DoctorPerils

WRT mechanised KO: how about Battletome Ironwrought, which would include both Kharadron Overlords and Ironweld Arsenal - rather than reinvent the wheel, put the two thematically coherent factions together Similarly, how about "Forest Folk" for Sylvaneth and Kurnothi? You could perhaps also include Root-King

I think you two are very close to convincing me that this is indeed a new god(beast) of or against the greenskins - are they attacking Excelsis just to take down a CoS and attack Azyr, or could they be looking for more prophecies of this dude?

Actually, that's a good point: what if these less "warrior-like" vampires aren't part of the main Soulblight army, but are more like independent agents that can be allied to any other Death faction with no keyword limitations (like those new LRL twins or Gotrek), and perhaps even into CoS armies (potentially giving such an army the Death keyword?) TBH, I like the diversity of aspects, it allows everyone to have their favourite toys

For some reason, "Ruination" makes me think of a chamber focused on war engines, siege breakers and so on. Imagine steam storm tanks, charioteers, pavaise crossbowmen, catapults, siege towers/rams...

They could be destruction without necessarily associating with greenskins - skavens after all are chaos but don't really associate with other chaos factions. On the other hand, it could be cool if they were to side with Ogors and SoBehemat. Otherwise, perhaps they could have both order and destruction keywords, allowing them to be used in either grand alliance; some named characters or special units could still have only one of the two keywords meaning they can't ally willy-nilly with any faction in either GA... Of course, the chance of this is vanishingly small, to the point where it's less likely than the GAs simply being removed imo. As shame though, I think GW could be more experimental with faction keywords (like, imagine a faction keyword "bringers of pestilence" allowing Nurgle and Pestilens joint armies reasonably easily, or "woodfolk" for the Living City and Sylvaneth together)

Yeah, unfortunately Lexi is blocked at my work ^^' I believe Tzeentch is also very active in Chamon, no?

Ah thanks, I couldn't remember where har kuron was, and the AoS fandom/Wikia page hasn't been updated so couldn't check it up. Where would Chamon pop up in your opinion if not with the duardin?

So, if we posit that BR Teclis happens in Hysh as well as Shyish, BR Belakor in the Realms of Chaos and in Azyr, Kragnos primarily in Ghur... I think that leaves only Aqshy, Chamon and Ghyran currently un-touched upon by the Broken Realms books? I could definitely see a BR Alarielle/Kurnoth/Orion happening in Ghyran, with perhaps a BR Grungni/Vulkhaya happening in Aqshy and Chamon Or alternatively, could Kragnos take place in both Ghur and Ghyran, to fit with the trend of a BR book affecting several realms?

The eventual faction could also be combined with demi-gryph knights, perhaps have some hammer wielding riders too? (I know hammers are present in SCE, but if they're followers of the comet and sigmar, hammers would absolutely be thematic... And also perhaps the white wolves of middenheim?

While I'm still having trouble seeing the lower section being a horse (perhaps with barding, but still?) - the helmet could be some style of Kabuto - perhaps the OBR cavalry character that was menmention the "moons" actually being silhouettes of the kinds of flaps or wings of the helmet?

With @Indecisive s edit, the bottom section looks more like (chaos?) space marine shins to me, I really can't see a horse. Probably wrong though

Hi, great job on the pict-magick is it ok if I share this on a 40k forum? The chap on the left looks suspiciously space marine-y

Here's a fyreslayer unit idea: Rune-slingers, with shields - dual kit with axe and shield I also like the idea of halberdiers, dual kitted with the old slayers with axe blades on chains (doom seekers)

When's the last time SCE got anything? In fact, when's the last time non-slaanesh was updated? Also have you seen the LRL and Sons of Behemat? What's potentially looking like a pretty big release for Soulblight? Like I get your frustration at older armies not getting updates, but I don't think SCE and chaos should be the source of your ire. Also, I agree armies like skaven and seraphon and CoS should 100% get bought in line with current plastics, hopefully they'll get their time soon 🙂

