Yes I remember them doing it, as it was right in the middle of when I was playing GW games first time round. The models got harder, rougher and more difficult to assemble, it seemed to me. What confuses me to this day is that, at the time, I am sure they plugged their new "white metal" as the best thing since sliced bread, but some years later I kept hearing people refer to white metal as the old stuff i.e. just lead tin alloy.

Just re read my previous post and it doesn't even make sense, I must have deleted the paragraph in between where I veered off talking about "restic". I did however assume that most other manufacturers still use lead but now you mention it that's based on an old view of the world too so could well have changed in which case I'm talking out of my arse!

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Most likely.... In my view... Not necessarily what I want to see most.

I suspect that GW would take a leaf out of Dropzone Commanders book. Epic, rereleased as a 10mm game, with the full contents in a single shot box with terrain, plastic armies (Marines and Orks) for the two major sides, rulers, dice.... Released like Space Hulk (but not as often!). Maybe plastic boxes for other races to add in. Limited units for each side, think IG as only having Guardsmen, Chimera, Leman Russ, Thunderbolts, Commissars, Commanders, Sentinels and a Warlord available, and only in a single IG boxed set in set numbers. Want two Warlords, need two boxed sets.

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I'd love to see a 10mm version of Epic Space Marine set in the Horus Heresy – a nice nod to the old-timers, without impinging on modern 6mm Epic. Perhaps based on Calth, to allow a genuine red vs blue game, with lots of opportunity for cool complete plastic armies akin to the wüunder-sprue in Epic: 40,000. Just imagine a 10mm Reaver or Warlord!

Alternatively, a boxed game based around Rynn's World would be great – Marines on the backfoot, with orks swarming all over them. Classic 40k imagery, and loads of potential for the models. Again, I'd like to see this in 10mm.

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I'd far rather see 3mm HH 30k than 10mm. Clash of legions, waves of marine armour rolling out on a scale hardly ever seen in 40k! 10mm titans would be getting a bit big.

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Awesome idea! Although the scale should 2mm so that it matches the old Imperator.

http://www.taccmd.tacticalwargames.net/ ... 4&p=442181.

Ooh think i missed that first time around, nice work! My preference for 3mm over 2mm is purely practical in terms of detail on infantry. Proper sculptors might be able to manage it (would love to see khronos do 2mm 30k!), but i can't get near 2mm with the detail i'd want.

I got about halfway though making a 3mm HH marine dolly once, then broke it by mistake …

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I think that for a 2mm game infantry ends up more like markers (especially if they're not in blocks like ancient warfare). But there is still plenty of scope left for vehicles, war engines and titans!

10mm would be pretty cool. More expensive, but quite a bit more detail could achieved i think?
So it wouldnt really impact epic as it stands at all. Possibly not a great thing, people would want to add to their existing forces I suppose.

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Sure I see your point ... I'd be much more like to think about Sophia Vegera being my next door neighbor ... Then wish'n and hope'n GW would do anything Epic again ... Again there is more of chance of Sophia showing up on my door step than GW ever doing Epic again ...

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Out of interest, where did the notion that Epic is supposed to be a 6mm/1:300 game come from? Is this just inference from players who measured one of the infantry pieces (which GW produced in different sizes by the way), or some statement from GW somewhere? A fairly large proportion of the minis are clearly not 1:300 scale and I am always puzzled when people get worked up by "truescale" what reference for "true" they refer to. No doubt it can rankle when things aren't in the same scale, I get that, but maybe it's the infantry that are wrong

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Hi!

LOL!

You beat me to it. Given how GW thinks this is what would happen if they ever decided to re-release it.

Primarch

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Hi!

Since the OP asked what we would like to see in an epic release, I would say a boxed set like the original AT based on titans and weapon load-outs. Perhaps follow up products that introduced vehicles and infantry.

Primarch

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And the rules care about the size of your unit markers (aka models) how? seriously, there's no functional difference between a card board marker and a model. One if just sexier (hopefully) to look at. Just this week there's a great conversation going on an Epic FB group about using EA rules for 40k models.

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Indeed ! Sorry to go so OT, but this "what if GW re-released Epic" topic, as you know Primarch, like a Nessy sighting. Every so often, someone mentions it and all the same stories, therories, hopes, wishs, predilections , etc. raises it ugly head ... and we're off ! Oh BTW, if Sophia is busy, Selma with work too ...

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