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 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Rihgu wrote:
Ha, you got me. For a second I thought somebody actually paid money for that tank in the middle, but luckily I saw the calendar

Maybe the real april fools are the people posting random Mantic hate for no reason

Was gonna say, it's not that bad and it's certainly not "burn it if it was free" bad.

Let's just assume that this is actually NOT a joke. What could we infer about Squats? Looks like they have access to some kind of power armor, they have Power Fists and plasma pistols. Looks like they are keeping with a slightly modded Imperial aesthetic.

1st of April = April, fools!

Hard to see if the boots match the rumor engine but if so, we’ll have a floaty ancient as a potential HQ choice

 cuda1179 wrote:
Let's just assume that this is actually NOT a joke. What could we infer about Squats? Looks like they have access to some kind of power armor, they have Power Fists and plasma pistols. Looks like they are keeping with a slightly modded Imperial aesthetic.

The little dude not being an overdesigned mess is perhaps the strongest argument for the squat teaser not being real

 Rihgu wrote:

scarletsquig wrote:
Got plenty of the little beardy guys from Mantic already, almost all hard plastic too:

Spoiler:

Ha, you got me. For a second I thought somebody actually paid money for that tank in the middle, but luckily I saw the calendar

Hey, lots of people bought the Repulsive- i mean, the Repulsor from Geedubs, so it's not out of the realm of possibility.

I mean, i for sure like much more than the Primaris tanks.

 Overread wrote:
My gut feeling is if it was a joke GW would't have left it open ended at the end of the video. Good April jokes from companies have to have a clear "This is a joke" part to them otherwise they can backfire horribly.

Counterpoint: A number of companies have ended up actually producing their April Fool's products because they received such a positive feedback from them.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 cuda1179 wrote:
Let's just assume that this is actually NOT a joke. What could we infer about Squats? Looks like they have access to some kind of power armor, they have Power Fists and plasma pistols. Looks like they are keeping with a slightly modded Imperial aesthetic.

The little dude not being an overdesigned mess is perhaps the strongest argument for the squat teaser not being real

I think you hit the nail on the head right here.

That being said I bet some kind of squat miniature will be released at some point this year. Not necessarily a full range.

There's already a couple for Necromunda.

Squats have never really gone away. They still existed, they just weren't an army anymore, or a force worth reckoning with.

And this doesn't give us any real clues as to what capacity they're coming "back", either. We have the Necromunda figures, so even prior to this video you've had the ability to buy a Squat pre-2022. And I suspect that, if this trailer turns out to be "real", we still aren't going to be seeing a full army, at least not yet. I would think we'll see them return either as a single character model in another WQ game and/or even a full Kill Team squad as part of an expansion focussing on hostile boarding actions.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Rihgu wrote:
Ha, you got me. For a second I thought somebody actually paid money for that tank in the middle, but luckily I saw the calendar

Maybe the real april fools are the people posting random Mantic hate for no reason

"Random" and "for no reason" are interesting words to choose to use here. Very interesting!

I'd love to see squats added to IG codex like the Corsairs were added to Eldar's new book, you just need 1 HQ choice and 1 unit that can be built different ways, easy to do, and IG could use more heavy infantry, Orgyns/Bullgryns for melee, Stormtroopers/Scions for deployment/ movement, and then Squats for shooting.

April fool - a good one....

 Rihgu wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Rihgu wrote:
Ha, you got me. For a second I thought somebody actually paid money for that tank in the middle, but luckily I saw the calendar

Maybe the real april fools are the people posting random Mantic hate for no reason

"Random" and "for no reason" are interesting words to choose to use here. Very interesting!

Right? You directly responded about a thing posted in this very thread. Nothing random about it.

scarletsquig wrote:Got plenty of the little beardy guys from Mantic already, almost all hard plastic too:

Spoiler:

I as well
even if the GW finally makes plastic Space Dwarfes, too little too late for me to get hyped
the joke was funny 4 years ago, but now it slowly gets old

Dudeface wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Rihgu wrote:
Ha, you got me. For a second I thought somebody actually paid money for that tank in the middle, but luckily I saw the calendar

Maybe the real april fools are the people posting random Mantic hate for no reason

Was gonna say, it's not that bad and it's certainly not "burn it if it was free" bad.

given that the tank can be turned into all variants (including the transport) without the need for magnets, for the same price the Rhino/Razor cost, I fail to understand why people are still give GW money for those

- Looks at the calendar.
- Decides to log off the internet for the day.

 kodos wrote:

scarletsquig wrote:Got plenty of the little beardy guys from Mantic already, almost all hard plastic too:

Spoiler:

I as well
even if the GW finally makes plastic Space Dwarfes, too little too late for me to get hyped
the joke was funny 4 years ago, but now it slowly gets old

Dudeface wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Rihgu wrote:
Ha, you got me. For a second I thought somebody actually paid money for that tank in the middle, but luckily I saw the calendar

Maybe the real april fools are the people posting random Mantic hate for no reason

Was gonna say, it's not that bad and it's certainly not "burn it if it was free" bad.

given that the tank can be turned into all variants (including the transport) without the need for magnets, for the same price the Rhino/Razor cost, I fail to understand why people are still give GW money for those

Why do people still buy FIFA games?
There are some mysteries of lfie we might never know the answer to.

You know, real or fake, i'd be interested to see how they would work them in, as a complete army anyway. Would they be under imperium? Their own faction?

