The Rumour Thread

[robinlvalentine]

19 minutes ago, FlatTooth said:

Not saying you’re wrong that the Tyrion-Aelves will be flawed in some way but the Deepkin were made by Teclis

Ah my mistake! 

[Alcina]

from what I understood at my local GW store a week ago,  Slaanesh release should not be too far away. Maybe ( my opinion) with a battle box against new aelves

[alghero81]

From the new article about Skaven, is this new information and a hint on something to come or we know it?

”Eshin managed to witness the final preparations from the shadows of the God-King’s throne room. Disappearing through a hidden gnawhole, they shared this knowledge with a mysterious master…”

[Overread]

48 minutes ago, Alcina said:

from what I understood at my local GW store a week ago,  Slaanesh release should not be too far away. Maybe ( my opinion) with a battle box against new aelves

I'd be surprised since slaanesh already shares a box with Khorne. Plus the only model we know for near sure that is coming is a big Demon so  chances are that means it will come in its own box; so there's no need for GW to do a merged box for other things; they can make the demon and anything else its own big release

8 minutes ago, alghero81 said:

From the new article about Skaven, is this new information and a hint on something to come or we know it?

”Eshin managed to witness the final preparations from the shadows of the God-King’s throne room. Disappearing through a hidden gnawhole, they shared this knowledge with a mysterious master…”

Pretty sure all the info in that blog post is from the Battletome along with the Artwork. So its no so much anything new, though it is interesting the bits they have chosen to pick out. Such as the missing Clan and the mysterious master (although the latter might well be Thanquol since he does start to appear here and there and needs some buildup!) 

[sorokyl]

1 hour ago, Alcina said:

from what I understood at my local GW store a week ago,  Slaanesh release should not be too far away. Maybe ( my opinion) with a battle box against new aelves

Sorry, your local GW retail store manager very likely has no inside info, or any more heads up on upcoming releases than we do (If something is communicated to all several hundred GW store managers, it will be posted here within an hour I bet) 

[Kurrilino]

3 hours ago, Alcina said:

from what I understood at my local GW store a week ago,  Slaanesh release should not be too far away. Maybe ( my opinion) with a battle box against new aelves

There was a recent release of a Slannesh Battlebox.

This would be a highly unusual move.

Edited February 26, 2019 by Kurrilino

[Overread]

1 minute ago, xking said:

Was that "Black Library Celebration 2019" just a 40k thing?  because all I see is 40k .

I think it was a "its not all 40K but its MOSTLY 40K" event. I think that is partly because thus far most of the AoS releases are so new that they get a big fanfare on release; and much of the rest are still in the short stories bracket. AoS has yet to really establish itself with heroic long-running series and character teams. 

Meanwhile 40K has several major series and a big release all at quite major points, so its no shock to me that it was a heavier influence. That said it was a shame that they didn't put a few more random stories out and such for AoS. There was an AoS in the free short story booklet that they were giving away with physical online purchases though I believe they sold out of them fast. 

 

Meanwhile there was also a release of an Old World book - one of the Gotrek and Felix series. So there was some fantasy it just wasn't the highlight and GW missed a trick there I think. However with how many of their combined small story collections for AoS keep repeating some short stories I still get the niggling feeling that they are still finding their feet with AoS. At least for the larger picture as short stories and novels I've read so far are appearing very solid in quality (although Realmgate Wars ones can be a little one-dimensional because they focus so heavily on campaigning Stormcast who have little need of rest, sleep and such so its very much "Battle" marching "Battle" marching etc.... with less downtime and socialising between. 

[Sleboda]

53 minutes ago, Overread said:

Meanwhile 40K has several major series and a big release all at quite major points, so its no shock to me that it was a heavier influence.

I know this is a Sigmar kind of place, but it's not like there is a decent 40k forum out there, so I'll take this opportunity for a quick off topic -

Anyone know if there are any good novels that feature Necrons as the protagonist, not just some adversary for Marine #1981314 to face?

[robinlvalentine]

5 hours ago, xking said:

Was that "Black Library Celebration 2019" just a 40k thing?  because all I see is 40k .

There was some AOS stuff involved, but very little. I picked up the free bits at my local, which included:

Pins (all 40k and 30k)

Art cards (all 40k and 30k except for one old Warhammer Fantasy picture of Gotrek and Felix)

Book of short stories (two 40k stories, two 30k stories, and two AOS stories)

It makes sense on the level that their 40k and 30k stuff is probably more popular, and certainly more established, than any of the AOS stuff, but it was a bit deflating as someone who's not really into 40k (and certainly not 30k) these days. 

[RuneBrush]

+++MOD HAT+++

*ahem* Age of Sigmar focused please folks.  Appreciate there isn't a sister/brother 40k forum, but TGA is strictly fantasy

[alghero81]

11 hours ago, Overread said:

Pretty sure all the info in that blog post is from the Battletome along with the Artwork. So its no so much anything new, though it is interesting the bits they have chosen to pick out. Such as the missing Clan and the mysterious master (although the latter might well be Thanquol since he does start to appear here and there and needs some buildup!) 

I thought it came from the battletome but haven’t read it so was wondering. I read the Thanquol bit although and it does not seem to fit him scheming from Azyr as he appears apparently more recently. Must be something else but maybe the answer is already in the battletome and is nothing new.

Pity, could have been something new and exciting as it looks like the first witness of reforging.

[Dirtnaps]

3 minutes ago, alghero81 said:

I thought it came from the battletome but haven’t read it so was wondering. I read the Thanquol bit although and it does not seem to fit him scheming from Azyr as he appears apparently more recently. Must be something else but maybe the answer is already in the battletome and is nothing new.

