Warhammer Fest 2023: What happened & Changes we want to see!
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2023
- Time to look at what happened at Warhammer Fest 2023!
This year's fest was the first one i've ever attended as a customer and well... im not sure what to make of it so lets see if i can make sense of it all!
In this video, I'll share my thoughts on the event and give you a recap of all the stuff that happened, and what i think could be done better next year...
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Actually LOL'd at that!! 😂
Her joy is contagious... like nurgles blessings!
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That SoB costume is incredible! Very nice of Alfhild Windrunner to loan it out!
They're the best :D
I went with my 8yr old boy on the Sunday and he looked at you (in your costume) for a while and said to said "Daddy is that the Scottish Orc lady? Can we go say hello?" and I went "Nah, it can't be!" but I owe him a serious apology 😆
AWW NO! Tell him i say hi!!
Scottish Orc lady has got to be the best way I've heard her described lol
"the Scottish orc lady" what a wonderful title!
Thsnk you gor being a great dad!!
Wish they'd bring back Epic. We used to engage in system assaults by first engaging in space combat with Battlefleet Gothic, then move to the planetary assaults with Epic, then finally fighting select individual battles in 40K. It was simply INCREDIBLE to stretch a campaign out through all those games.
That’s a great system!
A smiling and cheerful Sister is the most dangerous, since she is content and fulfilled in His grace.
“Who are you so wise in the ways of the Imperium?”
The fact that you gave one of your tickets to your mum is incredibly wholesome. Fantastic
great coverage :) speaking as someone that attended one of the NMM classes - it was indeed VERY well done and invaluable! ...I also want to echo the point about much respect being due to the staff there on the weekend, everyone there running things despite the issues did a great job
Hard agree!
Yes all the staff were great even when struggling with tech issues. My special thanks to Jamie who was running the Heresy Games I spent the Saturday playing.
The NMM class was superb. I still suck at it but a lot less now.
It is a huge joy seeing you spread your hobby wings. Warhammer Fest looked fun, and you looked smashing in the SoB costume. And Congrats on 55K subs already ❤
THANKS SO MUCH I JUST NOTICED THAT :D
55.5 k already 🤩
It worries me when there's the lack of designers and pannels. I worry because it feels like a growing trend within the company to not champion their creatives.
yep, it's a common business/marketing practice, sadly. "you shouldn't like and follow the people who make the stuff you like, you should follow The Brand". people are disposable, The Brand is what matters. it's not the designers who make Warhammer, it's GW. that's how I see it, anyway.
@@JahlisMan you're most probably right. It just makes it easier to rotate and fire the creatives behind the scene with no much drama and hassle. It also possibly makes it harder for the creatives to establish their own brands, kinda like Duncan Rhodes did.
@@JahlisMan Right?! I've been in the void for quite a few years with regards to GW and 40k lore but, the last time I went to Warhammer Fest all the artists, miniature designers/sculptors, codex writers, background lore in codex writers, 'eavy Metal Team, playtesters and all the other amazing people were credited by name in whatever codex, rulebook, side of the box that contained miniatures they designed, etc. When I returned from the void, all of that hard work was now thanks only to some enigmatic entity titled, "The Games Workshop development team", or something equally as depressing. Remember Jes Goodwin? Graham Davey? Alex Boyd? John Blanche???!!!! Well, now it doesn't matter. Whoever designed whatever doesn't matter anymore......all that matters is that everything the produce is now the property of Games Workshop plc....
@@Pangolin-Mandolin It's so sad, actually. I remember the good times at all the Games Days, chatting with the creative team, the painters and authors, and receiving a handwritten note from Pete Haines that said "For you, Vanquishers are NOT a 0-1 choice" after I complained to him that I just finished converting a full company of Vanquishers right before his Codex: Imperial Guard update limited them to 0-1.
Sugs, your enthusiasm for the hobby is infectious and a true boon.
I worked with Ben at his previous workplace, he's one of the nicest guys on the planet, glad you both had fun 😊
By far the happiest review of the day that I've seen. So refreshing.
