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    The Painting Contract - April 2023

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    Wait… what? Surely there’s still a few weeks of March? Oops…

    I am pretty close to finishing last months pledge of 10 Chaos Warriors and Eternus, but I’ll have very little time to paint this month so hopefully I can get them done in April 😅
     

    I want to build some Berzerkers and maybe a Balrog if I find the time too.

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    The Rumour Thread

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    1 hour ago, KingKull said:

    I know it's anecdotal evidence, but just for conversation's sake - I am one of those people.

    I grew up a WHFB nut and only started playing 40k when Fantasy got axed. AoS conceptually doesn't appeal to me on so many levels (which I won't be getting into because it's irrelevant for what I'm trying to say), but now I'm getting into the game with new Lizards (still think that having an Abrahamic-inspired word for Mesoamerican-inspired faction is stupid so I'm not calling them Seraphon) - and I'm considering to keep playing exclusively AoS with them - even though the new models fit perfect with old Fantasy - and get another army for ToW.

    I.e. a WHFB nut who's as far removed from AoS target audience intends to play and invest in both, as both games have pros and cons for me.

    As mentioned, anecdotal evidence, but evidence nonetheless that the two systems can coexist. And I never would've imagined that I would be an example of that.

    On the other side of the fence - I was a WFB addict my whole life, 5th Ed through to last. I was filthy when Fantasy got killed and gave up the hobby for a few years as a result. I also hated AoS on a conceptual level at first.

    I was eventually sucked in towards the end of AoS 1 and what did it for me was the zany concepts - flying sharks with boltthrowers on them, for example.

    Now I’m in a position where I have 5 AoS armies and love them, but am also very much looking forward to seeing what The Old World has to offer. I still think I preferred the gameplay of Fantasy but enjoy AoS too.

    I’d say I’m certain to buy the starter box, whatever armies it may contain, then after that… we’ll see. I have only had bad experiences with resin so to what degree the range is plastic will play a big role in how much stuff I end up buying.

    Long story short - I’m looking forward to the future of both games!

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    The Rumour Thread

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    1 hour ago, Magnusaur said:

    Hopefully Khul and friends get a rerelease - even if those tend to be pretty expensive. But the Warriors and Reavers are the same as their individual releases? Was just wondering if they were monopose and then later redone as MPPK, like Liberators and Retributors.

    Yep they are different, there’s the starter set monopose ones then the multi part sets for Blood Warriors and Reavers came later.

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    The Rumour Thread

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    59 minutes ago, RileyArlic said:

    I know a lot of people are getting excited for "golem-kind" but let me remind y'all that goblin sky-pirates were mentioned in the 2nd edition KO battletome that just got replaced and we've seen squat diddly for them. 

    It's possible they're planting seeds, but it's more likely they're just giving nods to things from the old lore. I wouldn't put money on it happening until maybe late 4th or 5th edition AoS. 

    I feel this a lot. WHFB always had seeds of things mentioned in the lore that were just that - it seems nowadays they do the same thing and everyone goes “SILENT PEOPLE CONFIRMED!”

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    The Painting Contract - March 2023

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    This month I’ll do 10 Chaos Warriors and Eternus. 

    I’ve realised I’m very close to ‘finishing’ my Slaves to Darkness army - if I get this months done, I think all that is left is 5 Chosen, some Marauder Horsemen and maybe a Gorebeast Chariot. Without really meaning to, I’ll have painted about 5000 points!

    I really appreciate the extra motivation of this thread and seeing what everyone does 😀

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    The Rumour Thread

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    3 hours ago, Enoby said:

    Might just be me, but I did feel the lore in the recent Slaves to Darkness book was weaker than the previous one. Now, I may be misremembering the previous one so feel free to call me out, but I think it had more of those in universe stories and they were longer, adding a more person feel to Chaos - a faction which I think exemplifies "your guys". 

    It was the ADB short stories… they were great!

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    The Painting Contract - January 2023

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    1 hour ago, Gitzdee said:

    Nicely painted! Might i ask what u didnt like about it? Just curious because they are one of my favourite armies to paint.

    I think I am so accustomed to painting Slaves and Khorne models, that painting all the organic textures was challenging and time consuming for me. The models are lovely - they just took me a long time!

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    Dealing with pile of shame - my experience

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    I share the pain of amassing a bunch of projects, and finding balancing life as a husband and father leaves less hobby time than I’d perhaps like - that said, I am happy with my choices!

    the main thing that has lost out for me is gaming. I’m yet to play a game of third edition and don’t have any plans at this point. Mentally I’m playing the long game - my eldest son is 5 now and I started playing Fantasy at 10, so he’s halfway there 😅

    I find it easier to snatch an hour here and there for painting, rather than the half-day commitment of a game.

    I have somehow painted over 3000 points of Slaves to Darkness since their 2nd ed release. Painting has become my main hobby - rather than what it was as a kid, where I’d begrudgingly slap some colours on so I’d be allowed to play at GW. 

    I’ve been distracted by many other shiny things over the years, but like you have embraced selling off things I realise I won’t get to. Armies for Cities and Orks have been sold off, as well as a bunch of impulsive LotR I purchased recently.

    My pile of potential does have more in it than I’d like, but I am happy I will get to it all eventually - or I’ll sell it off for something for my main forces!

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    The Rumour Thread

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    4 hours ago, Ferban said:

    Well if they think they can support 30k and 40k without too much cannibalization of their own audience, they probably see AoS and ToW the same way.  Plus, I think if ToW stays as a rank&flank game, and AoS stays on it's circle bases, the gameplay itself is likely to be different enough to avoid too much overlap in audience.  

    Yep, I will definitely still collect armies for both. I still have my Fantasy Chaos army, faithfully stuck to their squares, alongside Khorne, Maggotkin and StD armies for AoS.

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    The Painting Contract - January 2023

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    Finished my Daemon Prince!

    I have learned this month that having multiple projects on my desk at once leads me to just not do much on any of them. My Theridons and Rippas Snarlfangs are both probably 80% done but going veeeery slowly…

    I also went and bought King Brodd and preordered some new Slaves stuff… busy busy!

     

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    The Rumour Thread

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    6 minutes ago, MarkK said:

    So these aren't the same Chaos warriors and Knights from the old start collecting box with an extra sprue for halberds and command options? They are a completely new kit with less head options, is that correct?

    I think the Knights are the same as the start collecting, plus bits for champion, musician and standard bearer.

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