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Someone better tell this athlete he's jumping wrong!

 Ghaz wrote:

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Someone better tell this athlete he's jumping wrong!

Well... it's a minor niggle, but he doesn't have an anime pose, nor is he shooting an arrow. Most obviously, he's not jumping backwards. It takes an eagle eye to notice the subtle difference, but he's not wearing armor either. It takes years of training to be able to jump with the grace of the Citadel Fine-Pose.


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Here we are... discussing the jumping mechanics of a FLYING model. Thanks GW. Where would I be without you.

Do their wings beat or do they float?

They look like they'd float and the wing positions may change in order for them to turn while moving.

As far as I can tell... they are intended to be light sort of like Bernini's Estasi Santa Teresa... though they aren't painted like that. The kind of stupid looking fan shape coming out from the lantern supports this theory. So... I guess the Sigmarines fly on the winds of magic... or whatever Citadel Fine-Etherium is the catchword of the day.

 keezus wrote:

 Talys wrote:
@keezus - the pose for Venator and Azyros is rather anime IMO. Imagine launching from a standing position, and launching backwards, while shooting forwards. The right leg is the one to lift first, the left the one to launch. The direction of the scrolly things indicates the motion in that vector.

Oh... I can imagine it, but it doesn't make any more sense. Try performing that action with your own legs... Launching backwards typically uses both legs, and the shoulders would be more square to the hips. This is a strange twisting motion while jumping (kind of) to one side - except when jumping to the side, to maintain balance, your weight is always launched on the leg closest to the direction you're going. I think they were going with something like (spoiler) for the pose, but not quite getting it... The chunkiness of the model doesn't really convey the nuances motion very well since the anatomy is completely hidden by inflexible armor plate. It's an aesthetic thing, so YMMV.
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Yeah.. but.. uh... we don't have a ginormous 25' wingspan that allows us to fly from one realm to another


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 Medium of Death wrote:
Do their wings beat or do they float?

They look like they'd float and the wing positions may change in order for them to turn while moving.

In the book artwork (paintings), they appear to be flying in some scenes, and descending from the heavens in others. Either way.. they're... magical

But they SHOULD beat (or at least provide magical propulsion), because Retributors move 4", Most other foot units 5", Gryph Hounds 9", Dracoth 10", and all the winged units 12". Plus, they have the ability to Fly (as opposed to "glide"? not that this would make any game-sense... "jump off of bastion!")

The move on these suckers is actually huge on a 4x4 surface; it feels like they can be anywhere you want them to be. The Knight Venator has a range of 30", too, so on a table that's not dense, his effective range and firing lanes will be crazy. And he gets that D6+3 damage against hero/monster once per game.

In the books they flap their wings and can use them as weapons but at the same time they can disappear like magic

This is how I see it. Diablo 3 spoilers.

I'm going to be really glad when the Age of Sigmar stuff is done with for a while, the only things that have remotely interested me have been the chaos bits and the prices have been unacceptably high.

I hope that they keep going for awhile. There's still a lot to see and 40k is stale.

GW should just walk & chew gum at the same time. Sigmar AND 40k releases every week! RAWR.

I like the Sigmarites, but I like 40k stuff much, much more

I don't mind the Age of Sigmar stuff as much as I mind that it's only one and a half armies (and the stormcast eternals in particular are all similar looking infantry) and that as a Dark Angels player, I irrationally feel like their focus on AoS is keeping them from putting out new FAQs for the new 40k codexes they just released.

looks alright

Erren wrote:
I don't mind the Age of Sigmar stuff as much as I mind that it's only one and a half armies (and the stormcast eternals in particular are all similar looking infantry) and that as a Dark Angels player, I irrationally feel like their focus on AoS is keeping them from putting out new FAQs for the new 40k codexes they just released.

Are you new?

40k has been dying on its ass for as long as fantasy, yes its still popular but its fading away. People whining about AoS prices expect more of the same for 40k or worse, do remember 40k is the money for them so charging more they think they'd get away with.

