Neverchosen

Oh my friends, welcome to the darkside... The only rules are take your shoes off at the door in the Varanspire!

We can get a new type of Slaangor unit and get both

Games Workshop has really broken these releases into waves recently, I suspect that a big monster will come from seraphon if not now then before too long. I do hope this is the updated Salamander/Razordon

I think it also poses another interesting question about the leaks that I think is important. Namely some of the discrepancies might be related in unforeseen ways. Like possibly Games Workshop is testing a few different rules sets for a possible tenth revamp while also looking at metrics for keeping rules as a carry forward and thus a number of leakers are honestly presenting on their info. Similarly the debate about Dark Angels, Blood Angels and so forth could boil down to one being used as the aesthetic basis of the Dominion/Indomitus style box maybe with a unique character such as Yndastra and then the other faction featuring as the aesthetic basis of the mainline starter boxes... but using the exact same models minus the named character. In either case you get conflicting information and the resultant leaks all seem plausible even if they pan out differently than expected. Also all the rumour mongers will be embarrassed when the Final Book is revealed to be Arks of Omen Archaon and he kills the Emperor creating AOS 40K... pew pew edition.

💯 this. Gotrek fits that niche to an extent but these two are ideal center pieces for any order army.

It really pains me because I have actually loved 3rd edition of AOS fantastic lore, models, loved the core rules updates. But unfortunately I will join the chorus of stating we feel quite forgotten this edition. I don't think it is simply 40k as Horus Heresy and Middle Earth got some much needed love. Honestly this has been the heyday of Necromunda.

What we really need is Beasts of Chaos Vs Skaven starter set. Stormcast will need a break once Kragnos has wrecked their home.

Yikes, anyone here able to 3d print me the parts to build a 3d printer? But unfortunately in my small condo unit that is a bit of a no go option. Luckily my backlog can keep me company.

Think you can slide that by lol 😝 In all fairness releasing the Leagues of Votann reveal on April first was hilarious.

Yeah that was my hope that they are a possible build from the Saurus kit. Although knowing GW I can imagine it being an eventual upgrade sprue tied to Warcry ala Kill Team.

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!