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The Dankhold Troggoth

Those ears are hanging low. Do they wobble to and fro?

Looks like a less-mushroomy version of Mollog for Nightvault...

I like the look, it's a distinct take on a troll that very much says 'troll' in aesthetic. If I was shown that image with no context and asked what I thought it was I would immediately think troll.


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 oomiestompa wrote:
Those ears are hanging low. Do they wobble to and fro?

Exalted

Danny76 wrote:
The Dankhold Troggoth

Its like an "After Meth" picture of Dumbo.

TROGG-DOOOOOR

That’s some dank troll.

There. No need to do any memes.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Obstacles and garrisons have rules as well, tbf. I'm also dissapointed by a lack of generic terrain rules. I don't like the default mystical rules either--when everything gets a random special rule it becomes a chore and dilutes the impact so it isn't.fun anymore. I would prefer those rules being only associated with specific pieces (as the warscrolls in the GHB) and maybe being a bit stronger for some (deadly/inspiring/sinister are kinda meh imo). The lack of something for water features is also particularly glaring to me.

Saddest part is that one of the big issues with Kharadron could be solved by their airships getting "Garrison" as a bit for the embarked units.

Have playtested it quite a bit and it makes a huge difference.

From GW's Instagram account:

well... I knew it would happen eventually but I am going to have to buy some proper sigmar stuff now, not legacy models

I think these models would look better if they ditched the black for the robes. It really doesn't work with the colourful shroomy look. Those squig knights in particular would look better in bright and vivid livery.

 Crimson wrote:
I think these models would look better if they ditched the black for the robes. It really doesn't work with the colourful shroomy look. Those squig knights in particular would look better in bright and vivid livery.

I think it might be used as a contrast against all the crazy bright colors that make up the rest of the army. It might make the bright colors stand out more and make the different parts of the model more easily identifiable at arm's length.

I think in the fluff the leaders tend to go for flashier colors, but I might be rembering that wrong.

I was thinking about painting mine up more of a burgundy color, but I want to wait and see if there's any background fluff about different colors before doing that. It might make everything too same-y if I paint the squigs red, but I think I might loot all the squigs for my 40k orks anyway.

 Crimson wrote:
I think these models would look better if they ditched the black for the robes. It really doesn't work with the colourful shroomy look. Those squig knights in particular would look better in bright and vivid livery.

Can't agree there, I think they would look even more cartoony with another added set of colors. The contrast is already there with the red squigs and green grot skin, if you add in another color to stand out they will just look like a mess. The dark robes let this color scheme work imo. The spot colors are also there with the yellow markings and purple shrooms.

They already look like a cartoony mess. Just embrace it!

I don’t think that their robes have to necessarily be black, but they probably should be at least dark in tone. Most of the time anyway.

I think that with too bright and crazy of a robe color they might end up looking less cartoony and more Jackson Pollock from a couple feet away.

I suppose some extra colour is possible with them:





So long as it’s a strong contrast to the skin and emblems. Personally though, I think it’s best confined to the hoods.

Mine are white robes & blue skin, the Smurfs of Chaos!

I like the look of the purple hoods. Different color hoods might be a good way to differentiate units.

 Future War Cultist wrote:
I don’t think that their robes have to necessarily be black, but they probably should be at least dark in tone. Most of the time anyway.

A helpful tip is to add a bit of Rhinox Hide or Mournfang Brown to Abaddon Black when painting. There's a bit of extra depth added and it makes a noticeable shift that won't ruin the overall 'theme'.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Future War Cultist wrote:
I don’t think that their robes have to necessarily be black, but they probably should be at least dark in tone. Most of the time anyway.

A helpful tip is to add a bit of Rhinox Hide or Mournfang Brown to Abaddon Black when painting. There's a bit of extra depth added and it makes a noticeable shift that won't ruin the overall 'theme'.

When I paint something that's intended to be black, I usually paint it dark grey (Eshin Grey), then use 2-3 coats of a black wash (Nuln Oil).

Have they mentioned if any of this amazing stuff goes up tomorrow?

Next weekend I think.

Only thing on pre order today is white dwarf

Ah. Damn. Soon enough. Cheers.

Other than a boatload of squigs I'll probably wait on having a look at the book for the rest.

Interested in seeing the terrain rules as it's been odd how the army specific terrain is mostly crap in 40k while being almost universally awesome in AoS.

 EnTyme wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Future War Cultist wrote:
I don’t think that their robes have to necessarily be black, but they probably should be at least dark in tone. Most of the time anyway.

A helpful tip is to add a bit of Rhinox Hide or Mournfang Brown to Abaddon Black when painting. There's a bit of extra depth added and it makes a noticeable shift that won't ruin the overall 'theme'.

When I paint something that's intended to be black, I usually paint it dark grey (Eshin Grey), then use 2-3 coats of a black wash (Nuln Oil).

This is generally my go to as well for painting black. Except hair, I usually actually paint hair black, then hit it with a blue wash.

As an aside, I would love it if with these new Squig Hoppers they rereleased the old rules for Squig Hopper racing. That was always a bit of stupid fun.

 Tamereth wrote:
Loving these, they are close enough to the old model range to fit in with my night goblin army while also having a new dynamic to them due to the poses. Will be getting one of everything show so far bar the magic spells.
Mangler squibs and trolls will be icing on the cake. Just need some square bases to fit them on.

Manglers and fanatics can go on round bases as they don't need to rank up. In WHFB they had round bases as well

White robes on night goblins might fly overseas but here in the states it would be in pretty bad taste. The hoods at least should be non-white.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
White robes on night goblins might fly overseas but here in the states it would be in pretty bad taste. The hoods at least should be non-white.

The one to the left below doesn't look too bad and shouldn't remind people of a certain group...

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
White robes on night goblins might fly overseas but here in the states it would be in pretty bad taste. The hoods at least should be non-white.

I don't know. Crouched, ugly and cowardly gnomes with green skin hiding in caves, feasting on psychodelic mushrooms and wearing white robes should only offend a certain group of people.

Please don’t derail this thread, I like this thread.

Switching gears a bit here but does anyone think it's possible that Juan Diaz daemonettes may go back on made to order with the incoming slannesh release?

I really hope so because I didn't buy nearly enough last time around and wasn't sure if I'd want to do slannesh demons in the future until I saw the new fiends and decent rules/costs.

The cost for them on eBay is back up to previous ridiculous prices, and GW has a golden opportunity to make bank on another well timed made to order release.