Garrac

I wish he just came to us to tell if there's a skaven warcry team on the way... come on gee-dubs...

Lol, bro cares more about beating the surprisingly sexy goth daddy guy than about releasing censorship

As far as I can tell, soloing 70% of Fantasy's destruction already took the Great Horned Rat to an oficial 5th chaos god position, it's just that the other 3 didn't respect him. He was even present when giving Archaon boons, but the edgelord just spat on him. He's an oficial great chaos god and doesn't care about the opinions of the rest because at the end of the day the GHR only wants to gain more power and kill them all. Also, I thought Archaon released Slaanesh already?

It sucks so hard to not have slaves on all GW systems anymore... I miss the days when I just threw waves of ****** to my enemies and shot, killing more skavens than my own enemies, until my machines exploded on a big green mushroom... Those were the days...

That like...

Btw, I already noted it earlier, but Im gonna talk about this again: the clawlord is handling a mini-ratling gun. Why is this important? Because bringing back the old weapon teams on just an updated note would be weird since skavens have now the technology to make versions slightly smaller. So, yeap, despite my relunctancy, it is highly possible that this artillery thing is in fact a ratling gun. The sprue isnt compatible with multimodularity, but I guess there'll come a new remade one in the future that allows the weapon in the top to change (and flesh slayers will be tossed up to legends because theres no way you can toss it up on the kit's idea)

Also, 22nd makes more sense since it's a little after the scholar year ends. Gotta milk those whales!

-4 weeks of april showing 4 miniatures/units from the starter box -Reveal of the starter box at the beginning of may -Dawnbringers 6 -Rules and previews from the rulebook during the rest of may -Starter box preorders start on 22nd of June -Release day 2 weeks after -Rest of skavens model showed on july -Skaven wave coming on september-october

That's now how they managed Leviathan, but, granted, @EonChaois probably right and now they want to milk It more and avoid bad PR. Id say tho the hype train for 10th was Great until It was revealed that whole points-are-now-power-levels drama

Also, another btw point: ok, I was mentally prepared for not a single miniature being shown (It was 50/50 to me, just coping to see a single new clanrat) but Im also surprised that they didnt show up the new model of datasheets like they did with Leviathan. If you want to hype up a new edition you gotta give some visual reasons...

Btw, very surprisingly we didn't get a single roadmap for any of the game systems! I thought at least one for TOW was kinda due at this point? How truly messy is GW's calendar rn?

The box come preorders in 22th of june, mark my words

Gotta be honest, apart from my excitement on rats, and Lost & Damned finally becoming an oficial thing, I have no opinions on the rest, I'm totally neutral about it all, sorry, lol.

Ok, gotta quote the list again if someone needed it.

So, asuming GW follows patterns: last year they started showing more of the Leviathan box on April's first monday. To me it seems like the most logical step to start unveiling Ruination at April's first, first monday of the month as well. Sadly, it will most probably be a stormcast, but I'd expect something from the fun part of the box being teased on 8th, and another for 22th.

Btw, on the 40k front they did mention that CSM will get a cultist/traitor guardsmen detachment. That's my main army! I've allways used to have the Astra Militarum detachment, but the moment this drops I'm gonna jump so quick, lol.

Btw, I still see amongst the skavendom the same dumb discussion/worrying about whether or not the clans will cease to exist, and can tell with confidence that warcom actually mentions them: Also, see that subtitled phrase? It redirects to the Warp Lightning Cannon. So unless the intern has messed up or Ikit Claw is killing all the clans, seems like the WLC will live to kill it's own crews for a bit more. Btw, GW keeps failing spectacualrly at selling me stormcasts, or at least at making them as compelling as the poor smurfs, but I'm glad the rats are keeping their sense of humour for the future. Glad to see there are writers behind that care.

Quoting this so new normal not-american people are able to read it. I'll cope at 60% for 1A) tbh. Not wholeheatedly because leakers still havent said anything about the concrete contents of the starter box, but Im gonna expect one more rat ogre at the very least. (And for my case I have as proof the leaked blurry Rat ogre! If It was a rat ogre...)

Ok, seems like indeed they have abandoned the leaking discussion for a while. I didnt want to annoy you, but never Lost anything for asking. I also think baits are kinda disrespectful at this point of the match, so Im gonna ask directly as well. So, what do you say to this question @Whitefang? Will the starter box be bigger than what the trailer shows? Or is this all?

Thats why I ask, I just realised It as well. That and the fact that Whitefang Je still has to give us something new that hasnt been commented any any other leaker...

Ok @Whitefang back me up do something new, its your time to shine: is the box bigger or not?

