Skarbrand the Exile

[Bigred]

It looks like Skarbrand the Exile is coming to 40K:

via an anonymous reader (http://natfka.blogspot.com/2015/09/next-weekskarbrand-for-aos-and-40k-plus.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Faeit212+%28Faeit+212%29&utm_content=FeedBurner) on Faeit 9-18-2015
Next week's White Dwarf contains rules for both the Age of Sigmar and 40k!


40k Rules-
Skarbrand is a HQ MC with a BS and WS of 10, S and T of 6 and 5 wounds with a 3+ sv
Bellow of Endless Fury S5 template no ap
Gives Range and Hatred to all units friend or foe within 12"
Two axes that are AP2 each. One has Fleshbane, the other Armourbane.
Just over 200pts

AoS Rules
Move 8, save 4+ 14 wounds
Two axes that hit on 4+ with a 3+ to wound
His Rage get stronger the more wounds he has suffered, giving him additional abilities and weapon attacks. Abilities include greater number of attacks, re-rolls for charge, to hit, all failed rolls, and wound rolls. The more wounds he has suffered the more of these abilities he can take.

Hints for the Following Week
A storm is brewing - Plus tank, aliens and a zone of Death!

via Warhammer-Forum user Pouf! Mallette (http://www.warhammer-forum.com/index.php?showtopic=233875&page=9#entry2811945) 9-21-2015

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Retailers have chimed in with the following on Skarbrand: 9-21-2015


Skarbrand the Exile $135

Plastic Kit

Over 6" tall

Large oval base

Look for both 40K rules and Age of Sigmar Warscrolls to accompany him this week.

Via Blog for the Blood God (https://www.facebook.com/BlogForTheBloodGod/) 9-23-2015


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via Well of Eternity (http://instme.com/profile/well_of_eternity) (instagram) 9-23-2015


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[Mr Mystery]

But where's the Pics????

[Erik Setzer]

But where's the Pics????

Probably have to wait until Tuesday. Which is kind of funny given that we already have the Tau pics from further down the line.

[Defenestratus]

But where's the Pics????

http://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99800104004_TheAvatarofKhaineNEW_01.jpg

[Insert_nickname_here]

Blood for the Blood..y...handed God!

[Bigred]

There's Skarbrand!

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/a/ac/Skarbrand.jpg

[Mr Mystery]

Nah, that's like, his Facebook pic or something.

[Venomlust]

Black and white filter, sooo original.

Try this one:

http://i.imgur.com/Z23eBZq.jpg

[Mr Mystery]

Proper pics please. Or else the Weasel gets it.

[Mr Mystery]

Seen the pic.

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12049290_10153207880870773_7637265777257644081_n.j pg?oh=aaf82c55605d372fc6e34b7e5d208a28&oe=56654E4F

I'm....I'm kinda 'meh' at the moment.

[Brakkart]

I have to agree Mystery. I think I'd like it a lot more if we hadn't already had a lot of Khorne stuff this year before him. As it is, while impressive he just comes across as "ohh look... more of the same".

[Mr Mystery]

Pose is good and aggressive. But I dunno.

Maybe it's the lack of a scale shot - just neither here nor there on it.

[Bigred]

Retailers have chimed in with the following on Skarbrand:


Skarbrand the Exile $135

Plastic Kit

Over 6" tall

Large oval base

Look for both 40K rules and Age of Sigmar Warscrolls to accompany him this week.

[YorkNecromancer]

So... he's basically a generic-looking Bloodthirster?

Huh. Missed opportunity there. I mean, nice pose and all, but a super-long goatee does not awesome make. Should be carrying twice the muscle mass of a regular Bloodthirster and bloody wounds where his wings should be, or something like that.

[Charon]

I was pretty puzzeled why they did not include the skarband option in the bloodthirster set. All they needed was 2 broken wings and a hand with a shaft to fit the other axe (the kit already has 2)
Not even the head is different from one of the generic options.
And he is more than full bloodthirster price despite having less options.
So much missed opportunities here...

[Kirsten]

his beard makes him look like a crotchety old man

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

Eh, feel like it should've replaced one of the generic 'thirsters in the default kit.

I guess it'd be cool if the kits are cross-compatible, though, so he could be used to vary up the poses of generic 'thirsters.

[Defenestratus]

Seen the pic.

I'm....I'm kinda 'meh' at the moment.

Its funny how opposite you and I are in terms of aesthetics.

I'm not a fan of his pose (bog standard arm ourstretched pointing a gun or something with other arm above head holding close combat weapon) but the model itself is dripping with details.

I LOVE the wings.

Amazing model overall I think.

[Filthy Casual]

Hard to tell from on cover shot, but I like what I see, looks a like a lot of the details from the classic Skarbrand Blache sketch are in there, could be a bit chunkier than the other kit.

You wait 15 years for a great multipart plastic Bloodthirster and then two come along at once.

[Erik Setzer]

He seems way too chunky. Those don't look so much like muscles as misshapen lumps attached to his body everywhere, with the effect made so much worse by their unnecessary extreme edge highlighting (which made the original BT look bad until I saw it in person being painted properly).

I'm not sure how well it'll sell. That's a pretty high price for a very specific model. Even Nagash wasn't that much. I'm actually rather surprised at them being so bold as to make that kind of leap in prices in less than a year's time.

[Deacon Ix]

On teh fence, I would like to see him against a regular BT before making a final decision, I do have 2 (slight) issues, in my imagination he had bloody stumps for wings (but the modelled ones do fit with the fluff) and I would prefer the Axes held by the handles.

