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Lovely model. The contrast between the tongue and the flesh colour really pops!

Only works in that hero phase, so best use probably on Kroak. Particularly bad on Dwarf heroes who don't do a lot in hero phase that involves dice - Runelord....

The Hammerstrike Force does it too. However, as you say it makes him an awesome infiltrator - more reliable than the Verminlord Deceiver and smaller base. On the other hand anyone who has read the Warscroll will just wall off their heroes (which is still useful as it puts them out of position). Might kill an artillery crew or some archers.

You must be joking - more like 160-200. Wise Counsel only lasts for that hero phase.

Yeah - confirmed that Warscroll for Grombrindal (and Silver Tower rules) will be in the September White Dwarf Magazine. He better have points and be a lad!

The interesting thing is that the link is to the subscription for White Dwarf, which suggests to me that he's the free model, along with the coy wording. I agree that it's not definitive. Would be much happier with a Dwarf as the free model as I'm seeing no role for the Slaughterpriest in my list.

Looking interesting!

This would be an improvement on Empire who rely on their only army that could buff regular shooting attacks through the roof garbage (now the Bonesplitterz have joined this ignominous club....).

Line of sight is so rarely an issue in AoS.

Do you think that the release of Thousand Sons models suggests that Tzeentch AoS stuff is on the way?

This should definitely be a spell for Nurgle allegiance - would be great and fluffy vs Sylvaneth!

Gutted I can't make this one due to a birthday clashing with it. Pack looks great. Could I make one suggestion: I completely agree with the philosophy of this rule. I think it rightly excludes Kairos, Kroak, the Coven Throne and Skink Starseer from messing with initiative rolls. It also rightly preserves the rules which allow you to circumvent the initiative roll entirely (since these are things you pay a premium for) - e.g. Overlords of Chaos, Engine of the Gods. The one example I'm aware of which falls between the cracks is the Lords of the Lodge formation - this formation is a whopping 160 points (Clan Skryre autowin is 200 points for reference) which allows Fyreslayers (not exactly the popular worldbeating filth of the month) to add up to 3 to initiative rolls if 3 heroes are alive. By way of context, Fyreslayers only receive points for 4 formations, of which one if too large to even deploy in 2,000 points. They really need this formation to be viable. Could you please allow this formation to use its special rule. Perhaps you could say: The dice to see who takes initiative for each battle round, generate scenario effects or mission objective marker effects cannot be modified in any way (unless specifically contemplated by a special rule, e.g. Lords of the Lodge). Or The dice to see who takes initiative for each battle round, generate scenario effects or mission objective marker effects cannot be modified in any way (except for Lords of the Lodge which works as written). Cheers.

First 6 done! I expect a new release before I finish the first 11....

I'm now painting the Fyreslayers I've bought. Fighting the withdrawal symptoms. 4 weeks without a release, surely not....

3 weeks without an AoS release and the withdrawal symptoms are killing us. I'm almost at the point of buying Fyreslayers.... I need help.

I just hope they do a book of allegiance packs for "settled" armies Flesh Eaters, TK (I beg), Fyreslayers, Seraphon (possibly release these as electronic things individually on the app) sooner rather than later.

I'm thinking about adding some Fyreslayers to a mixed Order list. Just need some Ward saves to counter the mortal wound spam elsewhere.

Completely agree with this one. I played against Plaguebearers yesterday and they look tiny and lost on 32mm bases. They are a unit to be fielded in blocks of 30 (or even 40) so 32mm bases seem excessive.

Hit the like cap again.

Probably nice to use the starter set rather than dropping the undercosted Bastiladon on him first game. That said, I took a Ghoul King on Zombie Dragon for a starter game yesterday (admittedly the rest of the army was just Ghouls) against a non-teleporting Stormcast 1,000 list - still pretty strong.

That looks amazing. A true wrecking ball!

The choice of two lists idea is inspired - degree of flexibility, but without the time wasted deciding what to drop next in the deployment phase. On a minor point, it would be nice if this carved out the Lords of the Lodge formation, otherwise this is just a fat nerf to Fyreslayers (not exactly the filth of the week) by making their best formation overcosted. Given that the relevant rule (up to +3 to initiative roll if you keep 3 heroes alive, 2 of whom are 5 wound heroes) is once per game (and isn't even guaranteed to succeed), I don't think this is overpowered - the real issue (which I'm sure will come up at The Warlords) will be Kairos, Kroak and the Skink Starseer rigging the initiative rolls (sometimes repeatedly).

Thanks again Chris! Awesome event. Great players. Very slick. Best tournament food I've had.