New Sylvaneth models

Recently new Sylvaneth Battletome was published, along with new Wyldwood model and Sylvaneth Endless spells, so I got both of these last week.

Good thing about the Wyldwood is that you can still use the old model - this was covered by errata/designers commentery. I am very happy with the new battletome, because it gives a lot of options for the Sylvaneth army and you can easily find somethig interesting to play. Not only that, it also opens up some really cool painting and modelling possibilities (especially if you decide to paint your army using one of the Glades as the central theme).

Of course, one of the main things that interested me in the new book were the new Endless spells. I like the rules for all of them (and they are also very thematic) and I will be playing them on a regular basis in my Sylvaneth lists. However, when it comes to how the models look, I think that Vengeful Skullroot could be much better. The model just looks... funny? At least that's the vibe that I'm getting. This model is a great fit for Outcast/Dreadwood theme, but I would like this tree to look much more menacing. Luckily, that is something that can be easily fixed with some green stuff and a few parts from Citadel Wood kit.

Here's how the assembled models look like:

Mordheim warband update #1: The Minotaur

Recently I decided to start collecting Beastmen for Age of Sigmar. This is something that I have considered for some time, but now I finally decided to do it. I am aimig for a smaller army (between 500 and 1000 points), because I don't have plans for expanding it as much as my Sylvaneth and Khorne armies.

However, this was also a perfect opportunity to create Beastmen warband for Mordheim. We were discussing that it would be cool to finally get some Mordheim games and I knew right from the start that I would play Beastmen. I already had some spare models lying around (Beastlord, Shaman, some Gors and Warhounds) but what I was lacking was - a Minotaur. I wanted a nice centerpiece model for my warband, but GW Minotaurs were simply... ugly. No really, they look funny and their poses are not so great. I did not like the old Mordheim Minotaur model as well, so I started looking for suitable replacement.

I found the perfect model at Zealot Miniatures - this company has a nice range of fantastic minotaur models. I ordered the one called "Berserk Minotaur" an it has arrived today:

The miniature is made from resin and is of very high quality. It was also very easy to assemble. The pose is great and the model is big - almost as high as the Kurnoth Hunter, but bulkier. Here you can see how this big bad guy looks like - I don't think I need to mention that painting this miniature is going to be so much fun!

Ylthari's Guardians

Today I have finished painting the last miniature from the Ylthari's Guardians warband. Now the warband is complete and I'm looking forward to my first WHU game (but I'll have to wait for it for some time, since my son was just born few days ago :) ).

I really like the look of Ylthari's Guardians - actually, they and Farstriders were the reason why I started looking at Shadespire/Nightvault sets. However, what I'm planing to do in the future is use these guys much more in our skirmish games, because they really have a lot of character (and if you add them a single Kurnoth Hunter, you get a sweet 250 point skirmish warband).

Here's how my Ylthari's Guardians look like:

Arch-Revenant

Recently I got the Sylvaneth half of the Looncurse box, and the first mini I have painted was the Arch-Revenant. I really like the look of the miniature (actually, I wanted a Revenant hero) and the rules are also great. I used Arch-Revenant in few recent games and her ability to make Kurnoth Hunters more precise, together with the command ability allowed me to really increase the damage output of the Kurnoth hunters. In my last game against Flesh-Eater Courts, 3 Kurnoth Hunters with schytes managed to almost completely destroy a unit of 6 Crypt Flayers (they killed 5 out of 6) - rerolling 1s and having an extra attack is pretty huge!

So, here's how the finished model looks like:

New models and Nightvault

Last weekend I got some new miniatures.  I finally got my second Slaughterpriest and I also got Karanak (a few players from our local store split one "Realm of Chaos" set and nobody wanted Karanak, so I took it). This probably means that at some point in the future I will have to buy Flesh Hounds as well, but that can wait. I also got Nightvault and I am really looking forward to playing that game - I was looking for somerthing small and quick that I can play in the following months.

I will be getting some more stuff in the following weeks (new Sylvaneth endless spells and Awakened Wyldwood) and then I'm going to stop buying new models for a while and focus on painting stuff that I already have. Right now, almost all of my Sylvaneth models are fully painted (there's one more unit of Spite-Revenants and Sorceress from the Ylthari's Guardians warband), so in the next months I will probably focus on painting either my Stormcast Eternals or my Adeptus Custodes. If I can, I'll squeeze in painting some Bloodletters, too.