Honestly, i'd think it'd be neat for them to be seperate from the imperium. The supposed hive fleet destriction was simply a cover story and the squats are fine. However, a row with the mechanicus saw them excommunicated and they're now on their own, bitter against everyone. The imperium is now on the grudge list just like the Orks and the Eldar.

JimmyWolf87 wrote:

 Strg Alt wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
Hopefully not an April Fool

Somebody got high on the Hopeium.

I can´t believe that 56% got fooled by GW into thinking Squats will return.

There's more than enough reasonable doubt on both sides of that at this point. Squats have already returned in Necromunda anyway so, as limited as that format is, it's not as earth shattering a change in their status as it once might have been.

Correct! One measly model is honestly enough so that GW don´t need to bother releasing a WHOLE model range for 40K.

In the time I'd need to spend creating copes for Mantic's awful looking models I could earn the money needed for a GW army.

 The Phazer wrote:
I mean, the thing about it being an April's Fool is that we have an extremely credible leak saying that it's not.

It's the GW long con. They themselves are the leakers and they planted that rumor to make the April Fools more believable!

I know not all of Mantic's stuff is top tier, but do you really think they look awful?
I think they look great. Probably actually pretty close to the kind of thing that GW would be doing if they were still a thing.

 Mentlegen324 wrote:
I was right about it being Squats!

The main thing that suggests this isn't just an April Fools day joke is the design of the squat himself. I can't really see them going through the effort of designing/updating their looks in a way that still stays in line with their original theming (the plasma weapon is clearly an updated design on the classic version they had for example) just for a joke. I'd have expected them to use some classic artwork or an old miniature photo or something along those lines rather than making an entirely reasonable trailer.

You ignore there's modern squat model out. They have updated art.

 Strg Alt wrote:

JimmyWolf87 wrote:

 Strg Alt wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
Hopefully not an April Fool

Somebody got high on the Hopeium.

I can´t believe that 56% got fooled by GW into thinking Squats will return.

There's more than enough reasonable doubt on both sides of that at this point. Squats have already returned in Necromunda anyway so, as limited as that format is, it's not as earth shattering a change in their status as it once might have been.

Correct! One measly model is honestly enough so that GW don´t need to bother releasing a WHOLE model range for 40K.

I would rather have a box of 10 for Necromunda then weapons options sprue and then maybe a box with 3 suits again all for Necromunda... Now that would be much better than the overpriced gak you get on 40k.

 Overread wrote:
My gut feeling is if it was a joke GW would't have left it open ended at the end of the video. Good April jokes from companies have to have a clear "This is a joke" part to them otherwise they can backfire horribly.

They pointed out to calendar in article.

Primaris lt the movie video made no mention it being joke either. Date is the hint gw uses for it

tneva82 wrote:

 Mentlegen324 wrote:
I was right about it being Squats!

The main thing that suggests this isn't just an April Fools day joke is the design of the squat himself. I can't really see them going through the effort of designing/updating their looks in a way that still stays in line with their original theming (the plasma weapon is clearly an updated design on the classic version they had for example) just for a joke. I'd have expected them to use some classic artwork or an old miniature photo or something along those lines rather than making an entirely reasonable trailer.

You ignore there's modern squat model out. They have updated art.

What I said still applies - the set of equipment seen here is clearly not the same as the miniatures released. They still updated another design for this. They didn't use a classic squat miniature photo, some of the retro art, or even the art for Grendlsen, all something that would have clearly shown it was a joke....instead they went out of their way to unneccesarily re-design something and give it a suitable updated look.

 Pacific wrote:
I know not all of Mantic's stuff is top tier, but do you really think they look awful?
I think they look great. Probably actually pretty close to the kind of thing that GW would be doing if they were still a thing.

Well, it certainly helps that you didn't post the singular absolutely awful looking model I was referring to. Those are all... fine. The hammers' heads look about as bad as the tank but everything else is serviceable.

Just please, nobody post that tank again. I've got breakfast I'm trying to hold in.

tneva82 wrote:

 Mentlegen324 wrote:
I was right about it being Squats!

The main thing that suggests this isn't just an April Fools day joke is the design of the squat himself. I can't really see them going through the effort of designing/updating their looks in a way that still stays in line with their original theming (the plasma weapon is clearly an updated design on the classic version they had for example) just for a joke. I'd have expected them to use some classic artwork or an old miniature photo or something along those lines rather than making an entirely reasonable trailer.

You ignore there's modern squat model out. They have updated art.

And neither FW model really matches the silhouette. Yes, a necromunda squat has a Mohawk, but neither have that gun or power fist or even armor

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Rihgu wrote:
Ha, you got me. For a second I thought somebody actually paid money for that tank in the middle, but luckily I saw the calendar

Maybe the real april fools are the people posting random Mantic hate for no reason

Mantic dares to offer an alternate to the Games Workshop Imperium and that will not be tolerated by the Fanboyium Legois

 Rihgu wrote:

 Pacific wrote:
I know not all of Mantic's stuff is top tier, but do you really think they look awful?
I think they look great. Probably actually pretty close to the kind of thing that GW would be doing if they were still a thing.

Well, it certainly helps that you didn't post the singular absolutely awful looking model I was referring to. Those are all... fine. The hammers' heads look about as bad as the tank but everything else is serviceable.

Just please, nobody post that tank again. I've got breakfast I'm trying to hold in.

What about this one?