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“Wouldn’t it be great if we had a Squat mining colony there”, oooo, is that a hint of things to come?!

 Ahtman wrote:
I wonder if the choice of "rat race" is foreshadowing Ratskins?

Yes-yes, Man-thing, rat-skin!

(it just had to be said.)

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I wonder if the choice of "rat race" is foreshadowing Ratskins?

Yes-yes, Man-thing, rat-skin!

(it just had to be said.)

Nah, the “rat race” is the breakfast run down to the sloppers, the prize being to get there before all the juiciest tails are gone.

Ash Wastes Battle Report on W+ this Wednesday -

You’ll also get a bitter taste of the Ash Wastes of Necromunda in a special Battle Report, pitching the Ash Waste Nomads against an Orlock gang tooled up in outdoor gear.

Yeah, I'm not too happy about that.

They made a big to-do in the recent article about how we'll see rules previews. This would have been a great way to showcase that.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Yeah, I'm not too happy about that.

They made a big to-do in the recent article about how we'll see rules previews. This would have been a great way to showcase that.

I'm confused - a battle report isn't a good way to get a look at the new rules?

Or do you mean because its locked behind the Warhammer+ paywall?

Quite obviously I mean that it's locked behind the W+ paywall.

I have no problems with video batreps from them to showcase new things. I have a problem when they could, instead of dripfeeding out itty bitty rules teasers here and there, have a decent showcase.

Paying to see an ad early is quite a GW thing to do.

Chopstick wrote:
Paying to see an ad early is quite a GW thing to do.

Thank you for saying what I was thinking.

So who's thinking that Ash Wastes will be the pre-order not this weekend, but next?

It certainly seems like it’s going to be “Soon”TM

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
So who's thinking that Ash Wastes will be the pre-order not this weekend, but next?

Seems likely, as that be a common payday weekend.

Chopstick wrote:
Paying to see an ad early is quite a GW thing to do.

Exactly. Thats what Games Days were all about. Thats also what Gen Con is all about. If people would srop paying for that privilege, then you might see it stop.

So i see something in on W+? I automatically discard it from my mind as it doesnt even exist to me. If im around people talking about it, i go find something else to do. Better things to spend my attention on than such things.

I quite like the W+ battle reports actually. Looking forward to the necromunda one.

Haven’t watched one yet. But might well with the one.

 Wiz Warrior wrote:

Chopstick wrote:
Paying to see an ad early is quite a GW thing to do.

Exactly. Thats what Games Days were all about. Thats also what Gen Con is all about. If people would srop paying for that privilege, then you might see it stop.

So i see something in on W+? I automatically discard it from my mind as it doesnt even exist to me. If im around people talking about it, i go find something else to do. Better things to spend my attention on than such things.

Well, personally, when I attended both, it was about playing games. And getting free swag. And (for gen con) a lot of vendors I don't normally have in-person access to (and the last time I went was pre-Amazon or Ebay, so that mattered a lot more). For Games Day, better access to Forge World mattered at the time, too.

If you were/are going to either for 'ads,' I'm really not sure what you're doing. Especially given GW's non-presence at GenCon, and their terrible seminars at Games Day (Also known as the 'We can't talk about <subject>' talks)

So, we're already onto Special Characters it seems...




And her name is Vespa, because of course it is...

Rapid Fire missile launcher sounds fun!

oh wow they actually saved the better sculpt and new female orlock for FW resin, round of applause for genius decision!.

It does make sense to do the Orlock SC with the Orlocks.
Somehow that looks less bad than starter box quads, even if I'm not completely certain the launcher is attached to the bike (physics would have fun with the gunner if its not) and a belt fed missile launcher on a quad just inherently bothers me. There is some sort of stabilizer arm that is half-hidden behind the missiles, so I guess it is.

However, I really can't unseen the princess from Disney's Brave screeching at enemies in an unreasonable thick brogue, and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

There is a metal mount supporting the (ridiculous) weapon.

Orlock Merida is fundamentally yes.

Belt fed missile launcher is fundamentally mental, and therefore at least in-keeping with the background, even if it is not my preference


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Is that a massive wine bottle next to the driver? I really hope it is

And if they need to call her Vespa, at least use the right weapon

One wonders how she switches from frags to kraks and back again with a single feed...

It looks like a pretty standard launcher design, so shouldn't blast her off the back (the backwash counters the recoil). Just don't stand behind her...

I'm pretty sure the inspiration for this is Boudicca rather than Merida, with the quad representing a chariot.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
One wonders how she switches from frags to kraks and back again with a single feed...

I think she may just hold the trigger down until the right missile wanders through the feed

The girl from Brave apparently thinks bows aren’t enough in the grimdarkness of the far future

Vespa Merdena sounds hilarious for an italian speaker.

Why Vespa sounds silly is obvious, but "Merdina" (pronounced "Merd-eeh-nah) actually means "little_shit".

Forgeworld is always a dealbreaker, but still a nice model.

So the woman seems to be standing? Not even sitting like the vanilla squad gunner who lacks a backrest? House Orlock must be a subsidiary of Walmart as their cashiers are not allowed to sit either which makes working a chore. Seems working conditions haven´t changed in the future. Poor sods. Calling it now: After a campaign ends all gunners have probably to retire due to back problems.

How to Paint: Battle Ready Orlock Outrider Quads