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**Kanluwen**

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
455_PWR wrote:
Anyone have info as to if we will see dracolith cavalry or what the Stormcast Eternal "monster" will be?

I see even with the rumors that we are missing a wizard... which can sometimes be a needed buff or necessary for cancelling opponent's spells.

I think we're unlikely to see Dracolith cavalry as they've made a special point of saying the one being ridden by the starter set bod is the first of his kind to cooperate with the sigmarites (although since this is an evolving world this could change)

as for big monsters that was, I belive, the big floaty stormcast guy and the even bigger price tag

"The big floaty Stormcast guy" isn't a Monster per his keywords.

Which is what is meant.

And if the Lord-Celestant on Dracolith was meant to be a one-off character, they would have made him a one-off character rather than a generic character in the rules.

**Motograter**

I don`t think they are getting a monster anytime soon. Cav again something that they will likely come back too.

The wizard thing though I genuinely do not see them getting a wizard

**NinthMusketeer**

I think it would be far more likely to see a generic "Lord-Celestant on Dracoth" character kit with multiple build options than a unit of cavalry for them, at least in the near future.

**H.B.M.C.**

Bottle wrote:
Oh, weirdly if you go Scenery > Age of Sigmar it is unlisted, but if you go Age of Sigmar > Scenery, it's there :-p

4 million well spent it seems.

**plastictrees**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Bottle wrote:
Oh, weirdly if you go Scenery > Age of Sigmar it is unlisted, but if you go Age of Sigmar > Scenery, it's there :-p

4 million well spent it seems.

They are focused on generating a high frustration-based click through rate.

**Chopxsticks**

I'll agree to that! I have not once visited the GW site and it remember what country I selected...

**migooo**

I really like the trident so if anyone wants to part with that bit please contact me.

Apart from that ..eh.

**Grot 6**

I don't understand how this even relates remotely with fantasy, but there are some really tasty models in there....

Prices are somewhat off, but hey... great looking stuff, so far., Need some guns in there though.

**Imposter101**

Any news on more re-boxes? I'm hoping we don't lose the Skaven Battalion until after Christmas at least.

**Breotan**

Imposter101 wrote:
Any news on more re-boxes? I'm hoping we don't lose the Skaven Battalion until after Christmas at least.

Island of Blood was always a better deal. You can still get most of it on eBay fairly cheap.

**reds8n**

Seems that some people have been getting a free scenario/battleplan with their mailorders :

http://imgur.com/a/Q4UAL

**katfude**

Want to play with more than 4 players? Well then buy crap directly from us and maybe you can! The brilliant moves that will carry this well balanced masterpiece of a game into the gaming limelight continue!

**H.B.M.C.**

It's a free thing with an order. Hardly worth getting outraged over.

**-Shrike-**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
It's a free thing with an order. Hardly worth getting outraged over.

Precisely. It's not even a formation, it's a fething scenario, and it really shouldn't be difficult to make up a game where you can have more than two players.

**Motograter**

The whiners are running out of things to whine about so now that gw are giving stuff away for free that's clearly also really bad........

**JohnnyHell**

It baffles me that people can't and don't design their own scenarios on the fly anyway. Used to every game... :-/

**-Shrike-**

JohnnyHell wrote:
It baffles me that people can't and don't design their own scenarios on the fly anyway. Used to every game... :-/

I think I've only ever used a scenario in one of my games, and that was partially because neither of us had played for a couple of years and we tried playing a game by the books, as it were.

**reds8n**

pic via FB from games Workshop : somewhereorother.

Size comparison

**Demandread**

Good to see those towers can be converted into World Eater Garages.

**reds8n**

That's Skull-Garage mind !

With openable Blooddoor.

Of Doomskull.

**angelofvengeance**

Turns out the wall sections are pretty beefy...

**H.B.M.C.**

reds8n wrote:
pic via FB from games Workshop : somewhereorother.

