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I think around 210 was my first but I read the German version back then, so I‘m not really sure if the content was always exactly the same but around that time seems right. It certainly had the same dreadnought (over here they called them cybot back then) cover.

I know Vince swears by using VMC with Fyreslayers skin (or something like that) contrast paint for bronze tones. I find that mixing VMC gold and copper creates a truly pleasing gold, haven‘t tried the pigments though, that sounds interesting. But I usually remain remain strictly in the realm of cooler tones so I don‘t want a truly warm gold anyways.

I had to look that up in order to make sense of it. 🤔 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=took a screenshot Please don't let it be number 2.

Being able to create our own heroes with fitting rules for each army?

Yeah, this is awesome news indeed and made my day!

I'd rather take a spear to the head before I collect Lumineth! 😤 Your top 3 picks are my least likely 3 picks. 😂

If you want to stick with just Metal Color for metallics, a mix out of the Old Gold and Copper paints makes for a great gold that isn't too cold. Or just mix one of their silvers with inks or even Contrast paints etc. Vallejo's new model color line is more like their (GREAT!) new game color line by the way. Very decent paints, easy to work with paints and that have no "quirks" (quirks might be the wrong word, their consistency/handling is just something you need to keep in mind) like scale75 or Kimera. The new colors are an exact match to the old ones and they added a very nice dark blue (almost black-blue) that is something I use for my figures, so that's nice. Haven't tried the metallics of the new model color line though. Right now, from all brands I own, I find Citadel and Reaper paints to be the worst overall. They have some great colors too, but some are a bit crappy too tbh.

I‘m sure that ultimately it‘s all for Tzeentch‘s benefit, right? At least that‘s what the lore claims! Which doesn‘t make things easier at all though. So many cool spearheads out there, the freedom of choice is crippling. Noble-born knights on a just crusade, Elden Ring-esque humans, sweet rats…vampires with awesome skeletons. And that‘s just half of the armies I‘d like to paint! 😂🤦‍♂️I wish this was 40k, where fewer armies call to me. 😅

Sorry but I‘ll probably always remain a lowly pawn of Tzeentch. 😇 But I dunno, maaaaaaybe I could convince my group to each get a new force for spearhead, it would be fun. I‘d just feel like a cheater. Poor Tzeentch!

You, good sir, get a free pass. Bring BOC back!

Watch GW dropping spearheads as soon as they've hooked you on collecting a couple of cool extra factions next to your main and putting in the work, so that you'll then have to turn them all into full-blown collections too. You know it, I know it, they certainly know it. I do like the idea of it. Skaven, Flesh-Eaters, Cities, Seraphon, Soulblight, Nighthaunt.... so many cool factions out there, so little time.

I've registered to WH+ on the first day you could, so I should get one mini per year for free and have the option to buy the second exclusive one if I wanted to. GW owes me my year 2 mini as I can't order it anymore (and didn't order it before) but it was never stated to be a timed exclusive, you just needed to be subscribed in that year. You get one mini per year you are subscribed to, so since I'm a subscriber since year 1, I should be able to order the missing one. Right now, I got the minis for year 1 and 3. Once again, it doesn't matter, the figure is mostly a big meh anyways but they should've said that you need to order them until date X in order to get them (I claimed them early and expected to be able to get them when i next order other stuff along with it). Edit: whoops, thought this was a new post and I didn't explain it well enough.

Yes. Also order the one included in your subscription ASAP, don't be a moron like me! Perhaps they will produce another run but currently you can't order the first and second year minis anymore. This and not giving non-UKers a chance to get the Steel Rook seriously annoys me. I don't need those minis, it's not like they're important in a Tzeentch collection but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Or not being able to get the Nurgle herald for AGES (and we all know that it's a standout mini). GW fails so often in recent years and it's a shame as for a couple of years they did pretty much everything right. Now they're in self-sabotaging mode. Sorry for the negativity, I don't want to whine, I just want Warhammer to flourish and it feels like they stand in their own way.

