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 BroodSpawn wrote:

 Chairman Aeon wrote:


Yes, just like your nana’s Etsy store they photograph it just before it goes live...NO, the spruces would be photographed shortly after mastering. Web work can be done from home. GW got lazy—period.

You seem to know a lot about the internal functions of the company. Care to tell us the camera used, what storage medium the photos are taken on, what post-processing tools are used and what part of the network said files are stored on.
'Web' work may be able to be done from home, but some physical photography can not.

I saw their studio some years ago - fairly big room decked out for all the product photography - lights etc.... Camera they use could be a standard DSLR or a Hassleblad.
When you look at the store photos its all product box-shots which suggests that they were produced earlier for the box art and content. The 360 and a few other snaps appear to then be taken later in the process. With the main site shut its clear that they are just still using the same earlier prepared box photos for the product display and the photography team hasn't been back to take the 360 shots.

Thing is 360 shots aren't horrendously complex, but if you don't have room, lights, diffusers etc... then suddenly it can become a bit more of a pain to try and get that kind of photography at home. Esp if you don't own multiple flashes, etc... Chances are simply moving all the gear over for a few shots isn't worth it next to just wiating for the main site to open and spending less time using the in-house setup.

Necronmaniac05 wrote:
I would be surprised if GW left an 8 week gap between announcing 9th edition and releasing the starter set. Appreciating that the Covid situation has kinda messed up their release schedule i was anticipating back to back releases of the last 3 PA books.

We had engine war this weekend and there are 4 more Saturdays between now and the end of June. That should be enough time to release the last two PA books and maybe sprinkle some smaller new releases in too. For example, Deadly Alliance could drop the same weekend as a PA book. This would leave a saturday for the one week Lumineth release and still allow for an early July release for 9th ed. All speculation on my part though.

Gotta remember that this stuff hasn't been piling up in a warehouse somewhere during lockdown just waiting to go on sale. Production was completely shut down too. They can't just goo 3 months' worth of releases all over us right now. The pace can't be much quicker than normal because normally they're already releasing new product pretty much as fast as they can cast it. AND they have to restock a planet's worth of empty stores at the same time.

Very skeptical of that release schedule.

So when will the new fw books be released? Any news on that? They're supposed to come out with 9th.

I figure GW knows they can't keep everything in stock at present, but that its better to get new stuff out the door quickly rather than wait to overcome the production shortfall because with their system restricted they just won't make it.

So I'd bank on a release rate at least as fast as normal if not faster. Eg they might merge some smaller releases with big ones. So something like Luminoth might not get a whole weekend to itself, it might get bundled along with Giants and other stuff. Probably pushing specialist games into release with bigger things.


As for Forgeworld we don't even know when they are coming back online to sell let alone any future releases. I really hope we find out soon though - I'm sitting on some money and I need some resin - plastic just doesn't cut it, I need my resin fix.

I think this week is indicative of GW's possible release schedule. I don't believe all of the AM would have been released in one week during original schedule, so I think they will continue to accelerate their release with items that were already prepped and ready to go.

Honestly I won't be surprised if we see a book a week through June.

 bullyboy wrote:
I think this week is indicative of GW's possible release schedule. I don't believe all of the AM would have been released in one week during original schedule, so I think they will continue to accelerate their release with items that were already prepped and ready to go.

Really? It's only three new kits, a character that was released before and a new Start Collecting, it doesn't seem like an especially big release that they wouldn't have fit in one week before.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 bullyboy wrote:
I think this week is indicative of GW's possible release schedule. I don't believe all of the AM would have been released in one week during original schedule, so I think they will continue to accelerate their release with items that were already prepped and ready to go.

Really? It's only three new kits, a character that was released before and a new Start Collecting, it doesn't seem like an especially big release that they wouldn't have fit in one week before.

It's a book, 3 new kits, a character and a Start Collecting box. Yes, that's not usually a 1 week release.

 Gadzilla666 wrote:
So when will the new fw books be released? Any news on that? They're supposed to come out with 9th.

No, they aren't. The announcement FAQ said that they're coming but to continue using the Indexes until they're released. That heavily implies that we have a while before the newer FW books come out.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Gadzilla666 wrote:
So when will the new fw books be released? Any news on that? They're supposed to come out with 9th.

No, they aren't. The announcement FAQ said that they're coming but to continue using the Indexes until they're released. That heavily implies that we have a while before the newer FW books come out.

Sorry to be contradictory, but they also said the books are done. So they'll be released fairly early in 9th, even if they're not out at the same exact time.

 bullyboy wrote:

It's a book, 3 new kits, a character and a Start Collecting box. Yes, that's not usually a 1 week release.

