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 Dryaktylus wrote:

Don't know why it needs this model as thralls are from other houses and this guy only fits for Orlocks. The Whisper Merchant is cool, though.

Yeah, it's a bit odd, I assumed they very consciously wouldn't do this one. It would have been better as a collection of freak heads for all the other House plastic kits if they really wanted to.


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I suppose the "I have mislaid one shoe" look makes more sense here than for the Dome Runner, but still, I'm not a huge fan.

Bought the Tribes of the Wasteland book.

I'll admit I was a bit sleepy when I cracked it open, but my first impression of the lore in the book was kind of "meh". Having bought most of the "House of" and other assorted Necromunda supplements, I was kind of let down by the lore in this one. Telling us 3 origin stories/explanations for the Nomads felt like a let down. Would've preferred a full reveal and delve into their culture so that we could find new ways to love/hate them, but I feel like I learned nothing new. Which might've been the point, but its not like revealing their origins is a huge world changing lore event.



I'll probably give it another read through here soon. Don't hate it, and it's rich in gamings resources for Nomads as you'd expect, but I felt like every other book gave me something a bit more, lore-wise.

Bob Lorgar wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
I am convinced that someone on the KT and Necromunda design team is trying to backdoor a new edition of Inquisitor w 28mm minis into existence.

Gosh I hope not. They need to do it right and go back to 54mm miniatures. Those were some of the best GW has ever made.

I have a fair number of them. You... might be seeing the past with rose-tinted glasses a bit there ^^. Particularly the stuff past the original sets, from the Inquisitor Magazine.

 Albertorius wrote:

Bob Lorgar wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
I am convinced that someone on the KT and Necromunda design team is trying to backdoor a new edition of Inquisitor w 28mm minis into existence.

Gosh I hope not. They need to do it right and go back to 54mm miniatures. Those were some of the best GW has ever made.

I have a fair number of them. You... might be seeing the past with rose-tinted glasses a bit there ^^. Particularly the stuff past the original sets, from the Inquisitor Magazine.

I think the later releases were way better than the first wave. The eldar ranger is beautiful.

The initial releases were fantastic. Once it moved over to Specialist, the Eldar was about the only good release... Everything else was either conversions of previous models, or really janky new sculpts. Which nobody bought, because nobody wanted to play in 54mm.


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 Skinnereal wrote:
How big are the model masters? If that's still a thing, what with computer design and all that?
They could just release copies of them if they're the right size.

3-ups are not really a thing with digital production, as the tool is cut straight from the digital file.

But even with that, an upscaled 28mm model is not the same as a model actually sculpted in 54mm. The level of detail and the physical considerations are dependent on the model scale. It's the same reason (although to a slightly lesser degree) that Epic scale models are sculpted from scratch, rather than just using scaled down 40K models.

Nah there were plenty of naf sculpts in the initial release as well.

Eisenhorn and Covenant were nice, but tyrus was goofy.

Artemis and damien the arcoflagellant were pretty good, but slick devlan was pretty awkward. Cherubael was similiarly a bit naf.

severina and sevora were pretty well designed, but sergeant stone was pretty awkward.

After the core release, the eldar was a nice model, the kroot was pretty good everything else was a crap shoot. The enforcer wasn't bad.

The Whisper Merchant is excellent.

The Thrall, meh.

 nels1031 wrote:
Bought the Tribes of the Wasteland book.

Does the book help Nomads or will they still be hamstrung even with the new additions?

 legionaires wrote:

 nels1031 wrote:
Bought the Tribes of the Wasteland book.

Does the book help Nomads or will they still be hamstrung even with the new additions?

Couldn't help you in that regard, friend. For Necromunda, I'm strictly a painter of things that look fun to paint, and a reader of Necromunda lore books.

 Quixote wrote:
Are the new Necromunda models following the Warhammer 40k trend and scaling up?

Most of the Necromunda miniatures are in a similar size bracket as newer guard Miniatures. Only Goliath, Escher, Delaque and Enforcers are the exception to this. I currently own Ash Waste Nomads and they scale up almost to the same size as Krieg Engineers (and that is with the Watchmaster being slouched).

 Segersgia wrote:

 Quixote wrote:
Are the new Necromunda models following the Warhammer 40k trend and scaling up?

Most of the Necromunda miniatures are in a similar size bracket as newer guard Miniatures. Only Goliath, Escher, Delaque and Enforcers are the exception to this. I currently own Ash Waste Nomads and they scale up almost to the same size as Krieg Engineers (and that is with the Watchmaster being slouched).

Cool, thanks!

 insaniak wrote:
The initial releases were fantastic. Once it moved over to Specialist, the Eldar was about the only good release... Everything else was either conversions of previous models, or really janky new sculpts. Which nobody bought, because nobody wanted to play in 54mm.

Exactly this. The eldar was exquisite, I have it and I love it. The rest went from simply bad to plain horrible.

 Albertorius wrote:

 insaniak wrote:
The initial releases were fantastic. Once it moved over to Specialist, the Eldar was about the only good release... Everything else was either conversions of previous models, or really janky new sculpts. Which nobody bought, because nobody wanted to play in 54mm.

Exactly this. The eldar was exquisite, I have it and I love it. The rest went from simply bad to plain horrible.

Daemon Huntress, Thorian Inquisitor and Navigator were what?

 Dryaktylus wrote:
Daemon Huntress, Thorian Inquisitor and Navigator were what?

#JusticeForThe=][=nquisitorNavigator

 legionaires wrote:

 nels1031 wrote:
Bought the Tribes of the Wasteland book.

Does the book help Nomads or will they still be hamstrung even with the new additions?

The Haywire keyword adds some weapons with anti-vehicle capability. There's an accessory to add Haywire to some of the weapons that don't naturally have it.
They added a Dustback Helamite mount for 60 credits to the trading post, so I guess anybody can be mounted now. Also, unbound Dustbacks which are kind of spare mounts I guess? Still not sure what you'd use them for.
They didn't get any particular help for Underhive battles.

Any word yet on a US, Canada release for Vandoth The Fallen?... Still waiting... One of the few Foregeworld/resin models I actually want.