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Some anonymous send this message to Darnok over at Warseer:

Didn't see this anywhere but...
This dec we will see the mangler squig released. (on a 60mm round base to put that debate to rest)

Mangler squigs are big squigs from the current O&G army book, currently without (GW) models. Something like this:


There are other wild guesses on December releases floating around (something new, a book , Bretonnia full release etc), but it seems to be this squig and the 4 Megaforces only.

Cool, while theres probably going to be a lucrative price tag, at least we'll now know the size

They're like a walking wrecking ball!

Full Night Goblin army (i.e. core, special, rare) now possible

Santa would like to give that to a few naughty boys and girls as "suprise" presents.

Ho ho ho.

Make that huge squig and also a plastic box of them... And not in finecast please...

Cool, I hope the models look nice. With the base size finally clarified, I can see if I want to use the model they supply or convert my own.

NAVARRO wrote:Make that huge squig and also a plastic box of them... And not in finecast please...

Theres not much point in making them plastic though

Then again the Night Goblin fanatics are plastic, although you can have quite a lot of those compared to 2-3 Squigs

kenshin620 wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:Make that huge squig and also a plastic box of them... And not in finecast please...

Theres not much point in making them plastic though

Then again the Night Goblin fanatics are plastic, although you can have quite a lot of those compared to 2-3 Squigs

Squig hoppers and squig herds?

I'd really love to see a squig hopper / squig herd plastic box set. maybe like 8 squigs, 8 riders and 8 herders with different weapons, that can rank up good too.

If they do a mangler, I'd buy that for a dollar. Even if it's not-so-finecast

Necros wrote:I'd really love to see a squig hopper / squig herd plastic box set. maybe like 8 squigs, 8 riders and 8 herders with different weapons, that can rank up good too.

If they do a mangler, I'd buy that for a dollar. Even if it's not-so-finecast

Exactly, a plastic box with squigs would be a dream to built.

Manglers are described in the book as two squigs chained together. However, I haven't seen any conversions like that yet. Mine are single models converted out of cold ones, but glad to see squig love. I want the hopper/herder box a lot too! T'would be awesome!!!

even though I dont play fantasy O&G anymore I must admit the squig fetish has still lingered so this news is very welcome ^^

Please please please be true... and be in plastic! I would buy so many it would be stupid. Especially if they are true to the book description as being two squigs plus a couple of herders all chained together. My mind is abuzz with all the awesome things that could be done with such a kit!

Oh December, swiftly dwindle down the daylight to the chill days of winter, to bring me squigglies as a wondrous gift! Nothing warms the heart in the frigid dark of winter like ravening squigs connected by a nasty chain!

75hastings69 wrote:December is a little sooner than I expected, but I'm happy about that. Wait till you see the size of them! Gobbos holding on for life!

AFAIK mangler squigs are indeed finecrap. They're pretty big though so I'm expecting around £20 price point.

There are some other missing rare choices for some armies that have been finished for a while and are just awaiting release - as I've posted previously (cygor/ghorgon, jabberslythe etc. etc.)
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Mangler squigs are 2 chained together iirc

Any idea in timing?

For what? To be honest I was under the impression the mangler squigs were early next year and that the empire war alter and the ghorghon/cygor kits were due out before them... however things change. I've no idea about a timeframe for the Collosus/heirotitan or whatever it's called, I just know it's been finished for a while now - I'm not aware of any other TK models so it could easily see a standalone release rather than forming some kind of wave of tk releases.

To the question about a greenskin wave release - short answer = no (I'd love a plastic stone troll kit, a plastic wyvern kit, new plastic wolves, and a new plastic boyz/arrer boyz kit more than anything so let's cross our green fingers!!)

We're talking about 2 squigs the same size as the thing the Warboss on GCS is riding or Gobbla? The things about the same size as a slann without the throne?

They're not that big, and I was meaning the combined model as a whole Hastings, not each one individually. Its going to be the most expensive 65pts in my army.

Bigger than both.

Harry wrote:

.... The Beastmen things would be cool too.

Thats handy then.

Totally called it not being plastic, if it was a squig "set" then maybe plastic but this just seems to be manglers only

I simply put 2 regular squigs on a 60ml round base with a bit of chain binding them ogether.

Nil problems at several tourneys and many friendly games with my 'Shetland giant cave squigs'.

I don't play OnG, but come on, Who doesn't love Squigs?

Good to hear that other releases are in the pipeline as well.

Finecast... Dang, that ruins it. I had so many bad finecasts, I just have no interest any more. Plus, it will be too expensive to buy just for conversions, base decorations, etc. Oh well.



Edit - lotsa intervening posts...

Yeah, couldn't believe there was no model for this... so good call on GW's part filling in the hole in the line. (Insert: Now only if they'd release ______ near mandatory model for ______ faction )

Orks always get love... That is how it is. THey always sneak in a model or two with every inbetween release.

<-----Imagine's an easy model to make for zogworts curse

I'd get a large squig model even without playing WHFB. I just like squigs.

Prices and pics from Alvaten of the Warhammer-Forum http://www.warhammer-forum.com/index.php?showtopic=177025&st=25 , taken from the upcoming WD (pic of squig will follow later):

Ghorghon/Cygor plastic kit 42.5€
Jaberslytghe finecast 52€
Big squig 50€
finecast old minotaur lord

Awesome.

jabberslythe is unacceptable, not nearly enough skulls on it. the other two fill their GW skull quota.

Those are sweet! Might pick up the Jabberslyth for a plastic Great Unclean One stand-in.

Looks cool.

For a second I thought the Ghorgon/Cygor feet were rehashed from the Giant kit.

The Jabberslythe is fine. Not a fan of the other kit: The sculptor is undecided between an untrained Giant body and muscular arms and legs of a Minotaur. The head repeats the design of the new plastic minotaur, also not my taste. The pale pink paint job is not helpful for a wild monster like that.

Personally I would prefer the Maelstrom monster, even if it is an adult model showing its genitals:

I like them! Can't wait to see the mangler squig...

Ugh. I guess it's a good thing I made my own Cygor. There are individual bits on that kit that look neat and I bet someone making a kit based on combining the lovely WH giant kit, the Cygor/Ghorgon, and liberal use of greenstuff could make something really spectacular. But the cost isn't really worth it.

I'm somewhat surprised that the Ghorghon is actually much better than I expected, despite echoing that horrible design they are using for minotaur heads. By which I mean, I expected the Ghorghon to be terrible, and it is merely avarage by GW standards. There are certain things about the Jabberslythe that I don't mind (I kinda like the toad-face), but it just doesn't fit the Beastmen line. Which is weird, because otherwise GW seems to be trying really hard to make the beastman line visually coherent all the way up (even the new Ghorghon looks like merely a large, mutated minotaur, whereas the illustration in the book makes it look like a truly chaotic monstrosity covered in additional mouths).

It was a nice little experiment seeing if I would finish a WHFB army, but seeing how little effort GW put into my army, I can't say I'm inclined to put in any further effort of my own. Ah well, frees up more money to eventually start Infinity, don't it?