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That's OK. The pointy elves fans do not trouble over opinions of fans of some lesser beings. In fact, they probably don't even notice.

TFW your old step-father discovered your children don’t have eyes

well the real news is that the Skitarri units are perfect Greywater fastness/ Freeguild conversions

"Wherever he goes, Brodd carries a huge granite pillar - both his symbol of rulership and his weapon in times of war" King Brodd miniature?

These are the ones I found, did I miss any? Also these looks like they might be Lumineth related: Looking at the horns on Celennar they seem very similar in design as the rumour engine split horns above:

I just dont understand these kind of Feelings... The pace GW is spreading out awesome stuff is incredible.

NUN TECLIS URGES YOU TO REPENT

Probably Teclis’s phone number for when it inevitably goes off wandering for days at a time and starts hassling other Aelven gods for snacks. ”Teclis, it’s Malerion. Your bloody cat’s here, again, chasing mum’s snakes. Please come collect it”

I am actually pleased that regular horses are still a thing. You need some grounding for the weirdness to show through. Hell, I am going to change a significant percentage of my horses to be mechanical, which would not be unsettling if there weren't any horses around!

Someone caught this on facebook.

And there it is again. Right at the very moment the battletome and even a scenario piece is announced, people begin to fear for the future of the army. I don’t get the pessimism. One question to all those who fear there will be no Model updates for the existing armies in 2020: What else do you think they’ll do this year? 2.0 Battletomes are complete. Will they wriggle their thumps for the rest of the year? Or start 10 completely new armies? I don’t think so.

Oh man, it’s so sad but I’m still buzzing about this chonky ZOAT lad. I really do like Blackstone Fortress as a game but the way they’ve used it to dig back into the lore, pull out a few very old classics and bring to the table little explored parts of the universe is just truly wonderful. The one thing I’ve always found jarring about 40k was the idea of this dull, strictly segregated universe. Makes sense game wise but, for all it’s brilliantly wild over the top nonsense, as an actual lived in universe it sometimes felt a little sterile. Using BSF as this kind of Mos Eisley haven of scum & villainy where the myriad races of the cosmos are actually represented and have to run up against one another is much more interesting. Hopefully their trawl through the Rogue Trader bestiary continues apace and at some point we get Warp Vampires, Catachan Face Eaters, Enslavers, Carnivorous Sand Clams, Jokaero, Ptera-Squirrels, Ymgrl Genestealers, Cthellean Cudbears, Groxes, Gyrinxes and, let’s us not forget, a HORSE. I’m torn as I really want them to come back to AoS with Quest and likewise use it to hurl loads of crazy models at us that wouldn’t immediately fit in a normal army release but then I want them to carry on with BSF and bring more high weirdness back to the war torn galaxy of the 41st millennium (or 42nd now, I forget). Astonishing to think the world is on the brink of total socio-political-environmental collapse and this is what’s getting my blood pumping, probably need to rethink my priorities but still a welcome break from the real life End Times I guess...

I think that old rumour engine must be part of this release, because "wheat"... and the aelven swirls

Well... quite a lot to digest. I’m very happy about the Aelves, they look good & should make people happy but they aren’t the totally wild kind of Old Testament style hundred winged, burning wheels with eyes insane geometric angels or Euclidean light constructs I’d wanted so right now looks like I can admire from afar and not hurt my wallet further. Eltharion model is really cool though so might grab that (cue it being in a battle box), what I can’t wait to see with that is how people paint it. The studio job is cool but you could really go to town on the idea the inside of that armour is full of burning light. Object source lighting for days... The Teclis model bit on the fence about, the big creature is great but not totally sold on his pose. I think doing him with one leg bent like in the illustration would have made him look more dynamic, still it’s certainly an eye catching piece so can’t wait to see it in the flesh and the conversions it inspires. Seraphon, shame for them just some terrain though it’s a cool model I’ll pick up for Warcry games. I reckon they’ll get something else just maybe not right away. Hopefully the book has some interesting ideas in it, love the art on the cover though. Nurgle Warband looks great, definitely picking that up. As for the rest the Ad Mech stuff is just beautiful, really been trying to keep my 40k purchases to just Kill Team stuff but might have to go in on that. Again can’t wait to see what people do with these as AoS conversions, I mean with almost hardly any work (probably not enough for some people) there’s your new Cities of Sigmar units. New Ghazkgull was expected and hopefully will be awesome. But holy ****** A ZOAT. After all the “is it an exodite model” or “is it a Seraphon” with that rumour engine and IT WAS A ZOAT. I’m sorry for people hoping for either but not really because, and I cannot stress this enough, IT’S A ZOAT. What a time to be alive!

