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Okay that has to be Flesh Eater Courts... waits for reveal and it ends up being Blood Angels

Funny part is that I am leaving it up to fate, I am planning on trading my half of Leviathan on Facebook and will be looking for demons or cities and which ever I get I will make my next project. I am leaning more towards demons as they will work alongside my Chaos knights and can be run in AOS and 40K. If I don't get any interested parties then I will be painting my Marines in rose colours (even found some cool waterslides for nails), and theming them as Dark Angel propagandists that act heroic to take the publics eyes away from their more nefarious wetworks operations... so the bases will be covered in skulls to juxtapose their heroic images lol

If I run Cities I am really thinking I might lean into the Last Alliance side of things and mix in Aelves and Duaridn with Stormcast to make a true soup army and then make the Men at arms suitable Marauder proxies to really get the most out of the army from a hobby perspective while also saving some money in the end. I am learning 40k with Necrons so right now the idea of running any unit without a hero in it feels weird and I am looking at my Slaves to darkness and wondering would Varanguard get to lead knights and I am very excited about that possibility lol

I think the most fascinating aspect of the cities reveal is that everyone has that one unit so far that feels a little strange, out of place or isn't up their alley. For me so far they have all been hits, but at the same time they retain that strange AOS feeling of the culturally uncanny... namely there is something just a little unfamiliar in terms of the cultural referent. An anachronistic element or a sign of high fantasy that abstract from the familiar. Stranger Critters for Critters and Keys on bases are a great example of how these break from the historical but also feel at home in medieval tapestry or manuscript or the manticore being typically associated with Chaos and destruction now a centrepiece for an order army is another way they challenge expectations. I actually think seeing these models contextualized by battle hardened Irobreakers and cut throat corsair mercenaries will make them look all the better. The second you see that massive Ogor standing behind a shield wall, the improvised turret will look much cooler as you realize the Ogor is providing the unit with muscle but also a higher vantage point of the battlefield. This makes me more hopeful that we will be able to combine heroes and individual models to units like in 40k for 4th edition.

Maybe it is the black powder weaponry mixed with plate armour but they still feel fairly renaissance to me. I think a more vibrant scheme would help sell that idea though, and the lack of ruffs and pantaloons does make it a little less iconographically renaissance, but I don't think was necessarily standard to all fashion of the era, but I am no expert. http://myarmoury.com/images/features/pic_spanish02.gif Although maybe the point is that these are intended to be a little more anachronistic to allow people to paint their models to fit a more wider range of periods and themes?

Wow, these are fantastic. I even wrote a short story involving what is in essence a Blackpowder squire for my friend's city of Sigmar Army experiencing the siege of a chaos army... so these totally hit home for me.

Plural miniatures but singular reveal, my guess is that we are getting a unit previewed. Hope it is multiple reveals but I am expecting only one.

I feel like a narrative focus on Ulgu would require a split focus with Hysh. In other words I feel like the Lumineth and Malerion will be at war as the Stormcast uncover a vast network of Skaven in the realm of shadows, gnawing away at Slaanesh's chains bringing the mortal realms to the brink of Disaster and Malerion, Morathi, Teclis and Tyrion are too single minded to see. Plus I want Stormcast in heavy coats, with golden face masks, truncheons and torches. A specialized Strike forces that are there to deal with plague, poison and nightmares... but also used to patrol the streets of Dawnbrought cities and raising suspicions on the Angelic Stormcast within these newly founded city states.

I am fascinated and excited at the prospect of Malerion and Skaven having a narrative connection and the idea of 4th moving to Ulgu to tie them thematically. I could even see the edition beginning or ending with Slannesh breaking the bonds and just tearing out and causing catastrophic damage to the Realms of Light and Shadow.

I wonder if we will get an Oghram style campaign. I feel like even the most ardent Stormcast Fan would want to give the other army the win as AOS fans seem to really like to share the love within the community. https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/07/07/global-battle-situation-report-the-end-draws-near/

I am 100 percent down for this if it results in naval battles and halflings that are too small for me to paint.

Lies and slander, Chaos Dwarves are objectively the most popular faction. My data taken from TGA Rumour thread is as scientific as any sales figures! Next your going to tell me that Vampirates are not going to be in a starter set with Silent People! Or that the Malerion vs Kurnothi Warcry Set is not being announced any day now... Leaked Box art for 4th edition:

I am excited for this set, I hope it is at a slightly more entry level cost than the other sets but the terrain is great and I am up for adding some heroes to my Stromcast and giving my friend some vampires and terrain. He did get us Leviathan to split and this might be a fun surprise in return.

