AthelLoren Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 SAMURAI SKELETONS! Ninjago time... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandzak-Miniatures Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Looks like animated statues to me. pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmir Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I've been saying on the FB groups for a while now, that I suspect this will be more about reanimants than about deathrattle... Especially seeing how the armor resembles that of the morghasts so much. It would also tie in a lot more with the end times releases for death: Nagash and his three mortarchs --> LoN Spirit hosts --> complete nighthaunt/malignant rework Morghasts --> complete reanimant rework. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 The new army seems to be so close to what Tomb Kings used to be, aka exotic skeleton army with ranged stuff like catapults and so on, that it seems a bit obvious that GWs aim here is to get all the Tomb King players on board without having to actually do Tomb Kings. The new stuff looks great and everything but I'm a bit bummed. Hopefully they'll at least give us chariots and archer skeletons as well so we can do a proper counts-as army. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graftonianman Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, Panzer said: The new army seems to be so close to what Tomb Kings used to be, aka exotic skeleton army with ranged stuff like catapults and so on, that it seems a bit obvious that GWs aim here is to get all the Tomb King players on board without having to actually do Tomb Kings. The new stuff looks great and everything but I'm a bit bummed. Hopefully they'll at least give us chariots and archer skeletons as well so we can do a proper counts-as army. Indeed. Just let me use my chariots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmir Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I'm not sure they are skeletons even... I'm looking at the video and these guys feel too "beefy" almost for skeletons (except ofc the mounts): That, and the armor being identical to the Morghasts, makes me lean more towards reanimants as opposed to skeletons. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan's Cynic Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Necrons went full circle eh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charleston Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Necron Conversions incoming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHexInScarletRed Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Do we speculate on those being usable by LoN as well, similar to Nighthaunt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkanaut Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 This army is clearly based on Ghengis-Khan and the mongols as the biggest of the influences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthelLoren Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Yes, but their armor is like that of a Samurai. I can see the mixture of different eastern influences here, and the Mongol theme really stands out. I am hoping for a Mongol ogre vs Japanese Skeleton battle box. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charleston Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 In general we can already see an armoured design that somehow reminds a bit of necron pariahs from 3rd ed or even to stormcasts. Also worth a mention: In the Faceshot we see an mumified face under the mask/the open lower part. Therefore the shown hero is no Deathrattle but maybe something new. The asian/mongolian aesthetics could be fun to paint and build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorthor21 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 (edited) The first thought that came into my mind was that they collected the bones and reshape them into new arms and armor and probably dudes and mounts as well. Similar to how Nagash makes bodies for himself in several of the black library stories like the tsunami of frozen corpses he used to create a body to defeat a chaos army. Totally magic necrons but no nano machines. Edited August 25, 2019 by Gorthor21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amradiel Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I'm so glad that I have laid low since the Skaven release. Because this army is right up my alley 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleboda Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Mandzak-Miniatures said: Looks like animated statues to me. pretty cool! I had always wanted an all-construct TK army. Looks like this may be as close as I'll get. Excited! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Firaun Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Charleston said: The asian/mongolian aesthetics could be fun to paint and build Agreed, now show of hands whose doing them up like jade warriors? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souleater Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I wonder if these guys are Nagash's take on Stormcast? He's ticked off at Sigmar stealing souls from the realm of death. Those helmets have a bit of the SCE vibe to me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandzak-Miniatures Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 (edited) It would seem that the army is a hodgepodge. The mounts in the art have different skeletal animal heads, some figures look statuesque and others more skeletal. Also looks like some design is taken from the morghasts. I for one welcome my new AoS-necron overlords Edited August 25, 2019 by Mandzak-Miniatures 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death1942 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Mandzak-Miniatures said: It would seem that the army is a hodgepodge. The mounts in the art have different skeletal animal heads, some figures look statuesque and others more skeletal. Also looks like some design is taken from the morghasts. I for one welcome my new AoS-necron overlords Bit hard to be judging it off of still images in a trailer. I am very curious to see the model reveal especially if we get some painted model shots. The theme looks very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percivael Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Looks a bit Stormcasty to me - plainish plate armour, similar death mask helmet, the way the chest/torso armour is seperate from the abs section. Combined with some of the design cues of the Morghasts. The Mortarch could be a long rumoured ‘Deathcast Eternal’ but he looks to be the only one. The rest of the army has a more elite skellies sort of feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Percivael said: Looks a bit Stormcasty to me - plainish plate armour, similar death mask helmet, the way the chest/torso armour is seperate from the abs section. Combined with some of the design cues of the Morghasts. The Mortarch could be a long rumoured ‘Deathcast Eternal’ but he looks to be the only one. The rest of the army has a more elite skellies sort of feel. Inb4 it's Settrus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan's Cynic Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 12 hours ago, Souleater said: I wonder if these guys are Nagash's take on Stormcast? He's ticked off at Sigmar stealing souls from the realm of death. Those helmets have a bit of the SCE vibe to me. Vampires/Soulblight seem more likely to be the Stormcast equivalent. Individually powerful, not as numerous as other forces, low-key knightly aesthetic, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yokai Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Just thought this was funny. I'll show myself out. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid_Nine Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I am getting a very polish winged hussar vibe from the Calvary, and I am interested to see what these guys actually are. Maybe they are the second coming of soulblight? anyways, can't wait to know more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickybluetoffee Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Lore wise the Nighthaunt have been capturing Stormcast Souls since before the Necroquake so this could well be what Nagash has been using them for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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