Warhammer {{{40k}}} Quest - Blackstone Fortress

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**The Phazer**

Kriswall wrote:
Vorian wrote:
Ooh, Xenos. Kroot guy and an Eldar ranger. Glad it's not just imperial guys

I can't watch the video at work. Does it imply or show Kroot and Eldar dudes?

Yes, but as animated wastrels in a bar for the Kroot, not more than that especially. There's an Eldar ranger more prominently featured though.

Note no models are shown.

**Either/Or**

Red Corsair wrote:
Either/Or wrote:
Conceptually I like the cigarette, I just wish it looked more like a cigarette and less like a crack pipe...

It's 40k, would look silly if he had a present day cigarette.

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." -Inquisitor Freudius

They have done a number of models with normal looking cigars, though I don't recall any with a cigarette. I agree with what you are saying though-curious to see it in person/see the 360 pic. I really love these models that bring the broader world to life.

**Kelligula**

I really like Elucia Vhane and her crew model wise. Hope this dude comes with some unique crew mates.

The potential new Chaos sculpts are the real seller though

**the_scotsman**

wild, crazy prediction:

Because customization sucks and no player ever got into 40k or warhammer because of the appeal of getting to build, paint, and make up stories for their own dudes, the box from Blackstone Fortress will not include 40k rules for radical inquisitors. The vast narrative, gameplay and modeling possibilities of a mercenary faction with units taken from the enormous variety of races within 40k will be utterly squandered in favor of

EACH RADICAL INQUISITOR JOHN COPYRIGHTMAN DETACHMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

One Inquisitor John Copyrightman with power sabre and laser blunt

One Aeldarii Ranger Elaeiuliethae Trademarkii with Ranger Rifle and Aeldauriiii stave

One Kroot Warrior I Am Kroot with Krootstick and Kroofle

etc, etc, for each of the ten models who come in the box AND NO MORE AND NO LESS.

Don't even THINK about converting or making your own guys you SCUMBAG if you don't build them exactly as they are included in the box AND PAINT THEM TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS they will not be allowed in games of 40k and your opponents are specifically instructed to hit your models with a games workshop pattern chaos dreadnought in a sock.

Preorder your copy of Blackstone tm fortress tm today and additionally tune in next week for the amazing boxed game combo deal Dreadnought In A Sock tm.

**Galas**

the_scotsman wrote:
wild, crazy prediction:

Because customization sucks and no player ever got into 40k or warhammer because of the appeal of getting to build, paint, and make up stories for their own dudes, the box from Blackstone Fortress will not include 40k rules for radical inquisitors. The vast narrative, gameplay and modeling possibilities of a mercenary faction with units taken from the enormous variety of races within 40k will be utterly squandered in favor of

EACH RADICAL INQUISITOR JOHN COPYRIGHTMAN DETACHMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

One Inquisitor John Copyrightman with power sabre and laser blunt

One Aeldarii Ranger Elaeiuliethae Trademarkii with Ranger Rifle and Aeldauriiii stave

One Kroot Warrior I Am Kroot with Krootstick and Kroofle

etc, etc, for each of the ten models who come in the box AND NO MORE AND NO LESS.

Don't even THINK about converting or making your own guys you SCUMBAG if you don't build them exactly as they are included in the box AND PAINT THEM TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS they will not be allowed in games of 40k and your opponents are specifically instructed to hit your models with a games workshop pattern chaos dreadnought in a sock.

Preorder your copy of Blackstone tm fortress tm today and additionally tune in next week for the amazing boxed game combo deal Dreadnought In A Sock tm.

I know this is a punch to GW policy and is a 6,8/10 on funny scale but... is there a way to make this change? Because to be honest I can't see GW changing their policy unless they make another, I don't know, giant survey and everybody writtes that they want customization back, like with SoB.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Just realised.

That’s Devlin Waugh, that is! How delightful!

**Nightlord1987**

Usually unimpressed by Imperial models, but this dude is pretty Boss.

**JSG**

the_scotsman wrote:
wild, crazy prediction:

Because customization sucks and no player ever got into 40k or warhammer because of the appeal of getting to build, paint, and make up stories for their own dudes, the box from Blackstone Fortress will not include 40k rules for radical inquisitors. The vast narrative, gameplay and modeling possibilities of a mercenary faction with units taken from the enormous variety of races within 40k will be utterly squandered in favor of

EACH RADICAL INQUISITOR JOHN COPYRIGHTMAN DETACHMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

One Inquisitor John Copyrightman with power sabre and laser blunt

One Aeldarii Ranger Elaeiuliethae Trademarkii with Ranger Rifle and Aeldauriiii stave

One Kroot Warrior I Am Kroot with Krootstick and Kroofle

etc, etc, for each of the ten models who come in the box AND NO MORE AND NO LESS.

