Clan's Cynic

3D printing won't hurt GW. If anything it's far more likely to hurt their competition because people delving into non-GW games are already bucking the trend of stepping outside the GW ecosphere. Airbrushes are cheaper and more effective tools than forking out for rattle cans, but the vast majority of people still won't invest in an airbrush whether that's for the upfront cost (around £100), because they lack the space, or more likely just don't want to learn something new when they're happy walking into a shop and buying a box off the shelf - even if 3D printing would've gotten them six units for the price of that one official model. Hell, most people won't even use non-Citadel paints.

Seems the Eldar pre-orders had the price rises baked in. £32.50 for the Codex. £55 for the Collector's Edition Codex (lol), £24 for the dice. £17 for the Datacards (lol).

The Inquisitor will probably fly off the shelves, but I doubt you'll have too much issue getting the Shaman. If they do run-out, they take your details/payment and MTO it for you which usually takes a month or two to arrive.

Magmadroth article. Runesons on Magmadroths are now Battleline for Lofnir.

"Lofnir armies can take Auric Runesons on Magmadroths as Battleline units." Praise Grimnir.

I could see it.

Tyranid swings usually aren't so rugged, although that might just be an 'age' thing. Jabberslythe has a similar design, but they're not 'broken' enough compared to the existing model. Vampire/FEC wings don't have the 'hook' end to them, they're usually straight and narrow. My money's on more StD or Daemons (the big 40k leaker said they're coming at some point) since Be'lakor isn't that off in terms of wing design.

Sounds like a dual release weekend then?

Eldar pre-orders next week. Nothing for AoS. Looks like Fyreslayers/IDK will be fresh off the price hike then.

With 3 being the last game, I fully expect they'll milk as much from the cow as they possibly can. Considering Warmaster had models for Araby and GW seems far more open for OCDonutSteal content on CA's part, I would be very surprised if we don't see Araby added at some point - even if that's later on in the games life cycle. I don't think they're going to let a thing like "3's story campaign focuses on the north of the world" stop them when there's money to be made, particularly when it's no secret the vast majority of people play Mortal Empires anyway.

Today's the day.

Some interesting data from Goonhammer. Take it with a large grain of salt, since their readers obviously skew into the competitive. Off the top of my head though, nothing seems too out of place beyond the surprisingly low placement of Lumineth, given they seem very popular both casually and competitive in my experience. Sauce.

With the resale value of AoS stuff - particularly Dominion contents - being so low, I'll probably skip this one and just pick up individual issues.

Just in time for the price hike no doubt. Sad!

Well this one's interesting.

Assuming the Rumour Thread post was missed, the Swampcalla Shaman sculpt from LVO is this year's Event Exclusive.

This year's event exclusive is the Swampcalla Shaman from LVO. Oh and a Primaris for 40k if you care about that. Nice touch on the Ossiarch bones lining the tips of the staff.

There was a post by ADB somewhere - might've been Reddit or B&C - where I believe he said the only BL books that really sell are about Space Marines and that if BL cared only about sheer profit, they'd never release anything but Horus Heresy and Marine books covering the big three Chapters. Even Inquisition, Imperial Guard and Chaos books don't seem to shift too well. With BL being the only arm of GW that's been losing money or barely making a profit, I guess it's not too much of a surprise the focus is overwhelmingly on 40k.

Of the current authors, anything by Peter Fehervari, though he's only written for 40k. Abnett in second place. The rest I've never been dazzled by.

Just Black Library Celebration next week. Guess there's the Kragnos book, but that's about it for AoS. Tangentially the Witch Hunter re-print. Oh and the Blood Bowl Goblin specials.

Hike for the Flamekeeper if he is a <Priest>. Hearthguard Berzerkers up another 10pts. That'll be it.

Honestly it's probably a way to just stealth kill Firstborn. "They're not being squatted, they're being taken out of rotation haha."

GW tried with 40k in 8th. They set the standard to 1750 and the community rioted. Some tournaments did capitulate out of a desire to toe the party line, but the norm returning to 2000pts in 9th suggests they listened to that brief outrage. The only way I see it moving is if GW radically increase points across the board and 'the community' don't just raise the norm to say... 2500 to accommodate. I think people like 2000pts because 1) Familiarity. GW fans are typically anything if not adverse to change and 2) It's a good point range to allow everybody to bring all their shiny toys. Personally I'd be over the moon to see the average point battle drop to 1500 points or so, largely because I hate seeing boards where things are awkwardly crammed up like somebody poured a bucket of Army Men out over it, but I don't see that changing unless GW themselves push for it.

I wouldn't count on this weekend with the Black Library Celebration stuff. Be a nice surprise, but next week seems more likely.