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J.Logan said:
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Next Arcane Journal announced, and Norscan Marauders. I think these are new sculpts, but I'll admit that I'm not especially familiar with the old Norscan minis. My basis on the assumption is the following line from the article: This brand new plastic kit brings these warrior tribes to life, in the form of muscular barbarians clad in fabrics, pelts, and chainmail.

If they aren't new sculpts, well, I'm sure you all will inform me of my incorrect assumption. :p

Slightly annoying timing, a project I was working on could have used these chaps. As it stands, I used Frostgrave's barbarians instead. Ah well...
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Well, this is an interesting coincidence given that I've recently decided to repurpose all my marauders for a Skeggi themed force.
 
Krox_v.2 said:
hilarious.....not how I would put it.....
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Hilarious in how unnecessary they are. I remember accidently getting a box of push fit Cadians. My flatmate of the time then had to endure me ranting for about half an hour about how Cadians did not need simplifying, and that push for Cadians remove the best thing about Cadians: their ability to be easily used in conversions (I was working on my C&C Nod infantry influenced troops at the time).

So yeah, hilarious in that "if I'm not laughing, I'll be ranting" coping mechanism sense.
 
Just A Skink said:
To be fair, they still look like Conan the Barbarian... just updated. Lol.
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Hmm... not quite. They look more Viking inspired (which, Norscan, that makes sense); whether they're more true to actual Vikings rather than the stereotype, I couldn't say, aside from the fact that these guys are actually dressed for cool weather and not going bare chested like clothing has gone out of fashion.

Conan the Barbarian styled minis are the AoS Darkoath range. Mind, I've seen plenty of comments stating intentions to mix the two ranges for more diversity of menacing barbarian menacers.
 
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Killer Angel said:
Let's say that... it didn't lived up to my expectations and hopes. :p
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I understand it wasn't to everyone's taste, but as a fan of Robert E. Howard's original stories, I felt like the 2011 movie was closer to them in spirit than the 80's films, which I also like.
 
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Krox_v.2 said:
I understand it wasn't to everyone's taste, but as a fan of Robert E. Howard's original stories, I felt like the 2011 movie was closer to them in spirit than then 80's films, which I also like.
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I agree. it was good, but it wasn't amazing.
 
Krox_v.2 said:
I understand it wasn't to everyone's taste, but as a fan of Robert E. Howard's original stories, I felt like the 2011 movie was closer to them in spirit than the 80's films, which I also like.
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big fan of the books, and while Momoa's version is closer to Howard's work (from a narrative point of view), imo it lacks the epicness and the spirit it needed to stand on par with them (or at least close to).
Arnold's was a different beast, with very few common points to the original stories, but it was epic.
 
Killer Angel said:
big fan of the books, and while Momoa's version is closer to Howard's work (from a narrative point of view), imo it lacks the epicness and the spirit it needed to stand on par with them (or at least close to).
Arnold's was a different beast, with very few common points to the original stories, but it was epic.
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Although Arnold's Conan movie doesn't have as many direct story similarities to Howard's work, it "feels" more like Conan than the Momoa movie. It's hard to put a finger on it for me. It's probably just because I saw the movie before reading the Howard stories. It's been argued that the second Conan (or even Red Sonja?) was closer in tone to Howard's stories. I can see that.
 
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