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Does that look like a round base to anyone? Or am I just seeing it wrong. The smoke is kinda suspicious. Its like they are perpetuating the rumors at this point just to generate interest.

I was hoping for a new Archaon :( Maybe these pics are before he ascends/captures a dragon etc.

New stuff looks good though. Odd we're seeing this before the Starweaver. Do we know where these images are from?

I think that's a whip; with a square base edge below it. I did this over on Warseer:

bottom front model has a round base. I dont know fantasy well, has it always been like that?

Which one does..?

4th from the left. Though now that I look at it, it may just be the glare concealing a square base.

That's a square base. Bloodthirster so PRETTY!!!!!!

Pretty excited that the book comes so soon.

That Archaon didn't even get a new model is a real bummer. I mean, the model he has is nice, but still wouldn't hurt to make an up-to-date model like Nagash.
But Blood thirster and Chosen of Khorne in plastic are nice. I have waited for 15 years to get that. Crazy!!! And now it is finally coming.

Great to see a plastic Greater Daemon at last.

Honestly GW, plastic GDs are a licence to print money which is basically your raison d'etre these days and it's taken you this long to release one?

 Orock wrote:
that picture

They... they aren't going to retcon Nagash into a good guy are they...

 gauckelnder_narr wrote:
Pretty excited that the book comes so soon.

That Archaon didn't even get a new model is a real bummer. I mean, the model he has is nice, but still wouldn't hurt to make an up-to-date model like Nagash.
But Blood thirster and Chosen of Khorne in plastic are nice. I have waited for 15 years to get that. Crazy!!! And now it is finally coming.

If you think Archaon not getting a new model is a bummer, you missed out on the Elf book seeing no new models at all.

 SilverDevilfish wrote:

 Orock wrote:
that picture

They... they aren't going to retcon Nagash into a good guy are they...

"Good guy" is relative. If it comes down to Archaon vs. the world, Nagash would be part of "the world". After all, Arkhan's impetus for resurrecting Nagash early was to fight the Chaos gods before they could wreck everything.

Since Nagash is the Incarnate of the magic Wind of Death, and that all the Incarnate are chosen to fight against Archaon and the End Times, yes they will fight in a unlikely Last Battle Vs the great ennemy.

After all if the World is swallowed by Chaos, Nagash and his minions would be destroyed/having nothing to rule/dominate over, wich isn't in Nagash plan, since he ascended to Immortality, would be a waste no?

Well thats my understanding of it, since i'm out of WHB since 6th Ed...

I'm guessing Nagash is going to survive in some form, I mean they just came out with his model not that long ago. I've been under the impression that 9th will be an opportunity for GW to shed all of the metal/resin/outdated kits it has no interest in reviving, and as such all of the newer kits would be spared/brought into 9th.

If they actually got rid of Nagash and all of his skeleton friends, I think people would be way more upset (and even more reasonably so).

 Accolade wrote:
I'm guessing Nagash is going to survive in some form, I mean they just came out with his model not that long ago. I've been under the impression that 9th will be an opportunity for GW to shed all of the metal/resin/outdated kits it has no interest in reviving, and as such all of the newer kits would be spared/brought into 9th.

If they actually got rid of Nagash and all of his skeleton friends, I think people would be way more upset (and even more reasonably so).

One word: Glottkin.

What, was Nagash or some other character with a brand new model destroyed?

Glotkin was.

Well, Glottkin is a daemon, and they always seem to be able to come back whenever convenient in the fluff. Plus his model doubles so effectively for other sorts of Greater Unclean Ones.

But I suppose I could be wrong and GW sheds some of these End Times models when 9th comes around since the game fast-forwards a bit. It seems like a huge waste of their molds though.

Indeed, Glottkin was killed when Karl Franz unleashed his super saiyan abilities.


Now Nurgle keeps them in glass jars.

Teclis is in that picture eh ?


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 Accolade wrote:
Well, Glottkin is a daemon, and they always seem to be able to come back whenever convenient in the fluff. Plus his model doubles so effectively for other sorts of Greater Unclean Ones.

