Dantay VI Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Varagyr and Praetor make an appearance at the open day 40kOpenDay-SW17td by Danny Taylor, on Flickr 40kOpenDay-SW18fh by Danny Taylor, on Flickr hammer grimblood 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Caldersson Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Not a fan. That fur looks like worms, and something just seems off with their heads. Triszin 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadnaughty Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Yeah, second the terrible looking fur. There is way better 3e party out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Not a fan. That fur looks like worms, and something just seems off with their heads. I know what's off with their heads - their helmets. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 Heads look a shade too big. Hoping they come separate from the body. Praetor head is a mirrir image of the left mosy varagyr, but with the braid moved about. They look tons better now painted. The centre on looks bad-ass and the rear right is screaming out to be kitted with wolf claws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 Varagyr heads are NOT sculpted to the torso's. Thanks God, I can put helmets on them :D Arms are one piece but hands swap-able. Torso/legs are one piece Quixus and Petitioner's City 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Bearclaw Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Nope, really still not a fan. Even painted they look both 'too 40k' and really crude (fur and faces especially). The 'not topknots' are still really weird looking and unnecessarily 'busy up' a model that already has plenty of hair/fur textures on it in the first place. That Praetor just reeks of lazy CAD asset flip, a rejected Varangyr they stuck the Frost Blade from the 40k upgrade sprue on. I remain sadly underwhelmed with FW's continuing treatment of the Wolves. Certainly not worth the wait . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 While not the best, there is potential for conversion. With heads separate, we can put helmets or other heads in, the plumes I am hoping are detachable. I have decided that the fur can be dremelled and redone with green stuff..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runefyre Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Gotta say they all look workable, I'm very disappointed by the praetor's head...just awful. Could be just the painting style. But overall seeing them painted has somewhat boosted my opinion of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 With luck the Praetor head will be a separate piece along with the Varagyrs. Thinking an arm swap for the praetor and give him the centre Varagyrs head and BAMF praetor right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Bearclaw Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 While not the best, there is potential for conversion. With heads separate, we can put helmets or other heads in, the plumes I am hoping are detachable. I have decided that the fur can be dremelled and redone with green stuff..... Thing is though, where do you get spare Cataphracti heads? Frankly, I expect more from a premium FW product than 'potential for conversion'. If they require that level of work, why not just use a vanilla Cataphracti instead (better head, better ammo feed on the gun, only needs green stuff rather than GS plus dremelling, cheaper base price)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer grimblood Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I'm not a fan of the fur or those plumes. I look forward to seeing the sprues and eventually getting my hands on them though. I like the knotwork on the greaves and axes as well as the beards and hair which is a nice change to physical topknots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercbat Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) Excellent legs sculpt (except fur), ugly posing. Ugly whole upper part. Great dissonance between thin and crisp lower knotwork, and "warcafty" upper. Heads look extremely misscaled. Especially rear right termie. Good point - if I want Varagyr pack in my army (and I want) my conversion skills have no chance not to be improved. ;) Edit: After looking at pics on big screen I admit that torsos and shoulder pads are not ugly, they are quite good but just don't fit together. Edited November 25, 2017 by mercbat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Hellion Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 so shiny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Kjaran Coldheart Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 While not the best, there is potential for conversion. With heads separate, we can put helmets or other heads in, the plumes I am hoping are detachable. I have decided that the fur can be dremelled and redone with green stuff..... Thing is though, where do you get spare Cataphracti heads? Frankly, I expect more from a premium FW product than 'potential for conversion'. If they require that level of work, why not just use a vanilla Cataphracti instead (better head, better ammo feed on the gun, only needs green stuff rather than GS plus dremelling, cheaper base price)? QFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Kjaran Coldheart Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I did this a little while backBad joke by K_Mulkearns, on Flickrthats just me kit bashing a bit. I expect more outta FW Triszin 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I did this a little while back Bad joke by K_Mulkearns, on Flickr thats just me kit bashing a bit. I expect more outta FW Yours is far better. They also borrowed the pose from yours.... LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Kjaran Coldheart Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I wonder if I should ask for royalties... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Very disappointed in this. Never been a wolf fan but after all the badass artwork in Inferno and Russ' brilliant model, I was excited for a stunning model range. They dropped the ball here. If the heads and arms and shoulders were separate, it might be okay, but with the beards flowing over the armour like that, I'd bet that the heads are definitely not separate, and the shoulders are probably attached to the arms like the Tyrant Siege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dienekes96 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Fugly. Fuglier. And Fugliest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper_Hawser Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Sigh, much as i hate to admit it, those are some ugly FW models. And that's before I compare them with other terminator elite like the Firedrakes, Justaerin, Deathshroud and Sekhmet Cabal. Although if you take away those silly horse hair plumes (do they even have horses on Fenris? Probably the giant elk), they won't look TOO bad. Suddenly, using regular cataphracti with the roman motif doesn't seem so bad if I want to create some Vargyr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 I have actually been doing my own varagyr from Deathguard Going to change the chainmail skirt to fur, may keep the chainmail on the arms.... 20170812_105916 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr 20170812_105928 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr 20170812_105941 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr 20170812_105954 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr Very early days yet... Konnavaer 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper_Hawser Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Chain mail is perfectly acceptable viking armour. Far better than the furs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hfran Morkai Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Please don't mess up the Grey Slayers and Deathsworn FW, I've been waiting for those releases before building anything as I want to see what I can get out of them (I'll probably be using primarily plastic Heresy stuff with bits sprinkled here and there as I've been doing with the Wolf Pack). Please FW, do us proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoyo ninja Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) Nope, not for me. They look lazy, like they couldn't be bothered. They started out promising with the power armour bodies, they are awesome, then the contemptor was a bit meh, now these. Not impressed at all. Edited November 27, 2017 by Yoyo ninja Triszin 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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