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David "X Wolf" Burnett — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:58:50 -0000

The Baneblade variants have been out for some time(ABOUT SIX MONTHS).

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Irongiant — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:18:44 -0000

Will buy most of the Ork 2nd wave to go with my big unpainted ork army i guess. (shiny new stuff) but the stompa if it comes, nah built me own from a old remote control holder, bitz and gubbinz that the kids at the store love. much more fun than fit part a to part b. , Now wheres that sci fi tank i am building a battlewagon from...

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MOAB — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:43:15 -0000

OMG!!! Can't wait for da stompie !!!
Any rumours of any plastic titans ????

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MOAB — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:41:56 -0000

OMG !!!! Can wait for da stompie !!,
Any rumours of any plastic titans ????

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UltramarineFan — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:55:10 -0000

Yeah but resin is really hard to get right seeing as they often break or the resin is too malformed for distribution

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UltramarineFan — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:51:58 -0000

If you make that change from elite to hord its very releasing seeing as your bog-standard guys are bout a third of the cost compared to your previous army, that's what I found.

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Zaarin7 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:34:26 -0000

Plastic Baneblade varients! WHEEEEEE! WOOOO HOOOOO!

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SSG Snuffy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:23:38 -0000

If you haven't already, pick up a copy of Tom Clancy's "Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment." It's a great basis as far as numbers and composition, and a pretty good read, besides.

Always a pleasure to meet another Blackhorse trooper, by the way.

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Kraggi — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:12:02 -0000

I love the sound of the new plastic kits. Dont collect the guard but have their codex (along with too many others lol).

I try n get an apocalypse game going as often as i can. I have Apocalypse armies for Nids, Necrons and Dark Angels. Apocalypse also gives me the excuse to use the DA codex and field the thunderer cannon as an ally. I have a couple of Forgeworld models for each Army and enjoy using them (Shadowsword, Thunderbolt, Pylon and Hierodule), especially as my brother Scratch built two Reaver Titans (Shudder).

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anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:29:13 -0000

sweet valkyres.
and stormtroopers.

love love love

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Eddie — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:32:19 -0000

forgeworld is alot smaller than GW, and doesn't have the capacity/demand to put it in every small gaming store. also, Forgeworld makes it's models out of resin, witch is alot cheaper to make than the sculpt for a plastic sprue. a resin mold costs hundreds to make, a plastic mold costs thousands.
most of what forgeworld makes is for a small percentage of gamers. GW relies on mass quantity to justify making a model. If GW tried to make everything that forgeworld did in plastic, it would go bankrupt.
-eddie

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Eddie — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:15:53 -0000

yes, scale model ships can be made at that size, and with significant details, but those are display models. the plastic for a thunderhawk would need to be 4-5 times thicker. those model ships are meant to sit on a shelf forever. I don't know about you, but I want a model that can stand up to gaming, (or unsupervised gamestore kids).
-eddie

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RTM — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:13:23 -0000

Our gaming group plays apocalypse pretty much de rigeur. Regular sized games just aren't as much fun. We have strong interest in all of the plastic releases that come out, and plastic stormtroopers, sisters, greatcoats, valkyries, and blade variants will sell extremely well around here. The stompa, yeah, you could sell three or four to us, too.

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GI Jedi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:07:43 -0000

Your talking about 4/11 ACR "Blackhorse" then, I was there when Sickles AAF and Downs Barracks closed down. Been Wanting to do an Air Cav thing myself, just to cost prohibitive when you add the Valks and Elysians together. I've been wactching the Valk rumors for awhile and I'm hoping they do pan out, oh wow is my wallet gonna hurt!!

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scotchjon — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:59:02 -0000

Moderately interested in Valkyrie, depending on how cool it looks. Won't be an immediate priority but probably pick up a couple with some new storm troopers to round out my army.

The Stormlord? I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT!!!!!

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abhinavjain — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:52:20 -0000

prolly not since '08 started with Orks and its a 3-month rotation for all the systems, so lord of the rings should have the final release for this year... thats what i've heard a lot of times about new releases for each system....
however, the new year may start with some SW goodness... i wud prolly be a very happy camper if it did come out around christmas!

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abhinavjain — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:42:27 -0000

more like terminating your life for insubordination to an an Inquisitor and purging all records of your life from the Imperial Archives...

:)
=p

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Rift Knight — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:41:47 -0000

Buy you are afraid of Walter. PHHHAAARRT; HE KILL YOU.

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Bloodthirster — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:26:25 -0000

Just relayin gwhat the GW team were saying at Games Day.

The only thing I can think of is this:

How thick is the plastic that the model ships are made of, or your enterprise. Now think about the thickness of plastic used in the banblade or monolith, or even the ruins.

That could be causing the problems.

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Rift Knight — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:13:57 -0000

I as well.

Rift Knight

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Augie — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:09:52 -0000

Not holding my breath on any of these. I'll believe it when we see the first sprue shots.

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shadow puppet — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:01:39 -0000

i also agree with Ridicule

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SSG Snuffy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:27:25 -0000

I'm building up an armored cavalry-type IG force, based on the 11th ACR in Fulda. I'd definitely buy a few Valkyries to add another squadron.

I don't play in Apocalypse games, mostly because of the time required for such a game - I can't ever seem to free up a chunk of daylight large enough.

I'm interested in some of the Baneblade variants, but only from a modeling point of view. I've played with and against a Baneblade and Hellhammer in some non-Apocalypse games. It's an interesting battle once or twice, but not really appropriate for regular play.

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SSG Snuffy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:19:42 -0000

I've seen model aircraft carriers and sailing ships that are easily T-hawk sized, and there's a kit on the shelf of the local hobby store for a German submarine that's half again that size (for only about $200, too). It could be done, I think, if they wanted to badly enough.

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nurglespuss — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:50:34 -0000

That and can you blame him for posting as 'anon' when the unwashed 'internet masses' often react badly to cirticism? p.s. its the curse of the internet: loss of intelligeable English, loss of manners, increase in opinion, increase in anonymity.