Age of $igmar got a bit of a bad wrap at launch because of it's ridiculous prices, but 2017 has seen a rethink of the pricing with the Tzeentch releases being generally very well priced and this week seeing the new jumbo-sized Stormcast Eternal sets hitting the shelves. They're much better value, 100% more troops for sometimes only 20% more or less - and boy are the staff in store pushing hard on Stormcast!
This week also saw the release of a box so small you could blink and miss it - it's the loyal companions of the Stormcast Eternals - the Gryph-Hounds, who can be fielded as a companion beast or in it's own 'pack'.
Pricing on these are competitive; 6 miniatures for $40 AUD, which again falls into this new price point.
Apart from the small box, the next thing you'll notice are the awesome colour schemes on the box - it's as painter's dream with both dramatic and more traditional schemes.
This week also saw the release of a box so small you could blink and miss it - it's the loyal companions of the Stormcast Eternals - the Gryph-Hounds, who can be fielded as a companion beast or in it's own 'pack'.
Pricing on these are competitive; 6 miniatures for $40 AUD, which again falls into this new price point.
Apart from the small box, the next thing you'll notice are the awesome colour schemes on the box - it's as painter's dream with both dramatic and more traditional schemes.
Before we get to the minis, the instructions are in the new format of the Age of $igmar releases, with the stats in multiple languages and greyscale and colour how-to instructions.
Interesting to see that if you take a Gryph-Hound as a "companion" it doubles it's attacks to 4 attacks if it's within 3" of it's assigned character model.
Interesting to see that if you take a Gryph-Hound as a "companion" it doubles it's attacks to 4 attacks if it's within 3" of it's assigned character model.
There are 3 unique miniatures in the set, but two sprues of each to get your 6 miniatures.
The moulding is very nice - crisp and deep - exactly what you would expect from Games Workshop (unless it's the crappy scenic bases).Included in the set are heads to make 6 standard Gryph-Hounds and also 2 heads if you want to make Alphas, the big dogs of the Gryph-Hound packs.
The moulding is very nice - crisp and deep - exactly what you would expect from Games Workshop (unless it's the crappy scenic bases).Included in the set are heads to make 6 standard Gryph-Hounds and also 2 heads if you want to make Alphas, the big dogs of the Gryph-Hound packs.
You may have noticed in recent years, Games Workshop have generally done quite well hiding join lines on their completed models - from straps to hiding them in muscles joins - they've done a really good job. This was going to be harder for these guys. They have a kine straight down their back but they have tried to hide them in the feathers around their necks, so that shouldn't be too much a a trial to clean up.
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Overall these are nice little models, just a bit smaller than a GW standard horse (not those big Chaos ones - they're huge!). At this price and being so interesting to look at, this is a great buy.
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Overall these are nice little models, just a bit smaller than a GW standard horse (not those big Chaos ones - they're huge!). At this price and being so interesting to look at, this is a great buy.
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