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advance orders and the whole shebang!

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat440004a&rootCatGameStyle=wh

I was just going through the new WD. Looks like they didn't add the dice up for pre orders yet. They look cool but dunno if they're worth going out of the way to get, I really just want the cards and the book.

I'd like to see what I can do with some other monsters, like if I could use the arachranok I'm painting now for my lizards instead of goblins

tarnish wrote:advance orders and the whole shebang!
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat440004a&rootCatGameStyle=wh

Ninja'd by 17 hours
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/362/360231.page

that's buried in a huge 16 page post, this is all on the front page this > that

'Ere, I've just noticed....

The Storm of Magic entry for the Hydra, 220 points.

Hehehe. Playing Dark Elves RULES!


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Also, I spy with my little eye....Time Amok (Lore of Light spell).

Why YES! I shall have an extra round of shooting. Or perhaps combat. Depends what I fancy! Smashy smashy!


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And Assault of Stone? DIE STUNTIES DIE! Bung down a hill, anyone suddenly on said hill, Initiative Test for the whole unit. If failed, everyone takes a S10 hit. If passed, a mere S5. SQUELCH!


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Lore of Gold? Quicksilver Swords. Why yes, my entire unit does suddenly appear to be armed with Runefangs....kyuk kyuk kyuk kyuk!

Now, how does one fit Lore of Gold into Ogres???? Not for the Ogres you understand. For the gnoblars!

I do love the shiny little extras that GW is coming out with these days. The book of spell cards is brilliant, and I have a soft spot for the various little tin templates they've been releasing.

I have my Vortex template for Apocalypse, though... so I don't think I could justify paying that much just to get a few different colours... better to just buy some polystyrene balls and make a few up myself.

These'uns are Big Blast sized....

Really interested by these new characters on sprues. Wonder if this could be a new direction for GW? If it is, I totally support it. Gonna pick up one of those necromancers for my KoW undead force.

I have the apocalypse one too, and I never ever used it :( The template things look cool but something I'd skip personally.

I like the plastic character sprues too, I hope that's how the future is gonna be, instead of finecast Are they gonna pack em in their own little blister/clamshell thingy?

Wish they were adding models for lizards or goblins. I really like the DE black dragon though.

Necros wrote:I like the plastic character sprues too, I hope that's how the future is gonna be, instead of finecast

The Tzeentch one is ghastly, but the others aren't bad.


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Mr Mystery wrote:These'uns are Big Blast sized....

Ah, hadn't noticed that.

Still too expensive to be tempted, though.

Fantastic! I like that chaos lord. Perhaps I can use it for a Chaos Lord with a daemonic steed for my CSM

I'm surprised all of these (sans one) of these are all-plastic kits. Pleasantly surprised.

Sadly, the additional pictures of the Chimera all show the ridiculous dragon head is still... ridiculous.

Seriously, does it have a goiter?

Kroothawk wrote:

tarnish wrote:advance orders and the whole shebang!
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat440004a&rootCatGameStyle=wh

Ninja'd by 17 hours
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/362/360231.page

well, a new thread would have been a blessing. granted its the same topic but hey...

Errr, What is Razumov's Tomb? I can't seem to click on it.

Scottywan82 wrote:Errr, What is Razumov's Tomb? I can't seem to click on it.

Novel.

Characters are alright.
Dragon is alright apart from pulling a Tom&Jerry evil smirk.
Manticore looks less of a disaster with the yellow mane paintjob, but still bad.
Chimera is bad.
Cocatrice is bad.
Terrain is ridiculous.

I think Trish just put fur everywhere where she didn't know how to reconcile the anatomies of different creatures that the monsters are based on.

Love the characters.
The Dragon should never be shown with the head they have been. the ALT head is way better.
The other three monsters are like train wrecks. I agree with blackfang, FUR FOR EVERYONE!! .... because I have no idea what I'm doing....
Terrain is pretty baller though. I really like the Eternity Stair and love the shot from What's New Today where someone stacked two on atop the other. Very cool idea.



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insaniak wrote:

Scottywan82 wrote:Errr, What is Razumov's Tomb? I can't seem to click on it.

Novel.

