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Vargheists look meh


other stuff is great though




Dear god I hope bat swarms get new models






Oh my god....that cover is absolutely terrible

I actually like the cover...

I think the cover is awful....

- What used to be beautiful art work displaying warhammer armies as cover is now gone...
replaced by LARGE SINGLE CHARACTERS occupying atleast half of the space.
It is almost as if the cover is aimed at the target audience of children that have A.D.D

-Awful pose, as awkward and static as if its done by an amateur copying the pose of a model from GW plastic kits

-WTF is wrong with his hair? its like Justin Bieber gone emo and greased up goth'd up

- The right arm holding the sword, W. T . F Its as if the artist realized in order for the sword to be exposed out side the cape ( which cape was drawn last )
he realized the mistake and thus having to extend it in such an akward weird position so the blade isnt covered by the cape.

Hopefully Warhammer covers will not be going the way of current 4.0 D&D covers.

If i have to guess who ever drew the new VC also drew the Blood Angels.

I'm guessing John Blanche did the cover art? Looks awful. They should've just kept the old cover art.

Ouroborus wrote:Hopefully Warhammer covers will not be going the way of current 4.0 D&D covers.

I still think 4e D&D covers are better than the WHF army book covers, personally.

I liked the 6e cover art, no so much the 7e, the 8e to me is a step up from 7e but still pales in comparison to the 6e.

I like the new cover.....
@_____@

MeanGreenStompa wrote:
This army can be built with a massive saving by using Mantic minis and army deals...

Yah. I just ordered 100 skeletons and 60 Zombies from Mantic games yesterday for $150 CAD, from wayland games. I plan on picking up some of the GW boxs for the front ranks/command squads, and then extra bases to use all the base filler that comes in the mantic boxes.

That's that would of been easily been $400+ CAD for me to get together!

I'm going to have a MASSIVE Skeleton hoard of a army by the end of the project!

O_____O

If skeletons and zombies are going down, I think GW just made Mantic pretty happy in all honesty.


Heck. Wargames Factory now has plastic skeletons and surprisingly I think their some of the best plastic skeletons I've seen. My only issue was all the Greek weapons and shields they came with...

Dicebucket are getting a hefty order from me.

50 VC skeletons and 20 zombies - $111us, about $140au with shipping.

Locally, that's nearly $300au.

Well, I love the look of all the upcoming models which must be a first! They are all quality sculpts, I shall wait till January to decide if I want to purchase any of them.

(on the subject of the cover, I prefer the older ones, I would have liked to see a big horde of undead rather than a lone character imo)

Here you go boys, happy holidays!

Just saw that elsewhere online myself, they seem really cool but the rules seem quite convoluted.

Ya was checking that i can post it or not, dont want to get banned again :3

I like the model for the Mortis Engine/Coven throne but that's about it.

Cover is just...

Hmmm $70 CDN for the kit.... guess its better than the mangler... i might get it

Anyone else think that the Coven Throne and Mortis Engine look a little... unstable? I can imagine those being quite rear heavy for some reason. On the plus side those Female vaps look pretty bitchin. and im really glad to see those new Black knights.

Snrub wrote:Anyone else think that the Coven Throne and Mortis Engine look a little... unstable? I can imagine those being quite rear heavy for some reason. On the plus side those Female vaps look pretty bitchin. and im really glad to see those new Black knights.

Its stable. The center of gravity of it shifts into the front to counterbalance the rear

Two things that pop out from the OP:

1-The cover art is very bad.

2-Isabella Von Carsteins boobs are huge . Seriously, she is the most voluptuous vampiress I have ever seen. It doesn't work, somehow...I always think of vampires as emaciated.

When looking at it it does look somewhat balanced.

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:Two things that pop out from the OP:

1-The cover art is very bad.

2-Isabella Von Carsteins boobs are huge . Seriously, she is the most voluptuous vampiress I have ever seen. It doesn't work, somehow...I always think of vampires as emaciated.

Corset :3

LunaHound wrote:

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:Two things that pop out from the OP:

1-The cover art is very bad.

2-Isabella Von Carsteins boobs are huge . Seriously, she is the most voluptuous vampiress I have ever seen. It doesn't work, somehow...I always think of vampires as emaciated.

Corset :3

Also - blood. She and Vlad ran a province. They would have had ample opportunity to feed, and feed well. Warhammer Vampires look more human and youthful the more often they feed.

