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I like the Dark Eldar stag riders.

 Flashman wrote:

 silent25 wrote:
Surprised I didn't see anyone talk about this pic already. Don't recognize the models:

Spoiler:

Think these might be new eternal guard.

Yes, saw them but not commenting until I see a decent pic. You can't tell anything from a blurred photo of a bent page with lens flare.

They have spears at least.

The infantry looks terrible from that pic. The guy on the end with giant ape hands and imaginary lat syndrome.

Hopefully it's just a bad pic.

 Kroothawk wrote:

But I have a baaad feeling.

You always have a bad feeling about any new GW release.

~Tim?

I don't quite like the massive arms those new hooded guys have :/

I don't think they're actually that massive, that's just a really crummy photo.

 Daba wrote:
I like the Dark Eldar stag riders.

Did I miss a pic somewhere, I didn't see any stags?

I do quite like the treeman; as others have stated he has a nice ethereal feel to him.

I also wonder if these new WE models, if sticking with the ethereal aesthetic, will be used more frequent to create Exodite Eldar. I know in my area WHFB has effectively died (short of a GW store I don't frequent) and so I'm wondering if that's where I will see these guys pop up.

 RiTides wrote:

 Daba wrote:
I like the Dark Eldar stag riders.

Did I miss a pic somewhere, I didn't see any stags?

The artwork pic that (might be) in the OP

Grimtuff wrote:

 RiTides wrote:

 Daba wrote:
I like the Dark Eldar stag riders.

Did I miss a pic somewhere, I didn't see any stags?

The artwork pic that (might be) in the OP

Guys... GUYS...



Those aren't green horses behind those men... those are GREEN STAGS. That is deer cavalry (or elk cavalry?).

What. The.

Staggering observation, you got there.

Actually if you look at the stag with the blue eyes you can just see the horns!

Some bigger than Ogre-sized treeman alternatives:

Ultraforge (old)




Creature Caster (probably part of kickstarter)


Mierce:


Wargamma (21cm):


GW LOTR:


Scibor:


Rothand Studio (30cm, 85€):


Some good ones from Reaper or for Bloodbowl are sadly too small.

Deer lord...

The Mierce one is the only one that looks remotely good. GW did well with their treeman. I applaud their efforts and it might be the first model I buy from them in months.

 TheKbob wrote:

Grimtuff wrote:

 RiTides wrote:

 Daba wrote:
I like the Dark Eldar stag riders.

Did I miss a pic somewhere, I didn't see any stags?

The artwork pic that (might be) in the OP

Guys... GUYS...

Spoiler:

Those aren't green horses behind those men... those are GREEN STAGS. That is deer cavalry (or elk cavalry?).

What. The.

Those are Glade Riders, not anything new.

The green bits feel to me like barding more than actual green cavalry.

I love the mierce treeman, and the tree wentch. (Seen it painted far better in person)

Wood Elves have access to 11 Lores, how Fun!!!!

Mierce Treeman is currently 30% RRP until the weekend

http://www.mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_blg_bnb_mon_008_000

Why do some people seem to think that those green horses are stags? They are so obviously just Glade Riders with green Horses.

Either it is meant to be green Warpaint or they are green to represent that they are classed as forest spirits and GW wanted to apply a different visual aesthetic.

Look at how they painted the hooves like a dark sock more akin to a deer than a horse. Then if you look at the closest one you can just see what appears to be antlers on its head. Bad picture makes it very hard to tell but they could be - esp as the preview art (which was later pulled) had stag riders.


The green is most certainly armour on them just like the original mounts for WE had leaf motif armour (but much less of it).

I can see what you're saying. Although to me the area you are referring to as possible antlers, just looks like the head and/or hands of the rider.

I'd not expect the riders hands that high; but yes the picture does not make it clear at all. It could be either horse or stag or something else.

It's Glade Riders. Take a look on the GW website and you'll see that the horses are the same. And the thing you think looks like antlers is the elf on the horse to the left. You can see fairly clearly that the brown isn't the same shade as the head protection.

Kolbalt266 wrote:
Wood Elves have access to 11 Lores, how Fun!!!!

8+2= 11? Oo

D'aww I got excited.

Deer Cavalry would certainly make the Wood Elves distinct. In fact, it would make more sense that the forest dwellers use forest dwelling animals versus plains dwelling animals such as horses. Feels like a missed opportunity.

I'd have been lovin' me some Deer Cavalry.

 Overread wrote:
Look at how they painted the hooves like a dark sock more akin to a deer than a horse. Then if you look at the closest one you can just see what appears to be antlers on its head. Bad picture makes it very hard to tell but they could be - esp as the preview art (which was later pulled) had stag riders.


The green is most certainly armour on them just like the original mounts for WE had leaf motif armour (but much less of it).

I wouldn't put it past GW to put out a kit with plastic horses, and include an "alternate build" that amount to sticking antlers on, painting them green, and shouting "LOOK, MAGIK DEERZ!"

Yodhrin wrote:

 Overread wrote:
Look at how they painted the hooves like a dark sock more akin to a deer than a horse. Then if you look at the closest one you can just see what appears to be antlers on its head. Bad picture makes it very hard to tell but they could be - esp as the preview art (which was later pulled) had stag riders.


The green is most certainly armour on them just like the original mounts for WE had leaf motif armour (but much less of it).

I wouldn't put it past GW to put out a kit with plastic horses, and include an "alternate build" that amount to sticking antlers on, painting them green, and shouting "LOOK, MAGIK DEERZ!"

The kit in the picture is already out. It's the Glade Rider kit.

TheKbob wrote:D'aww I got excited.

Deer Cavalry would certainly make the Wood Elves distinct. In fact, it would make more sense that the forest dwellers use forest dwelling animals versus plains dwelling animals such as horses. Feels like a missed opportunity.

I'd have been lovin' me some Deer Cavalry.

Have you read the fluff about the Wood Elf horses? There are hidden glades where the horses basically run wild.
The Great Stags are magical creatures(Forest Spirit rule actually) which "only ever appear in portentous times" and they are incredibly rare.

I agree to a point that it would be cool to see a unit of them, but I think if we see them it will be a vision shift for the Wild Riders of Kurnous.

 Kanluwen wrote:

TheKbob wrote:D'aww I got excited.

Deer Cavalry would certainly make the Wood Elves distinct. In fact, it would make more sense that the forest dwellers use forest dwelling animals versus plains dwelling animals such as horses. Feels like a missed opportunity.

I'd have been lovin' me some Deer Cavalry.

Have you read the fluff about the Wood Elf horses? There are hidden glades where the horses basically run wild.
The Great Stags are magical creatures(Forest Spirit rule actually) which "only ever appear in portentous times" and they are incredibly rare.

I agree to a point that it would be cool to see a unit of them, but I think if we see them it will be a vision shift for the Wild Riders of Kurnous.

That would imply I'm buying GW product currently... No, I don't own the Wood Elves book, so I know nothing about the fluff. Just visually, as an outsider, having an army be more visually distinct would make a sense of ownership of a faction go up. Everyone else has horses... but those Wood Elves... DEER CAVALRY! They wouldn't need to be the magical patronus stag or w/e, save a big one for a mounted IC. Just regular elk/deer models.

The new models do look great. Not trying to be negative.