 | It's White Dwarf Day - ho ho ho!! Nope, no fat man in a red suit, instead we get 5 red men who look like they were designed in the 90's for a themed boxed set that never got released so have been repackaged for this current Khorne release. And boy do they look dated! As we discussed earlier this week, I think they look dreadul - a major step back from the quality releases we have seen from Games Workshop in recent times. But anyway, this is White Dwarf Day, so what else do you get in this week's issue? Well you get these crappy models, a whole lot on Archaon, but the Codex and the man/ Daemon himself, a smashing Golden Demon entry from last year, and a face off between the new Bloodthirster models and other characters in the Warhammer world, and of course Paint Splatter. Do You Want To Know More? + + More after the jump + + |
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Both the Khorne Warmongers and Skullreapers get the usual write up, a breakdown of the weapons and some nice clear shots.
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What is interesting, and adds further credence to my (and I'm sure other's) thoughts on this being older models squeezed into this release is the look of the sprues (right).
Have a look at how there is a square cut into the bottom of the torsos, making them more like miniatures we would see in Dark Vengeance-style sets than a stand alone boxed set. As stated before, the sculpting quality is also very old school, being more reminiscent of the Forsaken set than any modern GW set.
Have a look at how there is a square cut into the bottom of the torsos, making them more like miniatures we would see in Dark Vengeance-style sets than a stand alone boxed set. As stated before, the sculpting quality is also very old school, being more reminiscent of the Forsaken set than any modern GW set.
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The End Times Archaon Codex in it's various editions gets a run here. Beautiful looking art!
Meanwhile, looks like we're not getting a new Archaon, as rumoured we would be. This awesome model stays and this section gives a lot of detail about the man before he became Archaon as well as background to the times.
Have a look at these two furry friends! Space Wolves in action - this is the Silver Award from Golden Demons 2014 by Darren Latham.
He's featured a fair bit in White Dwarf and Warhammer: Visions - you can see why!
He's featured a fair bit in White Dwarf and Warhammer: Visions - you can see why!
Here we go - the face off between the Bloodthirster released this week and other heavy hitters in the Warhammer world. Some of these match ups seem unfair - two against one? But The Glottkin makes short work of one! Who'd of thunk it??
Rules, rules and more rules. They certainly beef up the Khorne forces!
Paint Splatter this week is nothing special - no new techniques this week... at least it's an alternate colour scheme to the one offered on the box.
Now this is interesting - there are no Designers Notes for the new Skullreapers/ Wrathmongers kit. I wonder why? Could it be because the miniatures are so old that the person who designed them no longer works there? Conspiracy I know!!
On the positive side - this flyer is awesome!!
Verdict
To be fair, if the Wrathmongers/ Skullreapers kit had been better, then this would have been a better issue, but the kit is so awful that there's really nothing here for me.
The Archaon stuff is good, Codex: Apocrypha about Grey Seer Thanquol is quite good too, but Paint Splatter is boring and I just can't get past the disappointment of that new kit. They look NOTHING like this art...
The Archaon stuff is good, Codex: Apocrypha about Grey Seer Thanquol is quite good too, but Paint Splatter is boring and I just can't get past the disappointment of that new kit. They look NOTHING like this art...
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