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That animal has horns, not tusks, or am I seeing it wrong?

Yeah, looks quite dimetrodon

I purchased the Blood Bowl team for my lizardmen. Skinks are kobolds, then it has 6 saurus. I ended up needing more kobolds, so it wasn't the best choice for me, but 6 lizardmen is enough for me, and might be for you.

That would also be the case with Chaos marauders, Freeguild guard, Saurus or similar, but it's not in the game.

Since GW polystyrene is apparently worth its price in gold, a few burners shouldn't make that much of a dent.

Just after the GHB, models of the factions that would become Cities started getting out of stock, dwarf arty included. They were fully out of stock worldwide before GW announced them going out of stock. After Cities came out, the hero required in the mercenaries had its warscroll rewritten and no longer worked with that artillery (the options required for the General in the pistoleers mercenary were removed from the warscroll as well, so that option was totally gone). Next GHB, mercenaries were gone alltogether.

Like the previous mercenaries? The Blackpowder one only lasted some two months.

That is fine. Alternatively classic dwarves from Disposessed that have a Thryng/Tempest's Eye like quality for KO and Fyreslayers. As long as Kharadron and Fyreslayers don't end up in the blender. Throwing them in the same book removes any chance of new non hero/Underworld models (until GW proves otherwise). Not that GW seems hasty in filling out rosters of underdeveloped factions at the moment, but at least there's a chance.

Finish 1 Spitfire. Finish my Tempest. Finish my Me-109. Collect and add models I need for chapter 1 of Kingmaker.

Adding heroes is the highest margin thing they can do, take a formerly rejected sculpt, make mold and produce. It gives them a few new pictures, and an incentive to get the new tome that has the new model. Now they are often nice models, but infantry heroes have no options, and €25 for a single model is ludicrous.

@Arzalyn I know, but can't care about the book, I only like models.

I think they won't do outsourced production for them if they return in the future and their own production is up and running.

Warscrolls for A small one person skiff/biplane (with nice I-15 vibes) Mechanized infantry Valkyries, wing assisted female strike squads (yes, I know that would tread on the toes of balloon boys, but I want my steampunk winged dwarf ladies)

It's the fanatic that buys all tomes, even though they have a two year shelf life and not worth the money. They even reference them being battletomes in the text.

Nice model. Another single hero book release though, and it's another dude. As for lighthouse on a balloon:

It speeds up the game by removing interaction outside of your turn. That isn't a good thing.

Mortal wounds should all be replaced with medium to high rend. And yes, that would make them less useful. Alternatively, every warscroll should have a seperate save vs mortals.

I do think getting concept art for historical models is easier, but it seems easier to design molds for a model you can control. Supports on engines, antennas, pitot tubes, piping, gun barrels etc can be really thin and fragile, and some panels need to be flat, detailed, strong and thin enough so you can open them (to show guns or engine) and it doesn't look weird. There is a reason the engine of the Messerschmidt I recently made has 33 parts and still would benefit from some custom tubing.

That said, quite a few old sets did not get the price increase in 2019, and they got dumped a few months later.

They have already mostly lost me and another friend I sometimes paint with. I got into model planes. Currently working on a highly detailed 1:48 Eduard Tempest (about 25*20 cm) that I purchased for €17,24 (overtrees). It has the panel lines and rivets in all the right places and is in no way less than any GW kit. ICM kits are arguably a better purchase, because their internals are very complete (I like building engines). I can't purchase infantry heroes (except some old world leftovers, though they are less than a euro behind now) for that price. I'll buy specific GW sets every once in a while, like a box of skinks to be kobolds for my PF campaign, but not that often. Those are invariably infantry boxes (necromunda gangs included) and they need to be either less than €2 per model or incredibly versatile. Or Kharadron. I already know that their books are not the quality I want for a higher price than I want with an unreasonably short shelf life.

While lizards look cool, I would buy any Kharadron that isn't an infantry hero for ≥€20* or battletome. *Admiral with model boat excluded. I need that.

I found out tie wraps make for decent ammo belts:

There are some awesome early crocodilifirmes though

I do have a pile of potential, but also think that's okay. I do not make armies, but I paint what I need for Pathfinder sessions, for characters of friends, or because I have an idea for something. This means the 40 or so victrix vikings I have left are no burden, they just don't have a purpose yet. This is true for most half built sets. I need a good variety of stuff to have the flexibility I want, because I don't know whether this Nighthaunt needs to be a shadow or a ghost, and that Victrix Grenadier might be a pawn on a chess board, or a ww2 pilot. That said, I also don't buy large amounts of stuff often, and my pop is not physically large.

It is also just a really good model. As for price, you get a Battlemage, a General and a General on Griffin. Sure, the pedestrians need some work, but the parts are certainly there.