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Wishlisting item: expand these crazed freaks into a full Slaaneshi Mortal faction! Then add their “beauty/pleasure” counterparts as well. Lore says the Cypher Lords follow Tzeentch but aesthetically they could also make a nice Slaaneshi cult.

I agree the glavewraith seem like the worst of the worst in the pack. I recall reading somewhere that you build a roster of 12 models to start the campaign just like in Kill Team; can someone confirm this? If so I’ll add one just to bring me up to 12 models. So far I have 2 spirit hosts, 3 reapers, 4 chain rasps, and one of each leader. I could also use the third spirit host I have kicking around but I know I’ll never use three so it seems a waste. If I get a rainout at work this week I intend (read: hope) to get at least one additional warband ready to play by launch. That’ll give us something to play with while I’m getting the chaos bands painted up (I’m a very slow painter) but I’m not sure who yet. Probably bonesplitters since i have most of a box ready to use and they're fairly quick to paint with an airbrush.

@NinjaBadger7 sweet, thanks. @ageofpaddsmar there are a few others just here on the forums: Bonesplitters, Ironjaws, Nighthuant, Daughters of Khane, etc. just check the discussion threads for whatever faction you fancy.

@NinjaBadger7 could I get you to PM me a photo of those leaked points? Or a link to where you found them? I have some vanguard and was going to build a small Stormcast force to play with but didn’t know how many to build (will have Nighthuant ready to play at release but want/plan to have most all of the non-unique factions playable soon-ish).

I cannot read the abilities so for all I know that may have some killer abilities that trigger on doubles or triples but baring that... Is it just me or do they seem very lackluster compared to all the other factions? Very middle of the road with average toughness and movement, but very below average hitting power (a wet noodle comes to mind). Just comparing them to the cypher lords for example: the chaff unit gets 1 extra toughness, but at a cost of 2 fewer life (one hit wonders), plus fewer and weaker attacks. Hopefully I’m just overlooking something (and if so feel to help me by pointing it out) but they don’t seem to have any strengths going for them other than flying.

I know this forum doesn’t have many topics yet but in the event that the game does take off could we get a sticky on this thread? That way if similar issues are discovered with the various ravaged lands sets or other components we can post the discoveries or links here for easy reference.

Oh, well guess I’ll be reporting with the commissar lol. Death = Nagash is just boring lore wise. Even the forces of “order” are fractured and splintered, it part of what makes them interesting. I was looking at building a small death force until I started reading up on some of the lore, other than FEC I find them all boring.

I ordered a small assortment of models from @boomr19; an excellent experience: fair price, rapid delivery, packaged extremely well, friendly, and excellent communication.

Flesh Eaters, your case has been disproven Commissar... report to the Inquisitor for re-education.

@Aelfric I’m not ruling out your theory here, but find it a little unlikely myself. Personally I believe the trailer will be tied to the narrative of Forbidden Power where Sigmar imprisoned a powerful entity who served Nagash inside a storm vault. If for no other reason than GW likes to follow through on their narratives for campaigns. The narrative of the Forbidden Power book ends with Order losing the battle for the Vault and the forces of Death succeeding in freeing Nagash’s “ally” (since when has he had “allies”, thought “minions” and “pawns” were more his style?), but it never details what/who this “powerful ally” is. Also remember that Sigmar claims Nagash betrayed him at the battle for the All-Points, but Nagash claims Sigmar had already betrayed him hence his “betrayal” was justice/justified. Finding that one ally had imprisoned one of your lieutenants unjustly would quality as a betrayal to Nagash (but then again, so does does about anything else with that narcissist).

Thanks for the reference @Nin Win, like you I’ll be looking for some alternative models now.

I haven’t seen any Grave Guard in person that I can recall... could you post a comparison pic of them with a standard skeleton warrior for me? Was just about to order some but if they’re smaller than regular skeletons or the sepulchral guard it’s a big no-no for me.

