Gitzdee
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I just had the most happy idea. What if we had another end times event within AoS where Gorkamorkas followers actually manage to destoy everything that has been build within the mortal realms. If Chaos gets their win why cant we get one too. (Or let nagash not feel like mojojojo)
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1 hour ago, Xil said:
To be fair, a space marine with nothing more than a shield and a sword looks more like a fantasy/medival knight than a stormcast with sword/axe and shield would look sci-fi.
In this case, the SM stole the fantasy looks from AoS. How are you supposed to make SCE look different when the SM looks like a knight...there is only so much design space.
Im not bashing one or the other. Just think they have a similar design. These might draw in some 40k people because these stormcast feel familiar.
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Bladeguard Eternals lol.
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1 hour ago, Mutton said:
As an owner of both the old and new goblins. The old ones had way more character to them in their expressive faces and outfits. The newer ones are fine--better proportioned, yes, but boring.
Agreed, i wonder how they look on round bases.
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1 hour ago, Luperci said:
It's always been this way for new GW, can't imagine them holding stuff back and not releasing anything for like 3 full months. And to be fair, most people who buy GW products care about minis first and rules second so they know people are still going to buy this box out on preorder day
Yeah im not talking rules actually. I could be wrong but it feels like they release half of the models at the end of the edition with the narrative campaign. Could have just been the slow start of 3rd edition.
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27 minutes ago, Chikout said:
I went and did a quick calculation. Warcry and underworlds which had a similar number of products across 2nd and 3rd edition. So if you just look at the numbers of main game kits sold 3rd edition will end up with just over 100 kits. 2nd edition has about 120. On top of that 2nd edition had 2 boxes of endless spells 12 faction scenery kits and 15 sets of faction endless spells. In third we just got the one incarnate.
I have a theory that when COVID hit GW chose to focus on their core product, 40k. AoS unfortunately suffered as a result.
All that is to say that even returning to the level of investment AoS got in 2nd edition would be very welcome.
If only they could not release those products within a few months away from the next edition.
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18 minutes ago, Satyrical Sophist said:
GW doesn't change their pots for a few key reasons.
Brand recognition, they are super recognisable, which is a surprisingly big thing. It helps particularly with the assumption that a significant amount of GW stuff is bought for people.
Straight from the pot. When it comes to basic, super beginner painting, its a lot easier. You don't need a pallet, you can stir it with a stick inside the pot etc. Dropper bottles basically require a palette, whether its wet or dry. Should you be painting straight from the pot? Not particularly, but it makes it a lot easier for beginners. When it comes to the contrast/xpress/speedpaints I actually prefer the bottles, since straight from the pot is a reasonable approach.
They have a giant machine that makes those pots.
I have far too many paints, a habit I picked up during lockdown when I had no hobby time. There are various paints I like a lot in most ranges, but it feels like by far the most consistent paint I've used and basically my main paint line now is Duncan Rhode's Two Thin Coats. A bit more expensive than I'd like, but enjoyable to use.
To answer your Vallejo question, to the best of my ability.
Vallejo have a few different paint ranges with different properties and those paint ranges have old and new versions for some of them.
Vallejo Model Colour (which has serial numbers in the 70.001 to 70.999 or so) is a range that was made for painting model kits like airplanes. It has names like French Mirage Blue, Intermediate Blue. Pale Grey Blue and Blue Grey Pale are two different colours. It used to be known as a really good paint range, but time has moved on since then. They have been reformulating the range and changing their bottle design. The new range seems to be slowly filtering to the UK (at least where I am), but I haven't tried a huge number of them out. Given the good things I've heard and seen myself about the similar redesign of Vallejo Game Colour, I'm optimistic. They tend to be pretty muted colours.
Vallejo Game Colour ( has serial numbers in the 72 range) is the fantasy range for Vallejo. The (unverified) story is that when Citadel wanted to change their paint line they talked to Vallejo but the deal fell through and a while later Vallejo came out with some paints that looked very like the old citadel paints with similar names. So they have paints like Goblin Green, Tinny Tin, Squid Pink. The original game colours don't have the best reputation, partly due to their age and lack of consistency paint to paint. The new range has been getting good reviews though and the ones I've used I've really liked. They tend to be a bit matter.
A lot of people use the model air and game air colours from Vallejo. In particular the metallics have an absolutely great reputation, with Vallejo Model Air Silver (71.065) having a particularly stellar reputation, with either a brush or an airbrush.
Vallejo also have Vallejo Metal Colours, a frankly silly number of wonderful to use silvers, designed for an airbrush but coating really well with a brush. I generally default to Duraluminum, but just pick what you like the look of.
AK Interactive 3rd Gen. This is a full fairly broad range. You didn't ask about them, but they are very similar to Vallejo. They both come from the same area of spain and the founder has the surname Vallejo, so I think there is some history. They have a range of colours I'd say is a mix of VMC and VGC. I've got a number of them, but have yet to test them out really. A lot of people swear by them, particularly their pastels.
There are a lot of different ranges with different properties. Some have really colours, or types of colours and mediocre or even bad other colours. Some are kind of just weird. Scale 75's normal paints are actually gel based, and produce some of the most matt finishes. They definitely feel different to use. I mostly use them when I have a specific look in mind (The main non metallic ones I find myself returning to are a set of them I use for leather, since the matt finish lets it stand out against cloth) and I don't think I'd ever base coat with them. The metallics on the other hand feel lovely to use, and have some lovely seldom seen colours. I particularly like the alchemy colours, which are very bright metallic colours designed to fit as the brightest part of gold, brass, copper etc. Quite often the final highlight of a non silver colour ends up completely silver and can wash away the general look.
Are there any other paint ranges you would like to know about? I feel I might have spent too long typing about paint.
