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Maybe GW have taken an (in this case appropriate) hint from Kingdom Death and the Slannesh face will be in the groin?

(a simple enough conversion to add a KoS face yourseld if they've not done it)

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Maybe GW have taken an (in this case appropriate) hint from Kingdom Death and the Slannesh face will be in the groin?

(a simple enough conversion to add a KoS face yourseld if they've not done it)

Or the tail

Needs 9 more heads. Would make it fitting as comparable to the Beast of Revelation to Herald another End Times.

Then again, would that make Archaon, the Whore of Babylon?

How many arms does that guy have?

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balls!

I thought my AoS itch had finally faded.

 Lithlandis Stormcrow wrote:

 Bottle wrote:
I have millions of square bases because I keep buying WHFB kits for AoS :-p

I might look into getting some of those slotted movement trays when I feel like playing 8th edition as well.

Send the 20mm square bases over, I'm rebasing my entire HE army at the moment. Need like... 300 or so xD

Sure! PM me your address and I'll send you a few bags :-)

And Archaon looks AWESOME! Almost makes me want to play Chaos! Reminds me of that epic 2 headed dragon with the chaos rider from the olden days (Warhammer 5th edition maybe?)

 Bottle wrote:
Reminds me of that epic 2 headed dragon with the chaos rider from the olden days (Warhammer 5th edition maybe?)

How so? Egrimm van Horstmann looked good. Nothing like this CAD abomination.

... it's a chaos knight riding a multiple headed flying monster.

It looks great in my opinion. YMMV of course.

Got to find a way to mount him on foot now.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Maybe GW have taken an (in this case appropriate) hint from Kingdom Death and the Slannesh face will be in the groin?

(a simple enough conversion to add a KoS face yourseld if they've not done it)

Or the tail

The tail already looks rather Slanneshi to me so I wonder if that's what gw were thinking. Will have to wait for better pictures to find out.

Looks pretty cool from what I can see, would make a good stand in for a chaos lord on chaos dragon for 8th

Daston wrote:
Looks pretty cool from what I can see, would make a good stand in for a chaos lord on chaos dragon for 8th

That, or a REALLY badass looking Chimera

Archaon does look pretty awesome.. Now, If only there was a game to use that model in.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 Guildsman wrote:
Oh look, another cartoon monstrosity in a ridiculous, illogical flying pose. Definitely a step down from the previous version.

Looking through some of your previous posts, I can't help but wonder why you keep coming into the GW threads. All you seem to do is moan about things. While we all like to have a good poke at GW now and again, you're a bit like a track set to "Repeat One"...

I'm sorry, who appointed you the content police? I can certainly see why someone might find the new Archaon overdone, especially compared to the old one which is excellent.

 primalexile wrote:
Got to find a way to mount him on foot now.

Just do what GW did with the last model: take him off the mount, stand him on a rock and fill the massive space between his legs with layered loincloths... Oh, and then notice that looks rubbish, and so sell it as a limited edition


New version does look freaking awesome, though.

 insaniak wrote:

 primalexile wrote:
Got to find a way to mount him on foot now.

Just do what GW did with the last model: take him off the mount, stand him on a rock and fill the massive space between his legs with layered loincloths... Oh, and then notice that looks rubbish, and so sell it as a limited edition

You do realise Archaon on foot was a completely different sculpt to the mounted one right?

The bodies are completely different (mainly the cloaks) and Mounted Archie's legs are attached to Dorghar.

 Grimtuff wrote:

You do realise Archaon on foot was a completely different sculpt to the mounted one right?

The bodies are completely different (mainly the cloaks) and Mounted Archie's legs are attached to Dorghar.

They're really not. There's some minor detailing that's different, the cloak is shortened, the head is turned a different way and (to be fair) the legs are probably actually resculpted, but done in a way that makes them look like they're not.

But it was the same base model.

Taking bets on absurd price for Archaeon.

$175 USD? More? Less? (Bwahahahaha)

-C6

I think they'll give us a break and make him cheaper, like $125, and then release the on foot version the following week for $87

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
I'm sorry, I love skulls just as much as the next guy but I prefer them on my dudes, not in them.

I like my dudes to have at least one skull in them generally, although in the proper spot.

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
+ It seems to lack the Trish Morrison-esque giant hands and rippling lips so characteristic of GW large monster sculpts.

- It has skulls in its wings. Like it's made out of skulls. Another big ol' bag of skulls monster. I'm sorry, I love skulls just as much as the next guy but I prefer them on my dudes, not in them.

Damn, you're right.. I retract my previous statement about it being an amazing model. Yet again, another model basically ruined by the whole "skull inside them" BS. So irritating GW can't just make menacing looking models without the cartoony crap.

Sweet, my new counts-as lord of change.

 Necros wrote:
I think they'll give us a break and make him cheaper, like $125, and then release the on foot version the following week for $87

He doesn't have an "on foot" version anymore. You can't kill mounts out from under people so it doesn't matter for foot/mounted variations.

Judging from the size and everything, it looks like he could be as low as $80(same price as the Celestant-Prime).

 Wehrkind wrote:

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
I'm sorry, I love skulls just as much as the next guy but I prefer them on my dudes, not in them.

I like my dudes to have at least one skull in them generally, although in the proper spot.

Thank you! I was waiting for someone to catch that.

My first impression was "Wow, what an awesome model!" but then I noticed that it suffers from the same "Bag O' Skulls" problem as the starter set monster thing. It has skulls popping out of it everywhere (wings, tail, stomach), etc.

It absolutely ruins the model for me.

Sold on it. Definite buy for me.

Gallahad wrote:My first impression was "Wow, what an awesome model!" but then I noticed that it suffers from the same "Bag O' Skulls" problem as the starter set monster thing. It has skulls popping out of it everywhere (wings, tail, stomach), etc.

It absolutely ruins the model for me.

Sammoth wrote:Sold on it. Definite buy for me.

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I won't make an off colour joke about the fact that the model does have a Slaaneshi head, we just can't see it.

*ahem*

Far too busy. Just another stupid looking big monster. The original Archaon was great.

Don't get me wrong - I REALLY love skulls. I bought a Realm of Battle specifically because I thought the skull pits were awesome (I like to imagine the battle is taking place on a planet comprised entirely of skulls with a thin layer of sediment on top). But the skulls in Khornegorath or Khornemongander or whatever the hell that thing's name is from the AOS starter? That's just a skull too far for me. Sad to see that GW has decided that from now on Chaos is all just big bags of skull skittles. Skuttles.

I can only see one skull, on the wings, should be easy to file down and smooth over,... Although I really hate it as well.