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Not a massive fan of the head and the studio are, once again, doing their level best to undersell a model with some utterly boring or washed out colour scheme (the entire Stormcast range says hello...). Otherwise that is a very nice model and that snake is going to be a goldmine of conversion potential.

the studio are, once again, doing their level best to undersell a model with some utterly boring or washed out colour scheme

... I want them to do 'boring' and 'washed out' more. I prefer grounded and interesting to the wibbly over-the-top stuff.


The design on this one is definitely a new approach for GW. I had to pop the article to figure out what faction it was supposed to be for- neither the name nor the picture gave me much to go on.

Definitely doesn’t scream itself as a GW model.

Completely neutral on that meself. A distinct style is fine, and deviating from that distinct style can also be fine.

Voss wrote:

the studio are, once again, doing their level best to undersell a model with some utterly boring or washed out colour scheme

... I want them to do 'boring' and 'washed out' more. I prefer grounded and interesting to the wibbly over-the-top stuff.


The design on this one is definitely a new approach for GW. I had to pop the article to figure out what faction it was supposed to be for- neither the name nor the picture gave me much to go on.

Seriously? Nulahmia wasn't hint? Not to mention face is gw vampire style.

Voss wrote:

the studio are, once again, doing their level best to undersell a model with some utterly boring or washed out colour scheme

... I want them to do 'boring' and 'washed out' more. I prefer grounded and interesting to the wibbly over-the-top stuff.


The design on this one is definitely a new approach for GW. I had to pop the article to figure out what faction it was supposed to be for- neither the name nor the picture gave me much to go on.

Which proves Chaos has the right of it, wearing wrestler belts that leave no doubt as to the wearer's allegiance.

Also bringing it over to the new page, because why not?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Whoa...

Sekhar, Fang of Nulahmia

Feels like this one needed a couple more design passes.

Shouldn't the "chief diplomat" be strikingly attractive? Wouldn't their clothing be fairly fancy, not pitted out armor? Instead of carrying a 10-foot sword shouldn't they hold something that looks like a staff of office? Perhaps something that could aid in hypnotic shenanigans? A regal posture, not a shambling gait would seem to be more fitting.

Just give us grimdark Jafar! All the pieces are already there!

tneva82 wrote:

Voss wrote:

the studio are, once again, doing their level best to undersell a model with some utterly boring or washed out colour scheme

... I want them to do 'boring' and 'washed out' more. I prefer grounded and interesting to the wibbly over-the-top stuff.


The design on this one is definitely a new approach for GW. I had to pop the article to figure out what faction it was supposed to be for- neither the name nor the picture gave me much to go on.

Seriously? Nulahmia wasn't hint? Not to mention face is gw vampire style.

No, random syllables strung together is pretty much the standard for everything in AoS, whether its on a map or not. (Unless it used to be a wind of magic).
So, no, that isn't a hint - just limiting to undead factions, that's rather generic and can apply to all of them.

Of course, the obvious non-humans (orks, lizards, skaven, etc) can obviously be eliminated, and standard humans just got a release, so that seemed unlikely. But a bad face isn't the 'vampire style' it just happens a lot across all the ranges.

I really like that model, but I am a bit concerned that the design space for Soulblight, Daughters of Khaine and Headonites of Slaanesh are beginning to bleed into each other a bit too much - I honestly think GW could have said that this was a model for any of those factions without anyone blinking an eye.

In fairness I think that's the idea of the Daughters of Khaine - and for the longest time they were WAY more bloody than the vampires in the setting.

And they are supposed to share a design element of Slaanesh with them, that's part of the insane corruption that happened to Morathi. It's kind of showing how her forces are just a stone's throw from Slaanesh. Made even more bittersweet by the fact that its Morathi's actions that are actually stating to unravel the magic that is holding the Chaos God in prison.


That said I don't think GW are going to go all in with snakes in Soulblight. They've far more wolf and bat elements in the Vampire army, so having one mega-snake I think is just harkening back to some classic 70-80s horror vampire arts/themes.

 Overread wrote:


That said I don't think GW are going to go all in with snakes in Soulblight. They've far more wolf and bat elements in the Vampire army, so having one mega-snake I think is just harkening back to some classic 70-80s horror vampire arts/themes.

Just to note that this is explicitly a Lahmian style vampire and snakes have been part of their iconography for ages.

 Overread wrote:
That said I don't think GW are going to go all in with snakes in Soulblight. They've far more wolf and bat elements in the Vampire army, so having one mega-snake I think is just harkening back to some classic 70-80s horror vampire arts/themes.

I'd think of it more in terms of delineating bloodlines. Woof and bat elements are there for Radukar's bunch (whatever they're called) and von Carsteins respectively.

Classically you'd expect Lahmian vampires to have cats, but a big ass snek is well enough in theme for the original Nehekharan vampires. It's also reasonably symbolic of the more clandestine approach Lahmians had before the world got exploded, vampires grew huge and suddenly all had fethed up faces.

 flaherty wrote:

Just give us grimdark Jafar! All the pieces are already there!

