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February 20

Is the circle with a line symbol indicative of anything?

February 19

11 minutes ago, Ivo said:

Even if those spearheads don't have runes the attachment part is equal to the rumours :c

Watching the video, the spearheads do have runes on the other side. Couldn't see clearly enough to say they are definitely the rumour engine ones.

February 17

18 minutes ago, Ejecutor said:

Completely. If you like a mini but his rules are trash now, it is very likely that you would have it built and painted for the time when is the next OP thing 😅

These days GW seems to release a faq to nerf new OP things as a way to mark the end of the pre-order period 🤣

February 16

1 hour ago, Pizzaprez said:

I'd say yes! Though the rest of the pantheon may feel differently.

GHR "ascended" during the End Times, Hashut was... trapped? inside the old world.... or the Duardin simply found him there.

Hashut is beyond vague; some of the only stuff about him speculates whether he's even a god or some sort of "ascended demon or prince"

For us, the players, there are Slaanesh, Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch as the "big four." The four are vast and vague conceptually and have been described as being both gods of concepts and emotions, and such things tend to exist on a spectrum. The four play their "great game" across the multiverse, and the four are actually just like crystallizations or focus points of the greater incomprehensible force that is Chaos

The GHR is a chaos god as well, though in-universe that is debated. Archaon spurned his allegiance, and the Four don't really want to acknowledge him. Partially because he was viewed as "inferior" but also he's sort of stepped into the Malal role of "this guy wins when our endless game is over" and to acknowledge him as an equal would only give him more strength. A lot of that lore is new for the GHR: he covets his own power, so his greater demons and demon princes are indistinguishable. He is so close with the rats that they're essentially his lesser demons despite all being mortal; they even reside in a pocket in the Realm of Chaos. The bit of Morghur we got was also pretty similar, albeit everyone melts into one big blob instead.

With that in mind, Hashut will 100% be a 6th chaos god, or 7th if we count Morghur (I count Morghur; I'd like to see eight chaos gods). We know he is a god of hatred, industry, slavery, arcane machinery, and demonbinding. We know he, in AoS, is a god for sure. He is "a bull wreathed in smoke and flame" but that's all we've got from him physically. We know he coerced the Chaos Dwarfs into binding their faction to him, and we know the Chaos Dwarfs have folded many human nations into themselves in a similar way. Unlike the Big Four who just want to play, or the GHR who wants ruin, Hashut's worshippers have been noteworthy in that they're expansionist industrialists: they want to suck up natural resources and rule the lesser species from their cities built on the foundations of the nations they conquer.

He also is fine with binding demons forcefully. What that looks like is vague, but it doesn't seem to be consensual compared to 40k's Forge of Souls. They create their own half-demon frankensteins with the K'daii, but don't generally seem to be about forging pacts like the other mortals (including Skaven). I'd imagine the big four appreciate their usefulness as weaponsmiths, but also are not excited about the prospect of the "demonic god who's whole thing is stuffing demons into machines" being the ascendant god; who is to say he couldn't, eventually, stuff them into a machine?

This repetitive circle of "ah! this god cant get too strong! what if they're secretly the real chaos god!" has always been a thing, but it's been focused on more in AoS: with Slaanesh being the God of Obsession and also absent the other gods are (rightfully) worried that their obsessions about where he is and what he is up to are empowering him and they also worry that, because each of them are themselves an avatar of hyperfixation (knowledge/violence/mortality) that really Slaanesh is the most powerful chaos god.

Yeah, but what's chaotic about Hashut? This description sounds more Lawful Evil to me. They seem to seek to bring the realms under order. Evil order.

The most actually chaotic factions in the game I think are actually the destruction factions (by their desire) and the Skaven (maybe unintentionally by thier nature)

February 13

13 minutes ago, Gitzdee said:

I will go wiitthhhhh..... Spider egg thing,

I was thinking that too. Maybe more of the spider incarnate?

February 11

38 minutes ago, DinoJon said:

I really hope GW puts out a roadmap for AoS when 4th releases. Anyone remember when we got the 40k roadmap after the 10th launch?

