Warhammer World Anniversary Reveals March 2nd

[Matcap86]

2 minutes ago, Doghouse said:

I like the Ork but it doesn't look like a GW product and more like a third party model. I think it's the head, it's looks sad to me when it should be revelling in the glory of the Waaargh. Replace that with a regular shouty head and jobs a good un.

 

I don't like the Custodian, with the exception of the spear and the torso it doesn't feel like it fits with the others to me personally speaking. 

 

The ork has a shouty head alternative. 

[Burni]

Yeah that's definitely the better head. I agree with Doghouse, the other head is not very GW Ork-y at all.

[Robbienw]

Is that all?

[Bouargh]

19 minutes ago, Karhedron said:

 

Those are Battle forces rather than Combat Patrols so a balanced power level is not really vital.

 

True, yet I fell it might be a kind of great air inlet - or incitation - to field much more Titanic units. In that sense, army lists with only a single Titan sized machine (Orks, Eldars, Tau), can field up to 3, while armies relaying on Freeblade or Dreadblade rules can field only 1... 

Nothing new, I agree. But the image it sends back is, for me, a negative looking incentive. 

 

Anyway, I am paranoid, so in the end, I will be set mat. 

[ZeroWolf]

10 minutes ago, Robbienw said:

Is that all?

Yup, for 40k anyway. This was never going to be massive reveals like a normal show. Last year we only got the ork and Farsight.

[Arbedark]

Love the Big Mek. Definitely be picking that up at some point.

 

On the whole, though, these reveals feel very lacklustre. I'd prefer if they did these things less frequently, but showed more at one time. 

[Redcomet]

The 40k stuff is very bland. Like it has been for some time now.

 

Blood Bowl Gnomes where the winners. So much fun and joy has been sculpted into those.

 

The 40k minis just feel like the designers aren’t allowed to do anything fun or crazy

1 hour ago, Bouargh said:

The shield Captain is OK, but should definitively keep his helmet on...

 

Battle forces are also on:

 

 

I am a little bit concerned by the inflation in power level.

• A battle force with a Stompa for orks... Hum looks like the perfile of forces on the table will go to big and bigger or even bigger machines. 
• So many jetbikes for Custodes, and not a single "basic" troop unit.

These are battleforces so are never meant to be balanced

[Astartes Consul]

2 hours ago, Mogger351 said:

There isn't one? 3 posts up details there's 2 40k videos 2 sigmar and a blood bowl.

 
Doh, I just assumed there was one!

[grailkeeper]

My fellow blood bowl fans are delighted if a bit confused.

 

Hopefully we'll see some 40k conversions out of these. A psyber-badger would bring back some 90s era weirdness.

[Noserenda]

Blood bowl wins! ANIMALITY! 

Two really lacklustre choices for 40k :( 

[01RTB01]

Expected a little more. I honestly thought heresy reveals were coming.

[CL_Mission]

Big old "those are models I guess" from me. Really hoping the rumours of new vespids pan out, I feel like those could bring some excitement.

[Marshal Rohr]

That’s not bad for a small event. Adepticon will be stacked. 

[01RTB01]

4 minutes ago, Marshal Rohr said:

That’s not bad for a small event. Adepticon will be stacked. 

I didn't realise it's 18 days away. Not long to wait then.

[Zoatibix]

Yep, the Gnome BB team seems to have been a joy to sculpt and looks technically excellent.

 

Other AOS stuff was okay.

 

Sadly I am not a fan of that style of Ork face. An easy swap or stick a welding mask on him, of course.

[Halandaar]

2 hours ago, Burni said:

Yeah that's definitely the better head. I agree with Doghouse, the other head is not very GW Ork-y at all.

 

I'd argue it is "GW Orky", just in the style of their Kruleboyz from AoS rather than the traditional 40K ork look.

[Burni]

4 minutes ago, Halandaar said:

 

I'd argue it is "GW Orky", just in the style of their Kruleboyz from AoS rather than the traditional 40K ork look.

That’s an Orruk so technically I’m correct (the best kind of correct). 

[andes]

He definitely has the Beast Snagga look to him, which I guess is just the modern orky look at this point.

[Emperor Ming]

[Nova-V]

1 hour ago, Redcomet said:

The 40k stuff is very bland. Like it has been for some time now.

 

Blood Bowl Gnomes where the winners. So much fun and joy has been sculpted into those.

 

The 40k minis just feel like the designers aren’t allowed to do anything fun or crazy

These are battleforces so are never meant to be balanced

It is getting a little bit worrying at every reveal 40K never seems to grab people's attention.  40k is the most settled of the settings so is unlikely to have as many wow moments as other games but having none is really starting to sap enthusiasm.  Look at the return of squats the Necromunda version has generated so much more interests in terms of the design compared to the highly sanitised LoV.  Not saying there aren't great models revealed, we have had the Lion, Farsight, some wonderful Tyranids, etc, but they just don't seem to wow in the same way the other ranges do.

[Marshal Rohr]

8 minutes ago, Nova-V said:

It is getting a little bit worrying at every reveal 40K never seems to grab people's attention.  40k is the most settled of the settings so is unlikely to have as many wow moments as other games but having none is really starting to sap enthusiasm.  Look at the return of squats the Necromunda version has generated so much more interests in terms of the design compared to the highly sanitised LoV.  Not saying there aren't great models revealed, we have had the Lion, Farsight, some wonderful Tyranids, etc, but they just don't seem to wow in the same way the other ranges do.

The target demographic for 40K is not the target demographic for online forums and hobby groups.

 

 

edit: I don’t disagree with you, I just don’t think the people who get their socks blown off by 40K are in established hobbyist online groups. 

Edited March 2 by Marshal Rohr

[nodnol88]

That Custodes is the result of what happens when a Votann and a Stormcast have a baby. Really bland model. The Ork is cool though. 

[Nova-V]

6 minutes ago, Marshal Rohr said:

The target demographic for 40K is not the target demographic for online forums and hobby groups.

 

 

edit: I don’t disagree with you, I just don’t think the people who get their socks blown off by 40K are in established hobbyist online groups. 

Fair point it does end up a bit of an echo chamber 

[Doghouse]

4 hours ago, Matcap86 said:

 

The ork has a shouty head alternative. 

 

 

That looks much better!

[Naryn]

Custodes have had a silhouette problem since the beginning. All the stuff on their waist and their narrow stances make their torsos look really long and their legs look really short. This guy at least avoids that problem by being in a wide stance.