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The background does have some events that are called/interpreted differently depending on pov. Some races are even closely linked despite being "so different". IMO one of the points that makes the Conquest background so good.

About paint, it really depends on what kind of level you aim for. As for everything, you can slap some washes and contrast. I do find Spires to be quite fast as the models are mostly chitin/bone and organic tissue.

I did a first batch where 90% of the models were just color shifting paint for bone and base+wash for flesh. Took no time to complete. Then I went back for more layers and highlights as I simply don't like too plain looking minis but was still fast to complete.
Conquest minis can be easier to paint due to a bit larger size and not being overloaded with details every millimetre. Basic models like Force Grown Drones or Men At Arms can go very fast with batch painting.

Hey people. Just thought I'd share this wip.

Pretty cool work so far.

My core set is on the way. I'm almost anxious!

Nice work so far. As someone who absolutely hates the painting aspect of the hobby I always appreciate how much effort others can put into painting.

I like the color palette you've gone with - very nice!

Here's the finished product

It can now solo that Imperial Knight

Color choice is very adequate, it looks properly alien as if the skin was slimy and disgusting. Good job!

Although this looks pretty neat, ultimately my group passed on starting it because everyone wanted to play Spires. None of the other factions were even remotely as visually distinctive.

If they expand the game a bit, we might give it a second look, but for now I think it's a wait and see.

LeperColony wrote:
Although this looks pretty neat, ultimately my group passed on starting it because everyone wanted to play Spires. None of the other factions were even remotely as visually distinctive.

If they expand the game a bit, we might give it a second look, but for now I think it's a wait and see.

Here you have 4 upcoming factions: City States (steam punk not Greeks), Old Dominion (their version of undead), W'adrhun (their version of orcs, which is the 5th faction to be released), Weavers (their version of wood elfs).

Omg. These ar awesome

Wadrun are coming out like now. Their take on orcs. Tribal, picts, dino riders.

Old Dominion ar their take on undead. So not gothic skeleton undead. But more like hell sent angels and stuff.

The city states are greek steam punk.

The weaver courts are I believe the wood elf take.

The Old Dominion look fantastic. I'll keep tabs on the releases.

I am really hoping the Nord line picks up in quality. Love the backstory, and the Jarl is an amazing model by itself.

But man, the units so far are lagging behind the other factions big time. The Ugrs are a huge swing and miss and the Huscarls, while showing some promise just aren't there.

On the other hand, the 100k and Spires are very cool all around.

I think the huscarls are some of the more fun models i put together and painted. They are some of my favorite models.

 auticus wrote:
I think the huscarls are some of the more fun models i put together and painted. They are some of my favorite models.

Would they make a good basis for a Blooded conversion=are they similar in size with the Blooded resin model?

 auticus wrote:
I think the huscarls are some of the more fun models i put together and painted. They are some of my favorite models.

I found a decent unboxing video on Youtube. They do look better than I first thought, but of course opinions can/will vary.

Are there any good unboxing videos or reviews of Stalkers? The troll preview I saw (assuming that is what they are) is exciting.

To be honest I have seen very little in terms of "unboxing" videos. I was doing things like that on my youtube and underspire channels but it appeared no one really cared so I haven't put any content out in a while, instead going to focus on writing for underspire and doing battle reports on video.

When I get ready to scan Huscarls into TTS I will send a picture out.

 Khornate25 wrote:
Omg. These ar awesome

The angel for old dominion is flat out lovely.

Hi people ! One of my friend is interested by the city states. Did we ever had any news regarding when they would be released ? I know that right now the Wadrhun are being released, but do we have a release for the other factions ?

There are no dates for anything at this time. November has their next big announcement of dates and times.

The next faction to be released after Wadrun was to be Old Dominion. Thats their take on undead.

City States would be after. WHen that is... dunno.


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 auticus wrote:
There are no dates for anything at this time. November has their next big announcement of dates and times.

The next faction to be released after Wadrun was to be Old Dominion. Thats their take on undead.

City States would be after. WHen that is... dunno.


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Well thank you !

I'd not be too surprised if they did a bit of shuffling of factions, tbh.

Wake me when City States is released. I like the look of that one picture A LOT.

 Theophony wrote:
Wake me when City States is released. I like the look of that one picture A LOT.

I feel you. This is the faction I am waiting for since the first read of Conquest site.

With the release of First Blood I decided to rebase Yggdrasil junior. Previously it was on an infantry base because I had planned to put him on an empty slot on the character stand. As FB is not using stands and I have no intention to have a full Nords army I decided that it will be repurposed as the inspirational (for the Nords at least) terrain piece.

Spire brutes are slowly growing on me. They look exactly like large bulky ugly monsters I've been wanting to get since forever.

I still don't "get" both Abomination and common Spire infantry, but I'm not going to lie: with usual Parabellum discounts it becomes harder to resist with each passing month.

 Khornate25 wrote:
Here's the finished product

Nice Khornate!

I'm curious, how tall is she and what size round base does it fit on?

I"m thinking of getting the starter for their skirmish rules, and using this model for Kings of War.

 Shrapnelsmile wrote:

 Khornate25 wrote:
Here's the finished product

Nice Khornate!

I'm curious, how tall is she and what size round base does it fit on?

I"m thinking of getting the starter for their skirmish rules, and using this model for Kings of War.

The Abo is about 17cm high (huuuuge!). Fits on a 100mm round base.

Also note that all Conquest models are possible to use in First Blood, including big monsters like the abo. It's a skirmish ruleset but it's more on a warband level than squad level, you'll typically have about 20-30 models per side in a game (playing 500 points more or less).