JackStreicher
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9 minutes ago, Thomas Lyons said:
Agreed, that said, I think that is how you fix Dispossessed. By the lore, they're dwarves that have been rejected from their holds, hence the name. I think you keep the core faction and keywords, but allow them to include any other Duardin keyworded unit (so FS, KO, Iron Weld) in the army as not an ally, although they gain the dispossessed abilities (i.e. grudges for past sins against them, resolute, etc.). So those other allegiances (KO and FS) maintain their distinct character, while recognizing that even Fyreslayers can be dispossessed of their holds and find common cause in grudge-settling with their kin.
I can~t shake the feeling that Dispossessed might become a larger release somwhere i nthe fututre (perhaps even after a BT which might come soon). Since Fyreslayers represent Grinir whereas Dispossessed represent Grungni.
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"One of the great things about Warhammer Age of Sigmar is the rich, evolving narrative. The background for the Mortal Realms is growing all the time, with the past few years having taken us through the epic battles of the Realmgate Wars, through the fledgling conquests of the Seeds of Hope, to last year’s Soul Wars. This tectonic shift in the status quo sawNagash rise to supremacy, the emergence of the Nighthaunt, and Sigmar forced to open the Sacrosanct Chamber. Now, in 2019, the Soul Wars continue – and something ancient and terrible is awakened…"
FrostmourneSome kind of god beast? Settra? Louens ledger after the big pox-party at Altdorf?
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7 minutes ago, JPjr said:
I think the keyword with 'Forbidden Power' is that it's described as an 'Age of Sigmar Expansion' in the same way 'Malign Sorcery' was.
So my guess is boxset with chunky models for everyone and new rules of some kind. I had originally thought it would just be more faction agnostic Endless Spells but oddly less sure of that now, it's still the most likely option but could be something similar.
One possibility is it could be a box of weird and wonderful non-faction-specific 'magic' terrain, that would hit the check boxes of making the game more visual, gets more terrain out there onto tables and since all the faction specific terrain is points free it allows armies without those releases yet to take something and not be left out.
You know, 'with magic unleashed across the realms thanks to Nagash's Necroquake the very land itself has become saturated with arcane energy, yadda yadda yadda'
Not sure how they'd get an extra rulebook out of that but guess it could just be an update of the MS one with the realm rules, spells, artefacts etc in again with some additional new nonsense for people to get up in arms about.
maybe we get Realm-specific scenery? (perhaps even a small set for each realm) which then get their own rules?
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I am really pleased with everything they showed at LVO (even the 40k Minis)
Edit: My Wallet and the huge pile of shame isn't however
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Here're my conversions
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I made my courtiers from other kits / Bit shops.
the crypt horror courtier is a Rat ogre from the Island of Blood with a Little armour.
the flauer courtier is a kitbash of Morghast-Armor and The left over Hand of Nagash.
one can work around the restrictions of available boxes ^^
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The rules so far look really promising (and trhe artwork as well...oh my why didn't we get new models X_x)... can someone send me some time? Then I could work on some FeC sculpts XD
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21 minutes ago, Gecktron said:
What is this? Feeding frenzy being useful?
I like it. This forces the player to decide between using CP to summon new units or to give a extra fight phase to existing units.Double combat ZD...ouch
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I honestly would not mind if they united all elves in one tome as long as they keep the factions as some kind of stormhosts. These Stormhost should represent the God(s) those elves follow:
Malerion, Alarielle, Tyrion & Teclis. Then you have a set of Allegiance abilitites which are available to every faction of followers. Once you chose your "Stromhost" you get one additional Allegiance ability.
I imagine it like this: You can add any aelven subfaction you like to your army which is aligned to one of three gods.
Example: You pick a Darkling Covens unit for your "Stormhost" which follows Alarielle. Now Alarielle stands for Nature in this case (and pretty much everything wanderers are).
