I don't know what to make of those Cities of Skubmar infantry and cavalry, but that Manticore looks great (perhaps I'm biased because I've always been a sucker for a Manticore). Shame it's for the dull, hollow AoS remake of the already dull and hollow Empire, but the girl-power heroine rider can likely be replaced with something from a cool army easily enough. Interesting to see how they've made it look completely different to the one released for Storm of Magic back in the Fantasy days (that happened to have a Chaos Lord riding it), probably as a way to make it more benign-looking. But then, given that Manticores are canonically Chaos-made creatures, they can take any form really.
The Skaven warband looks great, I imagine these will serve as a nice template for some new Plague Monks in time, but until then it's a pity I don't care about Underworlds now, not since GW started releasing two starter sets a year in the ultimate display of corporate retardedness.
The Bretonnian Paladin looks super, a worthy successor to the old model, but what a shame it's Forge World Resin again. I really don't understand why GW have gone this route, when plastic serves just as well for making character models now and Forge World was created in the first place specifically to make the frakhuge models GW couldn't make in plastic or metal at the time, and still do with the Titans and stuff.
Also, I wasn't expecting much but I was expecting more than just one model at this stage. I'm getting concerned again that TOW isn't arriving in the 40th anniversary of Warhammer year after all.
And that Epic Battles Horus Heresy game... just why? Again like with Adeptus Titanicus, it would have been far better to make it a 40K game so that there will be some actual faction variety and some cool Xenos races, rather than both sides fielding the same old Imperial rubbish. Did anyone else know that the only reason The Horus Heresy exists in the first place only because, when designing the original Adeptus Titanicus, the moulding department could only afford to make one Titan design, and GW had to concoct a reason for giving both factions the same models in the starter set? No such excuse exists now.
But, it does sow seeds of hope that if TOW is successful, GW will consider resurrecting Warmaster to play it in Epic scale as well.
