In today�?Ts newsletter we can announce that one of the most sinister creatures of the Warhammer world is available to pre-order now �?" the vile and savage Mourngul. With Christmas fast approaching we also have details of our ordering deadlines for the festive season, so read on for more�?�
Mourngul
Dreadful tales are told around huddled fires of those lost in the killing cold of a mountain winter, driven by famine and pain to hunt their own companions and former friends for their meat and the warmth of their blood. There is no salvation for these damned souls, for the horrors in which they indulge cannot save them and they become things neither dead nor alive �?" condemned to an eternity of empty hunger and terrible isolation.
Spite, desperation and malice force these thrice-damned creatures to linger beyond death, the most insidious and destructive winds of magic coiling about them to warp and twist their cadavers into inhuman proportions. Soon they become something neither ghost nor revenant �?" a Mourngul; a monstrous razor-thin shadow of cold flesh and cracked bone with a gaping maw of needle-teeth and a cavernous stomach that hangs open like a dreadful wound.
The Mourngul, designed by Edgar Skomorowski, is a finely detailed multi-part resin model. Redolent with sinister menace, this creature stands 5.5" (140 mm) tall and makes a fantastic centrepiece for any Warhammer army. The Mourngul is available to pre-order now for despatch from Monday 26th November, and rules for it can be found in Monstrous Arcanum.
It’s a lot bigger that the artwork in the book suggests. I like the concept and execution of the miniature but I do think it looks a bit fragile. The long supporting arm seems a bit vulnerable to a gaming environment.
There are some great touches to the sculpt and I particularly like the skullet (Red Dwarf reference there) it gives the figure the feel of an old miserly character like the ghost of Marley in A Christmas Carol.
I doubt I’ll be getting one but more for army theme reasons than anything else, there are other things calling to my wallet first
You can always cut the arm at the wrist and insert a pin if that’s your main concern. The upper part of the arm looks strong enough (with the torso part sticking to the arm there).
I like the model, but dislike the fact that it’s supporting itself on what looks like an imperial outrider… I’ve never been much of a fan of unit- or basefillers that are ‘static’ (ie. are hard to explain as moving around with your army), if you know what I mean.
Can any army make use of this Mourngul?? Which armies or all of them??
Lava Lord
You'd have to cross reference the chart at the back of the FW Monster book. It has a list of all the allowed allies. If I had it with me I'd tell you... Sorry.
Looks cool. Have to agree about the horse on the base never a fan of that type of base either. With some clever sculpting you could change it into a rock formation. This could be a good substitute for a vhargulf miniature.
Not having bought the FW book, this totally confused me & I was almost excited for a hot minute.
Hobgobla-Khan was the chief of the tribe of Mournguls…fierce Hobgoblins whose lax standards of hygiene & sadistic habits ensure that they are universally abhorred…
Not that I don’t like the FW model, but GW needs to actually review it’s own history before throwing names out.
I've never been much of a fan of unit- or basefillers that are 'static' (ie. are hard to explain as moving around with your army), if you know what I mean.
Zuh-Khinie
I totally agree. It reminds me of the Tyrion model which is standing over a dead Dark Elf. Not only it shouldn't move around with the model, but it makes no sense at all if the High Elf army is fighting against any other army other than Dark Elves.
I like the model though, so I would take Beefcake's advice and change it into a rock formation (a rock with the shape of a horse).;)
Can any army make use of this Mourngul?? Which armies or all of them??
Lava Lord
Any army can use one as long as you're playing Storm of Magic (or your local house rules allow them anyway)
The chart in the back of the book is only really a guide for a fluffy match up.
Not having bought the FW book, this totally confused me & I was almost excited for a hot minute.
Hobgobla-Khan was the chief of the tribe of Mournguls...fierce Hobgoblins whose lax standards of hygiene & sadistic habits ensure that they are universally abhorred...
Not that I don't like the FW model, but GW needs to actually review it's own history before throwing names out.
Naagruz
Sorry to disappoint I'd forgotten about the original GW use of "Mourngul" I should've added a reference to Monstrous Arcanum in the post title.
