Although I have been in contact with Warhammer desktop wargame for some years, I didn't want to get started when I heard that GW had cooperated with Bandai and McFarland to launch a large proportion of Star Wars warriors. First, the model is only large, and it is not much richer than the chess model in details; then, it is not matched with the existing scene, and it is difficult to have the experience of becoming an army. The two important advantages of movability and pre-painting are not so attractive to chess players.
To this day, I have to admit that this kind of cooperation between GW is indeed very positive for cultural out-of-the-loop. At present, the mainstream model play category has become less and less dependent on players to paint themselves. The production threshold is lowered, the vegetarian group can be played, and the finished product is sold, which can attract more non-"craftsmen" into the pit. Watch movies, buy hands, take photos and send circles of friends, all in one go. Then you can immediately start looking up the next new information. The more time-consuming the assembly and painting process, the more it will affect the cycle of players buying new products.
The more convenient the food, the faster it is digested, the less nutrients are absorbed, and the more hungry and dissatisfied the people who eat it are. Only by eating faster and buying more can we keep up with the rhythm of new product launches and better contribute to the gorgeous giant building of this pan-commercial era.
Saying these just leads to the genetic defect of the Warhammer 40K Starfighter Blood Angel Legion that I want to introduce today - blood hunger.
Led by the genetic protozoa St. Gillettes, the Blood Angel Warriors are a group of handsome and dignified pious men who pursue nobility. But congenital genetic defects still give them an unquenchable desire for the flesh and blood of their kind. When eating corpses, there is no distinction between the enemy and the enemy, and when you really want to eat the living, try to eat the enemy as much as possible, and the enemy army does not have enough to eat and then consider the human auxiliary army. At best, carry a blood vial with you and drink some servant's blood in moderation to maintain sanity. The title of "all-round breeder" and "ghoul" is by no means a waste of time.
After the genetic protoplasm St. Gilles was brutally murdered by the rebellious Horus, the loyal Blood Angels collectively fell into the shadow of black rage. Humiliation and anger seeped into the hearts of these sons of St. Gillios, eating away at their sanity day and night. Once trapped, it is almost irreversible. At this time, these warriors who have fallen into the edge of darkness will blacken their armor and draw eye-catching red crosses on it to act as death squads. It is the enemy, not the comrades, who are eager to take away in the final madness of their lives.
After Killiman's return, the P-transformed original cast blood angel was more thirsty due to genetic improvement. But as long as they were the sons of St. Gillis, the spirit of vengeance would not free them from the Black Fury. The original body died tragically, what is the use of leaving me! This sense of remorse and powerlessness has been eating away at the Blood Angel for more than ten thousand years. But the heirs of the enemy are still alive, and they can only live like this, fighting endlessly.
The advantage of this toy is that it is movable, pre-painted, and relatively inexpensive. There is a certain attraction for players who have a certain interest in the Warhammer 40K culture and have no sense of chess pieces.
Regrets are mainly three points.
First, the range of movement is limited, and the signature actions of some interstellar warriors cannot be posed.
Second, the accessories are not rich enough. Obviously, helmets, shoulder armor, and handheld weapons can be removed, but there is no replacement.
Third, the coating is not comprehensive enough.
The plastic sense is very heavy, there is no seepage line in the coating, the styling hand is very tight, and it is not easy to disassemble the weapon
The power pack is completely unpainted
There are wrinkles on the buttocks, the inside of the hands, etc., and there is no painting
Gold is plastic molded color with a certain water pattern
There are slight parting lines
The head rotates horizontally, but the upward lift is limited; the arm can rotate vertically for a week, but the horizontal spread is small
The knees are folded in a fairly large margin, but the hips and ankles are not moved enough; the waist can be rotated horizontally
Look at the pieces of the same faction before you start redrawing
Before p-transformation, short stature
After p-transformation, it is obviously longer
However, some of the painting methods of warhammer chess pieces are not suitable for large hands with a lot of differences in materials and sizes. Fortunately, there is a painting teaching article on the official GW consulting website warhammer-community, which is the ultimate warrior and can be referred to.
First use a sponge dipped in paint to make a large chiaroscuro relationship, and then use the traditional warhammer thin coating method to do excessive, detailed, and grooved edges.
Ticking the eyeliner will be more divine
In the setting, the original cast starfighter can be 3 meters high, and finally has the opportunity to look up
This product is a children's toy with recoat value to me, and the gap between it and the boutique model play is more obvious. There is a gap in workmanship and painting with McFarland's twisted, monster, and regenerative old goods, but also without the richness of the chess model's multiple head sculptures and a large number of optional accessories, of course, it can not be put on the table.
The price of about 150 is very attractive. But the brutality and complexity of the background is not suitable for younger toy players. The low-end sense of material and painting can not satisfy the players who have long been hung up their appetites, boutique model play players.
On the bright side, the Warhammer 40K universe finally has another window, giving more people the opportunity to see the world inside. In the setting, these Astatt monks have been fighting for tens of thousands of years; in reality, the story of the starfighters has also lasted for nearly 40 years. This space epic, which is about the same age as Gundam and Star Wars, originated in the 80s of the last century and continues to this day, don't you want to know about it?