The Lord Of Change Is Summoned Forth For Age Of Sigmar This Week
January 30, 2017 by brennon
Games Workshops' Age of Sigmar looks to the daemonic powers of Tzeentch for their host of pre-orders ahead of a release this coming weekend. Leading the way is the new sculpt for Kairos Fateweaver...
Now that is a mighty daemon. As mentioned in previous pieces about these releases while some of them are still a bit hit and miss the work on Kairos is impressive, as is the regular Lord of Change which can also be made from the kit.
You can't have a mighty sorcerer like that however without some faithful servants to serve him on the battlefield.
Characters New & Old
Joining Kairos we have the likes of The Blue Scribes, who are certainly an interesting part of the Tzeentch puzzle.
"Tzeentch created two daemons, P’tarix and Xirat’p, for the sole purpose of learning every spell in existence. The Blue Scribes, as they are known, ride their Disc of Tzeentch through the realms seeking every fragment of arcana.
While P’tarix inscribes magical spells and stabs nearby enemies with his quills, his twin Xirat’p reads the written words, casting strange magics."
Quite fitting indeed! The model collection for your Tzeentch army is rather big and you can see more over on their Pre-Order section but I wanted to draw attention back to The Changeling who is looking superb.
While I do like the look of a lot of the models in the range this one really got me. I think the cloak looks fantastic as well as the hidden identity shrouded by his cowl. You can just imagine him up to mischief in the Realms.
Start Your Army
Games Workshop hasn't left people having to bundle together an army from the various boxes either as they also released a new Start Collecting set for Daemons Of Tzeentch.
Inside the set, you get a unit of Pink Horrors, Screamers Of Tzeentch, Flamers Of Tzeentch and a Burning Chariot of Tzeentch. As the backbone of an army that's a rather good set. With another core battleline unit thrown into the mix, it would make for an army with plenty of options on the tabletop.
Talking of battleline units, you can also now pick up units of Pink Horrors...
...and Blue Horrors (plus their Brimstone Horrors).
I'm still not a big fan of the beaks on the Pink Horrors as it looks a little bit goofy in my opinion. Still the other models look great and the Blue Horrors in particular have a nice air of gibbering madness to them.
What do you think?
"...they also released a new Start Collecting set for Daemons Of Tzeentch"
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I really like the Blue Scribes. They just bring a smile to my face. I don’t know if that is the intent but they seem like a fun miniature.
Undercoated my Silver Tower set this weekend and tried to paint some Brimstone Horrors today.
I will have to get some more bright paints. I hope GW do a painting guide!
Those are actually good. Both The Changeling and The Blue Scribes models that stand out.
This is the first GW release in ages that I think is great all round. Strange as Tzeentch was always my least favourite Chaos god. Still not convinced they are worth what GW is asking though, but nice models.
I was tempted to jump on the Tzeentch band wagon but those new stormcast minis coming out I can’t resist. Need to expand my force.
I got my copy of WD today. Seems the Liberators and Judicators are getting packed into 10 fig boxes now. The Prosecutors are in 6 fig boxes. 10 figs per box for the new Vanguard too. Also a new ranged unit known as the Vanguard Raptor. The hype is real!
@gibbomadness Awesome! hopefully mine should arrive today or tomorrow. I saw from leaked pics that the Gryph-hounds are $40 AUS which is pretty good. did it have a price for the re-boxed judicators? I must have the only Stormcast army with none. 🙂
They look great. This may be the army for me.
Are these supposed to be comical? Like orcs?
I do like the new Greater Daemon of Tzeentch design (when I call it the Doom Turkey, I do so with love), and in general the current configuration of Tzeentch daemon models does a good job of conveying the anarchic, eclectic character of the most mutable and downright weird of all the Chaos Daemon factions.
‘Anarchic’ is the perfect word – I think the original concept/design is from 1990/1991 when GW was getting very comical with the orks.
That Blue Scribe is awesome – that’s what I’m like at my work desk – sometimes two or three people trying to get me to do stuff at once 🙂
I’m loving all these releases, three months in favour of tzeentch! I bought the digital version of the book, and painted up a Magister model. Stripped some old horrors too. Once I get them painted up I’ll pick up some of this stuff.
The cheaper stuff I’ll get first to round out the army and then add the Lord of Change. I liked the original mini, but all this new stuff and even rereleases in plastic is so cool.