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For £160, compared to leviathan this is a bit gak imo.

The diversity and sizes of the minis in leviathan are better, whilst this does come with a single board and terrain, there's barely any of it. Sigmarines are very character heavy and skaven, whilst good, seem a bit... much at 40 clan rats? 20 clan rats and some other infantry would have made it look better imo.

Yeah, but leviathan we was made up of the umpteenth space marine resculpts. That immediately kills it.


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 Coenus Scaldingus wrote:
What a glorious day, to be commenting on the new Skaven which are looking excellent overall, on the 13th page of this thread, yes-yes!

Having multiple distinct command options really helps with the variation in the clanrats, and while more dynamic figures have a habit of highlighting repetition, these are generally well designed to avoid that problem, good stuff.

Now, I've been rather out of the loop on the ways of big launch box sets for a while. Would all these sculpts become available separately later, or are some minis generally exclusive to the box?

Stuff will become separate later. If not when the battle tome releases, then later in the second wave.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Yeah, but leviathan we was made up of the umpteenth space marine resculpts. That immediately kills it.

It was better value, diversity and you can put the marines aside - compare the nids offering to the skaven and tell me it's anywhere near as good.

Personally I don't care about nids, so yeah it was never a good box

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

Also…dare I say the range removal now has a bit more context to things? Much needed context I stress.

Not really? Any Skaven models and 1st edition Stormcast that got removed already where expected for new models. The big outcry was for the other factions and the 2nd edition Stormcast

Is there anything in the lord-Veritants's fluff from the previous editions that makes him cover/remove his eyes?

Not specifically. Probably a ruination thing about losing their eyes after too many respawns

Knight-Questor gives me Conan (after he became king of Aquilonia) vibes.

Dudeface wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Yeah, but leviathan we was made up of the umpteenth space marine resculpts. That immediately kills it.

It was better value, diversity and you can put the marines aside - compare the nids offering to the skaven and tell me it's anywhere near as good.

It's a matter of taste. I generally dislike the direction they've taken the Tyranid range. I find there to be more personality in a unit of clan rats than there is in the entire Tyranid half of the box except for the screamer killer which I do like. The scenery is a bit lacking but the fact that I can buy the box and and use it to play with my kids without needing any extra material is a big plus. I think the board, the scenery and the spearhead book are more than worth the extra tenner.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

Spoiler:

Yeah, but leviathan we was made up of the umpteenth space marine resculpts. That immediately kills it.


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 Coenus Scaldingus wrote:
What a glorious day, to be commenting on the new Skaven which are looking excellent overall, on the 13th page of this thread, yes-yes!

Having multiple distinct command options really helps with the variation in the clanrats, and while more dynamic figures have a habit of highlighting repetition, these are generally well designed to avoid that problem, good stuff.

Now, I've been rather out of the loop on the ways of big launch box sets for a while. Would all these sculpts become available separately later, or are some minis generally exclusive to the box?

Stuff will become separate later. If not when the battle tome releases, then later in the second wave.

Cheers, good to know.
Can take or leave the artillery; like - but don't need - the leader on monster; and would be happy with just half the Clanrats to spice up my existing verminhorde, but the Rat Ogres and Jezzails would be very welcome additions to the collection. And that Grey Seer is actually really rather excellent too, such classic vibes but in an updated style.

So, that's the Clanrats, a Warlock Engineer, Rat Ogres, and Jezzails shown off now.
From the models announced to be leaving the range, those not yet accounted for are then: Arch Warlock (Ikit Claw), Plague Priest (Skrolk), Master Moulder (Skweel Gnawtooth), Skryre Acolytes (Globadiers), Stormvermin, Plague Censer Bearers, Gutter Runners, Rat Swarms, Giant Rats, Warpfire Thrower, Ratling Gun, Warp Grinder, Doom Flayer.

The Stormcast are absolutely stellar! Very grimdark. This is how they should have looked from the get go.

