 | A little while back, after much gnashing of teeth, angst and tribulations, I came to "a place" with Warhammer Visions. I basically gave up on it being anything than a picture book! So this month, when I opened up my Warhammer Visions I didn't have any sense of expectation, excitement or thrill - and I'll tell you what... it certainly didn't disappoint. It has pictures, some mood lighting, maybe a trip to Instagram, and they have given a good amount of space to the armies they are spotlighting - which had been a bit of an annoyance in the past! That being said, they haven't gone out of their way in the New Releases section to give us any new images. The vast majority seem to be ones we have seen before apart from a few notable and pretty impressive stand-outs. This month we also get a look at some of the entries from The Fang 2014 in Stockholm, Golden Demon from Warhammer Fest 2014 and two very impressive armies! Do You Want To Know More? + + More After The Jump + + |
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As usual Visions starts off with the Latest Releases from the month - no surprises, but it's Age of Sigmar.
Most of the images you will have seen before in either White Dwarf or one of the Codex, but this one (above right) I don't remember seeing before. With such a stunning scheme, I wonder if Games Workshop are now regretting concentrating so much attention on the gold colour scheme during initial release.
Despite getting a release last week, and certainly no surprise to the Games Workshop team, Skarbrand doesn't get a look in which seems odd.
Most of the images you will have seen before in either White Dwarf or one of the Codex, but this one (above right) I don't remember seeing before. With such a stunning scheme, I wonder if Games Workshop are now regretting concentrating so much attention on the gold colour scheme during initial release.
Despite getting a release last week, and certainly no surprise to the Games Workshop team, Skarbrand doesn't get a look in which seems odd.
The "miniature" that has certainly captured many 40k fan's attention recently has been the ominous Forge World Warlord Titan. The thing is enormous and this section (with a double page landscape spread on the previous page just to get the scale into proportion) definitely puts the size of the actual model and the project of building and then painting it into some kind of perspective.
The fact some people have already built and painted this thing blows me away!!
The fact some people have already built and painted this thing blows me away!!
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On the launch of Age of Sigmar, we were told that the Warhammer world would change forever, and it did, but instead of showing us that in any sort of tangible way, we just got a collection of gold buff Cybermen.
Well, here - with Chris Peach's united Elven/ Undead army - we can get a better idea of how that will look... and like everything Chris Peach does, ITS AWESOME!!
You may have seen some of this in White Dwarf a few weeks back, well here is a much better and bigger look at the sum parts of the whole. For an Elf fan, this is an absolute must and Games Workshop should have rolled this out earlier and in a lot more detail. THIS will keep people interested in Warhammer, not C3PO on steroids. "Oh My!"
Well, here - with Chris Peach's united Elven/ Undead army - we can get a better idea of how that will look... and like everything Chris Peach does, ITS AWESOME!!
You may have seen some of this in White Dwarf a few weeks back, well here is a much better and bigger look at the sum parts of the whole. For an Elf fan, this is an absolute must and Games Workshop should have rolled this out earlier and in a lot more detail. THIS will keep people interested in Warhammer, not C3PO on steroids. "Oh My!"
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The Golden Demon section looks at Warhammer Fest 2014, with some really amazing miniatures - this World Eaters jet bike (above right) is pretty damn amazing!
The Fang 2014 was a painting competition held in Stockholm last year and having a look through these entries it's interesting so see that the painting styles from many countries now seem to be similar. There was a time when the French had a very different style to the Games Workshop way, with lots of pastels and blending. The Americans used lots of bold colours too, but now it seems like there seems to be a homogeneous approach which is a bit of a shame really. Still some very nice models in here for sure!
Parade Ground highlights some of the monsters of the Warhammer universe - with Mark Bedford's Dragon Ogres really stealing the show amongst some amazing looking paint jobs. Warhammer fans take notice!
Readers Parade Ground quite often takes attention away from the professionals with some very imaginative and well done miniatures, this week is no real exception.
'Eavy Metal is the heavy hitters of the Games Workshop/ Citadel Miniatures painting crew, and there are some spectacular miniatures this month.
The second army this month is this striking Eldar force. Combining black and orange (or maybe it's red - I'm a touch colour blind) , Craftworld Telennar are one of the most fearsome looking Eldar armies I have seen in some time. Hope the Dark Eldar don't mind them using their colour of choice...
Hammers of Sigmar & Celestial Vindicators looks at the previously mentioned gold buff Cybermen/ C3PO on steroids - but this time some of the other 'Chapters' too. Nice pics but *yawn*
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The second Parade Ground this issue looks at Warhammer 40k with some large beasties, but also these beautifully painted Space Marines. Steve Bowerman's Blood Angels and Tom Moore's awesome Imperial Fists among them. Those Scouts are really awesome! Taking some pretty ordinary minis and kit bashing them enough to look like they would actually fit in a Space Marine force!
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Verdict
It's a book with pretty pictures of miniatures!
Could it be better? Yes
Has it been worse? Hell, yes!
This isn't a bad issue at all - if you like pretty pictures, give it a go!
Could it be better? Yes
Has it been worse? Hell, yes!
This isn't a bad issue at all - if you like pretty pictures, give it a go!
Blanchitsu always takes a walk on the dark side, and this week it's Cameron Cornelius' Dark Eldar retinue (as if they weren't dark enough) and Erik Blomqvist's Inquisitor warband.
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