The Full Majesty Of Warhammer’s Nagash Leaks!
August 19, 2014 by brennon
Grot Orderly, who seem to have a fair amount of access to White Dwarf Magazines have managed to get some more shots of Warhammer Fantasy's big bad guy from Games Workshop, Nagash, in full and also a little more about his rules...
The two versions of the miniature above show off Nagash and the spirit hosts that swirl around him as he is lifted off the ground. He isn't actually as tall as we thought he was since the ghosts are holding him up but he is still pretty tall when you think about it. The cover also brings up a rather interesting twist that could well be pointing towards the new edition of the game on the tabletop. Could this be Games Workshops chance to actually push on the storyline and kill off a few characters and bring more into the light?
The fact that he is getting himself a new book and that Nagash is a subtitle is something to pay attention to as well. Could The End Times become the 'Sanctus Reach' of Warhammer Fantasy? There certainly seems to be a lot of content stuffed into those pages and it should be revealing things about the storyline as well as scenarios and rules I imagine.
Added to that there is a listing for a new book from Black Library which should be well worth a read for us background lovers. I can't wait to see where Games Workshop go with this and I am still very impressed with the miniature AND the look of the new book.
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Got to admit can see what some people won’t be keen on but i like it as a model and an idea. That is one sexy model – more than a little stiff…..
Seeing him I hear the word “Repetetiv” crawling though my head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDcoX7s6rE No better way to say it!
http://youtu.be/hFDcoX7s6rE
The End of Times.
Could this be an allegory of Kirby?
Are GW trying to tell us something?
Who will live and who will die?
Well Matt Ward has gone to “a better place”.
See! It is all starting to make sense!
Yep… this advancement in the story feels like the Grand Finale.
To be fair, the Storm of Chaos was also painting as a grand finale when it came out.
*painted
Stay in school, gents.
I like it not sure about the ghosts but would like to see the back to see that tail / spine thing properly but will make a good necromancer for questers?
He is bigger than a knight Titan. At 1000 points I really don’t know what he is good for outside of the canned quests in his book.
Previously, at a glance, I suggested the figure looked like an old Vegas showgirl, but now I’m ready to bracket that further. It looks like an undead ‘Cher’, with fewer tattoo’s but no less annoying. I can see her laying down the smack to the chorus of “I got you, babe.”
The figure is also static, as Cher is lol.
This model may have a lot of bling going on but to mock Cher can not be forgiven! This is my thoughts on what you posted. No matter hard how I try You keep pushing me aside And I can’t break through There’s no talkin’ to you It’s so sad that you’re leavin’ It takes time to believe it But after all is said and done You’re gonna be the lonely one,oh Do you believe in life after Nagash ? I can feel something inside me say, I really don’t think you’re strong enough, no Do you believe in life… Read more »
Hmmm… You can enjoy Cher for $50. I doubt the same will apply to Nagash.
Cher puts it out for $50? Has it come to that?
Yes, but it never used to be that way. If only she could turn back time.
It all started with her dealings with her local Council Complaints department. She’s had a lot of problems with gypsies, tramps and thieves.
No need for cash, she only takes plastic money
Eeeewww! I was talking about her show… skin crawling. Must think happy thoughts.
$50 just to show?
What a rip off
I think Cher is older than Nagash is supposed to be.
Ever wonder why you never see Cher and Nagash in the same place at the same time? Just throwin’ it out there.
And they both are full of injected plastic
Take of that mask Nagash, we know it is Cher’s face that lies hidden beneath.
Mind shutters at the thought…
We’re all going to the zoo tomorrow we can stay all da….
oh …
Zoo Closed for End of times
Beautiful
Someone should convert the space wolf sled onto king stiffles here to improve the overall appearance
http://privateerpress.com/files/products/34036_LichLordAsphyxious_WEB.jpg
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Honestly he is beautiful in my opinion (though the hat is a bit ott), there is so much getting leaked about this release now like Kislev being destroyed, Vlad being resurrected by Nagash along with all his nine lords of Evil… Hugely excited..
If you can’t fight, wear a big hat as the saying goes, and there are a few in WH land.
Look at the High Elves. Their hats are so tall they bivouac in them at night.
I’m not sure I use the word ‘beautiful’ – perhaps ‘magnificent’? Certainly it’s an extremely impressive sculpt. I’m not a fan of the current aesthetic running through both 40k and WFB, of everything being turned up to 11, but that is very much a subjective thing and there is no doubt that it is creating a firm identity for the brand and away from the historical roots that are based in physical reality. Now, if only these things would start being priced so that they were within reach of the common man, it might just help to start to turn… Read more »
but … my Kislev Horse archers 😮
Wow, an impressive looking mini…very busy, and very cool. I honestly would be afraid to take it anywhere because of how fragile it looks.
