Just a thought but the NetEpic online store could probably sell starter
armies.
The mailing list could suggest the army lists so that the starter force is
balanced and effective.
Tom.
PS: The Epic launch is any day now, for squat fans, check out the second
hand section (Bargain Basement) for some nicely painted deals.
I have included pictures of all second hand stock as there is nothing worse
than paying for a badly painted minature or getting a minature that is
incorrectly painted for your army.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dalton Calford" <dcalford_at_...>
To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <fanatic_at_...>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Models in the pipeline
> Hi Peter,
>
> On Thursday 09 August 2001 19:24, you wrote:
> > Hi!
> > On another note what models or armies group members would prefer to see
> > next?
> >
> > Peter
>
> In order of preference.
>
> I would like to see some of the older Imperial guard vehicles and ork
> vehicles be produced by forgeworld.
> For example, a new version of the Leviathan and Capitallis Imperiallis, as
> well as a Hell Bore and Ordantis. As these would be standalone models,
the
> guys at forge world could put them out faster than trying to do an entire
new
> army list.
>
> I would also like them to reprint the origional cardboard buildings, like
the
> origional city blocks from the titan legions game or the ork buildings (I
> have seen them on ebay but don't know how they were origionally sold).
> Again, this could be done without alot of money or effort on the part of
the
> fanatic guys and fill in alot of holes in the product range.
>
> I would then like them to re-issue the waterslide transfers and banners
that
> they used to have for the different races/models. A single water slide
turns
> a medium paint job into a work of art without alot of effort. Again this
can
> be done without alot of cost or effort from the fanatic guys. (the work
> already is done, it is just a matter of reordering them and making them
> available).
>
> I would then like them to put together a 'Starters Kit' that has all the
> dice, rulers and bits needed to start playing, but no models, so that a
new
> player knows what to buy vs fighting with mail order to try to get dice
and
> told that they are no longer produced.
>
> I would like them to put together bundle army offers (all this would take
is
> to come up with a 2000 e40k point army list for each army and put a price
on
> it, they would be simple pick lists so no fancy packaging would be
required)
> This way a beginner would just buy a starter kit and the starter army of
> choice and they are playing. Right now, they have so many choices of
> different items, that you need to be a player already to know what you
need
> to play.
>
> I would also like to see them re-issue the origional plastics so that
eldar
> can have standard bearers again and ork madboyz are back on the table.
> This would give older players a way of bulking up thier forces and let
e40k
> players customize thier armies.
>
> Then once all the support materials are released by Fanantic, to generate
> income with little effort, I would then like to see them come up with the
> Dark Eldar.
>
> From my comments, you can see that I am very concerned about any new
models,
> because the Fanatic guys are doing little to expand the game. It is
almost
> impossible to get the support materials to go with the Epic game and
unless
> you can pick up a rule set from ebay, you can not get into the earlier
Titan
> Legion/Space Marine games.
>
> That means that the market is constantly shrinking and therefore there is
> less and less reason for the Fanatic guys to produce any new armies.
>
> That is why I want them to forget about new releases right now and simply
> bring out nice easy starters kits and reissue all the older materials.
They
> can do this without alot of work and generate enough income to justify all
> the new projects.
>
> I am hoping enough people tell them this so that they realize it and start
> actively working to save the game. Since most of the work is already done
or
> simply needs a little bit of tweaking, they could do it all with less
effort
> than producing a single epic magazine.
>
> best regards
>
> Dalton
>
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