They still owe me my Slaves sorceress from year 2 and I can‘t order it now and despite writing them I never got it. I can live without it (tho I‘d like the little cultist familiar) but it sucks that these minis are time-sensitive despite them never stating they are. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I thought I‘d order it along with some stuff so that I don‘t cause them extra shipping but let‘s just say that I‘ve learned something for the future. Every nice deed gets punished instantly! 😆

This. And then those minis can't be ordered after some time and they don't tell you that. 😂

The sculpts in this starter set are definitely top-tier. Now if only they removed battle tactics. 😇

As good as the new SCE sculpts are, Skaven will steal the show no matter what, even if SCE got an amazing surprise mini in the box or whatever I think. People haven‘t got any significant Skaven release in ages (at least no real AoS release, just some scraps here and there like WH Underworlds) and SCE - while really well made - are „just more Stormcast“. I think the general reactions by people align with that assessment, not trying to diss them….it‘s just that the fandom has waited ages for Skaven and NO army with a ton of releases in the last years could get that kind of reaction. When Sephiroth was babbling about a homecoming, he was probably talking about Skaven finally getting AoS stuff! *rat-logic* edit: What I’m trying to say, without wanting to come iff as a SCE hater: It‘s a testament to the quality of the new SCE minis that non-SCE players are remotely positive about SCE getting so much stuff again to be honest. I like SCE but find it annoying that some factions got nothing while SCE gets remade units already… and I find that at least the new minis are great updates overall (although I think the old liberator heads were great tbh) so that makes the pill easier to swallow in a way. Hope I got my point across. Now we need Ogors and Malerion at least before existing forces get stuff. 😇

Well, there have been some pretty strong melee fighters among Tzeentchians too but yeah, in general most Tzeentchians aren't amazing in CC and there need to be some drawbacks somewhere (they could do it via points though). I figure Tzeentch might get such a unit when they get a mortal elite one day. At least I hope so but I'm now breaking my own very own rules in this thread if I continue. 😂 I think others like Lumineth having such units isn't wrong though (they are supposed to be extremely gifted mages after all), it's just feels really wrong that Tzeentch hasn't got them and the overabundance of mortals isn't great fun for the receiving player. I think spells could (and perhaps should) move away from mortal wounds as the standard as well. Not every spell should have damage that qualifies as a mortal wound IMO.

The first few words gave me a heart palpitations, mate. Thankfully after "besides" I could function properly again!

… it can‘t have anything to do with your faction! It could be rules, miniature releases, updates or changes, background, kits… what would you do? I‘d want more basic terrain in plastic, hills, cliffsides, swamps, whatever, maybe even printed neoprene mats. I figure all these things don‘t sell too well as there have been more generic offerings in the past by GW but I think they would help a lot of tables. There‘s only so much you can do with ruined buildings and lightweight terrain building is difficult enough that most people don‘t bother.

Well, if they add other faction‘s minis on the base, then I‘d like that to be optional. In general I‘m pretty ambivalent towards them although I think I have a very slight preference for no tactical rock but it‘s definitely not a dealbreaker for me. It fits very special minis, like those inspired from artwork or special editions or unique characters better than basic heroes IMO.

Disregarding your tone and that it’s possible with probably every faction (SOB might be the exception) to get it done, how is making sure that two units wander off to fulfill the battle tactic any fun at all? That‘s my bigger gripe with battle tactics. Do random stuff for points. That‘s like when you have to do extra things in hard mode of a game (not use ability X, don‘t jump, whatever) for a challenge. Whoever came up with this should go back to the basics. I don‘t see Chess going „yo, move your knight in a circle 3 times and you‘ll get another queen“ and I dare to say that Chess is like a thousand times better as a ruleset than any GW game. I know, apples and oranges but GW‘s main concern with their rule sets should be to make the basic framework great before adding tons of extra rules. They only make the game deeper by making the players having to keep more stuff in mind. The battle tactics in 4th might be better than 3rd ed‘s but I‘d rather have it closer to 2nd than 3rd.

I really don‘t like the battle tactics. If I want to play a game in a game, I‘ll play FF7 Rebirth where I can at least look at Tifa. I hope that the modular nature of the rules will truly let people not use that aspect.

Ah, ok, thanks for filling me in! 🙏

What I wonder after seeing the WarCry ones - will Ogors in general become more monstrous? The classic Ogor looks like a giant powerlifter (well, a very unattractive interpretation of one) but the new ones reminded me more of something like ghouls on steroids. I‘ve got no real opinion on or preference regarding Ogors but those minis made me think that the ones closer to humans will just be part of Cities and the Mawtribes might become more „unique“ in appearance? Barbaric traits are pretty much Darkoath‘s thing now so perhaps GW wants to reinvent Ogors a bit? 🤔 Would Ogor fans like that or not is what I‘m basically asking myself…