Thats actually pretty cool.
I’m having that 😀
It certainly will make one of the impressive centerpiece models that WFB has become all about. Still, I can’t help but feel he looks a little too much a Transformers villain, and not like the serious villain that made him my favorite character in the Warhammer world.
He looks better tahn the orginal model but doesn’t look like a big Epic Lich Lord Asphyxious?. But anyway I was looking else where isn’t he LE?. I have also seen pics from visions and it has some of his other followers and they look awesome.
Love the model. It really looks evil and epic… not to mention that it is huge.
oooh, that’s rather snazzy looking 🙂
some great details on the all the skeletal armour, and ghosts 🙂
… think it could have looked a bit better with the legs both pointing straight down,
but simple enough to convert anyway 🙂
… he’s definitely grown about 300% since his old metal incarnation 😛 ha ha
Love him. Would also love some new zombie sculpts. Then maybe I will get back to my fantasy VC army.
There are loads(!) of other fantasy zombies on the market, high quality and often much cheaper than the older, big-head GW ones. You could try Mantic or Wargames Factory to name just a couple.
I.e. no good if you play in GW tournaments…
Oh right! Well, I’ve used non GW stuff in Warhammer World before so don’t think they care that much. 🙂
Also, are there any GW tournaments any more these days? I know local scene to me has entirely moved to other stores and clubs as the local GW has become a one-man band with a couple of tiny tables, used just for the demo games. Veteran play nights till 10pm seem like a lifetime ago now..
I own some of the Mantic ones, and their ghouls. They’re fabulous.
It might just be me, but that model is so hideous that I’d rather use the old Nagash. And that’s saying something…
Hideous? Would have to disagree.
The aesthetic is not my thing, but I can understand why people like it.
Not great, but not hideous. Just too much bling for my tastes. First I would get rid of the mechano monkey bars. That could only help. And then try and do something with the pose.
There is a reason for the xylophones (osiophones?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGI-hYVslPU
Each to his own, of course… To me, that model just fails on all fronts. Firstly, it’s a rather bad 3D sculpt. This is especially evident in the spirits holding him up. Secondly, the design is absolutely hideous. That’s what does it for me mostly. What’s with the spines growing out of his spine? What’s with the jagged edges on his armour? Why does he have skeletons embedded in the armour? It just doesn’t work for me at all. Thirdly, there’s the hat. Oh man… That’s just… Way over the top. In a bad kind of way. Fourth, as a… Read more »
It’s not hideous, but it does look like an action figure toy. It’s like GW have picked up the license for some obscure 80s cartoon show.
You’ve hit the nail on the head there Redben
This model is so very METAL! Paint it blacker than the blackest black times infinity!
While this is pretty over the top to the point of being a bit silly, he’s no where near as silly as the original sculpt.
I mean, remember the smiling clown face? And the goofy pope hat has got nothing on the Christmas tree he used to wear.
Genuinely impressed by some of the new releases, technically at least (even though a lot of it is still very much toy-like).
I had misgivings when I first saw those leaked blurred pics but colour me impressed now.
can it really be £65 though? If it had been priced more like a treeman (£37), i would have snapped it up, but this price (if true) seems excessive, even for GW!
It comes with tickets to Cher’s show :-).
I wish I could hug you @cpauls1 you always make me laugh!
I read somewhere that you need to get the rules for it also, that pushes it up to around £100 mark?
I suppose it’s one way to keep his tabletop appearances limited in number, and make it appear a bit more ‘elite’.. Absolutely obscene pricing, in my opinion.
The rules should make it rare, not the price.
Yes I agree completely! I was being facetious. 🙂
Not commenting on the price but apparently model rules in the box, ofc rules to use said model are probably not.
Well, he has his own army book.
Actually, I think he has two army books, it seems. Take that, Slann!
I do find the rules release a bit odd.
And people complained about the old chap’s hat? This is just so over the top … literally. Next, are they going to sell a model with a string, and you hang him from the ceiling?
Aw, now you’ve gone and done it. That will be next.
Haha! Hang him from a ceiling fan so he zooms around in circles.
GW will come out with their own ceiling fan with their logo and skulls on it for $2000, and then another $100 for the rules.
Then send a C&D letter to your electrician for IP infringement of the electricity wiring
Uhm…very boring and static pose. The mini looks pretty silly what with the huge hat he’s wearing on his tiny little skull head. Of course, the silly mini comes with a silly price tag. I wonder how long GW will get away with (mostly) silly minis for (consistently) silly prices.
Forever apparently :-).
I wouldn’t place bets, what with the CEO resigning, and proclaiming that this was a great year so long as you ignore the financial side of things.
Still, they have a long ways to spiral before they’re going away. Unless they manage their finances poorly…