The things that popped into my head were Ogor Gorgers and Flesh Eater Courts.

Lots and lots of Space Marines in this preview haha. Cities of Sigmar: Loving the sculpts so much and that hero is amazing, as much as I want to make a deathly city just painting these in my own heraldry seems really rewarding and fantastic. Marshals: we have seen these before and they continue to impress and will allow for a varied builds and I expect to see so many unique takes on these heroes. Alchemite Warforger looks great and like a fun and characterful model though seems like an unwieldily thing to carry onto the battlefield. Free-guild, so many great and diverse head sculpts and varied body types makes me so excited to see more of their lore and see people develop stories around them. Love the inclusion of the priest Cavaliers, I am a sucker for some cavalry. Lioness of the Parch: That is a centre piece and what a Manticore can’t wait to see it take down my learning chaos manticore. Horus Heresy: I have a Chaos Knight army that I still need to build (Magnets are still beyond my skill set), and possibly one day I will be able to afford to add these. I think it is also a sign that bigger Garments may one day arrive. Underworlds: Plaguepack: Vile Secret of NHIM. Every new Skaven model shows how amazing the Skaven refresh will be. I think these look great and really fun. If rumours for 4th edition prove true than the Skaven half will look amazing. Warcry: Monsta-Killaz: These are so dope, love that hero and the baboons… the clutter grot and the monkey’s can easily make their way into Critters and Keys! I was sad they didn't announce a new boxset or season. Old World: Now I am caught between the Bretonnians and the Cities of Sigmar. If I do make a cities army I feel like some Bretonnians will make their way into it. I feel like Old World will be a bit too costly for me though so I am still leaning towards Cities. Legions Imperialis: Looks really neat, makes me hold out hope that we can see a similar epic scale for Old World some day down the line. I do think if I get into a game of this scale I might try a historical game instead.

Thanks for all the well wishes everyone! It is all in the Eyes of the Gods now, here's hoping I roll for Dark Apothosis rather than spawndom. I am going into to tomorrow's preview rather blind, so I am really looking forward to the reveals of course I am still unbelievably hyped for more Cities and rumours about rats. But I am most excited to see any news about my personal favourite game system Warcry. Also I can't wait for them to straight up troll us by kicking things off with a regular Space Marine Lieutenant for Horus Heresy as opposed to a Primaris Lieutenant...

I just had a job interview yesterday: if I get the job the reveal will be nothing that I am interested in personally, if I don't get the job I will immediately want to start a new army.

Okay, how have they not revealed this terrain officially yet. It looks so great and can be so easily adapted for siege mechanics or just more robust terrain rules in general. Finally I feel like it will be of interest to Old World, Middle Earth, HH and 40k fans... so just give it to us!

Considering that they are doing HH reveals I bet you that Space Marines will have more models revealed than Old World and yet they will still be salty! Either it is 40k or Choas Dwarfs are using much more advanced weaponry than their Hobgrot allies.

So as someone that just started their journey into 40k, I cannot tell you how hyped I am at a preview with no 40k! Old World, AOS lets go! Give me some beasts on square bases and I am in!

This is likely covered elsewhere but I just went through some images for the leaked Crypt of blood and I noticed it was a snowy board... it made me curious if we know if the next Warcry season will also be set in Andtor? It would go nicely with my snowy army themes.

You are much too kind, this simply just came out of my fervent belief that each grand alliance should have an army of duardin. However, I am 100% on board with having more diverse representation of death (and chaos) of all the races of the mortal realms, Dried up Dryads, Obliterated Ogors, Expired Aelves, Killed Kroxigors, Deceased Duardin and even Gone Gryph-hounds.

I still hope that we get a death option for Duardin that is something more unique and ceremonial to separate them from the skeletons and zombies. I keep thinking some kind of mobile stone terracotta/sarcophagus-golems would be really cool. Just little broken pieces showing the skeletal remains of the Duardin inside. I think it could be the basis of a unit within any death army or the basis of a unique death faction. If the latter I think it would be cool to have the army have distinctive subfactions dedicated to Gazul and Nagash, primarily to show that there are other Gods of Death but that Nagash continues to try and monopolize on the dead for his Skeletor Ambitions.

Starting to realize that between Cities Ogors joining my Mawtribes and using my Stormcast as Auxiliaries maybe a City Army is less unrealistic than I first thought... although still a long way off! Now if I run the men at arms as Marauders I would be waisting money not playing this army!

Looks like i found my maneaters! I am also getting closer and closer to building a city army and my lack of money and space is getting scarier and scarier lol