This is great! I dont really know whats out there besides the weird colorshift paints some of my friends use. This has been helpfull. I quite like the AK products, might look into their paints too, didnt know they had those.
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Seems like this was wishlisting based on the events of the Dawnbringer books? I havent read them myself but it seems like thats the case.
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What brand of paint do u use and why?
I use citadel paints, just because that is whats available almost every where. I read recently that vallejo paints have a more matt finish than citadel paints and i am wanting to try those. But i keep seeing these "model" or "game" color ranges. Does anyone know the difference and whats best for painting minis?
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All this talk about Stormcast proves how little i know about them. Didnt know half these models even existed.
I do like these new ones. I guess its the Death side of things that pulls me in.
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On 4/9/2024 at 11:52 PM, Whitefang said:
Can't see that happening in the coming 3 years
but there is always uncertainty for weird things.
Weird things.
Weird Brutes..
Weird Nobz...
Weird Boars???
Weird Wyverns???
(Please give me Gore Krushas)
On 4/10/2024 at 12:36 AM, Whitefang said:Oh there is going to be plenty.
Something completely a challenge to logic.
Plenty of Waaagh energy is a challenge to logic!
Give me a Bonesplitterz refresh/ replacement ! ! !
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28 minutes ago, MitGas said:
He's playing Tekken with your feelings!
26 minutes ago, Vasshpit said:@MitGas Was always more a mortal kombat kid.
21 minutes ago, MitGas said:At least not Street Fighter! 👺
Soul Calibur! (Astaroth main).
(They should make a Blazblue game in the style of SF4)
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9 minutes ago, GloomkingWortwazi said:
Probably an unpopular take, but I'm personally hoping that with enough time CoS gets it's wave 2 replacing the old kits or removing them and becomes human only with a special system unique to them for taking regiments from "cities species" like elf and dwarf factions etc. with an additional keyword or two so they synergise well - or something like that at least anyway.
I think this is a decent way to solve this problem. Allowing or even supporting mixed lists in CoS by simply using kits from other armies. Everyone can be creative and kitbash their own city models that way. It would be hard to balance
I would love to see a Scourge Privateers wave though.
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Life in the mortal realms are sad if your favourite factions are Spiderfang, Bonesplitterz, Gitmob and Wanderers. At least Ironjawz are here to stay.
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GW actually announced recently that they are removing the Bonesplitterz model range in 2025 from AoS. I think pure Ironjawz lists will be perfectly fine next edition. Both Ironjawz and Kruleboyz are new models and will be supported for sure.
That said, rule of cool is the most important. Rules change a lot and its always best to buy models u really like.
And Greenskinz are just the best. Totally non biased.
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5 minutes ago, Rollcage said:
I think the rumours of chaos dwarfs is either a fyrelslayer second wave, or it's potentially sitting on fyreslayers design space. The endless spells and some of the "magic" that fyreslayers employ is very chaos dwarf from fantasy, It's not a very warhammer fantasy inspired army. The magma endless spells would fit in a fantasy chaos dwarf army like a glove. The warcry Vulkyn flameseekers look better/different from fyreslayers 1st wave by quite a bit and have more chaos dwarf inspired armour styles on.
I hope its not a squat and they really do think fyreslayers need a rerelease in the same vein as what stormcast are just getting.
Dont really understand the fyreslayers link.
If i follow this logic it would make sense for BoC to be removed because chorf needs the bull endless spell back and everything else with horns.
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2 minutes ago, GhostShark said:
They're insisting on keeping the focus on SCE instead of allowing another army to be in the starter box, but they know the SCE line is bloated and they can't keep endlessly filling it with new units. So we get a Stormcast refresh 10-15 years ahead of schedule (compared to Primaris). Thats the problem with insisting on having a poster faction and trying to artificially recreate space Marine popularity. You burn through decades of releases way to quick and end up trying to force your player base to rebuy the same units they just bought a few years ago.
I think the first designs of SCE were not well received overall or sold as well as they would have liked. This resulted in the Thunderstrike redesign that seems like its doing better.
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After putting some thought into this im going with a Tzeentch Daemons update along the line of the warband. Its also called Wyrd... and looks weird.
I also think some of the RE fit into this theory.
Edit: didnt someone say Blue Scribes to say "last chance to buy"?
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1 minute ago, Ragest said:
Idk guys, the subtext from ef doesn't look positive to me.
Os like he knows that GW is going to make some more dumb things like the cull of sacrosant.
Yeah this scares me a bit. Like dropping Idoneth or Fyreslayers.
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5 minutes ago, Hollow said:
and what exactly have they done? Remove models that had a big flashing neon sign above them that screamed "NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD". The fact you didn't use your eyes or brain isn't GW fault. Also, I thought you were done with the hobby now that Beasts are gone?
I dont think u are being reasonable here.
Having ones army removed after 3 editions of full support is a weird move by GW. Simply removing is completely different from replacing them with something new. Like whats been happening with Soulblight, CoS or SCE.
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The return of Chaos Daemons?
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1 minute ago, RyantheFett said:
With Old World getting old dwarfs and AoS having chaos, steampunk, and fire dwarfs I find it hard to believe they will ever throw anything dwarf back into Cities.
I would love it, but if they are taking page out of 40k again it will mostly be human and few orgers if we are lucky. I still plan on mixing my non human stuff into it to keep the look going.
I can easily see dwarfs being the airforce/ engineers of CoS and delfs the navy.
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Or could it mean we are getting some kind of mercenaries system for Ogors? Or even weirder, Maneaters ! ! !
The Rumour Thread
in Age of Sigmar Discussions
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Must be like why i actually bought bladeguards once. (And sold them again because i didnt want to go on the primaris train after all)