Las Vegas Open Preview Stream - January 18th/19th

[Marshal Reinhard]

Anyway, the ork silhouette that was shown in that coming in 2024 a good bet for what they'll show?

[CL_Mission]

I wonder if we'll get a look at a new Dark Angels combat patrol or if they'll wait until after the Deathwing box has sold to reveal it.

[Lord Marshal]

3 hours ago, TheMawr said:

Not meant as doomsaying, Im sure it will pick up soon again, but I think some decisions have been questionable.

 

I suspect GW is well aware they can afford some 'downtime' with 40k. People are always going to come running whenever they ring the dinner bell. Other systems? Not so much.

[Noserenda]

Tbf they had a very quiet 6 months after the last AoS edition too, i guess that worked out for GW in some way? 

[DemonGSides]

45 minutes ago, brother_b said:

I think the cat will belong to an Inquisitor. Either way it will regardless of what game it’s released for as I’ll be using it in 40K no matter what!

 

My long shot hope is that it's for Blackstone Fortress 2.  It's the cat of the new Rogue Trader, or something like that.

I just want more Blackstone Fortress type miniatures.  Wouldn't even have to be Blackstone Fortress; call it Warhammer Quest: Slaanesh World or whatever, just keep giving me more BF like stuff to buy.

[Marshal Mittens]

The cat seems to be painted with partially metallic skin? I'm not sure, but it seems maybe thousand sons or the like, but very potentially 40k to me. Most inquisitors seem to have a familure too. 

Edited January 9, 2024 by Marshal Mittens

[OttoVonAwesome]

The cat is just patchy not metallic. Anyway the brown leather shoe and cobblestone base it's clearly underworlds. Sculpted bases.

[mecanojavi99]

1 hour ago, Marshal Mittens said:

The cat seems to be painted with partially metallic skin? I'm not sure, but it seems maybe thousand sons or the like, but very potentially 40k to me. Moat inquisitors seem to have a familure too. 

Ferrus Manus reincarnated as a cat, now called Ferrus Meownus.

[mecanojavi99]

Have we seen everything that it's coming for Dark Angels or could we get a final surprise? Nothing big, but something like a new Interrogator Chaplain would be neat.

[WrathOfTheLion]

1 minute ago, mecanojavi99 said:

Have we seen everything that it's coming for Dark Angels or could we get a final surprise? Nothing big, but something like a new Interrogator Chaplain would be neat.

It might be all that's coming now. Valrak mentioned something about a Librarian though, which makes me think Ezekiel.
 

It could very well be that it is Ezekiel, but he got picked off from the main release to be in like a campaign book later.

[dalmer]

doesn't the cat look like a Sphinx cat?  So maybe something with an Egyptian / desert theme...

[OttoVonAwesome]

4 hours ago, dalmer said:

doesn't the cat look like a Sphinx cat?  So maybe something with an Egyptian / desert theme...

Cobblestone base but yeah Sphinx cats are actually from Canada.

[phandaal]

I would personally like to see some more mission packs. Even some new spiral-bound mission booklets would be cool.

[Blindhamster]

1 hour ago, phandaal said:

I would personally like to see some more mission packs. Even some new spiral-bound mission booklets would be cool.

I’ve been enjoying the addition of monthly missions in white dwarf

[Dark Shepherd]

 

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[The Praetorian of Inwit]

I'm hoping that the Horus Heresy gets some plastic kits. The Sabre and Arquiter are still resin, the bikes are still resin, Speeders are still resin, we haven't got an updated MKIV kit yet. The game badly needs some support beyond resin characters. All this LI rubbish should have been proper releases for HH 2.0 instead.

[Joe]

I can't see them showing off anything that isn't already on the roadmap. We'll possibly get an updated roadmap at the digital event for Warhammer Fest 2024, however, given the in-person event isn't going ahead.