Also, that man's Horus cosplay was 🔥 (as was your SoB costume)
Horus is one of my favourite cosplayers, always smiling 😁
I used to work with Ben in his previous job before he joined GW and he's such a sweetheart. On the rare occasion that I bump into him at Warhammer World he's always full of smiles and hugs. A real credit to the GW brand ❤
Ha, you share your name with one of the best painters in the UK. Ben has been lovely at warhammer world that is very true!
I came from Germany for this, i paid 430 euros in accomodation, and i spent3 days of quees, i didnt get to play any games because i didnt booked the tournaments, and i didnt try the new 40k because i refuse to stand for 3 hours plus. i asked for a refound, it was absolutely not worth it for me and i feel completely ripped off. if i as around the corner sure, but i will never go to another official warhammer fest, i feel dumb for spending this amount of money for this.
Premium tickets weren't £70, they were £140, making it essentially +£100 for the box + t-shirt.
You basically described exactly how I remember Games Day being. I remember waiting in line for something one year, and an employee had a rolling cart with the Lord of the Rings game on it that we got to demo while we waited, which was great. But by far the biggest thing I will always remember was meeting Studio people; this was right when the big Dark Eldar revamp in 5th edition was happening, and I got to meet Jes freaking Goodwin, Phil Kelly, and even a young Peachy! (I think Adam Troke was there as well?) I'm a giant fan of all things Aeldari, and getting to talk to Jes Goodwin and Phil Kelly, being able to flip through Jes's sketches, was the coolest thing ever to teenage me. I can't imagine not having those sorts of interactions with the creatives.
"it probably serves her right for dressing me weird in the 90s" 😂😂😂😂 Great video, loved it!
Sweet revenge! 😄
I think the crowds would have been tough for me. I get a little claustrophobic and find crowd's tough going, but would love to bring my son one day.
Maybe a normal visit to warhammer world will do us.
Glad you enjoyed it, great sister of battle outfit. 👍
Im really glad people enjoyed it, even when i didnt. And im sad i didnt, it doesnt give me a kick to moan about things, it was more frustrating giving the benefit of the doubt and feeling dissapointed and let down the more the weekend drew out (and as a solo atendee, it really did draw out!) The cost of travel accomodation and parking for that venue was a real drop compared to previous venues, and the content abailable for three day tickets just wasnt there. It was great the amount of community and social content but it wasnt provided by gamesworkshop it was paying customers! It felt mismanaged, but i have endless respect fornstaff that still got the job done in the midst of all that. I hope that is a wierd aberrant year and next year will return to what made previous games days and warhammer fests so good, and to a venue better suited better located and with some good day management.
Your opinion and experience is super valid and it's okay to feel a lil disapointed, don't worry ❤️
I want to be looking forward to going again and I never want to miss another GD, so I live in hope 😊
@@notsoberoveranalyzer8264thanks, it's nice to know it came across balanced. I've organised large scale events and worked with venues like this, it was easy to see some of the corners that were cut and simple mistakes made and the sadder for the missed opportunity. All in all, I wish for former staff who ran these events in the past to sprinkle a bit of magic on it again
I love your enthusiasm! Need more of it in the community
I love how Lukas of Squidmar Miniatures is just chilling at 9:38.
Great video! Really hope the team will sort it out and make the next Warhammer Fest better! This event has so many possibilities
Yeah the fest was a bit dull in parts but I had staff go above and beyond for me and they were all incredible and did an amazing job
I enjoy your perspective and hope you keep making videos that feature insight from your professional background. Thank you.
Great video, glad to hear so many people enjoyed themselves, but hearing a bit more about it makes me miss the old Horus Heresy and Black Library Weekenders which for me were always the pinnacle of GW events.
Awesome video as always!! :D Your Golden Demon entries were flipping fabulous! 🤩
Thanks so much :D
Thank you for the awesome review!
