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2018/09/09 21:56:13
Subject: [40K] Kill Team News & Rumours (Rogue Trader pre-orders up on the 8th of September)
Not painting or making mine so no worries on that score. Not got time or talent so will pay to have them done right.
ordered mine today and can't wait
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I AM A MARINE PLAYER
"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
stratigo wrote: It seems a winning move is to cater to the people that want to plug and play with nice sculpted, but hard to customize models. The people pleased by that seem genuinely happier than if you try to create super customization kits.
Why not make them prepainted then? Hell, why give them a table top game at all, why not just produce a video game and be done with it?
Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
2018/09/10 06:00:00
Subject: [40K] Kill Team News & Rumours (Rogue Trader pre-orders up on the 8th of September)
stratigo wrote: It seems a winning move is to cater to the people that want to plug and play with nice sculpted, but hard to customize models. The people pleased by that seem genuinely happier than if you try to create super customization kits.
Why not make them prepainted then? Hell, why give them a table top game at all, why not just produce a video game and be done with it?
Because it likely is more expensive, difficult and less likely to grant immediate return.
Plus, they probably have better margins on the board game.
VG industry is sorta in a bad place right now
2018/09/10 07:15:20
Subject: [40K] Kill Team News & Rumours (Rogue Trader pre-orders up on the 8th of September)
stratigo wrote: Know a kit with extreme customization and kit bashing potential? Necromunda kits. Know a kit that got a ton of flak for bein too complicated? Necromunda kits. GW will always piss someone off with heir kit decisions. And, truthfully, grumpy old timey gamers are way harder to please even when catering to them and they're the ones that wax nostalgic for hyper customization. It seems a winning move is to cater to the people that want to plug and play with nice sculpted, but hard to customize models. The people pleased by that seem genuinely happier than if you try to create super customization kits.
I think you have a... weird definition of "extreme" customization potential, if Necromunda kits are your example.
You have 5 bodies, that unless you're willing to cut up, will always be the same. Then you have arms and heads options. That's basically it. Hardly "extreme", when compared with things like the ork boyz, for example, and that's not even taking into account the fact that the boyz are compatible with like 90% of the other ork kits.
2018/09/10 08:03:05
Subject: [40K] Kill Team News & Rumours (Rogue Trader pre-orders up on the 8th of September)
ListenToMeWarriors wrote: Good that they are including the mini dexes in the game for 40k usage rather than cashing in on them as £15 odd extras. I too am not that big a fan of either set of minis but can see why others would love them.
Elucidian Starstriders is one hell of a wordy name though...
Is it good? They are also doing it so that anyone that wants to have the codecs has to buy the box set.
Having to buy the box set to get the codices that are specifically designed to go with the specific models in the boxed set? Sorry, can't get too upset about that one. We also don't know if they'll release them digitally, but they do have a history of doing so in 7th ed's many mini-dexes.
Ben2 wrote: Commander stuff is coming for everyone. The first three supplements for KT are Rogue Trader, Inquisitor and Commanders. Rogue Trader and Commanders may have switched places due to leaks, as RT was originally meant to come out after Black Fortress. Commanders being first also suits the model of introduce Kill Team with the main game factions, expand the main game factions, then start bringing out new models etc for Kill Team.
I feel like I'm misunderstanding something. Are there going to be unique commanders for every faction? For example, they'll eventually come out with a model for a new Necron Lord with rules equivalent to Elucia Vhane? Or is there simply going to be rules to promote an Immortal or whatever into a Commander?
2018/09/10 09:19:18
Subject: [40K] Kill Team News & Rumours (Rogue Trader pre-orders up on the 8th of September)
I'm not going to re-read the lunacy that is the last few pages of this thread, but I'd be very surprised if anyone actually said that. Even that one guy banging on about how relatively difficult it might be for an Inquisitor to acquire power armour, I don't think even that guy said that.
