Hi!
Haha, Touche! All is fair in love, war and Incoming! articles. I'll get
off my butt and try to put it together.
Peter
Tom Webb wrote:
> All done now, now for my 2 cents ;), how is the battle report for the
> EZine going?
>
>
>
> Tom.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From:Peter Ramos <mailto:primarch_at_...>
>
> To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
>
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 11:16 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Models in the pipeline
>
>
> 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_...>
>> <mailto:dcalford_at_...>
>> To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com> <mailto:netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
>> Cc: <fanatic_at_...>
>> <mailto: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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