So they'd now get a effect that reflects their darker being in combination with nature: They can deepstrike due to guerilla ambush tactics, or sth. of the likes. While Wanderers might get increased shooting capabilitites. You could compare this with the Bad Moon Effects which buff different units differently though the buffs differ from god to god for every subfaction.
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13 minutes ago, someone2040 said:
I'd expect much more in the 40k side of things as they're due for a new release.
That would make sense since the rumored new Primaris flyer isn‘t out yet
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Is there any rumour about disposessed gettinmg the 1 week release treatment? (that'd be great, then I could fight those gobbos at my doorstep with renewed vigour!)
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14 minutes ago, Barkanaut said:
GW always says this and usually 99% chance it just means more marines lol.
true XD
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59 minutes ago, rosa said:
Dude...
You complain in every Channel about the quality... Fürther, your Dunning-Kruger comparison is utterly arrogant. You are the awesome 3D Specialists and knows best.
To tell the truth, this ist what the Dunning-Kruger effect is about... think about it!
We understand that you dont appreciate the effort with this release. Others do...
Criticism is always okay and needed.
But stop accepting your opinion as the only truth.
Danning-Krueger: Not having the know-how for the task and getting self-confidence from it and therefor thinking they know best. No it's not the same with me. I've been doing this for a decade and then s.o. comes around the corner telling me that I am wrong because they look different (shorter claws, apparently broader and a different head)
It has nothing to do with arrogance. I explained how it works and how those miserable miniatures came to be (lack of time, effort and design).
I see my opinion as the only opinion being based on actual experience with the subject of CONCERNING 3D Modeling /3D Sculpts and not about whether the models look good or not.
You can also think about it this way: Soem random stranger comes around the corner to your workplace. Tells you what you are doing is wrong because it looks different than he/she expected, though you know for a fact that it's right. Would it be arrogant now if you tell the person that what you are doing is right, while showing the person why it's right? Well but that person insists that's it's wrong. How do you react now?
You can like the models or don't like them that's fine my opinion whether the models look good or not is just an opinion.
In the realm of 3D modelling what they did is subjectively lazy and bad practise, impudent even towards their consumers.
So if people come up with "recycleing is fine" and the likes I feel obligated to tell them the subjective truth about it: Yes it is fine, but here it is too much, with too little effort and lazily done. So it's far from fine in this case.
Often it seems to me people just like it because it's "New" and it's from "GW". (which btw never recycled on that abnormal scale)-
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4 hours ago, Nighthaunt Noob said:
Saying these guys look alike is like saying the megaboss looks like a brute. Of course they do because they're the same race. However nearly every element of this guy is clearly not the same as the other. Like the other commenter, I'll grant you the 1 foot is probably reused.
Said the 3D specialist who knows exactly the workflow. - typical dunning-krueger-effect.
the base strigoi was rigged, reposed and then they fiddled with making some features bulkier (that‘s 2 clicks for gods sake, most likely already happened in the T/Y-Pose). Shorter claws which were separate meshes anyway, a few more details on the head and broader teeth. Done.
now make the loincloth more fabulous and add the shoulderpad.
-> Standard reuse of old assets. Very good reuse you can‘t complain about. -> The way it‘s supposed to be done
exactly. Though time investment and time put into finding a design is also very important (2 essential parts these new spells and the throne lack)
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8 hours ago, TheWilddog said:
We play in a world full of high fantasy magic where random shipwrecks and flying sea turtles randomly show up and a magic comet hits the ground and turns into a big moon shaped mountain with a cave under with goblins pouring out and you can not imagine a way a cannibal army with bones and gore all around them can build a bone throne on a ruin. Again this just does not make sense.
I get that you don’t like it and think it was poor design but that does not make it not fit in the world.
Again: terminology. In either case that would not be a throne unless it‘s in the throneroom.
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56 minutes ago, TheWilddog said:
That differentiation makes no sense. If Beastmen can build a 20 foot tall monolith everywhere they go, the FEC can throw together a replica of bone throne where they battle.
