Doghouse

Good lord no, I can't even begin imagine what that would mean for the company if Amazon bought them out. Probably a repeat of the Hasbro fiasco with D&D. I personally think any 'leaks' are utter twaddle unless if comes from an official source, I've seen loads of AI shorts generated on Youtube click baiting this stuff. The one with Cavil sat up till 2am crossing out lines from 300 word paragraphs like an overworked school teacher with a red pen did make me laugh though! I'm not convinced he's got full control to be honest and a lot of his dubious partnerships in the past have produced subpar end or failed performances. I'm sure he's a lovely guy with the best intentions and seems enthusiastic but I'm not sure that's going to be the sure fire win that people seem to be hanging their hopes on. I'm hoping Highlander will shed some light if he has as much control as the media seems to make out. In all honesty I think we will more likely see a massive influx of AI generated movies over the next couple of years and lots of legal action no doubt. So in short I am optimistic, but at the same time old enough and world weary enough to have found out the hard way that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

That's part of the problem with Youtube "creators" (a term I do not like because it's mostly commentary on the latest popular trend, showcasing free stuff they got from GW or endlessly regurgitating existing lore rather than rarely creating anything of value). A large amount of them I expect started out with good intentions but eventually gave into self promotion and making money from it with sponsors and Patreon nonsense. Like you say those guys have to say it's great if they have built a business model on a single GW product which makes them utterlly biased. Hype trains derail any interest I have watching these nowadays, especially Heresy ones which are a niche within a niche. I personally think 3rd edition isn't designed for the loyal followers, it's designed to bring in new customers who have not played the first two editions and every edition to come will no doubt be the same. Once they have your cash you will be forgotten. I've repeatedly tried to get into 3rd but can't find anyone interested to be honest so have absolutely no incentive.

I've only ever had this issue with the strips. The tube one lasts me literally years without freezing.

Grey stuff is quite good as a substitute but I prefer Kneadatite green stuff as it is so versatile and he is right about other brands. Thing is speaking as a sculptor of some renown back in the day this has always been on the cards given the rise of 3d modelling and printing. I think the issue is that it's a niche product beyond repairs and working with things like screw threads. Still a sad day to see it gone after all these years.

I think it's a really interesting idea but not enough to get me back into 10th or 11th edition. Hopefully for those that enjoy 10th this will not be a case of a blanket reset and these rules will be incorporated into 11th. I think if the current editions weren't so tournament driven I would have more faith, a return to traditional wargaming over tabletop e-sports would be very welcome. I think this could be the downfall of a system like this where rather than using it for narrative flavour or theme players use it to exploit loop holes in the system to "beat" their opponents. The one part I do like is that it encourages conversions rather than buying a mono pose prefixed loadout model and that is something that I thought had been long forgotten by GW.

I think they both look really good.

I think that the new versions are more in line with the original artwork and have the obvious advantage of being designed and made using more modern mono-pose sculpting techniques regardless of anyone's opinions, and to be honest this is them going forwards so it's a case of if you prefer the old ones start stocking up now and just buy the new vehicles to go with them. I personally prefer the brutish feel of the originals despite it being an older sculpt, the new ones feel overly slender to me and considering myself somewhat of an expert on this matter much like the new plastic space marines they not as proportionate as people are making them out to be. This design, like all the new plastics are made specifically to fit the new collective aesthetic of the new Horus Heresy.

I don't know, I'm not really feeling it. The tanks and the dreadnoughts are nice but I just don't feel it with the infantry. The old ones were far from perfect but feel more imposing to me. That's not to say some parts haven't improved but I was looking forward to this release but not so much now.

Getting the original Adeptus Titanicus and Space Marine sets as a kid.

We are the resistance.

I'm currently getting back into 4th at the moment and it's definitely returning the hobby to what it once was for me. Editions 3-5 were probably one of my favourite eras.

Dug out my near mint condition WD 93, one of the most influential documents in my life to show younger people what the first mention of 40k looked like back in teh day while we're all on the nostalgia train.

Well and truly paid his dues as an artist and I am very happy for him.

I can't say I'd be rushing out to get it as it is so generic. Now if they had done an ornate Exarch then yeah maybe.

TITH I realized I am spending too much time digitally sculpting. I was working with the Sanctifiers kit and getting frustrated by all the chainswords being on the left arms and I genuinely thought to myself no problem I'll just mirror it in blender so it swaps to being right handed before it sank it that's not how converting physical plastic kits work...