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Has space nam started shipping from the US, or is it still upcoming? The status page seems to be down.
   
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Has space nam started shipping from the US, or is it still upcoming? The status page seems to be down.


The status page is down. They are working on it.

Latest is SN will hopefully be "incoming shortly" from today's Friday email.

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Got my "Cheap Sprue Review" done for the Einherjar.
https://www.chicagoskirmishwargames.com/blog/2022/10/cheap-sprue-review-wga-einherjar-space-dwarves-and-a-squat-roundup/
As a longtime Squat fan, I was able to provide comparisons with alot of RT Squats (and squat parts) and Space Dwarves. Even without the figures in hand, I got height comparison numbers for Votaan and Squat prospectors as well.

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They still look like 25mm humans, not 28mm dwarfs, to me.

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Hate to say, but my favourite space shorties are still the Mantic ones... love the old Squats, but they do look very dated now. Best design still.
At least all of them aren't just repainted space marine eggs without any discernable character, like the latest abominations...

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 Garfield666 wrote:
Hate to say, but my favourite space shorties are still the Mantic ones... love the old Squats, but they do look very dated now. Best design still.
At least all of them aren't just repainted space marine eggs without any discernable character, like the latest abominations...

Nothing wrong with that I think. The Mantic line is a tad inconsistent in size, but overall is well done, fairly complete and unified in aesthetic.

I'm an original squat fan myself, but I'll be using a few different Forge Father units in my Squat army of I ever get around to painting more of it.

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I think the WGA dwarfs make a nice addition as Militia or Brokkr for the Forge Fathers, but the FF are also still my favourite main line

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I shouldn't be in the market for these but now I'm seeing Ventrillian Noble aligned Ogryns.


It's the feathers and the assault rifles wot dun it!

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Wow, those look quite good. Oldhammeriffic!

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Hmm 3 bodies per sprue. Means 4 sprues to make 12… so how many of the weapon sprue are we getting? And it looks like only 1 great sword, 2 halberds on it. So how many halberds, and greatswords in the box? There is one hand cannon on the weapon sprue and one on the body sprue… so we at least get enough for a least 1 per 3 ogres… + however many weapon sprues.

With the weapon sprue being s full sprue now… I am worried that it will be 3 body sprues only in the box… meaning 9 ogres instead of 12 in the box. Still better than GW though. Other than that looks good. Just seems like a lot of space was given to the scifi stuff.

Edit: just noticed it’s 2 hand cannons on the body sprue and a great sword and halberd on the body sprue too. So the weapons complaint is withdrawn.

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Good looking Ogres, but the Sci fi bits just don't work for me. They will look like a bored kitbash and not like a proper unit like that... Wish they would have done separate boxes.
Some fantasy kits can be pimped well with futuristic bits, but here... I don't see it.

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 Garfield666 wrote:
Good looking Ogres, but the Sci fi bits just don't work for me. They will look like a bored kitbash and not like a proper unit like that... Wish they would have done separate boxes.
Some fantasy kits can be pimped well with futuristic bits, but here... I don't see it.


May I ask what you mean by a "Bored kitbash"?

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I'm guessing he means they don't look like sci-fi models, they look like fantasy models with assault rifles.

We'll see if the M1s and berets sell them.

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 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'm guessing he means they don't look like sci-fi models, they look like fantasy models with assault rifles.

We'll see if the M1s and berets sell them.


Yep. Flouncy pants plus machine guns is an aesthetic with limited appeal. Not regular sci-fi, not most Imperial guard, would fit into a few corners of grimdark with some conversion, but limited in appeal. Still, I completely see why they would do it. If there's room on the sprue, why not try and grab some additional customers?

For fantasy fans, however, it's a direct hit. Great fodder for any number of settings, and unlike the mistake many of their other kits have had, this appears (if the two sprues are in equal proportion) to enable the modeler to form cohesive units of Swords, Pole arms, muskets and and possibly hand weapons and there are at least 3 different head styles that can be carried across an entire unit (plus 2 sci-fi ones). If there are 12 in the box, that's two hordes in KoW and a ridiculous bargain. I'll buy a box even if it's 9, but fingers crossed for 12.

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Got to agree, the modern stuff just takes up unnecessary space on the sprues. Would much rather those parts be done as a separate sprue that can be bought separately from the main box kit... which should be 100% fantasy.

Depending on how many sprues are in the box and and what price I may have.to get a few.

Wargames Atlantic arw quickly becoming a strong player in this hobby.

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The problem is the modern stuff is it's the only thing on the sprue I care about. Always hated the landshneckt look, and it would be awesome to get proper sci fi ogres, but this being a dual kit means that's unlikely.

I do wonder how well these will go with the Mantic plastic ogres coming out, probably too much to hope for to be able to kitbash a unit of ogryn form the 2 kits, Mantic bodies with WGA arms.

All the head options are nice, love that about all the WGA kits

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Just the heads. Zoomed in
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 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'm guessing he means they don't look like sci-fi models, they look like fantasy models with assault rifles.

We'll see if the M1s and berets sell them.


Fashion is cyclical, and the right paint job can make even the most vintage clothes look space age. Those baggy pants might look good in black and silver…or maybe some kind of camouflage…

The heads need the most work. Some of the helmets might work with the feather removed or with a targeting lens and antenna added, but out of the box? Not really. Edit: I did not scroll far enough to the right. Flashy berets should work.

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 stonehorse wrote:
Got to agree, the modern stuff just takes up unnecessary space on the sprues. Would much rather those parts be done as a separate sprue that can be bought separately from the main box kit... which should be 100% fantasy.

Depending on how many sprues are in the box and and what price I may have.to get a few.

Wargames Atlantic arw quickly becoming a strong player in this hobby.


Rumored price is still the normal $35.

If that holds, you can expect boxes at $30 each from Mcdougall Designs

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looking good (and i will certainly be using some for SF builds)

 
   
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 Kalamadea wrote:
The problem is the modern stuff is it's the only thing on the sprue I care about. Always hated the landshneckt look, and it would be awesome to get proper sci fi ogres, but this being a dual kit means that's unlikely.

I do wonder how well these will go with the Mantic plastic ogres coming out, probably too much to hope for to be able to kitbash a unit of ogryn form the 2 kits, Mantic bodies with WGA arms.

All the head options are nice, love that about all the WGA kits


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What I meant with "bored kitbash": sometimes when you have stuff left that you will never use, you end up kitbahing something just for fun. It doesn't make much sense and looks ridiculous, but hey - you were bored and no harm done.
But I would not pay money to do that.

Also just painted around 200 Landsknechte the last few weeks, now I am a bit tired

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These ogres are just the right amount of mixing historical with fantasy; like the 19th-century Grimm brothers' ogre illustration someone posted in this thread.

The space weapons, on the other hand, find themselves in a minuscule overlapping venn diagram of interests that I'm not sure anyone wants. Space ogres? Sure. Renaissance ogres? Sure. Space renaissance ogres? Hmmm... But still, post your space renaissance ogres if you figure out a good scheme, it'd be fun to see.

But I think this would be fun to buy a box of this together with the conquistadors and make a force of Portuguese-Brazilian troops fighting the Dutch in an alternative fantasy universe.

   
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 Osorios wrote:
These ogres are just the right amount of mixing historical with fantasy; like the 19th-century Grimm brothers' ogre illustration someone posted in this thread.

But I think this would be fun to buy a box of this together with the conquistadors and make a force of Portuguese-Brazilian troops fighting the Dutch in an alternative fantasy universe.

I'm definitely painting at least of these Ogres in my fantasy Not-Spain livery:



 
   
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