Can't ruin Eltharion worse than Gav Thorpe I guess

I think I've figured out why the new Seraphon battletome cover doesn't match existing models exactly... it's not real. That's right, it's a fake battletome. In fact, Seraphon are get squatted and this is just an elaborate practical joke by GW to poke fun at lizard lovers one more time.

*teleports behind you*

Weebs get chucked in the pot

I think I might go with something like this for my scheme.

Maggotkin, DoK, LoN and Idoneth are not 2.0 battletomes. They are more like 1.5. LoN may not receive an update on the basis they are old kits which are being phased out. DoK are strong, but that as mostly due to things like their auras not being wholly within. Also a lot of the new kits that were made especially for DoK (looking at blood stalkers and khinerai with melee weapons) are basically unplayable. Idoneth are relatively strong, but highly restricted to using morsarr guard. The points decrease on sharks may have helped a bit, I'm experimenting, but many of the kits are terrible rules wise. Intended synergies, such as the soulrender and thralls, just don't work in practice. You also have old design choices such as volty and the leviadon triggering on 6+. Seeing as most lists run geminds these abilities are useless. Non-eel idoneth are probably a bottom tier army. Both DoK and Idoneth have terrible battalions that are fairly unplayable. I know that maggotkin are hurting a bit too. Their demons are really poor in particular. I'm not enough of an expert to give any insight. Even 2.0 Nighthaunt and Stormcast need some love. Legion of Grief has helped nighthaunt a bit, but all their units are basically better in LoN or grief than in their own tome. Stormcast, like it or not, are the poster children of aos. They too have a book with quite poor internal balance. Even their best lists are really struggling now. So personally I would be happy if they just kept updating new books. Buying a new rulebook every 2 years seems reasonable to be and the best way to stop armies becoming stagnent.

I just want Saurus models that even vaguely resemble their art.

REJOICE NOBLE ASUR FOR YOUR LEGEND IS NOT FORGOTTEN YET! A HERO REBORN!

I swear we could replace you with a D6 table of poorly thought-out bad takes or actively invented conspiracy theories and it would be about the same level of hysterical self-victimisation.

This is one of the reasons why I don't like Grand Alliances. By default Order by encompassing every Non- Chaos, Dead or Gorkamorka follower, should have vastly more factions. But people feel the need to have some kind of parity between the Grand Alliances.

With maritime I agree, however, the Old World high elves had maritime flavor, as they were somehow supposed to portray the British Empire of old. These new guys are as neo-classical as one could hope. They have greek helmets and plums and the cavalry resemple greek cataphracts with armoured horses and lances. I don't see any east asian influence other than the bonsai trees.

Eltharion, in light reborn (literally)!

Yeah, cheeky name drop! 😆

They fit perfectly with the Skitarii IMO.

That's something I'd really like them to address. I'm frustrated that making the named character your general feels like you're getting less bang for your buck, even though both the fluff and common sense make them the obvious choice. I wish they'd let you take an extra command point or two for loosing out on the trait you would have gotten otherwise. That would work both as a trade-off and thematically, because the named character would probably be considered a superior commander anyway.

Here's hoping GW goes out of its way to distinguish their background/visual identity from the ogres. Bit concerned about the prospect of another faction of big thick dudes who like smashing and wear gut-plates, trousers and not much else. It would be good it they could bring in some of the tragedy or melancholy the WHFB giants had. Doesn't have to be literal sky-titans but it would be a distinctive theme. The quote from the WHFRP bestiary stuck with me: "Lost and done. Our empire is no more, lost in the sands, trampled by insects. Ours is the long slow fade to quiet. Ironic for we whose voices once shook the mountains’ roots. Not many left to mourn our passing now, not that you scurrying parasites would bother. Of course we turn to drink... or to the darkness in the North. Both are ways of forgetting what we’ve lost." Regardless I think it's safe to say that some of their background will be tied in to Gordrakk's upcoming attack on Excelsis. A siege is the perfect time to start showing off a new faction of giants.

