KHHaunts Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 LFirstly let me apologise for not knowing the names all the new units however i just wanted to put the question forward. So tallying up all the new night haunt releases ive suddenly realised that nighthaunt has gone from one of the smallest factions to one of the largest(up there with stormcast and bloodbound) as it will have all the old.plus the new models. So far there will be: Heros: Mortarch of grief 2 names characters 3 support/wizard heros Knight of shrouds mounted and not Cairn wraith Banshee Any im forgetting? Troops Chain rasps Glaive stalkers Grimghasts reapers Spirit hosts Hexwraiths New Black coach Plus atleast one new unit.(the unit that looks like mini versions of the mortarch) Thats alot of units straight of the bat!! So do people think that all the old models will be kept in play and be viable? As i feel like the cairn wraith will look a little . . . . .featureless now. On a side note im so happy i can have some more nighthaunt units however im also sad because i collected nighthaunt theme army "before they were cool" no everyone will have them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHHaunts Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 I would also like to apologies for the bad writing . . . . . Im tired ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherJosh Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 There are other factions that have more choices, but you’re right they have a seriously reasonable army available to them without needing to use non-Nighthaunt units in the army This is what I’ve seen so far and what is currently available in Faction: LEADERS: Lady Olynder, Mortarch Of Grief Kurdoss Valentian, the Craven King One more Named Hero (Not identified) Guardian of Souls Lord Executioner Spirit Torment Tomb Banshee Cairn Wraith Knight of Shrouds Knight of Shrouds on Mount HERO BUT NOT LEADER Black Coach BATTLELINE / Assumed Battleline Hexwraith Spirit Hosts Chainrasp Horde OTHERS: (Unknown Battle role) Glaivewraith Stalkers Grimghast Reapers Myrnmourn Banshees FORGEWORLD Mourngul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrAiKo Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 From warhammer fest photos there's another 2 heroes, one with double handed axe and one with big hourglass (possible alternate multi-option kit for starter set heroes?) as well as a new cavalry nighthaunt unit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherJosh Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 @BrAiKo Doublehanded axe guy is likely the Lord Executioner. Not sure who you're talking about with the hour glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBoss Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 4 hours ago, BrAiKo said: From warhammer fest photos there's another 2 heroes, one with double handed axe and one with big hourglass (possible alternate multi-option kit for starter set heroes?) as well as a new cavalry nighthaunt unit as well. The hourglass is part of the Mortarch. 5 hours ago, TheOtherJosh said: There are other factions that have more choices, but you’re right they have a seriously reasonable army available to them without needing to use non-Nighthaunt units in the army This is what I’ve seen so far and what is currently available in Faction: LEADERS: Lady Olynder, Mortarch Of Grief Kurdoss Valentian, the Craven King One more Named Hero (Not identified) Guardian of Souls Lord Executioner Spirit Torment Tomb Banshee Cairn Wraith Knight of Shrouds Knight of Shrouds on Mount HERO BUT NOT LEADER Black Coach BATTLELINE / Assumed Battleline Hexwraith Spirit Hosts Chainrasp Horde OTHERS: (Unknown Battle role) Glaivewraith Stalkers Grimghast Reapers Myrnmourn Banshees FORGEWORLD Mourngul There is also the sickle wielding banshees, new cavalry, and the ghost the looks like he has twin flails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuneBrush Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I can't see any being retired. I could see some models such as the Cairn Wraith having their warscroll tweaked to make them more appealing though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandlemad Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 3 hours ago, AverageBoss said: The hourglass is part of the Mortarch. There is also the sickle wielding banshees, new cavalry, and the ghost the looks like he has twin flails. There's a variant of the Guardian of Souls that has a big vase/urn thing instead of a staff, possibly that's what is being referred to. The ghost with the twins flails looks like it might be a mainstream character pack variant of the starter set Spirit Torment. I don't think anything is being retired. All current nighthaunt units appeared in the WD battle report under their current names. It is a little odd as the cairn wraith does look a bit plain even compared to the grimghast reapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syph0n Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Didn't we also see specific Endless Spells? It's a well fleshed-out (or not, haha) army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexHavoc Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I wouldn't put it past the older plastic characters to be phased out once stock is run down. The banshee and wraith are going to be pretty expensive in comparison to the new kits and lots of people make them from spares from the start collecting sets. I doubt they will vanish anytime soon, especially if people are not buying them. But with the shear amount of new characters, boxsets and cheap army deals thanks to an abundance of start collecting