JackStreicher

Well those teased army artworks are really, really bad (Uncanny Valley!)

We‘re playing a narrative-matched play campaign in my club in which each game unlocks +1k points. (it‘s 3 Games, so 3k will be max) currently my list ist the following: Allegiance: Anvilguard Warden King - General Sorceress 10 Dreadspears 10 Bleakswords 20 Ironbreakers 10 Irondrakes 1 Scourge Runner Chariot ES: Prismatic Pallidade (for trapping and Endless Advance-killing the enemy) 990 points the army will later on receive a hydra, Black guards, more battleline elves and Stormcasts. currently I am not sure what is better to trap the enemy: Soulsnare Shackles or the Prismatic Pallisade.

This is either an early concept for the mounted Knight of Shrouds or perhaps a hint at NEW BLOODKNIGHTS!?

I have the same fear about Bestigors, especially if the whole army can still run and charge. ATM they seem absurdly good on paper if they haven‘tchanged the stats (hitting on 3s/2s, reroling 1s, 3 Attacks, super mobile, good save, battleline + herdstone) well we‘ll see

Nice colorscheme, Ireally want an affordable airbrush myself ?

As long as there was no new Blood Knights sculpt it wasn‘t the year of death ?

10 Sequitors appear to be the Sweetspot concerning size. They‘ll pretty much kill anything because free Rerolls ??‍♂️ I am still pretty sure that they should cost 140 points (anything is vulnerable to shooting btw)

Well the new Soul Wars Box felt really mature so I hoped they‘d rather do Soul War-esque Designs ?

There is a cool funny and there is a childish funny suited for children’s cartoons. this Troggoth is sadly the latter. a mix of the Hobbit Goblin King and Stitch from Lilo & Stitch ????

A bullshead with the same carnivore teeth. It‘s 100% Beastmen related. (Chaos dwarf-bulls don‘t have carnivore teeth and they come with wings and armour which aren‘t even hinted here. The level of Face muscle detail is very lacking with Chaos Dwarfs compared to BH). I think the visual evidence is overwhelming. https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-DE/Drazhoath-the-Ashen

Awesome show guys!

That's the neck plate of a Blood Knight's Nighmare steed! wuhuu

I‘d rather have a Start Collecting DoK and new Blood Knights

I really hope that with the Malerion elves they‘ll do aLegions of Nagash Style Battletome which reunites. the 9 Dark Elf Subfactions

They were Knights of the Empire and they were turned by Luthor Harkon, not by drinking dragon blood =~P I am well aware of the latest whf lore and I even modeled a multi-Part kit myself.

Take a GA: Order with the Anvilguard allegiance

I highly dislike them since they‘re too delicate and elvish for vampire knights. There‘s nothing vampiric about them, not even the wing crests look vampiric.

I‘d be happy if they finally replaced the fugly old Vampire Knights with a new plastic kit. (LONG OVERDUE)

Simple math. ~ 11.xy dmg + battleshock ~ 20 models gone. at 3 ballistas + Ordinator they deal >50% more damage than judicators vs a 4+ save. this feels just like the Aethervoid discussion... facts win not the gut feel. same goes for Sequitors which are a medium to high tier elite unit with the price of a low-tier elite unit which can also be taken as battleline. Another point to keep in mind: statistical results usually get to their average result across numerous values. Which means: the more dice you roll the more average it gets with usual spikes up and down. It isn‘t that unlikely to see one ballista hit 3 shots with 13+ hits of which 10 will do dmg, by just one ballista. ofc there is the other case - I failed to ever hit with mine 2 turns in a row, but whatever it‘s only 100 points so I‘ll buy 2 more. (Once you can even think like that you know it‘s too cheap for what it does, since there doesn‘t Seem to be a better option)

The difference grows bigger once you take 3 ballistas. plus the deepstriking removes the whole argument of „only 18“ range“

If 30 Grimghasts make the 10+ charge (or even twice) it‘s over because of the Range and the number of attacks. Couple that with all of our auras and you get a nice charge phase which slaughters 2/3rds of the enemy. And there are even more examples.

And that‘s Different with archers? Don‘t let them be charged. No unit offers all the versatility you need for all scenarios. the ballistas Deal about 11 wounds to a 4+ save, while archers for the same cost do about 5. Additionally you can thunder/teleport your ballista Batterie where you need them. srsly trying to talk this artillery down is nonsense. It‘s way undercostet, period.

1D6 Hits per hit is Never poor, especially with rend -2. the 18“ are never an issue just screen them, lean back and keep oneshotting. the lord ordinator is fine for the immense buff he provides for artillery heavy lists. He should be renamed into rallynator though. the 40pts ‚overpricing‘ Split by 3 ballistas makes a ballista 113 pts which is still WAY too cheap. It‘s too much firepower for too few points. using the ordinator on 3 ballistas would make each score 2 hits at 18“ which would result 3*7 = 21* 4/6 = 14 wounds at -2 so don‘t even try to defend this undercosting.

And why? A single ballista is better than 5 judicators which cost 160 pts. Combined with a Lord Ordinator those things shred one unit of 20 every turn.

Lots of other things have the same odds without singlehandedly winning a game if you roll a statistical anomaly.