Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

That gobbo art is really nice touch, I like it

anab0lic wrote:
Meanwhile on kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/greebo-games/740931435?ref=406813&token=060129fc

I know which one I will be buying.

Metal miniatures? I know for certain I'm not going to buy that. Since they are released on kickstarter, they'll only be available for a limited time? And you will have to wait x months before you receive the models? No thanks. Really nice sculpts though!

Baxx wrote:
Since they are released on kickstarter, they'll only be available for a limited time?

Nope. Greebo have all their previous kickstarter teams up for sale. they use the platform as originally intended, to get product ready for long term sale

 endtransmission wrote:

Baxx wrote:
Since they are released on kickstarter, they'll only be available for a limited time?

Nope. Greebo have all their previous kickstarter teams up for sale. they use the platform as originally intended, to get product ready for long term sale

Ahh that sounds really good. Not a fan of limited time products.

Whilst the diversion is understandable, it'd be better if we stuck more to the topic here rather than another companies kickstarter.


.. are nice minis though.

 Groundh0g wrote:
Best thing is there should be 4 chaos warriors in the box (2 per sprue). Similar to Dwarves you really just need to pick up a beastman or two, depending on if you like to run a minotaur.

I think there was only 3 warriors shown in the video, and in the display case at GAMA. This has me worried cause I would hope for 4 unique warrior sculpts, seeing as every chaos player tends to always run four, the maximum allowable. It would be dumb as all hell if you had to buy two kits just so you have four chaos warriors (and now with 2 duplicate models) with the same aesthetic. Hopefully the kit does have 4 warriors and they just lost or misplaced one while shipping the painted ones to the event...

It wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to get two of the kit, cause of mutations. Chances of this team getting their own dice and a chaos pitch is also likely. When the Skaven were shown off both they and the dwarfs had basing to match their accompanying pitch. So these look like they may have been based to match a chaos pitch, otherwise they would be on the standard green grass style.

Yeah there's quite a bit of overhead with each new team released: Pitch, dice and now recently also cards.

I could see them only doing 3 CW, and expecting that you’d convert your own 4 figure based on the God you worship. Also a second box would be good just for conversion fodder.

Woah those Greebo ones are bloody fantastic.

I think I'll wait for cheaper plastic though, outside of a minotaur and two warriors I sculpted and and converted a Chaos team years ago that I abondoned.

Give them some autoguns and throw them into Necromunda!

 AndrewGPaul wrote:

Messiah wrote:
These are probably the worst Chaos Warrior minis Ive ever seen (hyperbole I know, but not too far off).

They may not be good Chaos warriors, but they make pretty good Chaos football players. I'm glad these new teams are focusing on the sports player look for all the models, rather than just making them look like WFB models with no weapons, like 3rd edition did.

No. They make fairly ok football players, but they have hardly no design aesthetic tying them to Chaos.

They would look fine if they have better pose.

Messiah wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:

Messiah wrote:
These are probably the worst Chaos Warrior minis Ive ever seen (hyperbole I know, but not too far off).

They may not be good Chaos warriors, but they make pretty good Chaos football players. I'm glad these new teams are focusing on the sports player look for all the models, rather than just making them look like WFB models with no weapons, like 3rd edition did.

No. They make fairly ok football players, but they have hardly no design aesthetic tying them to Chaos.

They are great if you want an unaligned team. If you want Khorne, then grab some Khorne AOS guys and chop some (only some) weapons off. If you want Nurgle, then wait for the Rotters. If you want Tzeentch then use some of them, really they are fine for basic unaligned chaos warriors with no traits. It makes them feel more like new converts than hundred year old veterans with no skills.

the shoulder pads are too large. They give off more of a Warmachine Khador vibe to me.

Messiah wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:

Messiah wrote:
These are probably the worst Chaos Warrior minis Ive ever seen (hyperbole I know, but not too far off).

They may not be good Chaos warriors, but they make pretty good Chaos football players. I'm glad these new teams are focusing on the sports player look for all the models, rather than just making them look like WFB models with no weapons, like 3rd edition did.

No. They make fairly ok football players, but they have hardly no design aesthetic tying them to Chaos.

Yeah, this is definitely my problem with the Chaos Warriors. The models are fine for large fantasy football players, but they have very few elements of the Chaos aesthetic. I think if the models were exactly the same, except had a chaos helmet, or even a weird chaos visor they would look a lot more appropriate.

I loooove those Gors and will be buying multiple boxes just for them. Pass on the Chaos Warrior designs tho.