Now that you mention it, it's been fully 13 hours since we last heard anything from GW about these pointy elves. That's kind of a suspicious silence, isn't it? Feels like they're trying to downplay their importance... I dunno guys, can't prove anything but feels like they might be about to squat pointy elves.

So I had some time to sleep on my ideas, and Teclis is on a seesaw going from terrible to awesome in my mind. I would have to see what he looks like in real life to see if I love him or not. so one of the things I just want to see now is what happens when an elven society isn’t falling apart at the seams like in most fantasies. I don’t want any more doom and gloom elven civilizations, I just want to see what happens when they are flourishing, powerful and hopeful dammit. This looks to be in the right direction, even if they are still standing on the ruins of their society in model form. i at least want to see what happens when their gods are able to walk and fight alongside them. Before the gods in the old world where esoteric and not all the way there till the end times. Now they can go to fight alongside at least one or two gods of their pantheon.

I enjoy the Teclis model and I don't mind him floating beside the Sphinx creature. My only complaint is that he seems awkward and stiff, which as a former Dark Elf player fits my vision for the character pretty well.

I bet there will be a new start collecting box seraphon like slaves of darkness with new saurus warriors, knights and hero on foot

Really? I see ancient Greece in them. As all other aelven factions. And that Teclis! Beautiful.

loving the lizard man stargate pyramid laser thing... all you need is a fleeing Indiana jones style johan running away from it. plastic slaan would have been nice.

You will soon see why they are called that

I FEEL THE HYPE OVERTAKING ME! IT IS A GOOD PAIN!

The Eltharion model is probably my favorite new model in a long time. And the Lumineth Realm-lords look like very classic elves haha, I bet a lot of WHFB would like the aesthetic

Ah, I have such mixed feelings about this aspect of the game. On the one hand, these models look awesome on the tabletop and bring so much presence to the game. On the other hand, it really dilutes and diminishes what it means to be a "god" when you see them get beaten up by a bunch of goblins with sharpened sticks. (It also more than slightly annoys me that since those characters can't gain the General traits, armies are often led by some no-name rando while their actual god just hangs around like an oversized cheerleader.)

honestly, I've come to the conclusion that Icegoat is some selfless lad who has offered himself as a sacrificial lamb by representing something so obnoxious and disliked that he brings the rest of the community closer together in our contempt.

This wording is very clear (in English) that the ability to choose who goes first on the first turn is conditional upon a tie in the roll-off. The FAQ establishes that wasn’t ever GW’s intent, but the rule they actually wrote can’t logically mean anything else when applying English grammar. It’s a moot point now, however, and I personally prefer the FAQ’d version, as it gives some benefit to building low-drop lists.

I kinda think it looked like cat ears initially and my first thought was "if they made Tyrion into a cast member of 'CATS' I will quit this hobby.."

He looks better in the video. GW tends to make stuff look worse when taking pictures for some reason.

DWell that was definitely worth waking up at 5am for. The hollow hero is a really fine sculpt. Really impressed The infantry and cavalry aelves are nicely classic - but boy, none of them compare to Teclis and his mount... That mount is just absolutely brilliant. Very noble yet very alien . Exactly the sort of mythical beast that I love the Mortal Realms for having! I think the nurgle sorcerer is totally cool too and the seraphon terrain piece also looks excellent and I can't wait to read more about the coalesced!

Who says it can't be? Looks like the perfect Solar (raygun) Engine Bastiladon to me.

That Nurgle underworlds warband! 🤤 They look disgustingly fantastic! The artwork didn't prepare me for how good!

So I am naturally going to buy Teclis and paint the ****** out of him....and then I will take a picture of him, tape it to a popsicle stick, and put that on a base. Because that model scares me with the very idea of transporting it!

They need new Saurus. The art is awesome....but it further exaggerates how bad the basic Saurus and Saurus Knights look. With just that and Kroxigors I think they could do wonders for the range.