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 sockwithaticket wrote:

 Commander Cain wrote:

 CragHack wrote:
So, with Calth and Prospero discontinued, I've been hearing/picking up some lose rumors about a new and better Horus Heresy 'game' incoming?

Well I always assumed there would be trilogy of the games judging by the success and easy platform to sell different plastic marks of armour. Mk5 marines versus plastic Solar Auxilla would be nifty...

Yeah right, and Anna Kendrick's about to knock on my door asking for date.

Who? ... never mind.

The Solar Auxilia are some of my favourite FW sculpts, but I’d rather see Imperial Army in plastic (especially if they could double as Astra Militarum in 40k).

I think it takes a lot of optimism to look at the past year and think that GW is about to make a bold new investment into HH beyond the regular continuation and maintenance of the game.

But why would they be pulling out existing stock and just not let it sell away? Time has show that whenever they pull something out, there's something to put instead?
Old codices, old terrain, starter sets...

It could be there's a new HH box set incoming

It could equally be the HH box sets are no longer selling well enough to justify a decent sized print run, certainly not impossible since it's stalled badly since Alan Bligh died and gamers are fickle, fickle people if there isn't new stuff to buy regularly

so since they're still scrambling for production time on the machines they've pulled them (maybe to return if they ever get enough new machines up and running and get on top of the backlog).

Because they want to dry up that source of cheap minis and get people buying the regular boxed sets?

I've done some buying and busting up of Prospero boxes to net me whole Custodes squads for free.

Plus there’s a lot of new boxed games recently/coming soon, so they might be getting rid of some older boxed games for them (silver tower and hammerhall have gone too).

Are they getting rid of the kits used for those games, or just the "game" box? If it's the second then it makes perfect sense. We know that hardly anyone plays the side games and sales are driven almost entirely by them being a discount bundle on kits for 30k/40k. By discontinuing them GW gets to stop spending money on game material that goes straight into the trash can most of the time and can make a larger profit on selling the kits directly.

 Peregrine wrote:
Are they getting rid of the kits used for those games, or just the "game" box? If it's the second then it makes perfect sense. We know that hardly anyone plays the side games and sales are driven almost entirely by them being a discount bundle on kits for 30k/40k. By discontinuing them GW gets to stop spending money on game material that goes straight into the trash can most of the time and can make a larger profit on selling the kits directly.

Just the box sets, the models inside can be brought separately still.

the_scotsman wrote:

Spoiler:

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/920x950/99560108199_KroleKnightCommander01.jpg

69$

Spoiler:

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/7b/1b/88/7b1b88315190c673a4496bbd46a6d9ff--silence-sisters.jpg

8$.

I am announcing right now, for 1/2 of that price differential, if you ship me the second model pictured, I will clip and greenstuff you the difference in pose and I will make you a base out of this new material they have called corkboard that looks about 95% as good as that base Forgeworld sculpted when painted gray.

You'll need an obnoxiously long purity seal. I recommend looking at the old ravenwing/breathing sprue for bits.

 warboss wrote:

the_scotsman wrote:

Spoiler:

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/920x950/99560108199_KroleKnightCommander01.jpg

69$

Spoiler:

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/7b/1b/88/7b1b88315190c673a4496bbd46a6d9ff--silence-sisters.jpg

8$.

I am announcing right now, for 1/2 of that price differential, if you ship me the second model pictured, I will clip and greenstuff you the difference in pose and I will make you a base out of this new material they have called corkboard that looks about 95% as good as that base Forgeworld sculpted when painted gray.

You'll need an obnoxiously long purity seal. I recommend looking at the old ravenwing/breathing sprue for bits.

I'll buy one Celestine and I can make 30 purity seals of that length

 MonkeyBallistic wrote:

 sockwithaticket wrote:

 Commander Cain wrote:

 CragHack wrote:
So, with Calth and Prospero discontinued, I've been hearing/picking up some lose rumors about a new and better Horus Heresy 'game' incoming?

Well I always assumed there would be trilogy of the games judging by the success and easy platform to sell different plastic marks of armour. Mk5 marines versus plastic Solar Auxilla would be nifty...

