Post by khadorific on Jul 15, 2017 17:17:33 GMT
Okay, I think I found the actual rule sheet. Steamroller 2016. And I don't think buying the new model is necessary if you own an OW1 and the scraps of a Conquest.
It says, "The majority of the converted model's volume must be composed parts from Privateer Press models. TO AVOID CONFUSION (emphasis mine), the conversion should include iconic elements of the model it is intended to represent."
Other rules about the base size and weapons apply, but those are easy to follow if you're making an OW2 out of your OW1 and the scraps of a Conquest. It'll be 100% Privateer Press parts. It has the right weapons, which include the conquest's stompy feet and some crows.
Then, AVOIDING CONFUSION is pretty darned easy. I've seen the OW2 model. It's basically a conquest's legs (and face reconnected around where it's crotch would've been), with a dang treehouse plopped on top. Old Witch is in that treehouse. For your conversion, if you glue a conquest's face to it's crotch area, put an OW1 model atop that, and surround it with some leftover pieces of the conquest, there's no way someone is going to confuse that huge-based model for OW1. No way.
So, the only part of that rule left to satisfy is the call to "include ICONIC ELEMENTS of the model it is intended to represent." What are OW2's iconic elements? It's old witch riding in a treehouse plopped on top of rearranged pieces of a Conquest. With crows... You don't even need the treehouse to avoid confusing people between the small and huge-based OW1 and OW2.
I know I'm in the minority, but I don't really like the look of the new old witch model, so I'm not buying it. And Privateer Press can't really complain if people waste >$100 conquest models to make their Old Witch2s. Plus it'll be fun cutting up that old, extra conquest I never use.
It says, "The majority of the converted model's volume must be composed parts from Privateer Press models. TO AVOID CONFUSION (emphasis mine), the conversion should include iconic elements of the model it is intended to represent."
Other rules about the base size and weapons apply, but those are easy to follow if you're making an OW2 out of your OW1 and the scraps of a Conquest. It'll be 100% Privateer Press parts. It has the right weapons, which include the conquest's stompy feet and some crows.
Then, AVOIDING CONFUSION is pretty darned easy. I've seen the OW2 model. It's basically a conquest's legs (and face reconnected around where it's crotch would've been), with a dang treehouse plopped on top. Old Witch is in that treehouse. For your conversion, if you glue a conquest's face to it's crotch area, put an OW1 model atop that, and surround it with some leftover pieces of the conquest, there's no way someone is going to confuse that huge-based model for OW1. No way.
So, the only part of that rule left to satisfy is the call to "include ICONIC ELEMENTS of the model it is intended to represent." What are OW2's iconic elements? It's old witch riding in a treehouse plopped on top of rearranged pieces of a Conquest. With crows... You don't even need the treehouse to avoid confusing people between the small and huge-based OW1 and OW2.
I know I'm in the minority, but I don't really like the look of the new old witch model, so I'm not buying it. And Privateer Press can't really complain if people waste >$100 conquest models to make their Old Witch2s. Plus it'll be fun cutting up that old, extra conquest I never use.