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Post by ozvelpoon on Dec 31, 2018 0:25:47 GMT
Hello all, I am starting to get into Wolves of Winter but with the new preferred style of 4 or more units of Reavers I don't want to just repeat the same old sculpts over and over. Has anyone found good alternates for the unit?
You can buy Fellblades on the PP store for 75 cents so I am looking for the rest of the swordsman. The more diversity the better for me, and I am not super concerned about "tournament legal" proxies.
Bonus points if you have pictures!
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wendan
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Post by wendan on Dec 31, 2018 1:06:09 GMT
I got six units a few years ago with tourney winnings, so I've just been using those! But winter guard work nicely!
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Post by ozvelpoon on Dec 31, 2018 1:23:09 GMT
I am looking for something that actually looks the part. I have plenty of other models (I am almost faction complete) but nothing quite fits in the PP line. This is also a conversion project for me.
Sisters of Slaughter (https://miniset.net/sets/gw-99120212007-1) from GW have the right look for a female only doom reaver unit if you replace their whips with fellblades.
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Post by elmagnifico on Dec 31, 2018 3:03:58 GMT
Could always buy up some Slaughterhousers, make a whole unit of Maximus-es?
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Post by borderprince on Dec 31, 2018 5:43:40 GMT
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Post by Soul Samurai on Dec 31, 2018 8:48:16 GMT
I've seen people use GW Sisters of Battle Repentia. Personally I had a large pack of cheap plastic Viking miniatures sitting around for some unrelated reason, so I decided to just slap Fellblades onto them: I didn't realise until after I was done that they are slightly smaller in scale than a typical Warmachine miniature, but oh well.
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fanguad
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Post by fanguad on Dec 31, 2018 14:10:31 GMT
I am using Raging Heroes Blade Maidens. They are fantasy-styled warriors wearing stompy (high-heeled) boots, no chest armor and giant swords. The Command bundle also has good proxies for the Greylord Escort and dismounted Fenris. Downsides are Raging Heroes sprues being bad, whether you like cheesecake, they're not particularly cheaper than official Doom Reavers, and scale is a little small compared to Warmahordes. This is a terrible picture, but about half of these models are Blade Maidens.
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Post by ozvelpoon on Dec 31, 2018 16:52:17 GMT
Thanks for your help everyone, here are your bonus points Soul and Fanguad.
In the scantily clad woman's department I am liking the Raging Heroes Blade Maidens, but Boarderprice' full guide might be the winner. 70$ for a 20 man unit of Bloodreavers would set me up nicely with 3 units (plus my original PP unit). I will need to do some work with greenstuff but as I said this is an art project for me anyways.
Any other models people can think of?
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Post by borderprince on Dec 31, 2018 19:15:46 GMT
...Boarderprice' full guide might be the winner. Can I have a prize?
Just to be clear - not my models (I wish), just something I remembered reading and thought might be handy.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Dec 31, 2018 19:33:06 GMT
Any other models people can think of? WFB Chaos Warriors? I think the aesthetics are not too dissimilar, but you might have a problem with getting them to hold fellblades - they all seem to have rather static two weapon/weapon & shield poses.
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Post by ozvelpoon on Dec 31, 2018 21:28:02 GMT
Chaos Warriors are a bit over armored to my eye. Doomreavers are kind of odd that way; they wear armor but not that many pieces overall.
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Post by cplmustard on Jan 2, 2019 0:10:20 GMT
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Post by ozvelpoon on Jan 2, 2019 0:28:26 GMT
Thanks cplmustard, boarderprince was one step ahead and got that EXACT link up above. It seems to be the best option from a looks/price perspective. A little greenstuff modeling required, but worth it I think.
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Post by cplmustard on Jan 2, 2019 17:50:19 GMT
Dang I completely missed the link borderprince posted, consider this a +1 then
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Ganso
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Post by Ganso on Jan 2, 2019 21:18:18 GMT
I got 5 units painted and 3 more in bare metal just waiting for the Update to be released. Don't wanna paint 1 too many units if I can avoid it
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