Warhammer 40k

[Halge]

Found on instagram. Guess if this is a piece of concept art, or a painted miniature?

 

[JBSchroeds]

Looks like GW muffed it again: their big holiday boxes are mostly sold out, less than 12hrs in. From what I read some of them sold out in minutes. I'm not sure if I should be giving them the ol' Covid benefit of the doubt or not. They seem to have consistently under-produced for the last couple years now that this reads more like business-as-usual than covid-manufacturing-disruption. Either way, anybody hoping to get one of these 40k boxes as a gift is pretty much screwed...unless they want 20 year old Cadians.

 

[Literally Bricked]

Looks like GW muffed it again: their big holiday boxes are mostly sold out, less than 12hrs in. From what I read some of them sold out in minutes. I'm not sure if I should be giving them the ol' Covid benefit of the doubt or not. They seem to have consistently under-produced for the last couple years now that this reads more like business-as-usual than covid-manufacturing-disruption. Either way, anybody hoping to get one of these 40k boxes as a gift is pretty much screwed...unless they want 20 year old Cadians.

Business as usual. I one year managed to snag two Tau boxes and it was the only two that the store was able to place an order for the rest of month.

 

[Halge]

Business as usual. I one year managed to snag two Tau boxes and it was the only two that the store was able to place an order for the rest of month.

To me a while to figure out why the box says 21 miniatures. At first I just saw the seven robots, but I figure the pogs on sticks count as well. How much did the box cost?

 

[Halge]

Made a hero character recently, which I think turned out kinda cool. Sort of classic sci-fi space captain (I made a couple more weapon alternatives that aren't shown in these turntable presentations).

The proportions are a little off (maybe I should have pinched the ankles a little bit, for example) but I can't see anything that's terribly wrong. Any of you guys see any glaring flaws that I'm missing?

 

[Literally Bricked]

To me a while to figure out why the box says 21 miniatures. At first I just saw the seven robots, but I figure the pogs on sticks count as well. How much did the box cost?

I think the dataslate was like ~$280 CAD a piece at the time. That year I picked up those two boxes and a R'Varna. IIRC that was like 2013 or 14 though. I still haven't finished painting like 1/8 of what I got that year.

 

[Halge]

I think the dataslate was like ~$280 CAD a piece at the time. That year I picked up those two boxes and a R'Varna. IIRC that was like 2013 or 14 though. I still haven't finished painting like 1/8 of what I got that year.

I'm guessing it's the giant battlesuits that makes out the bulk of the cost?

 

[Literally Bricked]

I'm guessing it's the giant battlesuits that makes out the bulk of the cost?

Pretty much. If I ever buy anything again I am going through a recaster.

 

[Halge]

Pretty much. If I ever buy anything again I am going through a recaster.

Disavowed. I'm sympathetic to the idea, but disavowed. I'd recommend buying a knockoff variant instead. There's any number of warhammer clones out there, at least some of which are substantially cheaper. And you won't be supporting outright forgery.

 

[Protectandserve]

I recently bought the Space Marine Adventure Board Game and the little expansions.

My kiddo is interested in the Space Marines cause he's seen me read the books and watch Astartes.

Might be a fun intro for him, if I tweak the rules ans mechanics a bit since he's still little.

 

[Halge]

Bump. Just wanted to post a video that I thought was somewhat interesting.



Unabashed nerd channel, but this particular video brings up a topic that I've thought about from time to time the last couple of years.

I do think 40k, while being fundamentally much more orginal than whfb/aos, has ossified from the pressure to stick to a narrow ip. Everything has to look a certain way to be what they are (spacemarines have to look like spacemarines, eldar aspect warriors have to look like aspect warriors, tyranids have to look like tyranids, et cetera). An orc from whfb(aos) can look like practically anything, but an Ork from 40k has to have biker helmets and Rube Goldberg-esque equipment, else it isn't a 40k ork.

They gave themselves some leeway to break out of this with the whole Cicatrix Maledictum event, similar to how switching to AoS gave the fantasy setting creative leeway. But not nearly as much.

I don't see them nuking the 40k setting, so I really hope they focus on some earlier eras in the 40k timeline instead. Dreadnought variant no.256 doesn't interest me o´ermuch.

 

[Rozko]

Bump. Just wanted to post a video that I thought was somewhat interesting.



Unabashed nerd channel, but this particular video brings up a topic that I've thought about from time to time the last couple of years.