Don't even THINK about converting or making your own guys you SCUMBAG if you don't build them exactly as they are included in the box AND PAINT THEM TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS they will not be allowed in games of 40k and your opponents are specifically instructed to hit your models with a games workshop pattern chaos dreadnought in a sock.

Preorder your copy of Blackstone tm fortress tm today and additionally tune in next week for the amazing boxed game combo deal Dreadnought In A Sock tm.

If only you weren't so creative you could take those abstract stat lines and use them to represent whatever you liked.

**the_scotsman**

JSG wrote:
the_scotsman wrote:
wild, crazy prediction:

Because customization sucks and no player ever got into 40k or warhammer because of the appeal of getting to build, paint, and make up stories for their own dudes, the box from Blackstone Fortress will not include 40k rules for radical inquisitors. The vast narrative, gameplay and modeling possibilities of a mercenary faction with units taken from the enormous variety of races within 40k will be utterly squandered in favor of

EACH RADICAL INQUISITOR JOHN COPYRIGHTMAN DETACHMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

One Inquisitor John Copyrightman with power sabre and laser blunt

One Aeldarii Ranger Elaeiuliethae Trademarkii with Ranger Rifle and Aeldauriiii stave

One Kroot Warrior I Am Kroot with Krootstick and Kroofle

etc, etc, for each of the ten models who come in the box AND NO MORE AND NO LESS.

Don't even THINK about converting or making your own guys you SCUMBAG if you don't build them exactly as they are included in the box AND PAINT THEM TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS they will not be allowed in games of 40k and your opponents are specifically instructed to hit your models with a games workshop pattern chaos dreadnought in a sock.

Preorder your copy of Blackstone tm fortress tm today and additionally tune in next week for the amazing boxed game combo deal Dreadnought In A Sock tm.

If only you weren't so creative you could take those abstract stat lines and use them to represent whatever you liked.

True. So, just like I can use the nurgle half of the kill team box to represent ANY WILD AND CRAZY ALIEN I LIKE as long as it has

Exactly four small swarm type units
Exactly four small melee models
Exactly four medium melee models
Exactly four large melee models
Exactly four fast melee models

The possibilities are literally endless. Praise, no, worship be upon the amazing Games Workshop for bestowing upon us the most flexible and incredible game system ever conceived by man.

**ImAGeek**

That Rogue Trader is a fantastic model. I was excited already, and now even more so.

**Flinty**

Where did you get the leak about the dread in a sock? Totes what I've been waiting for these past 20 years.

**JWBS**

Yodhrin wrote:
Very promising, but it's the enemies that will sell me on this box - if we get Primaris-sized Chaos Marines and a selection of new & interesting gribblies then sold.

Starfarer wrote:
Thargrim wrote:
Perfect Organism wrote:
Thargrim wrote:
I'm kinda excited about this but also hesitant. GW has a bad history of supporting this kind of game.

What kind of support would you want for a game like this? It's a board game, complete in itself.

For them to keep it and its accessories available and support it in store. The hero cards for silver tower got dropped from the US webstore before I could get them. And that was a long time ago. Or at the least it feels like a while ago.

They would continue to support it if people were buying it. The cards got dropped because they stopped selling. If you didn't get around to buying them for the year they were out that's kinda on you. Seems a lot of people have these "I'll buy that one day" items that they never actually buy then get upset when GW discontinues them because they aren't selling.

No business can afford to keep dead stock either on their shelf or warehouse. I can promise you GW has a team analyzing what is selling and what isn't and they don't stop carrying something just because.

I know this is an alien concept to some people, but a few of us have to operate on this thing called a "budget" which is, shockingly, not infinite and requires we prioritise spending. Finding out about a GW product and thinking "I can treat myself to that at next Christmas/[insert alternative festive event here]", then being disappointed when it randomly vanishes a few months later is hardly unreasonable.

