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that'd be the dream; if you're able to take a manifestation lore alongside an existing spell lore (as the article confusingly seems to hint towards) then you should at least be able to buy them.

new endless spell rules be like

death tactic gets hard-countered by my list of 28 Webspinner Shamans + unit of emotional support spider riders, it's dogwater unfortunately

i think it could go 3 ways. 1. is a general army expansion. maybe a new trogg, new stabbas, an armored grot knight unit. 2. is increase the gitmob stuff. more wolves and plains grots, give them a hero and a chariot. 3. is a spider refresh/expansion to make them fit into the army better. i think 2 is the most likely personally but i also would like it the least; GSG is one of the most thematically rich and congruent armies in the game (even with Spiderfang) and i think that the Gitmob stuff sticks out like a sore thumb. it's not bad, but i'd so much prefer if it was just it's own army without being forced to cross-pollinate with a completed army. 1 would be nice; GSG doesn't really need this but i mean i'll take it. 3 would be ideal, both by replacing old models but also working out the last few kinks in the army's aesthetic and really expanding on the insect theme of GSG which i think is wildly under-utilized.

I don't think spiders are leaving; they already had the perfect chance to do it and already squatted one of the old models. What I think they'll do is likely refresh/expand them to better fit gitz in a medium-sized wave. This post is definitely not Whitefang like-bait.

if models came pre-painted i'd quit the hobby right then and there lol. i don't get what the obsession is with replacing the human in art! why the hell would you want to engage with something that somebody couldn't even be bothered to make?

to be honest i'd be surprised if they didn't speed it up soon, only so much time left before they reveal the boxset + core rules in May and then after that we'll likely know everything releasing at least a month out from the full release.

makes me sad that a lot of that stuff probably can't really be canon anymore; i had a lot of fun with both of my Soulbound campaigns! it really did a lot for AoS proper too by helping flesh out the Great Parch as basically the place to be in the realms.

in my opinon Slaanesh breaking free, without something equally or more interesting at play, would be one of the worst lore decisions they could make. pretenders is the coolest part of Slaanesh in every sense and it honestly feels like it'd just make him blend in with the others more. with the GHR rising as a fully fledged chaos god For Real this time i see no reason for the prince to make his return to the dinner table since that spot is already taken and he's arguably the most compelling of all the chaos gods where he's at right now.

they probably just kept it generic in the meantime? it's hard to say; i once took those as a hint for the designs going forward but now it seems like the opposite. aka, (somewhat) generic human soldiery used as a stand-in because we have 0 clue what the next thing will look like and corporate won't let us see.

i remember being thinking that they were gonna do a Conquistador look as an evolution of the Landsknecht aesthetic before the new models were revealed. i figured it was basically perfect for the themes of the Dawnbringer crusades and would've been a really compelling way to hint at their dark side. i should've expected GW weirdness; no one else would think of Gothic Hussites.

i wouldn't say so specifically because of the base size difference in half the squad having big bases and more armor and the other half having smaller ones with little armor; it also seems like (from a lore perspective) that the River temple will have more models than most Lumineth armies, so splitting the unit into two smaller squads likely wouldn't work either.

i really never minded the gold-boy scheme, at least as much as a lot of other people. i think it made them look otherworldly and powerful, which helped to sell the flavor of the army to me. i do however think that more basic iron tones are much more appropriate for this new wave which has a much darker and more grounded tone; they aren't selling super-soldiers, but tragic heroes doomed to lose the last bit of their humanity. the down-to-earth materials helps to remove the notions of glamor from the Stormcast and is perfectly fitting for a wave dedicated to their "dark" side. i also think that it's just generally nice to get diversity in the box-art paintjobs, especially in an army like Stormcast where there are a lot of releases and a myriad of chambers to pick from.

this is potentially the scariest thing you could've possibly posted

i trust my G.O.A.T. Whitefang over 4chan "trust me bro" any day of the week.