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From what I recall from years past, an edition year is usually the most busiest for AoS and where they are trying to release their full slate on time before the edition change during the summer. Then it followed up by a 6 month lull in release and picks back up during the next year with the battletome train and a few releases. AoS 2.0 had Maggotkin, DoK, Deepkin, Malign Portent, then Soul war release with NH and SCE. AoS 3.0 had Broken realm with multitude of big character models, LRL wave 2, Soulblight gravelords, Dominion with Thunderstrike and Kruleboyz. And AoS 4.0 had the rest of the Dawnbringer books plus special character boxes, FEC release, the last minute Darkoath box, and then of course the new Boxset with more SCE and Skaven.

They are a model company first and foremost.

GW can also replace a dated model with a new model but that said new model may not be an exact replacement. Like Handgunner being replace with Fusiliers. It not a full squating but a softer one. of course since it’s a reboot edition, it quite possibly that they be more focus on churning out battletomes (w/ standard hero model) then big model releases at least for the beginning of this edition. (Granted in 40K, they did release a Kroot expansion for Tau so something’s may still happen)

Then again they new Gaunts are package as 10 (technically 11 with the random ripper swarm)

I assume the next big reveal is the full Boxset reveal in May and any small reveal will be either more SCE and Skaven models

No DB 6 though so it a bit later

It be interesting to see if Hobgrot are expanded upon for Chaos Duradin because for the most part they are consider one of the five pillars of Kruleboyz society lorewise. in past iteration they where like the Black Orc version of Goblins but work for the Chaos dwarfs because other GS all universally hated them. Their units all basically just old Gitmob units but more Mongolian

I think like Votann (the most recent Warhammer dwarf release) Chaos Duradin are probably going to be more grounded and serious but still have a central theme that sell the army. the AoSifed army would probably it own thing with maybe one or two key points from the old stuff (given their lore tibits it probably more industry heavy with daemon engines)

The Monsta Killaz from Warcry has a little Grot that snatching one of the Mire drake Eggs.

That probably the best way to do it though they tend to fear mixing stuff from other army from a balance perspective. Most likely that why CoS lost it to begin with because the first book abuse it too much.

Tyrion side and nation is suppose to be Phoenix theme. of course I do feel that once CoS get their second wave that will be it for a long time. There often a finite amount of units you can add to an army and most non posterboy armies will just chug along with the single hero release for many editions. Armies getting constant expansion outside of marine is rare

Cities of Order are like Imperium planets, they are enough of them to get Exterminatus as the plots demands them to.

Oh I guess no AoS article today either

Their design time is pretty length, so I wouldn’t be surprise if OrK are being work on right now to be release 3 years from now

I mean the biggest thing for Kragnos is that they also design Kruleboyz to have his likeness on some of their units and it would seem like an extreme Pivot given that Kragnos and Kruleboyz thing looks planed out. of course it hard to infer when BoC where plan to be discontinued, what reason could it be, is Kragnos a herald of a Destruction Beastmen replacement army in the future given the similarity or is he destined to be forever a stand alone piece like Nagash is for GA Death.

TBF I don’t think the human wave is even complete for CoS considering that their still many old Empire units that probably need to be refresh or reimagine. That probably what their second wave is going to be since that initial wave (like Lumineath and Slaanesh ) didn’t really felt complete or encompase everything.

I think Warcry and Underworlds as game are safe but any of the model release like Warbands (especially Underworld ones that get range rotated often) are at risk of being discontinued given enough time pass and they keep releasing more warbands. Ogors while I don’t think they will be completely gone, it quite possible that any possible refresh (example CoS or Lumineath) can completely wipe out the existing miniature range without everything being replace 1 for 1

But for AoS and Warhammer discussion GW is the most relevant part depending on what you like about the Warhammer culture

Did they say anything about Monsterous Rampage and heroic actions ?

Power Through is like the most Ironjawz-like ability lol

I feel like S2D already have a lot of Tanky Cavalry units and Darkoath are suppose to be the Not tanky part of the army.

I think it is necessary to have a poster boy faction and Stormcast is just design to be beginner friendly compare to any random army that people think could take up the mantle (like CoS is actual poor choice design wise to be it). It one of those GW choices that are meant to help new players not really the existing player base. the real problem is that they decide that their edition cycle are three years long. If they decided to make their edition cycle longer then the bloat wouldn’t be as bad for both Space marine and Stormcast

Actually if we go by what happen in Broken realms during second edition, armies that got Dawnbringer releases may likely get model updates in the next edition (with maybe the exception of STD and FEC who got big model release during Dawnbringer) and Soulblight did get that Snake lady just recently

Didn’t you say that last edition?

People just being wary and cautious, it is the only army that would be in the danger zone at this point in time no one outside rumormonger thought BoC was going to be discontinued and yet it happen so.