[Marshal Rohr]

2 hours ago, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

I'm hoping that the Horus Heresy gets some plastic kits. The Sabre and Arquiter are still resin, the bikes are still resin, Speeders are still resin, we haven't got an updated MKIV kit yet. The game badly needs some support beyond resin characters. All this LI rubbish should have been proper releases for HH 2.0 instead.

There won’t be another tank wave this year. At best we will get specialist infantry upgrade sprues in the fall. 

[skylerboodie]

1 hour ago, Joe said:

I can't see them showing off anything that isn't already on the roadmap. We'll possibly get an updated roadmap at the digital event for Warhammer Fest 2024, however, given the in-person event isn't going ahead.

 

I hadn't heard that there will be no physical Warhammer Fest 2024; was there a WarCOm article or other such source on this? thanks

[phandaal]

18 hours ago, Blindhamster said:

I’ve been enjoying the addition of monthly missions in white dwarf

 

Yeah, I have always been a fan of that stuff. Doubtful that mission packs make a big enough splash at GW HQ to get a mention in a reveal stream of course. 

[Joe]

34 minutes ago, skylerboodie said:

I hadn't heard that there will be no physical Warhammer Fest 2024; was there a WarCOm article or other such source on this? thanks

 

No article, but rather what I've been told by a few mutuals in and outside the company; if we were going to have an in-person event this year the event would've been announced in October and tickets would've gone on pre-order in November, to allow for enough lead time running up to the event at the end of April. Given the issues with the venue in Manchester GW were never going to go back to it, and they've allegedly been soft-blacklisted by the NEC in Birmingham and the ExCeL in London for complaining about event support in the past.

 

There isn't really anywhere else suitable to host it in the UK now, not for the numbers that they pull.

[ThePenitentOne]

39 minutes ago, phandaal said:

 

Yeah, I have always been a fan of that stuff. Doubtful that mission packs make a big enough splash at GW HQ to get a mention in a reveal stream of course. 

 

The Pariah Crusade book might be mentioned in this preview- we've seen it, and we know it's coming, but things have been pretty quiet about it. I had figured it would be an easy release for GW, and they could have put it out during this lull that we've had lately.

 

As for WD Bunker missions: I like them, but nowhere near as much as I liked Flashpoints.. Those gave us not just missions, but sometimes bespoke Crusade content, sometimes Theatres of war rules that could drop into any mission. Those were also 3 month features (minimum), so the content from that Flashpoint all works together, where these bunker missions are unconnected stand alone.

 

If the Pariah book contains any deviations from the pattern established by Tyrannic War, that would be worth talking about in a stream. If there are no deviations from Tyrannic War, the only thing worth previewing is the release date.

[Petitioner's City]

1 hour ago, Joe said:

 

No article, but rather what I've been told by a few mutuals in and outside the company; if we were going to have an in-person event this year the event would've been announced in October and tickets would've gone on pre-order in November, to allow for enough lead time running up to the event at the end of April. Given the issues with the venue in Manchester GW were never going to go back to it, and they've allegedly been soft-blacklisted by the NEC in Birmingham and the ExCeL in London for complaining about event support in the past.

 

There isn't really anywhere else suitable to host it in the UK now, not for the numbers that they pull.

 

Not only given COP, but its heavy focus on events and conferences, Glasgow would be a good (and willing!) venue.

Edited January 10, 2024 by Petitioner's City

[Joe]

11 minutes ago, Petitioner's City said:

 

Not only given COP, but its heavy focus on events and conferences, Glasgow would be a good (and willing!) venue.

 

Too far north. In the same vein, London is too far south so they are unlikely to return there. There's a hard preference for central UK for easy of accessibility. 

[Cyrox]

Telford have a decent size venue, could be an option? Like you say though, unless its a summer event like the days of yore, I doubt we will see a 2024 in person event as they've left it late.

 

Which is a shame, as venue notwithstanding, I quite enjoyed Warhammer Fest last year.