spaint2k

I think the reason GW didn't let people know from the get-go that old seasons would get cycled out was because they didn't know this at the beginning of the game. Once the game became successful and the development matured GW would have realized that not only was the card pool getting unmanageably large (which would lead to the commercial death of the game) but the earlier cards were riddled with problematic text and over-powered effects and cycling these out would allow the team to create new cards that replace these effects with a more gentle touch. I suppose a case could be made for revealing the news earlier, but in the end I feel that GW have done a good job overall of handling this "rotation", by allowing warbands and faction cards to remain permanently. As others have said, your Steelhearts sound like they are still good for competitive play. Check the universal cards they came with and make sure they have the Nightvault symbol. You expressed concern for placing lethal hexes as part of the starting procedure in the new season - but you own Nightvault and that box comes with two lethal hexes (if I'm not mistaken) for spells. Also, if you're playing against people who own the latest edition they'll probably have their own objectives and lethal hexes with them. I've found it's not usually a problem to use the opponent's objectives in tournaments. Anyway, I'm glad you finally found a solution to your Beastgrave woes. The game seems to be getting better and better and the new season is starting things off the right way.

Amazing work! How on earth did you manage to paint the exalted chariot after assembling it?

The answer is what divineauthority said: you get more detailed legs like this. An easy example to see this on is the 40k Chaos Terminators and the Chaos Terminator Lord. IIRC his legs are separate and they have better detailing behind the knees, while the regular guys have flat areas due to the lack of undercuts.