- How about stag centaurs: they could do the bulk of the melee fighting while pulling around javelineers or some kind of chieftain (dual kit) - plus batsquigs and stalagsquigs - molog's band was really fun ^^ - wouldn't they be Vulkhaya's instead? I think the "Valkyrie" should only be a subsection of units (like how the LRL have Vanari and temples). One you could field a complete force of, sure, but I'd also like to see a return of miners. - gargant furniture is a cool terrain piece idea, like, imagine fighting around the mega-gargant's main course on a table, with a squiggoth with a massive apple in its mouth in its centre XD Proper jack and the beanstalk territory - I do think we should have female gargants and mega-gargants, but only have the shaman option as a dual kit - I'm sure some a spoiling for a fight, especially if their husband hasn't done his chores. Actually, make that a triple kit option - third version could be throwing mega-gargant sized plates XD Orion would be a good candidate for a diorama style model (like karakros). I'd rather they be merged with the sylvaneth, if only there's already too many order battletomes as it is; but they should still be fieldable as separate entities - Order Storm giants sounds awesome - could we also have ice/fire giants for chaos and bone giants for death? - I think chaos dwarves can take inspiration from the iron golems' one, but shouldn't be defined by him. I do wonder if it would be possible to have chaos dwarves with <chaos mark>/hashut as a keyword, as it might allow you to put together slaaneshi chaos dwarves like they were mentioned in the Hedonites battletome

I agree, the "paraphernalia" won't add anything to the box cost when comparing with the models, plus you'll get the warscrolls. I'm sure you'd be able to use the tiles for DIY terrain, and any other bits I'm sure you'd be able to give to other people in your gaming group if you positively can't find room for what looks like a pretty cool stand alone game. If you're only interested in the antagonists portion, I'm sure you'll be able to ebay the heroes away

Ulgu is also the realm of lies and hidden truths - it would be fitting that its supposed leader is just a mirage. On the other hand, I do hope they put him in a different GA - destruction or chaos would obviously work, but I have a pet wish it would be death, as it would be something entirely different for aelves.

So I've only just started building my army (got shadow and pain, a KoS, and a box of slickblades on their way). However I'm waiting for the FAQ to drop before rounding out my list and buying any more. Any ideas about when it might drop?

Ooh, has mortal realms come out in France then?

It's not actually the same staff, and that rumour engine came out after Shadowspear IIRC

I'm hoping 1., all the while remembering a lot of social insects have different forms and roles (ants in particular). A myrmicean army would be awesome Could still imagine them capturing different kinds of beasts and harnessing them for riding or powering contraptions EDIT: termites may be more likely as a basis then ants as they are seen as more destructive, plus are associated with massive termite mounds, similar to what Beastgrave may be

So, everyone seems to be mentioning SCE as the "protagonists" of the 3.0 starter box, but what if it could be cities of Sigmar Vs greenskins, launching a global campaign for the siege of Excelsis?

While I'd _prefer_ to avoid mirror matches when possible, I've grown to not mind them once in a while. I haven't really got enough local players to be picky for one thing, but also I like the concept (in lore) of civil wars. It makes these super-factions feel less monolithic, and therefore perhaps more grounded? Like a battle for the soul of the faction

I think their point was mainly to do with the fact that underworld Warbands generally don't have more than two models of a "hero" level or up - the others are either fairly direct port-overs of units, or of a comparable level when compared to them. If the soulblight team were the exception, then either they'd be entirely unbalanced compared to the other Warbands, or gravelords' soulblight heroes are going to be way underpowered from what they should be

Hi, new to AoS and the board 👋 Here are some of the ideas I'd like to see. Most aren't that original, but a couple might be out of left field hopefully: Order: Kurnothi and fairies Stone/Crystal Duardin sworn to Valaya Defenders of humanity (Order of Azyr, priests of Sigmar, Deathless Black Guard of Morr, that kind of stuff) Chaos: Chaos Dwarves major skaven revamp undivided Daemons to accompany Be'lakor, expanding on furies and such Daemon princes for the major chaos gods - super-elite daemon prince/counts as troops? Death: cults of Nagash, accompanied by baba yaga-style hags, bog-mummies and hounds of the baskervilles Automata - potentially following the brain-in-a-vat trope Undead black ark malerion aelf liches leading drowned sailors and pirates in the vein of the flying dutchman crew in Pirates of the Carribean... or just simply vampirates ^^' Destruction: Insectoid Silent People Dragonspawn leading an Apocalypse Cult. Also gelatinous cubes because why not Knights following the aesthetics of the Old World White Wolves, sworn to revenge against Chaos and Sigmar. Humans potentially alongside Duardin?