One of my favourite GWS posts

[antique_nova]

Now, I rarely read into anything except new 40k rules, but I just saw this and it made me lol.

 

It's good to see that GWS can have this amount of fun in their posts, while promoting something that we can all agree on. I mean, I think this post is really well done. :P

 

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/05/30/the-top-5-reasons-to-paint-your-modelsfw-homepage-post-3gw-homepage-post-1/

[ShibeKing]

1. They just look awesome.

I don't think you realize just how bad I am at painting, GW.

[Magos Takatus]

You've got to love the odd sense of humour that GW seems to have adopted in recent years.

[BitsHammer]

I'll be honest, I was more interested in the Orks post: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/05/30/benjamin-torres-ork-waaagh/

 

That said, go check out Regimental Standard. They're regularly having a giggle.

[Toxichobbit]

 

All you need is models, paint and the ability to do a Space Marine-y voice.*

 

* Just imagine a British character actor who took vocal coaching from a bear, and you’ll be most of the way there. So Brian Blessed, basically.

 

Edited May 30, 2019 by Toxichobbit

[Gederas]

All you need is models, paint and the ability to do a Space Marine-y voice.*

 

* Just imagine a British character actor who took vocal coaching from a bear, and you’ll be most of the way there. So Brian Blessed, basically.

Having seen things about Brian Blessed, why do I get the feeling he SPECIFICALLY ASKED for them to crack on him like that?

 

You've got to love the odd sense of humour that GW seems to have adopted in recent years.

In recent years? They've always had that sense of humour, they're just being more out and out with it recently thanks to Warhammer Community

Edited May 31, 2019 by Gederas

[Toxichobbit]

 

In recent years? They've always had that sense of humour, they're just being more out and out with it recently thanks to Warhammer Community

 

 

Yeah, they have. It was just suppressed during the Kirby era. I remember how their sense of humour used to shine through with stuff like the mini-comic illustrations in WFB 5th ed and Gav's WHQ campaign, Thorskinson's Island - both from around the same era. Mid-late 90s GW had some pretty amusing stuff, even if they did take it too far at times. Modern GW is more reserved and careful with their application of humour, which given the rise of the internet and offence culture, is a good thing. Their humour still shows though.

[Magos Takatus]

 

 

In recent years? They've always had that sense of humour, they're just being more out and out with it recently thanks to Warhammer Community

 

 

Yeah, they have. It was just suppressed during the Kirby era. I remember how their sense of humour used to shine through with stuff like the mini-comic illustrations in WFB 5th ed and Gav's WHQ campaign, Thorskinson's Island - both from around the same era. Mid-late 90s GW had some pretty amusing stuff, even if they did take it too far at times. Modern GW is more reserved and careful with their application of humour, which given the rise of the internet and offence culture, is a good thing. Their humour still shows though.

 

This. I got the feeling that they took things a bit too seriously during the years of the "Kirby Era" too. I think the Warhammer Community presence has brought back some of the silliness I felt was missing. Regimental Standard is a brilliant example of how ridiculous the setting often is and I still remember when they were "testing new deep strike rules" by throwing drop pods as hard as possible into the gaming table.

[Grand Master Laertes]

ahem... Kirby has been in the top-management of Games workshop since forever. He joined in 1986 as General Manager, then led the management buy-out in 1991, then served as Chairman and CEO for different periods since 2017. So, even the beloved past of the golden '90ties is "the Kirby era". 

[antique_nova]

I'll be honest, I was more interested in the Orks post: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/05/30/benjamin-torres-ork-waaagh/

 

That said, go check out Regimental Standard. They're regularly having a giggle.

Oh, I loved that too! Pirates of the Caribbean Orks!

[Trench]

Agreed, loving all the fun content as for a certain period of years it felt like GW at all levels even things like the model sculpts & background material were taken way too seriously, lacked the fun and at times cartoony charm of their earlier work, I very much enjoy seeing it return in recent years.

