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2x210 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

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

Honestly very excited if this turns out to not be an April Fool joke so that I can go into Mantic Threads and post GW's alternate options. I'm sure that will be tolerated by the Fanboyium Corps or whatever.

What about this one?

Well, now you've gone and done it you absolute cretin!

Gents if you could just PM each other pics of you’re gentleman’s unmentionables, and stop clogging up my thread with pointless bickering.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Gents if you could just PM each other pics of you’re gentleman’s unmentionables, and stop clogging up my thread with pointless bickering.

I'll slide out of this thread but before I go I do feel the need to say that I do NOT consent to Unsolicited Dwarf Pics.

 Rihgu wrote:
Honestly very excited if this turns out to not be an April Fool joke so that I can go into Mantic Threads and post GW's alternate options. I'm sure that will be tolerated by the Fanboyium Corps or whatever.

simply depends on how they look and the price
not like a lot of people already using GW models for Mantic games and people are ok with it because "use whatever model you like"

but it is not like in the past for April Fools people posted Mantic models with GW logos and you got some into how awesome those new factions look because "made by GW"

PS: for those who think such animation is too much afford and too well made to be an Aprils Fools joke:

I think it's just that some of us remember all the years of GW cutting every cost and pinching every penny to prop up their profits that makes it hard to believe they would spend more than few dollars on an April Fool's joke.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Gents if you could just PM each other pics of you’re gentleman’s unmentionables, and stop clogging up my thread with pointless bickering.

Jeez for an Aprils fools joke thread there's not much tolerance for some friendly banter.

Nah, I think its real- a double bluff to get folks talking and using April fools as a way to announce the Squats return. Guessing a new Killteam set in a ship like Space Hulk [or maybe a one off game like space hulk].
Some guy on FB has mentioned the title "Votunn" but I'm not sure if he has heard this or its a guess..
Loved the video [which has more likes, comments and retweets on twitter than the pinned Heresy Video].

Man I hope it's not Kill Team Rogue Nexus Catacombs 2 with just a board and imaginary walls again. Plastic room tiles please!

Dudeface wrote:

What about this one?

It's a... trank!?

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
I think it's just that some of us remember all the years of GW cutting every cost and pinching every penny to prop up their profits that makes it hard to believe they would spend more than few dollars on an April Fool's joke.

You are right.. but this is countered against Squats being.. well, squatted upon, for practically the past 30 years.

I had heard that the senior design person within GW that absolutely hated the concept of Squats has left (I can't remember his name unfortunately), which at least allowed the Necromunda miniature to be released, but that came out alongside a Beastman too and there is no indication that either one would lead to a fully fledged force.

I have come to the conclusion that this is not a joke, in that this is a tease and take away.

This is definitely a joke that is based purely on the premise that one should be wary on a day like today.

And really, what better day to reintroduce the squats? its perfect i say, and even though i dont play 40k, i say bring em so my inner 17 year old rogue trader era self can revel in them again. i will buy them if they come.

we got plastic genestealer cults... and plastic sisters of battle. clearly anything is possible now.


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Well that middle picture of Mantic FF looks really cool. With the servo harness type thing. That looks really detailed.

The tank makes a good Plague Burst Crawler if you spin it round, it has the right profile. Just with a little conversion. I’m working on doing that now.

For some, Squats never went away. They just...converted.



Not the best image but I never imagined around the mid 90s that the Squat arms in my bits box would get an airing.

Aha, found an older wip photo.

Well I guess they could repurpose the KO from AOS for some of the models. I didn't like their look in fantasy, but it might work in 40K....if they got rid of the balloons.

Squats! YES!

Oh how long I've been waiting!


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 tauist wrote:
1st of April = April, fools!

If this is a joke on their part, GW just lost a big customer in myself. Not funny, not appreciated.

Fortunately, I do not believe it's a joke.

Until the day I can pre-order 40k squats I'll just assume this is an April Fools joke.

Making an April Fools' Day joke turn out to actually be real would be a great prank, but after looking at this thread it's clear the confusion of just understanding how April Fools' Day jokes work means it's probably a bad idea to try it.

Votann is text in the link to the video- Killteam Votann then in shipboard action? I think some of the details from the video might feature as scenery like the bulkhead doors and maybe even the dead ships captian in his chair.

tneva82 wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Makes it crueler as a joke, not better.

Cruel for some who can't get any jokes anyway, funny for normal people

Kind of worrying that this poster believes cruel humour is "normal" - while I lean towards this probably being an April Fool, I do agree with those who think it was done in poor taste, or is a sign of poor judgement on GW's part.

Some Mantic models might be quite dodgy, but their Forge Fathers line is consistently very good.

Yes I agree.

Although what can be said for sure - this is generating a massive amount of coverage on social media and is going a lot for advertising/marketing (I suppose if you believe there is no such thing as bad publicity).

I bet it is both true and false. True, because there will be Squats but false, because there will be no wh40k army of them. Probably some boardgame or Kill-team at best.

Hoping we get a gang of them in Necromunda Ash Wastes, complete with bikes and trikes!

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Some Mantic models might be quite dodgy, but their Forge Fathers line is consistently very good.

They're mediocre at best, and they're basically the best looking Mantic line.

...on the other hand, doesn't the guy in the video kind of look like this type of boot would fit him?

 zedmeister wrote:
Hoping we get a gang of them in Necromunda Ash Wastes, complete with bikes and trikes!

There is a Squat bounty hunter in game or am I mistaken? Anyway, that gang would be a very cool addition.

 Dysartes wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Makes it crueler as a joke, not better.

Cruel for some who can't get any jokes anyway, funny for normal people

Kind of worrying that this poster believes cruel humour is "normal" - while I lean towards this probably being an April Fool, I do agree with those who think it was done in poor taste, or is a sign of poor judgement on GW's part.

I really don't get that sort of April Fools day joke of just a "Here's something you actually want presented in a totally reasonable way, too bad you aren't getting it because look at the date!" where it isn't funny in itself or something so absurd that it's showing someone to be gullible/a fool. The joke shouldn't just be down to what the date is.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 zedmeister wrote:
Hoping we get a gang of them in Necromunda Ash Wastes, complete with bikes and trikes!

There is a Squat bounty hunter in game or am I mistaken? Anyway, that gang would be a very cool addition.

There's two of them so far - ammo jack and the hired gun. Squat Biker Gang in the wastes please!

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
...on the other hand, doesn't the guy in the video kind of look like this type of boot would fit him?

I think that leg looks more robotic than Squat but I can be wrong.

How is this "cruel"? Nobody is losing anything. Oh, yes, I also lost my precious Squats back in the 90s too, but I've lived a fair bit of life since then, so the wound isn't exactly what you might call... "fresh".

Judging from some of the responses to this video I'm half expecting to read a headline sometime next week about a murderous rampage that was carried out by somebody who had reacted poorly to an animated video about a science fiction dwarf that didn't exist.