Besides which - forget all the back & forth about whether or not GW was justified in removing items like this from sale entirely, or what the real point of Direct Only is if it doesn't actually result in GW keeping niche stuff up for sale: why does keeping this stuff available have to mean selling the physical objects? They're cards, so have The Office Intern spend an afternoon bodging the source files together into a print-ready PDF and give us that instead - no stock to keep on hand, no logistics to care about, and barely any effort whatsoever. I mean hell, GW used to do that with whole rulebooks and give them away for free, these days they could probably get away with selling people the cards and yet they just dump them.

There are always ways GW could keep supporting these systems, they just don't want to, and that's what folk object to.

Hey man I get you. Like most people, I'm constrained by finite financial resources. I wonder though, do you have the same concept of "lack of support" when say, Ikea stops selling the table lamps that match the rug in your bedroom? Or do you just shrug your shoulders, like most people, and think "Maybe I should have bought it while I could."? In a way, Ikea are dropping support for the aesthetic that you've bought into, but can you criticise this decision on their part, whether or not your own personal budget has a bearing on your purchasing decisions?

**Voss**

Binabik15 wrote:
Wow, that fur seems terrible. Otherwise a promising start for Blackstone Fortress.

Seems less a 'fur' and more just the whole upper half of a scaled carcass draped over his shoulders.

**Ssgt Carl**

Ugh. That fi cou re could've been one of my favorites if not for the giant roadkill he is wearing

**General Kroll**

Looks like we are getting a plastic ranger at the least. I wonder if it’ll be based on the awesome old 54mm inquisitior model.

**Flinty**

Is it dead though? It seems to.still.have eyeballs...

**Thargrim**

Mixed feelings on that rogue trader guy. Hes alright though, I just think he will end up being my least favorite of the characters. This would be a great chance to do an exodite or eldar corsair character. But it looks like we might just get a female ranger...which is fine but a bit generic.

**Manchu**

That’s Devlin Waugh!

EDIT: oops, looks like MDG already noted

**Chopstick**

That looks like a female Ranger.

Maybe another Harlequin would be perfect

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Pic possibly NSFW. Not dirty or that, but worth the tag.

Spoiler:

**BertBert**

This is THE chance to give Kroot some love, please don't miss it GW.

The new miniature is a must buy for me.

**drazz**

Flinty wrote:
Is it dead though? It seems to.still.have eyeballs...

I does not seem to have a jaw. So, hopefully dead?

But, definitely more scaley than furry.

**Voss**

Flinty wrote:
Is it dead though? It seems to.still.have eyeballs...

That's true of most taxidermy.

**sockwithaticket**

A bit more hair, paint it blonde and I think we have 40k Lord Flashheart

**Knight**

Every quest needs an elven Ranger.

Can't wait for more previews.

**Kriswall**

Voss wrote:
Flinty wrote:
Is it dead though? It seems to.still.have eyeballs...

That's true of most taxidermy.

The Adeptes Taxidermes preserves the actual eyes in a localized stasis field.

**Flinty**

sockwithaticket wrote:
A bit more hair, paint it blonde and I think we have 40k Lord Flashheart

AAAAAAAAAH EXALT EXALT EXALT1111!1!!1!11ELEVEN

**Haighus**

Kriswall wrote:
Voss wrote:
Flinty wrote:
Is it dead though? It seems to.still.have eyeballs...

That's true of most taxidermy.

The Adeptes Taxidermes preserves the actual eyes in a localized stasis field.

Hopefully complete with actuators synced to the owner's eyes.

**Flinty**

Haighus wrote:
Kriswall wrote:
Voss wrote:
Flinty wrote:
Is it dead though? It seems to.still.have eyeballs...

That's true of most taxidermy.

The Adeptes Taxidermes preserves the actual eyes in a localized stasis field.

Hopefully complete with actuators synced to the owner's eyes.

"The eyeballs followed.you around the room. It was creepy and i kept sliipping on them as they rolled around behind me.."

**Geifer**

Yay, information straight from GW already!

Not a bad model, but doesn't do much for me. Certainly not with GW's color scheme.

Not sure what everyone's problem with the cigarette on a stick is. It could do without the smoke*, like many other GW models, but aside from that it's just the way people who are better than you or me smoke their cigarettes. Pretty standard there.

*Like, think about it. Whatever it is that smokes so much, you probably don't want it in your lungs.

drazz wrote:
Flinty wrote:
Is it dead though? It seems to.still.have eyeballs...

I does not seem to have a jaw. So, hopefully dead?

But, definitely more scaley than furry.

Looks like GW's CAD fur to me. Especially around the foremost horn. I doubt it's meant to be scales.