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Man, humble thanks to the folks that brought us those pictures. I really am not liking what I am seei.g. But thats ok, I hate 8th more than I care to admit so I guess I will just keep my TKs in the box til next update.

Those look like impressive Necro- err...Tomb Kings!

I wonder how their 40k equivalent is doing?

bbb wrote:Can someone repost the pics? I can't see them from work :(

done, top of page 9

The Sphinx is very impressive, though helped by a nifty celestial paint job. Bit bemused by the snake things, but sure they'll grow on me. I see nothing to drag me away from skaven, but that's to not say it's a bad release.

Pictures, finally!

Looking good, I've been waiting for this. Just primed 19 archer skellies and it's nice to hear they keep their 'no modifiers to hit' -rule.
But does my behaviour count as jumping on the bandwagon if I decided Tomb Kings is going to be my WHFB-army when 8th came out?

Ironically, these releases dont excite me in the least to play tomb kings, but to actually convert all their parts into other armies....the amount of Badass Thousand Sons stuff and Tzeentch Daemon Armies you could create out of this would be fantastic! The Sphinx alone would make a sweet Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with a little encouragement, or perhaps a Tzeentchian Defiler or SoulGrinder?

The Snakes would also do great for Necron Wraiths!

NiiloTimantti wrote:Pictures, finally!

Looking good, I've been waiting for this. Just primed 19 archer skellies and it's nice to hear they keep their 'no modifiers to hit' -rule.
But does my behaviour count as jumping on the bandwagon if I decided Tomb Kings is going to be my WHFB-army when 8th came out?

Somebody has to buy them. If nobody jumped on the wagon, they would sit on the shelf collecting dust. The only time Bandwagon becomes stupid is when you buy every new army for the flavor of the month.

People take the bandwagon to far sometimes. They act like the stuff needs to sit on the shelf for a year and nobody should buy it until the newness wears off. That's like waiting for every single movie to come out on HBO.

I think the cobras would look a lot better without the skeletons standing rather precariously on top. Just looks silly.

Howard A Treesong wrote:I think the cobras would look a lot better without the skeletons standing rather precariously on top. Just looks silly.

I thought the same, but then I realized they are sort of doing the same thing that the Dark Eldar Hellions are doing. The way the cobra moves, the back of the head would be the only stable part. If they were not standing, then they would be sitting with their legs draped over the front next to the snake's head. That would look even weirder. You think people complain about the baby carrier on the Dread Knight? This would be the equivant of a standing piggy back ride.

Well I was joking of course but nice to know it's not perceived as bandwagoning

I kinda like the whatchamacallit snakeriders, I was hoping for new Ushabti but those will do until then.

NiiloTimantti wrote:Well I was joking of course but nice to know it's not perceived as bandwagoning

I kinda like the whatchamacallit snakeriders, I was hoping for new Ushabti but those will do until then.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people who think you are bandwagoning just because you buy new models. Just don't pay any attention to them. They are probably just jealous because they are broke.

Can't get my eyes off the Sphinx...

btw... @NiiloTimantti: Moi

Awesome! Thank you for the pictures and links.

I am sooooo preordering a Ton of stuff.

And I am really digging the stalkers. Having several ambush units makes me very happy.

Why-o, why-o, why-o did I ever sell my army-o :(

I think I'm going to start off by just getting the new army book... And some Tomb Guard... And some more skellies... and the sphinx... and.....

Well, you get my point. The more I look at the new models the more I like 'em. Seems the teaser pictures in GW's Incoming article were one of the Sepulchral Stalkers and the Sphinx.

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Oh yeah, terve sluggaslugga

The Sphinx is very static and has lots of areas with little detail, but the snakes built as Stalkers look pretty cool. The other build, with Skeletons riding snakes? That I'm not so sure about.

But as somebody said, lots of conversion possibilities for Necrons and Thousand Sons.

Are any Infantry Units other than Tomb Guard being released?

So in 40k news, Tzeentch and Thousand Sons Players got two alternate Deflier/Soul Grinder Models, and the perfect fiends and seeker counts as.

Looks like I'll be starting Tomb Kings this summer.

Now all I need is to get my group into Fantasy...

I love the Sepuchral Stalkers, they are really nice and dynamic. The Tomb Guard is ok, but it tends to be a bit overloaded with details. The Sphinx... i dont like it too much, the static pose doesn t appeal to me,though it looks impressive with the pharaonian gold head.

I hoped for new horse models because they need to be redone.

Gorgeous.....Dammit I'm tempted to make fourth attempt to get into Fantasy....

So glad I started collecting them.

Here is to hoping they play well too.

AvatarForm wrote:Worth the 8 page wait...

No freaking joke.

Those are awesome. I mean, that Sphinx is pretty sweet. The Sepulchral Stalkers also are sweet(alternate Necron Wraiths, anyone?).

The only thing I'm not sold on are the Necropolis Knights but that may just be the photos not 'popping' with me.

I was gonna say "ib4 stupid 40k conversion ideas," but alas I am too late.

lord_blackfang wrote:I was gonna say "ib4 stupid 40k conversion ideas," but alas I am too late.

Hey now, I said nothing about actually converting them Just use them as is.

I am not a fan of the new tomb king himself. He looks kind of silly. I will most likely be keeping the current edition prince/tomb kings that I have.

I like the big creatures. i hate the snakes. Just dont fit with my overall theme. Sure they look cool but I dont run wraiths in 40k. Why would I run them in fantasy?

Sweet fething zombie jesus....DO WANT! Cannabalize it into Necron stuff, just because!

lord_blackfang wrote:I was gonna say "ib4 stupid 40k conversion ideas," but alas I am too late.

Yeah you have to be faster than that. I had my looted Dread Knight pic up in less than an hour of the original pic being posted.

Totally cold on every new TK mini... big things look toyish.

NAVARRO wrote:big things look toyish.

Agreed. I've had time to digest the pictures a little, I really dislike the Sphinx. I only plan on playing relatively small games anyway (around 1500pts) so hopefully I can make a decent force without it anyway.

I love the giant warsphinx... Dude.. Thing.