[YorkNecromancer]

See, the broken wings just look a bit crap to me.

If I was a Khorne player, I'd leave the wings off, then dremel out the back entirely, fill it full of Milliput and sculpt in an exposed spinal column, muscle tissue, and shredded skin around the wound.

Then I'd paint him with either a pale or completely black skin tone, pure brass armour and the only red on the model would be his back, which would be absolutely dripping with gore, all apart from the bone, which would be horribly white; everything about the model would be designed to draw the eye to this horrific, god-inflicted wound.

...

You know what, I don't play Khorne, but that's such a good conversion idea, I'm kind of tempted.

[Kirsten]

he has always had wings in the background though

[YorkNecromancer]

Irrelevant.

Horrific wound, emphasising his personal story>cliched, overplayed demonic imagery. :)

[Kirsten]

it isn't irrelevant, the model was always going to have wings.

[Mr Mystery]

I like a lot of the details.

Axe Blades on his Greaves are ace, and the armour looks great.

The way the Axes are held works for me - near the head suggests he's about to wade through lesser beings, and doesn't need the force multiplier of the haft swing.

Just....just.... I dunno. Can't put my finger on it. There's nothing about I think to be 'arse' in itself, but the whole thing hasn't quite pulled the elements together.

[Filthy Casual]

for the model to tell the story well, it needs to have shredded, damaged wings. They're bound and clipped with chains, you can see that this wasn't some injury sustained in battle, this was a deliberate act to punish the daemon.

Wounds where, if you know the fluff, wings once were don't tell that story directly in the miniature, which takes away from its impact. I prefer this to some weird looking stumps.

[Charon]

The model does not tell his story. The wing damage looks a lot like battle damage and his pose is resting and pointing instead of the violent ball of fury that he should be.

If I knew nothing of the story I would see the model as a resilient commander that can have a big impact in melee ut prefers to command his minions from 2nd rank.

[Venomlust]

He looks incredible, but not quite large enough compared to those Flesh Hounds.

And $135 U.S.? That's an extra $10 on top of the conversion from pounds...

[Charon]

"A" Story? Maybe.
"HIS" Story? Nope.

[Cutter]

it isn't irrelevant, the model was always going to have wings.

Agreed. I like it, probably because it has quite a retro GW aesthetic. For me, probably the best thing the studio has put out since the End Crimes.

[Filthy Casual]

"A" Story? Maybe.
"HIS" Story? Nope.

Look at the wings, that's not battle damage, they're chained together, he's had his wings clipped.

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

Look at the wings, that's not battle damage, they're chained together, he's had his wings clipped.Nah, his deal is that he pissed off Khorne, who threw him into the air for a week. Wings were shredded on landing.

Chains and spikes just have a way of showing up on anything that hangs out around a Chaos faction.

[Deacon Ix]

When I imagined Skarbrand's wings I always thought of Gabriel from the movie Constantine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGz8KB_b4Zk

The imagery from teh fluff that always came to me was them burning up on re-entry (as such) so the wings as modelled do actually fit that image as well.

[Erik Setzer]

Chains and spikes just have a way of showing up on anything that hangs out around a Chaos faction.

Yeah, there's more chains and whips on the newer Khorne releases than a bondage convention...

[Charon]

When I imagined Skarbrand's wings I always thought of Gabriel from the movie Constantine.

Kind of. I imgined them rather asymmetrical. One halfway intact but shredded and the other mutilated to a stump so you can actually see that he had 2 wings which are now unusable.
The problem with chaos here is that creatures with tiny, shredded, chained or skeletal wings still fly, so even a single stump would suggest that is is denied to him.

[Deacon Ix]

Kind of. I imgined them rather asymmetrical. One halfway intact but shredded and the other mutilated to a stump so you can actually see that he had 2 wings which are now unusable.
The problem with chaos here is that creatures with tiny, shredded, chained or skeletal wings still fly, so even a single stump would suggest that is is denied to him.

Yeah, Chaos treats physics as set of suggestions.

I like the idea of a stump and a shredded wing - if I get one I think I might look into modelling it that way

[Bigred]

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[Mr Mystery]

Pics show some interesting detail, but the whole still doesn't quite work for me.

Maybe it's the beard - it's just sort of hanging down, negating a sense of movement. Would like to see a simple beardless conversion myself.

[Cutter]

Pics show some interesting detail, but the whole still doesn't quite work for me.

Maybe it's the beard - it's just sort of hanging down, negating a sense of movement. Would like to see a simple beardless conversion myself.

stiff as a board, all the dried blood

Khorne took his wings, and now you want his goatee?

You zir, have no zole.

[Mr Mystery]

I do so have a soul!

Granted it wasn't mine originally, but I paid for it fair and square.

[Kirsten]

he looks like Cranky Kong to me

[Cutter]

I do so have a soul!

Granted it wasn't mine originally, but I paid for it fair and square.

Did you keep the receipt?

[Mr Mystery]

Yep!

Though given the soul's original owner was Simon Cowell, I'd like to point out I bought it third hand at auction. It wasn't me who made that particular deal.

[Haighus]

Yeah, it looks off to me too, I feel it needs more movement too. Maybe if it leaning forward more in a full on sprint, and the axes were actually being held by the handles it would look better imo, goatee trailing in its wake rather than hanging straight down too.

[Cutter]

I'll just leave these right here.

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Have you ever considered leaving them over there?

[RGilbert26]

Have you ever considered leaving them over there?

Especially as it's already been posted.

[Dalleron]

160$ Canadian that's outrageous, and I don't even play chaos.