An idea...

[dirkthe1]

I guess its much like the fandices or any of the codices produced by the codex project- they are never going to be GW approved (well unlikely to) by are slowly becoming more well known.

I think this is just an example of almost the entire of GW product lines- all of them are in some way starting to have a massive community input.Without jumping on the "i hate matt ward" bandwagon some of the fluff is starting to become a little strained and this is only playing up to it.

Out of interest, has it ever been suggested to put out a independant specialist games/inquisitor magazine- maybe even get a doc butchas klinik-esq section, etc. but by combining it with specialist games you would get a better spread, and maybe even convert a few. Throw in articles on combining BFG, AI, Epic, and 40k like WD did years back (not that I'm attempting to teach anyone to suck eggs), etc and I wonder how many people would pick the game up? Get a few people to plug it on podcasts and bobs your uncle!

I wouldnt have found this place if Kaled hadnt directed me here, i wonder how many others there are out there who havnt been quite so lucky??

[Inquisitor Octavian Lars]

When I get the chanse, while building up 54mm minis, I try to introduce people at my local club using hastily prepared characters made of 40K figs. last sunday this was a big hit. this sunday I plan to do a game based on the mechanic on Dawn of war 2 which I played yesterday at a friends house.

[Macabre]

I've been planning to sculpt some cyberpunk genre models, and I would be happy to try and put out one to two models every two months so long as I can find a reliable caster.

[Kaled]

Gav's our inside man when it comes to casting - I'm sure he can point you in the direction of some good people.

[Dolnikan]

The game isn't dead by far, in fact, I know more people than ever before who play it, only we play inq28 because of model availability. GW of course won't release new models but as can be seen many people make their own. GW still supports the game by hosting some of the files. The community has proven to be capable of the rules side and more and more fluff is being developed all the time.

[Morcus]

I see GW policy regarding support of -][- as sort of a good thing in that by not telling us how it is all the time like they seem to be doing with 40k and WFB we have a much free-er reign to do as we will, like the other games used to be. It would be nice to see more support from the miniatures side but the other side is more than catered for through the community and GW even publish the rules online for free.

Around the time that Fanatic magazine colapsed support and model releases for all specialist games seemed to dry up, I don't think it's fair to say any of them have strong support from GW and TBH we're kind of lucky as 54mm models are very easy to get hold of.

[precinctomega]

If anyone out there has good quality gothic cyberpunk 54mm minis they think are suitable for casting and commercial sale, send me a PM with a link to some pics.

If I'm persuaded that they are marketable, I'll handle the casting and marketing and spilt the profits 50/50.

R.

[Ynek]

If I'm persuaded that they are marketable, I'll handle the casting and marketing and spilt the profits 50/50.

This actually sounds very tempting.

Do Imperial Joygirls sound like an interesting and marketable model line?

[MarcoSkoll]

Interestingly, on the note of Inquisitor, GW's attitude to it and the scale of the player base, my narrowboat trip has brought me up to Oxford.
In a trip into the city to try and get a USB flash drive (to try and back some of the more important stuff on my horribly broken laptop up, if possible), I ran across the GW store, and figured I'd at least take a look.

The store guys seemed happy enough to talk about it, but rather more interestingly, there was someone in there painting an Eisenhorn conversion. Apparently he's one of three store regulars who play Inquisitor (although I don't think they play at the store).

And yes, he does know of The Conclave, but he says he hasn't got around to joining yet because he finds Kaled scary.
But I did tell him that he should get around to it sooner though, because it was a damn good paintjob.

Either way, it does bring me back to my earlier point - we need to try and find the players that are out there (and they are out there), or just plain make new ones, because even GW might understand the game hasn't been forgotten if our events turn into dozens of tables.

[Kaled]

Oh dear - have I taken Charax's role of the scary Conclaver? Maybe I should change my avatar to a fluffy bunny if it'll encourage more people to sign up...

[Stormgrad]

its weird because on here your a figure that a lot of us respect for your insight and your modelling ability and that respect creates an aura of authority around you but in reality your just a friendly chap happy to chat about his hobby. its interesting how respect turns into fear

[DapperAnarchist]

If Kaled is the new Charax, then the Conclave must be one of the friendliest forums out there. Not that Charax was mean, as such, but he was very outspoken. Though usually right, if a bit pessimistic.

[MarcoSkoll]

To be honest, I was actually a little surprised that I'm not the scary one! I do try to avoid being rude and/or disrepectful, but I do often launch into rather in-depth critiques of people's characters and rules...

[Aurelius 12]

Well having been on both the old and the new 'claves I find it pretty interesting what kind of reputations people get.

Charax was always the scary fluff one. Scary but Right.
PO was the one who was only scary if you didn't have a model for the character you'd posted up.
Kaled was never scary as such- I mean you're ability with a brush is scary, but I've never felt scared of you so to speak.
Marco you're just scary because you know so much!

[MarcoSkoll]

Marco you're just scary because you know so much!

I haven't yet worked out where my "Knows everything" reputation has come from. I really don't!

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Following from the above note about my critiques, I've just noticed Dionzi's threads have gone missing... I do hope he's not leaving because of something I said about his character.
Quite aside from not wanting to be driving people off the forum, I was rather looking forward to seeing how that sculpt was going to turn out.