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Not sure if "Paycheck Awakening" is deliberate or not, but damn. That's spicy.

I'll still never understand why they stopped producing the mek models that came out in 4th. It's like they had the idea/model in plastic ready to replace it but then waited a couple years. (or they're trying to push the megamek)

 greatbigtree wrote:
Not sure if "Paycheck Awakening" is deliberate or not, but damn. That's spicy.

It was deliberate. Ish.

Started mistyping psychic, stuck with it.

cody.d. wrote:
I'll still never understand why they stopped producing the mek models that came out in 4th. It's like they had the idea/model in plastic ready to replace it but then waited a couple years. (or they're trying to push the megamek)

Likely megamek though the other option isn't impossible. Eldar jetbikes were done and　ready decade before release for example

 Theophony wrote:
Could it be the Re-release of GorkaMorka instead of a Codex?

Has to be. Only reason they would have brought back that gorkamorka ork for special release. Stand by for crazy high speed combat!

Doohicky wrote:
I'm wondering how coins will work on my local GW.
It closed before the DG one was available (Including the free model) and won't be open again until March at earliest.

Wonder if one spend you get to choose a coin? Or one spend you get both? I know I won't be spending enough in one month for more than one coin

Why did yours close before the rest?
DG became available on the first Sat of December.
For me, there was the choice between what was still there, so the prior coin/free models and current. .

The article on community for February’s coin confirms that as before you can choose it once the store re opens.
I do wonder if a £120 purchase would bag two, or if it would have to be two £60+ separate ones.

I'm curious if SoB is going to come before or after Ad Mech. We've already seen the leaked Ad Mech reboxings of a few units, and know they are getting at least a new hero model.

The sisters Boxset makes more sense if it's coming, but at the same time they may be getting a slightly bigger release with the Warsuit for later?

 xttz wrote:
Could be a thing

That one on the right looks like a gyro stabilised monowheel from 2nd ed (wargear card). YOu can see what look like pants at the top of the forks. the monowheel replaced an ork's legs so he could go faster.

I'm down for monowheel madness, or just Orks in general.

I just hope they drift a little bit back towards the classic version of the Nelson Ork rather than the modern version. There's something really offputting about the heads for me ever since the Flash Gitz, and the worst thing is it's not even something big and obvious, just slight changes to all aspects that together makes it look...wonky.

 xttz wrote:
Could be a thing

Why is this here? It doesn't look remotely Orky

 Sasori wrote:
I'm curious if SoB is going to come before or after Ad Mech. We've already seen the leaked Ad Mech reboxings of a few units, and know they are getting at least a new hero model.

The sisters Boxset makes more sense if it's coming, but at the same time they may be getting a slightly bigger release with the Warsuit for later?

Admech are included in Warzone Charadon with Death Guard and Drukhari. Sisters aren't. .

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

 xttz wrote:
Could be a thing

Why is this here? It doesn't look remotely Orky

Apart from the round notches, isnt't it really quite similar to the Deffkilla Wartrike boss' claw? I can't think of any other faction that has these kind of weapons, either, maybe a new GSC heavy assault critter or something Necromunda, but ...

That's very Orky

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:


Why is this here? It doesn't look remotely Orky

Waaaaaaaaaaa(gh)t?

Looks like it could be the saw part of a tacticool knife-blades on a Kommando (power) klaw. Which I'd very much like.

I’m sure every post I’ve seen if his is just causing a stir for something or another

 MobileSuitRandom wrote:

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:

 xttz wrote:
Could be a thing

Why is this here? It doesn't look remotely Orky

Apart from the round notches, isnt't it really quite similar to the Deffkilla Wartrike boss' claw? I can't think of any other faction that has these kind of weapons, either, maybe a new GSC heavy assault critter or something Necromunda, but ...

Spoiler:

And and Orks don't get that type of perfectly round, symmetrical and nicely made detail on their weaponry

Except when they do, like on the side of the gun in the picture. Two symmetrical rectangles and a perfectly round detail between the 'tails' of the rectangles.

;/

Craftworld Eldar continue to cry over their 1996 models.

 dan2026 wrote:
Craftworld Eldar continue to cry over their 1996 models.

