Shows how little I know about current fantasy AoS I didn't even know Turion was still kicking!wamphyri101 wrote:Probably, as there is Tyrion's side of the army still to be shown at Adepticon
Also Darkness, great film Tim Curry man!
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Shows how little I know about current fantasy AoS I didn't even know Turion was still kicking!wamphyri101 wrote:Probably, as there is Tyrion's side of the army still to be shown at Adepticon
Just a shame he didn’t do it in ladies’ underwear.Olthannon wrote:Also Darkness, great film Tim Curry man!
Its because they look like Pringles tubes.Prince of Spires wrote: Also, there's something about the hammers that looks artificial. Don't know, but the round shape just looks off somehow.
I knew I'd seen them somewhere... :sRE.Lee wrote:Its because they look like Pringles tubes.Prince of Spires wrote: Also, there's something about the hammers that looks artificial. Don't know, but the round shape just looks off somehow.
Prince of Spires wrote:As for the hammerer models, the headpieces are just wrong. Both from an aesthetics point of view (for me) but also from a practical point of view. They look very top heavy. Which would make them utterly useless in any sort of fight where you had to move fast. You'd just fall over if you leaned too far to the side.
The (bull) elephant in the room is of course Hashut, the Chaos Dwarf god. Pretty much diametrically opposed to High Elves I’d have said.Prince of Spires wrote:bulls
ya sure? there´s a pic with skavens above, the bases dont look that big and i heard GW "invented" 28,5mm bases or something like that... to me it looks more like this cus as all the other (high)elves are on 25mm, it would be a bit too much if mere spearmen have such huge bases?Giladis wrote:Those are 32mm bases for infantry.
i had also quite a pause, not being here for at least 2 years i guess... i have to admit i am a bit shocked by all the offtopic stuff, but ok...Vermis wrote:The basic stuff I quite like. I had gathered a bunch of bits to kitbash maiden guard for a small Avelorn band, but then quit the hobby for a while and didn't do much with them. Coming back, and looking at these, I think I might start over and use the cav, spears and archers as MG in different roles. (Using existing Sisters of Avelorn as lighter, skirmishing archers)
Just wait till you see the Caledorian Phoenix Guard i´ve planned...Vermis wrote:I think I could handwave the design differences as being MG-specific, a bit like those Caledorians in their spiky dragon armour.
Lets be honest: Armies like highelves (or Eldar and Chaos Dwarves) are known for having a bit too much of a helmet-issue...Vermis wrote:Not totally convinced by Teclis, mostly because of the huge amount of space taken up by his buddy and their portable mountain of rubble. The sphinx would be great as a griffon if you could find a decent eagle head to graft onto it. As it is, I think I'd like those wings for the gryph-charger I have, stowed away.
i laughed so hard...Vermis wrote:The hammerers... eh. I'd assume those massive horns are separate pieces, and there's hints that they come with alternate hammer heads that don't look so much like pringles tubes ( )
i just said i wanna redo them to Swordmasters cus i have already bought White Lions replacements (from a company called "Last Sword") that i am really happy with, so from the 3 elite infantry choices we have (Phoenix Guard, White Lions and Swordmasters) SMs are the last one where i have no proper replacement found. But for this, we´ll have to check the size of the new models first... and the worst thing will be selling my old models.Vermis wrote:but I'm not feeling a huge need for them. Good point in raising the possibility of Swordmaster or White Lion conversions, though for the latter I might sooner look at Shadow Warriors, Wildwood Rangers, or even Black Ark Corsairs. More work, but I assume considerably cheaper, if the hammerers end up at five for £30-40.
Icarion wrote: Just wait till you see the Caledorian Phoenix Guard i´ve planned...
True, true. And if this was 2016 I'd be rolling my eyes like they were dice and I was trying to lose a fortune at a craps table. But while Teclis' helmet is way overblown, it doesn't irritate me as much as it would have. I think because, like the old HE, the weight of all that extraneous decoration appears to be centred around the base of the helmet. Compared to the new hammerers, where it looks like the slightest tip of that lever is going to send it spinning around the fulcrum.Lets be honest: Armies like highelves (or Eldar and Chaos Dwarves) are known for having a bit too much of a helmet-issue...
But the new Teclis is probably the master of exaggerated helmets EVER.
It looks like a standard, haughty, bad-smell expression. Can you point out specifics?but what shocks me the most, is his face, which might prove difficult to change.
I'm the opposite - I'm a skinflint. I weigh up every extra penny I'd have to spend on alternate models, and I try to go plastic if I can. (Also partly because I'm paranoid about the fragility of resin) Mind you, that 'standard' flies out the window when we're talking about GW plastic, not to mention how much I'd spend with bits resellers for kitbashing plans.i just said i wanna redo them to Swordmasters cus i have already bought White Lions replacements (from a company called "Last Sword") that i am really happy with...
The price might be pretty sick, 5 of them for 30-40£ will be hard, but if they really convince me... why not? (my bloodletters - price 20€ for 10 - are made of Skullreapers, which cost 45€ for 5, so it´s not that i wouldnt spend the money if i really like it)
Absolutely. In fact, I think it might better suit the fluff and one or two illustrations of SMs doing swooshy Jedi moves, than the stiffly regimented official minis with swords glued to their cheeks.i have 20 swords in my bitzbox from the Black Guard/Executioners box, so giving the unit kinda "bladestaffs" might also look cool, dont ya think?