With an endless stream of rotting corpses beneath and a ruin underneath?
it‘s a throne, not a lookout Post. And where is a THRONE placed? Right, in the throneroom. Otherwise it‘s palanquin at best.
they could also hastily put together a bone cathedral, a bone courtroom and a bone kingdom. - makes no sense. At least BoC have Cygors etc. that might easily carry the stone without breaking it.
*imagining a Zombiedragon carrying a huge unstable bone throne with a wall attached to it
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20 hours ago, TheWilddog said:
This basically applies to most of the new scenery pieces. Who carries a Moon Shrine mountain with a cave in it and a 20 foot tall stone Monolith Herdstone?
Not exactly. I can find annexplanation for those with ease. For the throne? Not at all. There would‘ve been a million better options.
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the Gobbos simply spill forth at such loonshrines, so their army gathers there.
beastmen gather around herdstones, so that‘s fine since those things can be anywhere in the open.
the Throne lies somewhere underground in the heart of the FeC empire. So it makes no sense the throne is present at each and every battle, especially not in such a static and solid shape. They should have just recycled kurdoss valentian‘s throne
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2 minutes ago, Rogue Explorator said:
A few of your other assertion just do not hold up either. The horse endless spell certainly is no reused old asset, there is currently no undead horse like it. It was quite likely made from the same basis as the spectral steeds of the Nighthaunt line, but the difference is still quite a bit. The three horses are not the same asset just copied three times either, they actually differ from each other in the detail.
The part about the strigoi:Well that‘s just wrong
For the rest: not exactly but in a way you confirmed what I said.
if you are interested in every detail they added with two clicks just pm me and I‘ll gladly explain it to you (as soon as I don‘t have to type on a cell phone)
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2 minutes ago, Rogue Explorator said:
A few of your other assertion just do not hold up either. The horse endless spell certainly is no reused old asset, there is currently no undead horse like it. It was quite likely made from the same basis as the spectral steeds of the Nighthaunt line, but the difference is still quite a bit. The three horses are not the same asset just copied three times either, they actually differ from each other in the detail.
The part about the strigoi:Well that‘s just wrong
For the rest: not exactly but in a way you confirmed what I said.
if you are interested in every detail they added with two clicks just pm me and I‘ll gladly explain it to you (as soon as I don‘t have to type on a cell phone)
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7 hours ago, Nighthaunt Noob said:
Could you explain how it is a recycle? Which model does it recycle from?
It‘s the Strigoi Vampire on Terrorgheist (basemesh) simply reposed with one small wing and a shoulder pad added =}
plus added details to the head.
seems like it‘s the whole thing. I would have been fine if they had used the throne that already existed, because that could be carried around. Now it seems like every battle is happening in a FeC throne room, underground...at the heart of their lair...😕
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40 minutes ago, Knight Scáthach of Fimm said:
No no that's reserved for the Dispossessed and their obligatory terrain piece.
Which will be an entire dwarven hold which covers half of the battlefield.
this way the low dwarven movement is compensated by reducing the table to half its former size 🤣
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22 minutes ago, novakai said:
Umm the Archreagant hero from the Box doesn't count?
TBH I would have at least hope a named hero character (Ushoran) or plastic Varghulf
The new Archregent for example is an awesome model! And that is Though it‘s also a 70% recycle =} (enough was changed to make it unique and Interesting.
imo we never had issues with too few hero choices...Pretty much all the rest except for behemoths is lacking
would be cool though how would ordinary zombies fit in?
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1 minute ago, HollowHills said:
We are now in a position where, GW for all their faults, are supporting all of their armies for both core games.
For me the support would have been to give us at least one kit which includes unique models for our heroes)
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Has anybody found any juicy Battalion/combination for Anvilgard? 🙂
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The Rumour Thread
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True... though wasn't there some story which said Grungni was back and hanging with the dispossessed somewhere?