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So here is my Leagues of Votann army set unboxing & review, incl. high-res sprue pics, codex flick-through and a few size comparisons with other 40k infantry & AoS Duardin models. I think they scale up quite nicely and aren‘t as big as some photoshopped size comparisons made them to be. Hearthkyn Warriors come on 28mm bases btw.
stahly wrote: So here is my Leagues of Votann army set unboxing & review, incl. high-res sprue pics, codex flick-through and a few size comparisons with other 40k infantry & AoS Duardin models. I think they scale up quite nicely and aren‘t as big as some photoshopped size comparisons made them to be. Hearthkyn Warriors come on 28mm bases btw.
stahly wrote:There are also a lot of choices when it comes to armament. All 10 models can be equipped with either an auto-pattern bolter or ion blaster, or with a bolt pistol and melee weapon. Strangely enough, the latter is not an option in the codex.
When the other half of their Codex comes out in 18-ish months, there will be a new Irn Kyn Avyngyrs or something unit that will have lots of them, no doubt.
stahly wrote:There are also a lot of choices when it comes to armament. All 10 models can be equipped with either an auto-pattern bolter or ion blaster, or with a bolt pistol and melee weapon. Strangely enough, the latter is not an option in the codex.
The hell?
Kill Team option, or their second Codex is already ready....
So reading those Codex pages, it says the Bastion and Stronghold class ships (i.e. the Demiurg ships from BFG) are LoV ships which all but says Demiurg are LoV. Also it says their geller fields are stronger than humanity's, but their warp travel is slower than that of humans or even the Tau slipstream modules. So strategically they seem to be the slowest in terms of stellar travel.
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stahly wrote:There are also a lot of choices when it comes to armament. All 10 models can be equipped with either an auto-pattern bolter or ion blaster, or with a bolt pistol and melee weapon. Strangely enough, the latter is not an option in the codex.
The hell?
Because it seems they've all been modeled incorrectly (or given the wrong rules). That weapon being held was listed as a Bolt Revolver in one of the articles, and it's different from the Hernkyn Bolt Revolver. The weapon in their holster also matches the grip of the one that's being held, so they all have bolt revolvers - not the Autoch bolt pistol they're supposed to have, which has been shown on the Theyn.
So this bolt revolver here, doesn't actually exist:
You have to proxy your Hearhkyn with a different weapon to one they have modeled.
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I won’t be using mine if you want them, I can post them to you free, just PM me. Seems only fair and in the spirit of you loot sharing group which has helped me out before more than once.
I won’t be using mine if you want them, I can post them to you free, just PM me. Seems only fair and in the spirit of you loot sharing group which has helped me out before more than once.
Ta, but at the moment I’m not actively gaming.
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stahly wrote: So here is my Leagues of Votann army set unboxing & review, incl. high-res sprue pics, codex flick-through and a few size comparisons with other 40k infantry & AoS Duardin models. I think they scale up quite nicely and aren‘t as big as some photoshopped size comparisons made them to be. Hearthkyn Warriors come on 28mm bases btw.
stahly wrote: So here is my Leagues of Votann army set unboxing & review, incl. high-res sprue pics, codex flick-through and a few size comparisons with other 40k infantry & AoS Duardin models. I think they scale up quite nicely and aren‘t as big as some photoshopped size comparisons made them to be. Hearthkyn Warriors come on 28mm bases btw.
Thanks for the size comparison and continued informative articles.
Seems about as expected, a head shorter than actual people. That's pretty tall for a dwarf in my opinion.
Indeed. Thanks for the comparison, Stahly! I agree that they're pretty tall but scale creep is a thing and there isn't anything I can do about it short of 3d printing it all myself. They're less squats and more like thiccs as more 30mm Ogryn which honestly (despite the fluff discrepancy) is ok in the fluff. Regardless, I like two of the models not yet released and may pick them up eventually for RPG purposes.
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I went back and forth on whether to get the army set but yesterdays army focus and the Trans-Hyperion Alliance scheme sold it to me at the last minute. Thanks to Stahly for the confirmation that the troops are on 28mm bases I can start on them.
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So in this army box set you will get a total of 3 Iron kin heads, which I totally agree with you, it should have a few more.
Im planing to have a unit of 5 modelled as ironkin so hopefully I can dig a couple heads on the next kits coming in the future.
28mm bases not my favourite size since I was intending to use either 25mm or 32mm Necromunda bases but I can live with that.
Size wise the minis look ok to me.
Its now time to sit back and find some colours for these and its not going to be easy.
And I just checked this scheme and my god its pretty sweet.
So in this army box set you will get a total of 3 Iron kin heads, which I totally agree with you, it should have a few more.
Im planing to have a unit of 5 modelled as ironkin so hopefully I can dig a couple heads on the next kits coming in the future.
28mm bases not my favourite size since I was intending to use either 25mm or 32mm Necromunda bases but I can live with that.
Size wise the minis look ok to me.
Its now time to sit back and find some colours for these and its not going to be easy.
And I just checked this scheme and my god its pretty sweet.
If you’re uk based I’ll make you the same offer, I don’t plan on using any of my ironkin heads from this box at least. I will send you the ones from mine if you like.
So in this army box set you will get a total of 3 Iron kin heads, which I totally agree with you, it should have a few more.
Im planing to have a unit of 5 modelled as ironkin so hopefully I can dig a couple heads on the next kits coming in the future.
28mm bases not my favourite size since I was intending to use either 25mm or 32mm Necromunda bases but I can live with that.
Size wise the minis look ok to me.
Its now time to sit back and find some colours for these and its not going to be easy.
And I just checked this scheme and my god its pretty sweet.
If you’re uk based I’ll make you the same offer, I don’t plan on using any of my ironkin heads from this box at least. I will send you the ones from mine if you like.
I went back and forth on whether to get the army set but yesterdays army focus and the Trans-Hyperion Alliance scheme sold it to me at the last minute. Thanks to Stahly for the confirmation that the troops are on 28mm bases I can start on them.
I was in a similar boat. I had originally really no interest in them aesthetically, then they came out with a bunch of pictures of the Red scheme (Ymyr) which just completely changed the aesthetic of the army for me, so I ended up pre ordering a box.
This feels like one of the rare cases where GW really missed with it's faction focus paint scheme, normally those are usually among my favorites.
Ordered mine this morning from Darksphere. Great to see the sprues - the hearthkyn seem to have loads of options- love the pointing arm and the hand holding the axe.
Been busy all day so had no chance to do my preorder.
Went on GW site and saw all sold out so assumed I had missed out.
But I decided to check elemental games anyway and they still had stock!!!!
Looking at some comparisons elsewhere....the Leagues are sized differently to both Kharadron/Duardin, AND the Necromunda Squats? That's strange and disapointing
Nah they're about the same as the AoS ones and yes, because Necromunda is on a slightly different scale.
EDIT: if that is the combat patrol that's a pain in the arse because I can't say I really want the bezerks or another squad of bikes. I was hoping for the exosuits or the cool heavy weapon gunners. Thunderers? Not got a look at the codex yet, how viable are the bikers?
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Olthannon wrote: Nah they're about the same as the AoS ones and yes, because Necromunda is on a slightly different scale.
EDIT: if that is the combat patrol that's a pain in the arse because I can't say I really want the bezerks or another squad of bikes. I was hoping for the exosuits or the cool heavy weapon gunners. Thunderers? Not got a look at the codex yet, how viable are the bikers?
Bikers are very good, because the rest of your army is slow as all balls without a transport or teleport, so a 12" biker unit with a 12" pregame move and ObSec is great for grabbing objectives early
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