But I suppose I could be wrong and GW sheds some of these End Times models when 9th comes around since the game fast-forwards a bit. It seems like a huge waste of their molds though.

Well then I go with my second point and rescind my comment about them maintaining models. Honestly, I can't seem to predict GW anymore. Their obsession with limited edition stuff has been making them do some crazy stuff lately.

 Accolade wrote:
Well then I go with my second point and rescind my comment about them maintaining models. Honestly, I can't seem to predict GW anymore. Their obsession with limited edition stuff has been making them do some crazy stuff lately.

For the same reason the allegedly did End Times & Co. anyways, slimming the Fantasy line out, etc..

They've been doing limited release Captains for their webstore, the campaign-box models, Dark Vengeance chappy, etc.., etc...

The costs of molds (and model-design) are a near-negligible cost compared to shelf-space and storage of models (books, etc..) that don't shift in enough numbers.

All those old fantasy kits, plastic or not, are costing them money every single day they sit in their logistic, presumably a fair few of them cost more money/day than they make back selling. Sunk costs for molds/design barely matter.

That 'Thirster is beautiful. A work of art. I must have one. Already set with my friend's store to get one. And a book. My old 'Thirster has been converted to be a Mantic Daemon. This one...wow.

Finally a Bloodthirster you won't be embarrassed to have next to a GK Dreadknight.

Wonderwolf wrote:

 Accolade wrote:
Well then I go with my second point and rescind my comment about them maintaining models. Honestly, I can't seem to predict GW anymore. Their obsession with limited edition stuff has been making them do some crazy stuff lately.

For the same reason the allegedly did End Times & Co. anyways, slimming the Fantasy line out, etc..

They've been doing limited release Captains for their webstore, the campaign-box models, Dark Vengeance chappy, etc.., etc...

The costs of molds (and model-design) are a near-negligible cost compared to shelf-space and storage of models (books, etc..) that don't shift in enough numbers.

Single frame character models are not equivalent to the huge kits that we've gotten for Fantasy.

It would be like if the Knight had been a week long splash release where they then stopped selling the model.

 reds8n wrote:



Teclis is in that picture eh ?


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Spoiler:

Guessing he doesn't stay dead then.

.. although thinking about it doesn't Karl Franz have some line about the law of death being broken ?

I'm more concerned about the chap to his right. Isn't that Tyrion?

 Kanluwen wrote:

Wonderwolf wrote:

 Accolade wrote:
Well then I go with my second point and rescind my comment about them maintaining models. Honestly, I can't seem to predict GW anymore. Their obsession with limited edition stuff has been making them do some crazy stuff lately.

For the same reason the allegedly did End Times & Co. anyways, slimming the Fantasy line out, etc..

They've been doing limited release Captains for their webstore, the campaign-box models, Dark Vengeance chappy, etc.., etc...

The costs of molds (and model-design) are a near-negligible cost compared to shelf-space and storage of models (books, etc..) that don't shift in enough numbers.

Single frame character models are not equivalent to the huge kits that we've gotten for Fantasy.

It would be like if the Knight had been a week long splash release where they then stopped selling the model.

There is nothing in the design/mold of a Knight that would've prevented GW from doing just that. They just sell better than Fantasy (even after the by all accounts unexpected success of End Times), so as long as "cost-of-shelf-space" < "revenue through sales" beyond the initial release, it remains a candidate for a "permanent" spot in the range.

The costs of miniature design / mold are not prohibitive to doing a Knight-style-miniature as a one off. Prices for these things ´have fallen sharply. This isn't 2005 anymore.

Yup.

In the photo you can see:
Malekith, Balthasar Geld, Vlad von Carstein, an Anointed of Asuryan on Flamespyre Phoenix, something like 5-6 Treemen(at least one of which is a Treeman Ancient), a Runesmith, Tyrion and Teclis, Karl Franz, Arkhan the Black, and Nagash.

What is the scorpion tail thing in the bottom left corner?