Pendraken Miniatures Forum

Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Fantasy & Sci-Fi => Topic started by: quasar42 on 01 May 2013, 06:20:49 PM

Title: GW discontinuing Warmaster
Post by: quasar42 on 01 May 2013, 06:20:49 PM

People on TMP are reporting that GW is discontinuing Warmaster and other Specialist Games (http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=304300 and http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=304476). Perhaps a chance to promote and update Pendraken's fantasy range? To fit with Warmaster (and Pendraken's historical ranges) the figures would have to be smaller though - like Barbarian's Chaos Warriors (hint).
Title: Re: GW discontinuing Warmaster
Post by: fred. on 01 May 2013, 06:48:32 PM
One of the biggest gaps that will be left by the loss of Warmaster is Chaos (with demons being the other)
Title: Re: GW discontinuing Warmaster
Post by: Leon on 01 May 2013, 07:28:45 PM
We picked up a lot of sales back when WM was new, but it really tailed off over the last 5 years.  I can't see us resculpting the entire Fantasy range at this point!  We might update some of them over the next couple of years though.
Title: Re: GW discontinuing Warmaster
Post by: sebigboss79 on 01 May 2013, 08:41:27 PM
Makes sense from GWs stance. They want us to buy millions of 28mms. For me 28mms is Skirmish, 6-10mms is for hordes.

Keeps Gaming affordable and keeps getting Leoon some of my $$.

In other words, who will miss GW? No one, no on  8-} <:-P <:-P :-bd
Title: Re: GW discontinuing Warmaster
Post by: petercooman on 01 May 2013, 08:51:15 PM
Crap, i needed a final thunderhawk from the epic range, and then my army would have been finished.

Let's see if i can still get a hold of one, would have been my final gw purchase...
Title: Re: GW discontinuing Warmaster
Post by: GordonY on 02 May 2013, 07:03:19 AM
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We dont want them sculpted smaller, we want the historicals to be sculpted bigger so we can use them in WM armies.
Title: Re: GW discontinuing Warmaster
Post by: republic of tolworth on 02 May 2013, 08:46:10 AM
It is a pity to see it go. I did like some of their warmaster stuff. Good for characters and odd units.

I was long harbering a hope to get a skaven army, but looks as if that is just a pipe dream now.

Unless anyone has some GW skaven for sale? ;)
Title: Re: GW discontinuing Warmaster
Post by: GordonY on 02 May 2013, 10:27:15 AM
Pendraken do a range of ratty men. ok no screaming bell of Doom but the basic troop types are there.
Title: Re: GW discontinuing Warmaster
Post by: Leman on 03 May 2013, 09:53:13 AM
Some WM Bretonians have found their way into my mid-medieval 10mm armies.