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Post by WestRider on Nov 2, 2009 22:30:01 GMT -5
There's been some speculation around here about the Demiurg getting added in as the new Alien Merc Unit in the next Tau Re-Write, possibly expanding to their own Dex if the response is positive enough.
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Nov 2, 2009 22:59:27 GMT -5
Would that equate to Tau squats?
Wait... I think I see a change in the Emperor! ...
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He's crying...
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Post by nicholasakira on Nov 2, 2009 23:04:43 GMT -5
I think the Demiurg are staying as the crew to the ship from Gothic. I can't see how the Demiurg could contribute meaningfully to the Tau list.
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Post by Hetfiltrator on Nov 3, 2009 20:17:18 GMT -5
They can probably fight better in close combat. My friend is constructing a Demiurg list. He's basing it off the dwarves.
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Post by nicholasakira on Nov 4, 2009 7:55:20 GMT -5
Don't the tau already have the kroot to do that?
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Post by Hetfiltrator on Nov 4, 2009 11:20:24 GMT -5
I know. But he's making a completely seperate army list.
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Nov 5, 2009 1:06:17 GMT -5
probably could work out a pretty good counts as usuing the space marine codex
master of the forge+conversion beamer+bike (*evil grin*) bucket loads of bikes and attack bikes thunder fire cannons squat terminators and dreadnought tanks...
Yep, I think it just might work.
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Post by Gabriel Lupus on Dec 4, 2009 12:58:17 GMT -5
Sadly (depending on your age/opinion on them) Squats will not be making a return. However, getting an "army" worth of Squat models and using them as a counts as Guard army would be groovy... There is currently enough of the old multipart plastic squats going on E-bay (about 60 models) to make a Guard army (when adding in Tanks etc). If I had the time and spare cash, I'd deffinately do it - if for no other reason than to use it at GW (GW models, GW codex... they can't argue ) ... actually... now I'm tempting myself even more... where's my wallet...
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Post by knight (M.I.A) on Dec 4, 2009 16:02:18 GMT -5
ERm Kroot... in CC honestly those guys are worse than Firewarriors in CC. Unlike the Firewarriors the Kroot have no armour at all. So most of the time the Kroot die before doing any damage
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Dec 4, 2009 16:12:46 GMT -5
All you need is an A-1 grenade.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2009 3:19:35 GMT -5
interesting piece for sure. personally, i dont think its much to get excited about tho, however im not a fan of the squats. dont find anything about them appealing. same with the ratlings as well. dont conisder them more than their height.
but i guess im wary about abhumans.
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Post by sirbebox on Dec 18, 2009 16:25:08 GMT -5
I wasnt playin when squats where an army.... But i always hear about them, so does anyone have a link so i can check out there old dex
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Post by ssgtdude (M.I.A) on Dec 18, 2009 18:23:29 GMT -5
Squats will not come back, nor will space Skaven, vampires, lizards or any of the other races that have been brought in from the old Rogue trader days. GW has made statements that the next alien race will be one that was never before published.
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Post by cheminhaler on Dec 19, 2009 16:43:34 GMT -5
It's a shame! I want to go back in time and buy a million pounds worth of Slaan. All I need is Doctor Who and a million pounds...
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Post by lastword on Apr 13, 2010 7:19:02 GMT -5
what are Squats?
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Post by Lt. Erwin on Apr 13, 2010 9:36:55 GMT -5
Dwarves (Dwarfs?) in SSPPPAAACCEEE! 40k started as as joke outgrowth of WH Fantasy, and Squats were the direct conterparts to the short guys, just like Ogryns= Ogres, Eldar= Elves (Elfs?) or Necrons= Tomb Kings. They died because GW decided to make 40k more serious, and Squats were the goofiest army, being basically just Guard + beards and drinking. They wanted to make a more Grimdark version of them, but all the fans said "No, we want our drunk beardmongering space miggets!" so GW kept pushing them back. The thing that killed them for reals was one of the lead game developers getting so tired of people asking them when the new Squats were coming at a convention that he stood up and yelled something to the effect of "The Squats are freaking dead! The Tyranids ate them all, and they're never coming back! Thats official, so shut up!" GW tried to work spess dwarfs back in with the Demiurg in BFG, but the response was overwhelmingly "Yay! Our drunk space midgets with beards are back!" so GW is staying away form them until everyone who played before 1998 is cold and dead. As it was told to me, so have I told it to you. Edit: Sorry for abetting thread Necromancy.
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Post by Happyorange on Apr 13, 2010 10:53:39 GMT -5
Shush, GW might hear you. You don't want to know what lengths they go to to deny the existence of... (the S word.)
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Apr 13, 2010 12:35:50 GMT -5
And we all know that GW can't handle supporting another army right now. They can barely keep up with what they have. If they were to start another race, they'd have to abandon the 'every other codex must be a murheen codex' policy. Not sure who be saddened by that except GW, but...
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Apr 13, 2010 12:51:39 GMT -5
You're a Squat. Also a Threadromancer. I can forgive you for being a Theadromancer.
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Apr 13, 2010 13:00:02 GMT -5
ymmoT is more generous than I. You see... pants are made of threads woven together. An assault on a thread is an assault on pants. The Ministry has a stance against threadmancy.
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Post by Macfeegle on Apr 14, 2010 6:05:29 GMT -5
Actually Squats disappeared because 'back in the day' sometimes GW had shared copyright - Squats was one of these and when the co-designer left GW he refused to let them use them.
Hence the 'eaten by Tyranids' response.
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Apr 14, 2010 8:08:55 GMT -5
GW shared copyright?
Tis a sure sign of the Apocalypse!
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Post by Gabriel Lupus on Apr 14, 2010 12:32:25 GMT -5
Wow... it's amazing how many "official reasons" there are for Squats no longer existing... Either way, they're not "actually" gone... you can still use them in fluff, 40k, Inquisitor, and RP. Infact... I may just make a new Squat army... with current legal rules... 'course, I might not
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Apr 14, 2010 12:51:18 GMT -5
Are you chickening out there, Inquisitor Time-traveler?
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Apr 14, 2010 13:20:01 GMT -5
I'm thinking Space Marines lead by a Master of the Forge as the goundwork for a Squat army under the current rules. Maybe with scouts as the basic troops.
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