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40k fans freaking out over Disney is laughable you should be more worried over Black Library itself like love machine said. Recently BL had an author who said he wanted to destroy everything people like about 40k on purpose (female space marines) but was fired promptly after the twitter rants he had. Why was a guy like that hired in the first place?

The worst part about this calgar reveal is his cliche it is “Ohhhhh I lost my friend in space marine training so I did something to remember him by” like 10 different other space marines have this back story. I suspect this was done to play more into Calgars Imposter syndrome.
 
Recently BL had an author who said he wanted to destroy everything people like about 40k on purpose (female space marines) but was fired promptly after the twitter rants he had. Why was a guy like that hired in the first place?
Which author was that?
 
Which author was that?

This guy, probably:

GW: Arch Warhammer is toxic and we will destroy the entire Youtube 40k Fandom just to fuck him over if we have to.

Also GW: Our Black Library author is too woke and thus we have to fire him.


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Nice to see GW discovering why you don't hire these types in the first place. Once they're fired, they knife you in the back on the way out the door. And maybe the woke discovering that corporations don't REALLY give a shit about your stupidass social causes.
He got into a slapfight because someone was getting death threats about a "gay Space Marines" joke, started shooting his mouth off, and GW showed him the door. He promptly posted this whiny screed on Twitter trying to justify himself. The thing that really stood out to me was that he apparently considered it some kind of huge burden to be told not to sperg about contentious political shit when speaking in his official capacity as a Black Library writer, which is a prime indicator of lolcow tendencies.
 
Well GW just dropped the battleforce boxes this season:



40k gets Phobos marines, Tau, Necrons, Imperial Guard, Chaos, and Tyranids

AoS gets Ogors, Gloomspite, Kharadron, and Tzeentch

I'd say that the winners are Tau, Tyranids, Ogors, and Tzeentch.

Tau get a nice mix of infantry and battlesuits, Nids get melee genestealers haruspex with long range gargoyles and hive guard.

Ogors come with two units of gluttons and the ironblaster/scraplauncher, so if you have enough 28mm bases you get a squad of gnoblars for free.

The Tzeentch one comes with a Lord of Change, Gaunt Summoner, two squads of acolytes, 1 unit of regular tzaangors, and the tzaangors of discs. That's a force usable in 40k as well if you want some hordes in your Thousand Sons army.

The ones that I could see not doing well is the Gloomspites as it is a mix of troggoths and squigs (bit of a mismatch) and the Space Marines as it is Infiltrators, Reivers, the Invictor, Implusor, and a Phobos captain, which are all in other box sets available to Space Marines.
 
Phobos Christmas box? It's like they read my posts here...

Oh. Reivers. Gross.

Shame, probably will be $150-165 US, Captain at like 35, Infli/cursors 45, usually see the tactical war suit at 51. That's 121, and I'm lukewarm on the Impulsor. So that's 30 to 45 bucks more for units I don't want.

How long do these usually stay available? I'm getting Elite edition soon and I'll probably grab Start Collecting Vanguard Space Marines soon after that as I'm worried that's going out of print soon.
 
Phobos Christmas box? It's like they read my posts here...

Oh. Reivers. Gross.

Shame, probably will be $150-165 US, Captain at like 35, Infli/cursors 45, usually see the tactical war suit at 51. That's 121, and I'm lukewarm on the Impulsor. So that's 30 to 45 bucks more for units I don't want.

How long do these usually stay available? I'm getting Elite edition soon and I'll probably grab Start Collecting Vanguard Space Marines soon after that as I'm worried that's going out of print soon.
They stay available till they are gone. Though they usually make a decent amount.
 
They stay available till they are gone. Though they usually make a decent amount.

