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BEHOLD THE FISH-HELMED DESTROYER!

Devourer of Worlds, Slayer of Skaven, and all-around jerk!

That mage is quite lovely. I can't wait to have it in my possession (I actually rather prefer him to the current plastics).

man! as much as I love those new Rat Ogres...they need to be painted green! '


HULKSMASH!

Really can't get enough of those Rat Ogres, even if there is a little of Thrudd in em.

Also it does kinda look like the Sea Guard champ stuck a fish on his head. But I can look beyond that.

Overall though, each time we see more shots of this lot, the sooner I want it to be September.

I will be getting two boxes for sure.

They look SO much better the skaven when painted.. I'm having several nerdgasims as we speak (Along with me going to "convince" some fellow gamers to switch to high elves for some "swaps")

I think the talons on the Griffon are a bit on the large side, but otherwise everything looks super nice. GWs plastics just get better and better with each set released. These are supposed to be the cheaper lower quality starter set plastics even!

I wish ther High elf mages didnt have to balance atop wierd stuff. I hope the model can be trimmed down and placed on level ground.

Those Rat Ogres are seriously amazing!!!!!

Returning to this thread for the images was very satisfying, thanks guys those are all very cool!

Do the proportions they are in make sense for the basis of an actual army? Or are some of the units obvious stinkers or incredibly effective?

wow! WOW! Those are seriously cool. The griffin looks real and the rat ogre just screams "warhammer frankenstein" just like it's supposed to. I am very impressed. Why didn't this guy sculpt the horrors and dp right?

Aduro wrote:I think the talons on the Griffon are a bit on the large side

All the better to crush you with my dear....

Those minitures look awesome though! I have to have them! I don't ming the griffon and i like mages balancing of stuff. It's true that, once you take away the skaven minis there aren't that many HE models, but its still great value, especially considering it has the mini rulebook, no need to bring a lecturn to games anymore

I think i'll swap the skaven in the kit with a skaven player for the HE, (plenty of models then) though i may keep the rat ogres as they are awesome! Though the skaven player'll probably want more for the same reason though....

The talons on the griffon were what turned me against it initially- they jumped out at me as the first thing, and imho, they're grossly out of proportion with a model that is otherwise proportioned very well!

I'd cut off a knuckle to shorten them, and it would be perfect, I think! Easy enough to do, too

The mage is fantastic. The high elves overall impressed me more than the skaven, which had a few clunker models. However, the skaven heroes and other "single" type models (with the poisoned wind mortar a notable, terrible, exception) are excellent!!

Jin wrote:That mage is quite lovely. I can't wait to have it in my possession (I actually rather prefer him to the current plastics).

And don't forget those awesome rat ogres are mine

So cute & cuddly!

JohnHwangDD wrote:

So cute & cuddly!

I see alot of bad finger conversions with that claw hand.

Wow, with these starter minis my HE army is going to become massive. I want it all. Thank goodness LSG are a core choice.

Sorry to burst everyones bubble and all that but these are so good that GW may consider putting the price up to the £70-£80 pound mark for this new starter set?

lorrylemming wrote:Sorry to burst everyones bubble and all that but these are so good that GW may consider putting the price up to the £70-£80 pound mark for this new starter set?

I would be very surprised if it were to remain at the £50 mark for the UK....

Hope they don't put the starter kit price up.
I'm relying on people buying several so I can get a small rulebook nice and cheap.

lorrylemming wrote:Sorry to burst everyones bubble and all that but these are so good that GW may consider putting the price up to the £70-£80 pound mark for this new starter set?

I think that would be a big mistake. And therefore it wouldn't surprise me at all.

JOHIRA wrote:

lorrylemming wrote:Sorry to burst everyones bubble and all that but these are so good that GW may consider putting the price up to the £70-£80 pound mark for this new starter set?

I think that would be a big mistake. And therefore it wouldn't surprise me at all.

I poped into my local GW earlier, they dont know what the price is going to be yet so looks like GW still aint fixed the final cost, but they did suspect it would be around the £60 mark. I'm expecting it to be the same as the space hulk box set and that was £60. Anymore then that and i may reconsider getting it, even more so on release day. £70+ i can wait a few months.

On another note tho, my local GW did have the models in from the new box set and 'in the flesh' they do look outstanding! only issue is the fact that they are snap together or 'one piece' which for the sea guard means the sheild is kinda falt against the body of the Elf, and it dont quite look right. The griffin tho! oh my diddy! The Rat Ogres, Lordy, Top notich!!

The one piece model is standard fare for a starter set.
The Skull Pass Dwarves suffer the same problem with the shields leaving some "plugs" of solid plastic with no modelling.
In retrospect I would have spent some time carving out the blank blocks and resculpting with GS.

For a beginner with no modelling skills, the one piece is plenty good enough to get gaming ASAP.
A more experienced modeller should have no problems adding in a bit of extra detail.

As long as GW don't start charging full wack for starter set quality one piece figures I guess everyone will be happy.

sonofruss wrote:And don't forget those awesome rat ogres are mine

What sane and sensible person would ever want filthy rats?!

lorrylemming wrote:Sorry to burst everyones bubble and all that but these are so good that GW may consider putting the price up to the £70-£80 pound mark for this new starter set?

I doubt very much that GW will put the price up. This is a starter set aimed at getting new players into the hobby. The fact that veteran players will probably buy it for the smaller rule book is a bonus. I expect it to be priced the same as the 40k box, possibly £10 more expensive but I doubt that. GW would want people to buy and play both games so that they can maximise sales, if one game is more expensive than the other then it will sell poorly by comparison. Given that 40k is a much more popular game than WHFB I can't see GW pricing the new box that high.

Remember that a fair few of these boxes will be sold to Mums and Dads and if they see 40k is cheaper they'd probably buy that.

I like that second rat Ogre even better than the other one!

When I get my hands on it, I am going to paint the stitched together parts different colors to really make it look like some patchwork monster!


IT'S ALIVE! MUAHAHAHHAHA! ........................squeak!

the amount of detail on these is really unbelievable for a starter kit. I can't wait to see the amazing conversions that some of the creative folk here on dakka think up. Can't wait to be surprised!

*dribbles over rat ogres* Ahem, now where was I?

I love both of those. Look readily converted into variant Ogres...may have to look into adding those to my army as I'm getting at least 2 lots of skaven....

I like the rat on the top of the standard.. very nice touch..

-P

I was going to trade away the Rats for more High Elves, I think I might just buy 2 sets and keep all the models now