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I find it weird that so many models, even the plastic lord which you kind of need, is online only. Also, €93 for the jabberslythe? are they insane? It used to be 50, maybe 60.

That's your tax for having it upgraded from finecast to FW resin.

I'm honestly half tempted to get a cockatrice just to have a resin one next to my finecast ones

Jabberslythe was my only truly wonky Finecast experience.

Horribly misaligning parts, wings even more tattered.

Even in finecast the cockatrice is a nice sculpt. Its a wonky concept that should have ended up as derpy as many other beasts they released at that time, but it turned out pretty cool with a solid balanced design.

Yeah, jabberslythe is crazy expensive, I’ll have to pass, foolishly expected it to be with the same price tag as the gigantic chaos spawn.
Who else ain’t cheap? Kralmaw, but him I still will probably get along with the AJ, maybe gorros. Will probably wait for wave 2, I want that BSB.
I’m a bit worried about the price of the preyton- hope it doesn’t cost more than a cockatrice.
It’s about the same size, right?

About, yeah. I can post comparisons if you'd like, I have both from their original runs.

Edit: Went ahead and took them since they were to hand anyway:

Either the cockatrice is much bigger than I realized or the Preyton smaller...

Both? It's why it's baffling they decided to put it on a 75x50 for TOW.

They should just re-release the metal cockatrice

The wings on the cockatrice are honestly a large part of why it seems like such a huge model. Especially for its day and age of original release, those are some big wings on a pretty large upper body.

Didn't realise the Preyton was so small. Was thinking about getting one for use in Warcry, but for its size and the price it will be, that's an easy skip.

Yeah, cockatrice is about the size i imagined, preyton is tiny

I think the Preyton has always been quite small.

Someone I played with ran one as an alternative to a second Varghulf back in the day.

Tyel wrote:
I think the Preyton has always been quite small.

Someone I played with ran one as an alternative to a second Varghulf back in the day.

The lore about the preyton say its a ferocius monster and cause great havoc, but also that some unfortunate nobles mistake it for a great stag, so perhaps the size is suitable. Feels more like a hideous predator you suddenly encounter in a forest rather than a big monster.

@Platuan4th thank you for the reference pics! Dare I hope it will be cheaper than a cockatrice then, lol?
I don’t mind it being moderate in size, as mentioned above it’s fitting to the lore
+ it’s nice to have monsters of various grandeur

Honestly whilst I love big models I can also appreciate models that actually fit on the battlefield. I've got two of the massive new 160mm base undead dragons for soulblight and they are lovely looking models.

They are under 300points each too so you can field several.

They have a very cool redeployment rule for during the game letting them swoop down anywhere.

They are still on 160mm bases which means they are HUGE; esp once you load up the table with models and terrain! Suddenly you realise that taking a whole flight of undead dragons might not work because you'll never be able to put them everywhere you need them.


Meanwhile those beasties on 50 and 80mm bases might be smaller, but they FIT on the table.

SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:
@Platuan4th thank you for the reference pics! Dare I hope it will be cheaper than a cockatrice then, lol?
I don’t mind it being moderate in size, as mentioned above it’s fitting to the lore
+ it’s nice to have monsters of various grandeur

Always happy to help if I have access to stuff. I know it's hard to gauge from GW's pics usually.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/azlyvdkm/the-old-world-matched-play-guide-new-ways-to-play-in-the-world-of-legend/

Official matched play book incoming.

Also faq/errata. Interesting guess the guys on square hammer knew what they were talking about!

Will the FAQ/errata be a 'regular' one, or something heavy handed, making big changes? I've heard somethings about the latter, to do with Stomp attacks and possibly re-adding outnumber among other things.

Nobody really knows, voices on the internet say big balance update but at the same time give hints on rules that would mean it is just a big swing in the opposite direction.