Re: [Epic] Using old style bases in E40k??

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:24:12 -0700

A. Allen McCarley wrote:
>
> > > Also, a Howcum question: Why do you think they changed the basing
> > > from two bikes to three anyway? What was wrong with the existing bikes
> > > with two on a stand?
> >
> > Most would say because GW wanted to make more money, but I think the truth
> > lies in the fact that E40K mimics the codexes from WH40k, the smallest
> > bike squad in WH40K is three bikes. Also last edition bikes were WAY too
> > powerful, and they wanted a way of diluting them.
> >
> > powerful, and they wanted a way of diluting them.
> >
> > Steve
>
> I think you are barking up the wrong tree here. It seems more likely
> (IMO) that the change in basing is more a consequence of the new
> bases. The bases are twice as wide as the old ones, and the lads
> at the studio decided that three bikes on a new base just looked
> cooler than two bikes on a new base. Remember the reasoning we
> were given about why a lot of the old demon and tyrnid miniatures
> were so out of scale to the rest of the infantry figures? "They
> look cooler that way."
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Allen (The Q&A guy)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------

Maybe, but they aren't shy about cutting up the new bases for tyrannid
warrior stands, and two bikes on a cut stand looks fine. In fact, it
looks to me like they show all of the bike units on cut stands on p 47
of the "battles" book, so I guess we're back to a greed theory. Hell,
that's probably the root of needing to buy 40K bikes in groups of
three...

Thane the Still Cynical
Received on Wed Apr 01 1998 - 05:24:12 UTC