You can order everything since yesterday.

 p5freak wrote:

 bullyboy wrote:

It's a book, 3 new kits, a character and a Start Collecting box. Yes, that's not usually a 1 week release.

You can order everything since yesterday.

Eh point he was making he figures originally they would have been split into two weeks rather than 1 week now. Ie to compensate for corona lockdown GW would have sped up schedule.

BTW AI tau next.

His point still would have been incorrect as "3 new kits, a character, and a Start Collecting" has been a 1 week release.

 ClockworkZion wrote:
Honestly I won't be surprised if we see a book a week through June.

I figured that's what they were going to do as well, but apparently not.

Sunday preview is up, and its airplanes, cards and novels for preorder next week (release on the 13th).
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/05/31/sunday-preview-skies-of-fire/

At the earliest that puts spider at the 20th, and pariah at the 27th (maybe the 4th if they plan for two weeks between).
So 9th will definitely be July, with a small possibility of later, depending on how much else they're fitting in.

More 9th edition information next week on Warhammer Live, at 10:30 am EDT Monday through Friday...

Maybe Flyers, Custodes, Orks, Tau and Guard for the first spate of preview shows, if the artwork is meaningful.

I figured that’s just some of the usual cartoony art fro the week plan, rather than meaning specifics.
Necrons would 100% be there if that was the case.

 Asmodai wrote:
Maybe Flyers, Custodes, Orks, Tau and Guard for the first spate of preview shows, if the artwork is meaningful.

It's possible. But that artwork is from the 9 new things about 9th video they showed us, so it might represent what they were talking about in the video (the ork picture is from when they're discussing cover as an example). Or it's just some fun artwork. Either way, I'm hyped up about learning more

 Kanluwen wrote:
His point still would have been incorrect as "3 new kits, a character, and a Start Collecting" has been a 1 week release.

Sisters say hi.

 bullyboy wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
His point still would have been incorrect as "3 new kits, a character, and a Start Collecting" has been a 1 week release.

Sisters say hi.

Greater Good release week says hi right back.
A slew of Titanicus releases, Greater Good, Shadowsun, individual release of the Kellermorph, GSC Start Collecting, Middle Earth cards, and the Chibis.

Sisters wasn't a Psychic Awakening release. It was a generic faction release. Those get staggered for reasons known only to those who can comprehend the vagueries of the Warp. Or because they view an army 'start' like Sisters (post-Army Pack, mind you) as something better done gradually.

 bullyboy wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
His point still would have been incorrect as "3 new kits, a character, and a Start Collecting" has been a 1 week release.

Sisters say hi.

The same Sisters that got 8 kits in their final release week you mean?

Sisters were spread out weirdly, but that doesn’t mean 5 kits (one of which being a previously released character and one being a start collecting made up of existing kits) is so,e strangely large release.

I think sisters got delayed weirdly largely due to shipment issues. They could have been waiting on boxes or instruction books or decals for the boxes leading to a stall on the release cycle.

That or customs being a problem. Who knows, they did have issues last year with their shipments from China.

That said wasn't there something about the rest of Psychic Awaking being postponed until after 9th drops?

Just mulling over detachments in 9th, and how they can change things up as a result of costing command points rather than granting them- Potentially is there a reason for some of the specialist detachments anymore? Instead of spearhead detachments or vanguard or flyer wings, they could do a set of strategems that just say- 2 CP: You may increase the maximum allowance of (elite, Fast attack, flyer, ect) by 1 for a patrol detachment, 2 for a battalion, or 3 for a brigade. And maybe do the same for fortifications, but make that one 1 cp.

Easy to do, and would cut down on the number of different detachments and ability to detachment spam certain types of units and rules

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Just mulling over detachments in 9th, and how they can change things up as a result of costing command points rather than granting them- Potentially is there a reason for some of the specialist detachments anymore? Instead of spearhead detachments or vanguard or flyer wings, they could do a set of strategems that just say- 2 CP: You may increase the maximum allowance of (elite, Fast attack, flyer, ect) by 1 for a patrol detachment, 2 for a battalion, or 3 for a brigade. And maybe do the same for fortifications, but make that one 1 cp.

Easy to do, and would cut down on the number of different detachments and ability to detachment spam certain types of units and rules

You'd still have a minimum Troops if they were add-ons. They've said that pure Deathwing armies (only Elites, HQs and Heavy Support) will be playable in 9th - so presumably Batts or Brigades won't be mandatory.

