Matt Ward departed GW in May of 2014

[Lord-Boofhead]

I am curiuous to know who of the old guard is actually left.

Stillman, Priestly and Jervis.

And John Blanche, not sure about Wayne England. He may still freelance but he does stuff for other companies too now.

[40kGamer]

Stillman, Priestly and Jervis.

And John Blanche, not sure about Wayne England. He may still freelance but he does stuff for other companies too now.

Priestly exited stage left over a year ago.

[Denzark]

Wayne England was 'just' an artist, he has hardly had as much influence as the designers/sculpters.

[Pssyche]

but has he started?

Quite possibly...

[Psychosplodge]

Quite possibly...

gd gd that should keep him away from anything else I like.

[Wildeybeast]

Like I said it depends how you define old guard but yes Blanche is definitely in there. I think I remember Vetock joining so he isn't. That's the point I was trying to make that for someone who starts playing now the Old Guard will be whoever is working now. For someone who started ten years ago Ward might be. The fact is a company that can't change staff, even founding staff, will die. GW has shown it can.

I agree entirely. Personally I'd say Vetock has been there long enough to be old guard, I think 30 odd years of service deserves that accolade.

[conscriptboris]

I started collecting and playing blood angels mid way through 2nd ed. He single handedly killed off blood angels with his codex.

Also, once releasing the codex, he didn't bother to give decent faqs post new edition release and allowed the very few good points to be nerf'd.

The guy didn't take to Sci fi, and was mis-appropriately employed.

Good riddance!

Elvis

[Mr Mystery]

I started collecting and playing blood angels mid way through 2nd ed. He single handedly killed off blood angels with his codex.

Also, once releasing the codex, he didn't bother to give decent faqs post new edition release and allowed the very few good points to be nerf'd.

The guy didn't take to Sci fi, and was mis-appropriately employed.

Good riddance!

Elvis

Yes, damn him reeling in the ridiculous excesses of first turn charges that Gav gave Blood Angels!

[Ferrum_Sanguinis]

Apparently one of the reasons he "choose" to leave GW was because he was tired of them changing their canon.....


...so sure, why not

If thats even remotely true then I want to punch this guy even more. What a vain, butthurt little prick.

[Lexington]

If thats even remotely true then I want to punch this guy even more. What a vain, butthurt little prick.

To be fair, if that's true (and, let's remember, big "if" - rumor becomes fact in people's minds with unbelievable speed), it's entirely possible that he was given these lore changes and instructed to fluff them up.

Keep in mind that I say this as someone who's stated that Matt Ward is the worst thing to happen to England since the Black Death.