They have. He's the snake.

Nice model but first thought it was a Hedonites model, maybe a Daughters one. But as a Soulblight she needs accompanying models that also share the Lair of the White Worm theme, to work, as she looks out of place with the bats and wolves.

Voss wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
Seriously? Nulahmia wasn't hint?

No, random syllables strung together is pretty much the standard for everything in AoS, whether its on a map or not.

That is a funny observation! ^^
But in this, specific, case Lahmia is one of the five classic bloodlines (of the Vampire Counts-army of pre-AoS warhammer) with a ”Nu”(meaning ”new”) added onto it. So for nerds (like me ^^’) who are all about VC, it’s kind of like calling it ”Neodracula”

SamusDrake wrote:But as a Soulblight she needs accompanying models that also share the Lair of the White Worm theme, to work,

Daaaaamn! That is Such a great take 😃
Perhaps they’ll release a Witch hunter with a pet mongoose? ^^ Or, hell, make a couple of mongoose-based Beastmen models to fight vampires for Chaos ^^ 👍🏼✨

Not too keen on Sekhar, she's coming across more as a zombie than a vampire to me.

ursvamp wrote:


Daaaaamn! That is Such a great take 😃
Perhaps they’ll release a Witch hunter with a pet mongoose? ^^ Or, hell, make a couple of mongoose-based Beastmen models to fight vampires for Chaos ^^ 👍🏼✨

And Cities of Sigmar will also need a model for Peter Calpadi with bagpipes as his weapon of choice.

Love the model but not a fan of sculpted battle damage armour. Meh

 NAVARRO wrote:
Love the model but not a fan of sculpted battle damage armour. Meh

Yeah, that's my only problem with the model as well.

 nels1031 wrote:

 NAVARRO wrote:
Love the model but not a fan of sculpted battle damage armour. Meh

Yeah, that's my only problem with the model as well.

Doesn't look like it would be too hard to fix it with putty though.

JimmyWolf87 wrote:

 Overread wrote:


That said I don't think GW are going to go all in with snakes in Soulblight. They've far more wolf and bat elements in the Vampire army, so having one mega-snake I think is just harkening back to some classic 70-80s horror vampire arts/themes.

Just to note that this is explicitly a Lahmian style vampire and snakes have been part of their iconography for ages.

Yep - The patron goddess of Lahmia was Asaph (symbol is a snake) and Neferata as its Queen traditionally held court with two large asps curled around their wrists to show the favour of the goddess. The Sisterhood had the Asp bow, snakes on their banners, etc etc

The snake looks great but less keen on the vampire lady now if we had got Naaima and a panther.....

The damage on the armour is clearly corrosion due to it's age.

I think the issue isn’t if it’s corrosion or battle damage, but it’s interesting that a seductive and important herald isn’t wearing something newer or nicer. An easy explanation is that the Time Swallower ages everything around it, so even a vampire looks old and withered as a result. That would also mean the armor she wears constantly decays too

Or she just wears different clothes. You can be a fine dandy in the court and a brutal bloody mess in battle. Since she isn't some insane flesheater, she's more than capable of thus wearing her battle armour in battle and then wearing court clothes in court.

Though there is a gaunt and haggard element to her design. Even looking at her body where it shows she's more "hanging from the bones". You can see that a lot around her hips.

Like most of the Vampires, I think its a cool model - but I'd agree with those saying its unclear in how it fits into the wider Soulblight range, which thematically seems increasingly all over place.

Lots of factions use snakes- Slaanesh and Splintered Fang for Chaos, Daughters of Kane, Seraphon with Sotek and now Death with this new Lahmia character.

Also think back to the old vampire army by the end of Old World. It was basically Nighthaunt, Flesheaters, Ossiarchs and Vampires all in one massive army. That's 4 very diverse styles (3 if you accept that right now FE are fairly similar to soulblight and share most of the design elements with them).

I feel like GW is just stretching their creativity somewhat with the setting. Plus I think that if you look at real world armies, they often share a lot of themes and concepts; so its nice to see that somewhat in a fantasy game where traditionally armies are as different as chalk and cheese. Having forces that share elements - for example snake pets or blood spells - kind of reinforces that its all the same universe and world.

Snake is cool, but the vampire looks like a spindly granny in some kind of fetish dress. Neither seductive nor menacing nor stylish.

 Dryaktylus wrote:
Snake is cool, but the vampire looks like a spindly granny in some kind of fetish dress. Neither seductive nor menacing nor stylish.

It looks like she was quite seductive, around 800 years ago. Sort of like Yzma. I really like the look.

Is it wrong if I want to use her as a coach for the Amazon Blood Bowl team? Or maybe even a witch/sorceress? The snake aesthetic would work just debating to give her a head swap or maybe even not lol.

Doubt I'll ever build an army of vampires even though the coming story book she's in sounds cool, doesn't mean I can't enjoy figures like this in other games hehe.

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