GW News: SKAVEN VICTORY! #NewAoS

I agree with @Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl about the Ogre model. It has too much happening around the waistline.

I have zero pull to buy the model.

 

That's a caryatid for you. I guess there's reasons for why they went with one sitting down, but they could have done something better with the flying blue baby of good luck.

 

Hmm, new Chaos Lord on Daemonic Steed? I am good with this.

 

When you're trying to go for that really big, BIG hair you've always wanted!

 

What did you expect? For GW to actually playtest their stuff and prevent potential weird situations like that?

 

Never mind the waistline, I thought the face, lack of clothing and pose were more of a problem. The face looks more like that of a Giant (bald without any form of facial hair) and the blindfold makes no sense. Ogres never go barefoot and generally wear more clothing than what this model is wearing (especially Hunters who wear the pelts of the game they've taken down), and the pose looks more Zombie-like than anything else.

I can't understand GW's thinking with this one when they did so well with the plastic Tyrant and the Hunter in the Underworlds Warband.

 

The idea that it is a rejected SoB model makes a lot of sense.

SoB tend to be have a lot of exposed skin, no shoes, rags for clothes etc. Ogres tend to wear crude, but decently made clothes.
SoB carry loads of random junk, Ogres tend to carry 1-2 extra objects on their belts max.
SoB create makeshift helmets and crowns from animal bones, Ogres either wear an actual helmet or nothing.
SoB tend to be posed as if they're having trouble balancing, looking like they might tip over, a bit drunk, Ogres tend to be posed as if they have much more firmer footing (both mounted and unmounted).

And this hunter seems to consistently fall in the SoB catagory. Admittadly, some of that might be cuz he's a hunter, like how overloaded he is with stuff.
But it does make for a rather odd-feeling ogre.

 

So... AoS Hortennse?

 

what in the world is a hortensse?

 

A horrendously OP Chaos Lord build in 8th Edition Warhammer Fantasy. Unkillable cheese that shouldn't have been allowed to exist and was an example of how 8th Edition returned the game to being Herohammer.

@NIGHTBRINGER please do the honours of explaining the build fully.

 

My God's but I remember that build.

And you're right this looks like the same thing.



Also there is some rumors floating about that this new chaos Lord is a dual kit with a generic chaos Lord on demonic mount.

 

I wouldn't be at all surprised, GW have already made dual mounted character/named character kits for Idoneth, Ossiarch and Lumineth, that seems to be another of their favourite kit designs.

 

Plus the horse pose ok this guy is a dead giveaway.

Both lumineth and ossiarch dusl kits have this same rearing up pose

 

Done...

 

Did it do anything else other than not die?

Alsowhy was hortensse it's name of all things.