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 cole1114 wrote:
has heard that a new Darnath Lysander (Imperial Fists) model is on the way.

If true this might be the first time I give a darnath about a primarisized character. The old model was great and I can only hope the sculptor of a new version doesn't take creative liberties like the one who did Coteaz or Maugan Ra did.

 Geifer wrote:

 cole1114 wrote:
has heard that a new Darnath Lysander (Imperial Fists) model is on the way.

If true this might be the first time I give a darnath about a primarisized character. The old model was great and I can only hope the sculptor of a new version doesn't take creative liberties like the one who did Coteaz or Maugan Ra did.

It also basically guarantees we're getting assault terminators whenever he comes out, right? I need him/updated rules for him for Gabriel Angelos, and them coming out at the same time would be nice.

One would think Assault Terminators are the low hanging fruit now that embiggened Terminators are available. Presumably they would have done the sculpting for them alongside the Tactical Terminators.

Makes me wonder if Valrak is so far ahead that he's talking about the next edition (we are past the halfway point of the current one after all) or if it's an end of edition campaign series with a focus on Marines.

I don't mind region exclusives, but GW's board game efforts in the UK have been annoyingly lacking in recent years. The most we've had to look forward to beyond Underworlds and Quest is Darktide, and a very brief print run of Balin's Tomb and whatever that other Lord of the Rings game was.

Sometimes GAME would sell one or two of the B&N exclusives, but being honest I'd rarely see one on the shelves.

 ikeulhu wrote:

Interesting, too bad none of the expansion stuff is there as well. Are a couple of those sets (like the Archivist) that I wish I would have gotten back when it was still around, but not enough to pay current ebay prices for.

Indeed it is a shame.

The one they should have made an effort on was an updated edition of The Dreaded Ambull. The core game is lacking a "big monster", like Heroquest's Gargoyle, Space Crusade's Dreadnought or even Cursed City's Vargskyr, and they produced an impressive amount of additional White Dwarf content for that one expansion.

 Geifer wrote:
One would think Assault Terminators are the low hanging fruit now that embiggened Terminators are available. Presumably they would have done the sculpting for them alongside the Tactical Terminators.

Makes me wonder if Valrak is so far ahead that he's talking about the next edition (we are past the halfway point of the current one after all) or if it's an end of edition campaign series with a focus on Marines.

Imagine the Augustus release or whatever it was, but 10th ed.

Do you mean like the second 8th ed codex plus supplements that broke the game? Wouldn't that be fun to repeat!

 ikeulhu wrote:

Spoiler:

SamusDrake wrote:
Blackstone Fortress has reappeared on the Warhammer site but is "available while stocks last".

In my opinion GW's best game to date, and well worth it if one is a Chaos Marine player. Treat yourselves if you haven't already.

Interesting, too bad none of the expansion stuff is there as well. Are a couple of those sets (like the Archivist) that I wish I would have gotten back when it was still around, but not enough to pay current ebay prices for.

I have very heavy doubts about all of that. First off - leading with an Imp Fists rumor always has me sus when it comes to valrak, because his track record with ImpFist rumors is historically awful. When it comes to Total War though - its well known that CA has awful tech debt issues with the engine and that WTW has basically pushed the Total War engines capabilities to the absolute limits - I dont see them being able to deliver on what is being claimed here. Building a new engine is expensive and time consuming and funding for it has not been forthcoming from Sega and the "restructuring" will probably not have improved things in that regard. This seems more like wishlisting than an actual rumor, but time will tell.

For those who are considering picking up Fulgrim...

 Ghaz wrote:
For those who are considering picking up Fulgrim...

Uhm... since when youtube links are dubbed (not bad to be honest)? Following the link it was the original video.

 Dryaktylus wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
For those who are considering picking up Fulgrim...

Uhm... since when youtube links are dubbed (not bad to be honest)? Following the link it was the original video.

YouTube has been testing out auto AI dubbing recently, though it seems kind of random as to whether they auto-activate it or not before you watch the video (you can turn it on/off in the settings cog for tha specific video)

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:

Spoiler:

 Ghaz wrote:
For those who are considering picking up Fulgrim...

Uhm... since when youtube links are dubbed (not bad to be honest)? Following the link it was the original video.

YouTube has been testing out auto AI dubbing recently, though it seems kind of random as to whether they auto-activate it or not before you watch the video (you can turn it on/off in the settings cog for tha specific video)

Ah, okay, thanks for the info.

