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warboss wrote: How many different types of giants exist so far in the Conquest world?
Currently I think we're on 5? With actual models anyway. I'm not 100% sure on what the two City State Titans actually are in lore terms (someone with an updated version of the Companion may have a better idea) but it's possible they're constructs or the vessels for primordial power that the CS founders were going for. The Jotnar are the actual giants and they're more three different flavours of the same base race that have evolved due to their climates.
Starting this Wednesday 3/22 at Adepticon, we will be offering attendees the first shot at our new Conquest First Blood scenario pack, The Angry Chicken! This whimsical, yet evil, 2 figure scenario for First Blood play is pure fun. The Angry Chicken started as a meme from the community based on the Apex Predator.... and now behold the chickens are creating a fast paced alternative play scenario for Conquest First Blood fans everywhere. These are a sincere gesture of thanks for the thousands of community members who trek out to Cons to see us, demo a game and have a good time!
Supplies are limited at each Con to what we can make and bring.... and they are "first come first served". They will be only available for select 2023 Cons. See us first at booth 510 at Adepticon! After that you can count on some being available for BrisCon in April in Brisbane, Aus... where else will they show up?
Looks fun! PB is getting on the Con exclusive train...
Surprised it's not Murder Fish Gnomes. Guess they really are annoyed at how strongly that got picked up as a meme.
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With the new starter set not being available til who knows when, is the newer First Blood worth picking up? It doesn’t seem to be quite as good value for money and I’ll get laughed at by my mates for buying another starter set no ones want to play BUT the larger minis and non-typical designs look great and might be easier on my poor old eyes!
Cheers!
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OMG, that sauropod... While I love the designs, conquest is just too large a scale for me to get into - but that dinosaur would be useful at just about any of the preferred mini scales.
highlord tamburlaine wrote: I swear I just saw berserker type dudes most likely for the Nords somewhere online wearing furs and skulls... and now I don't know where I saw that.
warboss wrote: Cool! I'm glad they're getting dinosaurs. I was afraid they'd get a giant or two instead and I've have to post an Oprah meme.
I don't get that take to be honest. There's 7 factions currently and a grand total of 2 of them have giants; both of them quite appropriate for the mythologies they're loosely based around.
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warboss wrote: Cool! I'm glad they're getting dinosaurs. I was afraid they'd get a giant or two instead and I've have to post an Oprah meme.
I don't get that take to be honest. There's 7 factions currently and a grand total of 2 of them have giants; both of them quite appropriate for the mythologies they're loosely based around.
Well, I'd start by restating the hopefully obvious in that it's a light hearted joke. Usually a giant is a singular model (both in the line and usually the army) that is a centerpiece of a force and the uniqueness of something is proportional to its rarity like in Oldhammer (I don't follow Sigmar so can't say there). With five (?) different giants across four kits and two factions so far, both are somewhat lessened despite the mostly excellent (except the Jotunn IMO) sculpts. I do think making this latest pair a dual kit is a step in the right direction though.
warboss wrote: Cool! I'm glad they're getting dinosaurs. I was afraid they'd get a giant or two instead and I've have to post an Oprah meme.
I don't get that take to be honest. There's 7 factions currently and a grand total of 2 of them have giants; both of them quite appropriate for the mythologies they're loosely based around.
Well, I'd start by restating the hopefully obvious in that it's a light hearted joke. Usually a giant is a singular model (both in the line and usually the army) that is a centerpiece of a force and the uniqueness of something is proportional to its rarity like in Oldhammer (I don't follow Sigmar so can't say there). With five (?) different giants across four kits and two factions so far, both are somewhat lessened despite the mostly excellent (except the Jotunn IMO) sculpts. I do think making this latest pair a dual kit is a step in the right direction though.
I got that it was a light-hearted joke but (at the risk of attempting to needlessly deconstruct humour and just generally be pedantic about a most-definitely not serious thing...) for the Oprah meme to be applicable then 'everyone' (or at least, 'most', or indeed 'many') of the factions, as opposed to a minority, would indeed have to 'get a giant' otherwise it just doesn't work as a point of mirth. Yes I'm fun at parties.
I'd also say that they're very much proportional to their rarity in terms of how often they actually see table time (relative to Oldhammer or Middlehammer), these just have multiple options; you're still probably only likely to see one at a time in any given army. I for one am not going to grumble at there being options in that fairly narrow window.
As a mild tangent, I think the Sea-Giant also only exists because one of the sculptors decided they wanted to make one and it was pretty enough the devs wrote rules rather than it always being planned as part of the Nord roster.
Sea Jotnar has been part of the Nord roster for a very, very long time. The sculptor added details that made the dev team change the rules, but it existed long before a sculptor was ever involved.
Last year, Para Bellum seemed to have lost momentum due to the high price of resin, so I am relieved that Para Bellum's environment seemed to have improved.
Agema and Thorakites are scheduled to be released in May, but are not shown in any of the videos about this catalog. So, does this catalog introduce products that will be released after June?