STARTER BOX RUINATION CONTENTS We got a new trailer! VERMINTIDE IS HERE! Annnnnnd so, I have to do another one of these, it's my duty! So, let's analyse a little bit this trailer to see what is coming for the rats, aka, the best warhammer faction to ever exist! What is being shown, what is missing, and what is on the starter box? WHAT IS ON THE TRAILER 1) NEW CLAWLORD... mounting what is clearly an eldritch horror from your worst nightmares! First of all, unless GW has changed lore, this isn't neither a wolfrat/poxrat (too big) nor a brood horror (too small). It's a new thing! And it's clearly the leader of the pack! And look at that horny head? Is that the suposed rat ogre from SG Warhound leaks? Also, from the newsletter artwork seems like this guy wields a halberd and a gun, a mini-ratlign gun to be more precise. Perhaps he'll be leading a new skaven cavalry? Rats can dream too... 2) NEW CLANRATS! Yes, despite all skaven fans deying it, they are coming. For what we can see here, they'll be wielding shields, swords (no spears on the trailer) and with the whole command team (standard bearer on the left) All skaven models here seem like retaining that Perbet/Goodwin touch, but with a bit of a new twist on the faces perhaps? Too soon to tell. 3) NEW RAT OGRE! ITS COMINNNNNNNNG! Seems like in a tribute to Colin Dixon models this guy is wielding a flamer on the right hand, acompanied of a tank on the back. Glorious looks, can't wait to see the model tbh. 4) NEW GLORIOUS AND MAGNIFIC JEZZAILS!!! TOLD YOU GUYS!!!!! This was the perfect old skaven unit to appear on the kit. very glad to still see these guys around on a new game system and a new world with magnificent plastic. Also, seems like the model will see some changes, like more spikes, helmets, and most of all... Are those backpacks on the crew? I guess the munition will be on the backpacks? But I can also see wires on the jezzails... ummm... perhaps there is a dual kit of these guys coming???????? 5) WHATEVER THE ****** IS THIS!!!! Already we have the sprue leaked on the wild, but it's still exciting to see it in action! Still can't say for certain if this is or not a new weapon team, tho. Also, the scene where the pilot runs over one of the slaves and laughs maniacally? Best scene of the trailer, 10/10 But, wait, there are things missing! THING-THINGS MISSING IN THE TRAILER A) Grey Seer. Whitefang already told us he wasn't 100% sure on whether the grey seer would appear or not, but it seems like there's only a clawlord leading the pack. Weird. B) Stormvermins. Only clanrats fighting the new shiny guys? Also weird. But new stormvermins would have been showed on the trailer 100%, it's a sell-point for this kind of boxes. C) More rat ogres. Only one? Wouldnt be surprised if there's at least one more rat ogre coming. But then again, all the starter box stuff is allways showed on the trailers... D) Master moulders/packmasters. This is also weird, a rat ogre needs it's master behind controling it, but stormcasts don't appear to have more than one character on the box as well. WHAT IS ON THE STARTER BOX It really depends on whether or not everything was showed here. It really depends on what GW wants. Do they want to make a Leviathan aosified box? Or keep it simple for AoS fans? So, let's make two cases for it: 1A) There's more on the box. We have many things to add here if there's more stuff. Mostly, I'd say A), B) and C) are the most likely candidates. C) at the very least seems like an almost granted on all scenerios, at the very least. That would mean: 1 clawlord, 1 grey seer, 20 clanrats, 10 stormvermins, 2 rat ogres, 3 jezzails, 1 new artillery 2A) It's everything, take a breath Garrac. This makes the case simple, and also keeps it boringly on line with Dominion. So, comparing with the Kruelboyz content I think I can even tell you the exact numbers of this: 1 clawlord, 20 clanrats, 1-2 rat ogres*, 3 jezzails, 1 new artillery *still not certain because of C) Also, skaven players, 2A) isn't bad! Because clanrats are getting more like 100% granted (at least spears, like kruelboyz), and this also means more spots for multimodular kits! Clawlord didn't need of those anyways (not so certain about jezzails ,tho) Anyway, with this in hand I can also start guessing the price of the box, which also depends. If 1A) this will be priced on Leviathan levels with 200 euros. If 2A), then this will be priced at dull Dominion levels, which with inflation on hand would be... 170 euros, perhaps? Or a little bit more, but 170-200 euros are the prices with which GW seems more confortable as of now. So, what did you think of the trailer? Do you concur with my points, or have something to object? Either way... LET'S VERMINTIDE!!!!!!!

Ok, I just ate breakfast. Now gotta go and write a new Sherlock Holmes article before going to work, will be back

Gotta say tho that I prefered the artistic direction in the Leviathan trailer. The shiny boys there really ate more ****** compared to the shiny boys here