Dark Age Week: Faction Spotlight – The Kukulkani
May 6, 2016 by dignity
It's time to look the stars again with another Faction Spotlight for the world of Dark Age. Now we're checking out the deadly Kukulkani!
These warriors are far flung ancestors of the Mayans and were to the stars by ancient alien masters.
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The Kukulkani are deadly reconfigured killing machines who are eager to engage their foes in battle.
What do you make of them?
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I like the idea of these guys getting stronger as things get killed and the big temple of doom guy is one of the most unusual designs I have seen in quite a while
Really liking the look of these guys!
the game mechanics sounds fun, and I like the look of them 🙂
Ohhh was thinking my faction would be The Fire cast but after this not so sure Hmmmmm…
They Looks like the Mayans but no Bounty hunters with them !! and those bounty hunters looks so nice! so for me it still Forsaken as my first choice
Kukulkani: Your death makes me stronger. My death makes me stronger. All the death makes me stronger!
As soon as you showed these slightly at the beginning of the week, I have been waiting for this episode. This is my faction, remind me of all my time travelling around Latin America on my gap year. Death only makes us stronger is such a cool mechanic. Suddenly tactics alter dramatically, not only am I now sacrificing models to buy me time in game, but it is making any counter attack more brutal. Late game faction for sure
cool idea .
Beside the Bounty Hunters is this also a very nice faction, i think this will be a blast for the painting
The honor guard look amazing, so much good stuff in this game I don’t know where to start
You sure know how to take away my money.
I think this is the most interesting faction so far, both in regard to mechanics and looks.
I will admit, at first, when I saw Dark Age I was thinking: “meh, another post apocalyptic setting”, and I didn’t really like the style of the different factions, they felt a bit generic to me, but these guys! These guys are really cool, I like the back story, the minis are awesome and the walking temple rocks (in more ways than one).
Kukulkani are lovely!
The first faction that I actually saw for Dark Age and one that really is quite a brilliant prospect. Having seen the card for the Cabrakan when it is fully powered up it seems like it is indeed a nightmare to deal with.
I love the huge golem like figure, always have been a big fan of big minis, mainly because I like to try and intimdate my opponent on the battlefield at tge start f a game with big minis.
Dark God: “What is best in Dark Age?”
Kukulkani: “Pick your enemies’ hearts out, see them tumble down the steps of your Ziggurat space ship, and listen to the despair of their Samaria.”
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Ancient sunken civilisations and advanced technology – somehow they just make a lovely couple.
Oh i really like the minis and background of these
I love the game mechanics seem to really differ between factions.
These paint jobs are SICK!
Can’t go wrong with Mayans in space 🙂
really liking the backstory & the models, torn between these, the outcasts & the dragyri at the moment
I would imagine that their tech does not brake down on the battlefield any where near as often as the other factions. Interesting art style, it should be fun to see what subfactions will be coming from them.
I love the design of the honour guard, the use of mythology with alien technology, and the mechanic for buffing your figures the more models that die around them. This is another strong contender for my favourite faction. If I win any models, I suspect I will end up collecting multiple forces, which is something I do not usually do.
This is one cool faction! Makes me want to make a Ziggurat space shuttle (because the mothership would BE the table) out of insulation foam and other bits and bobs. That’d be cool to fight over a ziggurat spaceship!
These guys are the faction that brought the game to my attention.
SOLD – think i just found the faction for me.
I want the Giant Massive Pyramid of Doom.
space mayans…nice!
Well they look interesting…
A superb looking faction. Good work CMON.
This is one of the coolest factions in any game, not just dark age. Wind serpents, walking pyramids, and giant body guards. Very nice.
love the look and feel of these ones.
Cool faction . really like i they backstory.
…..The most awesome use of Mesoamerican imagery applied to Science Fiction i have seen….By the way Those sword like/Club Weapons are high techish MACUAHUITLS 😀
That Aztec Mech (Aztech? Azmech?) is pretty cool.
It’s Kukulkani for me. Really like the design of these guys, especially the big beasties.
Both a cool aesthetic and game mechanics, gotta love some space/tech mayans!
Looks great!
I think I’m in love with this faction. The look and the mechanics that make them stand apart from other factions is really cool.
Also who couldn’t love the Mayan/alien mix.
Genetically modified space mayas? Ok, you just bought me CMON!
I like the mayan alien feel of these they look cool.
How many of these cool factions do rhese guys have 🙂
The Kukulkani sound like they have a great backstory. A lot of great figures but I think Ah Chu Kuk must be one of my favourites.
I was rea,LY unsure of this faction but dmn those are some lovely sculpts, maybe an army for th future
Sorry bad spelling….
Such an interesting faction, cant wait to see new stuff for them! 😀
The look of the kukulkani just does not do it for me. I also do not care much for the Mayan culture in general. Lizardman in Warhammer didn’t did it for me either.
Death makes them stronger, how cool is that!
Aztecs in SPAAAAAAACCCEEEEE!
Well done! I went from completely unimpressed and disinterested when the first previews of figs were coming out months ago, to actually being talked around by this Dark Age Week and I’m now kind of curious about both the story behind the setting and a couple of the factions. 😀
Though it’s still Salt Flat Nomads all the way for me, this Faction just cries out to be painted- you know; when you look at a mini and in your mind’s-eye you can see the finished piece and know exactly what colours and techniques you’ll use straight away…
It’s now a tie between Kukulkani and CORE for my second Faction, I reckon!
Those are some crazy looking miniatures.
This faction looks awesome. I love the Temple of Doom constructed and the Warcaptain is a great figure I love the wrist beam canon. I like the feel of this faction how they power up off of kills with bio energy. I can see me playing this faction the look is perfect and the combat sounds fun.
Feels good, Mayans that get stronger the more they kill the enemies.
Consuming your souls
Feeding the dark gods of space
the circle of life
I love the theme of these guys.
The walking temple looks awesome!
Need want must
Yet another faction vying for my attention….
Loving the blend of design concepts with these guys.
Eat your heart out. Or we can just cut it out. I like the Aztec theme. A really cool culture that generally gets ignored.
Sweet!
I like the fluff behind these guys, models look great and there rules sound really interesting. They would be tied for first place along with the Salt Flat Nomads for me
RIP wallet
That pyramid! A walking holy site! That is cool!
An awesome sci-fi take on the Mayans!
spaceaztecs. check. neon paints. check. giant pyramid in the middle of the future… be back later on that one
Very interesting.
I’ve liked the look of a lot of these factions all week but these guys are the ones that have blown me away. That walking ziggurat, the bio strength mechanic and the fluff! Simply awesome looking stuff. Not my usual play style but I think it would be worth changing it up just to field these guys
Very cool theme and mechanics… kudos for making each faction different and thematic!
Dark Age is so cool!
Great concept behind these guys, love the idea of harvesting the bio energy and the cyclic feel to them. And the look really appeals to me, might have a winner here in regards to my faction of choice 🙂
I like the idea of the army just snowballing over the enemy.
Dark Age looks fun!
Dark Age has been on my radar since late 2008 and the new stuff they have been doing is amazing. They keep pulling me closer and closer with cool, unique, and inventive designs like this.
Not going to be my faction, but I didn’t say I wouldn’t paint any.
This was interesting!
Sold…these are my faction. I was sold on them ages ago anyway but now Im in.
Wow! This looks fantastic!
easily the coolest looking faction, alien techno mayan zombie type guys 🙂
Detailing the Maya is one of my favorites…..
Brother G
It looks interesting!
Dark Age Week was cool!
Wow, awesome!
Dark Age rox!
This was excellent!
I’m absolutely amazed by Dark Age!