AoS still has more to come in terms of stormcast and khorne, whether they mix releases again I imagine will determine what they want out and then what fantasy release they go for. I don't see aelfs or duardin soon but undead could be thrown some if I had to guess

An interesting snippet from the What's New Today post today:

Here’s what else you can expect to find in this week’s issue:

•A Battletome worthy of Sigmar himself.
•Upgrades for the Stormhosts.
•Pit the Celestant-Prime (out tomorrow) against the dark champions of the Chaos Gods in our exclusive battleplan, Martial Contest.
•Our first Sprues and Glue on the Stormcast Eternals.
•Armies on Parade: week 6. We take a look at some of our centrepiece miniatures, including a seriously rotten Warshrine.
•We present four warscrolls for all the new units. Yes, four! Watch out for those tridents.
•And plenty more besides, including lanterns, hammers, squigpipes and an important question about Slaanesh…

On top of that, Warhammer Visions 20 is also out tomorrow! We showed a few pages of it last Friday, but here are a few more to whet your appetite.

I agree. Squigpipes are interesting.

jullevi wrote:
I agree. Squigpipes are interesting.

For some reason I'm picturing a set of bagpipes made out of a dead squig.

 Dawnbringer wrote:

jullevi wrote:
I agree. Squigpipes are interesting.

For some reason I'm picturing a set of bagpipes made out of a dead squig.

Wasn't one of the second gen squig herder night gobbos using a set of squig pipes to co-erce his mob of squigs?

Return of the night gobbos to AOS?

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Turns out the wall sections are pretty beefy...

Agreed, I eventually picked up a couple of parts after seeing them in the flesh.

Oh, since I didn't see prices anywhere in the thread...

Box of 3 Prosecutors $60
Azyros (flying lantern guy) $40
Venator (bowie with bird) $40
Celestial Warbringers Upgrades $12
Knights Excelsior Upgrades $12

The upgrade packs come with 5 of the Liberator shields (one for a Prime), and 3 Prosecutor shields (one for a Prime), 8 regular, sculpted shoulder pads, 6 Paladin shoulder pads, and 5 Paladin icons.

That's a bit boring for the upgrade packs. I was hoping for some new heads or weapons thrown in.

 Breotan wrote:

 Imposter101 wrote:
Any news on more re-boxes? I'm hoping we don't lose the Skaven Battalion until after Christmas at least.

Island of Blood was always a better deal. You can still get most of it on eBay fairly cheap.

I did actually, but most of the other copies are quickly getting bought out.

 usernamesareannoying wrote:
I hope that they keep going for awhile. There's still a lot to see and 40k is stale.

Yeah, there's bound to be more of these overpriced, faceless armoured ciphers to come (sorry, Stormcast Eternals).

Oh man, I'm so hyped about Slaanesh. Hope, it's good news

 Bull0 wrote:

 usernamesareannoying wrote:
I hope that they keep going for awhile. There's still a lot to see and 40k is stale.

Yeah, there's bound to be more of these overpriced, faceless armoured ciphers to come (sorry, Stormcast Eternals).

putting the stormcast completely aside there's still every other race to touch on. I can't image that they're not all going to change in some way.

They're going to come with round bases. Exciting!

CragHack wrote:
Oh man, I'm so hyped about Slaanesh. Hope, it's good news

From the White Dwarf? Just a minor piece in "Ask Grombrindal" after a punter asked about the whereabouts of Slaanesh.. Nothing new just a re-iteration of the AOS fluff of Tyrion and Morathi(?) capturing the Dark Prince.

And the Night Goblin piece is a just a bit in "Bit/Instrument Of the week" which just pictures the old squig herders with pipes and cymbals.

As for the bits packs I think the round Prosecutor shields will be seeing a lot of action in 40k Ultramarine armies, very Roman in look and execution.

Barzam wrote:That's a bit boring for the upgrade packs. I was hoping for some new heads or weapons thrown in.

They're the equivalent of the old chapter sprues for space Marines where you got 5 shoulders and 5 backpacks. They don't really mix with each other or the stock equivalents, because the heraldry is stormhost specific.

I know what you mean, though, they would be cool if they were like the new chapter upgrade sprues.

usernamesareannoying wrote:putting the stormcast completely aside there's still every other race to touch on. I can't image that they're not all going to change in some way.

In fairness there have been new Chaos models, and a bunch of faction agnostic scenery

Just ask if anybody wants pics of the bits packs/warscrolls etc etc I have the White Dwarf in hand.

60 bucks for 3 figs makes me sad :(