I rather like them. Puts me in mind of the All Blacks doing the haka. And I do like the idea of putting out a small expansion booklet dedicated to each new team, hopefully with new ball and star player rules. I just wish FW had kept up with releasing star players already started out,or even finish the goblin special positions.

What's this idea of team expansion booklets?

Been almost a year since we've seen any special ball rules, thought they had given up on that.

I wonder what the Chaos balls will look like.

Three warriors would be odd, as that would suggest asymmetrical sprues in the box. I find that unlikely. It will be 2 or 4. There will only be 12 players in the box, so I imagine it will likely be two.

Which is fine, as almost every single team has required two boxes to fill out a roster up to this point, so that particular criticism, at this stage, is beginning to look tired and old.

Considering the relative cost of the box, being what might be considered a grognard, I welcome the possibility of filling out a roster (with spares!) for LESS THAN the cost of 11 metal miniatures in times of old (you know, 1996+ under the third edition boxes (which in the Chaos box only came with three chaos warriors!)).

As for the overall look, they were never going to appeal to everyone, but these figures actually look (unlike the old 3rd edition miniatures) like they're kitted out for sport rather than fantasy miniatures with weapons snipped off. I like them.

 Dysartes wrote:
I wonder what the Chaos balls will look like.

Given how little armour the warriors have, you can almost see that already

I don't mind the idea that they are made to look like an actual sports team (I've loved every team and the Beastmen here) but I'm not a huge fan of these warriors. Think I'll stick to my metal 3rd party sculpts for Chaos.

I suspect these guys are rather plain so that any mutants (whole models or upgrade sets) they do stand out more. Likewise if we see upgrade sets for specific teams or god-specific players.

 Dysartes wrote:
I wonder what the Chaos balls will look like.

Perfectly spherical. Each Chaos player will count as having the Kick skill when it’s in play.

 Dysartes wrote:
I wonder what the Chaos balls will look like.

The generic Spikey ball is really suited for chaos. I wish Nurgle get a nurgling ball with foul appearance!


Automatically Appended Next Post:

 ekwatts wrote:
Three warriors would be odd, as that would suggest asymmetrical sprues in the box. I find that unlikely. It will be 2 or 4. There will only be 12 players in the box, so I imagine it will likely be two.

Which is fine, as almost every single team has required two boxes to fill out a roster up to this point, so that particular criticism, at this stage, is beginning to look tired and old.

Considering the relative cost of the box, being what might be considered a grognard, I welcome the possibility of filling out a roster (with spares!) for LESS THAN the cost of 11 metal miniatures in times of old (you know, 1996+ under the third edition boxes (which in the Chaos box only came with three chaos warriors!)).

As for the overall look, they were never going to appeal to everyone, but these figures actually look (unlike the old 3rd edition miniatures) like they're kitted out for sport rather than fantasy miniatures with weapons snipped off. I like them.

Humans x2
Orcs x2
Goblins x1 + troll x2 + positionals pack
Dwarves x1 + Deathroller
Skaven x2 + positionals pack + rat ogre
Pro elves x 2
Chaos Renegades: Humans x1, 1 gob, 1 orc, 1 skaven, 1 dark elf, 1 troll, 1 ogre, 1 mino
Underworld: Goblins x1, 2 skaven line, 2 skaven throwers, 2 skaven blitzers, troll

I think it's a pity they didn't continue with the booster packs. Skaven was so great, humans are still pending, no sign of gobbos or orcs... Are there any good examples of converted blitzers/catchers/black orcs to get varied poses? I got 2 human teams and 2 orc teams, a goblin team and pro elf team still incomplete :(

The booster packs are a fine idea but when they're going to cost the same as the box sets for a third of the number of figures, for poses and details that are only slightly different (because the positionals still need to be in roughly the same pose as their plastic positional iterations) they seem a luxury that might end up taking designer and sculptor time away from newer projects like more conversion kits or star players.

I want new stuff. Not tiny figure packs with tiny variations on poses for figures that already exist.

I would say one of the poses of the gutter runners is drastically different between the resin and plastic.

The price don't bother me at all, I'm happy to pay the price just to complete the team. It is much worse having 4 mono pose for your most important players.

Imagine Khemri with 4 mono pose big guys?

Does somebody know anything about this?

Can I say “finally!”?
But yeah new Positionals for human teams and a second troll sculpt are all good things.
Just need the “official” Gobbo doom diver, pogoer, and ‘ooligan minis and *sigh* the extra orcs too, I guess.

Two blitzers and two catches too. Dare we hope for 2 Blitzers and 2 Black Orcs?

I think not. Seems like ForgeWorld have enforced some rule of variety that they MUST include alternate poses for all positions instead of filling out the team.