Review of Plastic Berserkers

[VARGUS]

I found a review called "AOW vs GW dwarfs" from Hobby Horse Blog :
http://paintsngluenrocknroll.blogspo...gw-dwarfs.html

I managed to get through one sprue of the new berserkers. The hair bits are optional and have not yet been attached, I am wondering if a unit of bald dwarfs would look good? The figures are very easy to assemble, each sprue will make up 3 dwarfs armed with two weapons and a single dwarf with a great axe. There are also spare hands giving the finger (very rude, my dwarfs are far too polite for that kind of thing), body piercings and bits of chain. Note that even though dwarfs are small in height, they are bulky and you will need to be careful to assemble them so that they rank up together.




Here's a comparison shot with a plastic GW dwarf, from my artillery crew, chosen as he also has a bald head and is quite close in pose to the AOW dwarf. Note the similarity in height and proprotions, with the AOW dwarf having possibly slightly finer facial details in a slimmer nose and head width. Note also that the AOW dwarf legs and torso are separate components, so it is possible to introduce a side on pose with a little twist of the hips.



And the final comparison with a conventional plastic dwarf warrior, again chosen with similar weaponry in mind. Note that the AOW dwarf is raised by a couple of mm as I have stood him on slithers of plastic, to prevent the "help I'm sinking into the ground" effect that can happen when the basing material is added to the plastic base. Speaking of bases, one little oddity in the AOW box is that the bases supplied are slotted, while the plastic legs are not tabbed, so solid bases would have been better. Luckily I have stacks of both variety, if you don't have then be prepared to cover the slot with bits of card or whatever.



So that's a quick rundown on the new AOW dwarfs, I want to get the whole box assembled before I give a full review, hopefully later in the week.



I found interesting to post it

[BobtheInquisitor]

What were the special command pieces that they included for the pre-orders?

[VARGUS]

What were the special command pieces that they included for the pre-orders?

Quoted from dakkadakka forum user:

the preorder edition has some extra bitz:

- 1 Severed giant head
- 1 Champion's dragon cloak
- and 1 Movement Tray

I don't know exactly but i think this user works for AoW I hope this helps you

[Wintermute]

I've moved this thread to AoW General

Wintermute

[Hannimar]

Those are beautiful! And for once these plastic dwarfs have correct proportions. The GW plastic dwarfs can touch their toes while standing I hope Felix creates the Witch Elves as soon as possible.

[ekxw]

my review.

they are fun to assemble, but maybe they have to many little bits that people wont use, like the piercings, and the chain, the chain could be used.

the good part is that you can use gw parts to complete the miniatures, look for example the musician i have painted, i disliked the horn and changed it for a drum , and it works perfectly also the hand weapons can be swapped for some smaller ones.

some pics of some painted

[ekxw]

they need some basing and some more shadows but near finished

[Supernaut]

I haven't assembled mine yet, but looking at the sprues i can tell you these are of a very high quality indeed.

[Schmapdi]

Yay - I just got mine today. Very pleased. Some of the bits are soo tiny though - I don't know how they managed to make them, or how they expect me to use them!

Other competitors please take not - they offer a great value and enough bits to offer a wide variety of poses, unique dwarves, etc.

[NatTreehouse]

They look nice

[VARGUS]

I found an Avatars of War Berserker Regiment Unboxing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvQHOC3HzT8

[plantagenet]

I have recieved mine and they are on a par with any of the most recent GW releases. Really charactful sculpts. I hope he does some viking Dwarf style warrios as GW have never got those right.

[Karak Norn Clansman]

ekxw: Thanks, and good painting ya got there!

[Setha]

a few chaos warriors pieces around the place and they would make some fine chaos dwarves.

[redshylock]

It is very nice but I am having a very hard time ranking them up though.

[N1AK]

I've finished painting one (there are a couple of rough shots on my twitter) and for the time taken (basecoat, highlight 2 colours, dip) was very happy with how it looks.

I'm now back building 32 in total (30 + mus & standard). They are difficult to rank up, which I intend to 'solve' by using some 40x40 bases with 3 on to provide more space. The GW one, who is basically holding it sideways, is a real pain to position.

As to quality. There is no GW plastic infantry kit I prefer to these Slayers, they are fantastic models. I do wish they'd thrown in a couple more head options, and some weapon options (so you can build all 2hw, or more GW etc) and would happily have lost some of the detail pieces I won't use for them, but that's a tiny issue for models this good.

[xxRavenxx]

I'm pleased with mine, but notice that they came with slotta bases (very annoying) and only 19. Going to have to harass a friend for a spare base to do my last model on, as I don't have any more myself.

Interesting that the OPs are on "normal" bases...


[edit]: The plastic of the slotta bases doesnt melt with poly cement either. This proves handy though. I'll be snapping the guys back off when built and ranking them up better when I re-atatch them. Flailing axe arms are a pain to squeeze into formation

[VARGUS]

From AoW web plastic berserkers painted

[ekxw]

great work with the painting indeed

[forthegloryofkazadekrund]

I like the AOW painted slayers, the axes look great.

They do blow GW dwarves out of the water and with the rumours of GW now producing a slayer kit i dont see these being beaten look and monetry wise.