I do think 40k, while being fundamentally much more orginal than whfb/aos, has ossified from the pressure to stick to a narrow ip. Everything has to look a certain way to be what they are (spacemarines have to look like spacemarines, eldar aspect warriors have to look like aspect warriors, tyranids have to look like tyranids, et cetera). An orc from whfb(aos) can look like practically anything, but an Ork from 40k has to have biker helmets and Rube Goldberg-esque equipment, else it isn't a 40k ork.

They gave themselves some leeway to break out of this with the whole Cicatrix Maledictum event, similar to how switching to AoS gave the fantasy setting creative leeway. But not nearly as much.

I don't see them nuking the 40k setting, so I really hope they focus on some earlier eras in the 40k timeline instead. Dreadnought variant no.256 doesn't interest me o´ermuch.

Fantasy really does allow for random new units to pop in and out of the game because of the lore. 40k has a few factions that are limited by their setting (marines, IG, ect)

 

[Satur9]

Bump. Just wanted to post a video that I thought was somewhat interesting.



Unabashed nerd channel, but this particular video brings up a topic that I've thought about from time to time the last couple of years.

I do think 40k, while being fundamentally much more orginal than whfb/aos, has ossified from the pressure to stick to a narrow ip. Everything has to look a certain way to be what they are (spacemarines have to look like spacemarines, eldar aspect warriors have to look like aspect warriors, tyranids have to look like tyranids, et cetera). An orc from whfb(aos) can look like practically anything, but an Ork from 40k has to have biker helmets and Rube Goldberg-esque equipment, else it isn't a 40k ork.

They gave themselves some leeway to break out of this with the whole Cicatrix Maledictum event, similar to how switching to AoS gave the fantasy setting creative leeway. But not nearly as much.

I don't see them nuking the 40k setting, so I really hope they focus on some earlier eras in the 40k timeline instead. Dreadnought variant no.256 doesn't interest me o´ermuch.

I enjoy painting AOS(badly I might add) much more due to the creativeness of the models. They have more bold colors and designs imho

 

[M4rk]

Now you have me thinking about some Orks getting some Terminator Armour, should have kitbashed that, if i could kitbash things.

 

[Halge]

Now you have me thinking about some Orks getting some Terminator Armour, should have kitbashed that, if i could kitbash things.

You pretty much just have to cut the human heads off the termies, and then put some ork heads in their place, don´t you? Sound like a fairly easy way to make really cool conversions.

 

[Halge]

Repurposed some old designs to make this:



I think JBSchroeds has said he doesn't like the skull body, but I still think it's ok.

 

[Shido4.20]

Nice! Thanks a lot.

Don't really get how they thought that was a good design for a grenade launcher though. To me everything about it says "electric". It has a very taser-esque muzzle, that hairdryer circle at the back, cables, and it is used by a gang that you'd expect to have access to non-lethal weaponry.

Oh well. Still looks awesome.

Don’t forget, in the artwork, a lot of times, the artist makes shit up that they think is cool

 

[Shido4.20]

Jesus Christ.



I know Aaron Dembski-Bowden as "Funny Hat Guy" from that photo that he used to use for back covers and whatnot.

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Don't know if it's supposed to be ironic or if he genuinely thought it looked cool. But hey, if you're gonna use your face for promotional purposes you may as well try to stand out, right?
It's funny; I thought I'd read a few books of his and that my impression of them was that they were completely average (not good, not bad), but I just looked over his bibliography and can't really find any books I recall reading.There are so many different 40k books and authors that maybe he's fallen thorugh the cracks. I do know a lot of people put his name on the shortlist of standout 40k writers*. Might have to check some of his books out.


*My shortlist is pretty much just Abnett, truth be told. I've been entertained by a couple of other books, like the trilogy (quadrilogy?) about Grey Knights by Ben Counter or the ones about inquisitor Draco by Ian Watson. Besides those, Black Library books mostly range between okay and cringe. I know mine is a minority opinion, but I think there's a clear gap in quality between Abnett and all the rest. He's the only writer that "gets it" when it comes to the 40k universe, that can retain the 2000AD DNA that it sprung from. His 40k books are the only ones that have a distinct style, while the rest (for the most part) tow the company line to the letter.

I don’t think he writes for black library anymore

 

[Shido4.20]

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[cmw43]

The team behind Vermintide are going 40k and it looks awesome.