Edited May 31, 2019 by Trench

[Toxichobbit]

ahem... Kirby has been in the top-management of Games workshop since forever. He joined in 1986 as General Manager, then led the management buy-out in 1991, then served as Chairman and CEO for different periods since 2017. So, even the beloved past of the golden '90ties is "the Kirby era". 

 

He wasn't a promenant figurehead at the time, so I don't define it as the Kirby era. It's fairly obvious when his influence was shaping the company, regardless of how long he's actually been with them. It's also obvious that his influence has waned in recent years as they've become much more like GW of old. As far as I'm concerned, whether he was physically working with the company or not is irrelevant - everyone knows of the time that is being talked about.

[BitsHammer]

Kirby's influence waned in the last several years as he was kicked out of the CEO seat and replaced by Roundtree who seems to have slacked the reins a bit and let the studio do fun cool stuff again.

 

I was watching a podcast from a few months back where they were talking about the (then) upcoming Gloomspite Gits and how the appeal of GW games has been serious settings peppered with dark humor that gives some levity to the whole thing. And I agree. Dark and gritty serious games are a dime a dozen, but dark and gritty games that can also be a bit satirical and have a laugh at themselves are rare and it really keeps things interesting.

[WarriorFish]

Had they seen some of the rules? There's no way 40k is serious

 

It's good to have some of the flair of "old GW", but as is often the case things are relative. It's better than before yes, but in some cases that's not so. Languishing armies and models, unloved by GW, are still a thing for one obvious example.

 

So still room for improvement, and we should ask this of them too (as we should ask of ourselves... especially with regards to painting our models!)

[RolandTHTG]

I don't think any model company can avoid some form of "Languishing armies and models". The nature of sculpting and releases means that your focus is necessarily going to have to wander, and as the range expands it's going to take longer and longer to revisit some things. 

 

As an example, look at Corvus Belli, who make Infinity. As a skirmish game, a faction update is often as small as 1 new model. They still recently officially retired one of the subfactions to '40k index' status because it had been so long since it got updates, and they had nothing planned in the future. This was straight up "It's still valid to play with, but no new model or rules updates are coming. For the fluff, here's a short campaign showing their last stand before being overrun by invaders." 

Another faction was announced middle of last year to get a complete revamp and updates this year, and it was still april before the first previews came out. 

 

Now, there can certainly be things that languish too long, i.e. armies stuck in metal or finecast still, but any update is going to take some time. 

[Captain Idaho]

The link is proof that Space Marines sound like Brian Blessed. Which to me means;

 

"Blood! Death! War! Rumpy Pumpy!"

[antique_nova]

 

ahem... Kirby has been in the top-management of Games workshop since forever. He joined in 1986 as General Manager, then led the management buy-out in 1991, then served as Chairman and CEO for different periods since 2017. So, even the beloved past of the golden '90ties is "the Kirby era". 

 

He wasn't a promenant figurehead at the time, so I don't define it as the Kirby era. It's fairly obvious when his influence was shaping the company, regardless of how long he's actually been with them. It's also obvious that his influence has waned in recent years as they've become much more like GW of old. As far as I'm concerned, whether he was physically working with the company or not is irrelevant - everyone knows of the time that is being talked about.

 

Everyone except me apparently. I mean, who is this Kirby? Because all I keep imagining is this. v

 

Edited June 1, 2019 by antique_nova

[Magos Takatus]

 

 

ahem... Kirby has been in the top-management of Games workshop since forever. He joined in 1986 as General Manager, then led the management buy-out in 1991, then served as Chairman and CEO for different periods since 2017. So, even the beloved past of the golden '90ties is "the Kirby era". 

 

He wasn't a promenant figurehead at the time, so I don't define it as the Kirby era. It's fairly obvious when his influence was shaping the company, regardless of how long he's actually been with them. It's also obvious that his influence has waned in recent years as they've become much more like GW of old. As far as I'm concerned, whether he was physically working with the company or not is irrelevant - everyone knows of the time that is being talked about.

 

Everyone except me apparently. I mean, who is this Kirby? Because all I keep imagining is this. v

 

 

Yeah, just imagine him sucking up money from price hikes and that's not too far off. :p