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 Dysartes wrote:
Is the Cursling a new character?

An old character from Fantasy.

In AoS, There are now many Curselings. Vilitch isn't the only one.

That Curseling is pretty awesome.

Voss wrote:
Well, that might as well happen.

Do the new heroes presage new books? (Or at least a tzeentch book?) There's order-chaos-order-destruction or something like that in the next quarter, and then STD, yeah?

I was hoping that it was going to be CoS-Gitz-Ogors-STD... But I'm sure we'll just get another Lumineth book. Cool.

The old Cursling mini was one I always wanted (I loved the whispering in the ear bit), but never picked up because he was Finecast, so it's a bit of a shame the new version doesn't quite match it.

Still a great mini though!

I...think I will get this one.

Already sold on the Tzeentch half of the set( Curseling indeed, HBMC! ) and the Lumineth I could easily find uses for in Frostgrave and other games. The Wizard looks a bit dorky with the helmet but I really like the alternative head.

£125?

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Is the Cursling a new character?

He is not.

Spoiler:

Unusual for me to have to say this, but I have no memory of that model existing - weird.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
New Battlebox:

Not-High Elves vs Tzeentch!

Cool, another "we have too many Tzaangors on stock" box

 GrosseSax wrote:

Voss wrote:
Well, that might as well happen.

Do the new heroes presage new books? (Or at least a tzeentch book?) There's order-chaos-order-destruction or something like that in the next quarter, and then STD, yeah?

I was hoping that it was going to be CoS-Gitz-Ogors-STD... But I'm sure we'll just get another Lumineth book. Cool.

Aren’t cities the big preview faction for AoS, where they’re going to be showing us bits as they go like with the sisters of battle a couple of years ago?

 Dysartes wrote:

Unusual for me to have to say this, but I have no memory of that model existing - weird.

I want to say that he existed for years as a special character without a model, and the model came with little fanfare during one of the campaign events. (Storm of Chaos?)

ImAGeek wrote: Aren’t cities the big preview faction for AoS, where they’re going to be showing us bits as they go like with the sisters of battle a couple of years ago?

Yes. So at least a year or so.
Well... 'Cities.' They may end up being more a replacement faction.

Cool, a plastic Curseling. I guess it's okay for him to be thinner, since its not Vilitch(?) from Fantasy, but the older model's bulk looked better

Voss wrote:
I want to say that he existed for years as a special character without a model, and the model came with little fanfare during one of the campaign events. (Storm of Chaos?)

It came with the 8th edition Warriors of Chaos book I think, with the slaughterbrute, chariot, Throgg and some other stuff. But the character was introduced the book before that yeah.

Honestly, I wish they had recreated the old Curseling verbatim. It just had much more character, and it would have been great to have a non-finecast option for a whispering daemonic tumor

With wd updates stopping with fec it was obvious next 4 books are remaining 4 without any updates. This further confirms with 2/4 covered. Next gits vs ogors and then std. By then all have aos3 update to some level.

 kodos wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
New Battlebox:

Not-High Elves vs Tzeentch!

Cool, another "we have too many Tzaangors on stock" box

Both of these factions feel a bit... hmm, 'over-represented.'
The only saving grace is the AoS 'versus boxes' tend to be poor value, so it doesn't really feel unfair to other factions.

Imma be honest, I was a little disappointed that the lil demon buddy's whispering-in-the-ear pose was gone, until I saw that it's now holding the Curseling's head and controlling where it looks lol

Voss wrote:

 kodos wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
New Battlebox:

Not-High Elves vs Tzeentch!

Cool, another "we have too many Tzaangors on stock" box

Both of these factions feel a bit... hmm, 'over-represented.'

Lumineth only feel that way because C19 screwed up their initial release.

Scuttlebutt was that the original release included everything up to the Wind Temple stuff. The Enlightener is the first thing that wasn't mentioned in the original army book.

