Halberds
Great Weapons
Weapon & Shield
Two Weapons
I recognize that this thread might be about a month early, but I'm excited now.
What do you think is the best looking kit? Why?
Will you pre-order it?
IMO, the halberds look much better than the great weapons, and the shield variant is better than the two weapon type. Honestly, the halberds and shields are about tied, but I'm preordering the shields because I believe they'll see more tabletop use.
As a Tournament player, I've ordered Halberds and Shields, as I'll use them the most. I'll order the others later on. Halberds are my favourite kit aesthetics wise though.
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The weapons look like they are in extra-Heroic scale, which makes the Halberds look clumsey to me. The over sized great weapons look fine though, they are great weapons after all.
Most of the single handed weapons look great, but a few dissappoint. IMHO I would prefer a little less Heroic in the non great weapons.
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I like the two hand weapons and great weapons. The Halberds look too large and the shields don't really excite me.
Not a fan of the shields, but the Great Weapons look very nice indeed. At this price I could imagine ordering two boxes...
The halberds are a bit too big for my taste, but that could be the angle as well. Two hand weapons also looks good...very promising box!
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the halberds look like a nightmare to rank up.
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As I commented in the rumour thread, I like the GWs and 2x hand weapon models, but I feel that the others would need some reworking. The GWs are my favourite and the kit that I preordered yesterday.
The halberds are massive and oversized way beyond heroic scale and the plainer looking shields with vision slits, in the other kit, would need to be replaced.
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I can't view the site pics from workWill have a look and vote tonight. Either way, I'm very excited about this kit. If it's priced similarly to the Dwarves I'll be ecstatic.
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They all look amazing to me but I think the two hand weapon option takes the cake.
GW's mono-pose chaos warriors pale in comparison to any of those kits!
From the site it appears they will be more costly then the dwarves, partially from what I gathered is due to this warcast material they are using. Likely also due to starting up a whole new branch and what not for their company. According to their site the dwarves are 30 euro and these units will be 37.50 euros when I looked.I can't view the site pics from work
Comes out to about AU$47 for 20 dudes. That's still excellent pricing.
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USD$50 makes them $2.50 a model. A little cheaper than dark eldar, orc(k)s, and imperial guard. They're roughly $0.30 more expensive per model than marauders and $0.41 cheaper than chaos warriors.
So they sit on the low end of the spectrum for GW prices in the USA. In virtually everywhere but the US and the UK, They're well below the spectrum.
These are priced very competitively, given what we have to compare them to.
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As the halberds and shields are my favorites, I feel the urge to jump to their defense. I like that the halberd unit has a sense of direction (the same can't easily be said for the GW and two-weapon units). I wasn't so sure about the shields at first. Unfortunately, the plainest shield (the culprit) stands in perfect view of the camera, and since it's so close to the camera and looks so different from the rest of the unit, it stands out like a sore thumb...
My first instinct was to look around the thing and see what other shields I could see, all of which look nice. Then, in utter disbelief that Felix would go on about superb detail and then sculpt such a plain-looking flat shield, I did a doubletake. It turns out that there's actually a little bit of texture on the front beneath the spike that gives it some shape. And the edges of the shield look great! I think they'll be fun (and challenging) to paint, and I already have a role planned out for them in my 40k radical inquisition army.
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Ugh.. they are okish in general, tho I miss fur.. :P
on the negative..
To large halberds, ugly ass shields, some of the armor is a bit to outlandish for my taste (each to its own ofc)
Final verdict
Generally ok =)
I think that the only direction that unit will be going is backwards, if they dare to raise those weapons above their heads. On a more serious practical note, I think they will be a royal pain to rank up.
In my opinion, the bladed great weapons that look like cleavers on a long pole are much more to my liking and would make the foundation of a much more convincingly heroically scaled halberd.
The unit with shields looks great, other than those that are rather plain looking. If I get any I'll replace the offending shields as they spoil the character of the unit. I don't think the plain shields mesh well with either their well detailed counterparts or the armour detailing. I had noticed the details you mentioned, but I don't think that those small embellishments sit well alongside the more grandiose shields.
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My first impression after seeing this new pic: Omg i want these sweetiee halberds !!
Halberds are way too small, they look like tiny historical sculpts.
I'm gonna convert mine to be doubled-bladed and then have the warriors holding one in each hand to make them cooler.
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They look better from that angle. I'm still happier with the great weapons though.
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Of these the great weapons, very nice models. I cannot wait to see some orcs & goblins, skeletons and chaos dwarfs/more dwarfs. I should better start saving some money for that!
LolHalberds are way too small, they look like tiny historical sculpts.
I'm gonna convert mine to be doubled-bladed and then have the warriors holding one in each hand to make them cooler.
Yeah they are pretty oversized... O_O
I think that 50% of the halberds are waaay too big but that is probably nothing that couldn't be nicely cut down with some careful scalpel work so the halberds come back to being a reasonable size.
I'm gonna vote hand weapon and shield.
I think the great weapons are too big for my tastes as well. I'm not so confident about being able to trim them down without ruining them, maybe I'll go for a weapons swap with a different manufacturer because they are getting on for 35mm scale.
I do like the two hand weapon unit as well. Very cool.
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