 | Age of Sigmar has the ignominious honour of taking huge fan reaction and excitement and wringing the life out of it to the point where there was no more love for the game. Forums seem to full of haters (but aren't they always) for the way the game and miniatures have been released, but this week I think they (and I) have to eat our words a bit, because the Skarbrand miniature previewed in this issue of White Dwarf is probably the best release for AoS so far!! Although the only miniature release this week, it thankfully doesn't take up the whole issue (unlike some Stormcast Eternals) leaving room for a wide variety of content. From Armies on Parade to Parade Ground, Paint Splatter is back, some Forge World Mechanicus goodness (and haven't they done an awesome job with the Mechanicus BTW?) plus rules for Skarbrand to be fielded in both Warhammer and WH40k - neat gimmick there. So is this issue with a buy? + + More after the jump + + |
Skarbrand was a naughty demon! He thought he was all that, and when Tzeentch played on that and convinced him to turn his axes against Khorne himself, there was an epic smackdown incurred.
Skarbrand was sent tumbling from Khorne's grace, losing his ability to fly and forced to walk the earth soulless, a killing machine with no other thought than destruction (man, do any of these Khorne guys have personalities?) he is now allied to none but war itself.
Pretty stereotyped backstory, right? Come on - as if the Blood God wouldn't just crush him underfoot.
The main issue for me with this relaunched Khorne is there are no personalities and far too many "soulless killing machines". *Yawn*
Khorne's forces are full of former great champions who have led mighty armies - lets have the rogues and colourful characters, they are wearing red after all. Khorne is rapidly losing it's luster in a stereotyped characterless blood lust me thinks... I miss the old Khorne.
Moving on - this miniature is amazing. He looks big and powerful, his pose dynamic and his weaponry not too over the top. Looking at the sprues he may also come with alternate weapons. Certainly looks like there's a whip in there - kinky bugger!
Skarbrand was sent tumbling from Khorne's grace, losing his ability to fly and forced to walk the earth soulless, a killing machine with no other thought than destruction (man, do any of these Khorne guys have personalities?) he is now allied to none but war itself.
Pretty stereotyped backstory, right? Come on - as if the Blood God wouldn't just crush him underfoot.
The main issue for me with this relaunched Khorne is there are no personalities and far too many "soulless killing machines". *Yawn*
Khorne's forces are full of former great champions who have led mighty armies - lets have the rogues and colourful characters, they are wearing red after all. Khorne is rapidly losing it's luster in a stereotyped characterless blood lust me thinks... I miss the old Khorne.
Moving on - this miniature is amazing. He looks big and powerful, his pose dynamic and his weaponry not too over the top. Looking at the sprues he may also come with alternate weapons. Certainly looks like there's a whip in there - kinky bugger!
Meanwhile, away from the red beasties, there are two digital releases, another Grey Knights drama and a section alerting us to Black Library's Monday digital book releases.
Warhammer Visions (released next week) gets a plug here too.
Warhammer Visions (released next week) gets a plug here too.
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Aaaaah Forge World, you rock our augmented metallic socks off! More Mechanicus goodness this week with a look at the Magos Macrotek Enginseer release. When I saw this I was pretty unimpressed, but when you look closely at the model (right) - he is really cool! There's a lot of character wrapped in those resin robes. I really am quite the fan... so tempting!!
Meanwhile there is also the Horus Heresy Mechanicum: Taghmata Army List gets a good write up here too. This tome basically allows you to have the rules and background you need with lugging the other books around with you. Anything with pictures of Thallax Cohorts in it gets me!!
Meanwhile there is also the Horus Heresy Mechanicum: Taghmata Army List gets a good write up here too. This tome basically allows you to have the rules and background you need with lugging the other books around with you. Anything with pictures of Thallax Cohorts in it gets me!!
Here's some background on everyone's favourite bad boy with some great bits of art in it too.
Paint Splatter, welcome back! There's a few nice tips in here like how to do black hair, the red on his skin and his horns. All see before but good to have around if you don't already.
Some great miniatures in Parade Ground including these Stormcast guys above, a Saurus on an angry lizard and some really cool dwarves - I don't say that often!
Armies on Parade again makes the cut, this time with two sizeable forces; Andy Keddie's Orks and John Bracken's very detailed Tyranid force. You'd be hoping to be seeing more of these in Warhammer Visions soon. In fact with the quality coming out of Armies on Parade, here's hoping they dedicate a whole issue to seeing the armies up closer.
Meanwhile there are two rules sets for Skarbrand - Warhammer 40K (above) and Warhammer (below)
Verdict
Smartly the White Dwarf team are expanding the content of the weekly magazine and quite often now not concentrating on one release. This of course gives greater reading value to us - the audience.
Someone thinking about the audience? Shock horror!
Pretty well rounded issue - just don't look at the price of Skarbrand.
Someone thinking about the audience? Shock horror!
Pretty well rounded issue - just don't look at the price of Skarbrand.
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