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I noticed lack of one general thread regarding Warhammer Fantasy, so I decided to create a one. :)

Not only Warhammer Fantasy Battle discussions welcomed, but also all things related to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (regardless of edition).

If anyone has questions regarding Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay's second edition, feel free to ask since I own most of its sourcebooks.


Warhammer 40,000 has its own thread here

Edited by Mrph1 on Apr 22nd 2024 at 5:35:40 PM

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2276: Jun 15th 2024 at 8:20:47 AM

Double-post: Recently I finished reading the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW) comic, which offers a lot of inspiration for really freaky mutations for my ongoing Skaven army. A minor villain in the comic is a mouse-mutant who is at one point transformed into a monstrous creature, that looks like a deformed Rat Ogre with multiple limbs and eyes. This is a design I really want to use in my Skaven army. I like the concept behind the Hell Pit Abomination, but I have never really liked the model. I have seen some people online make really cool alternate Abominations, of which I especially like the ones that look like a huge cross between Rat Ogres and Chaos Spawn, like the Abominarat from Zombicide. So what I want to craft is essentially a rat-themed Chaos Giant, that looks like the TMNT-villain.

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#2277: Jun 16th 2024 at 6:04:32 AM

Yeah, that does seem like something that would come out of there XD

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2278: Jun 21st 2024 at 12:48:08 AM

The 'Eavy Metal team explain how they developed the paint-scheme for the new Stormcast. They've managed really well to get a somber look to everything, as if these guys are fighting in a rainstorm. It does give the Stormcast a more Dark Fantasy-vibe than before.

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#2279: Jun 21st 2024 at 1:56:25 AM

Yeah, those actually look pretty good, and I say that in my capacity as the guy who keeps popping up to say "also the helmets look bad" about the Stormcast

Edited by CountDorku on Jun 21st 2024 at 1:56:37 AM

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2280: Jun 21st 2024 at 3:32:05 AM

Speaking of helmets, I think the Stormcast would look pretty good with the old plastic Chaos Marauder heads. In the 80's and early 90's there was a lot of fantasy art of horned helmets even on heroic characters. Like the Footmen and Knights of early Warcraft. The Stormcast are pretty much the equivalent of Einherjar in Norse mythology, so the horned helmets could fit their brand of being dead Horny Vikings from a past age of myth and legend.


And now we get the reasoning behind the official paint scheme for the Skaven. The new sculpts and paintjobs do show the ratmen as very gross, with all of them looking diseased and dirty. In contrast to the Stormcast they have a warmer and slightly reddish tint across the range. Though, I kinda prefer the earlier official paint scheme, from the tail-end of WHFB, as well as the current incarnation in Blood Bowl.

Edited by Mara999 on Jun 21st 2024 at 8:49:40 PM

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2281: Jun 25th 2024 at 11:12:51 AM

Double-post: More on those new Stormcast, with an interview about the design process for making the Stormcast gritties and sadder. The musing on the Stormcast's sense of loss and borderline Death of Personality feels a lot like fiction about immortals and vampires, where a lot of tragedy is sourced from The Fog of Ages making the entity become less and less like that original living person.

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2282: Jul 19th 2024 at 10:51:39 AM

Triple-post: The Old World Almanack makes a return with a focus on the Dwarfs, bot with lore and miniatures. I quite like Dwarfs in fantasy, but oddly enough, they are among the few factions I don't own almost anything at all of. I guess Dwarfs appeal to me more as skirmish warbands or individual figures in an RPG, rather than armies. I do have the new Blood Bowl team, which I intend to convert into characters fitting for Mordheim.

SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2283: Jul 19th 2024 at 11:23:16 AM

Heavy infantry and artillery are two of my favourite unit types so I have always like Dwarfs and they were my largest painted army for WFB (my largest army in all was Vampire Counts but most of them are still unpainted). Those eighties Dwarfs look quite cool. I would have been two when they came out.

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#2284: Jul 19th 2024 at 12:55:04 PM

If I ever start collecting AoS, Kharadron Overlords (and Skaven) are just too cool to pass up. Not traditional dwarves like the above, but still.

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2285: Jul 19th 2024 at 1:36:18 PM

I have inherited a few very old metal Dwarfs, as well as some plastic heads and other assorted bits from the 80's. While the 80's Dwarfs are very short compared to most modern minis, especially the BB-Dwarfs, the proportions could be compatible with the few Dwarfs by Mantic that I have. I also have sprues to build old plastic Squats, but they are so tiny that I'll probably use them to kitbash Ratlings.

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2286: Aug 10th 2024 at 2:23:04 PM

Double-post: The Slaughter at Hel Crown has been concluded, which is celebrated with the reveal of a ton of new Skaven models. This is a grotesque bunch of ratmen, most of whom are a nice mix of direct updates of old sculpts. At the same time many of the new figures are so exaggerated and miss-shaped, that they don't feel like they originate in the Old World, but actually come across like they exist in some metaphysical nightmare-realm created by humanity's collective musophobia. Speaking of which, I really like the new Verminlord character, who looks like a rodent-version of a Lord of Change.

SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2287: Aug 11th 2024 at 2:37:04 AM

Those are some beautifully grotesque models. I love Vizzik (especially his horns) and all the Skryre models. I also like that Krittok has a couple of minions carrying his gear.

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#2288: Aug 12th 2024 at 12:18:31 AM

Well there it is. I told myself if they updated the Stormvermin, I'd get some. I've got no other Fantasy/AoS stuff, but after playing Vermintide I promised myself that.

