Latest news from Avatars of War - Daemon Champion & plastic regiments announced

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**Smylo**

Hi all,

Latest news from Avatars of War

I really hope you like it!

Smylo

**Chowderhead**

That looks Fething awesome.

**terribletrygon**

Haha. Its face. Derp derp.

**Alpharius**

Well, he's got the extra special "GW-leering tongue" disease...

Huh.

**RiTides**

Hrm.... I have to say, I think the placement of the skulls around the groin area could have used more thought. Unless, what it brought to mind for me is what they're going for...

I'm also wishing for a more dynamic pose, rather than... leaning forward and threatening to lick you with that crazy tongue... rather than using the giant sword he's carrying!

**HighProphetOfDestruction**

They didn't steal any ideas from GW at all. No way never.

**insaniak**

HighProphetOfDestruction wrote:They didn't steal any ideas from GW at all. No way never.

Avatars of War was started by an ex-GW sculptor, to produce WHFB-styled character models.

So not so much stealing ideas as sculpting what he knows... And by and large, doing it better than GW.

**A Matter of Pride**

Be great for a khorne DP or GD.

**Fafnir**

My only problem with it is that the pose is a little on the static side.

**Raxor**

It looks better than Skulltaker.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Mixed feelings about it.
fwiw also feel the static pose a tad disappointing.
The detailing looks pretty darn good to me.

It does look like he is trying to intimidate with shouting, possibly something along the lines of, "Give us a lick of ya lolly!"

Actually he maybe did lick the lolly and he is doing that thing kids do when their tongues go the colour of the sweets!

"Is my tongue blue too huh? huh? is it? yours is! Tee hee!"

**Bat Manuel**

I'm just glad there's someone out there filling in the gaps of GW's model line.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Bat
please change your avatar, me scared!

BTW my flippancy is not meant to be disrespectful
I rate the Avatar minis a lot and will probably get more

They do seem to have lost a bit of edge with the last couple of releases, but then the standards are high imho that we maybe expect great things all the while.

**Starfarer**

Oh sweet jesus, that's awesome! Is that a 25 or 40mm base? Depending on the size that could make a sweet DP/ generic GD as stated previously.

**sonofruss**

looks like a 25mm base to me I think it is supposed to be a herald.

**A Black Ram**

He reminds me of the older bloodletters of khorne models..

**Aduro**

Interesting skulls... Maybe he's a closet Nurgle follower?

**H.B.M.C.**

I think it's good that there is a company making Heralds even if GW won't.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

I like it because it fills the gap (as pointed out by HBMC) that GW won't foll.

I got to see the whole range assembled a couple weeks ago and I'll be buying up a heap of them.

**H.B.M.C.**

Friend of mine has the Chaos Lord model. They're great sculpts.

Plus they have Mark Gibbons doing concept artwork for them, and they basically just make his artwork into models, and that's awesome.

**jamunition**

Looks like a nice skultaker replacement.

**Alpharius**

H.B.M.C. wrote:Friend of mine has the Chaos Lord model. They're great sculpts.

Plus they have Mark Gibbons doing concept artwork for them, and they basically just make his artwork into models, and that's awesome.

I didn't know that - and you are, of course, 100% correct there - that is awesome!

**Scottywan82**

Raxor wrote:It looks better than Skulltaker.

What he said.

**Sidstyler**

It looks nice and all, but I won't say it's better than Skulltaker just because of the pose.

**Major Thom**

I think it is one of the weaker offerings in a generally great line of miniatures.

**Dez**

I love it, I can't wait to add this one to my collection. I own almost all the Avatars of War models, they are super nicely detailed sculpts.

I like the pose on this one. It portrays a feeling of deep confidence, to the point of amusement. A badass with a sense of humor.

**MagickalMemories**

Any love for the link-challenged at work?

**Reecius**

That model is fantastic, yet another beaut from Avatars of war.

**terribletrygon**

I think the pose is okay. The model itself is pretty good. Though the face needs to be grinded off and re-sculpted if I was ever to get one.

**Alpharius**

A tongue-ectomy is in order too, I'd think...