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@CrashStacy The Mirkwood spiders are nice models but they're huge, they're on 60mm bases. The spiders for WHQ are actually very small, the original minis were on 25mm bases. It's hard to get spiders that size these days. For the rats I'm using some old metal ones from the Skaven range, they used to come with a packmaster. I got mine for Mordheim originally. I have a few plastic rats of various sizes from different Skaven sprues as well, some of which are big enough to do the job (or can be paired up on 25mm rounds to make them a bit more imposing).

Thank you

@Xil Those dryads look great! Can I ask what colours you used for their wood and bark?

So uh how about that Dol Guldur scenery anyway. It seems like it's years too late but it also looks absolutely incredible and if it's like the Osgilliath ruins it'll be big enough to use in AoS and Warcry as well as Middle-Earth.

Nice bases. Suitable amount of skulls for the knights' patron deity.

I don't think it's a good idea to pour anything in your wallet. Is there a rumour of a cavalry unit? I haven't seen it. I'd like us to get one! (and it would make the "great" gnashtoof make more sense if there were regular size ones as a unit..)

Yes, they did a short (and poorly advertised) AoS run of those models as "Spire of Dawn" in some territories before disappearing them back into oblivion. It's a shame, because that set is the only place the skaven mortar has ever existed, the clanrats are pretty nice, and the engineer is very good for a starter set mini of his era. If TOW means they want people to start stacking clanrats into 40-strong rectangles again, bringing back those sprues would make it a lot easier.

Very excited about the new edition of Kill Team. I wonder if we might see some of its features migrate over to Warcry at some point in the future.

I very much think that's the point.

Whatever it is, it looks like they missed a mould line on it.

@Megaboss Badgash They look really nice in a unified colour scheme. Do you have a thread or blog for these ladz?

The temple range from Gamer's Grass will get you ruined flagstones like this in every size, but you'd need to add your own roots and leaves to them. Leaves are pretty simple to make, so this wouldn't be too taxing if you did them in batches.

Whoa, that Ironjawz display is quite something. Also, I know where all the old boarboy kits went now! (rip)

There's a drum and a horn, yes. They only have pictures of two of the three hobgrot sprues on the website, for some reason.

BoC and S2D currently have too many units between them to share a book, I think. I'd rather see a refreshed and expanded BoC line with coalition rules allowing them to work with Slaves to Darkness. If they were crammed into the same book, I'd expect to see a lot of old Beasts stuff disappear.

Anything with the "Leader" battlefield role, unless I'm missing something. If your general has the right W stat to qualify, there's no reason you couldn't have that model take up a subcommander slot in a core battalion. It's a little odd thematically, but it seems fine rules-wise.

Simple but very nice. 30 of these will look fantastic.

I was 100% convinced that sword was going to be a Soulblight lord and I was very surprised when it didn't show up in the Gravelords release. Here's hoping it's a ghoul king - maybe the faction if finally getting a named character.

I'm on it, but since I'm the slowest hobbyist alive you might have to wait a few years. I do think brutes and gutrippas will look great in variations the same colour scheme, though.

The former I think. He still doesn't have the relevant keywords to use the allegiance abilities himself, he just doesn't disrupt your allegiance. Archaon has the same rule so he can be taken in a Blades of Khorne or Maggotkin army (etc) without having to be an ally. Neither Ironjawz nor Kragnos got much out of the new FAQs.

I like him. The rust looks good, and you've got just the right balance of pink tones on the face.

New models are incredible, even better than I was expecting. Very surprised by multipart man-skewers. The sludgeraker is my new favourite Warhammer monster. The AoS books going hardback-only with just the rules in the app, though... that sucks a lot.

I would if I had access to a 3D printer, but I don't unfortunately. Anyway, new spiders from Spellcrow: https://www.spellcrow.com/forest-spider-pre-order-p-971.html These look good and they're the ideal size for WHQ 95. Actually obtaining them could be awkward, but I'll keep an eye out.

I'm glad they've confirmed new FAQs and erratas for all factions on launch. That's the kind of information we needed 2 weeks ago, but I'm still glad to see it! "Regular updates to points values" kind of suggests they might be aware there are problems with the GHB already. We'll see I guess.

I gotta reiterate how much I like getting access to the lore sections of old campaign books like the Realmgate Wars. I wouldn't want to buy a book like that at full price, but I snapped up the ebooks of Gathering Storm when they bundled those at a steep discount just to get the art/lore. What I'm hoping with this WH+ vault is that these books will be easy to access and read on a variety of devices, and also that the format will be preserved. If this is the case, the vault and the painting videos will be worth the subscription price for me. On the subject of digital publications, which is all I talk about lately, that Warcry pdf for Soulblight is very good. I'd like to see more of that. It does make me sad that the ToC and the grand alliance books were print-only though, because clearly all Warcry material could have been like this. GW: I just want to be able to pack my wee orruks in a little case in a bag with my tablet and have everything I need to get on a train and go to a game somewhere. You can do it. You can make that possible. (in a future where it's safe to do this, obviously)