The GREAT 40k thread

Tch, Imperial Guard didn't need any of this. These rebooted kits were completely unnecessary, the existing ones were fine. In fact I'm feeling sorry right now for my Uncle who has started collecting them and will likely have to contend with paying an extra £20+ per box when these remade sets come out.

That Warhammer Day preview was pretty crap all in all, just more glorification of pointless remade Guard kits, more World Eaters which nobody should care about, Failbaddon planning another scheme which will likely fall on its face, and what is likely to be Dark Mechanicus which is yet another dull chaosification of an Imperial faction.

The only thing decent was the new Necron Kill Team, and even it I believe is reusing the existing Cryptek with Canoptek Cloak model, though I'm interested in the idea of these new Cryptek retinues, with Immortal and Deathmark bodyguards and the new concept of Apprenteks, like the Royal Courts for Phaetons/Overlords in 5th Edition (I forget whether they made a comeback in 9th).

 

Not Catachans, they also have decent plastic kits alongside Cadians and don't need revamps, but the other regiments you mentioned are valid

 

Yes please!

Grrr, !mrahil

 

An interesting concept, but it would have to be a Chapter that's not the nancy-boy Blood Angels to appeal to me. A Space Wolf one would be fun.

Though it would be even better if it was a Tyranid monster or Necron vehicle instead

 

I have to admit, more Death Corps, or perhaps the Armageddon Steel Legions would have been nice as well. That said, while I do not like the new Sentinel sculpt, I am looking forward to converting the Kasrkin (not a fan of the Tempestus Scion minis) and I really want those new artillery pieces. My Skaviir Dominion (totally-not-IG-Skaven-in-space-but-totally-IG) are all about the field artillery.

 

It doesn't help that it's been barely a year or two since GW amended the previous Cadian infantry kit to include special weapons and additional heads.

In addition to that, Cadians getting all the attention is a self-fulfilling prophecy for Imperial Guard miniatures, much as it is for 40k in general with Space Marines getting all the miniatures support while other factions were barely fed crumbs until recently. Sales are much higher for Cadian-themed kits than they are for just about everything else in the Imperial Guard range (model pricing and production runs have a lot to do with it, with nearly every other official Regiment type being stuck in metal, finecast, or FW resin limbo), and so GW will continue to put out more Cadian-themed kits knowing that they'll sell well by proxy at the expense of everything else.

And before anyone brings up 3rd-party alternatives, that's a subject that's perhaps more esoteric than a lot of people think, especially since GW isn't particularly fond of advertising the wares of other companies these days. Few people outside of seasoned hobby veterans will go the extra mile anyway, seeing as GW really wants to push themselves as being the one-stop shop for all things Warhammer, and a lot of newcomers and casual players fall for that.

 

Alas, true. I just convert my IG minis out of Skaven bits and whatever other handy 40K/Necromunda/Warcry/Fantasy/Whatever minis I think will look cool. The Skaviir Dominion does not have specific uniforms, so why should my army?

 

I have to say something about the new Rogal Dorn tank. It will not be a popular comment. GW made it to sell new kits. I am a certified tread-head. Owned an Armored Company and an Artillery Company (both long since sold to pay bills). The Imperial Guard, which has long been my primary 40K army, DOES NOT NEED A NEW TANK. We have plenty. I would rather have alternate sculpts for normal guardsmen, those new Rough Riders, and updates on older sculpts that actually need to be refreshed.

Oh - and a Command Leviathan model as a Lord of War for the guard.

 

I don't blame you. As comical as the thing is in resembling a Jumbo M4 Sherman even more than the Leman Russ (complete with the turret heavy stubber mount that I can only presume is the way it is because the Ma Deuce scene from Fury was on the mind of the designer at the time), I'm struggling to think of a role for it that can't just be overridden by a Malcador or Macharius instead.

My own personal take on it is that it's a pointless new vehicle in a game edition where vehicles are little more than glorified infantry at the best of times, and paper thin at worst.

 

Nice to see those great little Easy-to-Build-before-it-was-a-thing boxes getting some love, though I don't see how they differ from Possessed I do, as they have missile weapons when Possessed don't, but just curious as to why you didn't use Possessed, specifically the older, more affordable kit rather than the price-hike new one, and give them spare Chaos Marine weapons.

Also seeing them on the false 32mm bases rather than the proper 25mm ones is saddening.


Also I'm concerned about this:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/arks-of-omen/

Planned lore changes on this magnitude always herald a new edition of whatever game they are for. Don't say pointless 10th Edition will be coming next year when it should be Warhammer: The Old World...

 

...you're not wrong.

 

Anybody else feel like the new Necromunda vehicle looks like an Admech Scorpius on tracks?





Or is it just the color that triggered this?

Grrr, !mrahil