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11 minutes ago, The Lost Sigmarite said:

Just saying, if I ever get into TOW, it would be with a Royal Clan Dwarf army… the fact you can use the more modern 8th edition dwarf kits has the core of the army, instead of the older warriors, is a huge pull for me.  

But even with that... they are starting to show their age. I was tempted to buy some Irondrakes in with the TOW box to get them discounted for AoS... but the more I look at them the more I see the age.

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1 hour ago, Ejecutor said:

But even with that... they are starting to show their age. I was tempted to buy some Irondrakes in with the TOW box to get them discounted for AoS... but the more I look at them the more I see the age.

I understand it and I would have loved another new plastic set that would give me another dwarf unit, but for a unit in a mass ranked battlegame which has its height restrictments, how much more detailed / updated should it be?

The quality  of the longbeards/hammer set is for me more than enough for heroic 28mm mini's, certainly when used ranked up.

For AoS if they do new duardin they can push it a bit more with dynamic poses and etc.. but for TOW these 8 edition dwarf sets are good enough for a very long time. Imo ofcourse😅

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34 minutes ago, Tonhel said:

I understand it and I would have loved another new plastic set that would give me another dwarf unit, but for a unit in a mass ranked battlegame which has its height restrictments, how much more detailed / updated should it be?

The quality  of the longbeards/hammer set is for me more than enough for heroic 28mm mini's, certainly when used ranked up.

For AoS if they do new duardin they can push it a bit more with dynamic poses and etc.. but for TOW these 8 edition dwarf sets are good enough for a very long time. Imo ofcourse😅

Yeah. I guess that I see them now from the AoS eyes, hehe and as it is said here, Comparisons are odious.

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1 hour ago, Ejecutor said:

But even with that... they are starting to show their age. I was tempted to buy some Irondrakes in with the TOW box to get them discounted for AoS... but the more I look at them the more I see the age.

Still better than 80% of the market of plastic minis, both fantasy, sci-fi and historical. We’re too used to AoS/40k giving us fantastic minis with great plastic and modern 3D sculpting that we can’t appreciate fantastic 10 y/o minis that age very well. Basically GW has spoon fed us caviar and champagne for so long that when they give us lobster or filet mignon, we make funny faces and say “they do better most of the time”.

Also it’s rank and flank, individual details don’t matter *as much*.

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On 7/10/2024 at 5:58 PM, Redmanphill said:

Not seen anyone bring these up here, so here you go!image.png.8673b5d99f9f329ff3dddba414bf7399.png

Do you know approximately the release date for the Empire?

 

Also, thank you very much for those great rumors!

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2 minutes ago, baiardo said:

Do you know approximately the release date for the Empire?

 

Also, thank you very much for those great rumors!

If the order is correct, probably spring-summer next year.

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I'm personally ecstatic that with Old World they're going with a mish-mash of models from all editions including rules. I started with Battle for Skull Pass so having the opportunity to purchase models that drew me in but were already non-existent from the time I started playing at non-ebay prices is incredible. I personally don't equate age with quality. I prefer some of the older models to even newer AoS or 8th stuff, it really depends on the model. Like I love the 8th Irondrakes and Ironbreakers, but I wish the old metal Longbeards had been brought back because they have a charm to them that the newer ones are missing.

Outside of that though, I'm definitely picking up everything on Saturday (assuming it doesn't sell out in 5 seconds). It definitely helps sell the idea of Old World as being a love letter to Fantasy as a whole to be able to create an army with a range of models from different points in GW's history.

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I think with The Old World being a Specialist Game they'll definitely get models eventually, but just sort of appear randomly over the next year ALA Necromunda,  Blood Bowl, older Heresy profiles, etc rather than being strictly tied to "Rules = Model from Day 1" like 40k and AoS.

Considering every new resin goes up and then sells out for months at a time I have to imagine they're making decent money off producing them.

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2 hours ago, Bolfrig Bearhide said:

New Burlock Damminson model confirmed?

Probably not coming soon since they need to get all the armies out, but based on previous Forge World art (i.e.: artwork that appeared in Necromunda books before the minis were revealed), this should give us a pretty good idea about how they will look like.

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19 minutes ago, Clan's Cynic said:

I think with The Old World being a Specialist Game they'll definitely get models eventually, but just sort of appear randomly over the next year ALA Necromunda,  Blood Bowl, older Heresy profiles, etc rather than being strictly tied to "Rules = Model from Day 1" like 40k and AoS.

Considering every new resin goes up and then sells out for months at a time I have to imagine they're making decent money off producing them.

I won't expect any new model until they release all the core factions, so easily after 1 year. The only exception I can see is something for O&G, as they were treated quite bad.

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31 minutes ago, Beliman said:

I don't think so. Maybe after all the Core Armies are released and with the first campaign book...

 

25 minutes ago, Asbestress said:

Probably not coming soon since they need to get all the armies out, but based on previous Forge World art (i.e.: artwork that appeared in Necromunda books before the minis were revealed), this should give us a pretty good idea about how they will look like.


I wasn’t expecting one either, but the text in the article seems to suggest otherwise?

 

 

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50 minutes ago, Bolfrig Bearhide said:

 


I wasn’t expecting one either, but the text in the article seems to suggest otherwise?

 

 

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Oh...

OH!

Maybe for wave 2 then with a reveal at the next show? With the rest of the old metal stuff?

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1 hour ago, Bolfrig Bearhide said:

 


I wasn’t expecting one either, but the text in the article seems to suggest otherwise?

 

 

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Wow, you are totally right. I mean, does this phrase "both of the weapons the new MODEL is carrying..." have any other meaning?

Crossing fingers for metal longbeards and Drong's pirates too!!

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58 minutes ago, Ejecutor said:

Maybe they are talking about this one?

He has a hammer in the art, whereas the Thane has a Handgun and Shield. The artwork has a steam funnel and something of a Pickelhaube, so I definitely think they're talking about a different model.

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43 minutes ago, Clan's Cynic said:

He has a hammer in the art, whereas the Thane has a Handgun and Shield. The artwork has a steam funnel and something of a Pickelhaube, so I definitely think they're talking about a different model.

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I’m also keen in seeing if thorgrim will be getting a new model, considering that they have stated that he will look different and younger non the less

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