Captain Idaho

Oh I tried, but the effort of wargaming just doesn't appeal to them with video games,

Ah that does it. Very nice work, I must say.

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Yeah my kids and the kids of my fellow gaming group attendees just aren't into GW products. And let's be honest, we push! Got Jamie into Predator, Terminator, Aliens, even things like Robocop and Attack on Titan. Can I touch 40K or other games with him? Not a chance.

The launches skew the health of the game, which is why we see a sales model from GW that includes a major launch every year. GW will continue to make record profits until the bubble bursts. At the moment, they're getting decent exposure from video games and Amazon, plus the biggest revenue stream are still in the market - people like us in their 20s to 40s. The real question is - when exposure drops and people are tired of Space Marine 5, when my age demographic is buying less (which my anecdotal evidence can support is happening at 40s)... does GW have replacement customers to pick up the torch or will it act like a sudden crash?

I'm a dab hand working on such things... This was it originally:

To be fair, the fluff going back as far back as 2nd edition (possibly before but Rogue Trader was before my time) was consistent in describing the temptations of Chaos evident in all the Primarchs' lives. 3rd edition put emphasis on the touch of chaos in many Primarchs, such as the fangs of Russ, the wings of Sanguinius as well as Magnus and his obvious cylopean status. Recent editions and years haven't really spoken in such ways, but then we go into the realms of the "what is canon" discussion on anything printed and not subsequently replaced.

The game felt more customisable yet nothing was so powerful you'd get wiped off the table at a breath like 5th edition + was. 3.5 Chaos Codex in particular was the premium, best Codex 40K has ever did see. Plus narrative feel. Everything felt unique to each army, rather than the "Everything hits on a 3+ and these S4, AP-1 weapons are totally different to those S4, AP-1 weapons." Plus plus, the character of the various armies felt more in line with a sandbox we could happily engage with. When GW started updating the narrative every release in recent times, it ceased to be a sandbox and became us playing some games to be told what the narrative was. Codex Necrons had mystery and omnipresent impending danger, rather than the juvenile "human Egyptian empires but really Xenos, honest" mess that they are now. My most enjoyable games were 3.5 days to be honest. I've never had games as fun as back then.

Ah impressed with some but couldn't find a Guilliman equivalent so gave up.

Destroyers for Necrons spring to mind. But I'd add monopose models such as Destroyers, which look too dynamic to be replicated. I'd even go as far to say that every monopose model needs a multi-part model that uses the older theme of customisable creation, though GW aren't too keen on kitbashing etc from what the kits structure now is. Aside from that... nothing! Everything is just marked up in size and it's too much nowadays.

You know, I've got a printer after all and that means I'm gonna have a go tonight! 200 percent and we'll see how it goes! (Yes I have a suitable STL ) You're a genius! I mean, I can even print 2 so I can play around and convert it as well.

Many thanks. His squad is going to be a little more plain I feel however. Gonna work on that next.

Amazon employee then

I'll play! Here's a converted version of Aerion Mersaror I did for my (stalled) Macragge's honour themed army build: Lots of work done to this guy. Quite proud.

Oh that's a good point, the destabilising effect of shifting the model is likely a bigger issue than the hood. Not sure on 3rd party options. Hard to find things I like there which aren't too... extravagant let's just say.