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I'm less impressed with Nagash than some of you are. I would have given him more of an emphasis on his not!Ancient Egyptian roots, like getting rid of the oversized pauldrons and having the fake beard and loincloth look more like the real things instead of being more bones.

A release like this is exactly what fantasy needed. I'll be getting him for sure to use in my 4th ed army, he's truly epic and I can't wait to see bigger pictures. I reckon £65 price tag, I'll be surprised if he's lower. It looks like you could get a couple of spirit swarms out of him as well, maybe 3 if you used bits well, so that helps.

 AlexHolker wrote:
I'm less impressed with Nagash than some of you are.

Now there's a big surprise!

I like how they've gone for spinal columns rather than SKULLZ! though. Nice change of direction!


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 H.B.M.C. wrote:

ImAGeek wrote:
Even if he's as tall as a Knight he's much much slimmer so he won't be that expensive.

Aren't we optimistic.

GW price like Royal Mail - box size, not content... (to a certain degree)

Nagash had me excited for a moment, but then I remembered GW's pricing scheme and that this unposeable plastic toy is going to cost $80+, judging by its size. No matter how appealing I find them, Citadel models are twice as expensive as what I'm willing to shell out. And there's no shortage of fantastic models from other manufacturers at sane prices to spend my money on.

IIRC the old one was bigger than the contemporary Treeman of the time.

I have no real interest in getting back into WHFB at this point... but damn! That's some step up from the original Nagash.

In fairness, just about anything would have been a large step up from the original Nagash.

I really like it. Will be picking him up for sure

I seem to be the only one that really doesn't care for this in the slightest. It looks like they have tried to make an Undead Treeman. In fact i would go as far as to describe it as smegging awful. Maybe better pics will help but i am not holding my breath.

Nagash does not impress me ... too big but still not looking very intimidating

Considering how low my expectations for the Nagash model were, the result isn't too bad - certainly it isn't a 'disgust and disbelief on sight' affair like some more recent releases. That said, it's still way over-the-top and silly, with the thousands of bones all over him and the bone-tacles on his back. We get it, he's Undead!
Putting aside the likelihood of an eye-watering price point for him, he isn't going to save WHFB. This campaign/expansion/supplement/whatever the hell it is doesn't address the multitude of core problems with the game, just tries to cover them with more shiny new models. It isn't going to work.

I'll buy that for nostalgia and because I admit that's pretty badass. I was reminded immediately of Kel'Thuzad from WoW with legs.

 Lou_Cypher wrote:
I'd actually be interested in the fluff on how he got revived this time.

Did Mannfred succeed in sacrificing Aliathra to revive him? That bodes ill for the High Elves.

Maybe another party got involved to keep status quo with the High Elves.

Aliathra was rescued by the High Elves but she is in a magical slumber.....................

Nagash IIRC was often described as larger than humanoid due to the effects of consuming vast amounts of warpstone.

I'm liking where they're going with Nagash. Particularly the souls that are swirling around him as if he's just done a Shang Tsung on some people and is about to absorb them.

Rules for Nagash:

http://eltallerdeyila.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/reglas-nagash-el-rey-viene-para-quedarse.html

"Raises" the question...

Whats the lore of Undeath and what is an Undead Legions army?

A Level 5 wizard?

What's a Morghast?

1,000 points. Wow.

I don't get how he can take on an army though, well I guess if you summoned a lot of guys. He's only S7, T7 and W7 so that doesn't seem like a lot - granted I last played WHFB in 5th edition so it was the age of Herohammer, but couldn't a nice unit of cavalry charge him and paste him?

Sucks that they seem to have removed the best part of the old Mortis, the Great Blade of Death (now Zefet-nebrat or something), that any wound caused also healed Nagash.

 His Master's Voice wrote:
What's a Morghast?

Something that's even ghastlier than a ghast?

So I take it that this dude makes Sigmar look like a bitch?

I have to say that I'm loving that Nagash model. I definitely get a TK theme from the head dress. It's kind of in the background, a good representation of retaining some of that original character but progressing it.

Maybe Bretonians will follow on after this to give some proper Knight based heroism.

 insaniak wrote:

 His Master's Voice wrote:
What's a Morghast?

Something that's even ghastlier than a ghast?

Yeah, well, exalted.

I read this rumour on another site a few days ago. Kind of hoping that it gets released soon. Maybe its fantasy's turn to step up to the plate for a few consecutive releases to finish off the 8th ed army books.
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Please release a new skaven book I've been dying for plastic jezzails and new models, probably wont happen for ages but one can dream haha


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Also I find it interesting that this image has leaked before anything from brettonia which was said to be released mid/late July then early august now who knows when....probably November :p

 RatBot wrote:

Well, that's settled.

I want one.

He looks utterly ridiculous but in the best possible way, I can't wait to see better pics!

I want one, I want two, hell I might even want three just to have a lot of Nagash. But to be fair I've been so far in with Warhammer Fantasy that they could've mailed me a rock with "Nagash" scribbled on it and I would've fielded that monster!

That being said however this model looks amazing, it's towering, a huge step up and says a lot about this return. GW has done a great job with this and this has easily gotten me excited for whatever future releases are coming.

Yeah I want one too. Very fitting, maybe too grandiose and over the top. But then I suppose he is the baddest of the bad and there don't seem to be enough big bad guys in Warhammer.

Plenty of over the top good guys so this balances things a bit really.

Also I want to see the full model and 360, I bet that we are missing a lot of the details that are going to make this model all the more amazing to look at.

 PuddlePirate wrote:
So I take it that this dude makes Sigmar look like a bitch?

Considering Sigmar killed him.. probably not? Due to steadfast characters are a joke vs units.

 ceorron wrote:
Yeah I want one two. Very fitting, maybe too grandiose and over the top. But then I suppose he is the baddest of the bad and there don't seem to be enough big bad guys in Warhammer.

Plenty of over the top good guys so this balances things a bit really.

Also I want to see the full model and 360, I bet that we are missing a lot of the details that are going to make this model all the more amazing to look at.

I'm always wary of the usual blurry leaked pictures and usually end up being more positive about a model when we get the real photos to look at, that I gawped at the screen for a minute or two having seen the above then, like you, I can't wait for some better angles!

Where do I get tickets for this ride??!!


Is this going to be a new army book like Imperial knights or a white dwarf data slate? Or is that campaign supplement thing going to happen?