[So, what do we think of the new Contrast paints?]

9 hours ago, JPjr said:

More fun with contrast paints, bashed through this Poxwalker in about 25 mins.  Obviously not going to win any awards but with just a couple of touch ups and the base done I’d happily slap this manky lad down on the table.

(incidentally feels very odd they didn’t just remove one or 2 very small, inconsequential, details from the ETB PW models as they’d have been great for AoS too).

Those eyes are staring right into my soul!

[Do Battalions Need A Rework?]

On 7/5/2019 at 10:30 AM, Sception said:

but one drop armies ramp that annoyance up to nigh intolerability.

Yea, no offense to anyone on this forum but I kind of hate it when someone mentions that either their army is a one drop or their army can't fit into a one drop.

 

I'm looking at you pre 2.0 book sylvaneth topic!

[AoS 2 - Soulblight Discussion]

On 7/2/2019 at 1:58 AM, EMMachine said:

Because when we use this entry it would be a "Legions of Nagash" Battalion.

But Legions of Nagash doesn't actually exist anyways as a faction keyword. Thus by that definition you can't take the battalion in Grand Host of Nagash or Legion of Blood/Night/Sacrament! 😜

[AoS 2 - Hedonites of Slaanesh Discussion]

12 hours ago, Xasto said:

No the app doesnt have that option afaik. It just lets you pick ungors in the battleline section after you have chosen the depraved drove batallion, but it never deems the list "valid". Must be a bug then if the warscroll builder lets you do so

Both Azyr and Warscroll builder are not 100% accurate keep in mind. For example the warscroll builder still has Sayl the Faithless and the Godswron Hunt underworlds warband in all the god armies despite the fact they can't take marks!

But yea Ungors are Battleline irregardless of army, as long as they aren't taken as an ally.

 

The only exception to the battleline thing is tzaangors cause you got 2 forms of tzaangors and the tzeentch tzaangors are battleline in GA Chaos while BoC arent. For some reason...

[Troggs of War and the Homewrecker Halfling Bandits]

Haflings are back baby!

[AoS 2 - Hedonites of Slaanesh Discussion]

3 hours ago, Lucentia said:

The Witch Aelf box actually contains 2 sets of identical sprues of five identical models for the 10 model unit, so you wind up with 2 musicians/banners per box number if you build all the options in the kit.  Then again the Namarti Thrall box also has two (different) banner models and they're only allowed the one per 10 through the FAQ, so, I dunno, I guess.

Ahh yea I think it swaps between per box and per unit increment.

If something is 10-20 model increments, then it's usually per unit increment. If something is 5 (or less) unit increment, then its per box. Usually.....

(and thats why Sequitors can have so many special weapons, because it's per box!)

If one was really worried about looks vs rules, could always have a banner/instrument be magnetized to the base? Then take off when not needed.

[AoS 2 - Hedonites of Slaanesh Discussion]

50 minutes ago, Overread said:

DoK didn't have any limits on banners nor musicians - in theory you'd make every single model (that isn't the leader) into a banner and musician.

I believe though best practice was 1 command set per box number if it was not specified. At least I think thats how most tournaments did.

If mono - modeling is an issue, could always make different looking banner and musicians.

Honestly for Slaanesh it would make sense for them to be obsessed with fancy banners and instruments anyways!

 

(I mean even historicals have a lot of banners depending on the time period/modelers preference)
 

Spoiler

 

 

 

[Kessel-schloss, guardian of light]

It's funny really, while many people are put off by the scale of historical, I think sometimes it works in the favor of warhammer, making things like SCE or Space Marines look more heroic/intimidating!

[Does Gotrek's new model hint at a new faction?]

Also to be fair there has been the Eisenhorn Inquisitor model.

 

Inquisition in 40k is probably still not going to be army for a long, long time if ever...

[Musings on Stormcast: Progenitor Hosts]

Great theme idea!

[Kessel-schloss, guardian of light]

Great use of the warlord renaissance range.

 

I always tell myself one of these days I'll make a freeguild army with perry/warlord, harken back to the days when the Empire could all have shoes!

[A question in relation to the decision to chop legs in half on sprues.]

Yea it's mostly about how to utilize the sprue/runner space.

 

Though some other companies took it too far, like what happened with the ill fated Robotech (cough macross) game. I can't believe each arm requires +5 parts...

[AoS 2 - Hedonites of Slaanesh Discussion]

6 hours ago, Amradiel said:

What should I buy for me to summon?

