ParachuteHopper

Awesome, I'll be in soon for sure.

Is it easy to get a pickup game? Also how are unfinished armies recieved? I'm working on 2k worth of freehold but it's 90% unpainted, but easily recognizable.

Looks to me like they've just fancied up the human forces to look a little nicer for the artwork. I can't see free guild getting much love considering how much Order has gotten in the last year.

I really hope that they expand on allegiance abilities in a big way - especially those factions without a battletome - and as I have said before, fix factions. With magic now looking super badass, free people will more than likely be forced into allying CA - here's hoping they get mushed together.

Or Stormcast releases, for that matter.

I am really hoping that if there is a new magic book with scenery, that GW is going to take a long hard look at how many of the factions are organized. If magic becomes a stronger and more important game play aspect, a faction that only has access to magic through allies will have less choice in list construction i.e. free peoples/beastclaw raiders. I feel like many of the factions reek of 2016 AOS. Why are collegiate arcane/ironweld/free peoples different factions? Thank god Firebellies are their own faction, right? My prediction? Racial allies. Should you include an ally that shares a race keyword with your allegiance race, they do not count toward you allies point total. i.e. Human, Ogor, Duardin, Grot, etc. But they still have allies restrictions. (Can't fulfill battle-line requirements or be generals, etc.)

This is what I have been working on over the last couple weeks, they still need some touch ups. As I haven't really painted miniatures since I was a teenager (early 30s now) I could definitely use some C&C. I'm thinking a desert/badlands basing scheme.

Good to know that there are people playing in Calgary. I just got into the hobby as well. I live downtown so I'll more than likely be playing at the sentry box in the future, but it's good to hear that there are plenty of places playing.