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  1. 4 hours ago, JustAsPlanned said:

    Good news everyone! The 40k article for today seems to be for the… codex… cover. Jeez, they’re really just throwing anything out and making an article for it, aren’t they?

    Black Templars didn't have their own codex since 4th edition while being one of the most popular SM factions. It's like they announced Bretonnia or Tomb Kings codex for AoS. Hype is massive in 40k community.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Gaz Taylor said:

    My brother in law is a printer and he’s not mentioned anything about issues with supply of card. 

    Since lockdowns began there has been a worldwide overproduction of all kind of paper as the demand for office equipment plummeted. That said, it seems that there are some logistic/subcontractor issues with the printed part of the game, as GW said that the figures themselves will be available soon.

  3. 34 minutes ago, Nos said:

    *Especially* because of how the Armoured skeletons are, I love their Eastern European influence, they've gone full on Dracula with it and across the range in general and I'm continuing to really enjoy seeing GW draw from outside of Western Influence in their faction design aesthetics. Very thoughtful. 

    Glaurio ven Alten is basically a Polish or Hungarian nobleman from XVI/XVII century, you could use him in historical games. Moreover, the bad ogres look and are equippeded just like Russian infantry from XVI/XVII century with their furs, hats and berdysh. What's more, the history of Ulfenkar mirrors the history of many Cenral European countries in the last 200-300 years.

    Similarly, you can find MANY far-eastern influences in the lore and aesthetics of LRL.

    Cental and Eastern Europe and China are probably the fastest growing markets for GW, hence the shift. We don't really care about (vam)pirates in continental Euro-Asia :) This naval focus is pure Anglo-Saxon thing.

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  4. 12 hours ago, TheR00zle said:

    Perhaps the Ulfenkarn vampires are based off the Russian Wurdilac(I admit that I had to look up if Russia had a vampire myth, but it was a very safe bet as every body and their grandma's got one), they're described as former witches and werewolves who were excommunicated from the church and it looks like we got a priest and we know the big bad is called The Wolf.....

    That is not surprising as the 'modern' concept of a vampire comes from various Slavic mythologies. Russian Wurdilac is a later iteration coming from XIX century literature. It also incorporates some Christian elements. In the area of Poland where I live older rural folk still remember tales of a so called Wąpierz (Vom-piesh) which is basically a tormented soul drinking blood during nights. These believes certainly date back to pre-Christian era and were not influenced by the modern pop-culture since.

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  5. On 2/5/2021 at 4:01 PM, Neverchosen said:

     

     Khronegors in their history were essentially Bestigors already

    Tzaangors are basically blue bestigors at the moment, while enlightened are comparable in dmg output with minotaurs AKA (smthcopyrightable)bulls. So the only niches left are basic goats and ungors.

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  6. 2 minutes ago, Whitefang said:

    But Tau is nothing chinese though 

    it’s more like for Japanese gundam (sci-fi robotic mobile suits) franchise and spirit of Bushido

    Aesthetic is very occidental in general probably you are right that its rather Japanese/Korean. However their approach toward other cultures is very Chinese, not Japanese. Japan is very xenophobic as opposed to China.

  7. 3 hours ago, Black_Templar_Lad said:

    I can't believe Cathay are going to be in! What a time to be alive! Such a good time for the hobby. I wonder if we'll see Cathay in TOW. 

    It's not about believing, it's about Chinese market size. Similarly, Tau sells very well in China.

  8. 57 minutes ago, Grimrock said:

    So far I think they've always released separate warbands around the time the starter for the next season is released, so I'd expect to see the same for Beastgrave. I don't think we've heard anything specific about it though.

    They haven't released warbands form Nightvault starter as separate kits. They only did it once with the original S1 starter.

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  9. 1 hour ago, HollowHills said:

    For Underworlds they used to release two new warbands around the same time as the starter set. It seems like its changed now to be a slower rollout and warbands releasing on their own rather than in pairs. 

    I still hope we get to find out if there is an Idoneth warband in this season.

    The warbands will be released two at a time as always. There was only one instance when Grymwatch and Rippas were released separately but that was due to some cards misprint in Rippas set that  caused a delay.

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  10. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying, that she is a great painter because she is a woman. That said, I believe that what is so stunning in her style is somehow shared by other great female painters, like Kaha (I have linked her facebook site above).

    Every good painter develops his own, unique style with time. When it comes to female painters, it is often, that the style distinguishes itself by the unique use of colours. And I am not talking only about miniature painters. 

  11. Many scientific studies demonstrated that there are measurable differences in the way males and females see, perceive, and talk about color.

    It's a bit of both evolutionary adaptation and culture.

    While males were hunting for brown hares in brown grass, females were looking for red berries, etc.

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  12. 27 minutes ago, HollowHills said:

    Weekly reminder that the text doesn't ever relate. 

    That is not true. I believe that you can find a keyword in each description of rumor engine which is related to the actual model. The whole text is rather meaningless, but there always is that one word. In case of new elves these are words like: dreaming, conjuring, peaceful sleep, coma, etc. 

  13. 20 minutes ago, El Syf said:

    LVO reveals were rather underwhelming then. Two order armies; the grand alliance that arguably already has enough armies (sorry pointy elves fanbois).

    That's OK. The pointy elves fans do not trouble over opinions of fans of some lesser beings. In fact, they probably don't even notice.

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  14. 1 hour ago, Nos said:

    None of the Tolkienesque neo classical maritime Influence in their aesthetic

    With maritime I agree, however, the Old World high elves had maritime flavor, as they were somehow supposed to portray the British Empire of old.

    These new guys are as neo-classical as one could hope. They have greek helmets and plums and the cavalry resemple greek cataphracts with armoured horses and lances. 

    I don't see any east asian influence other than the bonsai trees.

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  15. Real (high) elves on real horses. All the memories are so vivid now. This is certainly a release aimed at older, nostalgic players like myself, just like OG StD start collecting box. 

    I think we can spot their scenery piece in the clip around 0:30, standing next to the Teclis maxi-mini. A huge rock with bonsai trees.

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  16. 3 hours ago, Baron Klatz said:

    There's no orruks yet in Beastgrave. Did you mean the Brayherd? I can't see it there either.

    Are you just guessing for a future warband? I'll agree Bonesplitterz would be nice but that design doesn't really suit them.

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