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No. The teaser was all about the Age of Sigmar Universe. Edit: My bad, I've forgotten the video also featured what looks like miniatures for the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Titanicus game, as pointed out by the guy below. So @cyrus, it could be as you said!.

We pretty much got confirmation of a new death army. The New year preview video ended with the words "Destruction. Decadence. Death". With Decadence being obviously Chaos/Slaanesh. Of course, the video also featured new Lumineth and they didn't write "Order" at the end, but we saw some kind of zombie/pirate/witchhunter whatever. I'm more puzzled about the destruction part. Maybe, as you say, it will come with a new starter box.

After reading the book I have a question: Why do the Cythai souls ended in Slaanesh's belly? He was trapped already and couldn't hunt aelven souls. Do elven souls automatically go to Slaneesh for some reason, even with the god in prison?

Thanks for clarifying. Then I guess more dwarf players feel like Greybeard: The Fyreslayers looks are similar enough to the old slayers and took their place, but they aren't the" real deal". While for those who don't like dwarf they're still to close to classic dwarfs, like you pointed out. So they're liked by neither the dwarf lovers or the haters? PD: I wasn't a fan when they were released but I still felt cynic about AoS back then. Reading realmslayer has really warmed up my feelings towards them.

Wouldn't that have more to do with the price? Even the SC! isn't great value compared to other start collecting, like the Ironjawz one. I know I like the lore and theme well enough, and even could paint 60 of them without hating them (I'm used to paint skaven, after all) but the price to collect such army is a big No for me when there are options that I like as much and offer better value. I do agree that the old metal slayers had more personality, but IMO, that happens with most comparisions between old metal sculpts and plaqstic ones (bear in mind that I like better the old metal orcs before the Brian Nelson designs, so your mileage may -and probably will. vary!), so it's a bit unfair to blame only the Fyreslayers for this. Same thing with your point about lack of variety: Sylvaneth and kharadron, for example, have also very samey units. So the issue may be more about how much you liked the old slayers, wich is totally understandable to be fair. They were badasses.

Probably irrelevant. but the Grotbag Scuttlers were mentioned again in December's Tome Celestial: If GW doesn't have new goblins in the works they're just being cruel.☹️

Seems like they are making an effort to dispel the notion that the game will only feature humans. I'd be able to cope with the (initial) lack of skavens if I have some greenskin to wreak havoc at least.

Well, the Great Horned Rat should be the most interested in keeping Slaanesh out of the board (as much as is possible, anyway) so they have a great motivation to take part in these new events. If that leads to new Eshin miniatures (warcry warband?) it would be the definitive proof that 2021 is reversing 2020's luck.

What do you think Aenarion could bring to the setting? I mean, we are not short of elven deities (Aenarion was practically a demigod in his times) and besides being more of an as**le than the twins I'm not sure how his contribution to the Realms could be different than anything his descendants could do. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy, he's cool and all that, and has a connection with Morathi but I'm just unsure about how he could be well used.

There's much speculation about the next "broken realms" titles, but I think the first mention about the campaign prety much spelled it out: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/08/22/warhammer-preview-online-shadow-iron-broken-realms/ I'm ok if that's the case because I like the dynamic between the elven gods, but I can see why some people would be less than pumped out.

I can see Khorne spawning a minor god to oppose himself and thus have even more fun war. Would make the setting too sour, thou.

I'm surprised no one is talking about this. Although it has been edited fast and replaced by "daughters of khaine". Still, seems like we got the name of malerion's faction: The Umbraneth. (Or at least part of the name, they can be named Umbraneth Shadowmuch or something like that).

I think Blood Bowl has better odds (although still slim) to see Fimirs, they´re even mentioned in one Spike!. Most likely just a nod but who knows, it's clear GW wants to make new teams, and they're rescuing many bits from old lore (zoats in 40k!) And there´s The Old World but is soon to speculate about it.

Can we assume that the new Warcry box will be released in October, as the novel?

Interesting! Not easy to find in my country, but I can look if there's a way to get them at good price.

The Stormcast coming back from death makes me think about the Shadow of Mordor/War games. The némesis system in warhammer would be awesome, imagine all the chaos warriors with corny nickames and cool scars wanting revenge or gaining mutations and favors each time they defeat you.

Seems like mate varnish could be a very wrong choice for contrast. Today I read this on reddit from a guy called Catgutt: Something to keep in mind! GW products are usually as noob-friendly as they can made them, so that's probably a good recomendation. If you try them, please share the experience. I'm still making up my mind. Thanks for the responses so far!

Hi all. I'm planning my next painting project after months without touching a brush. I will use mostly contrast, which has a reputation of chipping if you stare intensely at the miniatures. I'm a slow painter and sometimes find the process frustrating. The idea of ruining a finished miniature in the varnishing step gives me shudders. So as the title suggests I'm looking for a foolproof way to do it. I have a can of Army painter's Anti-shine spray, but I bought it 5 years ago, has endured some really hot summers, and doesn't have the best reputation around. Could you help a fellow hobbyist with moderate skill and more moderate frustration tolerance?

So, I don't follow 40k news, but some info has beed flodding into my gaming whatsapp groups. Info that will probably be relevant for AoS future. Seems like there is going to be a point increase for all units. This seems like a smart move if they want to keep atracting people to the hobby in the dire economic future that awaits us. Not sure how 40k scales with AoS in this regard, but anyway I think we can expect the fantasy game to follow the same route as soon as they can implement it. There is also table size reductions and apparently some focus in shorter games, which is where modern games are headed anyway, and where they were stepping into with Meeting Engagements. Again, I think all of this gives a hint on AoS future. Thoughts?

I do like the idea. For me, a multiverse of sorts is pretty much implied in a setting like this, handled by different people and projects. We know Blood Bowl happens in the Old Wolrd...but is not the same Old World where you played your WFB games. TW:W and the End Times can hardly happen in the same timeline. And the Storm of Chaos never happened in Warhammer 8 edition. That being said, I'm not sure GW would find appealing that approach. Ditching the results of a global campaign because "now we move to a universe where none of this happened" (again: Storm of Chaos) will ****** off players. And fans may want them to divert resources to different timelines that the ones they're interested on exploring/ find profitable (like asking for an EndTimes-free Old World). So I don't think it will ever be official, as fans can pretty much do that fan-canon (not canon at all) by themselves without GW having to compromise.

That hand looks lizardy to me, too. Maybe a new hero for a new limited box.

The second part is already online. Nothing about AoS, but more about how GW (and FW) used to work. https://www.goonhammer.com/the-goonhammer-interview-with-james-m-hewitt-part-2-blood-bowl-and-adeptus-titanicus/

This was a really interesting interview, with lots of hindsights about how things worked at GW not long ago. Looking forward to the second part.

Grom and his shaman Blacktoof would be the best avatars for Gorkamorka: A brutal goblin and a cunning orc. Make it happen GW.

A shame there aren't suitable leaders for Eshin or Moulder list. I'm thinking maybe the Stormervin boss could represent an Eshin with a naginata or a Packmaster with some kind of monster-prodder. The Moulder warband is growing on me the more I think about it, I can totally picture the rats roaming the All-Points looking for suitable test subjects. Rat Ogres are powerful, with packmaster also giving them extra attacks, and both the masters and the giant rats have the same damage output than the warriors but are cheaper. As someone who only tried the game once, what would you say it's the best approach for this? Should I make room for squishy rats and be more "swarmy" or just spending the points on Rat Ogres and packmasters?