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GW News: Battleshock GONE! and more! AoS 4

Discussion in 'General Hobby/Tabletop Chat' started by Cristhian MLR, Jan 23, 2016.

  1. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
    Slann

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    Well the High Elf Spearmen kit does come with some double-handed spears being thrust forward, so they might be the best choices for some of those leg poses. Any ideas on where I could find some circular shields to keep with the Hoplite effect?
     
  2. Lord-Marcus
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    Warlord games hoplites
     
  3. NIGHTBRINGER
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    By far. That is a lovely model. It's so lively and full of character.
     
  4. Lord-Marcus
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    And tentacles.full of tentacles
     
  5. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
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    Anything from GW?
     
  6. Lord-Marcus
    Slann

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    Only stotmcast shields.

    What is wrong with going outside gw?
     
  7. NIGHTBRINGER
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    Yes that too.
     
  8. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
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    Well, GW is most accessible to me, even though I do like the look of Warlord Games stuff. The only shop that I know that sells Warlord only sells rubbishy Bolt Action stuff and no Hail Caesar.
     
  9. Lord-Marcus
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    Order it online?

    Or ask them to special order it?
     
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    Slann

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    Maybe. But then what would be the point of making my own Elven hoplites when I could just buy some Warlord ones and put them on GW bases and say "Here are my Freeguild Spearmen"?

    Also I've had a look at the sprues and there are no separate shield sprues available - if they had any of those available that would be great.
     
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    Check victrix hoplites then. Might have separate shields
     
  12. little-myth
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    little-myth Well-Known Member

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    Some stats revealed for the Namarti, the blind elves
    AoSDeepkin-Apr9-ThrallProfile3dw.jpg

    And these guys are battleline
     
  13. Christopher
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    Goodness. At least their Bravery and Saves aren't off the charts. But the article talks about all this synergy with army and hero abilities these guys have in addition to those great attacks. Wow.
     
  14. Lord-Marcus
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    So glass cannon infantry that can get buffed. Cool
     
  15. Bracnos
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    Dont the fire dwarfs have round shieds?
     
  16. Lord-Marcus
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    No that would be regular dwarves. But regular dwarves are more Viking then greek
     
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    @Bracnos is right, the Fyreslayers do have circular shields (bladed slingshields), as you can see below:
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    But they do look a bit too Viking-y for Greco-Atlantean Elves. I do have some of these as I've made a set of Vulkites into Slayers for Fantasy (see my painting blog), so if I could do something with them they might be good as stylised Hoplite shields. Perhaps if I was able to file the runes off somehow - that would take the shields one step closer to looking Elven, especially as they are asymmetrical. Quite a lot of Elf shields are asymmetrical as nature is asymmetrical, whereas the regular Dwarfs/Dispossessed, for example, have symmetrical Viking designs on their shields, and as I have 10 of these they would cater for one box of those new sea elves.
     
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    Don't file them off. Shave them off with a hobby knife.


    I also had no idea fyreslayers had shields. My bad
     
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    No worries... @Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl is a Fyreslayer grandmaster.
     
  20. Lord-Marcus
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    Wouldn't that be lodge master?
     

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