Only read the "Why not both" and thought for a split second they were going back to more modular Boyz a la the 3rd Ed. Boyz box again, then enlarged the thumbnail and saw they just tacked a gun on his back and it's more modern day monopose bullshit.
All edition boxes are monopose models. They will split the new models into multipose down the line. Combining shoota and slugga models into one unit means no ones old models become completely irrelevant.
Why the fuck does Games Workshop not sell mixed army sets? It would make sense to prop up a liked, but financially unviable faction by attaching them to other products.
Alright, makes sense. I am too long out of the tabletop side of the hobby to know how present day GW handles things.
That's possible, but it's also retarded. Not what you proposed, just the possibility of GW doing that. Previously with the HH stuff there were a bunch of SoS units that never got models, and some that only had FW upgrade sprues.
They do occasionally, I guess the term for them is Battlebox but that also includes mono army boxes. 8th and 9th had a few including Forgebane (AM and Knights vs Necrons) and Wrath of the SoulForge King. 10th has had a shorter product cycle, so most of the overstock has just went to discount boxes.
Most of those combo boxes also didn't sell for crap unless it was due to having some new model locked to them for the first year of release. 10th hasn't had that problem. They're also kind of a shit deal unless you know someone willing to pay for the other half of the box that you weren't interested in. That Hexfire box with grey knights vs thousand sons comes to mind, took ages for that castellan crowe(I think that was his name at least) model to get released solo, and it's one of the combo boxes I've seen still collecting dust on store shelves in the area.
What combinations could they do? Its not like you could play Tyrant's legion and sell them as a box, outside of starter sets which are more or less either meant for uberconsoomers or people splitting the armies.
They're also a good box if... You're new to the game and want to collect a large number of models for a decent deal. Some of my friends only started because of a nice start of edition box
Sure but the start of edition boxes aren't the same as the shitty combo boxes from 9th and previous. Way more models, the rulebook, etc. so someone looking to start who is interested in both of those armies, they're usually a great deal. Hexfire was 29 minis, GK and TS, and if you already had either army you probably didn't need anything in the box besides the 2 new characters, and it was $170. Meanwhile the Indomitus starter box was $200, 24 space marines and 37 necrons, all new sculpts. The disparity between an edition starter box and those combo boxes was massive not to mention both forces being around 1000 points instead of just roughly 500.
A box of space marines, termagants, etc. would get you basing bits for dozens of minis. Leg here, helmet there, and so on. And that's assuming you put something on every base(which would be kind of overkill).
Tough spot. Yea, Tabletop Simulator might be your best bet in this, unless the painting aspect is what you're more interested in.
It can be good to learn, but you're learning how to use a finicky Sim on top of using a game. That being said its hard to beat a 5 dollar investment to try out the game side.