Nighthaunt Noob

Any chance the FEC foot heroes will be a command corps/gobbapalooza style box? Pricing would be a lot more palatable if foot heroes were sold that way more often.

well where would you meet them? If they don't play the games they aren't as likely to be hanging out at stores or events. I'd say I fall mostly into this camp. I buy models I like but the only game I play these days is underworlds.

I don't think I've seen anyone share this yet but I have on good authority that the next two underworlds warbands will be Kruelboyz and Vampires.

The 54 warscrolls could potentially include an upcoming warcry unit too. Perhaps that's where we'll get a flagellants replacement similar to how Seraphon got their chameleon skinks?

also seems like there is likely a more religious slew of models to come too between possible flagellants, sisters, and whatever the cult of the wheel is.

Bit off topic but I noticed GW didn't even directly share the painting videos for Seraphon thru Facebook. Guessing they don't want to post them anywhere where they can be called out for the fact that they no longer show the face of the painters.

I preordered the Hollow King softcover awhile back on Amazon and it says it will be arriving April 25th. Perhaps that's some indication of roughly when the batlletomes are coming? That would line up with a pre-order announcement either next week or the week after.

I just went and listened to Valrak's LVO stream again during the Seraphon reveal and he claimed both them and Cities of Sigmar were getting new army boxes. Not sure what that's worth but interesting that this isn't a totally new claim...

Do we really still think Nightmare Quest is going to have a Slaanesh warband? I can't see them releasing a Slaanesh tome so close to the warband without including the warband (and if it is going to have the warband I think they'd have spoiled it already so we don't learn about it first in the book this weekend).

Pretty sure Whitefang described them as a new look from other representations and more dinosaur-y. On a separate note, it seems to me that 1 of 2 things about Seraphon must be true. Either: 1. The launch box contains a unit they haven't shown us yet, which is why they still haven't shown the launch box. 2. Or there is no launch box.

I suppose it is difficult to pitch if you're going to completely mispresent it. 1. Yes you can deckbuild like magic. There are a variety of formats with different deckbuilding rules. 2. Yes you can play any warband against any other warband. 3. Every warband ever released (~50 now) is still valid to use and most all of them still see play. I went to a tournament recently where the winner was using Season 1 warband Magore's Fiends. In that same tournament a player was using the season 1 Stormcast.

Maybe a necromancer for the 3rd picture? It would make a lot of sense if SBGL is getting the single hero treatment. It felt a bit missing from the range refresh to not get a new necromancer.

I'm starting to think Seraphon are 1 of the 4 warbands in the next underworlds season. It would make some sense if some or all of the 4 warbands are from 3rd edition tomes that haven't been released yet.

Nighthaunt? Sylvaneth?

He probably thinks "dude I already hearted a comment saying we're getting Salamanders!"

Doesn't mean we'll get a model this go around. There were dragons all over the Lumineth book and banners, etc. but we didn't get any.

Yeah no rules changes is a bit concerning. I was hoping it would finally match the lore and have some sort of AOE damage.

I'm not sure I'd call it "mysteriously unchanged." Perhaps, more like GW is avoiding visual identity clutter. Saurus warriors and Saurus guard are potentially a bit too similar to take 2 coveted slots in a refresh. They could cannibalize sales of each other a bit and also tamp down interest by the "sameyness" of it all. Take the Grave guard example. While the new warband is fantastic, selling a new box of those next to the new skeletons could be a bit too similar for a release at the same time. Better candidate to perhaps revisit later.

Underworlds? We're out of rumors on that front (other than the expedition humans from the art).

Super into the idea of something new for kroxigors. Even though its in the name, something that looks too much like a real crocodile just feels too corny. Save that for Blood Bowl!

Maybe optimistic but I'm guessing the late spring/summer disconnect on Seraphon is due to an Army box in the spring.

Didn't they say all the models of the month would be on a single sprue in the future rather than having to hack up a box of minis? I wonder if this is the result of supply chain issues. Sure feels like the most random mini of the month so far.

Anyone else notice that the multipart Chaos warriors are sporting a different armor color scheme from the other recent chaos releases? I like it. Back to the more classic metallic.

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Just realized a couple things: 1. Still no Cursed City news? Paperback is still showing an October 12th release on Amazon and I think most were assuming October would be the relaunch/1st expansion. 2. As I was assembling the new witch hunters, I noticed the sculpted bases have broken pillars with the same design as the Cursed City Vyrkos bloodborne. I know they reuse digital design but seems probable that these were designed as an expansion at one point.