Apparently it can also be built as an unmounted bat monster called a “Terrorgeist” (lit. “terror spirit”, I suppose) with rules in August’s White Dwarf.
Looks okay to me. Some people on Warseer are rightly pointing out that it has four limbs instead of the usual draconic hexapod arrangement, which actually makes this a Zombie Wyvern, but I guess that’s the price of a dual purpose kit.
I have to be honest and say that I’m not keen on this either, nor am I keen on the other Storm of Magic monsters. I think GW’s attempts to “Warhammerify” everything is making some of their more recent offerings just a bit too wierd for my tastes. I’ll be sticking with my old metal flying cabbage for now.
I think GW's attempts to "Warhammerify" everything is making some of their more recent offerings just a bit too wierd for my tastes. I'll be sticking with my old metal flying cabbage for now.
Neil
Is this the John Blanche effect? ;)
Personally, I'm fine with it, but it's all a matter of taste.
ohhh, nice find! I really like this model and its also pretty exciting to see some new Vampire count stuff. does anybody know if they have a book coming out soon?
Its clearly based off John Blanche’s pic, which I really like. The Vampire actually looks half-decent too, which is a relief.
Only thing that concerns me is the gigantinormous base size - Zombie Dragons are rubbish at the moment, that thing is going to disappear in one round of combat lol.
I wouldn’t have thought VCs would be getting a new book yet, so this one-off release of a new unit is interesting. I wonder if its an ‘official’ addition to the army list.
Obviously I can’t use it in my Samurai Undead as its not far eastern-looking. Damnation.
To me, the vampire looks a bit stunted and his lance appears to be a sword tied to a stick, lol. The base size is fracking huge, combined with the zombie dragon’s poorer stats and save, it makes it easier to kill him and the vamp on its back (often going to be your general anyway). Also, the face seems a bit stunted for a dragon (an abysall terror maybe, but not for a dragon skull) and, as said, it’s technically a wyvern. I think it looks cool, but the bottom line is that it doesn’t look like an Undead version of ANY of GW’s dragons and most closely resembles the wyvern (with its shorter, flatter skull and lack of forelimbs).
Regardless, I’ll reserve my true judgement until I see it a little better - my current comments are on what can be taken from that picture.
To play Devil’s advocate on the quadruped issue: Zombie Dragons are supposed to be raised from the Plain of Bones, south of the Dark Lands, which is a province-sized carpet of bones and remains of various large monsters. Mostly Dragons, but there are other bits and pieces lying around. When a Zombie Dragon is raised, they don’t necessarily raise a whole Dragon carcass and imbue it with unlife, rather, they use whatever body parts they can find and construct a functional creature. So it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that a “Zombie Dragon” may include bits of Wyvern, or just not bother with one set of limbs altogether.
All thumbs up from me. At last a Cairn Wraith and Banshee with the right looks about 'em! They look like they could haunt the dreams and memories of peasant with their mere appearance. The Terrorgheist is wicked, and the Ghould looks fine, too. I’m positively surprised that the monster riders look good.
The Garden of Morr is a nice kit, though it’ll likely take some years before I or any of my mates buy it. With all these terrain kits, building an Empire battlefield should prove easy though costly. The Herald of Tzeentch is strongly impressive. It might be one of the best Tzeentch models that GW has ever released (and then I’ve looked at a lot of the old ones, many of which are still awesome). The only odd bit is the flaming icon of Tzeentch between the Herald’s horns, but some better painted flames would probably make that right.