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Doggos for Warcry! https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/24/the-wildercorps-hunters-pair-human-and-hound-to-scout-the-mortal-realms/

Gorgeous models, full of character. My fav is probably the guy whistling for his good boi

edit: wrong thread

Wasn’t expecting that for CoS Warcry but I like - mix them up with the Witchhunters as well. I assume this is 1 of the 2 new order warbands.

Those are really nice... FOR MORDHEIM

Oh yeah I really like these..
Maybe I’ll dip into Warcry after all..


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 ImAGeek wrote:

Danny76 wrote:
I guess because of the price of Underworlds warbands (when they sell them without cards etc) already set this at a certain price before you added terrain and board book etc.

As opposed to the £37.50-£40 Kill Team teams you mean?

And good point. This makes me look at that KT box with much more interest too..

Today I unbox & review the Warcry: Crypt of Blood starter set, inc. high-res shots of all the sprues. Some thoughts on assembling the terrain and its shortcomings, and an overview of what rules are missing from Start here book 🤔

https://taleofpainters.com/2023/07/review-warcry-crypt-of-blood-starter-set/

Hopefully the terrain sprue turns up in another product at some point but for me it's not worth paying €76 for, I think this is the first Warcry release I've passed on.

 DaveC wrote:
Wasn’t expecting that for CoS Warcry but I like - mix them up with the Witchhunters as well. I assume this is 1 of the 2 new order warbands.

Something seems to be off with the Guy with spear and knife bottom left. His legs look way too short.Could he maybe a Dwarf?

AoS Warrior edition + Realmscape boards pack = £67.50. The rules are going free on Warhammer Community.

 manic _miner wrote:

 DaveC wrote:
Wasn’t expecting that for CoS Warcry but I like - mix them up with the Witchhunters as well. I assume this is 1 of the 2 new order warbands.

Something seems to be off with the Guy with spear and knife bottom left. His legs look way too short.Could he maybe a Dwarf?

Could be. Apparently one of the heads looks like its meant to represent an aelf so having a duardin isn't out of the question

Same body on the right

Dude has short legs but not a dwarf. More like they went for a Discworld aesthetic or something.

The scenery in the new starter is completely underwhelming, especially for the price. At the very least, they could at least have printed the box bottom into a "building" like the AoS starter sets, and you could have one side of the mat be another elevation to fight across. Right now it's just an anemic couple of terrain pieces and a bunch of empty mat.

I know all we're ever going to get from modern GW is "premium" plastic terrain, but something like the Mordheim starter terrain from the "olden days" would be so much cooler, and insanely easy to do nowadays, with some few plastic corners and a bunch of thick cardboard walls.

Yeah, it's a shame the starter is at this price range. While the terrain is new, I don't find it compelling enough to buy. The content is not really usable for "real Warcry" as well - I mean, both of the warbands can't be continued by themselves so far.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
More like they went for a Discworld aesthetic or something.

Just adding more body diversity, that's all. I like to have all kinds of humans, thin, muscular, fat, athletic. That's what this new CoS range is bringing, and I welcome it.

Yeah.
Legs aren’t short, they’re normal length but the trousers have a low crotch.
Looks like his hips are in the same place they should be.

That’s my thoughts anyway.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
The scenery in the new starter is completely underwhelming, especially for the price. At the very least, they could at least have printed the box bottom into a "building" like the AoS starter sets, and you could have one side of the mat be another elevation to fight across. Right now it's just an anemic couple of terrain pieces and a bunch of empty mat.

I know all we're ever going to get from modern GW is "premium" plastic terrain, but something like the Mordheim starter terrain from the "olden days" would be so much cooler, and insanely easy to do nowadays, with some few plastic corners and a bunch of thick cardboard walls.

Emphasis mine. Not disagreeing with you, but cardboard is a hurdle/potential issue for GW, since it needs to be outsourced. Full plastic (albeit anemic) scenery allows for in-house production.

Old-Four-Arms wrote:

 AegisGrimm wrote:
The scenery in the new starter is completely underwhelming, especially for the price. At the very least, they could at least have printed the box bottom into a "building" like the AoS starter sets, and you could have one side of the mat be another elevation to fight across. Right now it's just an anemic couple of terrain pieces and a bunch of empty mat.

I know all we're ever going to get from modern GW is "premium" plastic terrain, but something like the Mordheim starter terrain from the "olden days" would be so much cooler, and insanely easy to do nowadays, with some few plastic corners and a bunch of thick cardboard walls.

Emphasis mine. Not disagreeing with you, but cardboard is a hurdle/potential issue for GW, since it needs to be outsourced. Full plastic (albeit anemic) scenery allows for in-house production.

