Although the group members' discussion was lively, the topic quickly shifted elsewhere.
"Have you guys heard? Some dude in Australia got into GW's warehouse and snagged a box of unreleased Saturn-pattern Terminators and Dreadnought miniatures, selling them online for $500." Someone shared the latest news.
Hearing this, Alex also showed curiosity and asked them, "Saturn-pattern? That thousand-year-old rumor?"
"Saturn-pattern isn't a thousand-year-old rumor, is it? I remember this thing had ancient miniatures released before?" The group member who spread the news shook his head, then searched on his phone for a moment before showing Alex, "Look, this is what was rumored to be Saturn-pattern back then; more accurately, it should be called MK1 Terminator Armor."
"This thing is really cool. After GW redesigned it, the old model still has a lot of character," Gutierrez couldn't help but praise.
Alex also nodded in agreement, then scoffed at GW, "Speaking of these ancient designs, they're enough for GW to milk two more versions, right?"
"Who's to say? What new things has GW released these years? Besides Primaris for 40k and resetting those old models from the HH line, what else new has he released!" At this, the group members were clearly indignant.
After all, GW is truly good at fleecing people; a few small plastic figures cost hundreds. To actually play a proper game, an investment of less than one or two thousand yuan isn't even considered entry-level.
And true big spenders invest five figures, even six figures, in this area.
At this point, someone suddenly said, "It's a pity we don't have money, otherwise, we'd buy GW and whip them daily to release new miniatures—wouldn't that be awesome?"
"If that's the case, you might as well directly buy the copyright and then establish a studio in China to produce miniatures. The efficiency of Chinese teams is much faster than those dawdling Westerners. If they don't release ten or eight big packs a year, I'd even think they don't know how to fleece money," Gutierrez interjected.
For Warhammer fans, the problem is never not having money to buy new miniatures, but rather GW not releasing new things, or releasing another huge pile of garbage.
However, while everyone was discussing this matter, a new idea suddenly popped into Alex's mind.
Since even his custom Psyker War-Master could be integrated into the 40k World, then having GW produce miniatures according to his wishes should also be usable in the 40k World, right?
Anyway, for Old Man Huang himself, he certainly wouldn't mind such a situation occurring.
As long as it could save the Imperium, even if you truly made him sell himself, he would actually do it.
After all, he was once the Roman she-wolf; the Emperor has never hidden his history of selling himself.
As for how to buy GW, or rather, how to make GW produce miniatures according to his wishes, Alex felt that he didn't need to worry about such matters.
Instead of thinking about how to buy GW, it would be better to first consider how to make miniatures for himself after buying GW.
Although the Saturn Terminator as a new series of miniatures was indeed cool, it did not meet Alex's expectations.
If Alex were to design a Terminator Armor, he would emphasize defensive capabilities while integrating flexibility, along with a modular weapon system.
In the Warhammer World, due to the prevalence of various monsters and demons, ranged weapons often do not play a very good role.
Although from a realistic perspective, ranged weapons lack the epic feel of a space opera, and everyone prefers close combat, in the context of the Warhammer World's actual existence, the Imperium typically faces enemies that cannot be easily resolved with ranged weapons.
After all, not everyone is like Alex, who calls for orbital bombardment to solve problems when encountering tough enemies.
This undoubtedly gave rise to the demand for close combat weapons.
Fortunately, the Imperium's force field technology is very advanced, and the power weapons spawned by the disintegration force fields are outstanding in their variety and choice.
From Power Fists to Power Swords, Power Halberds, Power Axes, and even exotic weapons like Power Hammers, Power Flails, and Power Scepters, basically, if there's a need, the Imperium's power weapon technology can actually make it.
And changing power weapons is simple; aside from the Power Fist possibly being a bit troublesome, changing other power weapons mostly just requires putting down the current weapon and picking up a new one.
In contrast, ranged weapons are more troublesome.
First, considering the versatility of the armor and the carrying capacity, a Terminator Armor certainly cannot carry a large number of missiles.
Although Indomitus-pattern Terminators have missile launchers, the size of that thing is very exaggerated; it can only be an optional accessory for when heavy firepower is needed, not standard equipment.
However, for heavy weapons, conventional Space Marine heavy weapons like heavy plasma, melta, flamer, and gatling can be very well equipped.
From these requirements, it seems that the Gravis-pattern Power Armor later developed by Cawl fits Alex's requirements very well.
The only point is that the Gravis-pattern cannot be teleported, and in this regard, it still cannot replace Terminator Armor.
However, if only defense is considered, the Gravis-pattern is actually not inferior to the Indomitus-pattern Terminator, and it is more flexible.
Not only is it flexible in terms of mobility, but it also includes flexibility in executing missions and flexibility in switching modular designs.
It should be known that MK10 Power Armor can be freely switched between Phobos, Gravis, and standard patterns according to mission requirements.
Although this design cannot be reflected in miniatures and is more of a background setting, it must be admitted that this design is actually very practical.
The only problem might be that Alex doesn't want the Gravis-pattern, but rather to truly develop a set of Terminator Armor based on the Gravis-pattern.
It doesn't need to be able to change modules freely like the Gravis-pattern; it can be a single model of Terminator Armor.
But its weapon system and other attachments must be flexibly switchable, preferably capable of carrying both melee and ranged weapons simultaneously, while also being able to mount a shield to enhance defense.
Alex's ideas were not fully formed, scattered as they were with only some vague requirements.
However, he is not a designer, so he doesn't need to delve deeply into these issues.
Alex is now the client; he only needs to demand everything, and leave the rest to the designers to solve.
And most importantly, this is not designing a set of Terminator Armor in reality, which would require considering various rationalities.
This is designing equipment in a fictional sci-fi world; even with many irrationalities, when placed within the magical warhammer 40k worldview, it can become logically consistent.
And a design that demands everything, if it can be made, would undoubtedly be a perfect piece of equipment for the truly existing Warhammer World.
As for now, let's just buy GW first.
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