[WFB] Skaven Plague Lord

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>"P Bowles" <pbowles@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:20050129052818.06417.00000045@mb-m25.aol.com...
>> http://uk.games-workshop.com/sneak [...] efault.htm
>>
>> Not wholly convinced - I like the weapons and he looks
appropriately mangy
>> and
>> vicious, but somehow he seems too bulky.
>
>One arm up, one arm down.
>Ummm....
>
>Can't see that model being a must buy for me.

Not sure what it is about some of these poses - there are some like
this, and like the 'arm raised' monster pose that GW uses for things
like Gorgers, Treemen and Possessed that GW makes use of time and time
again even though no one else would ever consider making models in
those poses.

>> Still, he does confirm that there will
>> be some new Skaven releases soon
>
>More skaven would be good.
>Plastic slaves ought to be their priority.

Unlikely, though, since these models will tie in with the Clan
Pestilens army in the Lustria book. Plastic Plague Monks or specific
Plague Rat models are a possibility. I do agree that, without a cowl,
rotting robes or parchment this model doesn't have a Clan Pestilens
feel to it, though.

I'm looking forward more to the Lizardmen releases, though - there's
been a suggestion in WD that new Skink cavalry will be on the way (a
new incarnation of Tichi-Huichi's Raiders), Tenehuain (Tenehuini) is
almost certain given the setting, and I'd expect to see Skink Chiefs
at last.

Philip Bowles