i think is looks so so , john is correct the wind swept thingi just isnt right, an die 3 armes casting are burning each other with there own flames… intendet or is it me looking at ik the wrong way ?

It’s just a robe with a couple of horror arms sticking out…not really very impressive at all as a concept. I haven’t seen the John Blanche concept sketches but I’m not surprised to hear this is a representation of them, while Blanche can do amazing things with space battles and war machines I’ve really never been a fan of the vast majority of his attempts to draw living things. Some of the older metal sorcerer models (the Tzeentch bird headed one and the more horror like robed one) and even the metal horrors with horrors bursting out of each other… Read more »

I like it, but using the example of being a creature of the warp to ignore physics in one vid and then not allow that in the this one seems contraditory. It dosnt have to look real just cool and it does look cool.

Hmm
Changeling suggests a baby that has been swapped by the faeries.
Or I am assuming a shapeshifter, would that be correct?

It looks like is a duvet by a student away from home and having to change the duvet for the first time. The duvet is winning.
Steef, it is burning itself, so obviously the self harming duvet changer is an Emo.

The only snag with my theory is, do students ever change their duvet covers?

I wouldn’t buy it, its really, way to simple and yes the windswept thing is bad, I’d I ever want a changeling, I’d just buy a chaos sorcerer III and modify him a little
http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/Gamezone-Miniatures/Chaos/Chaos-Sorcerer-III/prod_6167.html

I think its supposed to be that the cloak and him inside are getting blown to one side, or maybe there’s some kind of twisting magical wind around him as he changes form or something, but still, it is a pretty make-piece model. It has a feel about it as if its just out there now to fill in one of the gaps for the special characters, I think there’s maybe 5 or so left across all the codices that still don’t have specific models to represent them.

As a representation of the character, it’s alright. As a generic Herald of Tzeentch, it’s alright. It doesn’t really stand out that much, it’s just acceptable.

I remember over at Warseer when the first pictures of this model came out everyone had raised their arms, saying it was an amazing model. I never really thought it was that special. It’s nice GW quality but the entire pose and model itself is a bit boring. And there’s of course also the physics problem. 😛

I’m glad i was planning on sculpting and converting my own version…

I agree with cazboab plus its chaos he could be in the center of a tornado for all we know but that is beside the point, it still isn’t an impressive model

I’m going out on a limb I like this model yeah it’s not exactly a looker and the staff is going in the oppostit direection to the cloak.

But let me just point something out that people seem to forget THERE DAEMONS!!!!!!. When they burst through into the material they break space and time reality warps there couldbe wind blowing from every direction. the general consensus seems to be hung up over the wind direction as it would be in the real world and yet we play fantasy in a fantasy world !so why couldn’t things be different?

I admit that the wind directions thing can be put down to it being a daemon, but that feels like an excuse, not a reason. My gripe with the model is that there is none of the potential captured. The drawing in this style is amazaingly cool and perfectly represents in. In model form, it’s bland. VERY bland. I may use it as an ordinary Herald if it’s bought for me or gifted to me, but I won;t waste my money on it otherwise. I’d have much rather seen in mid-transformation or mutating between several forms to get the best… Read more »

This thing is priced as a special character, so that is 20 Canuckbucks for me. For a few dollars more, I could just get more horrors. It’s just a character upgrade for a unit, not even a big point investment. The bang for the buck simply isn’t there… just a bit meh.

I’d strongly prefer seeing a demonically inspired Empire captain, high elf, whatever race you’re facing… going with an expensive and uninspired model just seems to miss the point of a shapeshifting terror.

Will all of the new unboxing things have funny titles from now one?

Fluff is briljant, and I think the model looks ace! I’ve just stared painting it. However, I share your feelings about the windswept idea. I think i’ll bent de flags on the staff a bit to make it look more realistic. Still a good sculpt!

I’d just use the terminator chaplin model because it is so nice, I’d just say the Changling turned into him to confuse people.

Personally I can easily imagine the winds of magic swirling round the character in a vortex, swirling cloak in one direction and the flames and banners in another.. a little bending might suggest the swirling a little more.. I love it.