I've gotten into the hobby for almost 6 months now, I had to talk to GW support one time because a seller on Amazon pointed any help inquiries directly there. I bought the Scions of Macragge box to start my Ultramarines collection and Tigurius was missing a leg piece. I checked the box, all of the sprues to see if it fell out and was stuck and couldn't find it, I emailed support, and while not the fasted responses, they straight up sent me an entire Tigurius even though I was asked if there was just an upgrade sprue or something I could take from to use which was unbelievably helpful
Yeah for all the ups and downs the company has had over the years their customer service has always been top notch.
When the Tyranid dice were released in 6th edition the first batch had a misprint on the symbol.. I'd bought a pack of 20, sent them an email and photo.. and they sent me 60 as an apology!
Delighted to see your videos being suggested! Your content is awesome 😊
good to know they are!
"Straight goofin for the Emperor" made me genuinely LOL.
Great video!
Your enthusiasm is infectious. Love it! ❤
Really great to meet you at the Fest with Titan Owners Club. Thanks again for your work on Legio Victorum, glad you liked the banner!! Loving the channel and content!
Great video! I feel like I learned so much about what the event actually is. Thank you!
You made a terrific Sister Louise. Simply awesome! 💥👍
Sounds like a really good time! Awesome video!
It was cool but nerve wracking to submit my first GD entry, and to see you entering yours right next to me - light competition! Kicking myself I didn’t say hi. Amazing models!
Didn’t get to go but I’d like to try for next year. Great review and hopefully some of the issues can be addressed!
The fact that you got to cosplay as an awesome sister of battle, AND dragged your mum into the photo just warmed my heart, seriously, tears of joy for you!
Thank you so much for this review. It's so fair-minded and honest, and I'm extremely grateful that. This channel is such a blessing for the hobby!
First Rogue Hobbies video for me. How have I missed this!? Love your energy!
I love your energy!
I saw you at the 2019 or 2018 fest and talked to you for an age about artwork you were making, a reminder of how wonderful it was to meet studio teams in the older style of event. Now we can enjoy your content here in stead!
honestly, you're absolutely right, the best part of the events, the parts of the two games days i went to that i still remember and tell people about, were interacting with studio/BL/ETC staff (getting a book signed by Graham McNeill, embarrassing myself confusing a Juan Diaz sculpt for one done by Jes Goodwin when gushing over Jes' work when i met him out the front, only to be digging my way out of that hole when my friend took over and gushed about the dark eldar sculpts)
whilst maybe a tad rambly, those examples are the tings that made/make events priceless, so i'd hope so long as the staff are willing to come to the events, that they aren't sidelined as seems to be the case, as i cant tell you what i bought at the two games days i went to (other than dreadfleet, maybe space hulk) or what i built, but those human experiences are the ones that stick, even something like (!!?) fifteen years later?
Geee, I love the innocence of someone who went and did X and enjoyed themselves, in their own way. Thank you for being the rare voice who praises the quality of humans who drove the excitement, worked their butts off for the customers. I wish GW did a better job at making their employee's feel valued, because they are what makes events like this.
You’re awesome, keep up the great content.
This popped up through the Ol' algorithm, so thought I'd give it a watch. Thanks for sharing your experience in such a positive way whilst also explaining yourself clearly and offering fair critique.
I think your spot on at 17:30 I unfortunately couldn't make it to This one, but have attended previously ( both at the Ricoh in 2018 & 2019, and Gamedays at the NEC) and one of my favourite experiences was meeting the studio staff. Chatting with the army painters and finding out which armies they don't enjoy painting. Or meeting Jes Goodwin (my favourite designer) and pawing over his sketch book and discussing his design process. The hobby is at its core about personal connection, both to the miniatures and others, and having the ability to engage with the people who help bring these worlds we love to life was great.
Great to see you here 😃
Glad to know you had a good time.
GO MAN U ❤🖤🎈
It IS an old railway station - Manchester Central! Closed in 1969.
