Double Misfire

Fantasy Kroot are an awesome idea @Trokair, but would Wood Elves or Beastmen not be more obvious fits to proxy them as? (I imagine you've thought about this a lot more than I have)

I really hope the two Armies of Infamy are anything but Slayer Cult and Engineers Guild. One of my best friends ran a Slayer list during Storm of Chaos, and while it could be beaten (typically with a lot of shooting, and cannon sniping to take out Doomseekers), an entire army ignoring one of the key game mechanics (combat resolution) is no fun to play against. Also Doomseekers were an unbalanced, game breaking mess; even if they'd cost triple the points they were priced at, they'd still have felt overpowered. Re: Engineers Guild: Gyrocopters are already special choices, and we're not gonna get any new kits, so a list veering in this direction would just incentivise gunlines, that while hugely enjoyable to have deployed in front of you, I've been informed by almost 30 years of opponents are no fun to play against. No other obvious Army of Infamy candidates for Dwarfs exactly leap out mind. Maybe a sort of 'Royal Throng' elite army, allowing players who just like the 8th ed kits to only run Longbears, Hammerers, Ironbreakers and Irondrakes, without having to worry about the older plastics? An Underway type army focused on Minders and Ironbreaker/Drakes? overground/Ranger force encouraging a mobile playstyle with Ranger units backed up by Gyros, with some kind of Ranger Longbeard/Veteran Rangers option? It's sad that Alriksson's already a named character. A High Queen leading the dwarfs would have been a neat way to differentiate the new/old era from the 2500s. Goblin Hewer ain't gonna happen. Like the Empire wizard wagons it hasn't been invented yet. If you're lucky enough to own one, and patient enough to assemble it, run it as an Organ Gun? Fully agree on any excuse to buy dwarfs 👍

It was never progression. Grom and Gorbad both trashed the Empire respectively decades and centuries before WFB's 'present day' and the reign of Karl Franz ect. 4th edition WFB's background was very much written as a long timeline of previous engagements between factions who's methods of waging war had remained unchanged for hundreds, sometimes thousands of years, in an effort to encourage players to recreate 'historical' battles as an excuse for characters to fight. There were a lot of already long dead special characters back then! Unless you mean progression like Ghazgkull's recent stuff, though I'm not sure why anyone who claims to like orcs/orks/orruks would want that!

Trying to sell Night Lords??

If you picked the box up new and have a receipt, GW are usually pretty good at sending out a replacement. I've had boxes with missing bases before, and friends have experienced pieces missing from sprues like yours, and they've promptly sent out replacements, so give their customer services a try. Be warned, if you bought the box from an independent seller you may expect a bit of extra red tape. Good luck!

Some Skaven are born from ten foot long obese breeders, some are born from 'eggs', others are delivered by a Blanchitsu stork. Infinite Realms baby 🤷‍♂️

Welcome to TGA. I admire your optimism. -longtime lurker who make an account five years ago!

Eff me, I forget about the Globadiers and Warpfire Thrower. Now that Eldar Warlocks have finally been retired (😢) I think they're probably GW's longest serving minis!

What are Beastmen? (Not even gonna pretend Chaos Dwarfs are a thing)

I've played like two games of the new edition and had forgotten the general's (pointless) free shield was a modifier and didn't stack. Thanks for the heads up, you just saved me painting a griffon!

The Steam Tank Commander's not bad with the +1 save artefact, but I can't help wishing I'd painted up a +1 save griffon instead...

Steam Tanks. Definitely Steam Tanks.

FAQ of legacy warscroll with matched play points. Most importantly includes dwarf cannons https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/u8HUNVKydnPpvowA.pdf

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Invite links sent, welcome aboard @GT_Probably and @Frowny

I can understand the Chaos Gods bringing their individual champions/recent sculpts back for AoS, but even Archaon would struggle to find a reason to want to bring Crom back. He was pretty unremarkable footnote in the 2500 year history of human Chaos champions under Storm of Chaos continuity, and was one of probably hundreds of Chaos champions Valten (an equally ignominious footnote by 2015) rode his horse over during the End Times. I'd call this suggested fan service... if Crom had ever had any fans. I'll take it, but only if CoS get the Speculum.

Thanks! 😃 If the blog's inactive, it's been more of a gentle slide into inactivity than a conscious thing. I've been very busy with work, and haven't had as much time/interest in AoS as previously. I've got adding Settler's Gain and Excelsis to the Cities of Sigmar quiz and updating the discontinued unit proxy articles with Lumineth and 3.0 stuff on the to list, but can't find the time or enthusiasm for them atm. The blog may well transition into a Warmaster blog for a little while, as that's what my friends and I are currently painting and getting excited about. 🙂

Dogs of War Kislev Chaos Dwarfs Large chunks of my big 'ol Dwarf and Empire armies The small collection of Swifthawk Agents I painted up when Spire of Dawn came out Actual Squats These are pretty much the only armies I've ever owned/painted. I should really collect Space Marines, just so GW stop making them

I read it as Muster - what kind of super powered eyes do you guys have?

Don't you go forgetting dwarfs with puffy clothes and feather hats there beardlet!

Thanks, I'm already factoring them in, as well as the Cursed City heroes and the upcoming Broken Realms Witch Hunter duo as obvious replacements for some discontinued Empire models...

I really need to update this with High Elf>Lumineth stuff, but it should still be good for Wood Elves: https://www.doublemisfire.com/2019/09/no-substitute-discontinued-units-in_26.html?m=1

Here are the points values included with the game. Unfortunately they're all Leaders... https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/5361

The Settler's Gain artefacts list has a preface saying they can only be taken by SG Collegiate Arcane heroes. Quite why you'd have to ask the author 🤷‍♂️

+2 attacks on a Hurricanum mounted wizard's staff isn't gonna be teeeerrrrible for x3 3+/3+/-1/D3, but yeah totally agree that Settler's Gain artefacts should be for Collegiate and Freeguild.