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Post by knoffles on Dec 11, 2022 18:35:35 GMT
There is a current rumour going round that when the new cities of sigmar are released (dawn bringers) a couple of ranges will be removed. One is the freeguild models (basically the empire line) the other is the wanderers (the remnants of the woodelves). No idea on the validity of this (the empire line does kind of make sense if they are releasing inevitably more pricey & new models) but thought I’d flag it especially as the rumour was stating a spring release.
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Post by tucker on Dec 13, 2022 3:09:23 GMT
Not the biggest loss, as the 8th Edition Empire range is probably the worst in the history of Warhammer Fantasy (maybe the 6th/7th Edition Skaven were worse?). Wood Elves are nice, though.
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Post by DiscoQing on Dec 13, 2022 8:51:41 GMT
Wood elf stuff is just 3 units though?
Eternal guard, Wild riders and Araloth...
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Post by Grimfang Gogulk on Dec 14, 2022 22:57:21 GMT
Probably true.. They are like Mail order only- almost?
I kinde like what I have seen, those Freeguilder Crossbowmen were really nice for Mordheim.. Nicked their crossbows for my Orcs but the models are pretty good marksmen! Glad I have a few left..
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Post by sonofkurnos on Dec 15, 2022 1:20:36 GMT
I wonder if the reason for them being removed would be for an aesthetic change over anything else...
Perhaps the empire are going back to that original monopose plastic look - regimented, well turned out looking units of men with less skulls, gubbins and missing shoes...
And the wood elves, being much nearer to the high elf/wood elf split may head towards a more hoods and cloaks feeling rather than the bark armour and scary aesthetic we last had?
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Post by thegoat on Dec 15, 2022 2:20:01 GMT
Citadel kits being removed from the range is just par for the coarse these days. If there is a set you like, buy it. There is no sense in waiting. They never go on sale. If you wait the only things that might happen is GW raises the price or the set goes out of production with little or no warning. Perhaps the empire are going back to that original monopose plastic look - regimented, well turned out looking units of men with less skulls, gubbins and missing shoes... Plastic? Surely you mean "that original monopose metal look". |
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Post by lordofskullpass on Dec 15, 2022 9:25:55 GMT
I wouldn't think this is the case - GW haven't previewed much of the new Cities of Skubmar range yet, just a few bitz photos, suggesting it will be a long time before it arrives, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're purposefully timing it with the release of TOW, so that all the Warhammer Fantasy models in the current Cities range are moved to the inevitable TOW section of the website and the new Cities range takes their place on the AoS part of the site.
But then, if you are right and GW does delete more Fantasy models, I don't think anyone will miss the Gods-awful 7th Edition Empire State Trooper sculpts.
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Post by sonofkurnos on Dec 15, 2022 9:33:21 GMT
Citadel kits being removed from the range is just par for the coarse these days. If there is a set you like, buy it. There is no sense in waiting. They never go on sale. If you wait the only things that might happen is GW raises the price or the set goes out of production with little or no warning. Perhaps the empire are going back to that original monopose plastic look - regimented, well turned out looking units of men with less skulls, gubbins and missing shoes... Plastic? Surely you mean "that original monopose metal look". No, I mean what I wrote - I refer to the lion sheild monopose plastic spearmen and the handgunners |
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Post by lordofskullpass on Dec 15, 2022 11:29:32 GMT
Citadel kits being removed from the range is just par for the coarse these days. If there is a set you like, buy it. There is no sense in waiting. They never go on sale. If you wait the only things that might happen is GW raises the price or the set goes out of production with little or no warning. Plastic? Surely you mean "that original monopose metal look". No, I mean what I wrote - I refer to the lion sheild monopose plastic spearmen and the handgunners And even the 6th Edition multipart plastic box where all the models stood and walked like humans rather than great apes  |
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Post by sonofkurnos on Dec 15, 2022 11:35:45 GMT
No, I mean what I wrote - I refer to the lion sheild monopose plastic spearmen and the handgunners And even the 6th Edition multipart plastic box where all the models stood and walked like humans rather than great apes This was the absolute highlight of the empire range.... |
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Post by thegoat on Dec 15, 2022 12:16:15 GMT
Citadel kits being removed from the range is just par for the coarse these days. If there is a set you like, buy it. There is no sense in waiting. They never go on sale. If you wait the only things that might happen is GW raises the price or the set goes out of production with little or no warning. Plastic? Surely you mean "that original monopose metal look". No, I mean what I wrote - I refer to the lion sheild monopose plastic spearmen and the handgunners Roger, those would be the models from the sixth edition starter set. Since I started playing during fourth edition, those are not the models I think of as "original". These are what I thought you were referring to (not citadel's finest work)...  |
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Post by sonofkurnos on Dec 15, 2022 12:37:19 GMT
These are indeed GWs best work...I have very fond memories of the monopose high elves ✌️
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Post by thegoat on Dec 15, 2022 12:48:33 GMT
These are indeed GWs best work...I have very fond memories of the monopose high elves ✌️ We will have to agree to disagree on that point. The original metal Jes Goodwin monopose High Elves those are based on are great. But the plastic versions, not so much. |
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Post by lordofskullpass on Dec 15, 2022 13:52:20 GMT
These are indeed GWs best work...I have very fond memories of the monopose high elves ✌️ We will have to agree to disagree on that point. The original metal Jes Goodwin monopose High Elves those are based on are great. But the plastic versions, not so much. To be honest I agree with sonofkurnos, the monopose Elves still stand the test of time to this day, and fit very well with the multipart Spearman kit. The only thing both those have is that they're significantly shorter than modern GW Elves are, so they look like midgets compared with my 8th Edition Island of Blood Lothern Sea Guard and Swordmasters  The Archers in particular are way better than the multipart ones that came after them with the pansy hairdos and dresses. My own Archer unit is made out of 21 of those monopose figures with a command group scavenged from High Elf Spearman bodies, legs and heads plus arms from the multipart kit. |
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Post by Horace on Dec 15, 2022 20:34:45 GMT
I will be sad if they remove the Wild Riders and Eternal Guard, nice newish kits and I still want a few boxes of both. Not enough to prompt me to splurge £100+ though
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