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I mean, with Skaven doing the f*ck*r*ng, the Eternal couldn't be anyone else but Nagash. That Belakor/Malerion/Randomvampire knows to rely on the experts.

This new hero makes me think they're might blend wanderers and kurnothi. Makes sense, as the Wood Elves range is relatively new and doesn't look out of place sided with the new AoS miniatures, they should make the best use out of it.

I was just writting a post about how I think the criteria for the survey could have been more specific than "favourite". Because Lore and Aesthetic come to my mind when I read favourite, but for others that may be the army that gives them more victories, or a paint challenge, or something else entirely. I still think your results will be interesting and I'm eager to read about it, but we won't be sure about what is the appeal of the armies at the top or what is missing with those at the bottom. Different categories would have been great.

First thing that came to my mind are Clan Tichritt and their chronomatic weapons. Sure, they were crushed by Sigmar&Co. but surely some of them were able to jump in time into the current era! To be honest I don't know how you can design such faction without it looking like Skryre with more cogs, but that would be a job for the design team!

"The Spirefall was the result of the unchecked hubris of the Lumineth, whose raw talent and mastery of art, philosophy, martial pursuits, and magic gave them little reason for humility. The short version? They sought endlessly to outdo one another, and these rivalries culminated in a devastating internecine war. So great was the power they unleashed that the resulting energies attracted and empowered the Dark Gods, Slaanesh in particular, giving rise to the Age of Chaos." But...Slaanesh was already chained, that's the reason the Lumineth existed in the first place.

I know I'm late to the party but the quote "The Sky shall eat the storm" is obviously the Grotbag Scuttlers joining Gordrakk's waaagh and wiping the floor with the stormcast. New grots 101% confirmed.

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?