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Many thanks all for the Holiday wishes and same to you. Hope that Santa has been generous to all the hobbyists and if you do not celebrate you either have the day off or are making bank and getting time and a half or overtime and that everyone is warm happy and healthy. Turns out my 'realistic' Space Marine prediction was all too accurate. Bah Humbug! At the very least I like Dark Angels knightly aesthetician and the little cloacked fellow is perfect for Cosmic Critters and Keycards. So at the very least it is a rare Space Marine character that I can easily tell holds some significance by looking at the model. If I ever do make my Rose Marines, I feel ol' Azrael might make a fitting commander.

Oh I am really hoping for Morghur and plastic Centigors and a few plastic updates for resin heroes. I also hope that we get some of the rumoured grot releases. Then a bit of a preview for the next new army... maybe a Chaos Dwarf teaser or Malerion hint. Of course Old World, 40k, HH and Middle Earth Strategy Game Reveals Oh... 😒 I guess we will see some space marines... 😢

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For me it is that plastic is just more forgiving, others have expressed why but I can just say I am barely good enough to handle the plastics. I see this claim about the price difference come up every so often and I am a little perplexed but it might be related to location? But even using Pounds Roboute Guilliman from forge world is roughly twice the cost of his GW equivalent. Forgeworld does have some cheaper options but whenever I see an approximate equivalent between FW and GW the FW model always seems way pricier to me... but I have not seen these models in person and clearly the FW Guilliman has a much more grandiose base... but each time I read that I look for a cool model for a hero or general and always leave feeling very poor.

I think there is a fine balance to be had with expanding the keywords. Namely is it something that the majority of armies have. For example most armies contain some form of at least two of the following unit types Archers, Cavalry, Warmachines, Infantry, and Monsters. And is it general enough to cover enough unit types and situations while also not upsetting balance. For example can you introduce a Warmachine key word and still keep K.O. Balanced if their sky ships gain that key word? The issue is when Keywords get so granular that the game grinds to a halt as players debate if rules contradict or overlap... for example a buff allowing one keyword to attack first and a debuff forcing units with a keyword to attack last are simultaneously at play. With relatively few keywords such rulings are easier but when you have to contend with a dozen keywords things will get overlooked or just plain messy.

To be honest I think that the AOS team is playing with the idea of having more keywords for AOS and testing it out with these rules. Namely they are distinguishing between elites and hordes, infantry and cavalry, unmounted and mounted heroes and so on with each generals handbook. I can imagine the next iteration of Age of Sigmar's rules distinguishing more between these various battlefield roles than they do currently.

If not a second wave of Votann maybe a Kill Team that has an upgrade sprue

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I'd be honoured, I have attempted a number of schemes but also wanted to develop something to contrast my red and white Slaves to Darkness.

Some times you gotta have things fall to chaos the old fashioned way... by gluing on a ton of spikes! But the sad truth is that it is kind of the only chance I will be able to afford a second army and i love having an additional army to play with friends. I would much prefer whatever else is in the box but my cousin who I play against most has leagues of Votann and doesn't want to double down on power armour. It is also how I have my backlog of Stormcast but I actually like those models a lot more. Here are my nerdy photoshop mock ups for both projects. Just imagine both painted much, much worse: If my finances dictate my army choices I just like the idea of doing my own take on the theme. If I get my current work contract renewed then I am going to go with a different plan though 🤑

I keep thinking of how amazing it would be for sisters to get the push for tenth. Still power armoured heroes and they are really pushing them to the fore lately. Sisters vs Tyranids would be such a cool and fun box! They can even go back to Space Marines in the future but just for the 10th edition doing something special would be great! I also think that Chaos Space Marines should be the Space Marine side of a starter set one day. Then they could feature another Imperium faction in the starter set. But I am inclined to believe the rumours and think it will be even more Space Marines this time fighting bugs. I think that they are doing it as a cross promotion with the Space Marine game knowing it will bring more interest to the hobby. I have even discussed with a friend that I might be willing to split the next Starter Set and finally play my least favourite faction so he can get some bugs... but I at least came up with a paint scheme I like for them and lore wise I will 100 percent make them the villains.

This poses an interesting dilemma as they claimed folks would be able to use their old WHFB armies in the new game but I guess that won't apply to named characters?

Exclusively not on Warhammer+ I wonder if the Partnership with Amazon also ties into LOTR licencening?

I dunno this a cool and believable list, but without Chaos Dwarves, Silent People, Vampirates or Malerion can we really afford to trust it? Like it might be right but at what cost?

He could make a cool Chaos lord

This is a limited model??? Oh no do I have to decide if I am going to go in on FEC? The Starter Set being such a great deal and now this amazing model... then I'd have one army for each Grand Alliance. But I feel like partner might take my head if she saw me starting a new army

I feel like this should become the Cosplay Thread 😄 In non important news I went to three shops but I was able to track down a Chainbreaker Lance battleforce box. Now I can be a true traitor with my first foray into 40k.

I just have to say that City Ogors with optional parts might be the best way to get new plastic Maneaters... this side of Bloodbowl at least.

I think this will be the case but I also think that Kurnothi will have quite the varied state of chimeric attributes. From a pair of almost decorative antlers to Aelvan centaur. If fully paired with the Sylvaneth it will lead to a really cool and unique army that can lean into some cool and varied aesthetics.

Either Order vs Order or we go back to Order Vs Chaos next edition either way Duardin would work

I was naively hoping for a reveal for a model for Heldanarr Fall

If Throgg joins destruction I hope it is for revenge against Sigvald... Just so Sigvald can have a scene in which he can angrily protest "Revenge against me?! I should want my revenge against that stinking beast!" Only to cautiously attempt to avoif fighting the Trogg hordes in all future conflicts.

I am still hoping that Gotrek meets Felix in Shyish and wrests his friend's soul from Nagash. Then Sigmar and Grungni inform Gotrek that in the reforging there are things and maybe even people that Felix Might forget, and Gotrek has to wish his friend an emotional goodbye.

I always loved that model, something about a unicorn with a fair maiden raising a goblet juxtaposes the rest of the battlefield in a satisfying manner.

They just feel like such an important part of fantasy and world mythology. I think that the best use of Unicorns would actually be either as an incarnate or as a mount for Tyrion but I doubt that will be the case.