Well, I won't worry about it until after my first couple of purchases, and if their gone I'll get the Captain, Infiltrators, and Invictus sperate and not worry about if I would have wanted a metal boxes or getting Reiver pilled(or throwing beaky heads on them and calling them Incursors)
 
Well, I won't worry about it until after my first couple of purchases, and if their gone I'll get the Captain, Infiltrators, and Invictus sperate and not worry about if I would have wanted a metal boxes or getting Reiver pilled(or throwing beaky heads on them and calling them Incursors)
The skull helmets look good on Infiltrators too but I’m an edgy 13 year old at heart. Also you could kitbash a Phobos LT. in reiver armor too maybe since the box just has a captain.
 
The Necron box looks like a decent enough starter, but it lacks any of the new units. Ten Warriors (US$45), five Deathmarks/Immortals (US$38 ), five Lychguard/Praetorians (US$48 ), three Scarab Swarms, a Technomancer Cryptek (US$35), a Tomb Spider (US$38 ), a Triarch Stalker (US$55), and a Doom Scythe (US$60). Total value US$319.

Can't help but wonder if they're trying to unload some overstock with this.
 
The CSM box looks like a perfect Iron Warriors starter.
The only things missing are the Warpsmith and a Lord Discordant.
 
The Necron box looks like a decent enough starter, but it lacks any of the new units. Ten Warriors (US$45), five Deathmarks/Immortals (US$38 ), five Lychguard/Praetorians (US$48 ), three Scarab Swarms, a Technomancer Cryptek (US$35), a Tomb Spider (US$38 ), a Triarch Stalker (US$55), and a Doom Scythe (US$60). Total value US$319.

Can't help but wonder if they're trying to unload some overstock with this.
Also looks like to tempt indomintus starters to add onto their necrons.
 
Also looks like to tempt indomintus starters to add onto their necrons.
The Necron box looks like a decent enough starter, but it lacks any of the new units. Ten Warriors (US$45), five Deathmarks/Immortals (US$38 ), five Lychguard/Praetorians (US$48 ), three Scarab Swarms, a Technomancer Cryptek (US$35), a Tomb Spider (US$38 ), a Triarch Stalker (US$55), and a Doom Scythe (US$60). Total value US$319.

Can't help but wonder if they're trying to unload some overstock with this.
Started my necron army with 2 Indomitus boxes. This set is very appealing.
 
Why they wasted their time with the KO box is beyond me

ive seen plenty of aether wars boxes floating around and this ones just 2 of them minus the dirigible suit guy with a frigate and a special character replacing them (a special character locked to a specific port mind you)

this is also compunded by the fact that the gunhauler and the balloon boys are also in the start collecting box.


wouldnt be surprised if you see these ko boxes mouldering in hobby store back rooms for years to come.
 
Why they wasted their time with the KO box is beyond me

ive seen plenty of aether wars boxes floating around and this ones just 2 of them minus the dirigible suit guy with a frigate and a special character replacing them (a special character locked to a specific port mind you)

this is also compunded by the fact that the gunhauler and the balloon boys are also in the start collecting box.


wouldnt be surprised if you see these ko boxes mouldering in hobby store back rooms for years to come.
Tzeench is the only AoS box that looked impressive
 
The Prim-Orks return!

Angry 'un Da Red - Prim-ork of Da Planet Eataz
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Angry ’un Da Red was originally a ork nob serving under Ghazghkull Thraka until his head came into contact with an explosive heavy bolder round. Luckily(?) for Angry ‘un Thraka’s personal pain dok got ahold of him and, while “experimenting” on his brain the dok accidentally unlocked a part of the Ork’s Krork heritage with the added side effect of an extremely nasty temper. Almost immediately Angry ’un (as he was now know) began growing to gigantic proportions, almost as large as Thraka himself with none of the cunning and twice the brutal.

Angry ’un Da Red’s Waaghhh! is not a conventional Waaghhh! Angry ’un does not attempt to lead his forces in any way shape or form, rather, A large host of Orks follow behind him as he carves his way across a planet. Orks freely join and leave the Waaaagh!! As it moves across the galaxy. These followers have taken to calling themselves Da Planet Eataz.