Yeah right, and Anna Kendrick's about to knock on my door asking for date.

Who? ... never mind.

The Solar Auxilia are some of my favourite FW sculpts, but I’d rather see Imperial Army in plastic (especially if they could double as Astra Militarum in 40k).

Fairly famous actress. Anyway, the point is plastic SA are incredibly unlikely. So much so that it's not even worth talking about.

 MonkeyBallistic wrote:

 sockwithaticket wrote:

 Commander Cain wrote:

 CragHack wrote:
So, with Calth and Prospero discontinued, I've been hearing/picking up some lose rumors about a new and better Horus Heresy 'game' incoming?

Well I always assumed there would be trilogy of the games judging by the success and easy platform to sell different plastic marks of armour. Mk5 marines versus plastic Solar Auxilla would be nifty...

Yeah right, and Anna Kendrick's about to knock on my door asking for date.

Who? ... never mind.

The Solar Auxilia are some of my favourite FW sculpts, but I’d rather see Imperial Army in plastic (especially if they could double as Astra Militarum in 40k).

Technically, the Solar Auxilia are Imperial Army, and make up about a quarter of the combat regiments of the IA. There are not many other frontline regiments that are not Auxilia, and most of those are regiments of renown. Most of the rest is second and third tier troops as reserves and garrison duty.

today vansaar weapons

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Forge-World-New?N=2187143053+3206404541&Nr=AND%28sku.siteId%3AGB_fw%2Cproduct.locale%3Aen_GB_fw%29&Nrs=collection%28%29%2Frecord%5Bproduct.startDate+%3C%3D+1536310800000+and+product.endDate+%3E%3D+1536310800000%5D

Only 25% more expensive in Oz because *mumble mumble* conversion fee *mumble mumble* reasons.

Nice sets and varied enough. And, as a bonus, they only have a few hand flamers!

Why is one of them wielding a ping-pong paddle?

Bob Lorgar wrote:
Why is one of them wielding a ping-pong paddle?

Van Saar invented the taser.

Bob Lorgar wrote:
Why is one of them wielding a ping-pong paddle?

Battery powered fly swatter for when your near the sump.

Links! Links for the lazy...

"We thought it best to put the plasma pistol only in the shield set, and then put hand flamers in everything!"

I rarely see people taking flamers in starting gangs, if at all. In Cawdor they might be worthwhile, cause they have the combi autogun one but I hope they don't go flamer crazy with Delaque like they did with Escher.

New release! Pretty sweet Carnodon tank:



Rules:
Astra Militarum Carnodon - Warhammer 40,000
Solar Auxilia Carnodon - The Horus Heresy
Imperialis Militia Carnodon - The Horus Heresy

110 points gets you 15 S6 shots. That's not a terrible deal.

Why this thing has 40K rules while rest of the Solar Auxilia vehicles do not?

 Crimson wrote:
Why this thing has 40K rules while rest of the Solar Auxilia vehicles do not?

They have pretty much everything bar the Aurox and the Dracosan...? That's two out of everything else.

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
110 points gets you 15 S6 shots. That's not a terrible deal.

I’m a little surprised at how cheap it is

108 points gets you 8 str 6, -1, 2 dmg shots that does an additional D3 mortal wounds for each wound of a 6… lol. Or it gives 8 str 7, -1, 2 dmg shots.

140 points gets you 4 lascannon shots.

I can’t help but think that spending 388 points on 2 with 4 lascannons and 1 with 4 volkite is interesting.

-1 to hit will hurt them as normal though.

I like it very much, bit dinky compared to the Russ but it has a bit of character to it. 140pts for 4x Lascannons isn't too bad either, but the Heavy movement penalty will hurt it a bit.

Is it meant to be a transport? I don't remember the Exlpodes rules reffering to embarked units before.

It's pretty saucy. I like it.

That fluff blurb tho, eww: Apparently they're abandoning the whole idea of "lost" tech now, the Mechanicus just had the STC tucked away in a drawer for no reason at all and can start mass-producing ancient relic equipment whenever they want