Size comparison

And I (will) have... *counts mentally* ... fourteen of them.

Yikes...

**reds8n**

You might need planning permission !

**-Shrike-**

Huh. That's bigger than I expected. Maybe they should learn from FW and start including size comparisons for their models!

**Medium of Death**

reds8n wrote:
Seems that some people have been getting a free scenario/battleplan with their mailorders :

http://imgur.com/a/Q4UAL

The Chaos Warriors look brilliantly imposing. Strange how simply switching the bases can breathe new life into them.

**keezus**

Talys wrote:

This is a technologically excellent model.

The pose looks strange to me however - the right leg in particular looks extremely awkward as it is raised for no reason, and the toe is jutting straight out. It appears that they just took a standing leg and rotated it slightly. Its all the more jarring because the left leg has the toe pointed in a more natural downward angle. Its almost like the model was supposed to be standing at one point and they decided to remodel it into a flying dude part way through development. On top of that... this model suffers from the fact that it has somewhat confused lines of movement... If he's moving forwards, the legs should be angled back. If he's moving backwards, his legs should be angled forwards. If he's hovering... his legs should be angled downwards... The drapery suggests either backwards or stationary movement. The model has one dangling leg angled forwards, and the second leg... BRACING ON AIR? The starter Prosecutors don't have this issue... they are obviously moving forwards. The Prime is obviously stationary above his maelstrom of gak.

I believe this is an issue with their CAD guys as niggles like this are less likely to occur when sculpting in a natural medium as the deficiencies are much more noticeable when the model being created is orientated with its intended scale and positioning from the get-go.

**Matt.Kingsley**

Ok now I'm not as pissed about the price of the walls... that's massive for one freaking section.

Still too expensive, mind you, just not as out of proportion as I first thought.

**Talys**

@Matt.Kingsley - Yeah, buddy of mine bought some Dreadhold kits. It would take 2 Basilica Administratum kits (at least) to make the 1 comparable wall; since the wall isn't "ruins" it requires 3 completed facings, whereas most cities of death buildings are really 1.5 facings. In dollar for building "square footage", it's definitely better than Shrine of Aquilla, which is one of the best deals for "big buildings" from GW. I think it's comparable, too , in price to the Wall of Martyrs fortification line. You don't get as wide, but you get much, much taller.

The other pieces are massive, too. The big Bastion kit is not comparable in value to Fortress of Redemption (one of my favorite kits for the price), though it's not far from Aquilla Strongpoint IMO.

The real problem isn't "it's going to be expensive to build a big fort"... it's that any fort you build on a table, unless it's at the edge and you're only representing one facing of the fort (which is what we're going to do), is just too big to play.

@keezus - the pose for Venator and Azyros is rather anime IMO. Imagine launching from a standing position, and launching backwards, while shooting forwards. The right leg is the one to lift first, the left the one to launch. The direction of the scrolly things indicates the motion in that vector.

I actually *really* like the pose. Venator (bowie with bird) is my favorite model of the entire Stormcast collection, I think.

**Azreal13**

Those wings must generate a ton of thrust to get tubby in the air!

**keezus**

Talys wrote:
@keezus - the pose for Venator and Azyros is rather anime IMO. Imagine launching from a standing position, and launching backwards, while shooting forwards. The right leg is the one to lift first, the left the one to launch. The direction of the scrolly things indicates the motion in that vector.

Oh... I can imagine it, but it doesn't make any more sense.

Try performing that action with your own legs... Launching backwards typically uses both legs, and the shoulders would be more square to the hips. This is a strange twisting motion while jumping (kind of) to one side - except when jumping to the side, to maintain balance, your weight is always launched on the leg closest to the direction you're going. I think they were going with something like (spoiler) for the pose, but not quite getting it... The chunkiness of the model doesn't really convey the nuances motion very well since the anatomy is completely hidden by inflexible armor plate. It's an aesthetic thing, so YMMV.

Spoiler: