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2021/07/26 21:12:10
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Dacian Anvil pg.8, Mouth of Mork/Killaboss pg8)
Any 7 for €99, translucent ghost dragon is still in tooling
Those seem quite a bit smaller though?
They're also Kickstarter. Vaporware until shipped.
Speaking out of your bum again? I have the dragons in hand.
Kickstarter has a very good history of not delivering the stuff that was funded on it, not delivering it for years, or delivering it partially and not as described. See: Air Umbrella, Mierce, Iron Harvest, in that order.
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2021/07/26 21:37:53
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Dacian Anvil pg.8, Mouth of Mork/Killaboss pg8)
Wha-Mu-077 wrote: Kickstarter has a very good history of not delivering the stuff that was funded on it, not delivering it for years, or delivering it partially and not as described. See: Air Umbrella, Mierce, Iron Harvest, in that order.
I've been on KS since day one, I'm well aware how it goes. It's still asinine to say a product I have in hand is vaporware.
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The more I think about it, the less the heads remind me of a Pixar design and the more they start to resemble something that'd come out of the Jim Henson company.
Other than the heads the rest of the models are fine.
yeah I was thinking of that too........ I'm gonna imagine these dragons sounding like sean connery now.
Draconith: Have you been watching over me all night? GW: I've been thinking. Draconith: Yes? About what? GW: Many things. Mostly about what to call you. I think I've found you a name. Draconith: You say that as though you reached up and plucked it from the sky. GW: I did. Up there. Do you see that group of stars? (points at the Copywrite constellation) Draconith: I know those stars very well. GW: Do you see the shape that they make? Draconith:Mm-hmm, a dragon. GW: Yes. But we can't call you that, because we can't trademark that word. Instead we'll go with Draconith. It means "dragon", but we can trademark it. Draconith: (chuckling) So instead of calling me "dragon" in your tongue, you'll call me "dragon" in legalese? GW: You're right, it's silly. Draconith: No! No, I would be honoured to be named after a writers attempt to avoid generic terms. I... I truly would. Thank you, GW. "Draconith"...
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At this point they probably have a GW name generator. Just plug in generic noun, it spits out something with a copyright-friendly ending tacked right on for you, simple as can be.
2021/07/27 06:09:45
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
dragon heart and d&d, which have both been identified as having similer look,s both pre-date eregion by a fair bit really I think this is just convergent evolution. there's only so many ways to make a face both draconic and expressive
Opinions are not facts please don't confuse the two
After sleeping on this the only way to fix this dragon is a new head sculpt, but looking at the rest of the kit it looks nice! The wings gaps concern me though but again can be sculpted...
Both amends will require time and expertise, not an easy project for sure.
Will this kit break the £100 though. £120 maybe?
Karol, Mierce and CMON had some great designs but big resin wings stress me out, plastic is much more durable.
changemod wrote: Their best effort at a plastic dragon, though it's disappointing to see since it's a multibuild kit it seemingly doesn't come, without some conversion legwork, with a generic option instead of "Sigmarine dragon or heavily scarred dragon."
Also they seem almost ashamed of their goofy """copyright""" name in the article now.
It's now been brought to my attention that the open mouthed head is missing almost half of it's teeth (No wonder I thought it looked a bit off) and that both have the Sigmar birthmark sculpted into their chest.
So yeah, not very interested at this point. I might do a lot of conversion work, but I lack the skill of major resculpting work to the point of mimicking the style of missing teeth to the point it wouldn't be very obvious.
They're part of the stormcast army...so of course they have his mark. I don't think these can be taken in other order armies the way Kragnos can.
2021/07/27 08:59:06
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
yeah I was thinking of that too........ I'm gonna imagine these dragons sounding like sean connery now.
Draconith: Have you been watching over me all night?
GW: I've been thinking.
Draconith: Yes? About what?
GW: Many things. Mostly about what to call you. I think I've found you a name.
Draconith: You say that as though you reached up and plucked it from the sky.
GW: I did. Up there. Do you see that group of stars? (points at the Copywrite constellation)
Draconith: I know those stars very well.
GW: Do you see the shape that they make?
Draconith:Mm-hmm, a dragon.
GW: Yes. But we can't call you that, because we can't trademark that word. Instead we'll go with Draconith. It means "dragon", but we can trademark it.
Draconith: (chuckling) So instead of calling me "dragon" in your tongue, you'll call me "dragon" in legalese?
GW: You're right, it's silly.
Draconith: No! No, I would be honoured to be named after a writers attempt to avoid generic terms. I... I truly would. Thank you, GW. "Draconith"...
Seeing as GW will be calling orcs orcs in TOW, doesn't it kind of invalidate the whole "For copyright purposes" theory of stupid names?
2021/07/27 10:01:22
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
I like the red one, though I'm not entirely sure about the head. It could probably use some minor alterations. But from the looks of things this is the kind of dragon I want. The blue one is a strict downgrade for me with a worse head, slightly worse pose (I prefer the head the other way around like on the red one) and silly Sigmarine bits.
Not a fan of them being named characters, but I guess that's just what GW does these days. What I do like, however, immensely so, is that they are riderless. I want a dragon for the dragon, not the silly little monkey on its back. I was delighted to see AoS finally give me that option with the Zombie Dragon and I am equally delighted to see it here.
AllSeeingSkink wrote: I kinda like it other than the way the arms are hanging in front of him, makes the pose look a bit awkward.
There's a shot from the front left at the end of the stupid spinny sequence in the video that has me pretty positive about the body of the dragon. A page or two ago the kangaroo like pose was pointed out (and I would have been cool with that), but I think a side view will give the model an entirely different appearance than the head on one the photographer chose suggests.
yeah I was thinking of that too........ I'm gonna imagine these dragons sounding like sean connery now.
Draconith: Have you been watching over me all night?
GW: I've been thinking.
Draconith: Yes? About what?
GW: Many things. Mostly about what to call you. I think I've found you a name.
Draconith: You say that as though you reached up and plucked it from the sky.
GW: I did. Up there. Do you see that group of stars? (points at the Copywrite constellation)
Draconith: I know those stars very well.
GW: Do you see the shape that they make?
Draconith:Mm-hmm, a dragon.
GW: Yes. But we can't call you that, because we can't trademark that word. Instead we'll go with Draconith. It means "dragon", but we can trademark it.
Draconith: (chuckling) So instead of calling me "dragon" in your tongue, you'll call me "dragon" in legalese?
GW: You're right, it's silly.
Draconith: No! No, I would be honoured to be named after a writers attempt to avoid generic terms. I... I truly would. Thank you, GW. "Draconith"...
Seeing as GW will be calling orcs orcs in TOW, doesn't it kind of invalidate the whole "For copyright purposes" theory of stupid names?
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2021/07/27 10:04:00
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
yeah I was thinking of that too........ I'm gonna imagine these dragons sounding like sean connery now.
Draconith: Have you been watching over me all night?
GW: I've been thinking.
Draconith: Yes? About what?
GW: Many things. Mostly about what to call you. I think I've found you a name.
Draconith: You say that as though you reached up and plucked it from the sky.
GW: I did. Up there. Do you see that group of stars? (points at the Copywrite constellation)
Draconith: I know those stars very well.
GW: Do you see the shape that they make?
Draconith:Mm-hmm, a dragon.
GW: Yes. But we can't call you that, because we can't trademark that word. Instead we'll go with Draconith. It means "dragon", but we can trademark it.
Draconith: (chuckling) So instead of calling me "dragon" in your tongue, you'll call me "dragon" in legalese?
GW: You're right, it's silly.
Draconith: No! No, I would be honoured to be named after a writers attempt to avoid generic terms. I... I truly would. Thank you, GW. "Draconith"...
Seeing as GW will be calling orcs orcs in TOW, doesn't it kind of invalidate the whole "For copyright purposes" theory of stupid names?
Or perhaps GW changed their naming policies a bit and has adapted to copyright. Lets not forget the whole name-change fetish at GW came after they lost Chapterhouse and basically had very poor legal advice on copyright in itself. It was a reactionary move that perhaps has been proven to not really work or work how GW wanted. So perhaps they are more confident going back to original names.
Which is funny considering the old world had the worst dragon sculpts ever put into print.
The high elf dragon, dark elf dragon, and forest dragon are an insult to all creatures capable of visually perceiving shapes.
I ain't gonna argue with you about some of the old metal dragons (though that was in part due to the limits of base sizes and metal casting) but I've long though of snake dragons as part of GW's look, like skulls everywhere. Snake dragons to me look more medieval and different from the usual dinosaur dragons we see from other companies.
So I'd have like a less conventional take. These are impressive, make no mistake, but I'm not sure they're really better than some of the ones Reaper and Dungeons and Lasers are putting out.
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2021/07/27 11:14:27
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
Or perhaps GW changed their naming policies a bit and has adapted to copyright. Lets not forget the whole name-change fetish at GW came after they lost Chapterhouse and basically had very poor legal advice on copyright in itself. It was a reactionary move that perhaps has been proven to not really work or work how GW wanted. So perhaps they are more confident going back to original names.
[Pedantic]Names are covered by trademarks not copyrights. Copyrights protect content (ie stories, images, music) rather than mere names. So when GW goes after a sculptor for copying their designs or an animator for using their characters it is a copyright dispute.
