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2023/08/25 12:00:02
Subject: Re:AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
Face paint colour choice I think isn't doing any favours, a bit too zombie in shade. That said I'll be interested to see the alternate head design as well.
And yeah thus far I think the Carstines mostly did a bit of an appearance in the initial books but otherwise slipped to the background, whilst Radukar has pushed forward. To be fair that's also because the Von Carstines were more focused on the regal end of vampires and zombies whilst GW has more been pushing hte new monster models (not enough in my view, I want full on werewolves and more wolves and more half beast vampires)
The helmet was shaped so she does not need to change her hairstyle ever. Immortals, you know
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2023/08/26 03:39:26
Subject: AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
So, and correct me if I'm wrong, but looking at the Cities of Sigmar models on the GW store, they've just completely abandoned doing 360 photos now, haven't they?
And this is, by far, the most "Necromunda" mini they've ever released for Fantasy:
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H.B.M.C. wrote: So, and correct me if I'm wrong, but looking at the Cities of Sigmar models on the GW store, they've just completely abandoned doing 360 photos now, haven't they?
They are often missing at first lately but normally get added later or in case of a limited release like the army set, when its contents get individual releases
2023/08/26 09:05:31
Subject: AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
For those who are wondering how the new Steelhelms stack up to older Empire Freeguild and Warhammer Fantasy models, I made a scale comparison:
Complete unboxing & review with a lowdown of all assembly options and high-res sprue pics here, plus the contents of the new battletome so you can see which units have been removed/replaced:
Karlina von Carstein is a cool model. I think I prefer the helmet though.
Not as cool as prince Duvalle from the crimsom court, but a nice option for anyone that have WH+ or really want to do official Von Carsteins.
... that looks like a hair version of the helmet. Well done.
And thanks stahly. Got a lot of friends who are interested in these, not interested in AoS at all, but are in TOW and are eyeing these things for that.
For those who are wondering how the new Steelhelms stack up to older Empire Freeguild and Warhammer Fantasy models, I made a scale comparison:
Complete unboxing & review with a lowdown of all assembly options and high-res sprue pics here, plus the contents of the new battletome so you can see which units have been removed/replaced:
Fantastic review! And thank you as always for the scale photos. These are massively helpful, but rarely included in any other reviews. Very much appreciated.
2023/08/26 14:59:26
Subject: Re:AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
H.B.M.C. wrote: So, and correct me if I'm wrong, but looking at the Cities of Sigmar models on the GW store, they've just completely abandoned doing 360 photos now, haven't they?
For the majority of new releases, yes. But I think a few recent models did allow some 360.
2023/08/26 17:38:41
Subject: AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
H.B.M.C. wrote: So, and correct me if I'm wrong, but looking at the Cities of Sigmar models on the GW store, they've just completely abandoned doing 360 photos now, haven't they?
For the majority of new releases, yes. But I think a few recent models did allow some 360.
I'm guessing causing customer confusion is why GW stopped giving you front and back views of each sprue about 10-12 years ago, people may have thought there were more sprues than there were. Still, the amount of times I just want to see one bit, like a space marine helmet and it's facing away...
2023/08/26 17:49:50
Subject: AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
Wow, pleasant surprise that they're Old World scaled (and a head or more shorter than other AoS-adjacent humans like Underworlds, Cursed City... I guess)
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2023/08/26 18:11:07
Subject: AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
I’m now fairly convinced that the board game humans (and everyone else except the Stormcast and larger) got scaled up slightly to make them better individual game pieces. On top of the 105% scaling characters get anyway.
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2023/08/26 18:54:11
Subject: AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
Mr_Rose wrote: I’m now fairly convinced that the board game humans (and everyone else except the Stormcast and larger) got scaled up slightly to make them better individual game pieces. On top of the 105% scaling characters get anyway.
How do the father-daughter witch hunters compare in scale to the Cursed City and Underworlds ones?
H.B.M.C. wrote: So, and correct me if I'm wrong, but looking at the Cities of Sigmar models on the GW store, they've just completely abandoned doing 360 photos now, haven't they?
For the majority of new releases, yes. But I think a few recent models did allow some 360.
I'm guessing causing customer confusion is why GW stopped giving you front and back views of each sprue about 10-12 years ago, people may have thought there were more sprues than there were. Still, the amount of times I just want to see one bit, like a space marine helmet and it's facing away...
I think they were referring to being able to look at a few models on the website and have a 360 view of them (spin them around, see them from any angle, and occasionally from the top). It was very nifty, since it gave you an idea of what the model looked like from the back, how certain stuff was painted, etc. I guess it was too much effort for GW to justify keeping it around?
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2023/08/27 08:50:34
Subject: AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
H.B.M.C. wrote: So, and correct me if I'm wrong, but looking at the Cities of Sigmar models on the GW store, they've just completely abandoned doing 360 photos now, haven't they?
For the majority of new releases, yes. But I think a few recent models did allow some 360.
I'm guessing causing customer confusion is why GW stopped giving you front and back views of each sprue about 10-12 years ago, people may have thought there were more sprues than there were. Still, the amount of times I just want to see one bit, like a space marine helmet and it's facing away...
I think they were referring to being able to look at a few models on the website and have a 360 view of them (spin them around, see them from any angle, and occasionally from the top). It was very nifty, since it gave you an idea of what the model looked like from the back, how certain stuff was painted, etc. I guess it was too much effort for GW to justify keeping it around?
This 360 view is the best thing in GW's site. The previews only show the miniatures from one or two angles, so i use this all the time while painting the miniatures if i can't figure out what a specific thing on them is supposed to be.
Am I the only one that hates the fact that they have it on their shop and not on a specific library for all their miniatures? So many minis like underworlds warbands are limited and after their run you can't find the 360 view anywhere.
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2023/08/27 09:06:12
Subject: Re:AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
360° views take time and ressources to make (including the web site, mind you), that's why you don't see them that much on other miniature game "competitors". GW does indeed tend to keep them for the individual boxes later...certainly because there's not much a point to have them for something that's not intended to stay on the website (once it's gone, it's gone).
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2023/08/27 09:27:58
Subject: AOS N&R (Cities of Sigmar Army Box pre-order Aug 26)
Thing is GW has a whole studio room setup for photography. In theory producing those videos should be pretty simple for them so its surprising that they aren't appearing early. I wonder if its GW trying to somehow cut down on a tiny amount of the 3D copy-cat sculpting market, but honestly once the model is in peoples hands that's it.
I've got to say that its great seeing GW not just showing off photos of painting models but also the 360 displays. So many mini firms sell cast models and yet hardly leave showing renders these days
Overread wrote: I wonder if its GW trying to somehow cut down on a tiny amount of the 3D copy-cat sculpting market, but honestly once the model is in peoples hands that's it.
This thought would go so great with the headline "somehow Kirby has returned".
Me, I always appreciated the 360° views. Changed my mind on a few models as well and made GW some money they wouldn't have gotten otherwise. But hey, who needs marketing tools anyway, right?
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