Wasn't this specifically because 10th was a reset and moved from Battletomes (or whatever they're called in the grimdark future) to indexes so at launch no one had a valid Tome?

February 9

31 minutes ago, Grunbag said:

Im confused , the recent spoiler about death stormcast . Is this could be death stormcast / skaven at V4 starter set ?

I think Whitefang's comment was just about Death as (some of the) protagonists in 4.0 and didn't mention Stormcasts.

The Death Stormcast talk I think is just me and others guessing or wondering or pondering what might happen. (Or in my case just sharing my thoughts on what I think would be cool)

So, no actual spoiler or credible rumour about Death Stormcast.

February 8

3 minutes ago, Gaball Slaaneshi said:

Or Stormcast become mad, don't workship Nagash but thinks that the death must be spread around the Realms for the Realm sake. A army that even Nagash can't control.

Delusional Ionus Cryptborn, thinking that he's found the answer the the reforging problem, leads the rebellion as the Horus equivalent?

February 8

1 minute ago, Gaball Slaaneshi said:

So....they are just Ossiarch with Stormcast souls in their head.

Nagash has try in Soul War, a Stormcast soul without Azyr and Sigmar is just...a soul that became a nighthaunt.

More actual Stormcast, which you could argue are sort of undead, or at least something different from alive, who decide to align with Death as they think that's a better prospect for them than what Sigmar has to offer especially considering the reforging issue.

February 8

9 minutes ago, Whitefang said:

What about death as protagonist in 4th

If we get traitor Stormcasts I'd really love them to be a Death faction.

Chaos Stormcasts imho would be boring and derivative.

February 7

Price increase now showing up for Forbidden Planet orders 😥

February 6

2 hours ago, sandlemad said:

The slight scrappiness of it with the tied away gear makes me think guard rather than marines.

Krieg?

February 5

1 minute ago, RetconnedLegion said:

Kroot absorb DNA from what they eat which affects how their species evolves. The Kroot hounds (and Krootox, gnarlocs etc) are evolutionary dead ends, where a group evolved too far down the quadruped path. Shapers try to avoid this by directing what their Kroot kinbands should eat.

Are they allowed to eat Psykers?

February 5

9 minutes ago, Pizzaprez said:

I sort of hope they at least do some sort of livestream in the vein of a Nintendo Direct: I've never been to a Warhammer Fest, but I do always look forward to the reveals and cellphone camera pictures of stuff in glass cases (whether it's upcoming WIP models or painted stuff)

With a ton of cool stuff coming out this year, I'm surprised they're swerving the opportunity to hype it up!

Yeah "rats!" are cool and all, but the diversity of the ratmen is why I think they're cool. Frankensteins, crazy machinery, demon rats, wizards, Ninjas, Plague Monks, legions of endless numbers; all of those concepts should be competing under the Ratmen umbrella! It's why they have the council of 13 and everything! Their whole thing is "if only this faction could stop infighting they'd win!"

I'm all for AoSifying things! If they want to blur the lines between the factions I think that'd work well: the stormfiends are an example of Moulder + Skyre, and we've seen Parasite Englines that seem like Pestilines + Moulder + Skyre, but thewiki page suggests that, actually, all the Clans may have them

I would be happy to see ratsassins become an elite hero-hunter unit if not battleline, but Plague Monks are a part of the faction identity imo; filling the "sturdy chaff" role and letting one make an army with a Pestilines identity. For the most part, I would expect Eshin to be a smaller more elite force by comparison.

Skaven don't really need a reboot imho: everything from them in AoS suggests they're on their same BS they were in WHF just bigger and more complicated. Give me a new monster like the hell pit (maybe just bigger?) with build options to let it represent what it'd look like in a few major clans: maybe "more" mutations, guns, and some sort of plaguebringing device. Idk!

Skaven walker-tanks! any of the hybrid monsters that have come up in passing! Skaven have an extremely strong and unique identity and really they could just use some slight adjustments and new/refreshed sculpts!! At least from my perspective!

