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 Tactical_Spam wrote:
or GW doesn't even try anymore

Pretty sure you answered your question right there.

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

The shields are pretty similar and the greaves and vambraces aren't too far off from the Sigmarite ones. I am guessing these are corrupted Sigmarines or GW doesn't even try anymore

Greaves and vambraces are going to be similar on just about anything vaguely human-shaped, and the shields are 'similar' in that they're longer than they are wide.

Honestly, I think you're reading too much into it.

Yeah, the similarities in question are probably more a factor of having been designed by the same team for the same brand rather than anything else.

Yeah. I hate AOS as much as anyone on this site, but the knights aren't really similar to the sigmarines.

They look like a jazzed up knight, but at 6 times the price.

I don't really see what everyone is going on about them looking like the sigmarites. Granted they are armored, but in the same way as space marines and chaos space marines in 40k.

I really can't wait until something new comes out that isn't marines with swords.

If some fancy new elves come out that'd be great. I'd just need to find some square bases for them...

 Turalon wrote:
They look like a jazzed up knight, but at 6 times the price.

I don't really see what everyone is going on about them looking like the sigmarites. Granted they are armored, but in the same way as space marines and chaos space marines in 40k.

I really can't wait until something new comes out that isn't marines with swords.

If some fancy new elves come out that'd be great. I'd just need to find some square bases for them...

Let'S not get overboard. I think only one person said that they looked like sigmarine

 streetsamurai wrote:

 Turalon wrote:
They look like a jazzed up knight, but at 6 times the price.

I don't really see what everyone is going on about them looking like the sigmarites. Granted they are armored, but in the same way as space marines and chaos space marines in 40k.

I really can't wait until something new comes out that isn't marines with swords.

If some fancy new elves come out that'd be great. I'd just need to find some square bases for them...

Let'S not get overboard. I think only one person said that they looked like sigmarine

I was talking with someone at a FLGS and they were expressing those views. I didn't mean to say that everyone on Dakka was saying that.

 Red Corsair wrote:
Guillermo Del Torro may be designing GW minis after looking at the new Tzeentch sorcerer, first thing I thought of was hellboy 2 and Pans labrynth. Not a bad thing at all.

Thats a great source of inspiration for the design team.
Cant wait to see the elves now

 George Spiggott wrote:
Is this a subtle joke I'm not in on?

Surely there's a limit to how big the new dwarf will be if they are to continue legitimately describing it as a dwarf?

It's not a Dwarf, it's a Fyreslayer Dwarfadin.

GW can make them like Ogres (sorry, Ogers) if they like.

You mean Ogor!

From an in-universe standpoint, why did everyone change their names anyway?

 Ashiraya wrote:
You mean Ogor!

From an in-universe standpoint, why did everyone change their names anyway?

They are completely different races/species. Thousands of years have passed since the Old World went boom, and they are supposed to be completely different... thingies


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Also, after seeing the summoner model I am calling a cost of about 45€ for him.

So they are completely different species that just happen to be exactly the same, with names that are often just variations of the old name?

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 Ashiraya wrote:
So they are completely different species that just happen to be exactly the same, with names that are often just variations of the old name?

ಠ_ಠ

Well, when compared to the previous setting's species, yes.

They aren't new species, they are the same species but their names have changed. If you want an in-universe explanation it's pretty easy to imagine that languages have changed over thousands of years.

The AoS General Discussion & Background sub-forum is the appropriate place for this line of conversation. Thanks!

 Mymearan wrote:
They aren't new species, they are the same species but their names have changed. If you want an in-universe explanation it's pretty easy to imagine that languages have changed over thousands of years.

We can discuss this elsewhere, if you'd like

As accurate a size comparison as I could make of the new knights

The pricing is kinda funny. I mean, you get 6 Bloodcrushers for the same price. I think that the real reason to pick the Knights over the Bloodcrushers is for painter's delight: to paint the three nicer models, instead of the six slightly smaller and not as detailed ones.

5 models would've been completely fine imo. Even if you consider them to be 3 Chaos Lords and thus priced thereafter, well, why would you want 3 Chaos Lords? If I did though, I might actually buy them.

You could buy a pack and split it with friends. Or maybe people will part them out on eBay.

The model doesn't look significantly larger than the old one. At least, it's definitely not the size of an elephant.

 Fayric wrote:

 Red Corsair wrote:
Guillermo Del Torro may be designing GW minis after looking at the new Tzeentch sorcerer, first thing I thought of was hellboy 2 and Pans labrynth. Not a bad thing at all.

Thats a great source of inspiration for the design team.
Cant wait to see the elves now

So they'll look like members of Bros?

 Kilkrazy wrote:

The model doesn't look significantly larger than the old one. At least, it's definitely not the size of an elephant.

I actually just checked - you could get 3 Aventine Hellenistic elephants with towers and crews for each for a little less than these models.

Someone mentioned splitting a box.

I'm doing just that, and using them as Chaos Lords.

 Thunderfrog wrote:
Someone mentioned splitting a box.

I'm doing just that, and using them as Chaos Lords.

This was my thought. There one of them that I really like, and some of the weapons, but not for $100 for all three. I'd totally be down for a box-splitting...

-C6

next week gw releases

WHITE DWARF WEEKLY 99 4
GAUNT SUMMONER 40
REALMGATE WARS: CALL OF ARCHAON 24

Would that be in usd?

Those look like American $ prices, $4 is right for the White Dwarf...and judgedoug is from the USofA

 judgedoug wrote:
GAUNT SUMMONER 40

Not bad considering. I look forward to seeing more of this model.

Thanks for the info judgedoug!

That seems pretty cheap for a RealmGate Wars campaign book. I wonder if its the campaign one or a Black Library fiction one?