Wow, I love the new Villitch! I was always a fan of the character before he had a model but I always put off buying the FineCaste version for fear of wonky bendy weapons. Sure, the plastic one is slimmer and has a different pose, but I think I might actually like the new one more.

Well, this makes another 1/2 box to buy on eBay for Tzeentch...or 3.

I often wonder if too many Tzaangors is never enought?

The elf is nice. I hope GW doesn't draw out the individual release too much. The Tzeentch guy is a Tzeentch guy, so meh.

I have had the urge to pick some Lumineth to paint for a while now and I have decided to dig up some Tzeentch models from the Pile to test new Contrast paints on. I am definitely getting a set, even if I already have 9 or so Tzaangor on disks.

 kodos wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
New Battlebox:

Not-High Elves vs Tzeentch!

Cool, another "we have too many Tzaangors on stock" box

Naw GW doesn't hold stock like that. But its more likely that they are just newer models and they always look super cool on box art and such. So for tempting new people in they are ideal.

Plus it also highlights how some armies, esp in AoS, often have a restricted roster of models to pick from for this kind of box. Ergo modern plastics.


GW does seem to have put a lot of attention in to the Lumineth and I'm both excited to see an army getting more fleshed out, but also kind of sad when there are armies that really could do with some additional production slots. Then again for a hero its fine; armies lke Flesheaters or Fyreslayers don't need more "leaders" but more basic core models.

 Overread wrote:

 kodos wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
New Battlebox:

Not-High Elves vs Tzeentch!

Cool, another "we have too many Tzaangors on stock" box

Naw GW doesn't hold stock like that. But its more likely that they are just newer models and they always look super cool on box art and such. So for tempting new people in they are ideal.
Plus it also highlights how some armies, esp in AoS, often have a restricted roster of models to pick from for this kind of box. Ergo modern plastics.

well, there was the 40k TS start collecting box, the 40k TS combat patrol, 2 AoS Tzeentch Battleforce, AoS Tzeentch start collecting box, I think there was already a 2 player box with Tzaangors

How many boxes with the very same models did the other chaos forces get?
of course this is because there are the same models in AoS and 40k, and GW does not hold stock this way, yet it really looks like they overproduced the Tzaangors and throw them into any possible bundle out there

Except gw doesn"t work like that. They keep stocks low. The "not selling" thing is common meme but they produce sprues for the boxed sets.

Loving the two new heros! I think this is the best Lumineth hero they've done.

I really don't get what you see in her. She's got a real flat, boring pose and a really wonky face that looks like someone's racist interpretation of an asian woman that also happens to be a chronic mouth-breather.

That new Lumineth Character is stunning! I really need to break out my realmlords and get to working on them. They've been sitting in boxes since last July!

The biadelord warscroll suggests shining company loses no run/no charge limittions.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Imma be honest, I was a little disappointed that the lil demon buddy's whispering-in-the-ear pose was gone, until I saw that it's now holding the Curseling's head and controlling where it looks lol

It's a very freaky and unsettling pose, especially since the new Curseling is less physically imposing with only a single good arm. The big head doesn't seem as much in charge as in the old one.

New Lumineth character doesn't look good to me. Some good pieces but the leg-hips-torso connection seems off to me (maybe an optical illusion?), the staff seems really thick while also providing indents making for perfect weak points to have the head broken off, the rune-hand throws off the pose and the facial expression is just weird. Those all jump out at me and it is hard to see the good pieces past them.

Curseling though, oh man love that guy. The switch in arm/bulk proportions makes the tretchlet look more integrated as part of the body, then its pose is also more dynamic and commanding while still maintaining the 'puppeteer' look. Only real criticism is that the back looks a little busy, but the sword shaped like a Tzeentch symbol is awesome, armor embellishment is awesome, the scale elements of the armor look great... a lot of good stuff.

I was going to suggest to people to just grab the Direchasm warband, but that's vanished apparently?