To be honest, classic WHQ is probably unrecognisable from its modern incarnations. Although Silver Tower was similar in the way that you revealed a dungeon by flipping cards, trying to reach an objective room while being assaulted by monsters, it completely revamped the hero action system by replacing the basic action system of WHQ and changing it into a dice action system that you rolled 4 dice for each hero and could spend them to preform actions. The higher value of dice you spend, the more complex the action you could preform. This dice system was almost your heros health where if you got hit you removed one of your action dice and when you couldn't you were dead (so effectively everyone had 5 hit points). Although you had small health pools you could regenerate it by spending action dice which gives the game a tactical health management system that feels very different then the doomsday clock that health is in WHQ.
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I haven't played it but I'm tempted to pick up the Bestiary when it releases for the lore and art (covers 150+ creatures apparently).
Hm, will have to check that out.
Thanks for the reply. Some of that sound intriguing, but I'm still not sure it'll scratch that nostalgic WQ itch.
That's a broad question, depending on whether "fun" means easy and chill, or challenging and fulfilling. Above all, you should first find an army that looks cool to you.
How easy are the seraphons to paint?Gloomspite Gitz have a lot of potential for some very colourful styles. While it's mostly going to default to little green guys in dark robes for the basic infantry, things get substantially more vibrant in more specialist units and accents.
Those look great !I think they're fairly simple, their weapons and such are quite decorative but their bodies are pretty plain skin or scales. Inks and drybrushing seem pretty helpful to really make them pop. A lot of people change up the colour scheme between Saurus's, Skinks and the various dinosaurs, so you can manage quite a few schemes in a single army without them looking too discordant. Just be aware that a lot of their infantry are a bit on the older side, so your rank and file might not be as flashy or dynamic as everyone else's.
I've always used Chessex dice for my armies. It's amazing what some themed dice can do! I'm working on some grey/cyan/gold/wine Lumineth right now and hey:
Nothing says "we're not Chaos elves" like these! Games Workshop dice will work fine, but like with many things you can find a good alternative for less.
You are very kind! Relocating this summer but once I get set in hopefully I can start posting more often again!
OOOH nice. very nice. thanks for trying this outIt's going to take me a while to get around to painting him so for the sake of providing rapid feedback here's the unpainted version:
As you can see, the Chaos Knight horse is stockier but not really any bigger than a Black Knight/Hexwraith horse. I had to clip the inner wing-things from his boots to fit properly but you could probably get away with it on a slimmer horse model, and it's a very minor modification anyway. If there's one thing I suggest, it's that you pick a horse with a somewhat dynamic pose, the way Mannfred's cloak is billowing it would look best if there's a sense of motion with the mount.
Also just to note that Chaos Knights come with a 75x42mm base, while mounted Vampire Lords require a 60x35mm base, so it'd be helpful to have a spare one of those around (thankfully I did).
