Overread Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 From their email sent around this morning after the UK lockdown last night. Hi Everyone, Seems it’s finally time to stay at home and tackle that pile of sprue you’ve been stashing under the bed and finish that half-painted unit that’s been languishing on your desk. The safety and wellbeing of all our customers and staff are paramount to everyone here at Games Workshop. In response to the developing global situation surrounding the spread of COVID-19, and following the advice and instruction from both the government here in the UK and throughout the world – we are closing Games Workshop sites around the globe. This means that all our Warhammer and Games Workshop stores will be shut from the 24th March until an initial date of the 14th April. We’ll also be closing our factory and distribution centres – so our online stores (Games Workshop, Forge World and Black Library) won’t be selling or shipping any physical products during this period either. If you’ve recently placed an order and are waiting for it to arrive, please give us 48 hours to contact you. If you've still got questions after that, then please drop our Customer Service team a line via email, they’ll be valiantly working from home to ensure you’re supported over this period. Now, more than ever, the wonderful spirit of friendship and cooperation that binds Warhammer hobbyists around the world is needed. With that in mind, the Warhammer Community and Warhammer TV teams are bunkered down in their hobby rooms at home ready to update warhammer-community.com with fun Warhammer news, articles and content each and every day. And, of course, you’ll also still be able to keep yourself entertained with some cracking ebooks and audio dramas from Black Library’s digital offering. Most importantly, everyone stay safe – be supportive to the people around you, and keep your mind and body happy and healthy. When this all blows over, we’ll get back to throwing dice together soon enough! Sincerely, Andy Smillie Global Head of Warhammer Community Team Tuesday 24th March 2020 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Klatz Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 We saw it coming but it's still a pity. By God-king Sigmar we'll get through this though, stronger and better than ever with our communities full of new ideas and grey armies on the shelves conquered for the promise day when their shining doors open once more! Only the Faithful! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravinsild Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 58 minutes ago, Baron Klatz said: We saw it coming but it's still a pity. By God-king Sigmar we'll get through this though, stronger and better than ever with our communities full of new ideas and grey armies on the shelves conquered for the promise day when their shining doors open once more! Only the Faithful! Really glad I stocked up on some paints and glue (just in case) that were running a bit lower than I'm comfortable with. Forgot to get more Mournfang Brown though, but it's ok, for my troops I use contrast to skip basing and washing so I just use Skrag and Deathclaw Brown for belts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Klatz Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Just now, Ravinsild said: Really glad I stocked up on some paints and glue (just in case) The true hobbyist answer to this quarantine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarmofseals Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I wonder how long it will take to get kits like the Stegadon back in stock with the backlog the factory shutdown will create. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willange Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 31 minutes ago, swarmofseals said: I wonder how long it will take to get kits like the Stegadon back in stock with the backlog the factory shutdown will create. Yes, I was gonna expand a bit on my Seraphon next, but everything I need for them would've been an online order. Now I'll probably just expand a different project instead via eBay/Amazon (though even amazon is gonna be tight on GW stuff for the next bit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCovenLord Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Sucks. But I sure am glad I purchased those 6 boxes of blackguard before the closure. Something to hobby on in the coming weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Baron Klatz said: The true hobbyist answer to this quarantine. Yeah... that’s why I’ve been stockpiling unbuild models these past years definitely not because of a lack of self control 🤭 Edited March 24, 2020 by Kramer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravinsild Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 44 minutes ago, Kramer said: Yeah... that’s why I’ve been stockpiling unbuild models these past years definitely not because of a lack of self control 🤭 Well I think my glue is Half-Way through and I still have 2 Start Collecting Boxes, a box of Brutes and a whole Megaboss on Maw-Krusha to sub assemble, paint, then build...so that's a whole army. I got a second glue just in case. Same for the paints, the main paints I used, if they were about 3/4ths used or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 25 minutes ago, Ravinsild said: Well I think my glue is Half-Way through and I still have 2 Start Collecting Boxes, a box of Brutes and a whole Megaboss on Maw-Krusha to sub assemble, paint, then build...so that's a whole army. I got a second glue just in case. Same for the paints, the main paints I used, if they were about 3/4ths used or so. Smart. I don’t have those super glue reserves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skabnoze Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 What will I do without a constant and regular injection of new plastic kits? Don't tell me I am going to have to start digging into the model-kit reserves that I have been hoarding in my garage for the past ~30 years... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozly Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Skabnoze said: What will I do without a constant and regular injection of new plastic kits? Don't tell me I am going to have to start digging into the model-kit reserves that I have been hoarding in my garage for the past ~30 years... Sometimes this makes me feel like those crazy toilet paper people but of plastic. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skabnoze Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Bozly said: Sometimes this makes me feel like those crazy toilet paper people but of plastic. If hoarding a stupid amount of miniature kits for decades is wrong then I don't want to be right! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kugane Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 14 hours ago, Skabnoze said: What will I do without a constant and regular injection of new plastic kits? Don't tell me I am going to have to start digging into the model-kit reserves that I have been hoarding in my garage for the past ~30 years... Its time to start sculpting your own out of green stuff. Or... toilet paper rolls. Both equally valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPjr Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 if people are really jonesing for their plastic crack then Goblin Gaming will be taking orders until this Friday... good to support these smaller shops anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastmaster Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Seems there’s still a lot of small online stores to order from. At least here in Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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