The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[matthais-mouse]

See if it didnt have the swirly base stuff, it would look good on its own, that swirly base is just there to add a big price tag height (it probably has an in game effect now knowing them ) but that's my two cents  



Also, if you watch the first skyrim trailer, at the beginning the mural with the dragon moving take a good look.
link to the trailer here...

Now after that look at the ophidian archway, is it just me or.....  

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Ophidian-Archway

[Duke Donald]

It will cost you the modest sum of £48/€62   

Did I read this right? Is this really a single figure??!!

That's an absolutely insane price for a single standard-sized mini irrespective of the swirliness of its base and is extraordinary even for GW standards!

[Cubs]

I've heard of jumping the shark ... but this is a shark display team, on water skis, jumping another shark display team, also on water skis.

It's what happens when you hire technical designers to do a sculptor's job.

[nic-e]

I've heard of jumping the shark ... but this is a shark display team, on water skis, jumping another shark display team, also on water skis.

It's what happens when you hire technical designers to do a sculptor's job.

I do kind of agree here,analogue sculpting requires you to be economical and considerate with your relation to space and think of things as a 3d object, considering every side as a prospective front but there is a detachment when doing it on a screen. 

This mini is flat.well made,well sculpted but poorly designed.

[Vermis]

Just had a peek at this celestant-prime. I don't wanna jinx it, but I think they might have reached maximum silliness.

Silliness levels are over nine thousaaand!

I do kind of agree here,analogue sculpting requires you to be economical and considerate with your relation to space and think of things as a 3d object, considering every side as a prospective front but there is a detachment when doing it on a screen.  

This mini is flat.well made,well sculpted but poorly designed.

+1

+ it looks like they're following their own (forged) narrative about producing models for collectors rather than gamers. Looks like. It does collide a bit awkwardly with their increasing reliance on selling things with special rules for the game.

[Vanvlak]

And to think I used to worry about how to transport a base of Nurglings 4mm high...... 

[nic-e]

Silliness levels are over nine thousaaand!

+1

+ it looks like they're following their own (forged) narrative about producing models for collectors rather than gamers. Looks like. It does collide a bit awkwardly with their increasing reliance on selling things with special rules for the game.

Things is, I mainly collect and this is the age of sigmar miniature I don't want out of all the others, these big monsters just really don't do anything for me. I thought nagash had the same problems,static posing that made him look like a piece of video game concept art rather than a monster paused mid battle.

[Ray Rivers]

I'm fairly mixed about the mini.

On the one hand the mini appears to be very nicely detailed and will definitely stand out are a Hero figure. I like the fact that they have placed him well up into the air (though yes this will cause some real problems in transport especially with those wings). In fact, it's a bit of a novel way to get a mini high up into the air without using a flying base.

OTOH, I'm not sure what to make of the swirly base itself. Obviously it is suppose to represent something, but I'm not sure what, especially with those golden icons attached to it, though I'm sure all will be revealed soon.

Overall, my impression is that he would probably look better without the swirly thing, however the model may not be sufficiently stable without it.

Will wait for more information and a look at the sprues.


Edit: So I had a look at a preview and the swirly bits represent "celestial energy." 3 points of his cape secure to the base, however, these appear to be fairly thinish and almost certainly not strong enough to hold the entire miniature up in the air.

[Cubs]

And I remember complaining about how over-the-top the increasing reliance on 'Chaos Spiky Bits' in the late 80's was ... they seem incredibly tame now.

[3 fingers]

I really liked a lot of the Sigmar stuff ,but that's just silly,my son won't be getting that for Xmas that's for sure

[YPU]

OTOH, I'm not sure what to make of the swirly base itself. Obviously it is suppose to represent something, but I'm not sure what, especially with those golden icons attached to it, though I'm sure all will be revealed soon.

Try to isolate the shape repeated and imagine it in white. 

[Major_Gilbear]

I cannot imagine the grief of having to remove mouldlines from that model!   

[Vladimir Raukov]

Yeaaah, at 134 dollarydoos, I'll be giving this a pass.

[Timbor]

It is what I come to expect from AoS, nothing really surprises me here.  Though, can we really call this thing a 'mini' anymore?  It is basically an action-figure.

Also it appears that if you aren't willing to get into and learn the fluff of the game by reading the books (and playing the scenarios and campaigns they provide), you probably aren't going to like AoS because your only perspective is from the free rules only and not from what is actually happening in the game universe.

Dunno... I still have to get my hands on the first book like I said before and then I will have a better idea.

While that is a good point, it seems that to do just that you have to buy a $90CAD book once a month if you follow the current trend.  That is basically like buying the 8th edition warhammer rulebook multiple times a year, just to play 8th edition warhammer.  I might be more interested if I didn't have kids taking up all my free time...

[Ray Rivers]

While that is a good point, it seems that to do just that you have to buy a $90CAD book once a month if you follow the current trend.  That is basically like buying the 8th edition warhammer rulebook multiple times a year, just to play 8th edition warhammer.  I might be more interested if I didn't have kids taking up all my free time...

You have a point there... 

The Age of Sigmar book has, I believe, 3 Campaigns, 110 pages of scenarios and the optional rules for playing in the Realms of Fire and Life.

You might, however, consider a project going on over at BOLS by Auticus in which he is attempting to put together a rule set called the Age of Sigmar Azyr Composition Rules covering all Warhammer factions for playing AOS. Essentially he is assigning units point values from 1 to 10 and you can use this to balance your armies.

Link to the thread:  http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?57174-Age-of-Sigmar-Azyr-Composition-Rules-1-0b

The rules are in PDF format and found on the first post: http://www.louisvillewargaming.com/Files/AzyrComp.pdf

And it appears he may be trying to put together a small app for calculating army costs automatically. See bottom of page 9 to the linked thread.

Seems kinda interesting....