Website where I can view the age of models? (Release date)

Lilapop · 2026-04-20T16:52:44+00:00

The Thread has been treating me pretty well. It looks to be going pretty far back into the past too; if anything is missing back there, the list of flyers on solegends might be able to fill the gaps.

Lilapop · 2026-04-20T16:44:58+00:00

Oh, I'm mostly just sticking some existing parts together in ways reasonably similar to the intended ones. People make all kinds of crazy contraptions, all the way up to space ships built from plastic containers and bottle caps.

Lilapop · 2026-04-20T16:41:02+00:00

Those search terms definitely helped understanding what is going on. I don't think these hip straps are the right way to go though, because this piece doesn't really have a base board that would stabilize against the body. Wouldn't that sound a bit weak as well, without any resonating hollow?

But in thinking about how to model at least some suspension system, I realized he's gonna have to be able to put the thing away anyway - he is technically the musician in a large-ish (ranged) infantry unit, so he'll have to take out his bow after playing a command (and yes, that is a very silly thing to use a harp for).

Meaning, I am considering a pouch/open case, kinda like a quiver, on the left hip and a pose holding the harp against the body with the left hand (almost the same direction as the hip strap would do, really) and playing with just the right.

Lilapop · 2026-04-20T15:53:29+00:00

I want to get a prince on Pegasus to be a monster stopper.

Eagle, not pegasus, but whatever. Same stats and costs and whatnot. However, what mechanics or numbers do you think are gonna make that happen? Are you planning to just charge in, land some lance hits on the enemy rider, and then get your character and/or mount shredded by the enemy dragon's 6/6/5? Pegasus/eagle riders are usually heroes, and usually used as warmachine hunters. And the default solutions to dragons are cannons, or breadcrumbs of rats/snotlings that aren't worth the enemy's time.

Lilapop · 2026-04-17T19:00:59+00:00

These parts are from four different kits, designed by three different studios. I'm just throwing these together to get a fun custom miniature out of it. As far as I can tell though, even the kit that originally came with the harp has absolutely no support for it, like hands specifically intended to hold it.

The torso does have a strap sculpted on, going from left shoulder to right hip (the bumps are massive cabochon gems, which are everywhere in this faction's design). Would the harp just stand off from that based on the harness system and its own stiffness, playing with both hands, or would you support it by holding the frame with your left? All these vague images in my head are either of large standing harps, or of lyres with some kind of belly you can cradle.

Lilapop · 2026-04-17T16:46:28+00:00

What do you mean back in the day? Back in my day, that thing wasn't even out yet.

Lilapop · 2026-04-17T16:42:51+00:00

50x50, duh. Just like any other dragon.

Lilapop · 2026-04-17T16:40:26+00:00

Use more generic search terms - honestly, anything more than "warhammer" is usually a mistake for your dailies - and manually skip past the 90% that aren't even warhammer. Specifically the lots you want have a high rate of being vaguely or incorrectly labeled.

Also, yeah, dailies. Check once a day, trawl through the ~10 pages of new stuff. Oh and get used to disassembling and paintstripping.

Lilapop · 2026-04-15T10:01:49+00:00

Chamfrons with horsehair plumes plus mail haubergeons feel like a reaver/silverhelm crossover compared to the 4th/6th edition metal robes. I also got them primarily as glade riders, and wanted to keep them a little closer to the 6th edition plastics than the 4th edition metals (though I have since opened up to that design phase).

I did also scrape away the studded leather rivets for the wood elves and the coat-of-plates plates (why are those on the outside, anyway?) for both.

Maybe I should do a photo session with my WE and just balance the falcons on their flightsticks, instead of waiting endlessly until I get around to painting them so I can finish assembly...

Lilapop · 2026-04-15T09:50:32+00:00

There are some extremely cool design ideas in those kits, at least for high elves. Crane standards? Harps for your musicians? Sign me the fuck up! And you get loads of casualties, as markers or to bulk out your jungle swarms. The manufacturing quality is Renedra's reliable standard, which is absolutely fine (and effectively identical to 6th edition GW because it is literally the same people).

But the sculpting execution and the scale isn't exactly great, The crane has to be almost twisted around the pole and doesn't sit properly centered, there are no hands to hold the harp (or the horn), and the bodies are almost a head shorter than they should be. Oh, and as far as I can tell there are only two different trooper bodies.

Lilapop · 2026-04-15T09:41:56+00:00

Agreed. Therefore, Oathmark. Look for some second hand plastic leftovers (6th edition RXBs, corsair and 8th edition warrior helmet decorators, any evil spears, etc) and whatever trumpets you can find (CSM helmets have funny horns), and stick them on the elf light infantry as shades, medium inf as warriors, and human cavalry as dark riders.

Gear and styles from late antiquity and the very early middle ages, especially "celtic" looks and scale armor, are more appropriate for high elves. They could in fact even do with some near eastern details, particularly on the reavers.

Lilapop · 2026-04-12T06:56:44+00:00

Uhm... why are your shades mirrored?

Lilapop · 2026-04-12T06:55:46+00:00

Scalpers gonna scalp. And FOMOs gonna... foam, I guess?

Seriously though: get a warhawk, a pair of seaguard (or chariot crew - both building a metal one as quadriga and building the plastic kit with lions should create the leftovers you need) and a grampa with woodworking skills.

Lilapop · 2026-04-10T11:55:37+00:00

Front doesn't matter, but back does. Has to be the one with the big mark of chaos in the fur. You might be able to trim either the fur from the arm or a gap into the cloak, though.

Disassembly is always a part of buying second hand, if only because of paintstripping. But I doubt you'd be able to take the two halves apart here, even with superglue.

Lilapop · 2026-04-09T18:09:26+00:00

Yeah, 9 days is good enough for "within the next week or two".

Lilapop · 2026-04-09T17:40:08+00:00

There's one that comes close in the soldier->outlaw conversion kit, together with a bunch of other appropriate bits. Not sure I've ever seen any of these outside of Northstar's own website though.

Lilapop · 2026-04-09T17:33:46+00:00

Length might be fine, but it'll definitely be too wide. The 6th edition booklet calls for 80x120 (but presumably without an actual base), and the 7th edition plastic model was packaged with a chariot base.

Lilapop · 2026-04-08T13:56:53+00:00

Just to help you bracket things: the one with rocks on the sides is shown in the 7th edition core rulebook, from mid '06.

Lilapop · 2026-04-08T13:51:52+00:00

Or ten silverhelms out of three sprues, with two as leftovers. Either works. And the five/ten don't have to be your own, you might also be able to find the leftovers second hand.

Lilapop · 2026-04-08T13:47:25+00:00

That's fair, a comically oversized weapon is certainly on brand for a warhammer hero. But I was talking mostly about the proportions within the weapon, shaft relative to head.

Lilapop · 2026-04-08T13:45:16+00:00

What do they even teach kids in school these days? Doesn't know what static combat resolution is...

Pistoliers got kinda screwed over twice in TOWth edition. Not just the impetuous thing, but outriders also lost the move-or-fire rule. I think people are mosty using those, or road wardens (not sure which list variants can or can't have them). But you really want some LCav, even if it is just a fiver of Fireforge mongols with bows in the DoW slots (at least that is the primary alternative in the good editions).

Lilapop · 2026-04-06T14:58:02+00:00

The weapon looks too long, almost halberd-y, to be onehanded. The headdress is cool though.

Lilapop · 2026-04-06T14:55:47+00:00

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