Hi!
Here is where I put in my two cents of continual reminding you <i.e.
harrassment>- where are the remaining army cards? <grin>
A friendly message from your neighborhood net epic coordinator, hehe.
Peter
Tom Webb wrote:
> 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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