Mostly because he declared an Imperium Secundus instead of rushing to Terra
He did(along with sanguinius and the lion) but they couldn't get to terra in the first place due to all of the warp storm BS(thanks to kor phaeron and the word bearers). It took a gap in the warp storm and the lion and guilliman basically playing blockers to allow sanguinius to get his fleet through, then some of the dark angels got there later, and finally guilliman once horus was dead(even though he was trying to get vox messages through to terra before they went to the vengeful spirit but he couldn't find shit because the astronomican wasn't working properly). The moment they realized an assassin had been sent from terra to to macragge to deal with conrad curze, it was a wake up call to the three of them that something must exist in that direction.
I hate when "UM ACKTUALLY" fags see someone make a funny meme on the Ork Gestalt and try to argue how this wouldn't work. No shit but it's a meme so fuck off. Also good artist, great shitposts.
YOU VILL IMPULSE BUY FOR FORMAT WE BARELY SUPPORT AND YOU VILL LIKE IT.
GW's recent sprues (the ones I've seen anyway) are a bloody mess. I guess they're trying to shove as much plastic into a single mold as possible.
This goes with the previous part. I've not tried gunpla myself, but they supposedly leave GW and western companies in the dust. I don't why they call them "runners" or "frames" though. I guess it's to sound cooler than "sprue"?
I thought GW was doing monopose these days? I guess the guard is too old for that.
I don't mean to sound like a shill, but this is part of the reason I've been going third party as much as possible. Wargames Atlantic I mentioned are a favourite (they don't come with bases or instructions), but there's lots of third parties out there. I've not tried Northstar minatures Stargrave series, but I've heard nothing but good things. Mantic gets close to GW prices. Warlord games does good stuff I'm told but it's all World War 2.
Join the 3d printer legion. I have almost 8000 points worth of units and I'm not stopping now!
It's a fun romp. You need the space and some time for it, but I find it quite satisfying. My main advice would be that not all stls are made equal. Some units have been much more satisfying to print and build then others.
modern monopose complaints are sometimes correct, sometimes wrong(some people bitch about things being monopose as being a lack of weapon/arm/head options, which just isn't always the case). The easiest way to explain it would be with some examples.
Bandai is willing to avoid cramming as many parts onto a single sprue as physically possible, and will have them laid out logically or with enough space between the parts to be able to quickly find parts on the sprue, and even labels the sprues so the parts will be A1, B15, C5, etc so you know which sprue to even pick up before you start looking. GW rarely labels sprues, and will usually just leave everything a mess on them in no particular order because whatever program they're using decided having all of the guns next to eachother would be great except also fitting in half of a left leg over there makes sense too.
GW does show that they have top tier modeling and the money to produce distinct plastic moulds for your basic infantry.
It might be overrated. It's been spread across a couple of threads, but 3D printing isn't as cheap and easy and it's proponents make it out to be. FDM requires constant tweaking and isn't suitable for minis (though that depends on your standards) while resin involves dealing with fumes, toxic chemicals, and if you live in a "small" space like a typical flat or even a 3 bedroom house, forget it. Then there's the stls themselves. Subscribing to a bunch of patreons in order to get the good stuff, or pirate them.
That sounds weird. I remember when they overhauled the marines for 3rd. They were so poseable and fun. Yeah, it was goofy that everyone's tactical squad was doing non-standard things, but it's entertaining at least. I can see the appeal of push fit and other simplified kits for mass infantry or beginners, but I don't get why they'd go backwards. Either have single pose with a lot of them, or fewer but you can pose them yourself.
I think it would be a scale problem more than anything else.
all of your complaints are invalid you should only play the imperial guard and make sure to be obnoxious about how much every other faction is terrible because my faction choice for flex that I'm a better person you
As if it were that easy. 3D printing is a hobby in itself. No offense but my eye twitches every time I hear someone say to "just 3d print". It's expensive and time consuming. It's a lot of trial and error. Sure if you can dedicate that much effort into 3D printing it might be worth it, but for 90% of people it's not a reasonable alternative. Maybe after 8000 points worth of units it becomes worth it, maybe less if you're doing simple filament printing, but for most it's easier to pay the extra, get exactly what you want out of the box, and save yourself the time. Maybe some day it'll be cheap and easy but not any time soon.
