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This sounds too good to be true. Hopefully we can see some hints at this ahead of the release, which wouldn't be long too wait.

That's a very cool looking sculpt. Not quite enough to get me interested in starting the faction, but if that's a tease of the future style of FEC kits, I'll be tempted for sure.

Close call for me between the StD set, mainly as the Daemon Prince is an amazing kit, with so many options or the one Ironjawz release, Bazdrogg Nekk-Choppa. In the end I went for the Daemon Prince, I'm currently working on my 2nd already.

That looks like a Sisters of Silence mask on the skull, so I'd guess it's HH related.

So Chaos Troggoths it is then!

Not new hero warscrolls, but we've had 2 nice sculpts with the limited edition minis. Mounted hero would be ideal or a goregrunta chariot, the goregrunta design is too good to only get 3 sculpts with tiny variations.

Snarlfangs are amazing sculpts, I'm glad they've not changed the design from the WHU. Hopefully it's a kit that lends itself to multiple poses, as I'll be wanting at least 10 of them. The wicker banner is such a nice touch (and easier to paint for someone like me who is ****** at making flat banners look good) It's not AoS and might just be the excitement of the recent StD release, but that Mech Demi-God looks amazing the more I look at it.

So happy about the wolf riders. Loved the 3 from WHU and they take pride of place on my shelf alongside the gore-gruntas and boar Boyz. Will certainly be getting some more of these, hoping they can ally with my Orruks. Rest looks ok, but the wolf riders are the highlight for me.

Lord Invocatus will be easy enough to fit into my Blades of Khorne force for sure, plus any new mounted world eaters will provide more poses/sculpts for juggernauts. The leaked codex contents list a unit called Jakhals, wondering if those could be Khorngor or cultist adjacent

That's good to know with the chosen. I've not looked at the chosen yet, been focused on the demon prince, which itself is an amazing kit. Building and painting this one as Khorne, but while building him I was already thinking about how I'd build a second, so many cool parts.

Oh Ardboyz, yes. I often forget about them as I dislike the sculpts so much. My own Ardboyz are a mix of the WHU warband and Blood Bowl sculpts. Weirdly I do like the boar boyz as you mention them. I actually am working my way through building a unit of them as they exist in AoS Legends and the OnePageRules. I have to not look at how much they go for on ebay now, else I'd be thinking about selling them off rather than building/painting them

As an Ironjwz collector (rather than gamer), I'd like to see some additional sculpts, maybe not brand new units, as like you say we have a pretty thematic force right now. But a mounted hero (shamen/priest on goregrunta equivalent, for example) would be a nice addition. I'll also take more alternative sculpts like the limited edition ones we've had (Warhammer+ Megaboss and Bawla Brute)

I think with how the lore has expanded for the mortal realms and just how big they are, leaves plenty of room for some of the basic Ork tech working on Orruks. Assuming you are swapping most of the weapons with less tech versions and it's just things like bionics: Maybe they were held as slaves by Hashut's followers and were given mechanical replacement limbs, or they came from Charon and replaced parts with this taken from metallic creatures. At the end of the day, you need to make a force you're happy with and enjoy putting together. Looking forward to see what you come up with.

They are labelled that way to show the difference between them and the easy-to-build push-fit kits like starter sets or WHU, which while still technically are multipart, they require glue to assemble.

Very much looking forward to this army box. I have plans for the demon prince and chosen, while swapping the ogroids for another demon prince.

It's been a good year for AoS-adjacent games I think. WHU, Warcry and WHQ are all part of the same world and models can be used in the main game. Has there been a lack of big releases between Soulblight Grave Lords and the upcoming Slaves to Darkness? Possibly, but it's disingenuous to claim we've had nothing.

I think the good thing with goblins is you can lean into either the goofy/funny side with bright clean colours, etc and also the darker side by making them grimy, with more weathering and gore. Most kits can work in both styles well enough. Would love some more, the WHU wolf riders are amazing and would love to see a multipart kit for them. I'd also like some more spider riders, even the more mutated side like the shaman from the big spider kit.

The Catachans have had some nice limited release heroes fairly recently, so if a new kit is anywhere that quality I think people will be happy.

Those boar boyz are not too bad in terms of sculpts. I've got some painted up and they fit alongside the gore-gruntas, as much as the ardboyz sculpts fit in with the brutes.

Perfect timing, a new juggernaut shown off to lead my new Mighty Skullcrushers!

I saw that and just can't staring. They've nailed every part of it, all the fine details like the freehand tattoos and patterned cloth are spot on. And the water base is the best example of a water effects base I've ever seen. The surface of the water looks so realistic it's uncanny.

GW have been nailing the Witch Hunter aesthetic recently, between the ven Denst's, Hexbane's Hunters and the guy from Cursed City, there are enough for a really nice looking warband. I'm not sure how they could expand them into a full army, but this sort of thing would be perfect for a KillTeamesque game. I get that Warcry is sort of that, but it's focus on chaos warbands doesn't seem to be as open as Killteam to making small teams of themed warriors. Underworlds does seem to do a better job of unique minis that don't have to fit into a larger army. Whatever happened to AoS Skirmish? Or a refresh Mordheim, seeing as how well Necromunda refresh is going for GW?

Has there been any rumblings if there is due a Blades of Khorne update early next year?

They're cloning a Man-Moth?!