Posted by
General Biakal on
Jul 12, 2010; 8:45am
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/REVIEW-new-Warhammer-templates-tp5282111.html
WHATS THE MODEL?
New Templates for Warhammer
PRICE?£5 (we will come to that later)
WHATS THE THINKING THEN?The new Warhammer Fantasy Battle is out (you may have heard) to much pomp, and GW have made a real effort to bust out a fair amount of gaming stuff for the Old World geeks.
not much effort to bust it out at reasonable prices though but hey, this IS GW.
the main thing I am interested in is the new templates for the large blast, small blast and flame. Seeing as how i like my geeking all laser'ed up and all, they are the ones i have actually bought.
So you get one huge baroque template with the small template built inside. which is sort of a nice touch as it makes sense. They are painted and weathered and look sort of metallic and chunky.
my major moan is that the templates on mine are
very very slightly out of shape and mis-sized... to the point of if im attacking a unit i will use the new WHFB one, but if my unit is being shot AT i will use the green one as it is slightly smaller. yes i know im a cheater...
the other stuff in the range is a bit more specialised and a bit more suspect when it come to VFM (value for money).
the first thing that fucked me off was the measuring kit...
Benny wants one of thesenow i got to play with one of these at Lenton and I will only say this: it was nice enough but £18 is nothing more than a fucking insult. Dont bother.
the counter set is nice enough but seeing as how i dont play WHFB the counters and resolution thing just blows my mind. it feels a little cheaply made tho.
the dice set is nice enough but probably £3 overpriced which is sad.
the "Gamers Edition" pack is a bit of a mystery to me... you get the new rule book, a fair selection of the new goodies (
sans engineers measuring kit) and a bag to put it in... £75. one the one hand it is a nice package but on the other 75 notes is a fair wedge.
Dont worry about the super duper collectors rulebook- its sold out.
i guess the world is full of stupid people.
as ever, make your own minds up but as a 40K player i quite like using the baroque nice shiny templates....
5 GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS MODEL:1. its nice for the WHFB to get some love
2. its a new direction in templates- they are less a boring abject and more an important part of your collection
3. £5 for the templates is not too bad
4. the Gamers edition pack does sort of have a cool vibe about it
5. it all themes together
5 SHIT THINGS ABOUT THIS MODEL1. engineers set is chuffing expensive for what it is
2. so are the dice even tho they look nice
3. £75 for the super duper rulebook... hmmmm id rather have the gamers edition
4. the chunkier and thicker the plastic is the cheaper and nastier it feels
5. £45 for the cheapest rulebook is a lot too.
LONG STORY SHORT...If your a fantasy diehard then i suppose this is a happy time. however... dont get conned. for 40k'ers we can join in by using the templates... woth it!
WORD.
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