Skavelynn Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 10 minutes ago, Gwendar said: I mean... ...At least they don't look like stunted apes anymore, so I'm fine with it. Very true, the old skaven models do look a bit like monkeys lol. Although I like them a lot, I'm hoping we get new updated models for some of the older units whenever carrion empire and the upcoming news GW teased is released (any day now... 😣) 8 hours ago, Kramer said: (necromunda models sadly) The grenades would unfortunately make them look a bit out of place in AoS, but the ones without could work as alternatives to giant rats, maybe for a skryre theme? I love the little candles, very cute (until they blow up 😋). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendar Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 @Skavelynn I would anticipate us to get at the very least a few updated models, but maybe not on a Gloomspite level... it's really hard to say honestly. Normally announcements like these are done 1-3 months in advance so.. Maybe March\April? One thing to note is LVO is next weekend so it's likely there will be some announcements there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenshin620 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 It's Official! 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charleston Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Well, I guess I am starting a Skaven Army in 2 Weeks. The Endless Spells are a bit concerning. The Rat Swarm is great, the Bell also althrough could be used 1:1 as Nurgle one without the lightnings. But the three Warpstones look incredibly fragile. I am really wondering what the Designers tought about this one. Battletome Skaven let it sounds like the Clans will be reunited again as in the Beast of Chaos Battletome, which makes some things easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skavelynn Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Awesome! I guess my complaining from yesterday worked 😆 I'm glad they are going for the LoN style tome, it's what I was wanting and think it will work well for skaven. Can't wait to read it. The endless spells are a little underwhelming looking imo plus no new minis, but hopefully the bombardier and rules are neat. What do you guys think about the gnawholes? I wonder if they'll be used for teleportation, or maybe summoning units from them? In lore the skaven use them to travel between the realms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 You know this means they'll have to close all the old Skaven threads and start a brand new MASTER CLAN one for all the Skaven united! No more individual clans its the comming of the Great Horned One all over again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riff_Raff_Rascal Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) sweet baby cheesus dont forget to check out the flesh-eater court release, I'm happy for those players as well Edited February 3, 2019 by Riff_Raff_Rascal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakithe Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 36 minutes ago, Skavelynn said: Awesome! I guess my complaining from yesterday worked 😆 I'm glad they are going for the LoN style tome, it's what I was wanting and think it will work well for skaven. Can't wait to read it. The endless spells are a little underwhelming looking imo plus no new minis, but hopefully the bombardier and rules are neat. What do you guys think about the gnawholes? I wonder if they'll be used for teleportation, or maybe summoning units from them? In lore the skaven use them to travel between the realms I had a feeling they would get terrain like a burrow or holes for deepstriking or unit replenishment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steffen Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Just bought into maggotkin to extend my clan Pestilens, hopefully still a viable option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakithe Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 No new minis like Legions but updated rules will be amazing by itself. I would like plastic kits though cuz f all those metal/finecast. I have no doubts the terrain will be like gravesites in a way. Deepstriking or unit replenishment or both. The endless spells like like aoe area denial type stuff which is cool. Well there is that new one with the rocket launcher looking weapon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5kaven5lave Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Holy ****** you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skavelynn Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, Malakithe said: No new minis like Legions but updated rules will be amazing by itself. I would like plastic kits though cuz f all those metal/finecast. I have no doubts the terrain will be like gravesites in a way. Deepstriking or unit replenishment or both. The endless spells like like aoe area denial type stuff which is cool. Well there is that new one with the rocket launcher looking weapon. Yes I was a little upset at the lack of new updated models as well. Was hoping for a plastic weapons team kit, but the LoN format for the tome and clans allegiances sounds lovely. I assume the warp lightning spell will be for board control and mortal wound damage, and the bell one I think would be cool if it had different effects like a screaming bell. Not sure about the rat swarm one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendar Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Man, being in-between paychecks is terrible but that's what credit cards are for, right? I can't contain my excitement and am glad this came sooner than I think we all anticipated. Really more of a double deal for me as I've been building into FeC but... ...Honestly I think I'll be playing my Skaven 90% of the time for the forseeable future. While it is a shame there's no updated models, I can at least justify my 80 converted Nightrunners. I do hope this will at the very least see the Spire of Dawn\IoB kits coming out in solo packs of some sort but I won't hold my breath. Oh, and as much as I tend to dislike scenery pieces for armies (transporting, usually) I have a feeling these will be alright. I'm with the rest of you on assuming they allow teleportation, replenishment or spit out MW's. So uh, yeah. It's finally our time and I couldn't be happier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayple Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Didn't even finish up my Gloomspite army before GW decided to devour my wallet. BUT THAT'S OKAY! