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I'm very certain that 12 is a Chaos Space Marine helmet, hence it's 40K as well.

End of May for Daughters of Khaine and Nighthaunt would be a very generous albeit 'correct' interpretation of 'Spring' which was the time slot GW called for both factions. Sounds just like what they'd do.

In Lumineth they went ahead and switched the twins to Iliatha and Sevireth to Helon, so I thought they were putting a little more thought into this.

Why do the Shadeborn need to be Hagg Nar again? They would have been a perfect fit for Khailebron!

Yes, exactly. That's what they usually do, paired with 'we'll let you know if anything comes up'.

I'm really holding my thumbs for you, my friend. Even if they're not quite my thing, I think the new warband showed what creativity could be put into that faction, to incredible results. Yeah, GW are strange, aren't they? It's a little more fringe than the popular examples of Skaven or Ogors, but just recently I noticed that Commander Farsight is still only available as finecast. I thought he was basically the most popular character in the T'au faction, and so are the enclaves as a subfaction. But that's what you get for not being a Primaris..

I for one never believed in a larger refresh, given the nature of AOS releases after Kruleboyz and Thunderstrike Stormcasts. Nighthaunt really got off quite well with the Scriptor, the Tibia Mariner and the Crossbow unit. DOK will likely just get the Gladriatrix and the new Underworlds warband (probably locked into Hagg Nar again). But I could imagine more Eshin stuff for Skaven, even if the other clans just get refreshed packaging.

It's only been a short while, but I have to say I quite missed my fellow TGA members. Glad to see we're back online. 🙂

I personally believe that Malerion's troops (at least the humanoid ones) will be more militaristic looking than the Shadowstalkers. More akin to classic Spearmen and especially Black Guard. At least that's the vibe I got from what I read in the DOK battletome and the Ulgu section in the rules book. At least until now there seems to be so much animosity between the two factions that I would find a shared unit quite odd.

And just recently I read of an Alarith-heavy Ymetrica list that went 4-1 and won a tournament. Apparently it looked like this: Avalenor Stone Mage Lord Regent 3x 10 Stoneguard 2x Alarith Spirit of the Mountain

Don't know if I would agree that Morathi is the face of Order. These rather obscure armoured warriors of the god of humans did receive quite a few things in the last few months... I think five named characters (Garrus Steelsoul, Yndrasta, Bastian and the two dragon princes) as well as quite a few new units. And when it comes to Aelves Teclis and the Lumineth and Alarielle (who is due to get a new tome too) are very present, active and important as well.

Hence it's usually best to turn to the text itself and the historical and cultural context in which it was written to examine what ideas and themes are present and depicted as positive or negative. That way you can for example analyze JK Rowling's texts for what they are worth without having to take all the nonsense into account she tried to add to the texts retrospectively.

I really wish DoK would get Maleneth Witchblade (Gotrek's assassin companion) as an assassin / shadowstalker style hero. But much like @Chumphammer I'm pretty convinced we'll just get the Gladriatrix and some more streamlined rules and fewer artifacts. Maybe Khinerai as battleline for Khelt'Nar.

I don't have it in front of me right now but the Lumineth tome has a snippet on a Zenith envoy being captured by shadow demons who work for Malerion. The Zenith mage manages to escape but decides to keep the demons' attack a secret, in order to not put a dent into diplomatic relationships between Malerion and the Lumineth.

Yeah, from what I learned around here, Ymetrica/Alarith were never the competitive way to play Lumineth to begin with and have lost a little more with the erasure of the Alarith Temple battalion. I guess if you'd like more impact you could try taking out one of the heroes and some Sentinels or Stoneguard and add another Mountain Spirit. Maybe Gotrek? A way of teleporting Stoneguard could also be useful, to put your slow but hard to kill infantry where it needs to be; e.g. a Hurakan Windmage or even Teclis.

