The Latari Elves Arrive On The Battlefield Of RuneWars This Year From FFG
April 10, 2017 by brennon
The Latari Elves are the third faction for the world of RuneWars, coming later this year to add to the game with a full on expansion Army Box. Take a look at what Fantasy Flight Games were showing off...
Leading the way for the Latari Elves we have Aliana of Summersong, another awesome looking female leader for these armies on the tabletop. She rides into battle atop her Leonx with a deadly looking Kopesh in hand.
As well as having Impact when she charges in and Precise in her rules she also allows for better use of your Leonx Riders. She is able to redeploy them on the battlefield with ease, allowing you to counter the enemies moves on the tabletop.
Leonx Riders
Talking of these beasts, they are the cavalry option open to you as the Latari Elves in RuneWars. Forming up atop their wild cats we have some rather excellent looking units.
Their unique surges in combat allow them to really lay down the hurt on the enemy when they charge in. They also have a very high initiative, allowing them to get the drop on their enemies and all manner or movement choices offering them plenty of ways to redeploy on the battlefield?
Deepwood Archers
Supporting them from range, we have the Deepwood Archers (or the Derpwood Archers my friends and I continually call them - card game joke, never mind haha) who look the part of keen-eyed Elven Archers.
Not only can these fellows lay down a withering hail of arrows on the enemy but their unique surge allows you to fire and then move out of the way of oncoming units allowing you to effectively sidestep a charge if you're careful!
It also means they can disengage faster and then reposition for a better shot, keeping their advantage of range. I think the models look fantastic for these Elves too with their mix of leather armour and flowing cloaks.
Considering I've painted my Daqan in green though I reckon a purple and blue scheme would look good for these Elves.
Aymhelin Scions
Last but not least we have the Aymhelin Scions who are their larger beasts they use in battle akin to the Rune Golem and the Carrion Lancer.
They are able to stun the enemy units they engage with and then make sure they root their foes in place using immobilise too. They will effectively keep those pesky units bogged down until you can get them ranged in with arrows or a charge on the flank by the Leonx.
It also looks epic and would be worth taking a closer look at with simple drybrushing techniques and some source lighting for the glowing heart of the tree.
What do you think of the Latari Elves?
"I think the models look fantastic for these Elves too with their mix of leather armour and flowing cloaks..."
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they look awesome
They look interesting, any word on if core set is required to start – as that feels like a bit of killer for me presently.
As far as I know the faction starter will Coke with all templates and tokens as well as cardboard Terrain … Not sure about the dice though
What is our source for this info please, would like to play the game but don’t really go much on the core box armies
Source is the owner of my local store who was at a flagship event where runewars was demoed and where they told them why its good to Support it.
Check the FFG site. The Army box will come with the models and their specific cards, and there will be a separate ‘Essentials’ box that contains all the card bits from the Core, but no models. So, if you just wanted to play Elves, you would need the Elf Army box and the Essentials box.
Yep.
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/4/10/runewars-miniatures-game-essentials-pack/
Nice. I rather like these guys.
Not entirely sure, but they look almost to like the Warcraft night elves…
Those look amazing! I may pick those up.
These look nice, would be drawn in, but and it’s a big but, at around £60 for 8 mini’s (yes one is a tree thing and three are cavalry) that’s a hefty price. I suspect you would need at least 2 sets as well to bring it to core set strength. unless they are op in strength.
mind you even Lloyd might be able to paint this army in a weekend hehe
Think it’s 8 new sculpts, not the number of models, should imagine the numbers will be the same as core bo armies with 2 stands of cavalry (4) and 4 stands of infantry archers (16)
That is correct. It’s 22 minis in total.
really love the look of these elves.
Atari Elves!
http://t.gamesnostalgia.com/screenshots/e/l/elf/main_small.jpg
Aliana of summersong looks fabulous
That scion looks like it’ll be pretty fun to paint.
These look alright I guess, a little too heavy and thick for elves for my tastes.
The Aymhelin Scions look only vaguely like the concept art which was way better imo so that’s too bad.
Anyway, anyone know if there are going to be orcs for this game? Sort of the only army I play but I really like the looks of the game and I like the inventive command dials.
You may like the Mantic elves more… much thinner.
Hmmm… not doing it for me. A bit thin for my tastes. I like the old GW ones better.
Archers look pretty good to me. Things to improve maybe?: 1) The mounts look heavy … not fast 2) The Weapons and armour parts that look thin and sharp on the concept art doesn’t work at all on the miniatures. They look dull and thick … more like clubs than blades (Aliana’s sword, The helmet on her mount, and the rider’s trident things) 3) The ears … i’ve got nothing against pointy ears for elves but they just seem too big on the sculpts. Basically it seems that the concept artists aren’t considering the limitations of the sculpting process enough… Read more »
Hmmmm doing Elves before Dwarfs … I am shocked and appalled…… You can tell a lot about a company by the choices it makes ….. Very disappointed FFG …. Very disappointed…… >:-( ……. 🙁 ……. 🙁 ……. (Okay they look alright, I suppose ….. but that isn’t going to get FFG out of my personal Dammaz Kron for a while …..bloody elves … shakes head)
But they are feral wood elves, best type of elf … of course failure to do greenskins in the first 3 is a black mark. Don’t know enough about the world to know what to expect of the factions.
I don’t know loads about the world but this matches the aesthetic of Descent, or rather it expands on it. So if you’re interested in learning about the world that might be a good place to look, certainly to get an idea what things look like. Sorastro is also doing a series of painting tutorials for Descent miniatures and you get to see them painted on there so that might also be a place to look.
You are right .. yet again .. Mr @dags .. feral, wild or wood elves are a damn sight better than some of the other varieties….. but when you have have a totally unreasonable, unjustifiable prejudice, I feel that you have a responsibility to ‘take it out and shake it all around” when ever the opportunity presents itself. I take my responsibilities seriously … so here I am …. 😀 😀 😀 😀
Cheers @onlyonepinman will have a look, apparently faction 4 is deamons.
@beardragon14 who am I to stop you shaking your hairy little fellow around on the web ☺ On a more on topic point the sooner they can get 6 plus factions supported the better.
They look great ! Now I’m sure to buy and play this game sooner or later.
I don’t know yet if I go for the core set or if I’m wise and wait for my 2 Favorites factions : Uthuk Yllan and Latari Elves. (Since I already bought Test of Honour recently…)
so hard to restrain myself… 😛
They don’t look too bad, certainly more interesting than the starter box factions. I’m not sure I like the wierd blades on the leader’s wolf’s head but otherwise they seem fairly solid.
Those do look very nice.