Have Games Workshop finally heard the Community? Well it seems someone has and we have one of the first new releases (if not the first in some time) to not only be multi-part, but multi-pose! Yes that's right, you don't have to follow the instructions or slice and dice your miniatures to make them interesting. This is nothing new, it's just a return to what Games Workshop have always done best. The multi-pose aspect was a huge point of difference with Games Workshop miniatures - something the other companies have copied and in some ways overtaken in recent years. There are some in the Community who don't think this aspect is important, I believe Spikey Bits was one during the time GW was transitioning to less flexible minis - Age of $igmar 1st edition from memory. That's fine for the gamers, but what about the hobbyists who love to create universes?
Now Games Workshop have returned to one of the things that makes them so great - the customisable aspect of their universe. The ability to mix parts between boxes, factions, even universes to create your own look and feel for your army. Here's hoping this is a return to form and not a blip, because this has us excited for the possibilities of Guard, and I'm sure we're not the only ones.
Well done Games Workshop - this is a great move and very much appreciated.
Now Games Workshop have returned to one of the things that makes them so great - the customisable aspect of their universe. The ability to mix parts between boxes, factions, even universes to create your own look and feel for your army. Here's hoping this is a return to form and not a blip, because this has us excited for the possibilities of Guard, and I'm sure we're not the only ones.
Well done Games Workshop - this is a great move and very much appreciated.
They are here! The long awaited update to the Imperial Guard range, the first of many we are told, but first it's the Cadians. The previous Cadian Shock Troops kit is an old one - venerable, adaptable, ultimately customisable - which received a much-needed upgrade in 2021 with an excellent head and weapon sprue being added to the box. And now, in 2022, we have new minis, an updated look, new proportions, and added dynamism (not to mention retaining the multi-part multi-pose nature of the originals as mentioned above) with the launch box set Cadia Stands: Astra Militarum Army Set. Everything you need to start a small force, or supplement your old one, is here - a Command Squad, 20 Cadian Shock Troops, the new Sentinel kit, which can also be built as a Scout or Armoured Sentinel and two Heavy Weapons Ordnance Teams. As with the other launch boxes, there is also the Codex: Astra Militarum, a set of the new Datacards: Astra Militarumand the new Cadian Transfer Sheet (which if you look closely has some markings very reminiscent of the original box way back in the late 80s). With these miniatures not being available until next year. This is also a two week pre-order window, so be aware you won't have it until the end of November.
The only other miniature release this week is the Goff Rocker, one of those character Ork models you think would have been released in Orktober. Kind of cute, but not amazing, this is on pre-order until January 1st and will be released somewhere within the first half of next year.
Books this week is all Warhammer 40K related; the Cadian Blood Special Edition is yet another amazing looking creation, this one in a fabric cover, one assumes to replicate a Cadian flag. Da Gobbo's Demise in hardback is a new novella featuring everyone's "favourite" green weirdo, along with Witchbringer in paperback, Krieg in paperback, and the second Omnibus of Gaunt's Ghosts: The Victory (Part Two) in paperback. It's also a White Dwarf week with Issue 482 on the shelves this Friday.
The only other miniature release this week is the Goff Rocker, one of those character Ork models you think would have been released in Orktober. Kind of cute, but not amazing, this is on pre-order until January 1st and will be released somewhere within the first half of next year.
Books this week is all Warhammer 40K related; the Cadian Blood Special Edition is yet another amazing looking creation, this one in a fabric cover, one assumes to replicate a Cadian flag. Da Gobbo's Demise in hardback is a new novella featuring everyone's "favourite" green weirdo, along with Witchbringer in paperback, Krieg in paperback, and the second Omnibus of Gaunt's Ghosts: The Victory (Part Two) in paperback. It's also a White Dwarf week with Issue 482 on the shelves this Friday.
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