[The Rumour Thread]

1 hour ago, JackStreicher said:

I am guessing she won’t have a unhelmeted version? XD

I think a Sisters of Battle head could work, size could be a bit of an issue though.

[Wyldwoods and non LoS ranged attacks]

There are several reasons to put your units into woods, even Kurnoth Hunters with bows, they can be protected from shooting in the enemy turn and  can move out later and shoot. But woods are there more to help protect your other units such as squishy backline support characters.

 

[Aos 2 - Lumineth Realm-Lords Discussion]

19 hours ago, OkayestDM said:

It's really just a theory, but based on the shape and design of the mount's neck, it appears to be some sort of dromedary or llama/alpaca-type creature (assuming it correlates to any kind of real-world creature at all.)

The overall shape and design doesn't seem to line up with the Sphiranx (they have a very built fore-body and long, thick, shaggy neck) but that isn't necessarily conclusive as the Mindstealer Sphiranx is supposed to have been corrupted by the power of Chaos, and may have mutated from its base form.

My personal preference would be that the mount is an uncorrupted Sphiranx, as it's a preexisting part of the lore that we haven't seen and is a natural tie-in for the army. It's also an intelligent creature that could have a unique bond with it's rider/companion (echoing the relationship between Teclis and Celenar, even if this one lets people ride it into battle.) Unfortunately, I feel this is the least likely based on what I can make of its design.

The camel theory is based largely on the swoop of the neck and the fact that you can just make out the shape of its head around the 19 second mark on the trailer, coupled with the fact that there's a lore snippet in the LRL battletome featuring a desert-base Wind Temple that discusses the cloud riders and long-limbed mounts. It's hardly conclusive, and even if it's nearest the truth I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the AoS design team used a camel as the base design and then Aosified the ever-loving heck out of it (which is ultimately what I personally suspect we're dealing with.)

The llama/alpaca theory is based largely on the swoop of the neck (again) and the Lumineth's unique design aesthetic choices thus far (see yak mountain-cows.)  If this is the route they went, then they again likely modified the original creature into something truly unique.

Aren't Mindstealer Sphiranx mages who have been transformed as a punishment or something.

[The Rumour Thread]

15 hours ago, Popisdead said:

That's going to change for 2021.  You'll see Xenos take the rise and Marine players will go back to being whiney complainers.  Orks are due soon and will dominated a good month's worth of news and model releases and then keep their place in the meta if they don't ****** up the book.  Drukhari are due soon.  I heard a drop of 4 AoS books due and if 3.0 is out in July 40k players will complain they didn't get an army in the Summer.

It makes sense for GW to push Marines especially at the launch and keep them popular in both the meta, chatter and sales.  They make the company.  It is because of Marine favourtism we have AoS, Tau, etc.  Just do what you want and paint your models and play games.  It will come around again.

I think that is a bit of wishful thinking there, how many times in the past 10 years did we hear its the year of the xenos, we are getting all the books etc. and then 70% of releases are Marines.

Take for instance the current release, here are new Death Guard rules and some kits, but also here is an article on a minor Space Marine Faction which now has rules.

[AoS 2 - Sylvaneth Discussion]

On 12/15/2020 at 2:34 PM, Shuratt said:

Hi everyone!

First post in the glorious Sylvaneth den:

Is it possibile to make a Kurnoth heavy list?

How viable can it be?

From a quick look something under Winterleaf with lots of Greatswords must be brutal to face

I've played them a lot, and the list would be more than viable as they are the powerhouses of Sylvaneth currently,  along with Drycha & Tree-revenants.

My Advice would be  going with Wintercourt

Drycha

20 Dryads

2x5 Tree-Revenants

3-4x Kurnoth Greatswords

Which leaves you with ~600-800 points to slot in what you like, Arch revenant and Branchwraith can be nice additions one will buff Kurnoths and the other will summon more bodies so you can hold your objectives easier