All great stuff but I wish the Skaven had... not 40 clanrats. The unit variety is pretty bad compared to Leviathan's Tyranids.

Quite impressed and if coming to AOS as a complete beginner, I'd be over the moon with this set and would happily split it with a Skaven player. While not a fan of how they're approaching small games, rules wise, they've at least given Spearhead the red carpet treatment with this set. Maybe the following editions of 40K and AOS might be more adventurous with optional units.

As an existing player faced with replacing models, I'm only interested in the Knight-Questor for use in adventure games like Warhammer Quest, or Rangers of Shadowdeep. Throw him on the cover of the "Getting Started" magazine and I'll be a happy bunny. I think if they also included the Greyseer, they could make a fun introduction game - for absolute newcomers to the tabletop hobby - by having the Knight-Questor trying to defeat a foe who might teleport before taking damage, while they might re-appear from an unexpected quarter for a counter attack...or maybe the other side of the kitchen table!

The board and terrain are minimal...but I like them. Not a patch on 3rd edition's dawnbringer effort - that was rather epic! - but I wouldn't say no to them neither. Looking forward to seeing the new starter sets...

Grey Seer is great but could skip the tactical rock or at least have it smaller.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Grey Seer is great but could skip the tactical rock or at least have it smaller.

*Tactical Bell

I thought it was meant to represent a ruined Screaming Bell, but I guess it's more likely just a less powerful skaven bell that happened to be destroyed

Lord-Terminos could proxy for some BA successor's not Astorath the Grim.

Hmm, not that they're bad models but the Sigmarines don't speak to me like the 3rd ed models did. I guess that saves me 210€.

At least until the starter boxes appear. Might be game for one of those, depending on what's in them.

 Coenus Scaldingus wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

Spoiler:

Yeah, but leviathan we was made up of the umpteenth space marine resculpts. That immediately kills it.


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 Coenus Scaldingus wrote:
What a glorious day, to be commenting on the new Skaven which are looking excellent overall, on the 13th page of this thread, yes-yes!

Having multiple distinct command options really helps with the variation in the clanrats, and while more dynamic figures have a habit of highlighting repetition, these are generally well designed to avoid that problem, good stuff.

Now, I've been rather out of the loop on the ways of big launch box sets for a while. Would all these sculpts become available separately later, or are some minis generally exclusive to the box?

Stuff will become separate later. If not when the battle tome releases, then later in the second wave.

Cheers, good to know.
Can take or leave the artillery; like - but don't need - the leader on monster; and would be happy with just half the Clanrats to spice up my existing verminhorde, but the Rat Ogres and Jezzails would be very welcome additions to the collection. And that Grey Seer is actually really rather excellent too, such classic vibes but in an updated style.

The way it's gone with previous launch boxes is that the launch box models are split up into a selection of models that go in the regular size starter set, a fraction of which is repeated in the small size starter set (a character and core unit per side, mostly) and a hero or two along with a monster, retinue or elite unit sprue sold individually later on for a humorously expensive price. Think half the price of the launch box or more.

If you want enough of the launch box and happen to like the wrong models, it's worth considering just buying it over the individual models later because buying individually may not even save you money. Ideally we'll see what the starters include before the launch box is on pre-order or sells out to allow people to make an informed decision.

I really hope the mounted general is a sign that Skaven are getting cavalry.

Considering we've seen some come back GW could bring back the old FW Wolfrats who would fit that cavalry role

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I really hope the mounted general is a sign that Skaven are getting cavalry.

I’m not holding my breath since the Kruleboyz had a mounted lord without gnashtooth Calvary

I wouldn't put it past GW to just make the mounted Clawlord ride solo, they did it with the Kruleboy Great Gnashtoof.

If they do make a cavalry unit or equivalent, I hope it's more explicitly Moulder themed like wolfrats and not just Stormvermin on giant pox rats