Brother Casman

Ooh, the one piece of the Wall of Martyrs that I missed out on! Fingers crossed, it does come back eventually.

Yeah, import them into the apps (for all systems that have an app). Toggle on or off, and you're done.

That's entirely fair regarding the Kans and Dreads - trust me, I'm quite fond of mine! It's definitely possible that a modern redo to them would lose out on pose-ability, etc. I think, of all the ones I listed, the bikers would be ones I'd most want a refresh of - ideally one that respects the modular nature of the current kit. Like I said - the Orks hold up well. I really like the idea of Stikkbommerz; them, Tankbustas, and maybe some 'Ardboyz could be fun to see on the table

I'm going to keep my expectations low - I think we'll get refreshed Tankbustas in the near-ish future, maybe a couple redone characters a la the new Big Mek. The Ork line holds up well for me - but if I were in charge, I would consider a refresh for: stormboyz trukks killa kans deff dreads lootas burna boyz biker boyz (with options for Nob bikerz) Plus, there's always the possibility of something new, like the Beast Snaggas or the Speed Freeks. It'll be interesting to see what comes, in any case.

Sure, but for the whole "working for a living" thing, haha.

Wow, there's a lot of panels happening - I'd kind of like to go to this, hopefully they do put up the recordings for people to view after.

(Wherein the author discovers that the Horus Heresy ruleset is more to his liking, even if Orks aren't officially supported) So, earlier this year, around January, I came to the realization that I was burnt out on keeping up with the Space Marine releases. The more that came out, the less I wanted to have anything to do with them; I was just buying them to have. I also admitted to myself that I didn't really like the lore changes that GW's team were applying to the game - this isn't the space to rehash the endless debate about Primaris Marines, but they're not to my taste. The evolving ruleset, as it changed from 8th to 9th, then to 10th, has also pushed me away; the more legalistic emphasis is surprisingly hard to keep straight in my head. So I sold off the new Marines, still in their boxes, and put away the old ones, and poked around other games in the meantime. Helpfully, GW just released a new edition of Age of Sigmar, as well as The Old World (good thing I kept my Tomb Kings!) so I had some background hobby stuff still happening. But where do I go with my far-future aspirations? I'm still fond of the setting, even with *everything* going on. A few friends had been talking up the Horus Heresy 2.0 rules, and it sounded like they were having fun with it! I had a small trial game with the Imperialis Militia, and that was fun, though I'd be rebuilding from scratch. (Mind you, Victoria Miniatures has some gorgeous not-Tallarn Desert Scorpions that I've started collecting). I still wasn't feeling like working on Space Marines, plus my Blood Ravens don't exist in the Heresy era (and I'm pretty tired of jokes about the Thousand Sons...). So that left my Orks. Those of you who've explored the Xenos sections of the site will likely have seen my occasional forays into Ork-dom and I've added to my ladz as the new stuff has been added. I thought that I might be able to pull together something out of the old rulebooks from 5th and 7th Edition, even if it required a bit of work. Then one day, I stumbled across a fan-made work that covered effectively everything I already had: https://xenos-orks.tumblr.com. It was like I felt the touch of Gork (or possibly Mork)! I've played a few games with this army list against my friends, and oh my, it felt like I had come home. Even better, my friends have enjoyed the experience, too! I'm really excited to dig into my Orks again, and a few old ideas for converted wagons have been dusted off - the future is looking bright!

I would guess that you could use any paint, but you'll need a waterproof sealing coat over top of the model.

I'm curious which line you found that stood out. Personally, I was struck by the following: "My advice is please don’t judge us on quarters. We do not manage the business to that rhythm: we monitor 12 month moving annual trends…i.e. reviewing whether we are heading in the right direction or not. It’s very difficult to change our new release schedule live in any year, it is set in stone. " (emphasis mine)

That Ordo Xenos boxset is really tempting - I've got a unit of Navy Breachers who could use some friends...

I was just using the Ork name generator the other day. That's a real loss for the community.

Happy Anniversary, B&C!

Yes, I was notified by email.

I received mine in Canada yesterday, so I think North America is finally getting their copies!

Today in the hobby, I decided to get off the Space Marine treadmill. Having them in my project backlog was causing too much stress, so I'm selling off my Primaris Marines. To be fair, I haven't really done anything with any of the boxes I bought, so they might as well go to someone who will use them. I'll finish my few firstborn units, and that will be that.