Ahlambra

That Custodes box is tempting. It's around ~1400-1500 points in 40k, and upwards of 3k in OPR if you throw some upgrades in.

I completely agree, I'm a big fan of it too, and I hope TOW has it. In addition to the customization, it was a nice way to eat up some points if you didn't have enough models (which I feel is part of the reason it was axed).

Will be interested to see if there's changes to conditional battlelines, but I like this new battle trait system. The Verminous heroic action is particularly cool.

Any word on if they removed or changed the mono-clan battleline rules?

I wonder if Seasons of War will sub-allegiances, or more like Idoneth's Tides of Death.

Finecast aside, I do like the old one more. The new one's nice, but I prefer the current one's 3 weapon stance.

The fact that it seems a few years away gave me the same impression. Having a range that works in two different systems would be appealing.

Not gonna lie, a ranged battleline unit and some cavalry would give Sylvaneth just about everything I like in an army. Bonus points if that ends up being the rumoured bug cavalry.

I think it's their guess for the Sylvaneth-looking silhouette shown today. That or hoping for models similar to Skaeth's Wild Hunt.

I'm very curious what direction they go in for a Vanguard box. Do you go for a specific clan, or a mix? Either way, hoping it leads to some kind of internal coalition rule.

Do you figure that bodes well for the Skaven (and maybe Sylvaneth) rumour being true? There was a store listing about a repack for Dryads too right?

Or maybe TK'd? Both for Tomb Kings and Team Kill.

Is there any chance Misthavn could finally get a spell lore, or was them not having one intentional? I don't think I ever heard one way or the other on that.

I'm not sure if adding one would make them broken, but it's weird that there's no sub-faction that focuses on Knights or Warriors. Obviously you can buff them with command abilities or spells, but considering there's 2 for Varanguard it always felt like there was one Knight/Warrior sub-faction missing.

I don't know if it would be busted, but I would love for them to just follow how it works with Cities. Your general determines your special battleline (beyond clanrats and stormvermins) and then just pick the clan as a subfaction. So Skryre generals gives Stormfiends/Acolytes, Esshin Gutter Runners, etc. I guess the main problem with this approach is that it's probably not thematically accurate.