Great, more AI being forced down people's throats. I bet this is why the Emperor banned it.

 Dryaktylus wrote:

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:

Spoiler:

 Ghaz wrote:
For those who are considering picking up Fulgrim...

Uhm... since when youtube links are dubbed (not bad to be honest)? Following the link it was the original video.

YouTube has been testing out auto AI dubbing recently, though it seems kind of random as to whether they auto-activate it or not before you watch the video (you can turn it on/off in the settings cog for tha specific video)

Ah, okay, thanks for the info.

Another YouTuber I follow said it depends on the quality of audio recorded and the original speaker as well. If AI can’t figure out what your saying they won’t put it through the translator.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Great, more AI being forced down people's throats. I bet this is why the Emperor banned it.

I presume its being done to provide a form of closed captioning for those that are deaf.

 Dawnbringer wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Great, more AI being forced down people's throats. I bet this is why the Emperor banned it.

I presume its being done to provide a form of closed captioning for those that are deaf.

It does utilise the same tech they were already working on with AI for that to generate the initial script.
I still think it's a shame they removed community submitted captions to implement, but overall it is honestly a good idea for a feature. It just isn't 100% there yet and I really wish it wouldn't turn on by default or there was at least something that indicated auto-translation was in use (especially when combined with the auto-translated titles and descriptions they're doing, too. When I first encountered the AI dubbing I thought I'd clicked on AI slop until I realised all the comments were in German and it's just that Google had auto-translated everything else)

More death guard

I am convinced that GW has a "golden ticket" geurilla marketing program where they are intentionally mispacking sprues to leak onto the market, only way to explain the frequency at which this happens.

Makes me wonder how many attempted leaks have dead-ended with me and my massive strategic stockpile (aka pile of shame) of unopened kits.

Lokks like a very ordinary PA captain.
Looks like its missing a sprue with right arm and a leg.

chaos0xomega wrote:
I am convinced that GW has a "golden ticket" geurilla marketing program where they are intentionally mispacking sprues to leak onto the market, only way to explain the frequency at which this happens.

Makes me wonder how many attempted leaks have dead-ended with me and my massive strategic stockpile (aka pile of shame) of unopened kits.

Your laziness keeps the mystery alive. Thank you for your service.

 Fayric wrote:
Lokks like a very ordinary PA captain.
Looks like its missing a sprue with right arm and a leg.

Both legs and arms are present; the arm is just under a torn cloak, it's near the top right

Oh good another Death Guard character with a plasma pistol.

Mayyybe he's supposed to be the still missing Death Guard Lord option..?

chaos0xomega wrote:
I have very heavy doubts about all of that. First off - leading with an Imp Fists rumor always has me sus when it comes to valrak, because his track record with ImpFist rumors is historically awful. When it comes to Total War though - its well known that CA has awful tech debt issues with the engine and that WTW has basically pushed the Total War engines capabilities to the absolute limits - I dont see them being able to deliver on what is being claimed here. Building a new engine is expensive and time consuming and funding for it has not been forthcoming from Sega and the "restructuring" will probably not have improved things in that regard. This seems more like wishlisting than an actual rumor, but time will tell.

Note that they do have a way better engine for total war now, it's literally just the warhammer fantasy games that have been stuck on the old one.

I didnt think they had replaced or overhauled their engine for the non-warhammer games, I thought it was yet another fork of their existing engine just tweaked in slightly different ways (as has been the case from very early on in the series, if not the beginning).

my guess is a chaos lord, yeah. maybe under a different name, like "plague lord", so they can keep their different armies distinct like they like to do

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
my guess is a chaos lord, yeah. maybe under a different name, like "plague lord", so they can keep their different armies distinct like they like to do

I believe the rumored name is "Lord of Pox".

Weird that the Death Guard would get a release like this. Is there more to this than we realize?

Well, it would satisfy the requirement for a model to release alongside the Death Guard 'dex when it turns up, possibly later in 2025.

Death Guard Sorcerer in Terminator Armour enjoyers, get ready for a funeral.

I'm worried that this might lead to the end of the regular DG Chaos Lord being in the army, as well as all of the options for gear he had. The model doesn't look bad from what I can tell, but I'm not sure if it's all that necessary to the army. Also, Death Guard don't need more leaders, but rather more troops choices like a replacement for Possessed.