Trickling in from my tiny hobby spot are some more Stormcast Ogres. The intent was to use these across gaming systems and explore some inter-game conversion ideas for basing, so these are painted up individually and put on movement trays for my preferred game; Kings of War.
The first up today are some Vindicators, which I will run as Hunters. I actually like these models and decided to pick some up new on sprue, unlike most of the minis in this army, which are coming assembled and second-hand from ebay. These have a nice heroic look to them. I am a little wary of accidentally snapping off the spears, but the plastic shafts are pretty thick and hopefully running these as a unit and on a tray, they will be safe over time. I know I need one regular horde to get the unlocks for my Shooters for this army, so in a normal-sized game, either these or the Retributor Warriors are going to be that I think.
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| All the newer GW stuff is a bit of a pain to assemble, but I did like their poses. |
I have yet to actually play the Ogres, but I think these will be ok on the table. They have decent stats, Ensnare, and Slayer and should be ok as a dedicated anti-monster tool as well as an unlock. A lot of Monsters (Giants, etc) are just 4+ to hit, so these Hunters could do a lot of work to neutralize them, in theory at least. With only Def4 and CS1, I don't think they are likely to solo anything, and will likely need some aid to swiftly kill things.
The last of the stuff today are some more Warriors, made from Sequitors. I saw these released, but never "got" the need for them in AOS, since the Liberators were already a thing in the game with similar weapons. I think these do magic damage or something? I don't know.
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| The great weapon option is short supply it seems. |
The smashy two-handers are seem like a limited weapon option for the unit. For every 1 minis you want with a huge hammer, you tend to need to pick up a few of the shield-variants as well, which is how I ended up with these two units. I picked up an Easy Build trio for use in D&D, and then needed to find a good Ebay bundle to bring both units up to a legal size. The two-handers will be a Regiment of Warriors with the weapon-swap to get more crushing strength, as represented by the great hammers. I don't think they will be anything special on the table, but should be good to run in an intro-game to highlight how some Kings of War units have this swap / upgrade option, or run behind my Siege Breaker regiment to sort of demonstrate screening or a double-line to deal with something like fliers.
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| More Warriors with more shields. But now also with robes! |
The shield version of the Sequitors seem pretty similar to their Liberator kin. So these are a unit of Def5 Warriors as well, likely run with a small magic item to justify their different look. These are some very dynamic models, which makes them a bit difficult to rack up.
I am not super-thrilled with these new Warriors, but mostly because I already have 15 Warriors from old Liberators. Were I starting this project from scratch though, I'd likely suggest buying up of Sequitors to get a mix of options going, and the cloth should makes painting a little more interesting.
From the picture, I look to have missed a purity seal ... thing on at least one of these shields, so I will have to touch that up later. I know I've also missed a few base rims as well, since I couldn't remember if I was doing black or dark gray or another color as I didn't have the full army nearby while hobbying on units. So, I will have some touchups to go back and do, but that is ok. Only a few more units to go!
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