You are right about the new IG figures...I had a look at some of the pre-re=
lease figures last week and they are following in the vain of 40K, i.e. lot=
s of different troop types Catachan etc...
I believe this is now GW's poli=
cy with Epic in that they are effectively attempting to replicate all of th=
e 40K figures in 'Epic' scale. Whether that means we will see the 'Sisters =
of Battle' in Epic I don't know (at least they aren't telling me <g>), howe=
ver the Harlequins WILL live on. Again I haven't heard how they intend to s=
ell them but I suspect another Eldar box set including more 'Quins' plus De=
ath jesters, Solitaire's and character figures. After all they are the one =
omission in the Eldar line up in having rules/army lists but no figures.
w=
e will have to see what is released come December when the new Eldar army h=
its the store shelves.
Regards
Carl Woodrow
Gene-seed site
http://freespac=
e.virgin.net/carl.woodrow/epic/
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From: P.C.Gree=
n [SMTP:pcgreen_at_...]
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 1997 07:57
To: spac=
e-marine_at_...
Subject: Re: [Epic] New to Epic
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>
>> > ----> Well=
the IG lost those in the 40K codex, so I wasn't surprised,
>> > but I will=
be intersted to see how the IG infantry come out - lots of
>> > different=
types in 40K as far as looks.
>
>Oh, joys. You mean something like, Mord=
ian Iron Guard get shaken for +1
>point, and Catachans get, oh, +1 AF in fo=
rest, and.... Bleah. What the
>hell happened to the plain old IG trooper?=
>
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I think GW stuffed the IG up when they did the codex. IG are
no lo=
nger a unified force. If you look at WH40k IG armies
they're all higgley pi=
ggley(sp?) - one squad of Catachan
two Cadian etc. It looks crap. I'll admi=
t that an all
Catachan or all Mordian etc look good but the examples
in WD =
don't promote this kind of thing.
GW have put in aesthetic variation and t=
aken away mechanical
(gaming) variation. I think IG assualt squads are cool=
, even
if they suck compared to other assault troops. If GW don't
want "ch=
eese" then supporting lower quality troops with variation
would be a good s=
tart. If there is 3 listings for basic troops
(IG, Gaurdians etc) then peop=
le are more likely to incorporate
them into their army. "Hmm, my army lacks=
any HtH ability. Well
they are called an assualt squadm, and they do have =
jump packs,
I suppose they're what I need."
Is it true that IG could once=
take beastmen? Although this is
a bit weird, it aptly demonstrates the way=
GW is stripping away
all the variation. Another example is the Chaos codex=
- "Here's
a cultist army list but it's unofficial so don't try playing
an=
ything but chaos space marines in a tournament."
Five years from now there=
'll only be space marines, generic orks (no more clans,
just Goff orks), no=
more aspect warrior apsects just generic aspect
warriors, ork artillery w=
ill be lumped into one weapon that doesn't
even need an artillery dice, no =
more harliquins, no more ...
Well you get my point. How about IG assualt =
squads in E40k, say
same as normal but with jump packs and assault?
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