Forgeworld 2014 News & Rumours - p#132 Questoris Knight Magaera

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**Platuan4th**

bubber wrote:
It's not just big - IT'S FRICKING HUGE!!

I theenk I need a beegger box.

**Alpharius**

Arch-Fiend wrote:
kronk wrote:
I like it, but it's not Space Marines so it doesn't work for me.

Exactly why Forge World has been so focused on Imperial stuff, mainly Space Marines, and is now making their own Horus Heresy. Also why Warhammer Forge has been put on hiatus save for the few model releases here and there. Like what you like of course but damn I wish they'd make some more xenos or hell something from Fantasy

You must be new here!

The Kronk was joking!

I think.

Buit either way, yeah, Space Marines sell.

Pre-Heresy and Heresy Era Marines sell even better.

**AlexHolker**

gorgon wrote:
I think it's a terrific model that looks nothing like a rat.

I agree with the other guy. The sculpting and painting of the scales looks very nice, but the tail is awful. It should be thicker and more rigid.

**Zande4**

Looks like the Postosuchus from Walking with Dinosaurs. I think it's fantastic, and almost makes me want to collect Lizardmen! Also it's head doesn't look much like a T-rex.. It has a red mo-hawk, horns sticking out of it's cheek, needle teeth and it's bottom jaw is wiry and weird. It's an amazing sculpt and I have a feeling people are just jumping on the "let's call everything big a (insert name of toy here)" band wagon. No one insulted the Squiggoths when they came out or the Tyranid Bio-Titans. After the Chaos "Dino-Bots" everyone seems to just insult anything their size or bigger that isn't a tank or aircraft these days... /rant

**Platuan4th**

Zande4 wrote:
It has a red mo-hawk,

To be fair, so do half of the artistic representations of feathered T. Rexes. Well, the mohawk part, not necessarily the red part.

**MajorWesJanson**

gorgon wrote:
I think it's a terrific model that looks nothing like a rat.

There could be some confusion about this just because GW Skaven, rats, etc. sometimes look more like lizards than rodents.

That's a well fed rat. The Dread saurian looks emaciated. It goes from large head, stocky torso, then suddenly scrawny abdomen, then bulky hips, and scrawny tail. The paint job is excellent, but the proportions/body contour and many of the details are odd. The spines on the back of most animals follows a sort of pattern or gradient, the dread saurian has random length spikes all along the length of the back.

I tried to find a good picture of what I was talking about, but even this drowned sewer rat looks healthier than the Saurian. Maybe the Lizardmen starve it to make it meaner?

**Agamemnon2**

Peregrine wrote:
It's a WHFB release on a 40k-heavy site. TBH it's not a bad model or anything, it's just even less interesting than yet another generic space marine release.

It's a profoundly uninteresting model. A giant lizard for an army made up of giant lizards.

**redbristles**

Lockark wrote:
Azazelx wrote:
Fudge. Only 1500 of the HH3 SE? The regular sale being "sometime in the next few weeks?" So basically, It'll sell out while we're sleeping or at work or summat. Bah.

What's the minimum order for free shipping again?

Tell me about it. 1500 copies isn't going to last long

I can imagine the majority of them being sold at the Open Day, I hope I manage to get one there anyway!

**kronk**

MajorWesJanson wrote:

Spoiler:

When I was a swim instructor in high school and college, I also was in charge of pool maintenance.

The only thing worse that the day I had to pull a dead rat out of the filter cage (and it looked just like that), was the day a 3' snake slithered out the second I opened the "door" to the filter trap!

Alpharius wrote:
Arch-Fiend wrote:
kronk wrote:
I like it, but it's not Space Marines so it doesn't work for me.

Exactly why Forge World has been so focused on Imperial stuff, mainly Space Marines, and is now making their own Horus Heresy. Also why Warhammer Forge has been put on hiatus save for the few model releases here and there. Like what you like of course but damn I wish they'd make some more xenos or hell something from Fantasy

You must be new here!

The Kronk was joking!

Mostly, but yes!

I also wish we'd see Imperial Armor 13 soon. There were a number of rumors about Slaanesh getting some love, or perhaps even Necrons. Those rumors are close to 2 years old, and I can't be bothered to look them up. The point is, I agree that I wish other stuff would get some attention. I also understand that I am loving the 30k releases so much that I'm getting a bit spoiled and overwhelmed by it all.

**Bull0**

Rather nice new Salamanders Pyroclasts up for pre-order now. £34

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/SALAMANDERS_LEGION_PYROCLASTS.html

The dreaded Pyroclasts are the burning fury of the Salamanders Legion given form. The Pyroclasts were created by Vulcan, Primach of the Salamanders, to fulfil the role of bringers of destruction, equipping them with advanced and extremely powerful thermal/incendiary weapons of his own devising known as flame projectors. To the Salamanders fire is more than merely a weapon; it has an almost mythical function and embodies both purifying destruction and the potential for rebirth and redemption.

