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FFS, I got Amdur: Lord of blades when he came out, as did many other people (i'm guessing) now we have to pay £20.50 just to get him on horse, and get another on foot. But of course if I mention it when I buy it I bet the response will be "But It's FINECAST, it's so much better than metal..." which just annoys me even more
however it is balanced by the lovely elven command (I missed the standard and captain when they were metal) and the other easterling stuff (I like the bunny helmets, ok, I know it's wierd)
fellblade wrote:Interestingly, those army books are NOT for LotR or WotR; they're for LotR:SBG. That's a relief, because I don't bother with SBG. LotR is great for skirmish-level scenario-based games, and WotR is great for large battles. SBG is the clunky middle ground that does neither very well.
What is this LotR you speak of, I only know of LotR:SBG or WotR
Correct me if I'm wrong, but can the orc with spear on the great beast support a troll in combat? I thought it was done with base size, and if it's true, I'll start playing LOTR.
Veteran Sergeant wrote:If 40K has Future Rifles, and Future Tanks, and Future Artillery, and Future Airplanes and Future Grenades and Future Bombs, then contextually Future Swords seem somewhat questionable to use, since it means crossing Future Open Space to get Future Shot At.
Polonius wrote:I categorically reject any statement that there is such a thing as too much boob.
Coolyo294 wrote:Short answer: No.
Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Someone pointed out earlier that the Casualties set is not advertised as being made from Failcast.
GW just wouldn't miss a trick like this surely? No Failcast logo, nothing. just this...
"This pack contains eight casualties for The Lord of the Rings. These models are finely detailed resin cast miniatures. They are supplied as eight separate..."
Note that this would appear to confirm the (re) appointment of Mr. Troke to the development studio...
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supremeoverlordVECT wrote:problably gonna buy some of the stuff soon, never bought finecast before.....anything i should know?
Not really the place for yet another finecast discussion, but to sum up... positives - light and quite easy to clean / negatives - there are a noticeable number of miscasts kicking about, plus it's tricky to straighten bent parts (swords, staffs etc) so that they stay unbent.
supremeoverlordVECT wrote:problably gonna buy some of the stuff soon, never bought finecast before.....anything i should know?
Not really the place for yet another finecast discussion, but to sum up... positives - light and quite easy to clean / negatives - there are a noticeable number of miscasts kicking about, plus it's tricky to straighten bent parts (swords, staffs etc) so that they stay unbent.
Solution: Only buy your finecast from the GW on-line store as all those miscasts will be replaced and you'll end up with some spare models for your troubles!
Hell, I ordered 1 pack of the Blasted Standards for my daemon army. 1st pack I got sent, I could see daylight through the hanging parchment on the one banner and it had a huge gap running the length of it. Replacement pack, same problem on the same banner. (btw - it's the one w/big horns similar to the tzeentch icon from the CSM squad box)
Final thoughts: So I figure the first banner is likely the slightly better copy of the two and I'll bite the bullet and green stuff it to fill in those awful gaps. The upside? The replacement pack had 2 of the 'burning bird skull' banner in it so for $23 bucks, I now have a total of 6 usable banners, 3 of which are the one I like the most!
Look at it this way; if you buy say an easterling command set, (or any of them really), odds are pretty good you'll get at least a couple extra characters if not a second complete set by the time you have enough replacement packs to give you clean models!
Hope this isn't threadmancy and all but I thought it was worth mentioning.
I have bought a goblin command box and I got an extra shaman. WIN!
My mate bought two elven command boxes and guess what? He got two extra stormcallers! DOUBLE WIN!!
Might be worth the investment if you were on the edge about a decision seen as you never get free mini's from geedub. Don't take this as law though, it might not happen for you, we may have just got stupidly lucky
On another level I think this release is great and some of the new rules and character I like a lot (except the dweller, it's the worse model I have ever had the misfortune to see.....). The books are nicely laid out and easy to navigate and missions ain't too bad neither
Oh my...... I feel a need to do unmentionabel things with you now Scottie