Trademarks protect names and other distinguishing features (logos and such). Generic names cannot be trademarked (Apple (r) brand apples) but unrelated names can (Apple (r) brand computers) even if they are preexisting words.
GW for example cannot claim a trademark on Orc or Goblin toys but could claim Night Gobos. Or even Black Orcs. Ultramarine is a preexisting word but not descriptive or generic for superhuman space men so GW could claim a trademark on it for toys and miniatures. Space Marine probably not.
There's also an element of search engine optimization. A search for "Ogre" brings up any number of fantasy images and even a game by a rival company OGRE. Ogors or Ogryn do not.
[/pedantic]
2021/07/27 11:25:41
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
Kid_Kyoto wrote: There's also an element of search engine optimization. A search for "Ogre" brings up any number of fantasy images and even a game by a rival company OGRE. Ogors or Ogryn do not.
This reasoning seems like a double edged sword to me. You might not get people hitting random competotor minis while searching for Warhams, but you'll also never get people randomly stumbling upon Warhams when searching for generic fantasy stuff.
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2021/07/27 11:47:22
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
True, but at the same time you back that up by having a heavy marketing campaign. Having unique names that work on just your stuff means that your investments into marketing work that bit better because now anyone specifically reacting to your marketing has a greater chance of landing on your site.
Meanwhile if you share a marketing term with another brand or a generic brand it becomes more hit and miss.
If I type Ossiarch or Bonereaper into google then GW stuff flies up high in the search results. However if I type Skeleton there's nothing warhammer at all.
Good marketing would not rely on random chance, yes that happens, but you can't rely on it.
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2021/07/27 13:22:19
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
Overread wrote: True, but at the same time you back that up by having a heavy marketing campaign. Having unique names that work on just your stuff means that your investments into marketing work that bit better because now anyone specifically reacting to your marketing has a greater chance of landing on your site.
Meanwhile if you share a marketing term with another brand or a generic brand it becomes more hit and miss.
If I type Ossiarch or Bonereaper into google then GW stuff flies up high in the search results. However if I type Skeleton there's nothing warhammer at all.
Good marketing would not rely on random chance, yes that happens, but you can't rely on it.
That assumes people know to google Ossiarch. If people already know what you're selling, they're going to know to type in "games workshop skeleton" rather than just "skeleton" the same way as they're going to know to type in "ossiarch". As someone who played WHFB but doesn't play AoS, I don't remember half the names GW uses these days. I had to google "troll" to remember that GW renamed them "Troggoth".
It's even worse when GW do have a well identifiable name and they get rid of it. Now when you google "Night Goblin" you have to hunt to find the actual GW page because they renamed them Gloomspite Stabbas or some crap that I always forget.
2021/07/27 14:06:50
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
I had to google "Age of Sigmar Ogre" to remember they're now "Ogors" so yeah. Definitely a two-edged sword.
WHFB and 40k used generic archetypes because it made it easy to bring people in. When I read an AoS thing my eyes glaze over after the 10th made up word.
2021/07/27 14:17:42
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)
Kid_Kyoto wrote: 40k used generic archetypes because it made it easy to bring people in. When I read an AoS thing my eyes glaze over after the 10th made up word.
Ogryn, Ratling, Eldar, Squat... And that's before everything was changed to be copyrightable, and we got Aeldari and Drukhari and other bastarding things I can't spell.
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changemod wrote: Their best effort at a plastic dragon, though it's disappointing to see since it's a multibuild kit it seemingly doesn't come, without some conversion legwork, with a generic option instead of "Sigmarine dragon or heavily scarred dragon."
Also they seem almost ashamed of their goofy """copyright""" name in the article now.
It's now been brought to my attention that the open mouthed head is missing almost half of it's teeth (No wonder I thought it looked a bit off) and that both have the Sigmar birthmark sculpted into their chest.
So yeah, not very interested at this point. I might do a lot of conversion work, but I lack the skill of major resculpting work to the point of mimicking the style of missing teeth to the point it wouldn't be very obvious.
They're part of the stormcast army...so of course they have his mark. I don't think these can be taken in other order armies the way Kragnos can.
Call me crazy, but especially after they've been so liberal about which armies can use giants, a large high quality/high detail generic dragon seems like a massive potential moneyspinner. Heck, I've thought for years, even pre-aos that it's odd GW doesn't really unambiguously do a fancy collectors piece dragon.
They're getting a bit better for that now with an increased variety of faction "dragons" such as the big chunky frog wyverns orcs use or the wingless slightly eastern looking lava dragon from the nudist dwarves line, I guess.
2021/07/27 15:20:40
Subject: Age of Sigmar 3.0 News & Rumors (Draconith pg 13)