In battle they are relentless and remorseless, and where they are unleashed there can be no possibility of mercy or reprieve from the fire.

The Salamanders Legion Pyroclasts set, designed by Keith Robertson, is a complete multi-part resin kit comprising of five models armed with Pyroclast flame projectors, one of which is also armed with a power fist. This set is available to order now.

**kronk**

Bull0 wrote:
Rather nice new Salamanders Pyroclasts up for pre-order now. £34

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/SALAMANDERS_LEGION_PYROCLASTS.html

The dreaded Pyroclasts are the burning fury of the Salamanders Legion given form. The Pyroclasts were created by Vulcan, Primach of the Salamanders, to fulfil the role of bringers of destruction, equipping them with advanced and extremely powerful thermal/incendiary weapons of his own devising known as flame projectors. To the Salamanders fire is more than merely a weapon; it has an almost mythical function and embodies both purifying destruction and the potential for rebirth and redemption.

In battle they are relentless and remorseless, and where they are unleashed there can be no possibility of mercy or reprieve from the fire.

The Salamanders Legion Pyroclasts set, designed by Keith Robertson, is a complete multi-part resin kit comprising of five models armed with Pyroclast flame projectors, one of which is also armed with a power fist. This set is available to order now.

I really like the models, but I don't care for the "Drake-skin masks". It's certainly different, though!

**gianlucafiorentini123**

Really nice minis though I feel that they went a bit over the top with the Drake skins.

**Vitruvian XVII**

They look awesome, but i'm struck yet again by the notion that FW really ought to get some better painters for their promo pictures.

**Lockark**

The pyroclasts look prety awsome. I personally like the masks.

**Bull0**

Fully agree, bit too much skin, but I think the masks work - there's a certain middle eastern theme there. If there's a trend, we can probably expect to see some toned-down Salamanders in the relatively short term - I'm thinking of the Night Lords raptors that we all thought went a bit heavy on the skin and bat wings, and the less OTT upgrade kits that followed.

**Blacksails**

Very nice!

The skin mask is different, but I think a better paint job would also do it more justice.

Either way, good looking unit.

**H.B.M.C.**

Never thought I'd see the day when people accused Marines of showing too much skin.

**Bull0**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Never thought I'd see the day when people accused Marines of showing too much skin.

I'm only thinking of the children!

**Hulksmash**

I want a bunch of those flamer arms for my marines for awesome heavy flamer armed goodness.

**Bomster**

I really love the masks (and the flamers), but I would have done without the additional pieces of skin hanging from their belts.

Even so, as far as Legion-specific units go I prefer them to the Night Lords and Word Bearer ones which I regard as misses (at least until I see some brilliantly painted ones on CMON).

**Scottywan82**

Not bad, but I would have preferred if their guns were two-handed, like heavy weapons. Make them look more menacing and more like they are there to purge with fire.

After all, these are the "nice" version of Destroyer squads.

Also, what do we have left now for units?

- Firedrake Terminators
- Gorgon Terminators
- Gal Vaborak

And then it's just character models, right? I wonder if some will be done like Autek Mor and released as "generic" models.

**Azazelx**

I actually quite like those. I'd like them more without the lizard skin on their greaves, but otherwise - nice!

**Grarg**

I love these and luckily i don't play salamanders.

As for the drakeskin, didn't they have more on their armour than that? I also thought they wore chainmail over top of their armour?

**sockwithaticket**

Not a fan of the face masks at all, but underslung heavy flamers are awesome. I foresee massive casting issues with the cabling connecting from flamer to backpack, though, based on previous forge world experience.

**Darth Bob**

I'm actually really digging the face mask. Looks like they're molded into the torso, though; which is kind of disappointing. I'd love to use them on some of my Alpha Legion.

**Lucazi**

Pyroclasts are very nice looking, They have a middle eastern feel to me...

**bubber**

I like the masks myself. Shame they're not in the DG list.
Anyone know what the weapons stats are?

**Asmodai Asmodean**

Torrent Str 6 Ap3 Flamer with Preferred Enemy. Oh wait, that's Myrmidons.

But it isn't going to get better than that...

**Wyzilla**

Bull0 wrote:
Fully agree, bit too much skin, but I think the masks work - there's a certain middle eastern theme there. If there's a trend, we can probably expect to see some toned-down Salamanders in the relatively short term - I'm thinking of the Night Lords raptors that we all thought went a bit heavy on the skin and bat wings, and the less OTT upgrade kits that followed.

Wait, do you seriously think that the Forge World Night Lords kits are bit on the wings?

**DarkStarSabre**

Agamemnon2 wrote:
Peregrine wrote:
It's a WHFB release on a 40k-heavy site. TBH it's not a bad model or anything, it's just even less interesting than yet another generic space marine release.

It's a profoundly uninteresting model. A giant lizard for an army made up of giant lizards.

Unfortunately for me it's another Trish Carden work. The teeth man. The teeth. The teeth just kill any interest in the thing. No matter what she sculpts they all end up with the same abominable TEETH.