New: Blood Vestals from Raging Heroes

[Silvertongue]

I feel like all the feral/fanatical/witch/hag minis that are produced aren't grisly enough. I mean, I don't see these ladies putting on make-up and trying to sexy themselves into winning battles. And yeah, I know that the Dark Elves of the GW universe have sex and torture cults, I get it. Sex sells. But you know what? So do bad ass minis that look like they're going to rip my face off and wear it to terrify my fellow soldiers. This may just be a gripe about the entire hobby in general and not just about these particular minis: but where are the horrifying female miniatures? I should be terrified of what they would do to me instead of thinking, "that's a hot mini." Heck, witch elves, blood vestals, and other similar characters would probably strap their breasts down tight to keep them out of the way while swinging a couple of barbed swords around to slit my throat but not cut my head off.

You know, this is completely true. I'd like to see a Witch Elf mini with completely messy hair for once

[kendoka]

I voted for 28-30mm from base to eye level.
Witch Elves are 28-29mm, Juan Diaz daemonettes are 30mm and the new plastic DE sorceress is 31mm (+ height of scenic base).

[Souleater]

The heads are a tad large, true. I'd be using these as Wyches so I'd sculpt a bra on them. Otherwise I think they are great sculpts with a very female look. The current Wyche' bodies are neither one thing nor the other having been made to fit male of female DE. That was one think I loved about the old Wyches - the males had a sexy look as well as the females. Yes, the characteristics of both were exaggerated but I like them nonetheless.

[lilloser2010]

This is the most exciting dark elf released for years. The sculpts just look amazing. Because they are fantasy models some exaggeration was to be expected, but I think the Raging Hero team have done an excellent job.

I don't see the man-face at all. The one close up shot of the face i've seen is of a woman, not a girl or an anime approximation which we so often see.

I'm overjoyed with what i've seen so far and cannot wait to get my hands on a few sets.

[kendoka]

Here I have scaled a Blood Vestal to 28mm (base to eye level) and compared it to some of my GW female Dark Elves.
http://hem.spray.se/kendoka/rh-gw.jpg

As you can see, 28-30 mm would probably work best.

[DarkMark]

I've just copied my own link from the other thread as it gives a better scale idea, no offence Kendoka honest!

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/...sModels002.jpg

[kendoka]

I've just copied my own link from the other thread as it gives a better scale idea, no offence Kendoka honest!

None taken


Time for a better comparison with my GW female Dark Elves.

http://hem.spray.se/kendoka/rh_gw2.jpg

Bigger picture: http://hem.spray.se/kendoka/rh_gw2_1280.jpg

I think the RH mini would look its best in 30 mm (base to eye)
- although it would probabbly be wise to call it "28MM" (considering the high heels) as that is a more common name for "GW-scale".

And as you can see the head and breasts actually somewhat *smallish* - compared to the GW line (viewing closeups of 28 mm could mess with your sense of proportions).

[Souleater]

30mm would be great. Current Witch Elves are great figures but a little too short for Elves, IMO. They don't look too badly scaled in that line-up, either. I much prefer them to the modern Wyches.

[Omnichron]

30 mm looks great. I think that the miniature itself looks quite awesome, although it hit me quite early that the head and thigs seems a bit big. As for the face, I thnk it looks like a woman for sure... how boring wouldn't it be if no female faces had some varied distinctions?

I'd be more than happy if the mini comes out like in that picture, as it's a huge improvement compared to other options.

[Ludaman]

Pre orders are up

[Souleater]

Indeed. I really like the command figures. Bit pricier than I was expecting but if the images translate to actual model quality... Really interested to see what the Sci Fi Ones are going to be like.

[lilloser2010]

Wow, what an incredibly easy way to spend 100 quid...

With the command, are the two 'normal' vestals (i.e not the champion, musician or standard) random? I'd hate to think i'd only be getting one of the teaser miniature seen on the 20th.

Very happy with all the sculpts, the scale and the fact they will be nude. Can't wait to wrap my brush around them for my Druchii force.

LilLoser

[kendoka]

Just ordered 4 boxes of each kit.

Larger image:
http://hem.spray.se/kendoka/blood_vestals_1280.jpg

[DarkMark]

Indeed. I really like the command figures. Bit pricier than I was expecting but if the images translate to actual model quality...

With the command, are the two 'normal' vestals random?
LilLoser

At 18.50€ they're barely more expensive than a single character figure these days. I expect the boxes are set, and won't be random tbh. I'm pretty sure they'd say if that were the case.

Ordered mine.

[eldargal]

Raging Heroes said what you see are what you get, not random assortments, on their blog. I've bought...lots.

[Ludaman]

Yeah I'm hoping they're great!

[ExquisiteMonkey]

Yep, ordered 7 troops & 1 command.


Thank you RH.

[Don_Silvarro]

At 18.50€ they're barely more expensive than a single character figure these days.

Actually, 18.50€ is barely cheaper than their GW counterparts MSRP. And you can probably find online vendors with discounted prices on GW stuff more readily than on Raging Heroes, so it works out more or less the same.

[Ludaman]

The masters are in, they look nicer than the CADs.

[Invigilius]

I think the models are neat and a perfect proxy as Dark Elves Witches, for those interested:

http://www.ragingheroes.es/collectio...grupo-de-mando

http://www.ragingheroes.com/collecti.../blood-vestals