The Legion Welcomes New Models For Privateer’s Hordes
January 14, 2017 by brennon
Privateer Press let a few more models slip out onto the internet over the last few days for the Legion of Everblight in Hordes. These guys are really starting to grow on me, especially with their strange mix of demonic creatures and dragons.
Leading the way we have Azrael, a Heavy Warbeast for the Legion who comes into battle with some deadly looking spears that ignite with magical energy. The mix of armour plating and organic bits and pieces really work nicely together and I like the pose as he's looming over his next victim.
He is joined by a look at an upgrade for Kallus. You can see the original version of him HERE.
I'm not entirely sure on this one. It looks like two models have been stuck together...badly, and while I personally like the top half of the model I think the bottom leaves a lot to be desired. Compared to Azrael I'm not sure it really evokes the same shiny syndrome.
New Horde Faction Teaser
Keeping to the world of Hordes we also saw another piece of teaser artwork for the new faction, coming later this year.
Now that is a big nasty looking beast carrying around an equally strange oddity in that cage. I like the look of it as it really does have a Diablo feel to its design. Hopefully, models will be forthcoming soon.
Images Thanks To Party Foul
What do you think of these Legion sneak peeks?
"I like the pose as he's looming over his next victim..."
They both look great. I’m interested to find out if Kallus has been punished or rewarded to end up like that.
Both of those are great looking models.
I love both models. Very excited about the new Hordes faction.
The heavy Warbeast looks really nice, but the art hints on the new faction are looking really good.
Azrael looks fantastic.
My only quirk with Privateer is that the base is so specific to the mechanics it prevents the model’s base suiting ‘the model’ and balancing it. For example, Azrael is a glorious model but would look more balanced on a 60mm (or even larger, to centralise the head to the centre) base.
However, with such an original look it’s an imposing and very attractive model.
I love the special character beastie but Kallus looks very stupid. The execution of concepts in sculpt form is really kind of hit or miss lately from Privateer Press with nothing in between. As for the new faction teaser… there was a time this would have excited me but now I am totally not interest. How long are they going to keep teasing for, and vaguely at that? I’ve lost interest in it. I haven’t played WM in a while, not a bad game, but I’m not sure about the current edition, considering the blog entry by the company owner… Read more »
holly sh..t Azrale is amazing! Kallus is a miss too for me.
I have felt that overall, there has been a great improvement in terms of the models (the storm raptor) coming out from PP, but the new Kallus one is a real miss for me.
As others have said, it really does look like 2 models have been added on top of one another. It looks like it was a rushed job if anything else (from the angle shown in in this article at any rate).
Dear Ben,
I am unfriending you. I like the top half of your review, but not the bottom half! 😉
Thanks for sharing, hope to see you again in the summer.
@necromancer120 ‘s above post is still a lot more reasonable than anything anyone posts on warseer, lol
Oh I’m sure 🙂 I am just giving Ben a hard time anyway, I know secretly he loves my work and wants to be a Legion player!