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If the new Archaon isn't suddenly 12 feet tall (in game scale) then I'll be disappointed.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
If the new Archaon isn't suddenly 12 feet tall (in game scale) then I'll be disappointed.

Able to kill men by the hundreds while shooting lightning form his eyes and fireballs out his arse?

Maybe he'll get a Daemon Prince form?

I wonder what Khorne type units will go with him? Hopefully some full armoured Khorne foot knights.

 Manfred von Drakken wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
If the new Archaon isn't suddenly 12 feet tall (in game scale) then I'll be disappointed.

Able to kill men by the hundreds while shooting lightning form his eyes and fireballs out his arse?

We can only hope.

 Medium of Death wrote:
Maybe he'll get a Daemon Prince form?

I wonder what Khorne type units will go with him? Hopefully some full armoured Khorne foot knights.

Marauders riding Chaos Warriors riding Juggers.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Marauders riding Chaos Warriors riding Juggers.

On Bloodthirsters on Daemon Engines.

Or some sort of Khorne-themed segway... wait...

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Or some sort of Khorne-themed segway... wait...

You never know...

I was actually referring to this.

If these turn out to be true, I hope one of these Bloodthirster variations is reminiscent of the old Heroquest "Gargoyle" or whatever they changed his name to.

I've been having far too much fun putting together all these End Times kits. An End Times sized, dynamically posed Bloodthrister is something I would imagine a lot of people would spring for.

It was the one daemon I wanted as a kid, and was never allowed to get due to the price. I'd be happy to rectify this finally!

I would say that the kit would build a generic thirster, the special 'lord' bloodthirster that's been mentioned as working for archaon and skarbrand

Hmm...sounds a bit boring...

A new Egrimm van Horstmann model would have been nice...

Well, if GW keeps on its current path we might see Archaeon riding that special 'lord' bloodthirster. Im sure it will be an Epic center piece as the last ones have....check that, with the exception of the Khaine release.

 Manfred von Drakken wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
If the new Archaon isn't suddenly 12 feet tall (in game scale) then I'll be disappointed.

Able to kill men by the hundreds while shooting lightning form his eyes and fireballs out his arse?

I heard he killed fif-tay men. Fif-tay.


Such a good movie.


Back on topic. I hope they do an Archaon new model justice. Something deservedly badass.

Nothing wrong with his current model, with exception to the fact it's made from Finecrap

Why no tzeentch love at all in either 40k or fantasy. Shame on you GW.

Archaon V3.0 - different colors, done

Is that not Doomrider 2.0?

Yes (and an awesome conversion btw)

It fits modern fancy-fantasy though

A b-b-b-b....b-b-bloodthirster?

*Faints from euphoria*

 unmercifulconker wrote:
A b-b-b-b....b-b-bloodthirster?

No, just the regular kind.

 Q0rbin wrote:
Why no tzeentch love at all in either 40k or fantasy. Shame on you GW.

Still the only God who doesn't have his own dedicated unit for WoC, but sure, let's give more love to God that has plenty of crap already.

But then, Tzeentch has *always* been the red-headed step child of the 4, and has always had the worst rules to go along with it.

Experiment 626 wrote:
But then, Tzeentch has *always* been the red-headed step child of the 4, and has always had the worst rules to go along with it.

Not exactly always. Tzeentch made out like a bandit in the 5th edition Champions of Chaos book: 3 characters to everyone else's 2, the only other Lvl5 besides Nagash, the only character Greater Daemon, etc.

The 6th ed. Hordes of Chaos MoT was also pretty awesome.

Experiment 626 wrote:

 Q0rbin wrote:
Why no tzeentch love at all in either 40k or fantasy. Shame on you GW.

Still the only God who doesn't have his own dedicated unit for WoC, but sure, let's give more love to God that has plenty of crap already.

But then, Tzeentch has *always* been the red-headed step child of the 4, and has always had the worst rules to go along with it.

I dunno... Tzeentch was a little over-powered in Hordes of Chaos. Turning fighty characters into wizards and each unit with the Mark of Tzeentch contributed an extra power die to the pool? I had an 18-model 2000-point army that tended to wreck people back then.

 Manfred von Drakken wrote:

Experiment 626 wrote:

 Q0rbin wrote:
Why no tzeentch love at all in either 40k or fantasy. Shame on you GW.

Still the only God who doesn't have his own dedicated unit for WoC, but sure, let's give more love to God that has plenty of crap already.

But then, Tzeentch has *always* been the red-headed step child of the 4, and has always had the worst rules to go along with it.

I dunno... Tzeentch was a little over-powered in Hordes of Chaos. Turning fighty characters into wizards and each unit with the Mark of Tzeentch contributed an extra power die to the pool? I had an 18-model 2000-point army that tended to wreck people back then.

Yeah, I miss the days of my bad ass Chaos Lord also being my bad ass Lvl4 who got tons of dice because of the rest of the army.

 His Master's Voice wrote:
By the time 9th comes in, the Chaos Quartet will be retconned to Khorngle, the Raging Rot.

Tits and thinking? Not in our setting, son.

Those are two of my favourite things...

Wow a plastic Bloodthirster! How exciting!

Hopefully GW will use this model to once again showcase their distinctive approach to large creature design - the Bloodthirster stands astride the battlefield like a crimson god of carnage, brandishing his weapons, with his rippling lip curled back in a patented GW claymation-esque snarl and brow furrowed in the angriest of frowny faces, he exudes menace from his prominently displayed GIANT HANDS AND TEETH which he no doubt uses to pummel and bite the enemies of Khorne into submission!

Then I can to continue to enjoy my favorite pastime of never buying a greater daemon model from GW ever. I can hardly wait!

Why 3 variants? Is this just another GW excuse to make up some random retcon gak?

I presume the first two builds would be a standard BT and Skarbrand. Now to string a few random Khornate-themed words together to make a variant Bloodthirster. A.... Gorequencher!

 Grimtuff wrote:
Why 3 variants? Is this just another GW excuse to make up some random retcon gak?

I presume the first two builds would be a standard BT and Skarbrand. Now to string a few random Khornate-themed words together to make a variant Bloodthirster. A.... Gorequencher!

My favourite is Bloodcrusher, because it's physically impossible to 'crush' a fluid.

 Grimtuff wrote:
Why 3 variants? Is this just another GW excuse to make up some random retcon gak?

I presume the first two builds would be a standard BT and Skarbrand. Now to string a few random Khornate-themed words together to make a variant Bloodthirster. A.... Gorequencher!

My vote is for the alternate two builds to be the sanguinesipper and the globingulper.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Grimtuff wrote:
Why 3 variants? Is this just another GW excuse to make up some random retcon gak?

I presume the first two builds would be a standard BT and Skarbrand. Now to string a few random Khornate-themed words together to make a variant Bloodthirster. A.... Gorequencher!

My favourite is Bloodcrusher, because it's physically impossible to 'crush' a fluid.

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