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Not to mention the fact that one of his attacks is literally bending down and swallowing an enemy whole.

I think the realism issue with that attack is that he can swallow a dracothian guard whole. Let alone how many he can in a whole game. The realistic aspect of this beastie, like many others, is pretty mangled.

Maybe the rules designers were playing Hungry, Hungry Hippos with their kids the night before?

I love the overiding attitude (that GW must also love) that this thread seems to show...
"It"s a bit gak, but we'll buy it anyway. It's growing on us"

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
I love the overiding attitude (that GW must also love) that this thread seems to show...
"It"s a bit gak, but we'll buy it anyway. It's growing on us"

It tickles me too. Every release that doesn't meet universal acclaim (and, let's be fair, there have been a few recently) inevitably features at least one person saying "I don't like it, but if I spend another £50 on other kits to get the bits and do this, this and this to it, I think I can make it work."

Joyboozer wrote:

So if you're mostly above your prey you theorised looking down isn't common? Are you sure about that?

For god's sake. I said lower your head not look down. A creature with a long neck will not have the same range of movement as a human, will it?

See example pic


As for the eating people in one bite- it's fairly obvious that it'd have to change its stance for eating something a lot smaller than him to get good purchase on the target.

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
I love the overiding attitude (that GW must also love) that this thread seems to show...
"It"s a bit gak, but we'll buy it anyway. It's growing on us"

I've actually been going the other way... I loved it at first glance, but like it less the more I look at it... I want to like it, because I like big, impressive dragon kits. But there are just too many flaws that could have been easily avoided.





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 Haechi wrote:
I'm getting used to its positions. Its standing up to roar/spit lightning. And I don't see the backward elbows/knees AT ALL, simply because those are his wrists.

It's a bit hard to tell with the shoulder armour and the pic angle, but it looks like he has knees on his front legs, rather than elbows... so configured more like an Elephant than most other quadrapeds.

If they're meant to be his 'wrist' joints, the kneepads don't make any sense. As kneepads they a little hinky due to the spike on the bottom hitting his foot, but as wristguards they're completely wrong as they would prevent any upward/forwards movement of the joint.




-Edit - After going and looking at the Dracoth sprue, (and assuming the Drake is supposed to have more or less similar anatomy (other than the wings, obviously)) they do indeed appear to be wrists, with the Dracoth having the same issues with the 'knee' pads. Chalk it up as a prime example of designers going for what looks cool without any thought paid to functionality, I guess.

Bit more info on the Tempest Lords chamber from the Webstore blog.

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What’s a Tempest Lord then, eh?


Well, I’m glad you asked. A Tempest Lord, according to the fizzing, sparking room full of pure energy called Bookus-7 that governs our Publications department, is “A noble of a previous age, they were all lords and master tacticians. With foresight from a life of politics, they fight from the skies so they can look down on the foe. They know they’re worth a lot more than the foes they face, so they choose when to strike carefully. Each has to prove his worth in battle – this is almost like a tally of kills they have to achieve during each battle, and if they don't (or get 'killed' early) then this is a source of great shame. They’re really strict about enforcing this.”

They’re essentially really confident officers, expected to perform in a manner befitting of the Extremis Chamber – this means lots of Chaos slain.

Also, we like Bookus-7, he’s lovely.

 insaniak wrote:



-Edit - After going and looking at the Dracoth sprue, (and assuming the Drake is supposed to have more or less similar anatomy (other than the wings, obviously)) they do indeed appear to be wrists, with the Dracoth having the same issues with the 'knee' pads. Chalk it up as a prime example of designers going for what looks cool without any thought paid to functionality, I guess.

I think in the position we see it, the wrists are already at their maximum upward bending position. All they do after that is bend downwards to mangle its preys.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

Joyboozer wrote:

So if you're mostly above your prey you theorised looking down isn't common? Are you sure about that?

For god's sake. I said lower your head not look down. A creature with a long neck will not have the same range of movement as a human, will it?

See example pic


As for the eating people in one bite- it's fairly obvious that it'd have to change its stance for eating something a lot smaller than him to get good purchase on the target.

I don't like dinosaurs, so I'll just have to take your word for it.

 insaniak wrote:

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
I love the overiding attitude (that GW must also love) that this thread seems to show...
"It"s a bit gak, but we'll buy it anyway. It's growing on us"

I've actually been going the other way... I loved it at first glance, but like it less the more I look at it... I want to like it, because I like big, impressive dragon kits. But there are just too many flaws that could have been easily avoided.

I was really hopeful that they were going to make his wings part of his forward legs and give it a "knuckle walking position". I would seriously consider spending that much dough on it to convert Indraugnir out of it if it had been the case. :(

via FB , from GW


... Maw Krusha ... new/replacement wyvern then ?

That's pretty funny

Chad Warden wrote:

 Uriels_Flame wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Screw the Stormcast stuff. I want Tzeentch news!!

+1!

Something has to be cooking somewhere...

Cant wait for the Changebound Changesecrators

There must be something PLANNED.

What's a maw krusha?

....indeed.


.Maybe those replacement wyvern type beasties talked about a wee while back ?

So after 8 pages of negativity, I have concluded that Star Drake is the best model GW has done since... Archaon.

Actually, jeez, Age of Sigmar is GW's showcase for beautifully designed and intelligently executed models.

Age of Sigmar puts their 40k line to shame.

What's most impressive is that most of the End Times models were total garbage, whereas the models released for Age of Sigmar have been excellent. It's like the model design runs parallel to the quality of the rules.


