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Kroothawk wrote:

Flashman wrote:Given that gheist is German for ghost, will the Terrogheist be an ethereal beastie?

To be precise, the German word is Geist and translates either as ghost or spirit. And the Warhammer monster is called terrorgheist, the other spelling is just a typo.

Ah, thanks for clarifying

Given that gheist is German for ghost, will the Terrogheist be an ethereal beastie?

Yes, but due to problems containing an actual ethereal kit in a box, GW has had to delay the release until they solve the packaging problem.

Thanks, I'm here all week.

(Note: yes, "geist" means ghost or spirit. Poltergeist is roughly "noisy ghost" in English, a contraction of words for "knock" and "ghost". Zeitgeist means roughly "spirit of the times".)

DarkStarSabre wrote:

And a base that big just says - lol,cannons.

Yeah, I don't get the whole, "Every army must have a giant creature" when they die first turn due to cannons. I know some people always say, "Yeah but they're not shooting at the rest of your army" but all I think about is, there goes hours of painting and 10% of my army's points.

Yes, lol cannons, which are only in two armies

Murdock129 wrote:Yes, lol cannons, which are only in two armies

And then realise the size of that base is a prime target for stone throwers as well. Which are in more armies and often hit far harder in the centre hole.

What I love best about this thread is that we are 2/2 on WD leaks. I expect that batting average will remain near 1.000 well into the future. So our first look at new releases are going to be, without exception, poor cam shots of Whote Dwarf pages.

Brilliant.

The dragon looks OK. As with the previous big'uns, I am more interested in the riders. Still, pretty cool. I do like the base.

I'd make a snide DE gravy train comment, but I can't think of a truly worthwhile one. Sorry.

The pic quality is poor enough that I don't know that I can make an adequate evaluation. I will wait until I see a better picture to form an opinion.

dienekes96 wrote:What I love best about this thread is that we are 2/2 on WD leaks. I expect that batting average will remain near 1.000 well into the future. So our first look at new releases are going to be, without exception, poor cam shots of Whote Dwarf pages.

Brilliant.

Yes, just a shame we're seeing rubbish mobile camera shots later than we would have seen the professionally done advance order pics. GW, this is the internet. We will always find out before you want us to (except Space Hulk, the pic control there was pretty damn water tight).

A Black Ram wrote:

Flashman wrote:Re The zombie dragon/terrogheist

.. or a foul Ghoul King. Plastic Strigoi vampire ahoy?

Strigoi always were mounted on foot..

You just blew my mind!

I like the Dragon. Don't play vamps, not even WHFB, but I may buy it to paint! (transaltion: to throw onto the pile of "to-paint models")

Archonate wrote:

streamdragon wrote:Three entire armies have been released (some with second waves and even third waves) since the Tyranid codex was released. That's just on the 40k side. They create all new money maker units (they're the best, buy them!) and then don't give us models or even official base sizes. I think Tyranid players have earned the right to be a little irate at this point.

Tyranid players had the right to be irate when they were handed another fail codex. It's like they were built to lose... Hopefully GW realized this before they got too far along with the models, and are re-thinking the army as we speak...

How did someone put it when I asked about this in 4E?

Oh yes.

Q: How do I beat Tyranids?
A: Play an army.

New pics from the Clapham Wargamers Guild website, reposted and brought to my attention by Gazak Blacktoof over at Warseer:











I absolutely love the Garden of Morr!

Harry wrote:The Garden of Morr is cooler than it looks when you pull it apart.
It can jigsaw together or would make a great set of individual bits of scenery.
(perfect for scenic monster bases. )
It has a lot of potential.

HOLY CRAP-SPACKLE! I LOVE that garden! I was already planning to get it, just based on the idea, but wow!

I see what people were talking about when they talked about "the bat thing." Now I wonder what it DOES. I also wonder if TG can be taken in units anymore or not...

The Herald looks like he is surfing and is even doing the Rock hand signal...

Thanks but no thanks on the new DE, I'll just get converting instead. Was really hoping for a decent Ur-Ghul, but that just looks half arsed t be honest. Would be interested to see a more detailed picture on the Medusae

Still not a fan of GWs Cairn Wraith and Tomb Banshee. Well, the Cairn Wraith isn't bad. but the Banshee is.

The Terrorgeist looks utterly terrifying. Superb model. Just a pity that the zombie wyvern isn't as good.

dude I love the new vamp. stuff

The Banshee suffers from a bad colour choice. just imagine her painted like a real ghost in greenish colours:

The Heralds quite cool but the Disc is also quite meh and the hole model looks OK. The Zombie dragon looks great however and would make an awesome Daemon prince.