I actually quite like the Isabella sculpt. Seriously considering getting her and Vlad so I can run some olschool battles. Lots of zombies, corpse carts, lesser vampires, oldschool Sylvanian type vampire counts.

Reading that actually really makes me want it more for the coven throne. Rules look pretty good to me but need to see how the rest of the army fairs as for rules as to how it will help.

Does anyone know what the Wright King is made of? Plastic/Finecast/Metal?

Snrub wrote:Does anyone know what the Wright King is made of? Plastic/Finecast/Metal?

Reading the description is a good way to find out

It says plastic

Bloodwin wrote:I'd rather have this cover that looks like classic GW than another boring 'Americanised' pic that looks like it has been lifted from Blizzard or Privateer Press. I understand the cover might not be to everyone's taste but surely it's the contents that are important? I have read hardly anything about the new rules and how the core troops are costed, especially as it's the cost of core ghouls that is unbalanced in the current book. Having said that it's a Phil Kelly book and while i don't mind him as a designer the points costs of the Beastmen book make me a little nervous for the Vampire Counts.

I'd like to see a return of army books like so: linkie.

However, with the hardback sort-of textured covers, I imagine one of these would be a merry hell to print in large quantities. Let alone get looking not-naff with the almost glazed effect that some new army books have.

-Loki- wrote:

LunaHound wrote:

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:Two things that pop out from the OP:

1-The cover art is very bad.

2-Isabella Von Carsteins boobs are huge . Seriously, she is the most voluptuous vampiress I have ever seen. It doesn't work, somehow...I always think of vampires as emaciated.

Corset :3

Also - blood. She and Vlad ran a province. They would have had ample opportunity to feed, and feed well. Warhammer Vampires look more human and youthful the more often they feed.

And moreso, she was pretty young when she was turned by Vlad.

I actually quite like the Isabella sculpt. Seriously considering getting her and Vlad so I can run some olschool battles. Lots of zombies, corpse carts, lesser vampires, oldschool Sylvanian type vampire counts.

Pft! I already have Vlad, zombies, Corpse Carts, a Wight King bearing the Drakenhof Banner, Grave Guard, and skeletons!

Just need Isabella and the Black Knights now to round it out.

Read the first page...still trying to find the pieces to put my mind back together.


I absolutely love the coven throne/mortis engine. and the black knights are awesome. I didn't actually read it...so the black knights are plastic, right???

Personally I don't mind the cover. I buy the book for the rules to play the game, not for the art on the cover XD

kenshin620 wrote:

Snrub wrote:Does anyone know what the Wright King is made of? Plastic/Finecast/Metal?

Reading the description is a good way to find out

It says plastic

Yeah now i feel really stupid... As it happens kenshin your avatar is rather appropriate..

Harry wrote:I put in the OP that I had heard that there were 5 new units in the book ....
I guess that is Coven throne, Mortis Engine, Crypt Horrors, Vargheists and Hex wraiths ... so I guess that is your lot!

'Flesh Golem' was something Hastings heard as a rumour ages ago. I remember asking Gav Thorpe about it at the launch of 7th edition. I had also seen some concept art for Flesh Golems so when I heard monsterous infantry I assumed ....

ZAlpha wrote:Unit of 3 (2 Vargheist + 1 Vargoyle) is cheaper than 3 Great Eagles.
(...)
There's one list posted in WD, apparently no Vampire - only Kemmler (as Lord), Krell, and two Cairn Wraith.

Looking from the text in WD, I suppose...yes you can field a no-Vampire army. This is what the text says:

White Dwarf wrote:".....Master Necromancer allow players to field a high-level wizard without having to rely on a Vampire Lord to do so. In fact, they are perfectly capable of leading an Undead army on their own...."

You don't expect Ethereal Fast Cavalry to be that cheap, don't you?

Based on the demo list posted in WD, I think they may be almost as expensive as Dragon Princes of Caledor.

Admiral_Wow wrote:GW website is no longer selling:

Vampire count battalion box
Vampire Counts Zacharias on Zombie Dragon
Blood Dragon with Great Weapon, Foot and Mounted
Vampire Counts Necromancer on Nightmare
Vampire Counts Spirit Host
Vampire Counts Black Coach
Vampire Counts Tomb Banshee 3

all items are no longer available.

Kemmler is confirmed to get a Finecast rerelease in January, A Black Coach Finecast recast also this month or later.