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2018/02/18 04:23:04
Subject: Warhammer Underworlds - Shadespire News - Dwarf warband video in first post!
Vorian wrote: And we know the miniatures were finished before Shadespire as a game concept even existed.
This is why the miniatures bases don't match up as well, (stormcast ones have vines and leaves...in shadespire..what?) And the Skaven have sewer themed bases. Their bases are not themed around the actual Shadespire tiles.
Same with some of the model rules not really matching the armaments, I think. Still, the models are pretty incredible
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OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: Meanwhile, in the City of Mirrors, two new Warhammer Underworlds warbands will be joining the fray:
Magore’s Fiends are a hard-hitting pack of Khorne-worshipping Blood Warriors, while the Farstriders combine the stalwart durability of their kin in Steelheart’s Champions with the elite training and ranged wargear of the Vanguard Chambers. Both of these warbands will be out soon, with a range of new cards, new mechanics and new tricks for every player to try.
TBH I am pretty over Khorne and Stormcast releases at this point. They look nice but it's kind of more of the same. Wish they had taken this opportunity to at least give us another female SC figure.
Another great reminder of how terrible the sideways crossbows of the vanguard look. Try as I might I just can't get excited for anything related to stormcast or Khorne FancyHats.
Oh come on :( We have Khorne dudes and Stormcasts already.
At least Khorne guys have a pet for some variation...
I had hoped the next warband would be Goblins.. Or Nurgle. Or Tzeench. Or Ogres. Or Dryads. Or Elves. Or Slaanesh. Or "free peoples". Or Beastmen. Or Lizardmen. Or other flavour ofundead.
At least Khorne guys have a pet for some variation...
I had hoped the next warband would be Goblins.. Or Nurgle. Or Tzeench. Or Ogres. Or Dryads. Or Elves. Or Slaanesh. Or "free peoples". Or Beastmen. Or Lizardmen. Or other flavour ofundead.
We’ve known what the first 8 warbands are since the rulebook came out.
At least Khorne guys have a pet for some variation...
I had hoped the next warband would be Goblins.. Or Nurgle. Or Tzeench. Or Ogres. Or Dryads. Or Elves. Or Slaanesh. Or "free peoples". Or Beastmen. Or Lizardmen. Or other flavour ofundead.
We’ve known what the first 8 warbands are since the rulebook came out.
Well I haven`t. Ok, how about....
I hope the next warbands will be Goblins.. Or Nurgle. Or Tzeench. Or Ogres. Or Dryads. Or Elves. Or Slaanesh. Or "free peoples". Or Beastmen. Or Lizardmen. Or other flavour of undead.
As someone who is on the verge of being talked into Shadespire, the two new warbands are a fething yawn. Not doing much to encourage me to take the plunge.
These are super boring. At least the core set Stormcasts have that rare female Stormcast, these look like they could have been assembled from the multipart kit.
Hm. Not a big fan of these either, but it's not too surprising, as they look about how they're described in the book.
A warband that i think would be fun but also would never happen: something based on the grot scuttlings from silver tower! Little arachnogobs, maybe an odd half spider half goblin leader...
Dakka does have White Knights and is also rather infamous for it's Black Knights. A new edition brings out the passionate and not all of them are good at expressing themselves in written form. There have been plenty of hysterical responses from both sides so far. So we descend into pointless bickering with neither side listening to each other. So posting here becomes more masturbation than conversation.
ERJAK wrote: Forcing a 40k player to keep playing 7th is basically a hate crime.
I think this release does nothing to increase the appeal of the game (more Khorne and Sigmarines? Wow!), but damn if those Khorne minis aren't fantastic.
At least we get a plastic flesh hound out of it . I also quite like that hawk, and the Stormcast bases. But overall, I wonder if they teased both of these together like this because they knew it was a weak release and wanted to quickly move on. Hopefully they'll get more creative with the first warbands from the next "season"!
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Requizen wrote: I dunno, I'm a huge fan of Vanguard-Hunters in general, so this is way up my alley. Birds and bows and furs looks amazing!
I like them okay, they just don't wow me. The two things I think would really improve them for me personally is if the guy on the left didn't have his sword out and if the leader of the group was female. He'd just look better in less chunky armor.
Well they do have cool tree stump base, aside from that, nothing really spectacular that you can't really remade using existing multi-part kit. You can have the bird arm from Vanguard Raptor box.
But the bird here look way better than the one I got from my Raptor kit.
I think these are nice models, but they aren't that impactful at first sight or fresh feeling cause we're already so familiar with these kind of characters. I think they are a welcome addition to the game, sure I would have rather had Seraphon/Flesheater Courts or DoK but seeing the game get solid support is something, at least. I'm more interested in what is next for the WH underworlds brand, I still think there is room in the Shadespire setting for a few more warbands but they might simply move on to a new setting.
They have pets, they come with cool bases and if you add them to the starter box warbands you have a pretty good foundation for a skirmish warband. They continue the trend of being better looking versions of the standard kits. I will be buying both.
I was borderline on picking up Shadespire and just needed a warband that I truly love; making basically two duplicate warbands definitely did not help that. I don't think these warbands are going to bring in very many new players at all.
It's not surprising they aren't a great choice for game diversity. The models all existed before there was a game, so they weren't chosen with that in mind.
Going forward, the next decisions will all be with knowledge of the game and what niches and races they have to fill - so we will get more interesting choices.
2000 Khorne Bloodbound (Skullfiend Tribe- Aqshy)
1000 Tzeentch Arcanites (Pyrofane Cult - Hysh) in progress
2000 Slaves to Darkness (Ravagers)
. I also quite like that hawk, and the Stormcast bases. But overall, I wonder if they teased both of these together like this because they knew it was a weak release and wanted to quickly move on. Hopefully they'll get more creative with the first warbands from the next "season"!
