RexHavoc Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I have never ever seen a release that I've wanted every item of so bad, I even managed to space my DoK purchases out to just the book, dice and one box of models, until the battleforce came out which I got yesterday. The KO absolutely blew me away, and I only picked up one ship on release- the book I only picked up a couple of months ago. But Grots... holy sigmar I need all of it and I need it right away. As someone that has collected Grots(or goblins) Since I got in to WFB, like 30 years ago now (and they are still the only army I have ever managed to paint a full army off and even play games with) I was excited for this release but something told me not to get too hyped, GW have let me down quite badly more than once in the past year, , but this has blown me away (and I boarded the hype train about three days ago and I'm refusing to get off at my stop!) That squig kit will probably become my most purchased kit of all time, there are going to be so many new parts to add to my army and I'm going to go mad with conversions! I Was worried that the loon king would be too similar to the fungoig but he is different enough that I'm super stoked! The squig dice are horrid. They will be unplayable, like the nurgle dice are. I'm going to be buy as many sets as I can! They are the cutest dice GW have ever put out (hell if they roll bad, I'll be using them as wound markers or something so they dont need to roll!) Hmm, no sign of snotlings still which makes me think snots are a relic of WFB now. Damn shame as I have hundreds and hundreds and just started the mammoth task of rebasing for AoS. I'll still use them but would have loved to have them find a home in AoS properly. That huge mushroom mushroom cloud spell is superb, as is the terrain piece. The terrain alone is probably worth picking a few up as its probably quite easy to customise to make each one unique and the extra parts can towards basing. As a long time skirmish player ( I last played battle sized warhammer back in what, 97 or 98) this release has me ready to chuck my skirmish book in the bin and move to full size battles again. Hell, I'd even consider play a tournament or matched play just to play more grots! I think the only downside is that if I ever wanted to play them at a store or show then I'd probably need a truck to get them there- I'm going to go overboard with the models and custom terrain and won't want to play with out any of them! 1 minute ago, Elmir said: Well, after DoK, deepkin, nighthaunt and now these new models, GW really is taking AoS to the next dimension. They are just the right mix of loony, crazy but still vicious in a way. I'm sure people with a lot of gitmob won't like it, but I think they might be going EoL. They just (as a company) cannot keep stocking an old and a new range I think. AS someone with a huge amount of gitmob, I've no problem with it. A bit of converting and a little bit of count as, and they will be as usable in this new force as the old. Thats the great thing- after over 30 years I've yet to see a grot or goblin mini that wasn't passible into the next edition of the force! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-not-kenny Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, SaJeel said: Is this centipede in another frame? I think they mean the squiggly shape in the second picture, the page that's getting turned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 It could be a centipede - it could be a huge smoke stack - it could be a wavy rising spore - it could be a squigpede - a mount of writhing squigs! It could even be a worm or a wyrm without wings or a giant spider monster thing - its basically a tall wobbly shape at present. Still GW will likely spill all the beans (mushrooms?) soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, SaJeel said: Is this centipede in another frame? No, check out the second pic, something sinuous on the right hand side. There were rumors floating re: a giant centipede a couple months ago also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S133arcanite Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 At 04. of the video, you can see some kind of stone troggoth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I wonder if the two characters on the cover will be heroes or units... I bet the one with three eyers maybe is a spider hero and the armored one could be a warboss but I would like to see a unit of armored grots as we are seeing a lot of them alone. I guess we can expect one or two new trogloth, maybe a trogloth hero? a new warboss, another hero like the spider one and maybe giant squigs, also maybe a giant insect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S133arcanite Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Skarsnik's model and warscroll, as well as an armored warboss... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, S133arcanite said: At 04. of the video, you can see some kind of stone troggoth... At 07 there's something REALLY big and red behind At 44" there are a lot of thing behind Edited December 26, 2018 by Hoseman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStreicher Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 42 minutes ago, JPjr said: Well after several pretty good efforts they've finally managed to take faction dice to new un-thought of levels of form over function. No one will ever allow these to be used it‘s impossible to roll a 1 with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmir Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I can't quite place the silhouette of the banner and model at the bottom left corner during the terrain showcase either... Any ideas? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStreicher Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 20 minutes ago, SaJeel said: Is this centipede in another frame? From the silhouette you can say that the troggoths/trolls will very much look like their Shadespire counterpart. the centipede looks intriguingly (WoW-ish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, Elmir said: I can't quite place the silhouette of the banner and model at the bottom left corner during the terrain showcase either... Any ideas? The same model is behind at seg 44. There are a lot of new things, I think I see a cauldron and maybe a grot mounted on something violet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralZero Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Stop speculating and go back painting your models 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirjava13 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I won't be picking these up, but they're awesome. The sense of movement to the Fanatics and Squigs especially is astounding. GW sculptors hitting for six again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Also, rumor engine revealed. The fanatic behind has a robe that is almost bronken, with one a little thread on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexonian Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I love it, will reward GW by buying all the squigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankelton Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 ...and so, my AoS journey begins. Picking up a box of grots and finishing my fungoid in preparation! Sold totally on the models, even if they continue the trend of being attached to their bases with dreams and pixie dust! Can't wait to get my hands on the book. So many options and models to make an army out of! Here's hoping they aren't too OP haha. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Rodrigues Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 36 minutes ago, Hoseman said: The same model is behind at seg 44. There are a lot of new things, I think I see a cauldron and maybe a grot mounted on something violet... At 0:44 you can see something that looks like a grot atop a purple mushroom, and it has a double moon banner... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudonyme Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Funny that everyone thought that it would be a couple of kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayple Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 From a facebook post; I can't decipher the allegiance ability, but it's there if anyone wants to give it a go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cash4u Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) The blurred Mangler Squigs don't seem to be the same Finecast model to me. Their teeth seem way more pronounced (going off of a horribly blurred image, but still.) Edited December 26, 2018 by cash4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 1 minute ago, cash4u said: The blurred Mangler Squigs don't seem to be the same Finecast model to me. Their teeth seem way more pronounced (going off of a horribly blurred image, but still.) I think it is for sure a new model. The old or revealed today models are not blurred out in the preview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5kaven5lave Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Mayple said: From a facebook post; I can't decipher the allegiance ability, but it's there if anyone wants to give it a go There looks to be an almost Nighthaunt-level amount of abilities there judging by the bold text. EDIT: Also looks like placement instructions for the terrain, maybe one in each quarter board? EDITEDIT: Maybe the Bad Moon shines on one quarter of the board each turn, then on all the board in turn 5? Edited December 26, 2018 by 5kaven5lave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waiyuren Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 16 hours ago, Alexonian said: I just hope we get squigs and that they are not boxes of 5... I saw someone on Facebook say they were going to put legs on the dice instead. 😁 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayple Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, 5kaven5lave said: There looks to be an almost Nighthaunt-level amount of abilities there judging by the bold text. EDIT: Also looks like placement instructions for the terrain, maybe one in each quarter board? I also noticed that there were -several- pages worth of allegiance rules/artifacts and such. Seems like we'll have plenty to work with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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