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Pretty reliable alpha strike for this guy - leave him off the board to level-up Ghal Maraz, deploy outside 9", roll charge - then as long as you roll a 3+ you can 'Kairos' the other dice roll to a 6...

Well, its just too big and awkward for my liking, hope this is the end of the gold armoured men, this aos release schedule is really dragging on now.

I like the big swirly guy a lot, but not enough to pay the $100 or so he'll end up costing

The Harbinger of Menoth called, something about gimmick infringement.

I might make this Prime my first AoS purchase. I'll probably have to chop off at least the base ring snd mount him on a smaller base though

 Grimtuff wrote:
The Harbinger of Menoth called, something about gimmick infringement.

Hardly.

I like it. Not love it, just like it.

I'd take the plunge at around 50 or 60 for it, but any more and I think I'm going to pass.

Most likely I'll be having to pass then, won't I?

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'd take the plunge at around 50 or 60 for it, but any more and I think I'm going to pass.

Most likely I'll be having to pass then, won't I?

In the UK, it is £48, so might just be a smidgen above your limit.

MongooseMatt wrote:

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'd take the plunge at around 50 or 60 for it, but any more and I think I'm going to pass.

Most likely I'll be having to pass then, won't I?

In the UK, it is £48, so might just be a smidgen above your limit.

$79 for him doesn't look to be too bad, IMO.

I like the idea and image of him but the swirlly vortex puts me off, shame really as i'm likeing the wings.

on other news the AoS app has the war scrolls for the dread hold available now.

Hrm, cant say I'm overly impressed. I was kinda expecting like a ornate bone giant sized stormcast but by no means is it a bad sculpt. I think the issue with him is that why the swirly spirits and peripherals of Nagash served to draw your eyes to him as this extremely powerful being, with the prime they're more of a distraction, taking away from the central mini.

It doesnt help that he seems to share only a slightly larger stature than the other stormcasts. I like him but I feel it was a missed opportunity to do something more... epic? Imposing?

I like not-Sanguinius (sp?). Pretty.

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CELESTANT-PRIME HAMMER OF SIGMAR Plastic Box $80

 Ir0njack wrote:
Hrm, cant say I'm overly impressed. I was kinda expecting like a ornate bone giant sized stormcast but by no means is it a bad sculpt. I think the issue with him is that why the swirly spirits and peripherals of Nagash served to draw your eyes to him as this extremely powerful being, with the prime they're more of a distraction, taking away from the central mini.

To an extent, a lot has to do with the colors. The swirly bits are rather bright on the Celestant Prime while on Nagash they're muted.

It doesnt help that he seems to share only a slightly larger stature than the other stormcasts. I like him but I feel it was a missed opportunity to do something more... epic? Imposing?

Which would make him into something completely different for the Stormcast, IMO. He's the First Celestant, the First Stormcast.

He's not a mecha-Stormcast.

 judgedoug wrote:
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Huh.

Not THAT pretty. Wowsers.

Not a fan of sigmarine prime.

i wonder how many people are going to get a knight models Thor and convert to use instead.

Yeah, that's pretty absurdly priced. He's not even that big, the swirly base makes it look big but there's not actually that much plastic there.

Character model pricing, yo.

He's the same price as a Mortarch, and Mortarchs are deceptively large as well.

 judgedoug wrote:
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CELESTANT-PRIME HAMMER OF SIGMAR Plastic Box $80

next week of course.
also Warhammer Visions, White Dwarf, and a Black Library novel

 Kanluwen wrote:
Character model pricing, yo.

He's the same price as a Mortarch, and Mortarchs are deceptively large as well.

Mortarchs are quite a bit bigger by my eye (without seeing them next to each other). The actual Sigmarite isn't much bigger than a normal one if at all, and the Mortarchs have the big beast mounts as well as the swirly base stuff. I dunno, I'd have to see them next to each other.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Character model pricing, yo.

He's the same price as a Mortarch, and Mortarchs are deceptively large as well.

Mortarchs are quite a bit bigger by my eye (without seeing them next to each other). The actual Sigmarite isn't much bigger than a normal one if at all, and the Mortarchs have the big beast mounts as well as the swirly base stuff. I dunno, I'd have to see them next to each other.

Mortarchs are large and their beast mount is large, but it's also very much hollow.
The Celestant Prime, if it truly is just an upsized Prosecutor, will likely have very little "hollow" space inside.

Also, like I said--character model pricing, yo.
The Stormcast character models have not been cheap, at all. Annoying but eh. At least this guy isn't like the Lord-Castellant where he is the only way to get Gryph-Hounds and you wouldn't actually want to have multiples.

 judgedoug wrote:
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That is a pretty reasonable price, relative to comparable Fantasy models.

Model looks amazing, paint job is poor. I'd be interested to see the magic swirls below painted in a celestial bright blue.

On the one hand it is nice to see an incredibly fancy model that isn't merely another big monster.

On the other hand, a good 50% of the model is its swirly supporting geometry. I think the swirling is cool as a demonstration of how good GW has become with its digital sculpting and plastic casting, as were previous recent models, like nagash. I think the swirls make it a cool display piece and something that I'm sure professional painters could do wonders with. But I'm not sure it's necessary for a gaming piece. Compare the model in question to GW's fantastic Saint Celestine:



She's still an awesome sculpt, but practical.

I suppose the counter to that would be that this new model may be comparable to greater daemons and nagash in terms of game power and thus is justified in its scale. This also comes with the obligatory Dakkadakka Sense of Moral Outrage® that it enables GW to charge three times as much for an infantry model. But I digress....

There's a part of me that wants to buy this and make either a decent Sanguinor conversion or go all out and make Sanguinius.

Either way, 80 bucks is pretty steep.

 Talys wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:
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That is a pretty reasonable price, relative to comparable Fantasy models.

Wait...

Nanananananana FatMan!

Seriously, he looks like he has quite the girth in those photos. Love the wings though.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Ir0njack wrote:
Hrm, cant say I'm overly impressed. I was kinda expecting like a ornate bone giant sized stormcast but by no means is it a bad sculpt. I think the issue with him is that why the swirly spirits and peripherals of Nagash served to draw your eyes to him as this extremely powerful being, with the prime they're more of a distraction, taking away from the central mini.

To an extent, a lot has to do with the colors. The swirly bits are rather bright on the Celestant Prime while on Nagash they're muted.

It doesnt help that he seems to share only a slightly larger stature than the other stormcasts. I like him but I feel it was a missed opportunity to do something more... epic? Imposing?

Which would make him into something completely different for the Stormcast, IMO. He's the First Celestant, the First Stormcast.

He's not a mecha-Stormcast.

You can't tell me mecha stormcast wouldn't at least be a little cool.

 Grimtuff wrote:

 Talys wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:
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CELESTANT-PRIME HAMMER OF SIGMAR Plastic Box $80

That is a pretty reasonable price, relative to comparable Fantasy models.

Wait...

Dude... capital "F" in Fantasy as in Warhammer Fantasy. It's consistent in price with similar models of a similar size from Fantasy Battle, since we have no other AoS specific models of that size yet to compare it with.