There's.... there's a custom sheet of punch out tokens in this very box

Not to mention things like the terrain boards they do nowadays for 40K and AoS, many that come with plastic terrain to put on top, or the tokens and boards in the Underworlds starters, etc.

 DaveC wrote:
Same price as the Killteam starter but with less content.

All that says to me is that, come the next KT season, their expansion boxes will be even higher priced.

Just letting others know: This week's Warhammer+/Warhammer TV Loremasters video discussed the Gnarlwood. In addition to the warbands that have already appeared, the video mentions both a Sylvaneth and an Ogor warband. Not that it guarantees anything, but they were covered in the same segment as all the existing boxed set warbands.

 Scottywan82 wrote:
Just letting others know: This week's Warhammer+/Warhammer TV Loremasters video discussed the Gnarlwood. In addition to the warbands that have already appeared, the video mentions both a Sylvaneth and an Ogor warband. Not that it guarantees anything, but they were covered in the same segment as all the existing boxed set warbands.

Well the roadmap has 4 new warbands for Autumn and its Order vs Destruction so I guess it's 2 order and 2 destruction. And we know we will get Cities of Sigmar and Kruleboyz.
So the other two could very well be, Sylvaneth (for Order) and Ogors (for Destruction).

 straken619 wrote:

 Scottywan82 wrote:
Just letting others know: This week's Warhammer+/Warhammer TV Loremasters video discussed the Gnarlwood. In addition to the warbands that have already appeared, the video mentions both a Sylvaneth and an Ogor warband. Not that it guarantees anything, but they were covered in the same segment as all the existing boxed set warbands.

Well the roadmap has 4 new warbands for Autumn and its Order vs Destruction so I guess it's 2 order and 2 destruction. And we know we will get Cities of Sigmar and Kruleboyz.
So the other two could very well be, Sylvaneth (for Order) and Ogors (for Destruction).

Do we think the next set will be Cities of Sigmar and Orks, or is this still all conjecture? I've been meaning to try Warcry... And that might be the set that pulls me in.

How frequent are the releases? Seems like practically monthly, but I assume that's only because I'm not paying close attention. Maybe Sept/Oct?

There was a lot of assumption that it was going to be, but there's no boxed sets scheduled until after the 2 Order and 2 Destruction sets.

They've been doing a new not-starter box every few months. They're what I reccomend as a starter at any rate; the actual starter is an unfortunate dud (especially considering GW starters usually have oretty good value).

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
They've been doing a new not-starter box every few months. They're what I reccomend as a starter at any rate; the actual starter is an unfortunate dud (especially considering GW starters usually have oretty good value).

There's a reason I phrased things the way that I did.
Here's the roadmap for WarCry:

The WarCry starter is intended to be an intro for new players, not the start of a new season.
Compare that to Kill Team:

KT notes it's a "NEW SEASON", which means Big Boxes.

It seems more and more that the Warbands we're going to see for WarCry are tied to the Dawnbringers books, which were supposed to see 12 factions across all four Grand Alliances get models.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
They've been doing a new not-starter box every few months. They're what I reccomend as a starter at any rate; the actual starter is an unfortunate dud (especially considering GW starters usually have oretty good value).

Looking at the price of that starter, and the lack of new big boxes, I'm guessing we're seeing GW burn through the remaining designed kits and possibly ditching warcry.

I don't know why you'd release a starter for a skirmish game with two incomplete sides, not enough terrain, AND charge over $100.

Any of the bespoke warbands would be great single sprue but full warbands, and while I wouldn't love that price, at least it's a little bit of savings.

It's a shame, because this as a taster for like $60 would have been really smart. It's not like those underworlds bands are high demand.

Crimson Court was basically always out of stock. Demand is definitely there for them.

I can't speak to the "incomplete warbands" bit. If they have bespoke rules letting you field that warband as one, is it really incomplete?

 Kanluwen wrote:
Crimson Court was basically always out of stock. Demand is definitely there for them.

I can't speak to the "incomplete warbands" bit. If they have bespoke rules letting you field that warband as one, is it really incomplete?

they are apparently reasonably balanced against each other, but they're not full size. Most underworlds warbands don't quite hit the 1000 point warcry limit.

and yes, I do see that the Crimson court was selling for about $65 before this starter. So, I guess it's a good value for Underworld's players, but it's still just a frustrating starter.

The Kill team starter is cheaper, has more terrain, albeit much less interesting terrain, and two full kill teams that are also both highly sought units in 40k. Hell, I've thought about just buying 3 copies of it for 40k since I collect both armies. I still might!

I think I'm seeing the issue...

For you, the fact that it's not a warband of generics kills the value.

For me? It's a legitimate starter set. The Bladeborn setup lets you add them to warbands they're tied to.