I think on what we disagree on is what we consider to be sexualization. To me it's a female depiction of powerlessness or just being there for (male) pleasure. So if we had a Daughter of Khaine model on her knees, blowing someone a kiss, that I'd consider sexualized. But a Witch Aelf in mid-air, her face fierce and her daggers ready to strike is just a lethal female warrior, not a victim nor a prize. Not any more sexualized than a barbarian with a bare chest, arms and legs, be they man, duardin or saurus. But I do unterstand there are probably lots of people, male, female etc., who'd rather agree with you on this point than with me. I've never felt sexualized or objectified myself so I can't claim any authority whatsoever. I just wanted to present my rather uniformed view on the topic.

You could also ask: does the army of bloated and mutated worshippers of the god of plagues actually appeal to male audiences though? Does the army of scantily clad axe-wielding warrior dwarfs with orange beards actually appeal to male audiences though? Does the army of eel-riding and soul-stealing deep sea elves actually appeal to male audiences though? The answer: yeah, sure it does. At least to some. Female wargamers aren't a monolith with a fixed set of features in taste. And the same holds true for male gamers and all the genders and sexes between and outside of that spectrum. Some male gamers for example enjoy sex appeal and cheese cake in their armies, others acticely despise these sorts of things. When it comes to Daughters I personally don't even think of them as 'too sexy'. Their lore doesn't even mention sexuality, their poses are aggressive, not inviting. Their boots don't feature heightened heels. And models like Khinerai or Melusai are even quite monstrous. Sure, Witch Aelves and Sisters of Slaughter wear what could be classified as thong bikinis, but Marauders for example show a lot of skin too, as do Fyreslayers. ("Bah, that Bloodbowl hating Lumineth guy again. Thought he wanted to shut up for a while when he didn't get his pity party" I plan to follow up on discussing opinions and respectful conversation on TGA as well as apologizing to Bloodbowl fans; I just don't know how I want to go about it yet. Big thanks to @Kaleb Daark and @Greyshadow )

I have, at no point, explicitly asked for Bloodbowl to be discontinued. I was, admittedly, complaining and musing what could be. But I also made clear that it was just "not my cup of tea". But that's enough to call me behavior ugly and entitled? Thank you, that's just beyond kind. Guess I'll be showing up here a little less now.

Wow. That was quite rude and absolutely unwarranted, and I think you look bad by attacking me in such a way. As do those who reinforce such behavior by the way of likes.

I know this will garner some confused emojis but... All the time and money they could use for amazing new AOS stuff if they didn't decide to keep nonsense such as Bloodbowl around... It's just not my cup of tea. Not at all.

To be fair, it's just 2 Dwarven armies and the race hasn't reached its full potential in AOS yet. The Dispossessed need to reintegrated. Cheers on the new profile pic btw! Looks really cool! 😍

So Orruk Warclans were the most played army? Who would have guessed? And all 4 Aelven armies combined slightly outnumber Stormcast Eternals by 1 player. Always strange to see so few Legion of the First Prince, considering they have a stunning center piece and are said to be really good.

Yes, exactly. Like I said: Idoneth Deepkin are their only allies, which seems really weird. You can't even ally with troops from Settler's Gain. This hasn't been changed by an faq either.

Hopefully they don' t do another 'technologically advanced shooty race without psykers'. Would like T'au to remain their own thing, gameplay wise. But just judging from the look I really like these guys! And yes, Odin is Wotan in German/Germanic, and the W in German is pronounced like the V in English.

Hey there. No, that's pretty much it. The Lumineth book says that the first created were mentally and physically scarred by their imprisonment inside Slaanesh in such a way that they were close to insanity and that their scions would be born with meagre souls doomed to wither quickly. So "in his grief" Teclis almost destroyed them but was held back by Tyrion. So I guess at least the part about Teclis being uncaring is not quite correct. As far as I'm aware there's nothing more on the Idoneth in the book. Certainly nothing that would explain why Idoneth are the Lumineth's only eligible allies.