More heroes, so that your depravity points generate more depravity points! Or like 10 daemonettes to grab an objective

 

Start Collecting is a good deal though, you can get really creative with what you get on the box. You could make a number of Heralds with all the fancy heads.

[AoS 2 - Legion of Grief discussion]

10 minutes ago, lare2 said:

With the army builder updated on the Warhammer Community website, just though I'd try something out. It tells me that Legion of Grief has access to all LoN and Nighthaunt battalions...

It's also not 100% accurate. It is by all accounts a fan made project.

For example it keeps thinking Darkoath models can take marks of chaos, which they can't (such as the shadespire warband).

No offense to the warscroll builder person, I know he frequents the forum sometimes! But AoS is a bit more convoluted on what goes where, not like say Warmahordes and their builders which flat out states "hey this unit goes in this theme force").

[My experience providing GHB feedback to the design team and my thoughts on GHB2019]

1 hour ago, Thiagoma said:

Any ideas of why Dragonlord and Frost Phoenix went up 40 points each?

Both are not suported and the Dragonlord rarely see table, so what is your guess?

The price they'll be in the aelf book!

[AoS 2 - Hedonites of Slaanesh Discussion]

Well yea I think Slaanesh is not broken tier, but it definitely is in a good spot. Probably right now the best God army.

[AoS 2 - Hedonites of Slaanesh Discussion]

1 hour ago, Poryague said:

With ghb 2019 coming i have been talking to people in my local area about points. Seems the point adjusments They want for slaanesh are kos over 400 and enrapturess over 160 and battallion cost increases.  Some of that seems a bit much.

Keep in mind a lot of people are frustrated at the lack of meaningful point changes in addition to many problems arising from old warscrolls. And right now FEC/Skaven/Slaanesh are this year's DoK so they want to see those armies taken down a peg or two.

[Some strange terrainrules]

34 minutes ago, Ogregut said:

It's not like GW is going to break down your door and fine you for not using the rules. Never quite understood the whole legal/illegal gaming thing

I think because it's a slippery slope where if you change one rule, mind as well change them all. And each community would have it's own tastes

Not saying it's wrong to make homebrew rules, I love homebrew rules. But I recognize that people like official consistency...even if said consistency is 'wrong'. Otherwise I'm sure we'd all pack our bags and have our own 9th Age Sigmar flavored. I'm actually curious to see if people would make their own aos system.

[Conclaves of the Asur]

Cool contrast paint schemes!

[AoS 2 - Ironjawz Discussion]

1 minute ago, Malakithe said:

Cp is going to be a real problem I think with all these new abilities 

Aetherquartz brooch ahoy!

[AoS 2 - Disciples of Tzeentch Discussion]

4 hours ago, Reezark_SP said:

where is the source of these point changes you are all seeing currently?

Should be some youtube videos around I think.

[The great big Generals Handbook 2019 Discussion Topic]

1 hour ago, Aden said:

I thought this meant new stuff but by and large it seems like reprinting stuff that's written elsewhere, Only 3/7 of those factions seem to have gotten significant changes. Ugh.

I've learn to never be too optimistic whenever gw mentions big changes outside of an actual codex/BT.

Anyone here remember 40k 5th edition? When they were making "the big faq that was suppose to fix everything" especially in regards to no one having access to Skyfire+Interceptor? That was a funny time.

[AoS 2 - Disciples of Tzeentch Discussion]

Just now, AverageBoss said:

Yet Tomb Kings are back in this GHB.

Well they did specifically mention the compendium rules in their previews.

But as for AoS specific stuff, they don't like "confusing" new players with models you can't get a hold of outside of ebay (not counting the darn sold out VS boxes that are still somehow not reboxed yet. what is taking them so long!).

I didn't check, do they still have the oop units from Swifthawk Agents or not?

[AoS 2 - Disciples of Tzeentch Discussion]

Just now, AverageBoss said:

Have not seen the GS with familiars under either DoT or EC. I wonder if its listed under Other, or if they possibly removed it.

 

"If we dont sell it, it has no rules!" - GW circa 2019.

Well just use the ghb2018 points I guess and have the warscroll pdf on hand.

[AoS 2 - Beasts of Chaos Discussion]

1 hour ago, The_Yellow_Sign said:

Aaaaaah! So frustrating!

 

I swear I have seen this reaction in every topic in regards to point changes. Unless it's Bonesplitterz in which case they didn't get any changes for either a reason or no reason!