Pity, could have been something new and exciting as it looks like the first witness of reforging.

My money's on Eshin being hired by Archaon for an exorbitant price to gather any info they can on what was going on in Azyr at that time.

[khadgar567]

42 minutes ago, Dirtnaps said:

My money's on Eshin being hired by Archaon for an exorbitant price to gather any info they can on what was going on in Azyr at that time.

nah good old archeon isn't that stupid you have direct access to your mortal enemies hearth and you don't send few thousand varanguard to finish the job or pop there to offer Khorne his skull right there after you kill it.  I think eshin works for someone completely different and hidden then you think I think we have a foil to good old tzeench on the scheming department as that type of info fetches decent prize in any faction.

[Jetengine]

I think AOS wise the only "Big series" we have atm are the Gotrek Audiobook (which coasts on Gotreks WFB fame), the 8 Lamentations (just starting but seems to do ok) and the Bear Eater stuff (again just starting but has alot of hype)

[Ghark]

10 minutes ago, Jetengine said:

I think AOS wise the only "Big series" we have atm are the Gotrek Audiobook (which coasts on Gotreks WFB fame), the 8 Lamentations (just starting but seems to do ok) and the Bear Eater stuff (again just starting but has alot of hype) 

Don't forget all the books following the great Gardus Steel Soul's adventures with his fellow Hallowed Knights!

They are so well described that they gave me the urge to paint some Hallowed Knights minis 😛

[Captain Marius]

1 hour ago, alghero81 said:

I thought it came from the battletome but haven’t read it so was wondering. I read the Thanquol bit although and it does not seem to fit him scheming from Azyr as he appears apparently more recently. Must be something else but maybe the answer is already in the battletome and is nothing new.

Pity, could have been something new and exciting as it looks like the first witness of reforging.

It was Kairos Fateweaver, as shown in Quest for Ghal Maraz. The news didn't help him as he still got hammered by Vandus and Thostos 😁

Thats not to say there arent other interested parties though!

[alghero81]

Thanks @Captain Marius that makes much more sense. Quest for Ghal Maraz is actually my next book to read in Realmgate wars

[Captain Marius]

8 hours ago, alghero81 said:

Thanks @Captain Marius that makes much more sense. Quest for Ghal Maraz is actually my next book to read in Realmgate wars

Um, sorry for spoilers if thats the case, consider them to be Tzeentchian misdirection!!

[TheMuphinMan]

8 hours ago, khadgar567 said:

nah good old archeon isn't that stupid you have direct access to your mortal enemies hearth and you don't send few thousand varanguard to finish the job or pop there to offer Khorne his skull right there after you kill it.  I think eshin works for someone completely different and hidden then you think I think we have a foil to good old tzeench on the scheming department as that type of info fetches decent prize in any faction.

Only skaven (and apparently deadwalkers submerged in water) can survive going through gnawholes. 

[khadgar567]

28 minutes ago, TheMuphinMan said:

Only skaven (and apparently deadwalkers submerged in water) can survive going through gnawholes. 

good to know that means sigmar have not good security and to much fate in goldenboys. he might want to listen malerion every one in a while it will help in long run

 

[Overread]

So far we know that Skaven can navigate the Gnawholes and that orks can't however the deadwalkers show that its possible for non-skaven and indeed non-chaos creatures to use them. It might be the ork was just unlucky whilst the deadwalkers and water were such a vast torrent that that which didn't make it still left a lot that did 

[robinlvalentine]

3 minutes ago, Overread said:

So far we know that Skaven can navigate the Gnawholes and that orks can't however the deadwalkers show that its possible for non-skaven and indeed non-chaos creatures to use them. It might be the ork was just unlucky whilst the deadwalkers and water were such a vast torrent that that which didn't make it still left a lot that did 

I mean, surely the simple explanation is just that Deadwalkers are already... dead? My understanding is the reason no one else can use the Gnawholes is just because they're full of deadly radiation, so presumably the undead can use them no problem. 

[Overread]

35 minutes ago, robinlvalentine said:

I mean, surely the simple explanation is just that Deadwalkers are already... dead? My understanding is the reason no one else can use the Gnawholes is just because they're full of deadly radiation, so presumably the undead can use them no problem. 

I'd wager regular creatures can use them but might come to harm using them more than once or even just once if its a long one; and that navigating them might be tricky. A mage might achieve it, who is to say. Certainly in battle they are skaven only. 

[Travis Baumann]

32 minutes ago, Overread said:

I'd wager regular creatures can use them but might come to harm using them more than once or even just once if its a long one; and that navigating them might be tricky. A mage might achieve it, who is to say. Certainly in battle they are skaven only. 

In the new Skaven Battletome they state that only Skaven can transverse the gnawholes and live but they do say that after the Necroquake that Nighthaunts came flooding out of open Gnawholes and assaulted Skavenblight.

[Kramer]

1 hour ago, robinlvalentine said:

I mean, surely the simple explanation is just that Deadwalkers are already... dead? My understanding is the reason no one else can use the Gnawholes is just because they're full of deadly radiation, so presumably the undead can use them no problem. 

☝️ This is the explanation in the Battletome. Page 16:

'Since they first slunk from the shadows, the skaven have possessed the secret of creating gnawholes. No other race has mastered this insane craft, and indeed few would be fool enough to even try, for gnawholes are unnatural tunnels bored through the very stuff of the void. They are inimical to the natural magics of the Mortal Realms, and lethal for anybut the skaven to traverse'

bold by me. So gnawholes lethal for anything but skaven (dead be dead, demons might also be exempt I guess) but GW leaves themselves some room. Because no other race has tried tunnelling through the void. So maybe in the future another race figures out their own gnawhole style tunnelling.