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If the Saurus do not come with ornate masks/headdresses like that to build a temple guard unit I will be very salty.

I have said it a million times and will say it a million more, bring on more animistic destruction gods based on natural disasters. I want a Blizzard God (Yhetee), A Drought God, a Storm God, a Flood God, and a Volcano God (Vulcatrix reincanated). Each one empowered by Gorkamorka with a hilarious story.

I assume that is not including the Chamelon Skinks we got from Warcry. That is a ton of love for our favourite scaly Mesoamerica star lizards!

Games Workshop giving us Unique Armies in starter sets... Then gives us Horus Heresy.

I think that is because we are in a strange position where if it is Order vs Order the most logical pair up is Lumineth vs Malerion/Umbraneth as they are Light and Dark Binaries with a history of conflict. But it is assumed that if it is a conflict beyond the scope of order it will default to Stormcast as the poster boy faction that directly opposes the enemies of order. However, Kharadron vs Smiths of Hashut would be a terrific way to break from this kind of narrowed view on the Grand Alliances and concept of a primary heroic force. Of course the fact that the Era of the Beasts did not kick off with a Seraphon vs Beasts of Chaos starter set with updates to all the Destruction ranges, Skaven and an introduction of Kurnothi, prove I do not understand how Games Workshop handles anything. Honestly, I would like something entirely unique like Kharadron vs Sylvaneth with an eye towards an environmental conflict. Give us KO cutting down forests and the Sylvaneth striking back.

I have no clue what we will get but I can easily imagine it being an order vs order set with Malerion/Umbraneth as the darker side of order. I also hope that we do not continue to follow 40K's lead and include the same faction in each edition. It would be cool to get Cities, Lumineth or Kharadron as the ostensible good faction in the set. If we are going Chaos, I think that Skaven would be both likely and a terrific choice. I am curious if they'd have a specific Skaven Clan or maybe do a mix of updated models. Personally I would want Eshin as they are my personal favourites. Although, I am silly and would likely go super 80/90s with the ninja costumes being bright primary colours based around the unit's battlefield role:

Y'all gonna have egg on your face when it is revealed to be my boi Oxyotl's side arm.

I think that the models are very well sculpted but I share your thoughts on Khrone. Namely of all the Chaos Gods I find Khorne's worshippers to be the most similar aesthetically to Undivided. But I messed around with a few schemes and blue looks great on them but I am partial to giving them bone armour. So my take is that they are great but the CSM Battle Force and eventual Boarding actions sets interest me significantly more.

Centigors vs Spiders Lets GO!!!!

I will accept Saurus/temple Guard being cut only if they give us alt heads and the ability to upgrade them in rules!

And now I want them

Overall: Seems my early bed time paid dividends and we got some awesome reveals but not much that I will personally pick up. Oddly might be into the Soul Forged king set and if it wasn’t for a friend staking claim on the Seraphon I would be in 100 percent. 40K: Agastus Strike Force, Space Marines in a new hat. Honestly it was pretty cool to see the X-Men’s Cable in 40k and Dreadnaught's are always neat. But I cannot tell you what makes these new heavy infantry different from any others beyond the cameras on their back. Wrath of the Soul Forged King- That is a pretty dope set love me some Arkifane and Chaos followers, the Dark Angels are always appreciated as they are the easiest to repurpose to chaos but the old terminators look so weirdly proportioned to me. AOS: Seraphon, absolutely perfect! The Slann is stunning although I am worried about those connection points but it is so cool. Love the different options and I am shocked to say I like it more than Kroak. Raptadons are really cool, remind me of the classic Skink Coldone riders and love the lore implication of new Seraphon hatching. Saurus are just perfect, no complaints at all other than they will make the current ones look terrible when standing next to each other. Warcry: Askurgan Trueblades are wonderful and exactly what I always wanted from unmounted vampire units and including some were-folk aesthetics. Claws of Karanak are exactly what I want in Warcry, insane cultists that have their own take on their beliefs and worship a chaos hero as their god. Underworlds: Gryselle’s Arenai pretty cool but not even the best Daughters of Khaine Underworld set. I do think Daughters of Khaine are one of my all time favourite armies and this a good way to get some new champions. I do like them but I wish there was something a little more unique as Underworlds is the best place to try something new. Horus Heresy: Neat, I would like to see something other than a tank but I am not super familiar with the setting but I feel like having a flier that can be repurposed would help break some of the monotony. I do like it but I don’t know if I like it more or less than the other variants I have seen. Kill Team: The Arbites feel like the dark parodic villainous take on a police state that 40K used to put front and centre, I kind of wish that Space Marines leaned into this a little more. Dark Eldar are always welcome and these look fantastic. A cool box but still a pass for me. In Summation: Lots of cool kits and not a single one I dislike but other than the Seraphon nothing really stole the show for me either. Might get Wrath of the Soul Forged King and slap some Chaos heads on the Space Marines and make a Fallen Angels Army. The Warcry box is really cool though but I think that I am trying to talk myself out of it haha.

My predictions: If I force myself to stay up tonight: A Single Space Marine If I go to sleep early: Seraphon vs Malerion Boxset of all new Models that are given away to all people watching live.

Jokes aside... a big crocodile with a stone mask in the river temple would be awesome!

I am still holding out hope for our future Broken Realms, Arks of Omen styled narrative giving us an update on some of the more Bestial factions with the introduction of a new Destruction God, Morghur and a small skaven revamp. I also expect a new Destruction Army like how we started with Nighthaunt and later got OBR last edition. I still don't know what the army could be but I would love if it were an actual monster army. Maybe emphasizing Wyveryns as opposed to dragons... maybe Kragnos is one of those nerds that is very particular about dragon taxonomy and is cool with Wyverns?

I think that it the shame they don't need a big release, they simply need a minor refresh to replace a few resin kits and maybe add one or two models as icing on the cake.

I am just loving the art in these previews! ❤️

You forgot to close the cycle with Skaven Vs Beasts of Chaos with updates to both ranges and the narrative introducing Chaos Dwarves to kick off warcry season 3 😁

Wow I just love the lore of Beasts, simple yet effective threat with true elements of horror.

I mean this will still be limited by the range of their weapons... meaning that if there is no enemies nearby you can choose to have your chosen argue/fight amongst themselves about how to interpret this rule.

So I just must say how great it is getting AOS material on Warhammer community. This artwork is great

I mean the truth is that the new Chaos Kits have been unbelievable and truly capture why I love the aesthetic of Chaos and Warhammer more broadly. General Kael meets Sauron with a healthy dose of Conan the cimmerian and a dash of Berserk, what is not to love? My only complaint is that i have more than enough Chaos Warriors to warrant purchasing any more. In terms of conversions I think head swaps and a unified colour scheme will be the simplest method to sell in God Specific factions. However, I also think adding mutations to them will be particularly useful for Tzeentch.

I just finished painting some Varanguard using white paint on the armour and it took me forever, I was considering using the same scheme for my Chosen... I think you just bought my bank account some time 😅 Also just seeing those awesome CSM sets how many points are in either approximately?

Now I have to convince myself not to get Chosen, or MESBG... I wish I wasn't broke 😑