Games Workshop 99120201064 Tzaangor Enlightened Action Figure

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In battle, Tzaangors will often form a fighting formation, known as a Tzaangor warherd. Led by an Exalted Sorcerer, when this formidable bestial formation charges into battle, the air fills with a cawing, hooting cacophony. Cantrips spark from gnarled talons and weapons are discharged through sheer exuberance. Tzaangor Enlightened, creatures that possess an arrogance matched only by their extraordinary perception. These beings have the uncanny ability to discern the lessons of the past with the same clarity as mortals see daylight. What sets them apart is their audacious choice to soar into battle astride the enigmatic and razor-sharp constructs known as Discs of Tzeentch. As they engage their enemies, they take delight in unsettling their foes by resounding their most haunting failures and sins, all while delivering devastating strikes with their gilded spears. The Shaggoth went up a massive 55% in points – so I’m worried if he’s going to be found in most lists. He didn’t get a massive boost in survivability, he’s still 10 wounds so he doesn’t count as a Galletian Champion and he doesn’t get Look Out Sir. He can heal during combat phases but I imagine if he’s going to die it’ll be in one go. To paint the beaks, hooves and horns, they were both given the same initial layer of Vallejo Model Ivory. The beaks were then painted with Vallejo Model Air Yellow, which took a couple of coats to get consistent. The horns and hooves were washed with Nuln Oil, and then another high light pass was completed with the ivory to increase the contrast a little.

Mortals are harder to know where to begin because you may be starting from different places. I’m going to assume you have the contents of an Aether War box, if you have the Battleforce box mentioned above, even better, you can still make use of this.

The Gems

Solid shooting –One of the better “shooty” armies. Shooting is less common in Age of Sigmar than 40k so this is a real advantage.

Other Enlightened wield Fatecaster Greatbows, strung with ectoplasmic cords that send ensorcelled arrows on deadly paths. Lastly, some carry Chainswords and Autopistols used in their past lives as human Heretics, for these were the tools by which they first achieved glory before Tzeentch. Delicate –Your armor saves are on the whole pretty terrible so while your shooting is superb if the enemy closes the gap you’ll probably fold pretty fast Every Beasts player wants these guys to be good. With the points drops and the Herdstone changes in the last few years, they’ve seen some play as blenders that run up the field in small units. For me, with no increase of armor save or wounds I am just not sure about these guys.Tzaangor s are brilliant. These magic, hunting bird-folk aren’t just excellent on the tabletop, but a pleasure to paint too – so much so that Tyler Mengel was inspired to produce a tutorial telling you how to do just that! Read on for top tips for any level of painter… Tough to fill Battalions –Tzeentch has some powerful battalions but the books very married to the Number 9 being Tzeentch’s sacred number so many battalions require 9 units to fill. Apply a wash of Nuln Oil or a similar dark wash over the entire model. This will add depth to the details and create shadows. Be sure to apply the wash evenly and avoid excessive pooling. The other two seem like they’d be harder to pull off – one requires you to go against the nature of the units, and the other is just difficult. Flanking Warherd requires you to have 2 or more Wareherd units within 9” of the battlefield edge. Warherd units are bullgors, gorebulls, ghorgons, and cygors. These units generally want to tear up the enemy units in the middle of the field – I don’t see them hanging out near the edge. The other, The Age of the Beast, requires that you have 2 or more Cygors or Ghorgons on the battlefield and none of them have more than half their wounds allocated to them. While both of these units can heal during the game, they’re 5+ save 16 wound models – I don’t see it happening.