tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post5407968481811031846..comments2024-03-25T20:55:48.523+00:00Comments on Didcot Wargames Club: Recommended Article- Gender Equality in 40k ModelsMike (Didcot Wargames Club)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-60994465503952255242016-01-21T23:54:52.965+00:002016-01-21T23:54:52.965+00:00I honestly thought I'd already commented! I ag...I honestly thought I'd already commented! I agree that there should be a higher levels of ethnicity and gender diversity. There are girl gamers at my club but it's never more than 2-3<br /><br />Interestingly, I'm reading a scifi series by Stephen Baxter, and as soon as thier warship is in space there is a very blaise observation that they deliberately 50/50'd the gender so that people would be able to hook up on the long space voyage, without fear of supply and demand. But I agree. It's definitely marketed at its target audience. Luke Darksun https://www.blogger.com/profile/14416275320673777382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-33108091924590702232016-01-20T22:06:56.817+00:002016-01-20T22:06:56.817+00:00I don't see anything wrong.I don't see anything wrong.Dados y Vaporhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04983107111984734251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-33543944412244178142016-01-20T09:15:46.378+00:002016-01-20T09:15:46.378+00:00If you want to make your point again in a more civ...If you want to make your point again in a more civil fashion, I will happily include it in the discussion. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-32112728687878699472016-01-20T09:10:39.389+00:002016-01-20T09:10:39.389+00:00Thanks for your comments! I agree wholeheartedly w...Thanks for your comments! I agree wholeheartedly with them. <br />Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-61361411239957494162016-01-20T09:08:15.540+00:002016-01-20T09:08:15.540+00:00I felt that you comment was deliberately inflammat...I felt that you comment was deliberately inflammatory. I try to keep the comments civil and gay slurs are not acceptable on my blog. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-24525474220852733932016-01-19T23:37:54.637+00:002016-01-19T23:37:54.637+00:00I definitely want more female representation in 40...I definitely want more female representation in 40K. More non-white people would be nice, too. And please, no crappy boob-plate armour. That shit's possibly more dangerous than not wearing armour at all, since it channels force directly in toward the heart and sternum.<br /><br />It's one of those things that really doesn't show, but my personal canon is that roughly half of my IG are female. With the old metal Cadians I use, the helmets and flack jackets are bulky enough that gender differences would be essentially impossible to discern.<br /><br />Also, given GW's stated disregard for canon, it would be so, so easy for them to retcon in female Space Marines. I don't think there's even anything in the currently published material that talks about why SM are exclusively male anymore.WestRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12877289116827690457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-26274676205467163502016-01-19T23:31:22.971+00:002016-01-19T23:31:22.971+00:00I've known a handful of women who play 40K, bu...I've known a handful of women who play 40K, but it's probably the most unbalanced of any sub-genre of gaming.<br /><br />Honestly, I think a lot of the issues from GW are that the core group there are basically all white dudes who are only good friends with other white dudes. Circles like that set up this self-perpetuating insulating system, to the point where they don't even consider viewpoints and preferences other than their own. Not out of any kind of intention, but just because nothing ever makes it cross their mind.WestRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12877289116827690457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-37461419443673896812016-01-19T23:01:40.443+00:002016-01-19T23:01:40.443+00:00Why so censorship?Why so censorship?Dados y Vaporhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04983107111984734251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-71340298880039100122016-01-19T21:18:11.783+00:002016-01-19T21:18:11.783+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Dados y Vaporhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04983107111984734251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-27156798804482502222016-01-19T15:08:45.592+00:002016-01-19T15:08:45.592+00:00Some of the shieldmaiden models are really nice. I...Some of the shieldmaiden models are really nice. If it wasn't for some of the stupid exposed midriffs on a few of them, I would say they were almost perfect. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-25093380467301000812016-01-19T14:48:19.899+00:002016-01-19T14:48:19.899+00:00Yeah, the shieldmaiden kickstarter is pretty good ...Yeah, the shieldmaiden kickstarter is pretty good too. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-vs-orcs/description<br />Oh shi-<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-28525331511193709012016-01-19T12:18:17.120+00:002016-01-19T12:18:17.120+00:00Thanks for the link. Some of the sculpts and image...Thanks for the link. Some of the sculpts and images lower down look pretty good. That main image looks pretty ridiculous though. What is that figure on the right doing? <br /><br />Kickstarter and 3rd party companies seem to be embracing more female sculpts into their ranges. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-34952202563872770632016-01-19T10:58:46.762+00:002016-01-19T10:58:46.762+00:00I've known women who play computer games, boar...I've known women who play computer games, board games, role-playing games, who read comics and manga and love sci-fi. I have never met a woman who plays warhammer or 40k in my 17 years of playing. I don't know why there is such a disparity when it comes to wargaming. <br />I'm not sure if more female models in the 40k range would bring in more players (both male and female), but I'm sure that GW don't purposefully neglect 50% of the population and would love to bring them in to the game. <br /><br />If you look at the website now, a Sisters of Battle squad costs almost twice the price of a tactical squad, so it would be hideously expensive to make an army out of them. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-21387544631178479222016-01-19T10:18:34.957+00:002016-01-19T10:18:34.957+00:00https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loudnraging/t...https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loudnraging/tgg2-light-and-darkness/<br />Just go there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-24472484051845049362016-01-19T09:27:01.713+00:002016-01-19T09:27:01.713+00:00I would certainly buy into a reinvigorated sister ...I would certainly buy into a reinvigorated sister army. I fully intended to start one a few years back just before the line got pulled, but obviously once things got less available and more expensive I concentrated on other things. <br /><br />I can understand why we don't see quite so much variety elsewhere - the cost of re-tooling kits is considerable so unless there's a real groundswell of opinion wanting them to introduce that then it's going to remain pretty niche I'd think. Perhaps they might introduce so female heads when the guard kit gets re-done - I don't think you'd need to add much to the kit to be able to produce a few female models, which in fairness to them they have done with the Tau recently - Shadowsun has always been the poster-girl, but the Ghostkeel has a female pilot option (even though the pilot isn't 'on display'.<br /><br />I think the biggest reason though is that there isn't a clamour for it.Triple Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002702481127525157noreply@blogger.com