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Right Im a bit of a arachnid and all bug things related fan... but what?

Dark elf with a couple extra arms and dressed up? Sorry man but this does not cut it! It does not even look menacing at all specially with that goofy mask! NO!

Someone please bring back Dark age shadow cast.

Danny76 wrote:
There was a point earlier about hobgrots already being destruction so not chaos. .

Without going back to reference it, but;
A. It could just be hobgrots like in old lore weren’t particularly Chaos, just the Chaos dwarfs anyway. More slaves and all that.
B. These dwarfs could also just be destruction anyway. They aren’t gonna be called Chaos Duardin either way. So Hashut or some other name sprinkled in possibly. Then they’re just following their god who isn’t necessarily Chaos any more..

Good call. I could easily see them as Destruction dwarves following Kragnos, which fits pretty well into their bull-centaur thing.

Yeah, a new destruction race is much needed. Right now, its only Greenskins and ogres.

But, isnt destruction imply a hatred of civilization in aos lore? That would make chorfs hard to fit.

Conan Exiles has better spider cultists. Just saying.

 NAVARRO wrote:
Dark elf with a couple extra arms and dressed up? Sorry man but this does not cut it! It does not even look menacing at all specially with that goofy mask! NO!

About that, I agree on the lack of menace. However, Warcry warbands are all cosplayers to a greater or lesser extent. Being humans (with a few exceptions) that dress up to look the part is pretty fundamental to the game's aesthetics. You could do a lot with fully hybridized creatures, but I'm not sure that would still be identifiable as Warcry, Warhammer or GW. Never mind any doubts about GW's designers' ability to sculpt good hybrid creatures.

Edit: Also, 'Eavy Metal style is too clean and cartoony to look menacing. Properly painted you can probably get a good bit more out of that miniature.


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 streetsamurai wrote:
Yeah, a new destruction race is much needed. Right now, its only Greenskins and ogres.

But, isnt destruction imply a hatred of civilization in aos lore? That would make chorfs hard to fit.

Yeah, not sure why anyone would want Chaos Dwarfs that aren't Chaos in the first place, but they are as industrialized as it gets and that is in contradiction to what Destruction is supposed to be about.

It it’s a non Faction Rival than Harvest could also hint at

*Idoneth
*Soulblight
*Ossiarchs
*Sylvaneth

I think Red Harvest is just an edgy name, there's not a Red faction and a Harvest faction

Yeah, if I remember correctly the last preview teaser made it out like the spider dudes are the attackers, thus the harvesters. The unrevealed faction that narrated the teaser may not have any connection to the Red Harvest aside from than being the target of it.

In the tradition of the novel Red Harvest, the new boxed set will have two factions manipulated by a single person into fighting each other, whereupon the manipulator can easily finish off the now weakened survivors of both sides.

If you like noir, the novel is worth reading. If you've seen the movies Yojimbo or A Fistful of Dollars, you know the basics of the plot.

 NAVARRO wrote:
Right Im a bit of a arachnid and all bug things related fan... but what?

Dark elf with a couple extra arms and dressed up? Sorry man but this does not cut it! It does not even look menacing at all specially with that goofy mask! NO!

The yellow painted mask doesn't bring the model any benefits and make it looks like a witch doctor. Other than that, the model looks rather sinister to me. The warped torso and the marcid lower arms look 'good' as does the collar (this time nicely painted).

Not a perfect model, but it has potential.

Might make a fun Genestealer Cultist

I do agree that a simple shift of color on the mask could do wonders... anyone good with photoshop?

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
I do agree that a simple shift of color on the mask could do wonders... anyone good with photoshop?

I'm not, but when has that ever stopped anyone?

For lack of knowing what colors you'd go for I toned down the mask a bit to make it stand out less against the surrounding fleshy tones and darkened the sash while I was at it. I actually like yellow so I didn't feel the need to alter the highlights or base colors. I don't think yellow in itself is a problem, just how bright and happy it looks when painted by GW.

 Geifer wrote:
Conan Exiles has better spider cultists. Just saying.

As a fellow exile, I'm all about this quote!

@Geifer, thanks! Yeah, that looks a lot better.

New preview: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/10/25/grab-your-giant-sword-and-leather-belts-warcry-has-a-new-marauder-in-town/?force_isolation=true

Surprise! Shock! Its not Chaos Dwarves.

Article reads like they're going to be a stealth update of the old marauders.