Ah, many thanks.

These new plastic terrain kits = AWESOME for my D&D game. Damnnn!!

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There is no amount of paint jobs/camera angles/smoke and mirrors that can cover up what ugly bloody minis those monsters are. They are all 'not very good'. Given Trish (Carden/Morrison)'s Carmine Dragon on Warhammer Forge and how much I like it, I can only guess she was very rushed for these things.

With the exception of the stairwell, the rest of the terrain is goofy, immature and daft. It's like old He-Man toys.

The wizards, on the other hand, are all bloody excellent. The Dark Elf and Tzeentch ones especially. Nelson is on top of the game, just like Goodwin.

That cockatrice might be the first gw model I have bought in years. They managed to make a kind of dinky little monster into something truly scary.
Is there any word on if any of these are a limited time release?

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There is no amount of paint jobs/camera angles/smoke and mirrors that can cover up what ugly bloody minis those monsters are. They are all 'not very good'. Given Trish (Carden/Morrison)'s Carmine Dragon on Warhammer Forge and how much I like it, I can only guess she was very rushed for these things.

The Carmine Dragon is something that, by all accounts, she's been working on for her own personal collection for 3+ years that Forge World then decided to cast up and sell.

It's not actually uncommon for that to happen. Look at Tyberos the Red Wake, for example.

On the note of the monsters themselves:
I will say that the Manticore is a bit of a letdown. The rider has some good bits though that I expect to be big sellers, such as the hooded chainmailed head and scythe that look to be in scale with a Terminator Armored model.

The Chimera is not bad but it's not fantastically mindblowing either. It's...acceptable, if I'm being generous.

The Black Dragon I do like, but I'd probably use the head they display with the Dark Elf Sorceress rather than the 'roaring' head.

Cockatrice is about the same as the Chimera.

Scenery is 'eh'. With some additional work, they could be made to look less toy-like.

The on foot casters though are the cream of the crop.
The 'generic' Chaos Sorcerer, with a zombie head or any number of variant 'loony' heads would make a fantastic renegade psyker model or a kind of 'acolyte' for a Terminator armored Sorcerer in 40k.

The only limited ed stuff seems to be the vortex templates and magic cards + plastic box.

You're telling me my Lizardmen can achieve their dreams of bagging and tagging a Hydra and do some serious buttkicking with it?
GW, you always know how to make it up to me..

DrownedRat117 wrote:You're telling me my Lizardmen can achieve their dreams of bagging and tagging a Hydra and do some serious buttkicking with it?
GW, you always know how to make it up to me..

Except that this, like apocalypse, lets you do something you can always do in a friendly game anyway... Just include other things as you see fit. Do you need the extra rule book for that?

It's still not going to be accepted as standard or tourney, only in prearranged friendlies.

When I see this stuff, I'm reminded of that old magic box set with all of the snacks, templates, and extra magic book....

Good times, man... good times.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:lets you do something you can always do in a friendly game anyway

I don't think I can have a Chimera with my Lustrian army usually..

DrownedRat117 wrote:

MeanGreenStompa wrote:lets you do something you can always do in a friendly game anyway

I don't think I can have a Chimera with my Lustrian army usually..

Why not? The stats for one are in the rulebook. Just agree with your opponent and take one for a pre agreed points cost.

You originally said 'hydra' which you could just say 'next game, would you mind if i take a hydra?' and your mate says 'sure, sounds cool, I might take a steam tank' etc etc

Why would that be a difficult thing to do? If you wanted it to be more interesting, how about 'hey, what if you take 3 army books, I take 3 army books and we both build our armies according to the % but from any of the 3?' to increase the element of surprise?

Good point.

Wasn't aware that Chimera rules are in the rulebook!
I was under the impression that this new thing allowed me to include big beasties I wasn't allowed to take with my army before.

I suppose technically I could take 3 500 point armies (For example) than 1 1500 army, but that seems
a) Unorthodox
b) Kind of unfair-Getting the best bits of various armies

If your opponent is doing it too, then it's hardly unfair, right?

MGS is just pointing out that you don't need "official" rules to play with your mates, and Storm of Magic isn't going to be used outside of that context, more than likely.