Awesome video!
that sisters of battle looks amazing
I knooow! Alfhild is so very talented
From someone who would love to go, but is too far away (Canada), thanks for taking us along for the journey, Louise! It sounds like a ton of fun :)
A really great look at the event. I have never been to FEST, but I would love to at some stage. One of the things I would like, is meeting the people behind the curtain, so I am all in on your plan.
09:38 - That's Lukas from Squidmar right behind you. Yay got the easter egg
It was great to see you and Rob there!
Haha, it's lovely to see someone who's gets as over excited as I do over this kinda stuffs 🎉
great video
Was my first Warhammer Fest and really enjoyed it aside from the queues of course. Was great meeting so many nice people, didn’t happen to bump into you but did see the awesome Sister cosplay from afar :) Would have just said it’s awesome to see that the channel is doing so well already! Maybe catch ya at the next one :)
It was a fun day out but yes, the additional costs and the queues dampened it a bit. It was lovely to see you there as a hobbies and off duty though. And yes the behind the scenes staff engagement was sadly missing. I (well my hobby obsessed 12yr old) remembers you teaching him how to paint chaos warrior at event. It made his day!!!
Thanks for sharing!! I've been to lots of cons but not a dedicated Warhammer con! This would be something to check out in future!
That was a very cathartic critique :)
Great vid, many valid points!
Thanks :D
Sounds like you had a blast! I must go next time, and i now want to build my own Dark Angel cosplay outfit!
I bumped into you on Saturday to say thanked for everything you to to improve the hobby.
I agree with everything you said in the video. I think if I hadn't bought 2 tickets for the tournaments I would have been done after the first day.
I'm sad I didn't have time to play 40k.
Glad you had a good time. Its about time you got to enter Golden Deamon.
You're costume was awesome. You should be allowed to smile while wearing it and enjoying the con. Very interesting stuff about the queues. I think for many the event should have been only a day or two. Very interesting video. Hopefully they make improvements going forward. Keep up the good work.
A nice tale, thanks
Just discovered your channel, looking forward to seeing more 😊
Thanks and welcome 😀
It's kind of funny, I hadn't signed up for warhammer + yet and thus hadn't known your work for GW but still this channel was recommended and I can't believe how quickly these videos go, I absolutely adore how you share stories and it makes me really appreciate the passion people have in this hobby.
Tomorrow I'm gonna paint, dang it.
Great seeing you Louise, love from TOC and Legio Tempestus
Very informative video, it was interesting that you saw the event from a public side. I personally didnt go as ticket, transport and accommodation costs were high. The cosplay section looked amazing and your outfit was very detailed. After hearing your comments about things to participate totally agree queues are massive, so you walk off looking for something to get involved in and end up in another queue.......might try next time
great video, really interesting to see a different perspective
As many perspectives as possible is what makes good feedback imo :D
Awesome video again Louise. I did not / couldnt attend but sadly im glad i didnt . I 100% with you about having more things to do and meeting the creators. That was the main draw in the past for me it was great meeting the artists and getting my books signed( even though i was very nervous and awkward lol) . The best one i feel was at Coventry it was massive . Glad you had a good time though !! Keep up the good content .
From working in events, I know they need to keep a lot of space open for attendees to generally walk around (health and safety reasons), which I do feel like was needed especially on Saturday. But it does feel like outside of pre-event ticketed things like the workshops, Kill Team Live or the tournaments, day visitors had not a whole bunch to engage with. Maybe a bigger venue is the solution so they can cram more in? Love the idea of things like a Necromunda area that's all themed etc and a few beginner boards, with other systems getting a small space of their own around the show. Maybe even merging the tournaments into those spaces. Either way, glad you had a great time and it was lovely to chat to you briefly!
Loved the dance!! 😂
I was there for just the Monday and had a really good time, but at the same time I didn't bother queuing for any of the events. So we got there at lunch, walked around and talked to people running the booths, looked at golden Daemon and bought the fest models.
If I'd been there for the whole weekend or travelled from far away I can imagine being annoyed but as a just day out it's great.