Don’t think the server has enough bandwidth so just saying... a lot

Before we start passing judgement on the game or on other people’s opinions of it I would just like to remind everyone your local shops may well have a copy of the game to demo this weekend or by the weekend of the release. I know I for one am buying the game, several of the faction cards, cypher lords, and the terrain set. I don’t care if the game itself is the largest dumpster fire since HeroHammer, I’d just use the minis and the terrain in other games.

You’ll need to check individual listings, ATC3D has many listings with most infantry ones at roughly $0.50 each; $12 for 25 or $5 for 10. On shapeways a similar item could be as much as $2 each depending on the material. Do you happen to have silicone and resin for casting? If so you can make your own by modding a round base and using a bit of cheap clay to fill in dead space then duplicating as many times as needed.

There are a lot of items like that on Etsy, search “Warhammer Base Conversion” and you’ll see several listed by multiple sources. I’ve also seen similar items on sites like Thingiverse, Shapeways and similar places. Etsy was the cheapest one if I recall.

The preorder hasn’t gone live here yet so I haven’t seen the price but hearing that is reassuring. What kind of price range were you expecting? I’m planning to order the starter and cypher lords, but wouldn’t be offended if I was able to squeeze in a terrain kit as well.

If I’m reading the Warhammer community post correctly several of the smaller factions will be rolled up into the freeguild as a single entity but your selection of realm and/or city changes exactly what units you can have available as part of your army. I’ll have to re-read it later after I’ve had my minimum daily recommended quota of caffeine. I’m already making mental lists of which model kits I suspect will get discontinued and debating if I’ll want them for kitbashing/bits (and finding lots of “yes”’s).

I’m curious as to exactly what will come in the storm vault set; from the photos it looks an awful lot like the $160 terrain set that was just released but there’s no way they’d re-release such a new kit at half the price (assuming they are in the same $80-90 price range as the Kill Team battleground sets) right after the first launch. A year after the initial release I could see it but a month later seems like an awful FU to the players who bought the large box.

I’m no “great painter” but had the same idea and already prepped and ready... now it’s just trying to narrow it down to WHICH color(s) to use...

Loving @JPjr‘s Dismal Throng idea of nature pushing back but personally I’d replace (most of) Baba Yaga & Co with Warhammer’s other true original race: Fimir. It could also go hand in hand with my (never gonna get it) wishlist item of Dual GA factions. They’re destruction and can play organically or in soup armies but could also ally into Sylvaneth armies just like wanderers. I always loved the originality of the fimir even when their fluff was seriously disturbing, they deserve a comeback with.

Hmm, I cannot tell for certain based on the photo but doesn’t the corpsewrack mausoleum look an awful lot like the sigmarite mausoleum? If I’m understanding the video correctly, I only need/be able to get the starter box, faction/booster cards, and the extra warband at launch which saves me a couple of dollars anyway. The other warbands, new booster cards, and scenery sets I’ll just have to pick up as they’re released. Probably gonna grab a few of the warbands twice for kitbashing.

Well it’s a week away from preorder and it’s officially “Kill Team for AoS”. So my wallet started crying during the video, will continue to cry throughout the release schedule, and will still be simpering and weepy when “the next big thing” catches my eye... but I’m already planning to grab all the warbands, battlezones, and cards... being a completionist is such a pain at times 😞

Mercenary Companies gave me one of my wishes for AoS: a lore based, GA neutral group which could could be allied into an army of any faction/GA. Now wanderers would be perfect for my next wishlist item: dual GA factions. The faction belongs to GA 1 as it’s own entity/army but can also be played a a part (not ally) of factions within a second GA (but likely not in a soup army). So for Wanderers they exist as their own faction under the GA-Order banner with all of their current allies and restrictions, but you can also play them as an inherent part of a BCR or Bonesplitters army in GA-Destruction (the hunter’s theme). Under destruction they don’t exist as their own entity and cannot be allied into other destruction armies (like Slaanesh marked Slaves in a Khorne army). Will this happen? No, but hey it’s on my wishlist.

@robin0701 check the citadel color app/website; under concepts they have a tutorial for lava armies which strongly resembles that model and base. The base itself looks like it was painted with that method with maybe a few browns added during the drybrushing steps.