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Nvs wrote:
Why are the models so expensive? Are they terminator sized?

They're very slightly bigger than Blood Reavers and that's because of the armour.

Unless Im missing something that whole Fotress costs more than $1,000 USD if you buy each individual piece sepeseparately. Thats madness even for GW.

 Spartan089 wrote:
Unless Im missing something that whole Fotress costs more than $1,000 USD if you buy each individual piece sepeseparately. Thats madness even for GW.

There's a "Madness? This... is... SIGMAR!" joke in there somewhere.

(/modern references)

 Fayric wrote:
But these days, and with AoS, the rules probably just include a reciting of the french guys in Monty Pythons "seek for the holy grail"

Nice

As someone else said, GW's art direction lately has made it easy for me to make a clean break... it's like they take their own themes, and then double down / almost make a parody of them.

I think the market will bear out that they're going too outlandish / over the top... This pic is a great example of that:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
@Nvs: Here's a pic to give you an idea of size. Spoilered cause it's a big pic.

Spoiler:

The model on the right is awesome and intimidating - it has style. The model on the left is an incredibly well executed piece of plastic injection molding engineering... but an army looking like that would just be silly, imo. I know it's likely a character, but the point stands - it's like the design studio has just gone for way too much of a good thing...

Huh, they both have identical lower torsos too.

I love the new models. I was never a fan of all the chaos warriors looking identical.

8600 yen can net me nearly as many 1/144 Gundam kits as it can Blood Warriors if I shop around carefully. That's just plain crazy.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
@Nvs: Here's a pic to give you an idea of size. Spoilered cause it's a big pic.

Spoiler:

Thanks for the pic. I must say the new model looks amazing. It's not quite the aesthetic I like and I do much prefer the one on the right, but the left one is still amazing. I wonder if they'll make a kit for the other gods?

God I hope they redo the entire Chaos Space Marine line next.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Spartan089 wrote:
Unless Im missing something that whole Fotress costs more than $1,000 USD if you buy each individual piece sepeseparately. Thats madness even for GW.

There's a "Madness? This... is... SIGMAR!" joke in there somewhere.

(/modern references)

But seriously GW's pricing has for the most part spiraled out of control. Im not going to lie, even with all the skull, that terrain looks pretty cool, but not cool enough to buy for the same price as a used car. This is why Recasters and other companies are getting more and more people turning to them.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
8600 yen can net me nearly as many 1/144 Gundam kits as it can Blood Warriors if I shop around carefully. That's just plain crazy.

But then Gundams are Japan's equivalent of Space Marines. They're popular and will sell very well.

The Bloodwarrior models are fantastic.

TrollSlayerThorak'Khun'Na wrote:
The Bloodwarrior models are fantastic.

I'm wondering if they have as many options as the Bloodreavers kits,

Expect more stormcast and khorne releases heading into September

 Motograter wrote:
Expect more stormcast and khorne releases heading into September

This is in addition to the tzeench release then?

 Motograter wrote:
The 9th month sees Tzeentch releases. Numbers are still important it would seem

Any info on how much Tzeench we will see? I suppose its end of september if we get more stormcasts and khorne too.

 JohnnyHell wrote:
YAY! Let's reference piracy in every thread! Woo!

Lets face it, with GW prices more and more it will become a topic of conversation any time something expensive pops up. Pretending it doesn't exist doesn't make it go away.


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 angelofvengeance wrote:
@Nvs: Here's a pic to give you an idea of size. Spoilered cause it's a big pic.

Spoiler:

It's like .. The old Chaos Warrior is being embarrassed by his new Chaos Warrior friend, who likes to drink too much and flirt loudly with all the boys. Old Chaos Warrior is probably thinking he should meet new friends so this doesn't happen EVERY Friday night.

 Motograter wrote:
Expect more stormcast and khorne releases heading into September

NO! Gimme TAU!!!

 Fayric wrote:

 Motograter wrote:
Expect more stormcast and khorne releases heading into September

This is in addition to the tzeench release then?

 Motograter wrote:
The 9th month sees Tzeentch releases. Numbers are still important it would seem

Any info on how much Tzeench we will see? I suppose its end of september if we get more stormcasts and khorne too.

motograter gets added to the tracker.

edit: Found it.

Source: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1890/655944.page#8056002

More Stormcasts & Khorne was originally a Sad Panda-rumour Motograter was partially disputing.

Motograter wrote:They havent got round to dwarfs yet. The stormcast have been mostly done bar a few bits, This 8th month is Khorne related in new release terms but also skaven and nurgle repacks. The 9th month sees Tzeentch releases. Numbers are still important it would seem

Sad Panda wrote:Sigmarines will be back for another wave, as will Khorne.
Dwarfs are early 2016 at best
Tzeentch is still a troll-rumour. Not gonna happen.

Motograter wrote:Stormcasts are obvious as there are units and characters models that have been seen but not released as of yet. Khorne only has two other new models to go, the rest will just be repacks

Food for the tracker

Yo, skull. I skulled you skull skulls. So, I skulled some skulls on your skulls.

