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Post by grandmasterwang on Apr 14, 2023 15:58:51 GMT
Great to see some painted knights and peasants again. I see an old style Knight lance/triangle formation!
Informative article.
While I look forward to the new minis I'd say the chances of me staying eefl just went up slightly.
I certainly won't rebase anything I've fully assembled and based but don't actually have a problem with the new base sizes visually from the pictures we've seen so far.
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Post by DiscoQing on Apr 14, 2023 16:30:38 GMT
Just put the appropriate amount of models on a 25mm movement tray.
I'm just gonna put my goblins on the trays I used for my Beastmen 🤣
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Post by Naitsabes on Apr 14, 2023 16:42:31 GMT
I am intrigued by them saying some old kits might return (or at least that's how I read it). That's neat!
In terms of bases, what simon shows is the way to go for me. ...unless the rules are so crappy we stick with 8th around here. That's not terribly unlikely.
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Post by TyrrenAzureblade on Apr 14, 2023 16:43:09 GMT
Now THAT'S actual literal confirmation. Can't say I'm not disappointed, but I will absolutely be getting custom movement trays like the ones simon posted above so I can keep playing older editions and TOW. I'm more excited about them saying that we'll be hearing more at Warhammer Fest. With this rumor ending up being true, I'm hopeful that the November release rumor also ends up being true.
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Post by tofukyo on Apr 14, 2023 16:47:09 GMT
Interesting…
Just to echo some I’ll probably be sticking to the smaller bases allowing backwards compatible gaming plus.. nostalgia.
5th edition lance formation!
Also foot knights! My knights of Origo won’t have to slum it and perform with peasant stats.
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Post by sedge on Apr 14, 2023 16:47:51 GMT
Hmmmm...
Good news in that some of the old (but still good!) Bretonnian kits are returning. From the looks of it the old plastic kits will be available again and considered the "current" models", which means the new plastic kits will probably be Questing Knights / Grail Knights.
Good news in that they've said more news coming on 29th April at Warhammer Fest. Having two updates on TOW in close succession suggests release is not too far off.
Good news that they've confirmed the model scale isn't changing, as much as that can be believed... though I doubt they'd be bringing back old kits if the new ones were completely different scales.
Bad news about base sizes changing, but for me not overly bad. I would never rebase models, and I don't play competitively at all. The nuisance is that if I want to stick with 8th base sizes, I'd need to continue to buy square bases separately, and the new kits won't fit on 8th appropriate base sizes. However, I already use various non-GW models that I put on whatever base size fits, so I'm not that bothered by this.
All in all, it's positive for me. I'm interested in TOW primarily for the models, and even if all I get out of it is the return of classic Bret kits, I'm happy with that.
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Post by KevinC on Apr 14, 2023 16:54:34 GMT
Me neither ..but a movement tray like this should be simple enough.. ----------agreed, this is the way to do it!
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Post by gangland on Apr 14, 2023 17:04:49 GMT
I am more likely to rebase the new stuff than my old stuff heh. That being said I am happy to hear that the models' scales will be the same. So I will probably do a lil pay piggying.
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Post by tileag on Apr 14, 2023 17:07:33 GMT
I'm in the camp I'm not rebasing thousands of models, I'll get the convertors or some other item to make them forward compatible.
Also....knights of the realm on foot!
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Post by johngg on Apr 14, 2023 17:16:34 GMT
Have to admit, I don't hate this. Just means I'm going to make some cool new movement trays
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Post by TyrrenAzureblade on Apr 14, 2023 17:30:03 GMT
As someone who's going to keep basing on the legacy bases, I really hope that either GW starts selling them again (I'm doubtful, although it would be a good way for them to make more money), or that all the folks that will be rebasing flood the second hand market with their old unwanted bases.
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Post by simon on Apr 14, 2023 17:39:37 GMT
It's funny when they say they want to spare us the "complex planning about which spear has to go where".. I have spent countless hours doing just this but actually quite enjoyed the challenge! With a few of my units I make sure I always rank up the dead guys as I remove them to make sure I don't lose the order or I'll never get them back on the tray again!
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Post by 1plussave on Apr 14, 2023 17:45:35 GMT
Well this is the best news I've seen all day.
All I have to do is paint a bigger base or piece of metal the same colour as my bases and magnetise my already magnetised units to it. Bam; cross edition army.
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Post by thegoat on Apr 14, 2023 18:15:13 GMT
My enthusiasm for WH:TOW just decreased 20%.
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Post by DiscoQing on Apr 14, 2023 20:26:17 GMT
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