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I truly hope we do eventually get the Newborn. Perhaps in AOS 3? The Newborn could be a major plot mover.

I wonder if Newborn will ever get a actual miniature and rules.

Enoby, you are a gem of this forum. I think that priestess is the one holding a incense on right part of palanquin. Possibly. I can not wait to get my hands on new battletome.

If memory serves, he was indeed a albino lion headed Beastman. Quite a philosophical one, too.

@Lucentia You were right, the person on the right part of Glutos palanquin does indeed hold some form of incense. @CeleFAZE Regarding new story, both Sigvald and Glutos are told to work together towards same goal. Thinking back on Hateful Stasis story, the goals align. Either Excelsis or Shysh.

Well, I am hoping that our new battletome has loads of new art and new lore. Models are superb, they deserve all the attention. Now to read new short story.

Name of those short stories? So I can check if I have read them or not. That Beastlord maybe albino lion headed Ghosteater?

What a lovely day! Slaanesh and Kislev news. What a lovely day!

I said before that I am in love with literally entire release. I adore the new models. My concern is perhaps a bit foolish, but for example that artpiece showing palanquin model is done in art style where details are not emphasized. We are Hedonites, devil is in the details. Thus I hope we get a better artpiece of palanquin model as whole. I love the new Exalted Steeds, would just love to see that purple seahorse model in art. Once again, perhaps this is a stupid trivia to wish. That being said, no new BL books dedicated to Slaanesh? Those are bad news. One of my favorite WHFB books is Sigvald by Darius Hinks. A beautiful exploration of various aspects of Slaanesh. I was hoping we get a novel dedicated solely to Hedonites, but alas I guess not.

I have a mixed feelings on new art and lore. Symbaresh and Painbringers look utterly amazing artwork. I am truly hoping we get more artwork of Glutos model, for that one art piece, due to its artistic style, leave the entire palanquin model devoid of numerous details that actual palanquin model has. If that is going to be the sole art piece for Glutos and palanquin model, that is a disappointment. The art showing Exalted Steeds is good, though the Exalted Steeds come across as velociraptors, not the beautiful purple seahorses. Sigvald art is okay, I suppose. Model looks better. Lore is rather strange, since I was hoping that big lore part of AOS 3 was going to be Slaanesh/Newborn, and Sigvald taking the fight to Nagash like Teclis is not particularly promising. ALSO, my fellow Hedonites, not a single book dedicated to our faction has been announced. That is a great disappointment to me. Short stories of Slaaneshi around the Realms have been amazing but short and always end up with Hedonites loosing. I am tagging the following users since I would really love to hear their opinion on my thoughts in this post. @Enoby @CeleFAZE@Overread@Popisdead@SorryLizard@Klamm

Skaven. They are extremely popular faction and yet some of their models, such as Pestilens and Eshin, are prehistoric in aesthetic.

Finally.

I have been in WHFB/40K for almost 18 years. Chaos player first and foremost. Managed to gather pretty much every Chaos lore book out there. It is very clear that Slaanesh has never been GW favorite god, so to speak. Nurgle and Tzeentch have a coherent philosophy and I would even use word theology for them. Khorne is relatively straightforward. Of all Chaos gods, Slaanesh is the only one of infinite possibilities, which is quite paradoxical given how Slaanesh has been treated in WHFB/40K/AOS. That is to say, Slaanesh has been the neglected one since day one. Over the years, I read and saw explorations of Slaanesh by various fans and while most were below average, some were excellent. That is the thing with Slaanesh, a good dosage of creativity is required to truly make Slaanesh shine. I did not pull that perfume/fragrance idea out of nothing. Years ago, I read a blog where one woman was writing a incredible lore for existing but also completely new daemons and mortals, with accompanying artwork for each hero, unit and monster. In her own words, she took a concept, in this case, the olfactory sense, and explored it in context of Slaanesh. I curse myself for not saving her lore and art, for she deleted he r blog and I was never able to find it again. But to give a example that all of you can read right now. A Slaaneshi Kurnoth: http://hgpowell.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-woods-of-bloody-thorns-slaaneshs.html

Fiends need to be reworked properly. I am truly hoping that GW has not forgotten about them in upcoming battletome. I love their models and I would truly be disappointed to once again have no actual use for them in army.

So, does anyone have any idea when will they start showing us Hedonite rules and lore preview? They are rather excessively silent.

As Maggotkin and Hedonite player, I have to express desire that Maggotkin get the same massive release as Hedonites recently did. Though I really can not predict when will we get a new battletome and models.

So, does anyone have any idea when will they start showing us Hedonite rules and lore preview? They are rather excessively silent.

Personally, I am in love with pretty much the entire range of our new release. Beautiful miniatures. Hopefully, interesting and flavorful rules might come our way. Fiends need to be reworked.

We will see already by rules previews in which direction are they taking the Hedonites.

You could be right. Having two food bearers, basically same identities, would break the rule of diorama heroes where each model is distinct and thus receives their own unique rules. Damn, I really hope they start doing rules previews.

All around good prediction, I hope. Question though, I see you mention the incense bearer, but is that not the platter bearer with food on the right part of palanquin?

I know, The Garden of Mortal Delights does play on that idea. A Slaaneshi Lord using Sylvaneth to cultivate plants for food. Nevertheless, I do have a question and I was hoping people with more experience could answer. As I said above "I do wonder how rules for him will work out. Those two mutants (ogors?) with purple crab claws look like they could potentically be melee monsters of Glutos. That Painbringer guy on the left will be a melee combatant. That leaves that guy with whip, the guy holding a platter with food on the right, halfling? and Glutos himself". Do you reckon all models on palanquin will have rules or just some?

Same situation here. I am truly hoping we get a rich codex and amazing looking models. The Slaaneshi units in AoS prove that GW can do proper Slaaneshi models.

Bark? Excuse me since English is not my first language but is not bark wood? I do wonder how rules for him will work out. Those two mutants (ogors?) with purple crab claws look like they could potentically be melee monsters of Glutos. That Painbringer guy on the left will be a melee combatant. That leaves that guy with whip, the guy holding a platter with food on the right, halfling? and Glutos himself.

Just bring back Vlad Von Carstein and call it a day.