Requizen Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 1 minute ago, polarbear said: I wonder if there was a change of schedule behind the scenes and the AoS Tzeentch stuff wasn't ready to go yet in its entirety, so they moved the 40k Tzeentch up, hence the big AoS release gap and strange reappearance of Tzaangors. Who knows though. I saw on another forum that the battleforces are going to be limited? Ugh! Tough decisions ahead... That seems likely, though it's mostly conjecture. The talk of Tzeentch has been going around for a while, and from the sprues it looks to me that Magnus was supposed to share at least one with a Lord of Change. Perhaps they were finishing up some mortal Tzeentch stuff but it needed redoing. Or, if it was rules rebalancing, I'd say they should take their time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Alec Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 AoS release gap might have been planned. Drop GHB and the Season of War, then the releases dry up. Gives GW time to write suitable fluff for all 2017 releases. Speculation though. It's not like GW would have struggled to rebox some stuff and dump a book if they just have it lying around. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJetski Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I think the AOS dry spell is because they wanted to push 40k at the end of the year to make the bottomline look good. They spent a lot of money on the AOS revamp and creating new products like board games and multiple new armies, they need to visit their 40k cashcow and make back that money to keep their investors happy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeratan Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 19 minutes ago, PJetski said: I think the AOS dry spell is because they wanted to push 40k at the end of the year to make the bottomline look good. They spent a lot of money on the AOS revamp and creating new products like board games and multiple new armies, they need to visit their 40k cashcow and make back that money to keep their investors happy. Or in other words 40k fans also deserved a bit of new&better GW. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 (edited) I think what bothers me most is the combination of the long gap and the lack of communication. After Silver tower came out, I decided I wanted to do an Arcanites army, assuming they would come out soon. In July the Sylvaneth came out and I was very tempted, but I didn't dive in because I assumed the Arcanites would come along soon. Now in December a VERY tempting Slyvaneth box set is out, but they teased Arcanites so they must be soon, right? As someone who only gets a couple of hours hobby time a week I cannot buy a new army every month, but had I known in July that the next Battletome would not come out until 2017, I would certainly have bought a bunch of Sylvaneth in July and the December box set too. Instead I have bought nothing and found myself playing titanfall 2 instead of painting and playing AOS. There are hints of a change in policy but is not enough. I would love it if they came out in January and said Ok This year we will do 5 new battletomes in Feb, March, June, August and September. We will also do one new board game in May. They need not give any more info than this but it would let people like me make much more confident purchasing decisions, and avoid the disappointment of getting the white dwarf each month and seeing no new AOS stuff. Edited December 3, 2016 by Chikout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dez Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Me too when's da Squats??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Misfire Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 So preorders for the new £100 Battleforce boxes are now up on the New Zealand site, with conformations that they'll contain exclusive battalion warscrolls. No word on if they'll include matched play points and unlock giants for Ironjawz players though! https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NZ/New-Exclusive?N=2510756053+3252425321&_requestid=590871 Also some gorgeous new modular Lake-town terrain for the Hobbit that wouldn't look out of place in an Old Worldy part of the Mortal Realms: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NZ/The-Hobbit?N=102332+3252425321&_requestid=589529 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dez Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 man if GW had only released that rumored merpeople army... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daedalus81 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 10 minutes ago, Dez said: man if GW had only released that rumored merpeople army... Fishmen confirmed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 They had these houses at Warhammer Fest a while back. They're lovely but I feel they're a little small for the super heroic looking AoS minis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul G Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Battle forces unavailable straight away on Element, got one through GWSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohojoe Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 £80 on Element Games, Is this the best boxed set deal ever? I am really keen to start a sylvaneth army after christmas and this is doing nothing to help persuade me that one army is enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbear Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Anyone know if the box battalion comes with points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottle Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 3 hours ago, hobgoblinclub said: They had these houses at Warhammer Fest a while back. They're lovely but I feel they're a little small for the super heroic looking AoS minis. Should be perfect size for my Freeguid still, gonna build a whole town out of them ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turragor Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 We knew this but I guess it's part of the rumour engine? http://bit.ly/2h53Tov 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turragor Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I like the base and paintjob on that AoS Tzaangor teaser image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 3 hours ago, bottle said: Should be perfect size for my Freeguid still, gonna build a whole town out of them ?? An expensive plan! Take photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 7 minutes ago, Turragor said: We knew this but I guess it's part of the rumour engine? http://bit.ly/2h53Tov Not a massive fan of the tzaangors. I'm looking forward to seeing some new Tzeentch stuff though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Explorator Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 3 hours ago, bottle said: Should be perfect size for my Freeguid still, gonna build a whole town out of them ?? I'll be keen on the results you get. That kit looks perfetct for a (long term) project I'm planning, but I am really concerned about the scale. I have some scattered LotR bits and they are tiny even compared to Empire Troopers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkiham Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Apparently all the magnus parts are on a separate sprue smaller than the rest, so there's a good chance they'll be using the magus kit as part of the new lord of change kit. In reverse order to Skarbrand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Oh no! Does this mean we'll be getting a muscly Lord of Change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasshpit Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 (edited) I just hope it has a similar head to Archaon s mount. Now that's a good looking bird head. Edited December 3, 2016 by Vasshpit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percivael Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 (edited) But the Magnus muscles have energy sockets and have cables and wires showing through holes in his skin. It's definitely 40k. I don't think this will be the same body as the Lord of Change. See here: He does look like Sylvester Stallone though. Edited December 3, 2016 by Percivael 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyQwan Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=551330238397107&substory_index=0&id=452117934985005This just went up on Facebook. Looks like 2017 will be a good year for Tzeench. I would expect if they release a battle tomes that new models will be coming out. Brace yourself wallet you about to be abused. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjarni St. Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 2 hours ago, hobgoblinclub said: Oh no! Does this mean we'll be getting a muscly Lord of Change? I'll be disappointed if it's just another magic turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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