Wonderwolf wrote:
Source: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1890/655944.page#8056002

More Stormcasts & Khorne was originally a Sad Panda-rumour Motograter was partially disputing.

Motograter wrote:They havent got round to dwarfs yet. The stormcast have been mostly done bar a few bits, This 8th month is Khorne related in new release terms but also skaven and nurgle repacks. The 9th month sees Tzeentch releases. Numbers are still important it would seem

Sad Panda wrote:Sigmarines will be back for another wave, as will Khorne.
Dwarfs are early 2016 at best
Tzeentch is still a troll-rumour. Not gonna happen.

Motograter wrote:Stormcasts are obvious as there are units and characters models that have been seen but not released as of yet. Khorne only has two other new models to go, the rest will just be repacks

Food for the tracker

I got it. Thanks!

Another pointless post +1

ONCE AGAIN:

Everyone - please keep in mind this is the Age of Sigmar News and Rumors thread.

So if you're not posting news, rumors, or comments about previously posted news or rumors...

...don't!

Thanks!

I got my White Dwarf. HOLY CRAP. This Dreadfort is MASSIVE. I took some better pictures (just with a point and shoot... if you want nice glossies go buy the mag!) to share and give you an idea.

First telltale sign, look at how SMALL a bloodletter is (top right) compared to the overlord bastion.



Second, check this: a 32mm base is 75 pixels on this photo. The width from one side to the other (and it's not even through the center of the fort, which is wider), is 2720 pixels. 2720 / 75 * 32 /10 = 116cm / 2.54 = 46" !!



The tile that sits the fort is 4 ft. wide, and won't fit it if you rotate the points of the star to its widest point. In other words, if you build Chaos Megaforticus, you will REALLY need a table that's at least 8x6, preferably 8x8 or 8x12. Because who makes a fort that's so big that there's no space for the people laying siege? So this is going to be a REALLY rare configuration. You need a massive play room to make this work!

The "little" towers are big too. Here's a better picture.



The wall sections are wedge shaped in a 3:2 ratio, meaning you can put 2 of them on opposite facings to make a straight wall, or face them the same way to make a rounded wall. By the way, the GW sculptor failed here, and did not put enough skulls in on the floor plate. Obviously.



And really, my favorite part of the whole set. The stairs. These are great. I wish you could get these stairs without the chaos markings.



Oh yes. There is also a photo with a sigmarite on the gangplank, and it's a perfect fit. The gangplank that connects the tower to the wall is 50mm. There are many, many great photos in this WD, including lots of the new blood warriors. You gotta love chaos though.

Random thoughts... I wonder how many liters of Carrroburg Crimson and Agrax Earthshde it would take to wash Megafort? If you painted it all with GW paint.... forget the price of the models... how much PAINT would it cost? LOL. How many years would it take to paint? KHRAZY!!! Ok, now that Fantasy got it's day in the sun, more 40k please. XENOS SCENERY FTW!!

Next week's teaser:

NEXT ISSUE: THE HALLOWED KNIGHTS, GOLDEN DEMON AND A PRIME EXAMPLE...

Who are the Hallowed Knights? What Prime example? O.o

I think the stairs are too narrow and tall - you don't have much space to set your feet, you have to have some serious toe strength!

A lot of wasted Skull space there!

 Ashiraya wrote:
I think the stairs are too narrow and tall - you don't have much space to set your feet, you have to have some serious toe strength!

That's what happens when you hire a chaotic architect.

Looks good. Won't be buying any as it doesn't fit any of the table themes I'm chasing right now.

Do we know if it's plastic or the china cast resin-y stuff.

I know I am in the minority, but I think the chaos stuff looks... well... ridiculous. Overdone. Something that you'd see in a modern 'Masters of the Universe" kit or something. Sure, it's Chaos, but that set will not let you forget. Ever.

Which, in a way, is a good thing for my wallet. I am happy for those Chaos players who are jazzed about it, though.

 plastictrees wrote:
Do we know if it's plastic or the china cast resin-y stuff.

I've bought all the non-Chaos Sigmar terrain, and all of it has been plastic... from China. Ophidian Archway is even on sprues, just like Cities of Death. It is not resin-y at all. I suspect in the future, all terrain will be from China.

The quality of all the previous pieces have been excellent (better than the old Fantasy terrain in terms of stuff matching up, quality of tooling, etc). It's quite possible that the molds are made in Nottingham, and the plastic is just cast in China.

How reliable would you ladies and gents say the tzeentch rumours are?

 Mort wrote:
I know I am in the minority, but I think the chaos stuff looks... well... ridiculous. Overdone. Something that you'd see in a modern 'Masters of the Universe" kit or something. Sure, it's Chaos, but that set will not let you forget. Ever.

Which, in a way, is a good thing for my wallet. I am happy for those Chaos players who are jazzed about it, though.

I agree completely. Each new release for AoS has been worse than the last, and this just takes the cake. The weird offspring of a metal album cover and a Fisher Price castle toy, at an absolutely devastating price. Who exactly is this aimed at? Is it some sort of aspirational item? "Save your money, young man, and maybe you too can own a DREADHOLD someday!"