fire, which we have to assume otherwise why have two ejection ports, then where is it storing its ammo?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
That still doesn't clear up where the slugs are kept. If both those barrels fire, which we have to assume otherwise why have two ejection ports, then where is it storing its ammo?

Pocket, ammo belt? You reload after firing those two shots.