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2289: Aug 12th 2024 at 8:48:17 AM

I do find it curious that so many of the new Skaven are balding. I guess it is to make them look disturbingly almost-human, as these Skaven resemble the deformed man-rat hybrids seen in James Herbert and Ian Miller's creepy graphic novel The City. Speaking of which, a lot of the redesigns resemble Miller's artwork, which would be appropriate if intentional, as Miller is an old artist for GW. The few glimpses I've seen of Blight City do resemble the nightmarish apocalyptic London seen in The City.

SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2290: Aug 12th 2024 at 9:22:59 AM

[up]The Great Horned Rat, Chaos God of Male Pattern Baldness[lol]


Chaos Warriors are up next for Old World with an army box and a lot of retuning models. Good to see the Skin Wolves again. No mention of new models thoughsad.

Edited by SebastianGray on Aug 12th 2024 at 5:26:50 PM

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2291: Aug 12th 2024 at 11:59:50 AM

There are quite a few Chaos figures I'd be interested in getting. I still really like those 2nd generation plastic Chaos Warriors, as well as those metal Champions and Lords.

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2292: Aug 14th 2024 at 11:22:24 AM

Double-post: I hadn't noticed earlier that the returning Shaggoth isn't in metal, but in *resin*. Finecast resin was so-and-so in my experience, but I would be very interested in getting the Shaggoth, because I have an old idea I would like to try on the model. I hadn't bought it previously when the model had been in metal, because I wanted to separate the torso from the reptilian lower body, and then give him humanoid legs to create a Chaos Giant. For similar reasons I'd be interested to get some regular plastic Dragon Ogres, to use the upper bodies for regular two-legged Ogres. I hope the Beasts of Chaos also come back soon, because there were a few figures I never got around to buying initially.

SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2293: Aug 14th 2024 at 12:43:29 PM

It does say Returning and Remastered Resins so hopefully they will be fixing the 'Fine'cast issues. The funny thing about the Shaggoth though is that it is meant to be a dragon-sized creature, but the model was around the same sizes , if not slight smaller than, the newer plastic Dragon Ogre kit[lol]

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2294: Aug 14th 2024 at 12:52:11 PM

I always thought it would be roughly the same size as the old metal Giant. A quick googling shows me that the Shaggoth is just a bit bigger than the current plastic Dragon Ogres, but I think my idea for converting a Chaos Giant and a trio of Ogres would work.

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2295: Aug 22nd 2024 at 12:21:35 PM

Double-post: They have revealed more upcoming Warhammer Plus models, with AOS and 40K each getting a pair. Marshal Ashfield and Squire Udo look really good as a command option. I don't think the Sigmarite helmet looks very good on the Marshal, but he has much panache in his sculpt, so I would give him a sweet cavalier hat, with a feather on it. The squire could be converted into a battle standard bearer.

SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2296: Aug 23rd 2024 at 12:41:34 AM

They are both very nice models and I agree that the Marshal looks a lot better without the helmet, however I would probably have him a bigger mustache to make it stound out better.

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
International Man of Mystery
#2297: Aug 23rd 2024 at 6:58:50 AM

A huge handlebar moustache to go with the cavalier hat, then. Both can be easily fixed with green stuff. cool

SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2298: Aug 28th 2024 at 10:49:13 PM

Some Fantasy previews while I was asleep:

Blood Bowl: The Chaos Dwarfs take to the pitch. While I am not too much of a fan of the Hobgoblins (they look a little too much like normal goblins) I do like the Chaos Dwarf Blockers and Flamesmiths. The Bull Centaurs are also brilliant. They have renamed the Sneaky Gits Sneaky Stabbas thoughsad

Age of Sigmar: New Stormcast in the form of a named character (love the big axe), a Lord Vigilant on Morrgryph using the same kit, new Lord-Celestant (looks a bit thin but is otherwise good), a great Lord-Relictor, a Lord-Terminos (with anouther nice axe), Reclusians with two weapon options, Stormstrike Palladors with cool mounts that look like wingless hippogriffs, and a Stormreach Portal Faction Terrain piece. All these models look quite good.

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2299: Aug 29th 2024 at 9:45:48 AM

The new Stormcast keep looking good, and they continue to have that OW Gothic bent to them, even when dressed in gold. I particularly like the Lord-Celestant with a skinned lion as a cloak. Especially the head with the page-cut and headband, because she looks like she could be Valten's sister. But I still mostly look at these figures as raw-material for conversions and kitbashing, as I see much potential in using them for Empire, Chaos Warriors, and Space Marines.

The Chaos Dwarfs and Hobgoblins look excellent! Blood Bowl keeps delivering really cool figures that could almost as-is be used for OW and other games. While I prefer the Mongolian wolf-riding Hobgobbos of Dogs of War, I can get behind these guys. A little green-stuff and they get their furry hats. I am curious to see how they might look next to the earlier Hobgrotz, if the two can be combined well into a Hobgoblin fighting force. As for the Chaos Dwarfs, I have long been eyeing Mantic's expies of them, with the intent of making a Chaos Dwarf army or a large warband. These Chorfs for BB would look like excellent commanders and sorcerers for such an army.

Edited by Mara999 on Aug 29th 2024 at 10:18:34 PM

Mara999 International Man of Mystery from Grim Up North Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#2300: Sep 2nd 2024 at 8:20:42 AM

Double-post: The Chaos Dwarfs get another Bull-centaur as their star-player. This is again an example of how much character the Blood Bowl models have, along with miniatures for the various skirmish games in AOS and 40K. Makes them look like they were intended for a more roleplay-heavy game, so as I would use minis from Necromunda and Kill Team for Rogue Trader and Dark Heresy, I would use the ones from Warcry and Blood Bowl for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. This Bull-centaur looks like he could be a boss battle in a dungeon.


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