New Craft & Revamped HQ Choices For The Harlequins Of Warhammer 40k
February 11, 2015 by brennon
It's not just Warhammer Fantasy that's getting some additional shiny things in the coming weeks. As well as Archaon ruining the Old World the Harlequins of Warhammer 40,000 are flying into the game with the new Starweaver and some revamped HQ units for the Troupe HERE...
Above are the older sculpts for the Shadowseer and the Death Jester and these are two of the sculpts that have been revamped within the new Codex. The Death Jester himself is shown crouching down like a dark prowler atop a piece of ruined masonry with his trademark weapon in hand. He looks suitably epic and hasn't changed much in terms of his overall look.
The Shadowseer is also now atop some ruins, I suppose tying everything into the same look and feel which is great, and is now leaping across it like the Solitaire. I'm really liking both of these new HQ designs and I think they managed to keep that something special based on the original designs.
On the other side of things we have the new Starweaver/Voidweaver which serves much like a Vyper or Venom. It features a driver, gunner and another Harlequin on the back with a melee weapon ready for a flyby attack. Once again a great design if you don't look at their weird heads stuck to the side in a strange attempt to tie it back into its original look. Should have kept the leering hood!
Last but not least we have a look at the hierarchy of the Harlequins and their army make-up. Look out for the Codex to hit this weekend.
Is this looking like the army for you?
Have you picked up any of the new Harlequin releases?
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Foot on ro…
damn, both feet are on “rock”
The images are too poor to make any comment
Wish GW would leak better quality pictures! 😛
The rocks are in focus, don’t care about the rest of the model !
They aren’t HQ choices, the Harlequins don’t have an HQ :
http://imgur.com/a/HfpYs
see the bottom image
What’s with the frumpy build on the shadowseer… too many deep-fried Mars bars? Or is it the angle of the photo? And then there’s that borrowed kroot bayonet thingie — not very original. Why aren’t there any folds in the greatcoat? The CG process seems to have smoothed them all out. Once again, lazy.
The good news: (1) The pant is a bit better this go-around; (2) I don’t collect these, and haven’t been tempted by anything I’ve seen so far. I’m guessing all the good harlequins are on ebay.
‘paint’ not ‘pant.’
I have soft spot for Death Jester so I do like that one but I just wish it didn’t stand on what ever that is. Shadowseer looks now little chunky.
Love that Harlies are getting some new stuff! Exciting times!
So, with the only model that actually looks decent standing on a rock so what do they do? BIGGER ROCK! WOOO.
Gawd. No idea why they’re bring out slightly inferior plastic models of excellent resin models for double the price a.. oh wait, I understand now.
The Death Jester, the new one … that terrain pretty much gives a Cover Save right? I would actually argue it does at this point….
I was going to ask about that
Elevating minis by putting them on terrain is cool and all, but with line of sight rules does that not put them at a disadvantage?
or have the rules changed and or I never understood them correctly any way?
It’s true line of sight so though it does make him more of a target, it allows him to see more – I think the new Jester is crouching more so it evens it out a little?
But models *behind* the obvious cover? That’s basically a 5+ cover save :p mwha haha (I’m sure there’s a rule that says ignore terrain on a model’s base though) but that terrain will defo block other model’s line-of-sight to models behind the Jester.
I have always liked the Death Jester, and the new model certainly captures the feel of the most morbid of Harlequins. i wonder how the revised rules will handle Shrieker Shuriken ammo?
I’m totally sold on this harlequin release. I absolutely love than new death jester, I can’t wait to paint myself one. This is the first completely new 40k army I’ve considered in over a decade! Those diamond patterns though :/
I have painted similar diamond patterns on my 2nd edition 40k Harlequins as a lad and nothing makes you want to bite your paint brush in half more…
The lozenges may be modelled on the figures which will make the task easier, though it can look too much like quilting, which is fine, but not so appropriate for the Harlequins.
If only there was a pot of Diaper paint from ACME Inc like Wily Coyote uses to paint an an entire tunnel on a rock in a single sweep of the paint brush! lol
PRACTICE. You can do it. Just spend a month investing in mastering it. Plenty of guides all over the Youtube etc. You can do it.
It will look mighty weird once every model in the gw range is mounted on a rock .. someone pleeeeaaase explain the rocks??!
Er… in the grim darkness of the far future… everyone has a masonry fetish? 😉
I see where this is going … mankind went from guns back to swords/axes and now its turning into the stone age … it could be an omen of the 40k end times drawing close!
GW have run out of Skullz tm
I did email Kirby warning him about using them all up to make those battle board table tiles.
It was a MASSIVE drain on the skullz tm stockpilez, but he refused to listen.
I hate to say it Kirby, but, I told you so!
Slow on the uptake and only just noticed that the old Shadowseer has an over long tea towel between the legs on a small random rock.
Killing two pet peeves with one random stone.
nb Other manufactures of figures on random rocks and stupid tea towels between the legs are available. Colours may vary from those shown on box. Batteries not included
Know what GW, once upon a time, would have done? You’d have opened that Shadowseer plastic kit up and probably be given the rock / towel as an OPTION … you’d be given different heads, arms, weapons (GW make the rules right… so they must know their models have different weapon options…) and it would be a treat. Had they any real sense and the skills that the company used to have, the new Harlequin trooop box would have had options to build your own Shadowseer. I honestly think their best sculptors have been moved to the End Times currently….… Read more »
One 80s mullet please!