Got mates texting me going “you and Fi are in the new Rogue Hobbies vid” proper chuffed 😊
Haha I love that you brought Lesley! Looks like she was a proper proud Mumma there. I went to Games Day back in the day and it was also huge and there did seem to be more to do, but again it was so busy that getting into the painting challenge or the like was kinda hard. There was also all the club participation tables, and I spent two years helping to run one of those which again gave me a big thing to do each day.
They could introduce a registered queue. When you can scan QR code and get a notification when it’s your turn, or just good old numbers and screen which shows what number can come next. So people can do something else when they’re waiting in queue, or join multiple queues.
This was an awesome video! Warhammer fest looks like a ton of fun, minus the queues anyways 😅
Loved you on wh TV and love even more watching you being yourself (not that you weren't but...you know what I mean 😊). You're awesome! Thanks!
You’re so wonderful that you’re breaking through the RUclips algorithm! 👍🏽
Comment for the algorithm. Keep it up. Awesome content as usual!
9:38 a casual Lucas from Squidmar in this shot haha
Luv your channel. Colour me a fan! 👊😎
Me and my friend were there for the full three days (saw you a few times (too shy to say hi)) and we only queued for Boltgun, which admittedly was 2.5 hours on the Saturday. After that we avoided all the queues by being tactical with our time… we got straight into the Painting Hangout first thing Sunday morning with no queue, and timed the Pin Paint for late Sunday when it was quieter.
Fest was an amazing experience for me!! But that was only because we planned things out quite carefully
Ben ran our table for the demo game of 40K and he was an awesome dude! Me and my friend both commented how enthusiastic and engaging he was despite having such a intense and monotonous job at Fest!
Painting up the finalist pin is such a clever idea, awesome
I've never played Warhammer, never painted a mini, I mostly enjoy the games and the books and the general setting. I'm glad YT suggested your channel to me because it's been an absolute joy!
I might be an outsider so... who knows how much my opinion matters lol, but it's pretty disappointing to hear that there wasn't any Warhammer staff or Black Library authors there? It's nice to see other content creators and such but when I've gone to comic con's or other events, my favorite thing is just seeing the people who make my hobby a reality. Seems odd to not have that.
Great video, reminds me of games day 1996 me and 3 friends went. We were 12 and got to ride a coach from basingstoke to Birmingham by ourselves with no adult supervision. Had a great day buying chaos spacemarine stuff and just running about eating sweets and looking at all the massive games tables. Got to see the golden demon stuff though we were all garbage at painting back then coz of gatekeepers at the painting tables and no RUclips’s to teach us the way. 😅 I remember we were really excited about the spacehulk game?! And we made a massive paper airoplane and threw it during a presentation and people started cheating it and throwing it about. Then someone either wrecked it or stole it and they got boo’d pretty hard. The 90s were pretty rad 😅 apart from all the rage outbursts I’d have whilst at school from chomping on lead miniatures all the damn time
Gotta sub as you were so nice in person and any help I can get with painting I will take!!
I'm glad Rob the intern can help out with the camera work.
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Where Greg's and vape shops local??
My offering to the algorithm god :D
Great content as always!
So excited you got to live your cosplay dream!
I love the new channel ❤
I agree with your points, I remember going to Fest when 8th 40k was coming out and adamant I wasn't interested as I was always a fantasy player who got back into the hobby when my son was old enough to play AOS...because of the things to do I came out rebooked on Blood Bowl and picking up the 8th starter set when it launched.
Open Day was the same, the Q&A sessions with the studio team and the passion they had got my talking to staff who showed me what I was missing with MESBG which I adore!
Great video thank you! I dropped in with my 12 year old son who’s got into warhammer in the last year. We really enjoyed checking it all out but didn’t get to do the queueing things as he (and I) just didn’t have it in us!
I wished I'd seen you there the Saturday, Would have made my day.
I've been working away from home for almost five years. I love listening to your videos, your accent reminds me of home.
Very cool.