Darth Alec Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Seems like we have our first battletome coming soon! And not the one I had expected. Going to be picking this up for fluff, even though I'm not a huge fan of the fleshy eaty part of Death. Art looks amazing though. More over at War of Sigmar, as always. https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/735 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mengel Miniatures Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Dang it, I want this, but I still have Godbeasts and Ironjawz to read... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Alec Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 It looks like one of the cheaper ones. So no reason not to pick it up. It's the first Death battletome after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mengel Miniatures Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Yeah, I'll probably wait a bit and get it once I have a reading slot opened up. Right now I have too much to read and not enough time. I also have the Fury of Gork novel to read. Plus, I kind of have a feeling that GW might re-release the TK before the summer is over... Hints being dropped in the Godbeasts timeline, David Guymer tweeted out a picture of a Bone Giant a few months ago saying he was writing an AoS story and the next place his audio drama is set to go is called the Sea of Bones. I don't know, I might be a little over hopeful right now, but I just have a feeling... So of course if that happens then there goes all my hobby money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunc Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 You can colour me excited! Death Battletome, more AoS Death fluff and some themed battleplans! Even if it's only a small book, it's still just the start of cool stuff for the best Alliance in AoS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenske Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 This is just perfect! My startup Death project is the Flesheater Courts. Should be some great reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Alec Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 You keep them hopes up Mengel. Can't say I believe it. Think they just like dropping hints for those of us keeping faith in the mortuary cult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mengel Miniatures Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Honestly I'm fine either way. New models would be fantastic of course, if not though we will always have the warscrolls. Plus, I am a little scared to think of how are army would get chopped up into factions. Deathrattle would probably just get expanded with chariots and horsemen. Imagine Tomb Guard would just be alt models for Grave Guard. Then maybe a Reanimant faction, a Beast faction (carrion, tomb scorpions), and a Mummy faction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathus Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Pretty stoked about this book. I'm really curious how the fluff developed for this faction. Prehaps I'll pick this up just for the sake of the lore. @Mengel Miniatures I hope we get some bowmen! Would love to play with some shooty stuff. I was thinking of converting some skellies with bows and use the Tomb King rules, but I think I'll be holding it off for now and wait for the new releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Rules are up on the NZ site and soon for everyone else.Anyone else think this army looks really fun to play? The way they "summon" I think is perhaps how summoning should have always been done. Limited, but very thematic and fun. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 I'm quite interested to see what the formations do around the Courtier's. I do like how the new summoning works and it almost seem the faction works around heros. I like the command ability of the Abhorrent Ghoul King on a Zombie Dragon as you summon (but not summon) a Courtier to do some nice assassin runs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathus Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 So the Courtiers are special hero units? Some people were afraid that they replaced the scrolls from the Grand Alliance Death book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Alec Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 This stuff is awesome. I'm not fond of the grizzly bits, but the "Ghouls as fallen nobles, mockery of true courts" is a great idea. Loving these heroes as well. Really looking forward to this release! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 After reading my White Dwarf sub today I am really excited about this release. The fluff is excellent, very reminiscent of Neil Gaimen's Graveyard Book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Eager to get a review of this book when someone gets it. New shiny disease is a real problem for me in this hobby. Last week I thought I hated ghouls because I have some crypt ghouls that seem to explode on touch and I've never gotten around to painting, now this sounds like the coolest army possible. I really like the idea they're all based on nobility and are a mockery of a real kingdom, not just a band of scavenging monsters. Only unfortunate thing in my eye is the varghulf not being plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathus Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I'm also pretty hyped about the fluff! Will probably buy it just for a good read... I hope by Nagash this will not turn into a new army... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tronhammer NZ Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Well, one of these names is VERY familiar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiowas Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Guys someone can confirm if Flesh Eater Courts have more exceptional unit like Abhorrant Ghoul King in Zombie Dragon, Crypt Haunter Courtier, Crypt Infernal Courtier and Cryp Flayers which is not at Grand Alliance Book? Does that append with another Grand Alliance Books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Yes, they have new units that are not in the Death books. It's happened with Chaos too, and will with all of them. The Grand Alliance books are snapshots in time. The app is the authority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I think the Grand Alliance book were more like 'Grand Alliance So Far' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Alec Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Ushoran possibly survived the End Times? This bodes well for Abhorash then. Very much looking forward to this book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfSigmar Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I've preordered the Big Box Set, an extra box of Ghouls and the Battletome. Really looking forward to reading the fluff and seeing what the different formations will have. Think it'll go well with my Nagash, Mortarch and Mortghasts that are sitting on the shelf waiting to be built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Bollaert Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 This is obviously out of date, but in case anyone has not seen it by now, I've picked this up and love it. The three Courtiers besides the Varghulf are simply a headswap for Crypt Haunter, base size upgrade for Crypt Ghast, or ornamentation wings for Crypt Infernal to create the new Heroes. The entire army is composed of three boxes and the old Finecast Varghulf -- the Vargheist, the Crypt Flayers, and the Crypt Ghouls boxes are used to build out the entire army save the Varghulf Courtier. That being said, I think this army has awesome character and looks incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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