Tuesday 30 June 2015

Psychic Tuesday 30-06-15 The Future of 40k Is very Grim DARK!!

AOS, AOS, AOS is running through my head, multiple futures and multiple dimension.

the future look Grim DARK, well the future has always looked grim dark in the 41st millennium :-)


So with all the changes happening in the WARHAMMER fantasy side of the hobby, and most of the rumours about how Age of Sigmar will play (most of these look like they have been confirmed), the future of 40k maybe in line to change in the same way.

I have thought about how the changes that are happening to fantasy, with a more simplistic form of game play than the current tome that is 8th and what this actually means for the future.  so the rumours go that all armys will be made up from war-scrolls rather than from army books.

This may seem very odd, but when you think about it, as a company GW don't need to release army books for all or none of the armies, as they have said that all current army units will have war-scrolls for use straight away, so there is no need to wait months or years to use your army or race of choice, so everyone is at the same stage right from the beginning (this seems like a good move).

So battles can be a big or as small as you want them to be, this makes the transition of existing players as painless as possible, but also makes it much easier for beginners to enter the fantasy hobby as well (this seems like a good move as well).

I'm fully aware of the numbers of fantasy players in the hobby and I'm always amazed when I visit a GW store anywhere in the country (UK) that there are multiple games of Fantasy being played (I truly hope that this continues with the release of AOS (Age of Sigmar).

There will not be any Army books from this point on as all units will be covered by War-scrolls, but expect to see multiple source / campaign books in the style of 'end times' in the near future, these could contain campaign specific rules / war-scrolls / formations etc rather than army general rules (this seems like a good move).

I have not played or purchase any fantasy models since i was much younger (prob mid 90's) and at that time I had quiet a large selection of army books and small armies, I have always enjoyed the fluff of the warhammer world and have kept an eye on the goings on over the years. I got back into the hobby about 2year ago mainly due to the Horus Heresy / black library and was always tempted to purchase some fantasy models and got really close to making the plunge with all the end times stuff / fluff but never quite got there, this was probably mainly due to cost commitments of starting a large enough army to play games.

With the release of AOS this looks like the perfect time to start :-)

So to get back on topic, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF W40K?

I foresee that 40k could be heading down the same route as AOS, this will be a radical change for both systems and will either make or brake GW. This may be one of the reasons why 40k releases of outstanding army / codex's seem to be rushed, in terms of 7th ed only Imp guard and Tau are remaining (so what happens when these have all been released?).

interesting times ahead!!!



Tuesday 23 June 2015

Psychic Tuesday 23-06-15 Age of Sigmar!!!

Age of Sigmar is Coming
The WARP is a perilous realm full of many different futures and time flows in mysterious ways.

I came across images from worlds that may of existed or are still to be, the warp is the realm of the gods not always of the chaos variety, one thing that binds all these together is the name of 'Sigmar'

'Who the F**k is Sigmar!!

The following is a my mad prediction and rambling about the future, of Warhammer and Warhammer 40k, I have been reading lots of rumours about 'The Age of Sigmar' the one I was reading the other day was really far out with lots of new races, gods, realms and ways of playing that got me thinking out side the box.

If these rumours are true than there is the possibility of multiple new races coming into this new version of Warhammer, this is interesting as this allows for loads on new models for a range that traditionally was struggling to sell as many models as W40k. new races, new gods, new multiple universes equals the opportunity for some of these new races and maybe some of the traditional races making the leap into the 'W40k UNIVERSE' (bear with me).

Lets say that there is a 30k Great Crusade / plastic box set coming in the near future, this could be the opportunity for races like skaven and lizardmen appearing in 30k (as races encountered during the great crusade) this would also lead to any new races for Age of Sigmar having the same treatment.
With all these new races and models coming this would lead to an increase in models being purchased for both systems and ending the lack of warhammer models being sold.

The Age of Sigmar is a massive gamble for GW and hopefully this is the beginning of a new golden age for the GW model business an (AGE OF SIGMAR).

Wow that has been one of my most far fetch ideas for the upcoming GW future I have ever come up with, but i believe that there is a sliver of truth in there somewhere.

Tuesday 16 June 2015

Psychic Tuesday 16-06-15 Isstvan III

 Whilst Traversing the Sea of Souls 'in my mind'

I have come across information and images of interesting times ahead.

I truly believe that there will be a plastic 30k starter box set coming out sometime this year and this will introduce Horus Heresy and forge world in general into GW stores and will be the replacement range for the Hobbit IP. Secretly hoping this will happen at the Forge World open day in July!

With this in mind I was reading a recent post on Battlebunnies (battlebunnies.blogspot.co.uk) about the missing characters from the forge world books that have rules but no models, and it got me thinking.

What if the reason that these characters are missing models is that they will be done in plastic and be part of the 30k starter box set!!

Starter box set to be set on Isstvan III with generic plastic marines but will have plastic HQ characters for the Emperors Children (Saul Tarvitz), Sons of Horus (Maloghurst), and the World Eaters (I can't remember his name).
Saul Tarvitz (Captain of the Emperors Children)





Maloghurst the Twisted (Sons of Horus Captain).
Interesting times ahead,

Let me know your thoughts and comments


Tuesday 9 June 2015

Psychic Tuesday 9-6-15 Double D's of Power

I'm currently on holiday at the moment but the flow of the warp never stops :-)

With the imminent release of the seventh edition of codex space marine, images and information keeps coming and going.

One of the main points that imprints into my mind is that Marneus Calgar is now a Lord of War,
Another piece of foresight is that he comes with the option to do a strength D double power fist attack when in combat!!!

Images from Blood Oath, warhammer world exclusive supplement 


See you next week :-)



Tuesday 2 June 2015

Psykic Tuesday 02-06-15

Bet you didn't see this coming, but it's the first Psykic Tuesday of June 2015 :-)

So the flow of the Warp is strong at the moment and Images and thoughts keep coming into my mind.

So for my predictions this week I have a double Whammy!!

First Off

To help the plastic Horus Heresy rumours that are bouncing around the internet's, I believe that we will see a plastic Contemptor Dreadnought as part of the release :-)

With the recent release of the AD-Mech Kastellan Robots there are a lot of design similarities between these and the
FW Contemptor Dreadnought.  

Pic of my recent purchase of Kastellan Robots (Wonderfully designed Models)

Comparison Shot of Kastellan and Contemptor models, having purchased both just recently I have noticed
very similar designs and construction methods, upto the mid section and to an extent the Torso the models
are practically the same, and I would take little effort to design one into the other!! 

Final Comparison pic, just had to add the new plastic magos, now this is what you call a amazing
model, and he's £22 because he's a two sprue set.
    Secondly

with the recent release of the chapter upgrades

Dark Angel Upgrade Sprue


Ultramarine Upgrade Sprue ETC..

I have foreseen that there will be a Deathwatch upgrade sprue release coming very soon and also the possibility of a Deathwatch boxed game, similar in style to space hulk and the recent assassins game :-)

So thats it for this week.