and core sets I don't see these individual models have much life left. Surprised they didn't redo the start collecting sets like they did with necrons/dark eldar and stuck one or both into the start collecting sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changer Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I've also seen this image online for another unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlightwolf Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Given that the cairn wraith was apparently the basis for most of the new nighthaunt designs I doubt its going away any time soon but I can definitely see its warscroll getting an upgrade to make it as appealing as some of the new heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandlemad Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 19 minutes ago, Changer said: I've also seen this image online for another unit. I took that as a variant unit/loadout of the Grimghast Reapers, probably from the eventual non-starter set version of the kit. Change out the blindfolds and scythes for iron masks and two-handed swords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandlemad Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 The mounted wraiths we saw at Warhammer Fest, the cool ones in AverageBoss's post, appear again on the main AoS website nighthaunt page, seemingly as individuals mixed in with a larger unit of hexwraiths. That, and the fact that there are only two of them, suggests that they might be characters. It'd bump the count up to eight non-special NH characters. Dang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherJosh Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 So... the unknown leaders appear to be: Dreadblade Harrow Reikenor the Grimhailer There are two units that don’t appear to have been listed: Bladegheist Revenants Dreadscythe Harridans And Black Coach is a Behemoth in Nighthaunt armies? (New Warscroll?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riavan Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 7 hours ago, syph0n said: Didn't we also see specific Endless Spells? It's a well fleshed-out (or not, haha) army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Why would they retire the old NH model range, the models look fine enough and are - afaik - the most up to date death range. Cairn Wraith's warscroll is already most apealing, I hope they don't tweak anything with it. I also doubt that the cavalary are named / heroes, I think Hexwraiths could use more aesthetically pleasing comrades. The fanatic-ghost looks nice, we're probably seeing a really wide range with many unique models, which I really love. There's probably plenty options to play an NH army. But I definetely consider spirit hosts a part of it, since they're so nice for tieing stuff up. The only thing I'd like to see is more NH sorcerers. We just have 1 until now and with the new malign sorcery I would be a little disappointed if it stays that way. Probably the new Bishop model or the Mortarch of Grief can cast. I'm also curious how they work out with LoN, since I'd love to mix some great monsters into the army. At least they're pictured along with Arkhan somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skabnoze Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I don't see the Banshee or Cairn Wraith going away, but I do expect that at some point the model will be reworked. Right now it still includes a square base on the sprue. So it stands to reason that they would either rework the CG files into a different sprue layout and a round base or simply replace the sculpt entirely with a wholly new sculpt. I expect all of the 8th edition plastic characters with scenic plastic bases will be tweaked in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherJosh Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, Skabnoze said: I expect all of the 8th edition plastic characters with scenic plastic bases will be tweaked in some way. The Magister for Disciples of a Tzeentch was converted to have a “mini-scenic addon” that could be glued on a 32mm base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skabnoze Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, TheOtherJosh said: The Magister for Disciples of a Tzeentch was converted to have a “mini-scenic addon” that could be glued on a 32mm base. That is a good way to go about it. I know that some others have not been swapped like that yet. The Savage Orc Big Boss still has a square base and his toes are separate from his foot and part of the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riavan Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 50 minutes ago, Skabnoze said: That is a good way to go about it. I know that some others have not been swapped like that yet. The Savage Orc Big Boss still has a square base and his toes are separate from his foot and part of the base. There's also weird ones that could easily be swapped. Like stormfiends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 The GHB 2018 leak show they definitely aren't retiring any of the existing Nighthaunt units. Model-wise, the old coach will almost certainly go (and good riddance imho) now there's a spectacular looking new one on the horizon, but I can't imagine anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingmma Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 12 hours ago, Riavan said: There's also weird ones that could easily be swapped. Like stormfiends. Those ones are going until they run out of stocked ones in the old packaging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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