Honestly, those are better than the studio's most recent attempts at Eldar.

Voss wrote:
Except when they do, like on the side of the gun in the picture. Two symmetrical rectangles and a perfectly round detail between the 'tails' of the rectangles.

;/

No you have to ignore all the times they do, as that doesn’t help the argument.

 Yodhrin wrote:
I just hope they drift a little bit back towards the classic version of the Nelson Ork rather than the modern version. There's something really offputting about the heads for me ever since the Flash Gitz, and the worst thing is it's not even something big and obvious, just slight changes to all aspects that together makes it look...wonky.

It's the proportions on the skulls. The classic Brian Nelson sculpts had very heavy, square lower jaws with a serious underbite, small but pointed noses, and the top of the skull was very flat. The teeth IMO were more "realistic" too, as far as teeth in the face of a giant killer fungus can be anyway. They often follow actual dentistry in that the lower canines were big tusks with incisors in between, where newer sculpts are often just a semi-circle of "pointed monster fangs", if that makes sense. The commemorative ork they just released - Gitstompa? - actually looks more like the classic Nelson sculpts(maybe he even sculpted that one?).

...yes I play orks and I've spent a lot of time thinking about orkish bone structure, why do you ask?

I could see Kommando Nobz getting the Snagga klaw instead of power klaw option, actually.

 Mr. Grey wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:
I just hope they drift a little bit back towards the classic version of the Nelson Ork rather than the modern version. There's something really offputting about the heads for me ever since the Flash Gitz, and the worst thing is it's not even something big and obvious, just slight changes to all aspects that together makes it look...wonky.

It's the proportions on the skulls. The classic Brian Nelson sculpts had very heavy, square lower jaws with a serious underbite, small but pointed noses, and the top of the skull was very flat. The teeth IMO were more "realistic" too, as far as teeth in the face of a giant killer fungus can be anyway. They often follow actual dentistry in that the lower canines were big tusks with incisors in between, where newer sculpts are often just a semi-circle of "pointed monster fangs", if that makes sense. The commemorative ork they just released - Gitstompa? - actually looks more like the classic Nelson sculpts(maybe he even sculpted that one?).

...yes I play orks and I've spent a lot of time thinking about orkish bone structure, why do you ask?

I'm hoping they do away with the round head and pig nose on the newer orks. I like the old heads as they are. They could use a couple of new heads though.

Danny76 wrote:

Doohicky wrote:
I'm wondering how coins will work on my local GW.
It closed before the DG one was available (Including the free model) and won't be open again until March at earliest.

Wonder if one spend you get to choose a coin? Or one spend you get both? I know I won't be spending enough in one month for more than one coin

Why did yours close before the rest?
DG became available on the first Sat of December.
For me, there was the choice between what was still there, so the prior coin/free models and current.

Scotland locked down in December before England; the day before the coins became available, IIRC. They opened again the week before Christmas, which is when I got mine.

Ah ok I see.
I definitely want another coin or two, depending what comes.
Ork one is pretty good.

Side question, can I spend vouchers purchased in store (the paper ones) in the gw webstore?


I’m hoping there won’t be a limit of one free model once it all reopens.
Obviously one out of Feb two choices, but I think we will be shut till March, so a Jan, Feb & March mini would be nice.

I quite enjoyed building up my witch elf model, and my Death Guard needed one more blight launcher so that was good.
It’ll be nice to paint up some random figures that I’m not ‘army invested’ with.

It's always great to work on a random mini. It helps to break up the workflow and you may find a new way to paint things.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I could see Kommando Nobz getting the Snagga klaw instead of power klaw option, actually.

That's a fairly good point. It would be the less noisy option. I always assumed a powerklaw in any state of function would make a lot of metallic screeching sounds. And a sorta punch dagger is usually associated with the stealthy assassin types.

cody.d. wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I could see Kommando Nobz getting the Snagga klaw instead of power klaw option, actually.

That's a fairly good point. It would be the less noisy option. I always assumed a powerklaw in any state of function would make a lot of metallic screeching sounds. And a sorta punch dagger is usually associated with the stealthy assassin types.

And the grapple part of the klaw would have a lot of use as well. Kommandoes could maybe get the ignores vertical height rule like reivers.