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Maybe there is a third week of SW releases

Given that Warzone: Fenris is likely to be a two part thing, I would be surprised if there wasn't.

I want that Iron Priest! He looks so cool!

Watch, BA will get their own plastic Techmarine covered in blood drops and whatnot. And SM will have to wait. Because it already happened with the Termy Librarian. And a Chaplain (the RCS Chappy doesn't count imo).

Good point, and that Champions of Fenris title on the WD cover...

There could be more

Warhams-77 wrote:

 Mymearan wrote:
Well that's a scoop for dakka indeed! Very cool new characters, love the Iron Priest.

I consider it funny that people like Atia who complained about SpikeyBits not crediting her properly are also not crediting others at all - like now and several times before on B&C

King Fluff posted it in our BB group *shrugs*

Yes, after I read your comment on War of Sigmar I saw he had most likely not credited it. I don't visit FB. Your post and the guy's on the other SW topic on B&C popped up after mine here and on the german GW-Fanworld. I have all these topics opened all day.

It is not a biggie, but it happens a lot after we post stuff (including WD leaks) here the stuff pops up on B&C without any reference.

I always credit where I get it from - using via if I'm not sure who it came from first. In case of WD leaks it helps finding the original source and circumventing the piece by piece posts on BOLS and Spikeybits.

Knowing is half the battle:

http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/33098/How-Not-to-Steal-People-s-Content-on-the-Web.aspx

Well, no need to push it that far. No one is stealing in my opinion. Only talking for myself here and I just got a bit annoyed over the last weeks.

That new Iron Priest might just be the model that makes me break my oath to never buy one of these stupidly over priced clam shells...

Oh well, I guess it's okay to splurge a bit when I only want around 2k of Wolves to go on display against god knows how many pts worth of Chaos goodness!

@ Kesher

Are we going to cyber bully again today? Nice! Btw it's a shame that Gamestrust stopped thanks to you people ...

Actually it'd be a lot better if this particular tangent was dropped entirely, let's stick to discussion of the actual topic.

Thank you.

Damn, chaplains are my favourite 40k character, was so pumped for Ulrik. Hype deflated. I am not really a fan of the stance especially since chaplains lead from the front, inspire troops to acts of greatness on the frontline. Really would have loved Ulrik being in a pose to represent that, even just his old model re-done in plastic would be perfect.

Hopefully Ulrik comes with the skull mask. He looks weird without it.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Hopefully Ulrik comes with the skull mask. He looks weird without it.

He's holding it.

I am just not a fan of him holding his helmet and I hate that geezer head. I know he is old, but that was why I enjoyed the helmet as it helped me forget lol. Nothing technically bad with the model though, both are awesome execution, just a miss on capturing a specific heroes presence IMO.

 pretre wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Hopefully Ulrik comes with the skull mask. He looks weird without it.

He's holding it.

unless he is holding it on his head where it belongs, it looks weird.

He is definitely rocking an Odin vibe, thats for sure.

The, almost 25 year old, Ulrik model is more dynamic than this resculpt. That's so odd. I don't hate it, it's just a really static pose which doesn't meld too well with the flowing cape. The Iron Priest looks pretty nice though.

IP is terrific. WP is so boring. Very disappointed in that one.

Wulfen: "Too dynamic! Crap!"
Ulrik: "Not dynamic enough! Crap!"

"Dynamic" doesn't need to mean waving his Crozius Arcanum and shouting. "Dynamic" models should tell a story when you look at them.

It's not hard to envision Ulrik taking a measure of his foe while the tempests called forth by the Rune Priests snap his cloak like a whip.

The image got replaced on the GW site now. I lack time to, but if someone else could upload it - big Thank you

unmercifulconker wrote:Damn, chaplains are my favourite 40k character, was so pumped for Ulrik. Hype deflated. I am not really a fan of the stance especially since chaplains lead from the front, inspire troops to acts of greatness on the frontline. Really would have loved Ulrik being in a pose to represent that, even just his old model re-done in plastic would be perfect.