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 MajorTom11 wrote:
Well... at least we know what it would look like if a dragon humped a dreadnaught while being ridden by a sanguinary guard...

Considering the last year of 40k releases, I think you just predicted the next kit coming down the pipe for 40k! SPACE WOLVES WULFEN MURDERPACK GOOOO!!!

I would be interested in a Star Drake...if it weren't $140.

At the Maggoth Lord price point($76) I'd be in, and Mortarch price point would be a "Maybe".

$140? Nope! Not touching it with my own cash.

GW are continuing to return to social media

https://www.facebook.com/GWWarhammerAgeofSigmar/

is the link to their official AoS page.

Same deal as the FW page

We want this to be a page that all Warhammer Age of Sigmar fans can enjoy.
This is a Games Workshop community page and we have three simple rules that we need you to follow:
1. Be cool, be positive.
2. Please do not post links to websites of any sort other than games-workshop.com
3. Please use the wall for posting photos of Citadel Miniatures only.
And a quick note on rules questions - we can’t give you official answers. We’re not the Games Designers, they’re locked up in the studio. We might be able to give you some general advice or point you in the right direction but better to try and work it out with your gaming buddies. We’ve also no idea who’d win in a fight between Nagash and Archaon but we’re happy to speculate with you!

NICE! FB is my main source of community interaction these days.

 Kanluwen wrote:
I would be interested in a Star Drake...if it weren't $140.

At the Maggoth Lord price point($76) I'd be in, and Mortarch price point would be a "Maybe".

$140? Nope! Not touching it with my own cash.

I bought a Maggoth Lord for my Age of Sigmar Nurgle Rotbringers force. It is... small. The Star Drake looks to be much, much more massive. At least as big as the Glottkin, if not larger.

 reds8n wrote:
GW are continuing to return to social media

https://www.facebook.com/GWWarhammerAgeofSigmar/

is the link to their official AoS page.

Same deal as the FW page

We want this to be a page that all Warhammer Age of Sigmar fans can enjoy.
This is a Games Workshop community page and we have three simple rules that we need you to follow:
1. Be cool, be positive.
2. Please do not post links to websites of any sort other than games-workshop.com
3. Please use the wall for posting photos of Citadel Miniatures only.
And a quick note on rules questions - we can’t give you official answers. We’re not the Games Designers, they’re locked up in the studio. We might be able to give you some general advice or point you in the right direction but better to try and work it out with your gaming buddies. We’ve also no idea who’d win in a fight between Nagash and Archaon but we’re happy to speculate with you!

Can see a lot of trolling on this page methinks.

 angelofvengeance wrote:


Can see a lot of trolling on this page methinks.

Exhibit A: the majority of troll posts in this News & Rumors thread

Ha! Pretty much!

 judgedoug wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
I would be interested in a Star Drake...if it weren't $140.

At the Maggoth Lord price point($76) I'd be in, and Mortarch price point would be a "Maybe".

$140? Nope! Not touching it with my own cash.

I bought a Maggoth Lord for my Age of Sigmar Nurgle Rotbringers force. It is... small. The Star Drake looks to be much, much more massive. At least as big as the Glottkin, if not larger.

Maggoth Lords aren't that small, compared to Glottkin. The Star Drake does not look to be "much, much more massive". It might be bigger but it does not seem to be a huge difference in size between that and say the Mortarchs or Maggoth Lords beyond the wings.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
GW have always been slack about intellectual property. It tripped them up big time in the Chapter House case.

Did it? Using TMs to protect their IP would prevent someone else from making their own game using the Stormcast or Serephon names, but I didn't think that was the issue with CH. I admit I didn't follow the case at all closely, but I thought the issue was not that CH was using GW names, but that they were producing figures and/or bits specifically for use in GW games. GW can slap (TM) on every variant of Stormcast they want, for example, but that would not stop some other company from producing "big armored guys with hammers" miniatures that people could use instead of actual GW miniatures, which is what would potentially be what costs GW money.

I'm real pleased with their Facebook under this new incarnation.

I like that beastie chart.

I'm hoping that Star Drake is big enough to warrant that price tag. That's Archaon level prices, or a pair of start collecting boxes.

 mdauben wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
GW have always been slack about intellectual property. It tripped them up big time in the Chapter House case.

Did it? Using TMs to protect their IP would prevent someone else from making their own game using the Stormcast or Serephon names, but I didn't think that was the issue with CH. I admit I didn't follow the case at all closely, but I thought the issue was not that CH was using GW names, but that they were producing figures and/or bits specifically for use in GW games. GW can slap (TM) on every variant of Stormcast they want, for example, but that would not stop some other company from producing "big armored guys with hammers" miniatures that people could use instead of actual GW miniatures, which is what would potentially be what costs GW money.

What happened with Chapter House was that it became known that GW's head of IP didn't actually know anything about IP. He also didn't have copyright releases for a lot of the artwork created by freelance artists. The case ended up costing GW several million dollars and they lost 75% of the claims they pressed.

GW can put TM on every name they publish, as long as someone else doesn't already have a TM on the same name. However this does stop a company from making figures "compatible with GW's Age of Sigmar(TM)", or conversion parts "compatible with GW's Storm Cast Brocantors(TM)" and so on.

Additionally, if GW do want to bring a case against a company for imitating their Storm Casts, it will be harder if they are not protected by a registered trademark.

I wonder if someone will get upset if I go to that new shiny FB page and ask when are Squats coming back.