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Virgin Liberator vs Chad zombie

As much as I like to see Malerion, GW writers need to learn how to write characters speaking plain English. That conversation is damn near indecipherable

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The WarCom article doesn’t qualify between modes of play. Battletome battalions can be restricted to narrative only and the statement is still true.

There’s a timer with 19 days on it - next preview event? https://ageofsigmar.com/?utm_source=WarhammerCommunity&utm_medium=Post&utm_campaign=NextEditionofWarhammerAgeofSigmar10052021&utm_content=NextEditionofWarhammerAgeofSigmar10052021

Good point, though Castigators are pretty garbage. On a related note, does anyone else find it weird that we never got castigator multipart kits in the end? Really odd oversight that

GW should really include a disclaimer for new SCE players (and marines) which says “this is the poster army and we will regularly release new models and invalidate old ones.” The first page of the core rulebook should also have one, something that states “Your army will need to be updated every few years to keep up with editions, and probably more frequently when strong books drop.” Can’t believe it’s 2021 and people *still* complain about having to refresh their army every few years. Are you people not aware of the past thirty years of GW history?

Which did you use in those Libs? Can’t quite make it out

Yeah having spent A LOT of time looking for alternative SCE heads over the years, I have concluded that you have to make a compromise. Unfortunately most non GW Knight ranges are in 28mm scale and so well out of proportion. Starting with GW, you can file down the horns and symbols of some Chaos Warrior heads. I also think that the sisters of battle helmets would work well. After that, Puppets War has some Knight heads that are clearly intended for Space Marines but might not turn out too sci fi. I’m going to get these and their Spartan heads so will let you know. I’ve used 3 and 5 from the Maxmini steam knights and they are ok. They do this batch of 10 identical heads but IIRC there are some sci fi gubbins on the back (gas tank maybe?). I’ll check next time I’m poking around my bits box. For my own Stormcast, I used the space marine heads from Betrayal at Calth (as on the left). They are a little bulkier than I like, especially fitting around those massive shoulders, but just about work in the warrior units. Probably too out of proportion for the new slender vindictors though. Forge World World Eaters might work if you file down the ear pods. I think someone has done this - Rhellion on twitter?

Surely that’s Celestant as in Celestant Prime rather than Lord-Celestant? Implies that the Prime is one of a handful of individuals imbued with Sigmars power, like Yndrasta, which matches her revealed fluff

The sooner that people accept this the better really...

You’re aware that Stormcast haven’t had anything (except single characters) in 3-4 years right? While LRL and Slaanesh just got two waves within 12 months (technically 3 for Slaanesh?)

Given how poor the 40k one was yesterday (one new model, 2 books and a bunch of stuff seen already), and the fact that that Monday’s AoS reveal brought us up to date with everything that has been teased so far (Kragnos and SBG), and a bunch of stuff we’ve seen already... I do agree that expectations should be well and truly lowered for the mystery day.

Just give us this but with celestar ballista strapped to the arms please daddy sigmar

One of those 6 is not like the other... Also don’t forget Nighthaunt, but I guess GW did as they only got some ghost.

Rend is everywhere anyway so a game wide nerf sounds like a good idea to me.

The point being that if they can consult outside experts to write competitive lists, they could use the same expertise for points adjustments

Just enough data to know how to win with brand new books, but not enough to do a balance update on books that have been out for months. That’s a very specific amount of data to have.

Those broken realms model releases: Lumineth: a whole new range of models! Chaos: two fantastic new centrepieces! Seraphon: a fantastic update to Kroak! Cities: first actual release in years! Stormcast: yet another dude with a hammer I guess Nighthaunt: some ghost idk 🤷‍♂️

How anyone can still complain about “more Stormcast” nearly six years into AoS is baffling. They are the poster army. There is *going* to be more Stormcast. The battletome is also one of the oldest and in dire need of an update.

This argument could be made for any model. Might I introduce you to every other model, including some new ones, that aren’t powerful at all. Slaanesh mortals, for example.

I assume when people say “Brettonian” style SCE they mean conceptually: heroic knights who go on crusades against monsters, are powered by their faith, have their own heraldry, and lord it over the common folk, and not a direct replica. In many respects SCE are halfway there already.

Oh boy just wait till you guys see Severiths rules...

The Lumineth battletome was with the printers way before COVID. GW made this decision well before Covid, they clearly wants to break this up into multiple releases. Bearing in mind we haven’t seen Tyrion, the other 5 great nations, and have only one Temple unit so far (Alarith Guard) there’s at least one more wave to go even after this one.

I’ll say this about Hedonites: I don’t think that I’ve seen GW consistently hit every single problematic part of a book without nerfing the entire thing out of orbit. Locus. Depravity generation. Chain summoning. Keeper CA. Epitome. Points balanced against summoning. There’s an almost laser-like focus here that has taken the edge off everything that was a source of negativity in the last book. Perhaps it’s the cynic in me but I would normally expect one or two things on the naughty list to be toned down and everything else left in place. To see it done this way is refreshing as it means someone has put some real thought and effort into tackling interrelated problems while keeping those rules/units playable. This is a good thing! It shows that GW can do better, even if it does take them a couple of tries. Whoever is responsible for this needs a pat on the back and passed the Seraphon and Tzeentch BTs. Caveat that I fully recognise the book probably isn’t as strong as it was before but that is healthier for the game, as the reason it was strong was a poor experience for most people. (Assuming this sentiment isn’t completely undermined by some busted combo with the new stuff that hasn’t been identified yet).