Give us Rat Mega Gargants! Something like this beauty I saw on Reddit image.png.45cd2af4e40aa4cce24e0dd9e470a76f.png

February 5

6 minutes ago, Grunbag said:

It was adepticon

I found the initial WarCom tease, it was 12th March, a week or so before Adepticon. We may just be a month away from Rats confirmation...

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/03/12/echoes-from-the-warp

February 5

2 minutes ago, Grunbag said:

So as there is no warhammer fest , V4 could be announced at Adepticon ? If I recall 40K V4 was at adepticon too last year ?

When did they release that tease of a close up if a nid eye with a terminator reflected in it? (Or was it the other way round)

February 5

I pretty sure the Sunday preview article said we'd be getting new model reveals (plural) this week.

So hopefully we'll get something today as well as Heresy on Thursday.

Not sure what though, most likely Necromunda or Bloodbowl foreword?

February 2

12 minutes ago, Augusto said:

I cant find the like of wf "for Boc will evolve by the grace of morghur" bit. could you show me?

It's instructions to the 'Fang - if option a) is correct please react with a thanks, if option b) is correct then pleasr react with a like...

February 2

8 minutes ago, Augusto said:

Okay thats 2 of out 2 that "whitefang back me up" has actually good leaks

I'm still waiting for the dwarves they said we'll see by the end of January...

February 2

4 minutes ago, Lucentia said:

Chariots seem like a pretty bad choice when your main shtick is fighting in tangled forest terrain, but I'm no expert.

So you're saying the mighty Beasts of Chaos don't get to benefit from the Rule of Cool?

More lore accurate anti- beastmen prejudice right there...

🤣

February 1

16 minutes ago, Pizzaprez said:

Beasts haven't been given love in AoS.

Ironically it's totally fitting with Beastmen lore (in all settings) that even out of universe they get no love 😢

February 1

3 minutes ago, Armoured said:

The world isn't ready for goats with guns! It would be too powerful!

40k Imps used to have goats with guns.

Is it merely a coincidence that since the Imperial Guard stopped using Beastmen the Imperium has got worse and has been split, Cadia is gone, the eye of terror is now the great rift, humanity is even closer to extinction? I think not.

Basically the old school Squats and the Beastmen were propping up the Empire.

February 1

Do we know enough yet to establish how accurate 'Whitefang back me up' is as a rumour monger?

They may well have been spot on about somethings so far, none come to mind but it might be I just don't remember.

But they were definitely wrong about seeing dwarves by the end of January.

January 31

1 hour ago, Gotz said:

Yeah, but thats the point, all models that are made to order are mostly older minis variants of stuff that is already sold or is going to be in old world lineup.

A good example is the giant. We already have a plastic giant (from ¿7th? Fantasy ed) and are going to get a retooled resin giant, the bonegrinder and made to order marauder giant

I've just realised that forgeworld orc stuff is not mto, so I expect Empire and dwarf ones to be regular releases.

Sorry, I think I misunderstood you.

I didn't realise there was an earlier steam tank. But I should really have twigged to that the dwarf copter I remember from my youth wouldn't have been the same as the plastic one I have now.

January 31

3 hours ago, Gotz said:

I've written some stuff that contradicts what I believe are the principles that determine what gets made to order, but I want to believe XD

Iconic/Nostalgic

Has a profile on the army list

Is not a named character

Dwarves:

Gotrek & Felix

gyrocopter

Thorgrim

Bugman

High Elves:

"snake dragon" (Imrik)

Tyrion & Teclis

Griffon (Eltharion)

Chaos:

Two Headed Dragon (Galrauch)

Slambo

Harry the hammer

random assortment of champions

Beastman:

Minotaurs

Wood Elves

4th ed "snake dragon"

Orion & Ariel

Treemen

Metal Dryads

Empire

Halfling Hot-pot

Steam Tank

Knight Grandmasters

War Altar

Knights Panther/White Wolf, etc..

Forgeworld stuff from Black Pass

Aren't Steam Tanks and Gyrocopters already with us via AoS Cities of Sigmar?

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