Re: [GZG] GW and Re: Artillery considerations (was: Re: Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi!)

This is an amusing one. Let's not forget they ever famous conversions
that
made use of several $50 models or the one or two time where the parts
lists
for their conversion or terrain projects included multiple parts which
had
been custom cast by the boys in the foundry. I remember reading some of
those articles and thinking, "Oh sure, let me just run down and pick
that
right up" with the utmost angry sarcasm.

There are times when I truly wondered if they were at all in touch with
their players or if they had bought into their own hype so much. Some of
the
conversions or painting projects, etc were only practical if you were
either
independently wealthy or being paid to produce content for a gaming
magazine.

-Eli

-----Original Message-----
From: gzg-l-bounces@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
[mailto:gzg-l-bounces@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Oerjan
Ariander
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:28 PM
To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: [GZG] GW and Re: Artillery considerations (was: Re: Help me,
Obi-Wan Kenobi!)

Gah. Sorry 'bout the semi-double post... :-(

***
Speaking of GW's "no foreign miniatures" policy, here's an interesting 
extract from a White Dwarf supplement (IIRC it wasn't actually part of
the 
WD, but a separate folded insert or somesuch) introducing
Epic:Armageddon:

"...Che Webster and Brian Aderson, very kindly agreed to play through a 
small scenario In order to illustrate how the new Epic rules work. Both
Che 
and Brian have just started collecting new Epic armies - the models used

for the battle, and which feature in the photographs accompanying this 
article, come from their own collections. Note that Che's army includes
a 
number of (extremely nice) 'scratchbuilt' Gunwagons that he is using 
instead of the standard Gunwagon models in the Epic range. [...]"

For GW, that's pretty bold - even *hinting* that scratch-built models
might 
be OK... 'Course, it helps that E:A is a "Specialist Game" (*) rather
than 
one of GW's core games :-/

(*) or at least was. It seems that Specialist Games is currently being 
folded into GW proper again :-(

/Oerjan
orjan.ariander1@comhem.se

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry

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