Matt Ward departed GW in May of 2014

[Psychosplodge]

Andy chambers, Paul "Fat Bloke" Sawyer, Jes goodwin, they were the faces I remember regularly seeing in WD back when I started. and Diaz and the perry brothers whenever they were talking about sculpting and new models...

[eldargal]

Yup and they have been gone for ages. Perry twins were mostly working on LOTR with the very rare bit of Empire and VC (which were some of my favourite models by the way) so it isn't like they are leaving a gaping wound in GWs sculpting team, especially with all the new talent they have picked up in the last 18 months.

[Fedral]

Matt Ward left his position at GW and decided to dig a larger canyon than the Grand Canyon in Manchester England. After that, he will be heading to the Ukraine where he will single-handedly defeat the entire Russian Army with a letter opener and a damp sponge. Following that, he will be heading to the Middle East where he will ***** slap all the participants in the conflict until they declare peace. Then, he will travel to Heaven where he will knock out God with one punch and then make a pair of cufflinks out of His molars... And that would STILL be more believable than the fluff in the GK Codex.

[Psychosplodge]

Matt Ward left his position at GW and decided to dig a larger canyon than the Grand Canyon in Manchester England. After that, he will be heading to the Ukraine where he will single-handedly defeat the entire Russian Army with a letter opener and a damp sponge. Following that, he will be heading to the Middle East where he will ***** slap all the participants in the conflict until they declare peace. Then, he will travel to Heaven where he will knock out God with one punch and then make a pair of cufflinks out of His molars... And that would STILL be more believable than the fluff in the GK Codex.

lols

[Pssyche]

Matt Ward left his position at GW and decided to dig a larger canyon than the Grand Canyon in Manchester England. .

Nothing to report as of yet...

[Psychosplodge]

but has he started?

[daboarder]

but has he started?

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


...so sure, why not

[Mr Mystery]

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


...so sure, why not

Sauce?

[daboarder]

Linkd'in I think it was

[Wildeybeast]

How do you define old guard though? pre-going public 1991? Pre-LOTR? Pre-2005/6 crash? Matt Ward joined the company years after I started playing the game so he isn't Old Guard to me, Jervis Johnson and Jes Goodwin are. Companies change or they die, there are plenty of skilled writers and sculptors out there and GW has the money to attract them. This is sad, I liked Ward and didn't think he deserved the hate he got but this is not some kind of seismic shift for GW.

Also don't get me started on that Necrons are Egyptian crap again please, they are not.

John Blanche is one of the founding fathers and biggest influences and he's still there. Jeremy Vetock has been around since the 90's as well. I'd say there is still a good chunk of the 'old guard' there.