An impressive batch of releases mostly!

The Zombie Dragon / Terrorgheist kit doesn't disappoint, both variants and the rider options look great.

I rather like that Herald of Tzeentch, definitely has that old-school vibe which I think works well. Do want

The Cairn Wraith and Banshee are another pair I want, horray for being plastic (I assume because of the packaging shown?). I'll think I'll have one each for Quest.

Garden of Morr is great, but don't want one.

Don't like the Dark Eldar stuff, but have a Wych Cult so no loss to me.

It looks like the legs and wings are the only parts of the Zombie Dragon/Terrorgeist that are common across both monsters. Seems like it should be easy to build both from the same kit with a bit of bits scrounging, though I don't think many spare wings or legs will be floating around.

WOW! Seriously, the more of these plastic blisters I see the more I loves them.

I must get both of those just to build/paint. And I don't even play fantasy.

I may even pick up the Zombie Dragon for the same reason. So sexy.

PLEASE, GW, can we get some plastic blisters for 40K? The Archon's retinue would have been perfect candidates!

Fantastic!!

Brian Nelson is seemingly given time to do these absolutely fantastic one frame plastic characters. Starting with the wizards and now gorgeous new undead models.

My latest =I= will get a retinue made solely from these new Nelson sculpts. And look at that Ghoul riding the Terrorgheist! That is so going to be the sickest ever archoflagellant conversion

Fantastic models I must say.

Black knights ? :(

Is it just me or is the Vampire's Dragon's base ing huge? Like anyone is actually going to field it. It is on the other hand a nice sculpt.

Casper wrote:Is it just me or is the Vampire's Dragon's base ing huge? Like anyone is actually going to field it. It is on the other hand a nice sculpt.

I believe it's the same size as other large monsters - HPA, Sphinxes, etc.

I'll definitely be adding a Terrorgeist to my army. Monsters may not be the best option in 8th, but that is one stunning model.

Vampire Counts:

Wow... Brian Nelson hits it out of the park again. At last were moving away from the comical/goofy looking undead of the past. I love both the Wraith and the Banshee. I already considering getting the dragon, but having seen the Terrorgiest version w/ Ghoul King I'll definitely but one maybe two. The terrain is just beautiful: no excessive amounts of skulls, gorgeous wrought iron gate... Just classy. I'll need at least two. I have to give credit where its due. GW has impressed me with these new VC miniatures. I would never have bought any of the old versions of these models. I ended up converting or buying alternatives for most of them. But I will buy these.



Chaos Daemons:

I think the herald on the disc is good, it fits the current range. In any case its good to see Tzeetch get some love. I could not careless about the Finecast Greater Daemons though.



Dark Eldar:

As for the dark eldar I don't much care for those. They're not terrible, but they're not up to the high standard expect of the earlier DE releases. If I played DE I'd probably just convert them.


Still all and all a good release.

That ghoul would be a nice wulfen

That garden is really, really good. Probably one of the best kits they have made.

-Loki- wrote:

Casper wrote:Is it just me or is the Vampire's Dragon's base ing huge? Like anyone is actually going to field it. It is on the other hand a nice sculpt.

I believe it's the same size as other large monsters - HPA, Sphinxes, etc.

I'll definitely be adding a Terrorgeist to my army. Monsters may not be the best option in 8th, but that is one stunning model.

HPA and Sphinxes come on two different bases.
>.>
<.<

Someone had said the TG is coming on the Arachnarok's base, which sounds... naughty.

If only the rest of my VC list didn't suck butt, I'd be up for this in a heartbeat. And though I don't MIND the VC love, how about a random bunch of patch models/rules for WE or Brets? They could use it more. :eyeroll:

Sidstyler wrote:


But yeah, how does the model not "scream whip thin horror", when it's about as thin as you possibly could have sculpted the thing without just making it look stupid? I don't think when they wrote that line in the codex they meant that it was literally as thin as a whip, so that it would look like a walking stick figure, it was just a small embellishment to make it sound more ooky scary. Also, complaining that it looks too ghoulish is kind of silly considering the name is just a weird spelling of the word "ghoul".

It was a matter of opinion, as I had pictured it from the description. It was not a complaint but an observation. For my own personal tastes it just doesn't fit. The new DE model range is brilliant and I have replaced all of my old army with the newer models. The only disappointments in the line are the grotesques and the ur-ghul for me. The necron wraith is thinner I believe.