Cities of Sigmar Preorder, Two Build Options, and a Sudden Trip Down Memory Lane
We started the year in a very Warhammer way: by looking at a fresh preorder and immediately discussing how many boxes you really need if you want all the cool options.
Michał dropped a new Cities of Sigmar kit into chat and, as usual with Games Workshop, it comes with two build variants. One version is a proper artillery piece, and the other one is… well, the only correct description we found was Copernicus. If you know, you know.
And that is the classic Warhammer hobby trap, isn’t it? A single box, two tempting builds, and the immediate realization that if we want both, then obviously one kit is not enough. Michał summed it up perfectly: loads of GW sets let you build either “this thing” or “that thing”, and if both versions are great, then suddenly the purchase plan gets more complicated.
The funny part is that the alternate version instantly got more love in our chat. Dubry was all in on that second build, and honestly, fair. It has a lot of that weird old-school Imperial engineering energy that makes the Cities of Sigmar / Empire aesthetic so charming.
From there, the conversation naturally drifted into hobby archaeology. Dubry dug up an older Empire war machine from the Warhammer Fantasy Battles days and the immediate reaction was basically: that looks fantastic, and it was probably metal, right?
That kicked off a short but very relatable round of miniature-memory confusion. Michał was convinced he had a plastic Screaming Bell back around 2000… then, a moment later, corrected himself in the most honest possible way. Apparently the memory cache was not fully reliable on New Year’s Day.
First came the confident recollection:
And then came the correction.
We also ended up comparing the older design language with the newer one, and Michał’s take was simple: the Age of Sigmar version looks much better than the original.
It’s a very familiar kind of Warhammer discussion for us. A new release appears, we admire the sculpt, complain a little about mutually exclusive build options, get nostalgic about old metal kits, and then somehow end up asking the most dangerous question of all:
So… when are we actually playing?
At the moment, the answer is still: good question.
But as a start to the year, a cool Cities of Sigmar preorder and a bit of miniature history talk is honestly not bad at all.