Karhedron

Any idea where this leaves the existing Detachments that have rolled over from 10th edition?

I think a Serf army would vary greatly depending on the Chapter in question. For a fleet-based chapter then I would expect lots of Imperial Agent-style units, particularly Voidsmen. A lot of Chapters would have units like Arbites to guard their Fortress Monastery. Chapters that actively govern one or more worlds might even have IG-style armies in their service. The Ultramar PDF is probably the most developed example with full standing armies and I imagine lots of elite units like Scions to represent the high quality equipment and training that the UMs would inevitably provide.

Epic used to be a thriving system back in the 90s but part of the reason was that all the Xenos factions were supported. HH3.0 has apparently also not done well and to me, this illustrates the problem with the HH as a setting. It is just a few factions which means every game feels like a mirror match. I think LI should have been set in 40K and had support for more factions. In trying to keep costs down, GW have limited the growth of the game. But maybe that is just my feeling and I enjoyed playing Eldar and Squats back in the day.

Going slightly off-topic but that is an interesting idea. GW shares are on track to pay out a dividend of around £5 for this FY so if your hobby budget is £50 per month, you would need 120 shares. Current price is £186.61 per share so you would need about £224,000 up front to provide a stable hobby income. If you had that kind of lump sum, you would probably be better off buying a small house and renting it out as the rental income would be at least 10 times higher than the dividend.

Every time GW raises prices, people predict that this one will hit the ceiling and every time nothing changes. GW have perfected the art of the boiling the frog. Incremental increases never quite large enough to scare off a significant percentage. In some ways they are probably being smart. Better a slow but steady escalator that allows them to expand and maintain profits that holding prices steady for a few years only to have to do some big price rises that then drive away a big chunk of their customers.

Ah, stand down.

I don't see the conflicts in Ukraine or the Middle East resolving in the near future so I expect oil prices to remain high. Having said that, the price of raw plastic makes up a pretty small amount of their costs. High oil prices have a bigger effect on transportation costs and on the costs of running stores and the factory. In the UK at least, electricity prices are linked to the price of gas (which is also high).

Here be spoilers! You have been warned.

Almost unusable today, this is only the second post I have managed to make. The total number of posts looks to be down compared to normal (although that might just be summer holiday numbers).

Had a break on holiday but I am back in the groove now. Here is my Librarian and the first of two Smash Captains.

And gone again!

That is about the best guarantee for any army!

Ever since the Horus Heresy, Astartes psycho-indoctrination was intended to make Marines more resistant to the temptations of Chaos. In practice, nothing is perfect and we have plenty of examples of post-Heresy CSM (Huron for example). I am sure Primaris CSM exist, even if not really represented as models (yet). Only the Grey Knights and Custodes are truly chaos-proof.

OK so are we guessing Knights will be near the end of the 11th edition refresh cycle if they are coming in 2028.