2018/09/10 09:35:48
Subject: Re:[40K] Kill Team News & Rumours (Rogue Trader pre-orders up on the 8th of September)
BaronIveagh wrote: Those sprues look like they'd be a beast to work with. GW's hate for kitbashing and 3rd party bits rears it's head again.
cuda1179 wrote:
Wait a sec, what do you mean a GW Judge mangled your models?????! What the heck?
lord_blackfang wrote:I assume the asshat broke off a non-GW part?
The non-GW parts on the better part of a squad of female cadians with Phoenix Club bits. I still have a Sargent that I havn't put back together again, since.
Peregrine wrote:I would hope that, if the story isn't a lie, the judge got a letter from a lawyer describing exactly how much he was going to be paying for the damage and/or a punch in the face.
Yes second option was delivered. Four or five times. and then I started using the bag of books. Along with a chair. And then a table. and then some people restrained me. and then I was banned from certain cons for several years. I havn't been to one since, now that I think about it.
How long did the judge give you for the serious assault that you appear to have waited until he'd broken 10 of your figures to deliver?
Because if I were in the same position, "don't touch my fething models, dill weed" would have been the first thing they got after breaking one piece on one of them. Though even that seems unlikely. Both the chance of it happening, or the chance of it happening to my models while I was anywhere nearby.
stratigo wrote: It seems a winning move is to cater to the people that want to plug and play with nice sculpted, but hard to customize models. The people pleased by that seem genuinely happier than if you try to create super customization kits.
Why not make them prepainted then? Hell, why give them a table top game at all, why not just produce a video game and be done with it?
They're "boxed game/starter set"-type models. I'd like to see more customisable models for things like Marine heroes, too - but complaining that this type of set with a series of "named" characters, etc isn't customisation is missing the mark. These are push-fit, ez-builds. We might get some similar RT militia-type models down the line, though at that point expect them to be a dual kit and priced similarly to the Scions. At the very least.
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Crimson wrote: Nah. They mention Rogue Traders popping up in licensed games so that's covered.
They mention Wrath & Glory.
How do you do an article on the history of Rogue Traders in 40K and somehow avoid the entire game called "Rogue Trader"?
Not wanting to devote a couple extra paragraphs describing how they've had multiple rpg systems, all under different names, many with different partners, all with varying degrees of success, and all containing mentions of rogue traders?
It's seems a wierd nitpick - I mean they didn't mention the other multiple black library series that have rogue traders, including certain inquistors, or the new rogue trader fluff involving Gulliman. If you wanted them to cover everything you'd write up a far longer and more boring article that would lose everyone attention by page 4.
Bender wrote:* Realise that despite the way people talk, this is not a professional sport played by demi gods, but rather a game of toy soldiers played by tired, inebriated human beings.
Does anyone know the base size the four big nurgle guys use? Is it 40mm?
Prestor Jon wrote: Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
2018/09/10 18:26:55
Subject: [40K] Kill Team News & Rumours (Rogue Trader pre-orders up on the 8th of September)
How long did the judge give you for the serious assault that you appear to have waited until he'd broken 10 of your figures to deliver?
Because if I were in the same position, "don't touch my fething models, dill weed" would have been the first thing they got after breaking one piece on one of them. Though even that seems unlikely. Both the chance of it happening, or the chance of it happening to my models while I was anywhere nearby.
It's good to know you can teleport, Azazelx.
Oh, and good luck getting an assault conviction in Pittsburgh if they were deliberately breaking your gak, in front of a room full of people, even if it took a moment to reach him.
This is getting OT now though.
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Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
2018/09/10 18:44:04
Subject: [40K] Kill Team News & Rumours (Rogue Trader pre-orders up on the 8th of September)
BrookM wrote: 40mm looks about right when compared to the other models, who are all on 28mm bases from the look of things.
Thanks good sir. Just need to order some resin bases to fit in with the necromunda ones.
Prestor Jon wrote: Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
2018/09/10 18:48:22
Subject: [40K] Kill Team News & Rumours (Rogue Trader pre-orders up on the 8th of September)
If I Had a Rocket Launcher, I'd Make Somebody Pay 