Red Corsair wrote:He is definitely rocking an Odin vibe, thats for sure.

If he was a captain, or a librarian, I could get behind the “standing around” pose. He does look epic and regal, standing on a clifftop, cape blowing in the icy wind. But that’s not chaplains, or Space Wolves in general. He should be mixing it up, action pose.

I’m reminded of someone’s comment about the old 2nd edition bolter huggers. "The look great, standing at attention, lined up on my shelf. That’s where they are going to be spending most of their time anyway” He strikes me the same way. He’ll look great standing on a shelf, or as part of a scenic diorama, mustering the troops. But on the actual battlefield, the pose is completely off from what the character should be. It’s jarring.

 Nevelon wrote:

unmercifulconker wrote:Damn, chaplains are my favourite 40k character, was so pumped for Ulrik. Hype deflated. I am not really a fan of the stance especially since chaplains lead from the front, inspire troops to acts of greatness on the frontline. Really would have loved Ulrik being in a pose to represent that, even just his old model re-done in plastic would be perfect.

Red Corsair wrote:He is definitely rocking an Odin vibe, thats for sure.

If he was a captain, or a librarian, I could get behind the “standing around” pose. He does look epic and regal, standing on a clifftop, cape blowing in the icy wind. But that’s not chaplains, or Space Wolves in general. He should be mixing it up, action pose.

I’m reminded of someone’s comment about the old 2nd edition bolter huggers. "The look great, standing at attention, lined up on my shelf. That’s where they are going to be spending most of their time anyway” He strikes me the same way. He’ll look great standing on a shelf, or as part of a scenic diorama, mustering the troops. But on the actual battlefield, the pose is completely off from what the character should be. It’s jarring.

Not every Chaplain is going to be shouting "BLOOD FOR THE EMPEROR! GOLDEN SKULLS FOR THE GOLDEN THRONE!". They tend to the Chapter's spirit as well as its fury.

The Space Wolves spirit is their fury. Ulrik should be smashing a chaos over the head with his helmet, frothing at the mouth, give me that chaplain spirit.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
The Space Wolves spirit is their fury. Ulrik should be smashing a chaos over the head with his helmet, frothing at the mouth, give me that chaplain spirit.

But then his name would be Ulrik the Slayer ... wait ... oh ....

 unmercifulconker wrote:
The Space Wolves spirit is their fury. Ulrik should be smashing a chaos over the head with his helmet, frothing at the mouth, give me that chaplain spirit.

Heh, I saw a memepic the other day:

"I don’t know what my spirit animal is, but I’m pretty sure it has rabies"

Most of the time I see Ulrik he's hanging out with a bunch of shooting units, so I guess the pose fits.

One of the things that I'd like you to think about with Ulrik is that he looks pretty unique like that, I mean in the sense that he's a Space Wolf that's actually not a pose of action. I know, I know, not in character, but still. You can't tell me that that's a terrible pose. He looks great.

EDIT: Also, apparently he hangs out with shooting units enough for this to be validated.

 Nevelon wrote:
If he was a captain, or a librarian, I could get behind the “standing around” pose. He does look epic and regal, standing on a clifftop, cape blowing in the icy wind. But that’s not chaplains, or Space Wolves in general. He should be mixing it up, action pose.

I can see Wolf Priests being in either an actiony pose or a more sedate pose. I'm not really sure why a Wolf Priest would be any less regal than Wolf Lords or Rune Priests. In general Wolf Priests are some of the most venerated figures within the SW hierarchy. Ulrik specifically is known as being aggressive, but he's also the oldest living Space Wolf, so I could see him being calm before entering a battle or in a dynamic pose.

But I personally don't care for dynamic poses on my more important characters. There's a million and one models "shooting off in to the distance" or "swinging at invisible enemy", I think those poses are better suited to squad leaders rather than the focal point characters, who I usually imagine as being steady from their vast experience in war up until the moment the enemy is face to face.

All that said, I don't know if I like Ulrik yet. I need a better picture. Something looks off about his stance and proportions, but it might just be the small photo at a weird angle.