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorokyl Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 6 hours ago, Malakithe said: No new minis like Legions but updated rules will be amazing by itself. I would like plastic kits though cuz f all those metal/finecast. They could very well announce new minis to be released the week after the tome comes out. There is a studio preview this Thursday. I am not holding my breath but I give it a 20-50% chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakithe Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 6 hours ago, Mayple said: Didn't even finish up my Gloomspite army before GW decided to devour my wallet. BUT THAT'S OKAY! Right? Back to back shinies...its very hard to focus right now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakithe Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 18 minutes ago, sorokyl said: They could very well announce new minis to be released the week after the tome comes out. There is a studio preview this Thursday. I am not holding my breath but I give it a 20-50% chance. Yeah true. There is that new one with the box but i would like to see updated stuff. The scults on most look fine but the whole range needs multi plastic kits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayple Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 2/2/2019 at 8:21 AM, Num said: Yes. Personally I still paint them as if they have fur (light brown everywhere except for the hands, nose, feet and tail). I saw someone else do that on that thread, but to a much better result with dark brown. I think it was @Mayple ? That would be me, yes Appreciate the shout-out. I'm not a big fan of the *ahem* monkey-skaven look. Fur all over is a sign of a properly devout, loyal, and most useful of Skaven. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skreech Verminking Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Finally, We will scurry-raise!! yes-Yes now we will take-enslave what is rightfully ours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skreech Verminking Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 her it is, her it is: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/02/05/5th-feb-chaos-battletome-skaven-the-low-downgw-homepage-post-3/ those allegiance ability’s are massive especially for our Stormvermins. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrycontra Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 From that article I have 1 major concern that could honestly partially destroy almost all of my excitement for this book if it comes true (despite all the great looking abilities). Near the end it states that "if you want to focus more on one of the clans, you'll be rewarded with special battleline", I pray to god that doesn't mean that in order for me to have stormfiends for battleline, I need to wield exclusively skyre army, 'cause that would be the most boring thing ever. One of my greater desires from this book was that I could play skyre army with some stormvermins thrown in (without ally system) or pestilens with maybe something heavy like thanquol added to it. If there is some non-clanrat small model count cheap unit as universal battleline (similar to dire wolves) I might forgive this kind of boring thing but I doubt that very much. And before anyone says, no I have no interest in buying clanrats. I have a horde army already, it's called clan pestilens and I have no intention of getting another horde on top of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skavelynn Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 For the Skaventide! The abilities look great. I can't wait to see more of the tome and what units have all these new keywords, the Clawlords especially seem very interesting. If clanrats' warscroll remain the same then with overwhelming mass they will be hitting on 3+ and wounding on 2+ with spears. 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakithe Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Wtf...all the heroes retain their own allegiance stuff even in a mixed army. Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdead909 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 hour ago, angrycontra said: From that article I have 1 major concern that could honestly partially destroy almost all of my excitement for this book if it comes true (despite all the great looking abilities). Near the end it states that "if you want to focus more on one of the clans, you'll be rewarded with special battleline", I pray to god that doesn't mean that in order for me to have stormfiends for battleline, I need to wield exclusively skyre army, 'cause that would be the most boring thing ever. One of my greater desires from this book was that I could play skyre army with some stormvermins thrown in (without ally system) or pestilens with maybe something heavy like thanquol added to it. If there is some non-clanrat small model count cheap unit as universal battleline (similar to dire wolves) I might forgive this kind of boring thing but I doubt that very much. And before anyone says, no I have no interest in buying clanrats. I have a horde army already, it's called clan pestilens and I have no intention of getting another horde on top of that. What keeps you from running stormvermins in a skryre list? I think you might be disappointed. If you look at the previous books for trends it sounds like this exactly what you will have. Look at beasts of chaos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Num Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Skreech Verminking said: Just imagine if Stormfiends were to get the "Clan Moulder Fighting Beast" keyword! Oh boy these shock gauntlets would be nice to have And let's break units cohesion with that Grey Seer Splinter spell! Edited February 5, 2019 by Num Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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