 Asmodai wrote:
Maybe Flyers, Custodes, Orks, Tau and Guard for the first spate of preview shows, if the artwork is meaningful.

Flyers, command points and strategems, close combat, shooting and reserves (maybe crusade/campaign as I think they used that image twice) if we're going off the places we've seen that art before.

 Asmodai wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Just mulling over detachments in 9th, and how they can change things up as a result of costing command points rather than granting them- Potentially is there a reason for some of the specialist detachments anymore? Instead of spearhead detachments or vanguard or flyer wings, they could do a set of strategems that just say- 2 CP: You may increase the maximum allowance of (elite, Fast attack, flyer, ect) by 1 for a patrol detachment, 2 for a battalion, or 3 for a brigade. And maybe do the same for fortifications, but make that one 1 cp.

Easy to do, and would cut down on the number of different detachments and ability to detachment spam certain types of units and rules

You'd still have a minimum Troops if they were add-ons. They've said that pure Deathwing armies (only Elites, HQs and Heavy Support) will be playable in 9th - so presumably Batts or Brigades won't be mandatory.

Presumably, it will be pick a single detachment from a list of options available for the game size you're playing and that's free. That would make sense based on everything we've seen thus far.

 Canadian 5th wrote:

 Asmodai wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Just mulling over detachments in 9th, and how they can change things up as a result of costing command points rather than granting them- Potentially is there a reason for some of the specialist detachments anymore? Instead of spearhead detachments or vanguard or flyer wings, they could do a set of strategems that just say- 2 CP: You may increase the maximum allowance of (elite, Fast attack, flyer, ect) by 1 for a patrol detachment, 2 for a battalion, or 3 for a brigade. And maybe do the same for fortifications, but make that one 1 cp.

Easy to do, and would cut down on the number of different detachments and ability to detachment spam certain types of units and rules

You'd still have a minimum Troops if they were add-ons. They've said that pure Deathwing armies (only Elites, HQs and Heavy Support) will be playable in 9th - so presumably Batts or Brigades won't be mandatory.

Presumably, it will be pick a single detachment from a list of options available for the game size you're playing and that's free. That would make sense based on everything we've seen thus far.

IMHO if they do that they should make you pay for anything thats not a battalion,

 Canadian 5th wrote:

 Asmodai wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Just mulling over detachments in 9th, and how they can change things up as a result of costing command points rather than granting them- Potentially is there a reason for some of the specialist detachments anymore? Instead of spearhead detachments or vanguard or flyer wings, they could do a set of strategems that just say- 2 CP: You may increase the maximum allowance of (elite, Fast attack, flyer, ect) by 1 for a patrol detachment, 2 for a battalion, or 3 for a brigade. And maybe do the same for fortifications, but make that one 1 cp.

Easy to do, and would cut down on the number of different detachments and ability to detachment spam certain types of units and rules

You'd still have a minimum Troops if they were add-ons. They've said that pure Deathwing armies (only Elites, HQs and Heavy Support) will be playable in 9th - so presumably Batts or Brigades won't be mandatory.

Presumably, it will be pick a single detachment from a list of options available for the game size you're playing and that's free. That would make sense based on everything we've seen thus far.

I'm not sure why people are so insistent on any detachment after the first will always cost CP given that in both streams the question was solely in relation to soup and for me the implication was that only detachments from allied codexes would cost CP. Given that there are several codexes that would autamitaclly be handicapped by any system that forces you to spend CP to take more than 1 detachment, I suspect it will be the latter set up (but on past evidence I wont be shocked if they take the boneheaded move of the former system).

 Kanluwen wrote:

 bullyboy wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
His point still would have been incorrect as "3 new kits, a character, and a Start Collecting" has been a 1 week release.

Sisters say hi.

Greater Good release week says hi right back.
A slew of Titanicus releases, Greater Good, Shadowsun, individual release of the Kellermorph, GSC Start Collecting, Middle Earth cards, and the Chibis.

Sisters wasn't a Psychic Awakening release. It was a generic faction release. Those get staggered for reasons known only to those who can comprehend the vagueries of the Warp. Or because they view an army 'start' like Sisters (post-Army Pack, mind you) as something better done gradually.

Not sure why you are adding non 40K releases in the bundle, that's not how it works unless you want to add in the Black Library releases this week too.

So basically you have a similar release except you are directly comparing Shadowsun to all of the brand new Admech releases (if Start collecting and individual figures match up), ok.So, 3 kits that make 7 variants is identical to 1 Shadowsun model.