So did GW forget that they called these guys Darkoath a while ago, or is this a new, totally distinct range of Conan-style Chaos folks wearing bird skulls/big pauldrons/leather straps

No, thats totally just a really tall Chaos Dwarf.
But yeah, I'm guessing this is them finally following through on the "Darkoath" aesthetic/concept.

About time honestly! I'm surprised GW kept the foot marauders around as long as they did for AoS after releasing all the much much better looking warbands for Warcry that - sort of fill the same slot.


Dark Oath I think was going to be a name change for Slaves to Darkness that at some stage just got shelved for reasons we'll likely never know. Heck it might be Dark Oath were going to be to Slaves what Primaris are to Marines. It was certainly birthed during those strange times.

 MobileSuitRandom wrote:
So did GW forget that they called these guys Darkoath a while ago, or is this a new, totally distinct range of Conan-style Chaos folks wearing bird skulls/big pauldrons/leather straps

The Darkoath are a specific concept, from the lore we have. They're individuals who have committed all kinds of deeds and the like to get to the point of swearing oaths to Chaos.

Thousands of mortal tribes have bound their fates to the will of Chaos, and at the fore are the Darkoath Warqueens. These are souls who have committed all manner of atrocity to attract the favour of the Dark Gods. With a fierce animal charisma and the fires of ambition fueling their every move, they are deadly warriors all, but their true power is the favour of the Dark Gods, and their supernatural ability to unite the hordes of Chaos as one. Marakarr Blood-sky has proven herself the rightful leader of her barbarian tribespeople again and again, and they obey her without question.

This new model is a specific kind of individual again, distinctly called "Slaughterborn".

As if he couldn’t seem any more intimidating, he’s called a Slaughterborn.

Rather than decking themselves out in gaudy spider masks and fancy cloaks, the Slaughterborn knows that a solid weapon and the favour of the Ruinous Powers are all a person needs to win their place at the Everchosen’s side.
Their spartan equipment and penchant for leather straps hearkens back to the classic Chaos Marauders of old, but these aren’t your dad’s warp-crazed killers. Slaughterborn scream fell oaths into the heavens on the eve of battle, fighting for the blessings of their patrons with every step and stopping at nothing to prove their might on the battlefield.

Ah, an even more boring warband than the Spire Tyrants eh?

 MobileSuitRandom wrote:
So did GW forget that they called these guys Darkoath a while ago, or is this a new, totally distinct range of Conan-style Chaos folks wearing bird skulls/big pauldrons/leather straps

Reads more like a pointless teaser, same as not giving us the name of the spider cult. Or it could be like the Godsworn Hunt, where they follow the same design cues but don't get called Darkoath because there's no synergy between them and the Chieftain or Warqueen.

No matter, it's a great new sculpt and look forward to the rest of them. Kinda still want a brand new boxset for Marauders explicitly, but if this is a stealth update, it'll do.

Dude says "By my oath" but it's not a dark oath, it's more a lite oath.

Yeah another generic marauder faction was not my first guess.

Is that guy supposed to be the leader of a.new gang? Seems like it. As others have said, seems way too similar to the untamed beasts aesthetically

 streetsamurai wrote:
Is that guy supposed to be the leader of a.new gang? Seems like it. As others have said, seems way too similar to darkoath aesthetically

Yeah, bottom of the article calls him the leader

They could have at least revealed him before the cool, weird and different spider guy.

Yes, he's the leader of a new warband.

Darkoath aren't a warband in WarCry. I think you can take them as allies or champions of some type, but there is not a dedicated warband.


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 ImAGeek wrote:
They could have at least revealed him before the cool, weird and different spider guy.

Eh...they revealed a new concept first and then an "old school" concept. We still have to see the warbands proper.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Yes, he's the leader of a new warband.

Darkoath aren't a warband in WarCry. I think you can take them as allies or champions of some type, but there is not a dedicated warband.

They have full Warcry stats and points in one of the Barnes and Noble boxed games tho.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Yes, he's the leader of a new warband.

Darkoath aren't a warband in WarCry. I think you can take them as allies or champions of some type, but there is not a dedicated warband.

Sorry, i meant untamed beast.

And am i going crazy, or is there a warband that had some kind of beast master with a dog? Cant find it on the site

 streetsamurai wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Yes, he's the leader of a new warband.

Darkoath aren't a warband in WarCry. I think you can take them as allies or champions of some type, but there is not a dedicated warband.

Sorry, i meant spire tyrants.

And am i going crazy, or is there a warband that had some kind of beast master with a dog? Cant find it on the site

Untamed Beasts has the dog/lion thing and a beast master.