Comments on: New Ogryns for the Imperial Guard (or … Astra Militarum)

By: jesse

jesse — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 01:23:00 +0000

if this rumour is true i forsee games workshop shooting themselves in the foot, milquetoast renaming aside (Astra militarium just doesn’t have the same ring to it as imperial guard, but my guess that is just a official title like adeptus astartes with imperial guard being a colloquial term) part of the appeal of the guard miniatures was the fact that they echoed the looks of actual military uniforms rather than being generically sci-fi and there was a huge level of variation

By: Zweischneid

Zweischneid — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 16:05:00 +0000

Hehe. I suppose the car wanted to be a star ,)

Astra is really just that … star. As in Astrology or Astronomy.

Or, it could be the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Subscription_Television_and_Radio_Association )

By: T

Sat, 08 Feb 2014 15:59:00 +0000

Astra sounds like a car.

By: Ish

Ish — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 15:21:00 +0000

You know. Everytime I hear about stuff like this I get excited. But a box by accident? I wouldn’t trust it only due to the fact that if said person has said item, why can’t we get a picture of said item? Even blurry would of been awesome because no one has a good camera phone these days.

By: Hive Senteniel

Hive Senteniel — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 02:51:00 +0000

Oh yah that would be cool! “Waaargh! Orks” talked about Ogryns who were found by Orks before humans. I agree with you maybe some kind of unique rule in the new Astra Mili-whatever will allow that, but I doubt it.

By: geektinker

geektinker — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:03:00 +0000

I hope any new release of the Ork Codex (when it arrives) allows for Ogryns to be taken as an elite or troop choice. They used to be in the Ork Codex several iterations ago. Otherwise my Orks will need IG “allies” of convenience in order for me to field a unit of them.

By: belverker

belverker — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:02:00 +0000

sly marbo has an official model though, just not current, so he’ll be safe