Alfariuz 'an Omeg'un - Prim-Orks of Da Alfur Leejun
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Alfariuz 'an Omeg'un are roit sneaky gitz ‘an they spat on me favorite boots. Dey need teachin a lessun!

Alfariuz 'an Omeg'un were originally a single warboss until a mishap involving a grot, a malfunctioning tele-porta and an exploding squig-rat resulted in an identical clone of Alfariuz being created. The two warbosses think identically, though Omeg'un is a mute and communicates via a mix of sign language, punches, and slaps. The psychic brain link between the two gives the Boyz under their command an incredible amount of co-ordination, for orks at least. Both warbosses also posses experimental stealth generators, though it is up for debate if they work, or simply turn them purple when activated.

Da Alfur Leejun is a Waaaagh! made up almost entirely of commandos. Many a planet’s last transmission has been a frantic report of silent orks suddenly appearing from everywhere. Another tactic they like to employ is disguising themselves as Orks from other tribes, sabotaging or guiding other smaller Waaaghhs! Into either joining them or weakening their next target. They have even been known to fake smaller Waaaghs! destroying a carefully chosen target and then dispersing so that their enemies believe their surgical strikes to be “isolated events” ensuring that the larger Waaagh! can continue to further it’s goals with less concentrated retaliation from their victims.

Goregar - Prim-Ork of Da Wyrd Bearerz
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“Blezzed iz da git ‘oo’s brainz iz to tiny ta fink ‘bout stuff”

Goregar was originally one of Thraka’s least successful Warbosses, generally unmotivated and prone to drunken stupors. That all changed, when, during a particularly violent drunken Rowe, one of Goregar’s Wyrd Boyz wacked him “Real ‘ard” with his Waaaagghhhh! staff, a blow that would forever leave a mark on both the orks soul and his head.

Some orks say it was at this moment that Goregar made a connection with Gork and Mork themselves, gaining never before seen Waaaaagh! powers, while other say he just had some sense knocked into him. Regardless, Goregar was reborn what can only be described as a Orky religious zealot, drawing other particularly crazy orks to him on his “Relijuss Crudesadez” which generally involved burning planets in its path to the ground. Nobz who join Goregar are required to “Be ‘it real ‘ard” by the same stick, the orks that survive this potentially deadly blow to the cranium are generally the thickest and stupidest of their kind, which suits Goregar perfectly fine

Goregar himself gained the ability to use the most powerful Waaaaghhh! magic ever encountered, one particular account by terrified Imperial survivors was a huge green hand grabbing two imperial knights in its giant fist and hurling them several miles away. His end goal is to obtain “‘Now-ledge” which he believes is a powerful artifact weapon he can use to become the new “biggest warboss in da universe”

And from the same artist doing Warhammer Fantasy, the Carcharogors, Beastmen from the Vampire Coast who take on the appearance of a shark instead of a goat or bull,.

A Carcharogor Mast Breaker
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"The beast men of the coast are as much shaped by their environment as their cousins in the great forests of the empire. Generally, these beast men will have the appearance of the great bloodthirsty fish that inhabit the oceans of the old-world and most of their kind are dedicated to the chaos god Khorne, sharks being a beast particularly favored by the god for their bloodlust."

A Carcharogor Captain, Black Gill.
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"FORTUNE FAVORS THE INFAMOUS....

Unlike their forest bound cousins, the beast men of the Vampire Coast have little qualms about dealing in mercenary practices, though usually seen in the company of more, questionable, allies particularly brave captains may have a few Carcharogors for protection. Assuming they don't eat the crew, nothing dissuades potential boarding parties then a 12 foot tall muscled behemoth sporting several rows of razor-sharp teeth.

Even BRAVER, or possibly stupider, merchants may even hire a Carcharogor captain. Standing at least another 3 or four feet above their crew, these particularly horrifying beasts are not only combat monsters (pun intended) but smarter than many would give them credit. One particular well known specimen is known as "Black Gill" known for his no quarters given policy, some wonder where he got all those cured leather pieces for his jacket."
 
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